Comics Greatest World - Issue List

[Chiclo]

Found me another on off the predator crossover list.

The Ghost issue (vol 1 #5?) was rather anti-climactic.

She dispatched the Predator like a puppy on a kleenex.

[Draco]

Found me another on off the predator crossover list.

The Ghost issue (vol 1 #5?) was rather anti-climactic.

She dispatched the Predator like a puppy on a kleenex.

i think that was what i liked about it ya know.

If you can do it that easy dont take 22 pages right !!

[Zero]

Great, so is there a similar set of four for Rebel?

I'll get right on it...


EDIT: ok, there ARE two versions of the gold, one with the Diamond and one with the fist holding a bolt of lightning. I could not find any evidence of there being a limited edition version of the regular cover. So it looks like only 3 versions of the Rebel book.

I'm not sure if you ever cleared this mystery up, but I just bought that "Special Limited Edition" version of Rebel at a local con. There's also an E-bay auction if you need a pic. Again, I could not tell by looking at the checklist if the book had been confirmed or not. Thanks, ~Pete

http://cgi.ebay.com/1993-Special-Limite ... dZViewItem

[Brother J]

Great, so is there a similar set of four for Rebel?

I'll get right on it...


EDIT: ok, there ARE two versions of the gold, one with the Diamond and one with the fist holding a bolt of lightning. I could not find any evidence of there being a limited edition version of the regular cover. So it looks like only 3 versions of the Rebel book.

I'm not sure if you ever cleared this mystery up, but I just bought that "Special Limited Edition" version of Rebel at a local con. There's also an E-bay auction if you need a pic. Again, I could not tell by looking at the checklist if the book had been confirmed or not. Thanks, ~Pete

http://cgi.ebay.com/1993-Special-Limite ... dZViewItem

yep, it looks like you found the one I couldn't find.

Chiclo, could you please edit the checklist to show this one is now confirmed?

[Chiclo]

So edited!

[Draco]

finally got my standar issue of the guide to CGW.

I now have pic capabilitites too so will dig out the platinum version and post it up so you can all see it.

Im guessing the platinum is the scarcest of all the CGW premiunms seeing as no one else had heard of or new it existed?

I picked a few more issues of my CGW list but im still needing a spankload.

[Chiclo]

finally got my standar issue of the guide to CGW.

I now have pic capabilitites too so will dig out the platinum version and post it up so you can all see it.

Im guessing the platinum is the scarcest of all the CGW premiunms seeing as no one else had heard of or new it existed?

I picked a few more issues of my CGW list but im still needing a spankload.

Once I get my collection together and sorted through, I should have quite a grip of these to liquidate.

[Draco]

Ok here is the Platinum version of the guide to CGW.



Like i said before it was so badly packaged im lucky to have rec'd it in this grade.

The back cover is all platinum & you can see the damage caused by posting this international with little or no protection.

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Anyone else have a copy then now you can see it close up?

[Brother J]

Thanks for the scan, I'll keep an eye out for one.

[Draco]

Thanks for the scan, I'll keep an eye out for one.

Took me awhile but im good for the scanning now.

[J-Scott-R]

Another thing I found were "Collector's Portfolios" for Arcadia, Golden City, Steel Harbor and Vortex. Since these are portfolios and not comics, not sure if you want to add them, but I threw it out there.

Does anyone know what these things are worth, I saw a copy of the Golden City Portfolio with a Golden City Week 1 Rebel Gold Diamond Cover included yesterday and was wondering if it was worth picking up. Thanks for your help. Scott

[Chiclo]

Another thing I found were "Collector's Portfolios" for Arcadia, Golden City, Steel Harbor and Vortex. Since these are portfolios and not comics, not sure if you want to add them, but I threw it out there.

Does anyone know what these things are worth, I saw a copy of the Golden City Portfolio with a Golden City Week 1 Rebel Gold Diamond Cover included yesterday and was wondering if it was worth picking up. Thanks for your help. Scott

I paid $10 plus shipping for the complete set of 4 earlier this summer on eBay.

So, probably not much.

[J-Scott-R]

Another thing I found were "Collector's Portfolios" for Arcadia, Golden City, Steel Harbor and Vortex. Since these are portfolios and not comics, not sure if you want to add them, but I threw it out there.

Does anyone know what these things are worth, I saw a copy of the Golden City Portfolio with a Golden City Week 1 Rebel Gold Diamond Cover included yesterday and was wondering if it was worth picking up. Thanks for your help. Scott

I paid $10 plus shipping for the complete set of 4 earlier this summer on eBay.

