I thought you guys would want to know about this. Frankly, I'm not sure what I'd pick after the obvious origin stories, first Galactus story, etc. What would you guys pick?
Here's the press release:
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Celebrate a milestone achievement in Marvel Myth-Making this November with an exciting collection as chosen by YOU! Today, Marvel is proud to announce the massive Marvel 75th Anniversary Omnibus – a 1200 page tome featuring the very best stories of the past 75 years as chosen by our loyal readers and rabid fans!
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The first appearance of Captain America, the Death of Gwen Stacy, the coming of Galactus, Civil War and everything in between! From the first time four adventurers flew a fateful mission to outer space to the epic clash of Avengers vs. X-Men. Tell us what you think the best Marvel stories of all time are! Email your picks to marvel75@marvel.com to help us decide which stories to print. It’s that simple! Pick your top 75 or just your number #1. Once the votes are in, we’ll choose the best ones to print in this enormous 1200 page book and we’ll release the top 75 as a special digital exclusive collection!
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Because the origin stories/first issues have been reprinted so often, my first inclination is to go for lesser known stories that best represent the look and feel of Marvel. With the FF for example - an early dust up with Namor or the Dr Doom steals the Silver Surfer's cosmic powers story.
...I don't know whether to plump for an Internet campaign for a PETER THE LITTLE PEST/PETEY story , Steve Englehart's " Pterror Of The Pterradactyl " or the MARVEL TEAM-UP " Herc pulls Manhattan Island back into place " one !!!!!!!!!!!
Or , Byrne's's CHAPTER ONE:-)...
The last ish o' Malibu's THE PROTECTORS !
The entirety of 1970's SPOOF #1 ! The never-published SPOOF #2 ! The issue of the second SPOOF with the " David Cassidy inaugurated Prexy " cover !!!!!!!!!
I suppose STREET POET RAY is ruled out ?
YUPPIES FROM HELL ?
I just hope they wind up with something besides all super-hero stories from the past 20 years--poor Patsy Walker was the biggest star Marvel had for over a decade, and yet she gets no respect when it comes to these sort of things.
They could reprint an issue of Marvel Divas, which starred Firestar, Patsy "Hellcat" Walker, Black Cat and Monica "Captain Marvel/Photon/Pulsar/Spectrum" Rambeau, mostly in civvies. That would get Patsy in, even though it's superhero drag!
I've always been partial to the issue of Iron Man where Stark -- who has been framed for killing an ambassador by Justin Hammer -- goes after Hammer in his stronghold. Said stronghold is guarded by an army of third- and fourth-string villains like The Melter, Icicle, Whiplash, and so forth, and Iron Man mows through them like wheat.
I loved that scene, too, CK -- it was a great tonic for all those awful stories where a grade-Z villain keeps an A-list hero busy for 32 pages. Rocket Racer vs. Spider-Man? Mr. Hyde vs. Thor? Anybody vs. Green Lantern or Superman? Those fights shouldn't last two pages. And, really, should The Flash have trouble with ANY of the Rogues? Captain Cold should be disarmed before he had time to blink! I realize writers must write stories where the hero is in peril, but they shouldn't dumb down/power down the hero to where the likes of Whiplash is a legitimate threat.
The death of the Executioner from Thor #362.
Hypno Hustler
Ace I and II
The City Stealers
Any Howard the Duck story not written by Steve Gerber
ROM
Micronauts
Dazzler #1
Teen Tony
Any Captain America story drawn by Rob Liefeld
Anything drawn by Rob Liefeld
"His claws. Advantageous!"
Early Gerry Conway Daredevil
Night Nurse
Any story featuring the Ringer, the Spot or Leap Frog.
The Very Best of the Gibbon
...My list , in fact , COMBINES often-pointed to " bad " ones with personal , if non-mainstream , faves ~ Or at least interests . ~ of mine .
Oh , and how about that issue of DOCTOR STRANGE that used a swipe of an Amy Grant LP cover pose that got Marvel sued by Amy ( recall noting it the very first time I saw it on my LCS's rack ! No great AG fan , either ` maybe had never bought any recordings by her .) !!!!!!!!!!! And that issue WOLVERINE?? that had a lettersd reference to a villain as " the killer called..." that received the " That's why we don't letter ' flick ' , " award by being taken as an anti-Jewish slur !!!!!!!!!!! Oh , and that one that got an artist fired from Marvel (and then allowed to come back as a paid-less freelancer) by putting a diss at Marvel's head editor , IIRC !!!!!!!!!!!
(Moderator John Dunbar here. This post has been edited by me, to remove some unnecessary profanity, and also to remove the names of three artists in the last sentence. I know what Emerkeith is referring to, and he named the wrong person as having snuck an insult at a former Marvel Editor-in-chief into the background of a panel. Two other artists were named as engaging in similar behavior.)
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