Thread 149139532

I'm reading some 80s comics and having a blast.
But what's the second best decade in comics?

>>149139532 (OP)
Every decade is great until you hit the 2010s
That applies to more than comics

>>149139532 (OP)
>But what's the second best decade in comics?
either 90s, 70s or 2000s in that order but can exchange 70s and 2000s at your pleasure.

>>149139532 (OP)
90s

>>149139671
Eh, I disagree.
The futher out you go from the 80s in eother direction, the worse the decade is.

>>149139532 (OP)
90s were good for DC. God the triangle era as good.

>>149141560
I never see anyone post pages from this aside from the return of Superman.

>>149142548
Because posting pages out of context instead of reading the actual issues is for twitter faggots who don't want to actually read the fucking comics. But here's a cave girl macking on Superman with nary an explanation

>>149139532 (OP)
Is Angel Love any good? I assume its a slice of life comedy but has some "serious issues" (like drugs)

>>149141560
90s Superman really isn't that good.

>>149143176
You are wrong

>>149142602
It's... weird.

It's an "urban young people light drama with rom-com elements" except it REALLY looks like a children's comic while being anything but. It REALLY BADLY NEEDED a "Mature Readers" warning from issue #1, but didn't get one until the very last issue. Like half of the letters they published in the letters page were people complaining about the content, and like half of those were from kids and the rest from parents.

It's just an oddball in DC's publishing history that doesn't really fit in and is difficult to classify.

But the simple answer: Is it any good? I'd rank it as "your mileage may vary". Worth giving a shot and making up your own mind.

If you want more from the same writer/artist, then look up Marvel's "Yuppies From Hell" from the same decade. If you like one then I imagine you might like the other.

>>149143205
Nah. Both the 80s and the 2000s were better for the character.

>>149143250
I never heard of that Angel Love comic before until I saw this thread just now. Its art kinda stuck out the most out of all the 80's comics on that cover, but it also makes that Angel Love stand out. Wouldn't hurt to check it out.

If you want more forgotten 80s DC, then look up Outcasts. One of the best comics I've ever read that practically nobody's heard of.

>>149139671
Not true. The 1950s are really, really bad. And you need to move that date up because the 2000s are when it all goes to shit.

>>149142589
I'm not a Superman fan but Stern wrote a lot of the Triangle era so I can't imagine it being bad. Shame I'm not richfag enough to drop money on an omnibus.

>>149143250
>Is it any good? I'd rank it as "your mileage may vary".
In other words, it's not.

>>149144731
No, that's not what that means.

>>149144479
The 50s had a lot of good stuff. Between EC, Disney stuff, Lulu, and other random stuff, it's really not a bad decade. Superhero comics in the 50s were ass though.

And the 2000s had good stuff, too. Not nearly as bad of a decade as /co/ makes it out to be.

>>149144775
>And the 2000s had good stuff, too. Not nearly as bad of a decade as /co/ makes it out to be.
It's not, but I'm still having a tough time finding really good comics from that decade.

>>149145552
I always thought of the 2000s as a decade of mediocrity. There's no shortage of "not bad" level comics, but very few all-timers.

>>149145679
pretty much

>>149142548
Because they are retarded zoomer tourists who don't actually read comics and consume them entirely through youtube essays, tiktok, twitter threads and the wiki.
And when they do read a comic they'll read the "best arc" of a run - death and return, or things like the dark phoenix saga and never actually experience the full comic like the trogs they are.
>>149141560
based
>>149143176
>>149143265
You should be studied in a lab.

>>149145679
Yeah. A lot of favorites from this decade don't hold up. It's also when the art started getting really shitty with the digital art and awful colors.

>>149139532 (OP)
80s is definitely the best decade. Personally I'd say the 70s but DC was largely fucking dogshit outdated archie slop - the reason why the 80s is good is because they finally start to get their shit together to compete with Marvel.
2000's has it's share of good material a lot of people like between the two of them so you can make an argument for that. But the "modern colouring and art" in the early 00's was absolute slop.
It was also when how comics were written started to drastically change for the worse. Almost no narration from the authors, no thought bubbles, shitty fucking dialogue between characters that was barely believable, story's were padded out between issues. And this just extends into the 2010' and 2020's.

>>149148032
>You should be studied in a lab.

You have shit taste.

>>149148118
>Personally I'd say the 70s but DC was largely fucking dogshit outdated archie slop
Nah, there's a lot of good stuff out of 70s DC. The Legion, Warlord, Denny O'Neil Batman, everything Kirby did, Goodwin and Simonson's Manhunter... Green Lantern/Green Arrow is also pretty notable even if most people probably don't think it's aged well.

