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by **abc** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 2:35 pm

bkthomson wrote:I'm pretty sure I order the Great Darkness saga in hardcover recently so I'll go with that and maybe add some back issues as time moves on.

It's really good.

by **Cat-Scratch** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 2:38 pm

bkthomson wrote:I'm pretty sure I order the Great Darkness saga in hardcover recently so I'll go with that and maybe add some back issues as time moves on.

It does stand on it's own, but the issues leading up to it enhance it, IMO.

The comics that follow are nothing to sniff at either.

by **abc** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 2:50 pm

Cat-Scratch wrote: The comics that follow are nothing to sniff at either.

Watch your whiskers!

by **Arion** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 8:10 pm

Maybe I should buy the hardcover . I have the original issues so banged up that I don't feel like re reading them.

by **Juan Cena** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 2:58 am

Arion wrote:Maybe I should buy the hardcover . I have the original issues so banged up that I don't feel like re reading them.

It would depend what comes with the hardcover. If there's something new, like maybe somekind of behind the scenes feature or something from Giffen's sketchbook at the time, it would be worth it. Otherwise, tracking down a TPB copy might be a better idea.

by **Arion** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 11:50 am

The Nacireman wrote:

It would depend what comes with the hardcover. If there's something new, like maybe somekind of behind the scenes feature or something from Giffen's sketchbook at the time, it would be worth it. Otherwise, tracking down a TPB copy might be a better idea.

You're right. Does anyone here has the HC? I'd like to know if there is something that justifies the extra bucks.

by **Cat-Scratch** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 1:43 pm

Anonymous69 wrote:Watch your whiskers!

Hey, those are good comics! The Revenge on the Time Trapper story was all sorts of awesome. :-D

by **Juan Cena** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 4:11 pm

Cat-Scratch wrote:

Hey, those are good comics! The Revenge on the Time Trapper story was all sorts of awesome.

Not really. It was more like the beginning of the end for the series. It led to the series' more darker tone with Giffen's return and the FYG.

by **Cat-Scratch** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 4:47 pm

The Nacireman wrote:

Not really. It was more like the beginning of the end for the series. It led to the series' more darker tone with Giffen's return and the FYG.

Yes really. It was good stuff Mr.Gloomygus.

I also wouldn't say it was the reasoning behind the FYG. That was the Bierbaums, Giffen and the editors. Nothing to do with Levitz.

Awesome stories are still awesome stories. :-D

by **Juan Cena** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 5:12 pm

Cat-Scratch wrote:
Yes really. It was good stuff Mr.Gloomygus.

I also wouldn't say it was the reasoning behind the FYG. That was the Bierbaums, Giffen and the editors. Nothing to do with Levitz.

Awesome stories are still awesome stories.

I recall Giffen saying that FYG was an extension of the series' direction in the Levitz years. The team was leaving the early twenties and heading to full adulthood by then.

And seriously, the stories after #50 weren't really that great. With the possible exception of the Emerald Empress story.

by **Cat-Scratch** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 6:05 pm

The Nacireman wrote:
I recall Giffen saying that FYG was an extension of the series' direction in the Levitz years. The team was leaving the early twenties and heading to full adulthood by then.

And seriously, the stories after #50 weren't really that great. With the possible exception of the Emerald Empress story.

Thanks for your personal assessment and opinion. Also, note that did not contradict what I said.

Meet mine, there were a number of good stories and not just the Emerald Empress one.

by **Amoebas** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 6:31 pm

Arion wrote:
You're right. Does anyone here has the HC? I'd like to know if there is something that justifies the extra bucks.

Paperback (if you can find it) 192 pages
LSH #287, 290-294, Annual #3

Deluxe HC (when it comes out 11/23) 416 pages
LSH #284-296, Annual #1

Yeah - I'd say there's significantly more in the new printing.

by **Juan Cena** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 6:48 pm

Cat-Scratch wrote:
Thanks for your personal assessment and opinion. Also, note that did not contradict what I said.

Meet mine, there were a number of good stories and not just the Emerald Empress one.

The Zymyr story was about the only thing close to being good outside of the EE story. The Blok story wasn't good. The Magic Wars was bad. There was a whole lot of "meh."

And saying Levitz wasn't at fault for aging the team way too much and writing darker stories like the Time Trapper conspiracy and the last year of the Baxter series is a little much.

by **Juan Cena** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 7:05 pm

Amoebas wrote:Paperback (if you can find it) 192 pages
LSH #287, 290-294, Annual #3

Deluxe HC (when it comes out 11/23) 416 pages
LSH #284-296, Annual #1

Yeah - I'd say there's significantly more in the new printing.

So did DC scrub the "Prologue to Darkness" TPB? Stupid move. :smt011

by **bkthomson** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 7:12 pm

Cat-Scratch wrote:
It does stand on it's own, but the issues leading up to it enhance it, IMO.

The comics that follow are nothing to sniff at either.

Yep, I have it on order! Cool Beans!