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Recommendations For Classic Superhero Comic Collections?

Posted by Unknown on from the comic-book-nerds dept.

mvdwege (243851) writes "Due to being in a relationship with a comics geek, I have gotten interested in the history of superhero comics. I would like to get a better grounding in the Golden Age (pre-Comics Code) comics, so here's my question to the Slashdot audience: what are your recommendations for essential reading? What collections/omnibus editions of Golden Age comics would you recommend?"

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  1. Flaming Carrot by smittyoneeach · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Flaming Carrot
    Dare I share it?
    The hero of win
    & mega-whisker chin
    Burma Shave

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  2. Masterworks/Archives by Jiro · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Marvel Comics has a Marvel Masterworks line which includes a lot of Golden Age volumes. They are very expensive, but there are also $20 paperback editions that come out 7-8 years later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    DC Comics has its DC Archives program, but most of those never get reprinted in paperbacks and the program rarely releases much nowadays.

    Also, something about this topic seems to bring out the stupid in Slashdot. No, Flaming Carrot is not a Golden Age comic.

  3. Also... by BlackPignouf · · Score: 5, Funny

    Also, I'd like to take notes while reading those comics.
    Which text editor do you recommend? Vim, Notepad or Emacs?

    1. Re:Also... by Trepidity · · Score: 4, Funny

      That's a good question, but first I'd need to know on what operating system you plan to take notes. Do Slashdotters recommend Windows, Mac OS X, or FreeBSD for this purpose?

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  4. Superhero comics? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Boy did you come to the wrong place. Slashdot is all about calm and dispassionate intellectual debate about issues important to science nerds and not frivolous things like comics. Why we have never even had a flamewar around here!

  5. European influences by bukowski90210 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Maybe not commonly associated with 'golden age' comics but published concurrently and extremely influential and well-loved are "Tintin" (orig in french, starting c. 1929) by Herge (the pen name of Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi) and of course, the hilarious "The Adventures of Asterix" by Goscinny and Uderzo (orig in french, starting c. 1959). Enjoy!

  6. Digital Comic Museum by fiziko · · Score: 3, Informative

    I would head over to the Digital Comic Museum, create a free account, and start going through the public domain titles in addition to the Masterworks/Archives listed by others. The DCM will also give you access to stuff like The Spirit, Lev Gleason's Daredevil, Fawcett's Captain Marvel, Whiz (where CM first appeared), and Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, the golden age/western hero Ghost Rider (with the unfortunate outfit), and thousands of others. Follow your interests; the 1930s and 1940s were part of an era when superheroes weren't quite as dominant as they would later become, so you can find piles of romance, comedy, crime, and so forth in the mix.

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