>>149139532 (OP)
I'll always have a soft spot for the 2000s.

>>149145552
That’s because you aren’t good at looking

80s
70s
60s
90s
00s

60s and 90s just by their second and first halves respectively would be ahead of the 70s but overall behind them

>>149149306
Do you rank the 10s above the 20s so far?

>>149148715
same here, but with selective stuff from the 2000s

>>149149028
I am.

>>149139671
No

>>149148715
I should but I don't.

>>149139532 (OP)
DC Finest collection of Ambush Bug....FUCKING WHEN!!!?????

>>149148715
This was when I started getting back into comics again, so I should have a soft spot for it, but I sure as hell don't.

>>149154076
Never!

>>149141560
I remember hating superman during this shit. The death was interesting, thats about it. Jurgens was a shit writer and mid artist.

>>149144356
>Outcasts
Interesting.

Idk

>>149155632
Jurgens is actually a decent writer and good artist. He did an excellent Superman vs. Alien crossover and some odd issues here or there of the Superman ongoings that were solid. You just have to avoid mullet-era Superman bullshit.

>>149158093
>>149155632
My favourite Jurgens Superman story is when he has Supes get lost out in deep space, meet Jurgens' space opera OCs the Sun Devils and then tries to stop them from killing Space Hitler.

>>149139532 (OP)
I hate to break it to you, sister, but the 1980s wasn't even top five decade of the last 9 or 10, in DC Comics, much less Marble. Younger Boomers, of course, disagree because MUH CHILDHOOD.

>>149158093
maybe so, I got caught up in the death, hung around for the regin, and bailed a little after the black suit feeling uninspired.

>>149158420
The mid to late 80s were DC's creative peak thanks to Giordano and Berger reacting to Shooter's Marvel domination.

>>149148715
>>149155147
This is where I got back OUT after just getting back in. AH what a good if brief return that was.

>>149158420
It's the best decade of DC, Marvel, and non-big two comic books by far.

>>149139671
Correct. That's the period in which comic bloggers and journalists were allowed to be writers, and all the major characters were replaced at Marvel with their diversity replacements. All the shit from this period later appeared in the MCU, and killed that too.

>>149143176
I remember it repeatedly being talked about in media, including news shows during the period. 90's Superman was a big deal.

>>149148715
Comics kinda die after Civil War at Marvel and Infinite Crisis and 52 at DC.

>>149159411
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOSm8NZpzyE

>>149159411
delusional

>>149159441
>after Civil War at Marvel and Infinite Crisis and 52 at DC.
>after
These are already garbage.

>>149160015
I think that's what they meant.

>>149139532 (OP)
60s or 40s

>>149160192
What makes you say that?

>>149160055
You'd hope so.

Someone posted this in another thread.

>>149162345
Missing some good shit.

>>149139671
Fpwp

>>149160728
Idk, just feels right

>>149163378
Sort of

>>149162683
Like what?

>>149166076
plenty of european and iberoamerican comicbooks

>>149166586
>iberoamerican

>>149162345
>>149162683
I'll try to make an updated one.

Bros, half of the threads are spam.

>>149141560
I honestly didn't like the late 90s.

>>149168873
Heroes Reborn was a flash in a pan, it just meant that a bunch of titles most people weren't even reading just sucked a little more than usual.
Harras-era Marvel was pretty lousy for the most part, but there were a few good books here and there. Carlin-era DC was pretty good overall.

>>149168873
>>149169152
Heroes RETURN which happened just after that was one of best times in marvel history

>>149169152
>Heroes Reborn was a flash in a pan, it just meant that a bunch of titles most people weren't even reading just sucked a little more than usual.

It varied. Arguably Heroes Reborn Cap was worse than the Waid/Garney Cap but I would actually take Heroes Reborn Cap over a lot of Cap stuff from the 2010s.

People keep forgetting that right before Heroes Reborn Iron Man there was The Crossing/Teen Tony so Heroes Reborn Iron Man was arguably an improvement over that

>>149169168
Not really.

>>149158420
But I'm young and I agree :)

>>149170041
Same.

>>149168823
I can't do this anymore.

>>149169771
Ya huh

>>149171089
Then fuck off, faget.

>>149169168
That's a STRETCH.

>>149158925
This art is quite bad. He was so much better in the 80s.

>>149173805
It's actually good. And I'd guess that's probably from a digital release. The original issue probably looks better.

>>149173805
It would look nice if it had better coloring

>>149173836
>>149174115
The inks aren't great either, but yeah, it mostly the colors.

>>149139532 (OP)
bullshit

>>149162345
I'm feeling tempted to read Usagi and Zot. Moore's Miracleman is amazing

>>149172505
Got 'im