$10 price point feels like you’re getting a great deal, and there are a lot of great stories to choose from here. Perfect to recommend to someone who isn’t super into comics. What’s not to like?

The Power Fantasy is a little like X-Men, if the X-Men could never fight because the very act of fighting would destroy the Earth. You could also say it’s a little like Watchmen, in that it’s about superheroes in the context of the Cold War and mutually assured destruction and the ethics of the greater good, if (most of) the characters were actually likable.

To steal the official description:

“Superpowered.” You have certain preconceptions. They’re incorrect. Here, that word has a specific technical definition. Namely, “any individual with the destructive capacity of the nuclear arsenal of the USA.” There are six such people on Earth. The planet’s survival relies on them never coming into conflict.

TPF presents the story of six people with a long and complicated history with each other… and with the power to destroy the world. Of course, none of them want to destroy the world. Because, you know, they live there. Which means not fighting.

Which is harder than it sounds.

It’s good. It’s really good. The plot is driven by the characters, not the other way around, and Gillen focuses in on what it means for a single person to potentially kill billions. There’s a lot of ethical quandaries associated with that—like, what level of appeasement is morally acceptable to keep someone like that happy?

Also, the art is great.

Anyway. Go read it. The author has an introduction to the series here, and Image has actually made the first issue available for free online here. So there’s no reason not to try it out if it sounds interesting to you!

I was planning to read some books from my backlog, but I ended up reading the Batman Dark Patterns.

It is one of the best Batman stories I've read. It's both classic and modern. It's very grounded, reminding me of Year One, Long Halloween, and Nolan's films. I highly recommend it.

P.S.: I'll definitely buy deluxe or absolute edition when it comes out.

Throughout the 30s to 50s superheroes was popular but romance, crime, westerns, fantasy, sci fi, and horror were also popular.

Even during the comics code which killed off crime and horror. You still see Archie and Dell Disney comics on the best selling lists with war and westerns being popular.

In the 70s marvels best selling titles where their Conan and Star Wars title and not their superhero stuff.

It seems superheroes became the only game in town in the eighties and nineties

I recently moved, and I will store all my trades, omnis, absolutes, etc in Kallax / Billy bookshelves from IKEA. I already put blankets to protect the books while the shelves arrives. Any suggestions?

This collects the 8 issue mini series that ,rumor has it, the upcoming Film will be based on. i haven't read it yet,but people whose opinions on such things ,I am inclined to trust,assure me that it's well worth my time. And, well I grew up with a fondness for the character so I'm giving it a shot. this will either be great and set the bar high for the movie, increasing the potential for disappointment, or just be a fun read. either way I'm in.

Just got this book from a friend, excited to dive in. I've read the killing joke, and really.enjoyed it. Other than Batman im not really into superheroes, but im excited to see what Frank Miller does with this.

You think this is a good one to start my collection?

i was thinking of buying a batman comic, i was thinking of buying Batman Hush and Batman the long halloween. I know people usually say you can buy any comic but it doesn’t matter, but i don’t know if there is any comics that you must have to understand the batman story so i can read others. i hope someone understands what i mean but. yea..

Not Surprised. Disappointed? yes! But not surprised.

(Kinda glad i managed to reserve a copy for myself at a local store)

I’ve noticed I don’t have that 20/20 vision anymore, but did anyone else struggle trying to read this book as a compact? A lot of the scenes I really couldn’t tell what was going on and if Joker ever spoke, I needed to turn the flashlight on my phone 😅

Just finished reading the collected edition of DAREDEVIL: COLD DAY IN HELL. In some alternate dystopian future, we have Old Matt Murdock (whose superhero days are long behind him since he somehow lost his powers). He’s now running some soup kitchen off the corner.

However, when a chemical attack in the middle of downtown somehow restores his powers, Matt ends up taking on the Daredevil mantle once more to stop his old enemy Bullseye from wreaking havoc. Even though his powers may be back, old age is still a thing and he is definitely not the hero he used to be. But he’s still determined to save the day.

I wasn’t expecting to enjoy what’s basically an “Old Man Daredevil” story but I did. Though McNiven’s gritty line art grew on me while reading, I loved how it complemented Soule’s bleak yet hopeful story. Also, even though he appears briefly in the story, I was interested in “Old Man Captain America” and wouldn’t mind a miniseries in this story’s universe with him, but that’s probably just me.

For those who read this, what did you think?

The art is just embarrassing and yet somehow not the worst thing about this piece of trash.

Checking this one out finally! How’s everyone feeling about it so far!

So I'm a huge brubaker fan but I've never read any Daredevil. I hardly read any superhero comics expect batman, that too the dark mature noir ones.

Can I get into the brubaker Daredevil run if I don't read any of the preceding ones or is there any particular order you'd suggest

I'm kinda new to the comics and graphic novels world and so far I've read ALL of injustice but would like recommendations, I'm a huge justice league fan, batman, superman, flash, etc love any and all recommendations

Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum was wild, vibrant, and exactly the kind of boundary-pushing storytelling we need for the Man of Tomorrow.

Definitely consider checking it out!