AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #16 (1982): Guest stars up the wazoo, and THE NEW CAPTAIN MARVEL! She (a New Orleans police officer?) gets her powers breaking some honeycomb-looking energy doohickey. I think the art's a JR JR / JR SR collab. And, of course, Roger Stern on the keys.
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 20:13 (twenty years ago)
Uncanny X-Men Annual #11: The X-Men travel to the heart of a stange citadel that is tempting them all with their heart's desires in an attempt to keep a mad alien from claiming an artefact that could spell the desctruction of the universe... or so they think!
― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)
― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 20:26 (twenty years ago)
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 20:27 (twenty years ago)
― The Yellow Kid, Tuesday, 25 October 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)
― The Yellow Kid, Tuesday, 25 October 2005 20:49 (twenty years ago)
― rogermexico (rogermexico), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 21:09 (twenty years ago)
THRILL POWER!
Even if Chris Claremont was the writer.
― Matt Maxwell (Matt M.), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 21:13 (twenty years ago)
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 21:18 (twenty years ago)
― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 22:09 (twenty years ago)
http://www.tonystrading.co.uk/pix/annuals/1980s/1986/bashstreetkids86.jpg
― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 22:13 (twenty years ago)
― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 22:15 (twenty years ago)
― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 22:16 (twenty years ago)
(Of course, even then, I was a dumb continuity kid; I always wondered what Spidey said to Iron Man when they next met, seeing as how Peter was convinced it was the IM of present time, rather than Arno Stark)
― carson dial (carson dial), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 22:29 (twenty years ago)
OTM. But how badass to achieve greatness (for all the reasons Matt Maxwell cites, esp. Michael Golden at the top of his game, Scarlet Witch vs. flame monster, and kick-ass Carol Danvers, who has REALLY NOT HAD A GOOD DAY ripping the entire team a shiny new asshole) in spite of the awful cover.
Plus [contentious statement warning] it was very nearly the last time Rogue didn't suck.
― rogermexico (rogermexico), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 23:31 (twenty years ago)
Also, the cross-over events (Atlantis Attacks, Evolutionary War) that Marvel favored post-Secret Wars II were ghastly and totally ruined the allure of the annual for me.
I have a soft spot for the Avengers Annual #10 listed upthread. Everything everyone else has said about it OTM.
― ng-unit, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 03:06 (twenty years ago)
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 10:42 (twenty years ago)
Although this is a strong contender for runner-up:
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The Broons and Oor Wullie too please, from the DDW era.
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 11:12 (twenty years ago)
http://comics.org/graphics/covers/2723/200/2723_2_011.jpg
― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 12:15 (twenty years ago)
― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 12:16 (twenty years ago)
These two were pretty great, except for the cover on the second one.
Oh, and this one should probably get a mention in the Dan Jurgens thread, since he's really great in this Batman v. Yakuza tale.http://www.comics.org/graphics/covers/3584/200/3584_2_03.jpg
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 13:49 (twenty years ago)
Actually, no. Let's say Avengers Annual #10, terrible cover and all. What a great story.
― Douglas (Douglas), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 16:11 (twenty years ago)
Third from the left. Judge Dredd Annual 1982. LOADS of fantastic McMahon art.
― rw, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:01 (twenty years ago)
Transfomers Annual 1986. I was eight years old, and had just got into the UK comics, having been hopelessly hooked by 'Dinobot Hunt'. This contains 'Victory!', the coda to that story, which is arguably around the point that Simon Furman really started hitting his stride in terms of finding interesting and often upsetting things to do with giant robots. The Dinobots, essentially a small gang of nominal good guys who really just want to SMASH all day, have suffered extensive brain damage and are in 'stasis'. In fact, we learn there's technically nothing wrong with them now, but they won't wake up from their comas until they manage to 'win' in the little fantasy/nightmare scenarios they keep replaying in their heads. These include a scene in which a woman tears her face off to reveal an evil robot face underneath, then shoots death beams from her eyes. Furman could count on weekly money from me and a whole bunch of other people for years and years after this.
― Flyboy (Flyboy), Thursday, 27 October 2005 11:28 (twenty years ago)
― carson dial (carson dial), Thursday, 27 October 2005 23:56 (twenty years ago)
― asdf, Thursday, 4 May 2006 19:02 (nineteen years ago)