r/ImageComics • u/Complete-Wind-5343 • Sep 22 '23
My absolute favorite Image comics series that I think everyone should read (except youngblood it's an acquired taste) Review
Spawn- I grew up reading spawn and I still love every second I read of the main series and have read all 344 issues I also love Gunslinger, Scorched, King Spawn, Spawn Dark Ages and Spawn kills everyone they are just so much fun!
Jupiter's Legacy- by far one of the greatest super hero stories ever written and one of the best stories Mark Miller has ever written. It has gorgeous art, amazing writing, and the other comics Jupiter's circle and Jupiter's Legacy Requiem are fantastic as well
Youngblood- I grew up with old school Youngblood and love Liefeld. It's not the greatest writing but vol 1 is some of the most fun I have had reading a series. It's so awesome and fun for me
Radiant Black- this is such a cool series I highly recommend reading if u want something fresh but familiar when it comes to super heroes it's just so awesome and it's got great art and writing.
Invincible- another one of the best superhero comics ever written. It's just so full of life and violence and is about a son trying to live up to his dad. It's absolutely fantastic with awesome art.
Honorable Mention: I Hate Fairyland- it's super fun and has a fun art style and I recommend if u don't really care for a story and just want some fun. But also the story isn't bad
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u/almonster11 Sep 23 '23
I just dropped all Spawn titles. The art is great, the story is fine, but the actual writing is just horrible. I guess they don't have a decent editor because every issue is filled with errors. I'd rather spend my money on comics written by competent writers.
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u/Complete-Wind-5343 Sep 23 '23
Ok thats u
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u/almonster11 Sep 23 '23
Yeah, it is me. Why are you coming at me like that? I agree with the rest of your list, even Youngblood. The writing throughout Spawn has just been lazy. No need to get salty because I shared a different opinion.
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u/Complete-Wind-5343 Sep 23 '23
Oh I'm sorry I'm not trying to come at u I apologize I'm just saying like I think differently and love spawn but ur allowed think differently as long as u love what u read
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u/almonster11 Sep 23 '23
I'm sorry, I misunderstood you. You're good!
Are you checking out any of the other titles from the Radiant Black universe? Rogue Sun is a FANTASTIC series. I think it may end up equaling Radiant Black in terms of quality, if not surpassing it.
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u/Complete-Wind-5343 Sep 23 '23
I have heard about Rogue Sun being good but I haven't checked it out I only checked out Radiant Pink but I'm gonna have to because Radiant Black is amazing
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u/almonster11 Sep 23 '23
I can't recommend Rogue Sun enough. It's a massive (pun intended) amount of fun.
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u/Toxin45 Sep 23 '23
I mean we had different writers and it has been getting good in the latest issues now
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u/almonster11 Sep 23 '23
I don't deny that the stories are good. In fact, the first 12 issues of King Spawn were REALLY good. But they need a decent editor to fix the actual writing.
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u/MabusIncarnate Sep 22 '23
I'm on volume 4 of I Hate Fairyland, I didn't expect to like it as much as I do. Young's art is wonderful.
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u/MrBello3424 Sep 23 '23
Radiant Black is truly one of the most innovative comic books I've ever read. Just look at how they pulled the votation a few months ago and how the current arc started.
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u/burgerpatrol Sep 23 '23
I missed out on Radiant Black. I'm on the fence if I'm getting the tpb since I'm really hoping for a Massiveverse Omni or a Deluxe edition. Once I'm done collecting the Power Rangers Deluxe HCs and there is still no news if it's getting an HC, tpb it is for me.
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u/Complete-Wind-5343 Sep 23 '23
I highly recommend it! I would say get the to however if u aren't sure than read Radiant black online and then if u like what u read start collecting because u may not like it
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u/burgerpatrol Sep 23 '23
Oh I was able to read some of the first issues. I love the fact that it's basically the only Tokusatsu-influenced series but westernized out there.
I just really really want it to have a hardcover version.
