Jerry Seigal Joe Schuster ( Co creating Superman ) Bob kane ( Creating Batman ) Stan Lee ( being the heart of Marvel Comics ) Jack Kirby ( Creating most of the Marvel Universe ) Carmine Infantino ( Kickstarting The Silver Age ) Neal Adams ( Bringing Maturity back to Comics ) Chris Claremont Dave Gibbons ( Making the X-men the number one comic team, and creating a superhero team template that is copied for decades ) Jim Shooter ( Probably doesn't belong here, but I am huge fan of the Legion, and his run as EIC of Marvel was my favorite ) John Byrne ( His run on Superman ignited the whole revamp craze ) Frank Miller ( He brought the grittiness of the street level hero ) Alan Moore Neil Gaimen ( Both of these men proved comics could be literary ) Grant Morrison Geoff Johns Brian Michael Bendis ( These three are the ones to take notice of in modern times )
Recently I was looking on my trade paperback shelf and I noticed how many of the originals I bought from 15 or even 20 years ago. The Watchmen and V for Vendetta are both nearly falling apart from use. So I started thumbing through them. It reminded me of a time when only the best of the best stories were granted the format. When authors of "novels" would be chosen to speak high praise of the stories inside. Now before you read too much into this. Understand, I have no point or agenda. This is solely an observation. See, it would easy for me to take the stance that something was lost. So while we may have a higher volume of books made to fit our shelves instead of our long boxes, the pomp and circumstance that use to come with them has been lost. That being said, We now have a new format ( The Absolutes ) that have brought all of that back. For a heafty price tag I might add. While the rest of us can be happy that while no one else can respect the merits of the Infinity disc, there it sits on our shelf right next to our other favorite story, the Watchmen.
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