So, probably not much.

Thanks, If it had been X I probably would have gotten it anyway, but I was never a big fan of Rebel. Scott

[xodacia81]

Has anyone ever thought of doing a proper "continutiy/reading order" for this universe?

[Knightt]

Has anyone ever thought of doing a proper "continutiy/reading order" for this universe?

Why yes, I have...

You are hired !!!!

Congratulationsyou'llbemakinghistoryonthissitegoodluckdontmakeanymistakeandthanksforyourconrtribution.

Later...

[xodacia81]

Ok. So, here's how I'm going to do this. Collections and special editions don't count, since they aren't part of continuity, just "alternate covers" and such. It'd be like demanding you read the Harbinger HC after you've finished reading the entire first run of Valiant, lol. That said, I have borrowed the list of books and this is what I've come up with in terms of what I think works. I am only covering characters within the actual "CGW/DHH" universe. As such, the Mask, who joined the DHH label, only had one series which crossed into this continuity, thus the omition of all but one Mask series.


Comics Greatest World 16 issue mini-series:

NOTE: This area is a bit dicey. Each issue has a 1 page prologue. The first 15 of these tell the first chronological story in the universe. As such, these 15 pages should be read first. Then, you have to read:

X: One Shot (to the Head)

NOTE: With the above one shot, you need to read until the big splash page where X jumps out a window. At this point, you can look back at the prologue to the first week in order to understand the "Now. Arcadia." remark on the splash page. At this point, once you understand this "blip" in continuity, you can proceed through to the next series.


Arcadia Week 1: X(cover by Frank Miller)
Arcadia Week 2: Pit Bulls
Arcadia Week 3: Ghost(Cover by Dave Dorman)
Arcadia Week 4: Monster
Golden City Week 1: Rebel
Golden City Week 2: Mecha
Golden City Week 3: Titan
Golden City Week 4: Catalyst: Agents of Change
Steel Harbor Week 1: Barb Wire
Steel Harbor Week 2: The Machine
Steel Harbor Week 3: Wolf Gang(Cover by Chris Warner)
Steel Harbor Week 4: Motorhead
Vortex Week 1: Division 13
Vortex Week 2: Hero Zero
Vortex Week 3: King Tiger(Cover by Geoff Darrow)
Vortex Week 4: Out of the Vortex(Cover by Frank Miller)

Regular issues:
Out of the Vortex: 1-4
X: 1
Barb Wire: 1-2
Out of the Vortex: 5-7
Motorhead Special
Catalyst-Agents of Change: 1-2
Out of the Vortex: 8-9
Catalyst-Agents of Change: 3-4
Barb Wire: 4-5
X: 2
Titan Special
Catalyst-Agents of Change: 5
Out of the Vortex: 10
X: 3-5
Hero Zero Special: 0
X-Hero Illustrated special: 1-2

Will To Power:1-3
Ghost Special: 1
Mecha-Urban Renewal (two part story in Dark Horse Comics 21 & 22)
Machine-Under My Skin (2 part story in Dark Horse Comics 23 & 24)
Will To Power: 4-12
Out of the Vortex: 11-12
Catalyst-Agents of Change: 6-7
X-Welcome to the Jungle (two part story in Dark Horse Comics 19 & 20)
Wizard Special: Revelations
Division 13: 1-4
Godzilla v. Hero Zero
Barb Wire: 6
X: 6-9
Barb Wire: 7-9
Agents of Law: 1
The Machine: 1-4
X: 10-15
Ghost, volume one: 1-3
Agents of Law: 2
Ghost & The Shadow special
X: 16-17
Ghost: 4
Agents of Law: 3-4
Motorhead: 1
X: 18
Ghost: 5
Agents of Law: 5-6
Ghost/Hellboy: 1-2
Motorhead: 1
X: 19-20
Ghost, volume one: 6-12
Motorhead: 2-3
X: 21-25
Ghost, volume one: 13-16
Motorhead: 4-5
Ghost, volume one: 17-19
Motorhead: 6
The Mask-World Tour: 1-4
King Tiger/Motorhead: 1-2
Ghost, volume one: 20-25
Barb Wire-Ace of Spades: 1-4
Ghost, volume one: 26-36
Ghost special: 2-3
Vortex (Dark Horse Presents 144)
Ghost, volume 2: 1-22
Silhouette ( Dark Horse Presents annual 2000)
Ghost/Batgirl: 1-4

[xodacia81]

Well, I finished the list and it sits above this post. Does anyone have any comments or questions about it? Any additions/alterations they would like to suggest? Let me know. I want to make this really work as well as it can

[Knightt]

I don't get it... I read these as follows ?

