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February 18, 2012


FFF Results Post #283—Gone But Not Forgotten

On Friday, CR readers were asked to "Name Five Comics You Like That Came Out From Five Different Now-Defunct Publishers." This is how they responded.

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Tom Spurgeon

1. Tantalizing Stories (Tundra)
2. Elvis Road (Buenaventura Press)
3. Alien Fire (Kitchen Sink)
4. Land Of Nod (Black Eye)
5. Maggots (Highwater Books)

*****

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Alexa Dickman

* Sisterhood of Steel (Epic-- if imprints count)
* Herbie the Fat Fury (ACG)
* Doc Frankenstein (Burlyman)
* Fool's Gold (Tokyopop)
* Ruse (Crossgen)

*****

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Marc Mason

1. The Trouble With Girls (Malibu)
2. Dinosaurs for Hire (Malibu)
3. Hilly Rose, Space Reporter (Marlowe &Co.)
4. Very Vicki (Meet Danny Ocean)
5. Strange Attractors (RetroGraphix)

*****

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Tom Bondurant

1. American Flagg! (First Comics)
2. Miracleman (Eclipse Comics)
3. The Maze Agency (Comico)
4. Brat Pack (King Hell)
5. Nexus (Capital Comics)

*****

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John Vest

1. Night Music (Eclipse)
2. Robin Snyder's Revolver (Renegade)
3. Time2 (First)
4. Gates Of Eden (FantaCo)
5. Pathways To Fantasy (Pacific)

*****

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Danny Ceballos

1. Two-Fisted Tales (EC)
2. Little Lulu (Dell)
3. Yummy Fur (Vortex)
4. Creepy (Warren)
5. King City (Tokypop)

*****

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Sean Kleefeld

1. Shatter (Eclipse Editor's Note: I think this Was First)
2. American Flagg! (First)
3. Rogue Trooper (Fleetway-Quality)
4. Piracy (EC)
5. El Cazador (CrossGen)

*****

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Marc Sobel

1. Miracleman (Eclipse)
2. Ditko's World (Renegade Press)
3. Doghead (Tundra)
4. Jar of Fools (Black Eye)
5. Rubber Necker (Alternative)

*****

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Chris Duffy

1. Tantalizing Stories (Tundra)
2. Zot! (Eclipse)
3. Hey Look! collection (Kitchen Sink)
4. Dynamo Joe (First Comics)
5. Flaming Carrot (Renegade)

*****

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Chad Nevett

1. Dreadstar (First Comics)
2. 'Breed (Malibu Comics)
3. Star Reach (Star Reach)
4. Unity 2000 (Acclaim)
5. Eerie (Warren Publishing)

*****

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Eric Newsom

1. Detectives, Inc. (Eclipse)
2. Sarge Steel / Secret Agent (Charlton)
3. E-Man (Charlton/First/Comico/Alpha)
4. Max Friedman stories (Catalan)
5. Xenozoic Tales / Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (Kitchen Sink/Topps)

*****

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Mark Mayerson

1. The Spirit (Warren)
2. Zot (Eclipse)
3. Omaha, the Cat Dancer (Kitchen Sink)
4. Two-Fisted Tales (EC)
5. Spencer Spook (Ace)

*****

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Don MacPherson

1) Quantum & Woody (Acclaim)
2) Firearm (Malibu)
3) Empire (Gorilla Comics)
4) Abazadad (CrossGen Comics)
5) Rex Mantooth (AiT/PlanetLar)

*****

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Johnny Bacardi

1. Aztec Ace (Eclipse Comics)
2. Strikeback! (Malibu Comics)
3. Cap'n Quick and a Foozle (Eclipse)
4. Bunny Ball (Harvey Comics)
5. Magnus, Robot Fighter (Gold Key Comics)

*****

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J.E. Cole

1 The Wintermen (Wildstorm)
2 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mirage Studios)
3 Bloodshot (Acclaim Comics)
4 Doc Frankenstein (Burlyman entertainment)
5 Robotech II: The Sentinels (Eternity Comics)

*****

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Sean T. Collins

* Kramers Ergot 7 (Buenaventura)
* Teratoid Heights (Highwater)
* Rubber Necker (Alternative)
* NON #5 (Red Ink)
* Planetes (Tokyopop)

*****

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Michael May

1. Baker Street (Caliber)
2. Sojourn (CrossGen)
3. Casper the Friendly Ghost (Harvey)
4. Xenozoic Tales (Kitchen Sink Press)
5. Planet Comics (Fiction House)

*****

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M. Emery

1. Scary Tales (Charlton Comics)
2. Sorcery (Red Circle)
3. The Comic Book Holocaust (Buenaventura Press)
4. Dan Dare (Hawk Books)
5. Torpedo 1936 (Catalan Communications)

*****

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Lloyd Smith

1. Wally Wood's Thunder Agents (Deluxe)
2. E-Man (Charlton)
3. Mickey Spillane's Mike Danger (Tekno)
4. Megaton Man (Kitchen Sink)
5. Fantastic Worlds (Flashback)

*****

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Jason Michelitch

1. The Rocketeer (Pacific/Eclipse)
2. Neil Gaiman's Teknophage (Tekno Comix)
3. Mage: The Hero Discovered (Comico)
4. Big Numbers (Mad Love)
5. Thirteen Going on Eighteen (Dell)

*****

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Chris Arrant

1. Xenozoic Tales (Kitchen Sink)
2. East Coast Rising (TOKYOPOP)
3. Scion (CrossGen)
4. Ex Mutants (Malibu)
5. Ninjak (Valiant)

*****

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Fred Hembeck

1. Mars (First)
2. Zot! (Eclipse)
3. Kings In Disguise (Kitchen Sink)
4. The Scorpion (Atlas)
5. Around The Block With Dunc and Loo (Dell)

*****

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Mark Coale

1. American Flagg! (First)
2. Space Usagi (Mirage)
3. Why I Hate Saturn (Paradox Press)
4. Stig's Inferno (Vortex)
5. Firearm (Malibu)

*****

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Dan Boyd

1. Stray Bullets (El Capitan)
2. Kane (Dancing Elephant Press)
3. Jar of Fools (Black Eye)
4. Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (Kitchen Sink)
5. Madman (Tundra)

*****
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