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Waid's Flash has got alot of love here, good to see.

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Grendel and Nexus

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StarBrand wrote:What's your pick for the best comic book run ever?
That's tough, but if I absolutely had to pick just one, it would be Simonson's Thor

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StarBrand wrote:Frank Miller's DD was incredible.
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slym2none wrote:Claremont & Byrne's run on (Uncanny) X-Men.

'NUFF SAID!!!



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OH YEAH! See, there's so many good ones that it's hard to pick just one :!:

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slym2none wrote:
400yrs wrote:
slym2none wrote:Claremont & Byrne's run on (Uncanny) X-Men.

'NUFF SAID!!!
Try re-reading it. Bleghhh.
I've read it many times and still love it. Thanks, X-Men Classics!!!

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Same here. I had my Classic X-Men run bound :clap:

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Cyberstrike wrote:I've really enjoyed Peter David's runs on The Incredible Hulk, She-Hulk, Aquaman, Young Justice, The Fallen Angel, Supergirl, Spyboy, Justice, Spider-Man 2099, and X-Factor.
I love all things written by PAD. Good call :thumb:

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ian_house wrote:Is it fair to call entire titles like Y and Walking Dead runs?
Anything done by the same creative team no matter how many issues should be considered a run.

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Jay Tomio wrote:Today I want to say James Robinson's Starman.
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Lightning Strike wrote:
StarBrand wrote:What's your pick for the best comic book run ever?
That's tough, but if I absolutely had to pick just one, it would be Simonson's Thor
Just Thor.

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If we are doing "whole series", then Next Men must count.

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next men is right up there

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swamp thing is still relly high

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Pretty solid list. :thumb:

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Chiclo wrote:Grendel and Nexus
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league of extrodenary gentelemen :thumb:

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superman-prime wrote:league of extrodenary gentelemen :thumb:
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There are some really good runs on there, but some of the ones they list would not even make my top 200 list.

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Lightning Strike wrote:
There are some really good runs on there, but some of the ones they list would not even make my top 200 list.
like?

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ian_house wrote:
Lightning Strike wrote:
There are some really good runs on there, but some of the ones they list would not even make my top 200 list.
like?
100 (tie). Chris Ware’s Acme Novelty Library – 95 points (2 first place votes)
100 (tie). Jack Cole’s Plastic Man – 95 points (1 first place vote)
99. Terry Moore’s Strangers in Paradise – 96 points (2 first place votes)
97 (tie). Matt Wagner’s Grendel – 98 points (1 first place vote)
97 (tie). Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo – 98 points (2 first place votes)
95. Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima’s Lone Wolf & Cub – 100 points
93 (tie). Garth Ennis’ Hellblazer – 101 points (1 first place vote)
92. Warren Ellis and Stuart Immonen’s Nextwave – 103 points (2 first place votes)
91. Mike Grell’s Green Arrow – 104 points (3 first place votes)
85. Sergio Aragones and Mark Evanier’s Groo – 110 points (1 first place vote)
83 (tie). Warren Ellis’ Stormwatch – 112 points (1 first place vote)
81 (tie). Peter Milligan and Mike Allred’s X-Force/X-Statix – 113 points (2 first place votes)
80. Mike Carey, Peter Gross and Ryan Kelly’s Lucifer – 114 points (3 first place votes)
78. Joe Casey’s Wildcats – 117 points (1 first place vote)
76. Paul Chadwick’s Concrete – 120 points (4 first place votes)
67. Peter Milligan’s Shade, the Changing Man- 142 points (4 first place votes)
65. Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle’s Batman – 146 points (2 first place votes)
62 (tie). Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso’s 100 Bullets – 150 points (3 first place votes)
53. Mike Baron and Steve Rude’s Nexus – 174 points (4 first place votes)
47. Joe Kelly’s Deadpool – 202 points (6 first place votes)
46. Will Eisner’s The Spirit – 204 points (7 first place votes)
45. John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake’s The Spectre – 205 points (5 first place votes)
41 (tie). Steve Gerber’s Howard the Duck – 218 points (1 first place vote)
40. Alan Moore and J.H. Williams III’s Promethea – 220 points (4 first place votes)
37. Garth Ennis and John McCrea’s Hitman – 232 points (6 first place votes)
35. Los Bros Hernandez’s Love and Rockets – 236 points (5 first place votes)
25. Dave Sim and Gerhard’s Cerebus – 370 points (8 first place votes)
24. Garth Ennis’ Punisher – 389 points (5 first place votes)
23. Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson’s Transmetropolitan – 418 points (11 first place votes)
21. Grant Morrison’s Animal Man – 430 points (13 first place votes)
13. Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra’s Y the Last Man – 547 points (6 first place votes)
8. Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s Preacher – 857 points (21 first place votes)
5. Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing – 942 points (30 first place votes)

That's not to say that these runs aren't good, just that I personally wouldn't have them in MY top 200


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