Ghost, volume one: 17-19
Motorhead: 6
The Mask-World Tour: 1-4
King Tiger/Motorhead: 1-2
Ghost, volume one: 20-25
Barb Wire-Ace of Spades: 1-4
Ghost, volume one: 26-36
Ghost special: 2-3

Like nothing in between Ghost, vol 1: 26-36 ? Nothing was printed during that time frame ? I think I was expecting the order in which to read the books probably by week.



Great work, but I am not understanding it.

[xodacia81]

I don't get it... I read these as follows ?

Ghost, volume one: 17-19
Motorhead: 6
The Mask-World Tour: 1-4
King Tiger/Motorhead: 1-2
Ghost, volume one: 20-25
Barb Wire-Ace of Spades: 1-4
Ghost, volume one: 26-36
Ghost special: 2-3

Like nothing in between Ghost, vol 1: 26-36 ? Nothing was printed during that time frame ? I think I was expecting the order in which to read the books probably by week.



Great work, but I am not understanding it.

Yeah, that's the thing about the whole CGW/DHH line. There was a time when Ghost was the only title left from the line, at which point they dropped the whole DHH moniker. The "order" I put the books in is as close to "continuity" as possible. By this, I mean that you avoid something like ::SPOILERS::reading the first 5 issues of X, which end with Titan being promised as "on his way to town"-and wondering how, since he's still in Golden City-but then, follow that up with the issues of Catalyst in which he leaves the group.::END OF SPOILERS::: That is the sort of "bug" I was trying to avoid. I was also, at the same time, giving people large yet manageable chunks of reading that they can do, in more or less "arc" setups. An example of this would be Ghost 20-25, which is a MAJOR arc in that series. I could break it down into smaller groups, but the order, as it is, has to more or less remain the same. I am definitely open to suggestions. Let me know if I am getting what you were getting at, and in the meantime, I will look over the order and try to see if I can't box them off into actual "week by week" segments.

[Draco]

I don't get it... I read these as follows ?

Ghost, volume one: 17-19
Motorhead: 6
The Mask-World Tour: 1-4
King Tiger/Motorhead: 1-2
Ghost, volume one: 20-25
Barb Wire-Ace of Spades: 1-4
Ghost, volume one: 26-36
Ghost special: 2-3

Like nothing in between Ghost, vol 1: 26-36 ? Nothing was printed during that time frame ? I think I was expecting the order in which to read the books probably by week.



Great work, but I am not understanding it.

Yeah, that's the thing about the whole CGW/DHH line. There was a time when Ghost was the only title left from the line, at which point they dropped the whole DHH moniker. The "order" I put the books in is as close to "continuity" as possible. By this, I mean that you avoid something like ::SPOILERS::reading the first 5 issues of X, which end with Titan being promised as "on his way to town"-and wondering how, since he's still in Golden City-but then, follow that up with the issues of Catalyst in which he leaves the group.::END OF SPOILERS::: That is the sort of "bug" I was trying to avoid. I was also, at the same time, giving people large yet manageable chunks of reading that they can do, in more or less "arc" setups. An example of this would be Ghost 20-25, which is a MAJOR arc in that series. I could break it down into smaller groups, but the order, as it is, has to more or less remain the same. I am definitely open to suggestions. Let me know if I am getting what you were getting at, and in the meantime, I will look over the order and try to see if I can't box them off into actual "week by week" segments.

What you have done so far is suitably impressive anyway dude.
This kind of information us priceless.

cheers

[Knightt]

I don't get it... I read these as follows ?

Ghost, volume one: 17-19
Motorhead: 6
The Mask-World Tour: 1-4
King Tiger/Motorhead: 1-2
Ghost, volume one: 20-25
Barb Wire-Ace of Spades: 1-4
Ghost, volume one: 26-36
Ghost special: 2-3

Like nothing in between Ghost, vol 1: 26-36 ? Nothing was printed during that time frame ? I think I was expecting the order in which to read the books probably by week.



Great work, but I am not understanding it.

