I haven't been to the shop in a few weeks since the Cincinnati Comic Expo is coming up next weekend. I decided to pull out some older stuff and re-read them. First up was The Comet from the !mpact Comics line DC released in the early 1990s. I really enjoyed this series, mainly due to the art and plotting by Tom Lyle. As I have mentioned before, I am a HUGE fan of Mr.Lyle's work (and can't wait to see the commissions he is doing for me). Mark Waid did the scripting for this 18 issue series. It had his trademark strong story telling with character development. Eventually Tom Lyle left the series and a couple other artists did the pencil work. Kevin West did most of the issues that Lyle didn't work on. I like his work, but I really missed Tom's work on the book. I have been thinking about going out and buying some of the other !mpact comic series. DC recently relaunched some of those titles through a Red Circle imprint. I wasn't really impressed with the offerings, but The Web was decent.
Another fun series from a few years ago I pulled out was Madrox, written by Peter David, with art by Pablo Ramondi. David is another great writer, and Pablo's artwork isn't too shabby either.
This series followed Jamie Madrox, the Multiple Man as he decided to open a private investigator's office. It had a strong noir feel to it, and it led into the new X-Factor series. Peter David is one heck of a character writer. He handled many of these characters from back in the 1990s X-Factor series from when they were a government sanctioned mutant team. He has not lost any ground with the time lapse between the original series and the new one. The only thing this team has in common are some of the characters. The mood and style of the book has changed. There are a few things that I haven't cared for, but overall, I have thoroughly enjoyed the book. There have been some awesome artists on the book, and I'd LOVE to own a cool page from one of them. Ryan Sook started off the series and then Dennis Calero rotated with him and worked on some of the issues. These two artists' styles worked very well, from issue-to-issue. They both have a noir, somewhat dark feel to it, but man, did it suit David's stories. I know there were several other artists, but, please forgive me, I can't remember them at this point in time. I guess I'll have to pull those issues out and read them next. :-)
I also dug out She-Hulk, the 2004 and 2005 series penned by Dan Slott (whose writing really reminds me of Peter David's work, and that is a good thing), with art by Juan Bobillo, whose work I was unfamiliar with at the time. I have been hit-or-miss with various creator's take on She-Hulk (Byrne's run is freaking awesome, I need to track those down, too..and I'd loe to get a nice She-Hulk page by Byrne...), but Dan Slott really took the ball and ran with her.
Unfortunately I had to cut back on titles at a point, and this was one of the casualties. I may pick up the rest of the series in trade paperback form.
Next up was Ms.Marvel, from 2006. To the best of my knowledge, Brian Reed wrote the 24 issues I have of the series. Yes, this was another one of the casualties of the comic-cutbacks I had to make. Which sucks, because I heard it got very interesting when Moonstone took over the Ms.Marvel identity under Norman Osborn's Dark Avengers. Again, I'll probably pick the rest of the series up in tpb.
The Cincinnati Comic Expo could be a good place to find some of those trades at decent prices.
I have been thinking about buying a full run of the 1980s Starman series, featuring Will Payton. This is another book that Tom Lyle had a huge part in.
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