So after a year haitus of no comics I picked up my Essential collections and started reading again. It’s amazing comparing them to todays books, the standards in the 60s/70s were so much lower yet the stories are still good. They do not rely on sex scandals and the such just to get people to read, it’s a super hero good guy vs some bad guy that usually looks like he belongs in Big Gay Al’s Super House. One thing that annoys me is almost literally every issue someone, most likely the villain, will say “See how I… insert feat” to intimidate, like Kingpin “See how I bend this steel chair like I will Spider-Man” or Loki “See how I use my tricks to confuse even the mighiest!”
Christopher Claremont still uses that writing “tactic” in his comics. I think it’s his mutant power.
Which Essential books have you been reading?
Which is why I cannot read any of the old “classic” uncanny X-men. I DETEST Claremont’s writing with a passion.
New Avengers #50 was hella fun. Lots of laughs, Spider-Man had me rolling! 
Wolverine thinking the same thing in the battle was like in one of my fav moments from Astonishing Xmen, realy cool
The old comics were written “the marvel way” Stan Lee style, basically artist and writer decide on plot, artist draws the art and the panels then the writer comes in and writes the dialogue after, hence all the expositions.
I don’t know when most of Marvel stopped using it but I’m pretty sure during Jim Lee 90s X-men they still made comics like that (except Jim Lee would finish the pencils 28-29 days after the last issue, leaving the writers with one day to write).
Although dated they may be, I still love the old Stan Lee stuff as well because he had a good instinct on human condition and relationships. (60s X-men sucked balls though).
RE: Avengers 50
Wolverine thought block says: “Kill these @#$%ERS!” after striking a black villain. Hmmm…makes you wonder what the censored word is…time to call Al Sharpton.
Also, its funny seeing Iron Fist change costume from page to page.
I’m a bit disappointed in the Immortal Iron Fist series. I thought it was going to be a fast-paced kung-fu adventure, instead we got constant flashbacks to old Iron Fists and all kinds of mysticism bullshit. Oh well.
Captain America continues to be the best comic book on the stands.
Are you talking about the current run by the new writer or the series as a whole?
wolverine origins was…good?
Sano i got the books. i need some time alone now…
I mean the current run by Fraction/Brubanker(now by JMS). I read the first arc and weas like “ehh…”
ban him Sano
Agreed. Immortal Iron Fist by the almighty BRU was the truth.
Oh and it’s Duane SWIFTKILLSKI who’s writing now.
@Deathreaper- I suggest you keep reading if you only read the first few issues, it might interest you later on.
BAN to those who dare to mock the work of the BRU
No, no,no, I worship at the Temple of Bru and thank the lord every day Captain America comes out. I don’t see you guys hailing his work on Uncanny X-men
BRU didn’t write UXM just like Jordan didn’t make a comeback playing for the Wizards
I picked back up where I left off in Spider-Man, on issue 78 as of last night. I also have quite a bit of the Avengers but to me reading those are a chore where Spider-Man is really good. I’ve also read both of Punishers (haven’t checked if a 3rd one was out) and Nova. Almost out of the 60’s for Spider-Man!
Same. On the ASM DVD-Rom Collection I’m up to '69. I read X-Men off the DVD-Rom too, but yeah Lee/Kirby X-Men is quite a chore to read so I’m only a few years into it.
Sano, who do I have to please to have the Spoiler tag of the forums changed?
I’ma post what I read from Marvel later on.
Which issue are you on for Spidey? I have the first Essential volume for X-men in the 60’s and yes that was also a feat that I finished it, I don’t think buying volume 2 will be happening sometime this decade.