Yeah, that's the thing about the whole CGW/DHH line. There was a time when Ghost was the only title left from the line, at which point they dropped the whole DHH moniker. The "order" I put the books in is as close to "continuity" as possible. By this, I mean that you avoid something like ::SPOILERS::reading the first 5 issues of X, which end with Titan being promised as "on his way to town"-and wondering how, since he's still in Golden City-but then, follow that up with the issues of Catalyst in which he leaves the group.::END OF SPOILERS::: That is the sort of "bug" I was trying to avoid. I was also, at the same time, giving people large yet manageable chunks of reading that they can do, in more or less "arc" setups. An example of this would be Ghost 20-25, which is a MAJOR arc in that series. I could break it down into smaller groups, but the order, as it is, has to more or less remain the same. I am definitely open to suggestions. Let me know if I am getting what you were getting at, and in the meantime, I will look over the order and try to see if I can't box them off into actual "week by week" segments.

What you have done so far is suitably impressive anyway dude.
This kind of information us priceless.

cheers

OH HELL TO THE YEAH on that... I was just confused.

So the list is a 'this makes sense to read it this way' chronological way to read CGH. i.e. reading the weekly assignment of books could produce spoilers ? If that is the case... genius, my friend.

[xodacia81]

I don't get it... I read these as follows ?

Ghost, volume one: 17-19
Motorhead: 6
The Mask-World Tour: 1-4
King Tiger/Motorhead: 1-2
Ghost, volume one: 20-25
Barb Wire-Ace of Spades: 1-4
Ghost, volume one: 26-36
Ghost special: 2-3

Like nothing in between Ghost, vol 1: 26-36 ? Nothing was printed during that time frame ? I think I was expecting the order in which to read the books probably by week.



Great work, but I am not understanding it.

Yeah, that's the thing about the whole CGW/DHH line. There was a time when Ghost was the only title left from the line, at which point they dropped the whole DHH moniker. The "order" I put the books in is as close to "continuity" as possible. By this, I mean that you avoid something like ::SPOILERS::reading the first 5 issues of X, which end with Titan being promised as "on his way to town"-and wondering how, since he's still in Golden City-but then, follow that up with the issues of Catalyst in which he leaves the group.::END OF SPOILERS::: That is the sort of "bug" I was trying to avoid. I was also, at the same time, giving people large yet manageable chunks of reading that they can do, in more or less "arc" setups. An example of this would be Ghost 20-25, which is a MAJOR arc in that series. I could break it down into smaller groups, but the order, as it is, has to more or less remain the same. I am definitely open to suggestions. Let me know if I am getting what you were getting at, and in the meantime, I will look over the order and try to see if I can't box them off into actual "week by week" segments.

What you have done so far is suitably impressive anyway dude.
This kind of information us priceless.

cheers

OH HELL TO THE YEAH on that... I was just confused.

So the list is a 'this makes sense to read it this way' chronological way to read CGH. i.e. reading the weekly assignment of books could produce spoilers ? If that is the case... genius, my friend.

Thank you and yes, that is precisely why I chose this method of doing it. I could keep the order and come up with some sort of random "read these books this week" deal, but that would likely result in some weeks having HEAVY reading and other weeks being very light. It would also result in some books being read all in one week and then nothing for a month. The thing about CGW/DHH is that the shipping schedule got messed up several times during the first year, resulting in some glitches in continuity (not to mention lowered sales) and which, imo, helped lead to the demise of the line. But, it was fun while it lasted.

[Knightt]

I never knew of the breaks in continuity. This will be an excellent aid in reading this DU.... uh, when I get it finished. hehehehe

I see you have even incorporate the 'X Special #1 and #2', Hero Illustrated issues.

Good job... was that based on storyline or indicia ?

[Knightt]

Methinks I musteth haveth one... aye. Stab Crom's eyes but these new beauties doth make me get a boner.

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[xodacia81]

I never knew of the breaks in continuity. This will be an excellent aid in reading this DU.... uh, when I get it finished. hehehehe

I see you have even incorporate the 'X Special #1 and #2', Hero Illustrated issues.

Good job... was that based on storyline or indicia ?

Storyline. The way it happened was that 2 new characters that were intended to be major new characters, but never became major, were introduced in the special. These were The Scream and Challenge, aka Tommy Kafka. The Scream made his SECOND appearance in the 3 "Arcadia" issues of Will to Power. I can't recall if Kafka showed up in W2P, but I think so. He definitely appeared in X later on. The Scream was only ever seen in W2P and the 2-page spread in Revelations. However, the plans to have these characters become major parts of storyline in the 3rd year of X went by the wayside when the book was abruptly ended at issue 25. We did get a true conclusion to the series, but those last 2 or 3 issues felt a bit rushed and it sucked that we never got to see some of the after effects of the last storyline.