June 20, 2010
FFF Results Post #215—Fives
On Friday,
CR readers were asked to "Name Five Favorite Issues #5s." This is how they responded:
*****
Marc Sobel
1.
Nick Fury #5
2.
Acme Novelty Library #5
3.
Animal Man #5
4.
Unwritten #5
5.
Marvel Fanfare #5
*****
Tom Spurgeon
1.
Pickle #5
2.
Animal Man #5
3.
Fantastic Four #5
4.
Eightball #5
5.
Nexus #5
*****
Stergios Botzakis
1.
Airboy (1986 series) #5
2.
Legion of Superheroes (1984 series) #5
3.
Animal Man #5
4.
Dork #5
5.
Justice League #5
*****
Sean Kleefeld
1.
Fantastic Four #5 (1962)
2.
Avengers Forever #5 (1999)
3.
Sensational She-Hulk #5 (1989)
4.
Daredevil #5 (1964)
5.
Marvel Spotlight #5 (1972)
*****
Andrew Horton
*
Sandman 5 -- Because of the weirdness of the Justice League meeting Dream
*
Animal Man 5 (Coyote Gospel) -- Because it's the most beautiful parable against violence since... ohh the last Gospel
*
All-Star Superman 5 -- For the perfect encapsulation of Luthor's relationship to Clark/Superman
*
My Monkey's Name is Jennifer 5 -- Because his name is Jennifer!
*
Scott Pilgrim 5 -- Because it's the most recent one I've been able to read.
*****
Joe Schwind
*
Arcade 5
*
The Incredible Hulk 5
*
Lloyd Llewellyn 5
*
Piracy 5
*
Teknophage 5
*****
Johnny Bacardi
*
Fabulous Furry Freak Bros. #5
*
Spectre ('60s) #5
*
Bat Lash #5
*
Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #5
*
Swamp Thing ('70s) #5
*****
John Vest
1.
Conan The Barbarian #5
2.
Nick Fury Agent Of SHIELD #5
3.
Silver Surfer #5
4.
American Flagg! #5
5.
Man-Thing #5
*****
John Platt
1.
The Spirit #5 (Kitchen Sink) (The first time I owned anything by Eisner)
2.
Dark Horse Presents #100 #5 (I just like the concept of 5 #100 issues)
3.
Hellboy: Wake the Devil #5 (whoa)
4.
B.P.R.D.: The Dead #5 (great monsters)
5.
Milk & Cheese's First 2nd Issue (their fifth issue)
*****
Scott Dunbier
*
Weirdo 5
*
Shadow 5 (1974)
*
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 5 (Vol. one)
*
Hot Wheels 5
*
Swamp Thing 5 (1973)
*****
Mark Coale
1.
JLA (silver age) #5
2.
Sandman #5
3.
American Flagg! #5
4.
Usagi Yojimbo (dh) #5
5.
Astro City (first series) #5
*****
Chad Nevett
1.
Transmetropolitan #5
2.
Automatic Kafka #5
3.
Avengers (vol. 3) #5
4.
All-Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder #5
5.
Marvel Boy #5
*****
James Langdell
1.
Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #5 (Steranko's "Whatever Happened to Scorpio?")
2.
Legion Of Superheroes #5 (an extreme "Now what next?" ending early on in the "Five Years Later" series)
3.
Beware the Creeper #5 (seemed to establish Proteus as a substantial antagonist for the long haul)
4.
Weirdo #5 (featuring "Unsung Heroes In The History of Humor," launching more attention being paid to outsider art in comics)
5.
Nexus #5 (you're so right--"The Drinking Man's Tour Of The Galaxy" is one of the all-time greats)
*****
Don MacPherson
1)
Justice League #5
2)
Starman #5
3)
Alias #5
4)
Crisis on Infinite Earths #5
5)
All-Star Squadron #5
*****
Buzz Dixon
1.
Eerie #5
2.
Mad #5
3.
Cerebus #5
4.
1963 #5
5.
Beanworld #5
*****
Richard Barker
1.
New Gods #5
2.
Mister Miracle #5
3.
Black Hole #5
4.
All-Star Superman #5
5.
Promethea #5
*****
Michael Dooley
1.
Comic Art 5: Art Spiegelman
2.
Fanfare 5: The Record Album Cover Art of Jack Davis
3.
Ganzfeld 5: Japanada!
4.
Kabuki 5: Metamorphosis
5.
Nozone 5: Poverty
*****
topic suggested by Marc Sobel; thanks, Marc
*****
*****
posted 12:00 am PST |
Permalink
Daily Blog Archives
November 2019
October 2019
September 2019
August 2019
July 2019
Full Archives
