I first got into Captain America with the infamous Roger Stern/John Byrne arc starting in issue #247 and loved it so much that I eventually collected every issue all the way back to issue 225 and even now and then I love taking this run out and re-reading them again. Some highs, some lows, but all great reading and the Stern/Byrne issues #247-255 are some of the best comics ever made!
I'll be the first to admit that John Byrne's series about what took place between the cancellation of X-Men #66 and the restart with the new X-Men in Giant Size X-Men #1 is hit and miss, but hey, where else are you going to see Byrne drawing our favorite mutants again? For me it was worth it and despite mis-steps like placing the storyline in current 2000's timeline and creating potential paradoxical situations (like having them team up with Storm months before Professor X even discovered her), it's still a fun read and besides, no one can draw the X-men like Byrne!
I've loved artist Jill Thompson ever since her stint in my still favorite Sandman arc BRIEF LIVES and so when my friend told me about a new series she was illustrating featuring a team of sleuthing dogs (the titulars 'beasts") of a rustic town (Burden Hill) how could I refuse? And as written by Evan Dorkin, this series was as fun and imaginative as I'd hoped!
Although almost completely overshadowed by his work on the Uncanny X-Men, John Byrne's Alpha Flight run from issue 1-28 are, in my opinion, some of the finest stories he's written, with strong and imaginative characters, groups, powers and plot devices, the only drawback being that he left right in the middle of its final arc! Nonetheless, It's till a series run I love taking out and reading again, so, so good!
Although almost completely overshadowed by his work on the Uncanny X-Men, John Byrne's Alpha Flight run from issue 1-28 are, in my opinion, some of the finest stories he's written, with strong and imaginative characters, groups, powers and plot devices, the only drawback being that he left right in the middle of its final arc! Nonetheless, It's till a series run I love taking out and reading again, so, so good!
GODZILLA was the very first comic that I read that wasn't of the Richie Rich/ Archie Comics variety, and it is pleasing to dig these comics out and discover that the stories that thrilled me and blew me way as a kid still hold up today- they are still fantastic tales I can still read with passion and excitement!
