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wolf_2099
03-07-2009, 05:11 PM
I know we have had threads like this before, but I was speaking to people last evening who rad Watchmen and wanted to read other good comics.

I thought of a bunch off the top of my head, but figured I would ask you guys as well.

What are the best trades out there?
MGM
03-08-2009, 06:25 AM
I've reacently bought Batman: Year One.
jedispyder
03-08-2009, 09:42 AM
Camelot 3000, a very underrated maxi series that is very good for its time...
ChimeraCreative
03-08-2009, 10:40 AM
The most critically acclaimed (asides from The Watchmen) are Batman:Year One, The Dark Knight Returns, Maus, Kingdom Come.

If they're into Alan Moore specifically, there's V for Vendetta, From Hell, LoeG, Swamp Thing.

And asides from that there are loads and loads of great comics. really depends on what rubs their Buddha. I typically recommend Y the Last Man, Preacher, Fables and The Walking Dead to everyone.
jedispyder
03-08-2009, 10:57 AM
Not sure if its on TPBs anymore, but all of Grant Morrison "Animal Man" was fantastic. Took a Z-Grade character and turned him into a B-Grade Character, and then 52 turned him into an A-Grade Character (yay!)
Mr Wallstreet
03-08-2009, 11:45 AM
RONIN is pretty good
We3 is fantastic
Pride of Baghdad is a great read
Thor: Vikings will knock your balls off
Identity Crisis - while it had some huge plot holes, tugged on all the right heart strings
Bite Club - while still not having read this despite sitting on my bookshelf for more than a year, I hear is pretty damn good
wolf_2099
03-09-2009, 01:37 AM
This is what I got.

Batman: Long Halloween
Batman: Dark Victory
Superman: For All Seasons
Batman: Dark Knights Returns
Batman: Year One
Invincible Family Matters
Ultimate X-Men The Tomorrow People
Ultimate Spider-Man Power and Responsibility
The Sword Fire
Ultimates Volume 1 - Mark Millar
Powers Who Killed Retro Girl?
New X-Men Volume 1 - Grant Morrison
JLA New World Order
Authority Relentless


Scalped Indian Country
DMZ On The Ground
Fables Legends in Exile
Ex Machina First Hundred Days
Y - The Last Man Unmanned
Walking Dead Days Gone Bye
V For vendetta
Preacher Gone to Texas
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume 1 - Alan Moore
Northlanders Sven the Returned
ChimeraCreative
03-09-2009, 01:44 AM
I'd like to suggest a few more random titles.

Bone, Death - The High Cost of Living, Hellboy - Seed of Destruction, Sandman - Preludes and Nocturnes, Strangers in Paradise.
wolf_2099
03-09-2009, 01:47 AM
How did I possibly forget Sandman?
wolf_2099
03-09-2009, 01:55 AM
Transmetropolitan
Sin City
Kingdom Come
30 Days of Night
Daredevil: Born Again
DC: The New Frontier
CBKA
03-09-2009, 07:35 AM
the bendis run on daredevil is a good shout
CountD
03-10-2009, 10:07 AM
Adults, yes? Brubaker/Philips

Sleeper season 1 (Out in the cold), Sleeper season 2 (All False moves)

going by memory in trade titles, but almost all adults I've recommended them to liked them.
CountD
03-10-2009, 10:08 AM
Another great trade:

Strange Girl vol 1 "Girl Afraid"
CountD
03-10-2009, 10:08 AM
The walking dead
Invincible volumes 1 + 2

never miss.
CountD
03-10-2009, 10:08 AM
All Star Superman
CountD
03-10-2009, 10:09 AM
REBIRTH of Thanos tpb
Infinity Gauntlet tpb

Might be best to get these together.
MGM
03-10-2009, 10:27 AM
The Red Star. It's pretty great, although it comes out about annually. But the first arcs are very good.