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Waylon Prince's avatar

Dang, Paul, I never knew you were once a comic book guy. My estimation of you continues to grow by leaps and bounds, if such a thing were possible!!

I have that Invaders issue in my collection. It warms my heart to see it again. LOL

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Paul Jacobsen's avatar

I have lived vicariously through my kids over the past decade or so, buying them some mostly Marvel classics (Infinity stuff, Apocalypse, Planet Hulk, a handful of Spider-Man). I finally broke down and bought one (House of M) for myself a year or so ago.

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Waylon Prince's avatar

That's a great one to buy!!! It was one of my fav stories over the past several years.

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Paul Jacobsen's avatar

Yeah, I kinda just searched the web for arcs that are widely-accepted as "essential" and went from there. Next ones are probably: Killing Joke, Dark Knight Returns, Dark Phoenix, Born Again, Civil War....

any you'd recommend jump the queue?

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Waylon Prince's avatar

Watchmen is one of my favs, but it's grim. I'd also recommend DC's Kingdom Come and Crisis on Infinite Earths. DC's retconned Crisis a few times since, but it's worth checking out. Days of Future Past is also good (and short).

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Waylon Prince's avatar

Oh, almost forgot, Batman Year One. Good companion to Dark Knight Returns.

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Paul Jacobsen's avatar

I’ve got Watchmen (comic was dark and great, movie was long and mid, HBO series was elite). I’ll add those others.

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Charlotte Jacobsen's avatar

Just remembering your closet door plastered with superheroes of your creation. Don't remember a lot of abs.

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