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[GHERU]

Unfortunately you have to specify what particular Grendel you're talking about since there's so much of it out there.

Devil's Legacy

[Greg]

Bubba.. my response to your Arkham post after I stopped laughing was "Dave McKean wanking on 42+ glossy stock pages for a pretty payday." It was overboard on the surreal for me. I thought I was going blind do to the blurring, at times.

I thought it was excellent. It's by far my favorite Batman book. Made me a huge McKean fan.

[Cat-Scratch]

I thought it was excellent. It's by far my favorite Batman book. Made me a huge McKean fan.

I went and got due to the hype at the time and that I liked his covers at that point.

My fav Bat book - Batman Year One.

[Cat-Scratch]

The Dark Knight Strikes Again.

Along with All-Star Batman and Robin, it's a testament to how spectacularly far Frank Miller has fallen.

Yeah, those were bad... but I liked the Jim Lee art in All-Star.

[GHERU]

hey, there is a Grendel Omnibus vol. 1 in this month's Previews

GRENDEL OMNIBUS VOLUME 1: HUNTER ROSE TPB
...
Volume 1 reprints Grendel: Devil by the Deed; the short story collections Grendel: Black, White, & Red and Grendel: Red, White, & Black, featuring a host of legendary guest artists; and the epic Grendel: Behold the Devil.

depending on the DCBS discount, would this be a good place to correct my opinion?

[Cat-Scratch]

Dude Digital Justice rocks! I just reread my copy a few weeks ago. Its still great.

Its just hard to remember when that was actually state of the art nowadays.

Have you also looked at Iron Man : Crash?

[Doc Jon]

Some of the works listed here may be disappointments, but worst ever? I doubt it.

JLA: Cry for Justice is god awful, bolstered only by pretty art in the early issues.

[Cat-Scratch]

hey, there is a Grendel Omnibus vol. 1 in this month's Previews

depending on the DCBS discount, would this be a good place to correct my opinion?

It might. Thing is, I should mention that the original GN and Legacy were two parts of the original Beowulf story retold by Wagner with... ummm twists I guess you could say.

That is looking to be an awesome trade, given that it focuses on Hunter Rose, the first Grendel. I've always found his character to be the most interesting of them all. In a sense, it's like if you imagined Bruce Wayne chose not to fight crime but merely looked for the next great challenge. He's physically and mentally undefeated. To the public he's the prodigy wunderkind turned 20-something. But he chooses to spend his time behind a mask conquering the crime families of the east coast, becoming the ultimate boss. Or imagine Bruce and Damien get a personality mashup. That volume will cover the many little and major ins and outs, except for the Batman/Grendel crossover, of the character.

I'd say the price is nice and low. $24.99 for 600 pages... sweet. But then, I should note, I'm a fan.

[Cat-Scratch]

Some of the works listed here may be disappointments, but worst ever? I doubt it.

JLA: Cry for Justice is god awful, bolstered only by pretty art in the early issues.

I think that's what makes this a good contrast. We all have our tastes. Plus for some, we may have misjudged something at first look, or not.

I like reading why some folks think certain comics/GNs were bad, while I liked them and of course, vice versa.

[GHERU]

It might. Thing is, I should mention that the original GN and Legacy were two parts of the original Beowulf story retold by Wagner with... ummm twists I guess you could say.

That is looking to be an awesome trade, given that it focuses on Hunter Rose, the first Grendel. I've always found his character to be the most interesting of them all. In a sense, it's like if you imagined Bruce Wayne chose not to fight crime but merely looked for the next great challenge. He's physically and mentally undefeated. To the public he's the prodigy wunderkind turned 20-something. But he chooses to spend his time behind a mask conquering the crime families of the east coast, becoming the ultimate boss. Or imagine Bruce and Damien get a personality mashup. That volume will cover the many little and major ins and outs, except for the Batman/Grendel crossover, of the character.

I'd say the price is nice and low. $24.99 for 600 pages... sweet. But then, I should note, I'm a fan.

sold

[ReturnoftheMack]

Hmm, I have a limited collection, but probably Secret War.

A Bendis book!

[Cat-Scratch]

sold

I hope you like it. If you do, I suggest maybe re-reading Legacy. You may be able to enjoy it. Also, War Child, the Batman crossovers and most of the Tales are also pretty good. The Eppy Thatcher/Orion Assante and Brian Li-Sung stories weren't bad, but I don't think that that stand well on their own.

[ReturnoftheMack]

Hack/Slash Omnibus #1

This x1000.

I had heard this was good, but I couldn't get through two issues.

OGN: Probably Scott Pilgrim

[Dragavon]

As far as I know, each arc has a different artist. Bachalo draws only issue 12 and Death stuff.

The only volume that my library had was the Bachalo issues. I picked it up, tried to read the first couple of pages and gave up. Never tried to read it past that point.

[Zechs]

Hack/Slash Omnibus #1

I agree that some of it is bad. But the first has Robert Kirkman graphically murdered. This is a bad thing how?