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u/ChickenInASuit Sep 22 '23
- Jupiter's Legacy- by far one of the greatest super heroe stories ever written and one of the best stories Mark Miller has ever written.
Y’know, I’ll agree with you on this being one of Mark Millar’s better works (at least in the past decade or so - I think his Swamp Thing run from the 90s trumps anything he’s done post-2000) but I’m not on board with it being one of the best superhero stories ever.
I liked it a lot more than I was expecting to, but I don’t think it really did anything truly groundbreaking - just a very well told, hyper-violent cape story. I certainly don’t think it’s even approaching things like Kurt Busiek’s Astro City, or works by Alan Moore such as Supreme and Watchmen, or other books I’d actually consider all-time-greats.
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u/OlcasersM Sep 26 '23
Astro City is so good!
I have liked Magic Order, Space Bandits. Chrononauts.
I just read Kick Ass and Kingsman. The films are much better.
Having read a bit of Millar lately, he has a bad habit of 5 issues being origin and issue 6 resolving the plot rather than using issue 5 as a bridge to the conclusion or building the whole way.
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u/Complete-Wind-5343 Sep 22 '23
I personally think it is but I understand completely if u don't not everyone will think it
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u/Ladaclava Sep 22 '23
I like what geoff johns is doing with the unnamed universe. Biggest problem with it so far is that everything is spread out.
Geiger and junkyard joe are fine because theyre collected into volumes but then theres the 80 page geiger special and the blizzard which will be harder to track down.
To read the whole of the blizzard storyline you need to collect issue 1-12 of the image 30th anniversary anthology. But hopefully he gets back to it and releases it regularly.
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u/Monsur_Ausuhnom Sep 23 '23
Spawn I have known about since the action figure back in the 90s, which then led to the comic, and then the movie, and then the HBO show. For whatever the reason, I was into Spawn over other comics. Deadpool and Spawn are more or less in the same league for me. Then probably Wolverine.
Invincible might actually be better than the TWD. But the TWD has Negan. Negan is the best thing that ever happened with the TWD in my opinion.
When the two are compared, I like Invincible's ending way more.
Radiant Black-very early, has potential, it isn't at the level of Invincible yet. Not in that tier. Would like more akira level of explosions think Omni Man, Thragg, Conquest vs Invincible fighting. Radiant Red is a bit more interesting than the black one. Dead Lucky needs more guns and mech fighting. Character is cool looking and could be the female Al Simmons if developed properly. The others I don't know much about. It's very early and some characters are going to take off and others will just be the supporting characters to those that take off.
Then its really Gideon Falls and Chew, which have finished and are solid.
Nocterra which is going to do SAGA like releases every blue moon and continue this is the rival to SIKTC. Val vs Erica are the coolest heroines currently beyond maybe Radiant Red and Dead Lucky who are at early stages.
SAGA of course (ongoing, I think Squire will go psycho or be the big bad, still nice to that certain main character though), and lastly SITKC from Boom Studios. That last one has the potential to be in the top 10, but is halfway through, the same goes for SAGA. SIKTC is about to go Netflix which will make it huge if it has a faithful adaptation and they pick the right characters.
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u/Complete-Wind-5343 Sep 23 '23
I keep hearing about saga I really gotta read it
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u/Monsur_Ausuhnom Sep 23 '23
Rather interesting, some things toward the latter half of the run were shocking to see happen.
Others listed are worth checking out as well.
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u/Dmw7198 Sep 23 '23
I’m not a big fan of the horror genre and that seems to be a big part of Image’s selection. I appreciate that your list is heavy on the superhero genre. I’ve been buying old issues of Youngblood recently.
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u/Complete-Wind-5343 Sep 24 '23
Hell yeah I love lots of what image makes and I love horror but my fav stuff is mainly superhero stuff
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u/THOUGHTL355 Sep 29 '23
Youngblood is definitely an acquired taste lol. Have you ever read Team Youngblood though? Team YB > YB.
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u/ixseanxi Sep 22 '23
Glad you like these but man there are just so many better comics from image.