Must Read TPBs

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 5:11 pm

I know we have had threads like this before, but I was speaking to people last evening who rad Watchmen and wanted to read other good comics.

I thought of a bunch off the top of my head, but figured I would ask you guys as well.

What are the best trades out there?

MGM · Post by **MGM** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 5:25 am

I've reacently bought Batman: Year One.

jedispyder · Post by **jedispyder** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 8:42 am

Camelot 3000, a very underrated maxi series that is very good for its time...

ChimeraCreative · Post by **ChimeraCreative** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 9:40 am

The most critically acclaimed (asides from The Watchmen) are Batman:Year One, The Dark Knight Returns, Maus, Kingdom Come.

If they're into Alan Moore specifically, there's V for Vendetta, From Hell, LoeG, Swamp Thing.

And asides from that there are loads and loads of great comics. really depends on what rubs their Buddha. I typically recommend Y the Last Man, Preacher, Fables and The Walking Dead to everyone.

jedispyder · Post by **jedispyder** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 9:57 am

Not sure if its on TPBs anymore, but all of Grant Morrison "Animal Man" was fantastic. Took a Z-Grade character and turned him into a B-Grade Character, and then 52 turned him into an A-Grade Character (yay!)

Mr Wallstreet · Post by **Mr Wallstreet** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 10:45 am

RONIN is pretty good
We3 is fantastic
Pride of Baghdad is a great read
Thor: Vikings will knock your balls off
Identity Crisis - while it had some huge plot holes, tugged on all the right heart strings
Bite Club - while still not having read this despite sitting on my bookshelf for more than a year, I hear is pretty damn good

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:37 am

This is what I got.

Batman: Long Halloween
Batman: Dark Victory
Superman: For All Seasons
Batman: Dark Knights Returns
Batman: Year One
Invincible Family Matters
Ultimate X-Men The Tomorrow People
Ultimate Spider-Man Power and Responsibility
The Sword Fire
Ultimates Volume 1 - Mark Millar
Powers Who Killed Retro Girl?
New X-Men Volume 1 - Grant Morrison
JLA New World Order
Authority Relentless

Scalped Indian Country
DMZ On The Ground
Fables Legends in Exile
Ex Machina First Hundred Days
Y - The Last Man Unmanned
Walking Dead Days Gone Bye
V For vendetta
Preacher Gone to Texas
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume 1 - Alan Moore
Northlanders Sven the Returned

ChimeraCreative · Post by **ChimeraCreative** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:44 am

I'd like to suggest a few more random titles.

Bone, Death - The High Cost of Living, Hellboy - Seed of Destruction, Sandman - Preludes and Nocturnes, Strangers in Paradise.

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:47 am

How did I possibly forget Sandman?

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:55 am

Transmetropolitan
Sin City
Kingdom Come
30 Days of Night
Daredevil: Born Again
DC: The New Frontier

CBKA · Post by **CBKA** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 6:35 am

the bendis run on daredevil is a good shout

CountD · Post by **CountD** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:07 am

Adults, yes? Brubaker/Philips

Sleeper season 1 (Out in the cold), Sleeper season 2 (All False moves)

going by memory in trade titles, but almost all adults I've recommended them to liked them.

CountD · Post by **CountD** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:08 am

Another great trade:

Strange Girl vol 1 "Girl Afraid"

CountD · Post by **CountD** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:08 am

The walking dead
Invincible volumes 1 + 2

never miss.

CountD · Post by **CountD** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:08 am

All Star Superman

CountD · Post by **CountD** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:09 am

REBIRTH of Thanos tpb
Infinity Gauntlet tpb

Might be best to get these together.

MGM · Post by **MGM** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:27 am

The Red Star. It's pretty great, although it comes out about annually. But the first arcs are very good.