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Hanzo the Razor
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Post subject: DC Comics: 30 Essential Graphic Novels  Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:28 pm |
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Interesting what DC's official website says are their top 30 graphic novels. Quote: 1. WATCHMEN
2, 3, 4. THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN : THE BLACK DOSSIER, THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN VOL. 1 & VOL. 2
5. V FOR VENDETTA
6. THE SANDMAN VOL. 1: PRELUDES & NOCTURNES
7. THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS
8. FABLES VOL 1: LEGENDS IN EXILE
9. SUPERMAN FOR ALL SEASONS
10. ALL STAR SUPERMAN VOL. 1
11. SUPERMAN/BATMAN: PUBLIC ENEMIES
12. BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM
13. BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN
14. BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS
15. BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN
16. BATMAN: YEAR ONE
17, 18. BATMAN: HUSH VOL. 1 & VOL. 2
19. KINGDOM COME
20. IDENTITY CRISIS
21. JLA VOL. 1: NEW WORLD ORDER
22. GREEN LANTERN: REBIRTH
23. CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS
24. TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL. 1: BACK ON THE STREET
25. PRIDE OF BAGHDAD
26. HELLBLAZER: ORIGINAL SINS
27. Y: THE LAST MAN VOL. 1: UNMANNED
28. KAMIKAZE KAITO JEANNE
29. CRAYON SHINCHAN VOL. 1
30. EX MACHINA VOL. 1: THE FIRST HUNDRED DAYS Fascinating. Surprised by no Swamp Thing or Planetary mention.
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Jeff
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Post subject: DC Comics: 30 Essential Graphic Novels Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:34 pm |
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I've read the majority of those, many in single-issue form. Haven't read:
2, 3, 4. THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN : THE BLACK DOSSIER, (read the first two volumes)
6. THE SANDMAN VOL. 1: PRELUDES & NOCTURNES
7. THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS
24. TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL. 1: BACK ON THE STREET
26. HELLBLAZER: ORIGINAL SINS
28. KAMIKAZE KAITO JEANNE
29. CRAYON SHINCHAN VOL. 1
I've never even heard of the last two; presumably some manga crap.
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Ocean Doot
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Post subject: DC Comics: 30 Essential Graphic Novels Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:40 pm |
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Dendritic Oscillating Ontological Tesseract
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I've read the top six.
Also, nine, fourteen and sixteen.
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Jeff
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Post subject: DC Comics: 30 Essential Graphic Novels Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:42 pm |
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I actually have no interest in ever reading any of the ones I haven't yet read. Might try Sandman someday, if I can get past the art. That Black Dossier, I paged through it and can't imagine spending the time on it. I prefer a comic story, not a detailed Alan Moore Encyclopedic tome.
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Ocean Doot
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Post subject: DC Comics: 30 Essential Graphic Novels Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:44 pm |
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Jeff wrote: I actually have no interest in ever reading any of the ones I haven't yet read. Might try Sandman someday, if I can get past the art. That Black Dossier, I paged through it and can't imagine spending the time on it. I prefer a comic story, not a detailed Alan Moore Encyclopedic tome. I love the Black Dossier, but would never recommend it to anyone. It's one of those "completists only" type of things. But yeah, I'm like you. Everything on the list that I haven't already read, I will never read.
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Ocean Doot
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Post subject: DC Comics: 30 Essential Graphic Novels Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:45 pm |
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Dendritic Oscillating Ontological Tesseract
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Oh is JLA Vol 1 the first Morrison four-parter? I guess I've read that one as well.
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Bolgani Gogo
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Post subject: DC Comics: 30 Essential Graphic Novels Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:47 pm |
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I've read all of them but:
17, 18. BATMAN: HUSH VOL. 1 & VOL. 2
28. KAMIKAZE KAITO JEANNE
29. CRAYON SHINCHAN VOL. 1
30. EX MACHINA VOL. 1: THE FIRST HUNDRED DAYS
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Jeff
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Post subject: DC Comics: 30 Essential Graphic Novels Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:49 pm |
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Ocean Doot wrote: But yeah, I'm like you. Everything on the list that I haven't already read, I will never read. My favorite part is how I thumb my nose at that "manga crap" and Sandman, while admitting I read Identity Crisis and some of that other garbage. 
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Post subject: DC Comics: 30 Essential Graphic Novels Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:50 pm |
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1. WATCHMEN
5. V FOR VENDETTA
12. BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM
13. BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN
14. BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS
15. BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN
16. BATMAN: YEAR ONE
17, 18. BATMAN: HUSH VOL. 1 & VOL. 2
19. KINGDOM COME
23. CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS
There's a few on the list that I'll eventually get to, but I don't see me reading all of the Top 30.
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Ocean Doot
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Post subject: DC Comics: 30 Essential Graphic Novels Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:50 pm |
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Jeff wrote: Ocean Doot wrote: But yeah, I'm like you. Everything on the list that I haven't already read, I will never read. My favorite part is how I thumb my nose at that "manga crap" and Sandman, while admitting I read Identity Crisis and some of that other garbage. I figured it wasn't thumb-nosing so much as, "Eh, can't be bothered."
