FFF Results Post #199—Bronze Age

On Friday, CR readers were asked to "Name Five Comics Or Cohesive Runs Of Comics That You Would Give To Someone That Would Encapsulate The Bronze Age And Provide A Gateway To Its Greater Pleasures." This is how they responded.



Tom Spurgeon

1. Arcade (1975-1976)
2. Giant Size X-Men #1, X-Men #94-141, Uncanny X-Men #142-143 (1978-1981)
3. Cerebus: High Society #26-50 (1981-1983)
4. Daredevil #168-191 (1981-1983)
5. As The Kid Goes For Broke, Garry Trudeau (1977)

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Chris Baker

1. Swamp Thing #21-56 (1984-1986)
2. Cerebus: High Society #26-50 (1981-1983)
3. New Gods #1-11 (1971-1972)
4. Howard the Duck #1-27 (1976-1978)
5. Daredevil #168-191 (1981-1983)

*****



John Vest

1. The Avengers 89-97 (1971-1972)
2. American Flagg 1-12 (1983-1984)
3. Star*Reach 1-18 (1974-1979)
4. Strange Tales 178-181 & Warlock 9-15 (1975-1976)
5. Defenders 20-41 (1975-1976)

*****



Cole Moore Odell

1) Brave and the Bold #100-130 (1972-1976)
2) Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth #29 (1975)
3) The First Kingdom #1-24 (1974-1986)
4) Limited Collector's Edition #C-22 (Tarzan) (1973)
5) The Defenders #20-41 (1975-1976)

*****



Sean Kleefeld

1. Fantastic Four #232-292 (1981-1986)
2. Judge Dredd (1983-1986)
3. ElfQuest (1978-1985)
4. Forever People/New Gods/Mr. Miracle (1970-1973)
5. American Flagg! #1-26 (1983-1985)

*****



Michael May

1. X-Men #94-143 (1975-1981)
2. Batman #232-244 (1971-1972)
3. Special Marvel Edition #15-16 (1973-1974)
4. Green Lantern #76-89 (1970-1972)
5. Tomb of Dracula #1-70 (1972-1979)

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Jim Kingman

* Green Lantern/Green Arrow #76-89 (1970-1972)
* Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth #1-36 (1972-1975)
* The Warlord #1-15 (1975-1978)
* The New Teen Titans #1-44 (1980-1984)
* Crisis On Infinite Earths #1-12 (1985)

*****



Dave Carter

* Star Wars #1-107 (1977-1986)
* Saga of the Swamp Thing #21-50 (1984-1986)
* Nexus #1-27 (1981-1986)
* New Teen Titans #1-50 (1980-1985)
* Legion of Super-Heroes #287-313 (1982-1984)

*****



Buzz Dixon

1. Cerebus: High Society #26-50 (1981-1983)
2. Howard the Duck #1-31 (1976-1979)
3. Heavy Metal v1#1-v4#9 (1977-1980)
4. Binky Brown Meets The Holy Virgin Mary (1972)
5. Andromeda #1-6 (1977-1979)

*****



Robert Martin

1. American Flagg! #1-26 (1983-1985)
Howard Chaykin's pop dystopia is the most accomplished adventure comic of the era, and the epitome of "ground-level" comics.
2. Ka-Zar the Savage #1-34 (1981-1984)
Probably the most underappreciated adventure comic of the period, and one of the entertainingly oddball things to ever come out of Marvel. Bruce Jones made Ka-Zar and Shanna an articulate, bickering pair of equals along the lines of Tracy & Hepburn, with imaginative adventures infused with a genuine spirit of exploration and wonder.
3. New Mutants #18-31 (1984-1985)
Sienkiewicz's art is brilliant, but it's so wackily incongruous with the story material that you wonder if the book's editor ever saw the pages. I don't know if this is the most spectacular example of ultra-sophisticated art dressing up uber-lame stories, but it's certainly my favorite.
4. What If? #1-47 (1977-1984)
Cannot be topped for fanboy-geek appeal, but the editorial requirement for stories with real endings keeps it accessible to curious "civilians."
5. Wolverine #1-4 (1982)
Chris Claremont and Frank Miller give the era's most noteworthy superhero his definitive adventure.

*****



Johnny Bacardi

* Conan the Barbarian #'s 1-24 (1970-1973)
* Detective Comics #'s 437-443 (1973-1974)
* Saga of Swamp Thing #'s 19-50 (1983-1986)
* Strange Tales 178-181, Warlock #'s 9-15 (1975-1976)
* Giant-Size X-Men #1, Uncanny X-Men #'s 108-143 (1975, 1977-1981)

*****



Grant Goggans

1. Legion of Super-Heroes #280-313 and Baxter series #1-25 (1981-86)
2. Thor #337-372 (1983-86)
3. Howard the Duck # 1-27 (1976-78)
4. The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers (1970s)
5. X-Men #129-137 (1980)

*****



Joe Schwind

1. Arcade #1-7 (1975-1976)
2. The Far Side Gallery #1-2 (1984-1986)
3. Mister X #1-4 (1984-1985)
4. Raw #1-8 (1980-1986)
5. Weird-O #1-18 (1981-1986)

*****



Gary Usher

1. Captain America #193-214 (1976-77) Kirby
2. World's Finest #244-282 (1977-82) Giants
3. Legion Of Super-Heroes #259-313 (1980-84)
4. Fantastic Four #232-294 (1981-86) Byrne
5. Saga Of The Swamp Thing/Swamp Thing #21-50 (1984-86) Moore

*****



Douglas Wolk

1. Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary (1972)
2. Marvel Treasury Edition #12 (1976)
3. Breakdowns (1977)
4. All-New Collectors' Edition: Superman Vs. Muhammad Ali (1978)
5. Destroy!! (1986)

*****



Stergios Botzakis

1. Strange Tales #178-181, Adam Warlock #9-11 (1975-1976)
2. Saga of the Swamp Thing #21-50 (1983-1986)
3. Nexus #1-27 (1983-1986)
4. Ambush Bug #1-4 (1985)
5. Raw #1-8 (1980-1986)

*****



Jim Rugg

* Master of Kung Fu #38-50 (1976-1977)
* 2001 A Space Odyssey #1-10 (1976-1977)
* Tomb of Dracula #1-70 (1972-1970)
* Saga of the Swamp Thing #21-55, Annual #2 (1983-1986)
* Daredevil #168-191, 227-233 (1981-1983, 1986)

*****



Jim Rugg

* Power Man and Iron Fist #73 (1981)
* Captain America #144 (1971)
* 1st Issue Special #2 (1975)
* 1st Issue Special #6 (1975)
* Incredible Hulk #272 (1982)

*****

I honestly don't understand the half-dozen or so of you that when I say 1970 to 1986 you give me an answer that begins in 1966 or 1968 or one that ends in 1987 or 1990. One of you wrote about a book that fell outside the parameters entirely and then argued its appropriateness like you were presenting a paper at ICAF. It's bizarre. I feel bad you took the time, but I'm almost always going to delete such responses. Please don't feel you have to work extra-hard to win Five For Friday; everybody wins Five For Friday.

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