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Jeff
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Post subject: DC Comics: 30 Essential Graphic Novels Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:51 pm |
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True, but still kind of funny.
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Steve Kipling
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Post subject: DC Comics: 30 Essential Graphic Novels Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:15 pm |
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So Jeph Loeb has written many of the top sellers ?   I guess thats why Marvel handed him the keys to the Ultimate Universe.
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Post subject: DC Comics: 30 Essential Graphic Novels Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:20 pm |
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I'm surprised that some of those comics have outsold The Killing Joke.
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Darragh Greene
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Post subject: DC Comics: 30 Essential Graphic Novels Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:22 pm |
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11, 20, 25, 28 and 29 are the only ones I haven't read.
Yeah, Swamp Thing should be there as should We3 and Scalped.
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Erik Larsen
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Post subject: DC Comics: 30 Essential Graphic Novels Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:09 pm |
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That can't be in any kind of sales order--otherwise why would all the Moore books be grouped and Batman books? There's no way that SUPERMAN/BATMAN: PUBLIC ENEMIES
or BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN outsold BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS.
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Bolgani Gogo
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Post subject: DC Comics: 30 Essential Graphic Novels Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:18 pm |
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Erik Larsen wrote: That can't be in any kind of sales order--otherwise why would all the Moore books be grouped and Batman books? There's no way that SUPERMAN/BATMAN: PUBLIC ENEMIES
or BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN outsold BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS. The site says "Here are the best-selling titles that you must read – whether you are just beginning to discover graphic novels or you are an established fan looking to expand your collection."
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Bolgani Gogo
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Post subject: DC Comics: 30 Essential Graphic Novels Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:19 pm |
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Darragh Greene wrote: 11, 20, 25, 28 and 29 are the only ones I haven't read.
Yeah, Swamp Thing should be there as should We3 and Scalped. I'm not going to comment on the books I haven't read, but there's way too much Batman on this list.
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Hanzo the Razor
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Post subject: DC Comics: 30 Essential Graphic Novels Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:45 pm |
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Bolgani Gogo wrote: Erik Larsen wrote: That can't be in any kind of sales order--otherwise why would all the Moore books be grouped and Batman books? There's no way that SUPERMAN/BATMAN: PUBLIC ENEMIES
or BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN outsold BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS. The site says "Here are the best-selling titles that you must read – whether you are just beginning to discover graphic novels or you are an established fan looking to expand your collection." I think it just meant that all the books on there were best-sellers, not that they were in sales order or even the 30 best-selling graphic novels DC's ever published.
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Post subject: DC Comics: 30 Essential Graphic Novels Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:54 pm |
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These are the ones I HAVEN'T read... Quote: 2, 4. THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN : THE BLACK DOSSIER, THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN VOL. 2
9. SUPERMAN FOR ALL SEASONS
11. SUPERMAN/BATMAN: PUBLIC ENEMIES
12. BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM
15. BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN
24. TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL. 1: BACK ON THE STREET
26. HELLBLAZER: ORIGINAL SINS
28. KAMIKAZE KAITO JEANNE
29. CRAYON SHINCHAN VOL. 1
Am I missing out on anything here?
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Post subject: DC Comics: 30 Essential Graphic Novels Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:55 pm |
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Darragh Greene wrote: Yeah, Swamp Thing should be there as should We3 and Scalped. +1 No Starman? No New Frontier? 
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Dave Toxik
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Post subject: DC Comics: 30 Essential Graphic Novels Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:56 pm |
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I own:
1. WATCHMEN
2, 3, 4. THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN : THE BLACK DOSSIER, THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN VOL. 1 & VOL. 2
5. V FOR VENDETTA
6. THE SANDMAN VOL. 1: PRELUDES & NOCTURNES
7. THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS
8. FABLES VOL 1: LEGENDS IN EXILE
10. ALL STAR SUPERMAN VOL. 1
12. BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM
14. BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS
15. BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN
16. BATMAN: YEAR ONE
17, 18. BATMAN: HUSH VOL. 1 & VOL. 2
19. KINGDOM COME
20. IDENTITY CRISIS
21. JLA VOL. 1: NEW WORLD ORDER
22. GREEN LANTERN: REBIRTH
23. CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS
24. TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL. 1: BACK ON THE STREET
27. Y: THE LAST MAN VOL. 1: UNMANNED
30. EX MACHINA VOL. 1: THE FIRST HUNDRED DAYS
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Post subject: DC Comics: 30 Essential Graphic Novels Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:19 pm |
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Rawburn wrote: These are the ones I HAVEN'T read... Quote: 2, 4. THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN : THE BLACK DOSSIER, THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN VOL. 2
9. SUPERMAN FOR ALL SEASONS
11. SUPERMAN/BATMAN: PUBLIC ENEMIES
12. BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM
15. BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN
24. TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL. 1: BACK ON THE STREET
26. HELLBLAZER: ORIGINAL SINS
28. KAMIKAZE KAITO JEANNE
29. CRAYON SHINCHAN VOL. 1
Am I missing out on anything here? Of those (among the ones there I've read), Superman for All Seasons and S/B Public Enemies are fun. League vol 2 is worth reading if you liked the first one. Arkham is beautifully painted, but a bit of a mess. I can't recommend it.
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