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I had a pretty huge list going. I tried to keep it to titles that you could pick up without having to worry about getting a mediocre issue. Many of my fave back issue bin finds are one-offs, usually found in titles like Brave and the Bold, Dark Horse Presents or What If. Look for artists in particular in those cases, especially Gil Kane or the rare Alex Toth. Also, occasionally you can find a really good comic that slipped through the cracks, like a New Gods, Steve Canyon or something. OK, here goes.
Manga.
Pineapple Army. Single issue stories that read like the very best buddy action movies.
Domu. From the creator of Akira. Much more toned down and intimate.
Blade of the Immortal. Simply beautiful samurai revenge comic.
Manga Spider-man. Really whacked out. Spider-man turned up to 11.
Pulp. A great sampler of some of the best comics being made overseas.
Lone Wolf and Cub. Dark uncompromising samurai epic.
Superheroes, the good stuff.
Batman Adventures. The early ones by Mike Parobeck. One of my three favourite mainstream titles of the 90s.
Batman Black and White. Amazing stuff by Otomo, Toth, Gianni, and a host of others.
Untold Tales of Spider-man. Supercheap and quite good. Peter in his blue suit days. Old school.
Daredevil #227-233. Miller and Mazzuchelli with one hell of a good superhero story.
Marvel Tales. Spiderman reprints. The Ditko ones are especially fab.
Not really Superheroes.
Catwoman. Darwyn Cooke is killing me.
Hitman. At turns extremely funny and downright touching, probably the most accessible comic I own.
Sandman Mystery Theatre. Possibly the very best Vertigo title ever.
Shade the Changing Man. Cult Classic.
Hellboy. The best drawn disembodied heads in the business.
Kirby.
Marvel Super Action. Reprints Captain America.
Marvel's Greatest Comics. Reprints Fantastic Four.
Marvel Spectaqcular. Reprints Thor.
Kamandi. Kirby does the 70s.
Kids.
Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck. Get the Carl Barks issues.
Measles. Alternative cartoonists try their hand at children's stories. Hernandez, Weissman, Henderson, etc.
Scatterbrain. Same as above, but with Woodring, Cooper, and in colour!
Classic Archie. My newfound love. Body language and composition all pared down to achieve absolute clarity.
Bone. Smith's lines are alive, I swear it.
War, Westerns and other genres.
Jonah Hex. Preferably the pre-Vertigo series.
Weird War Tales. One of the world's most creepily odd comic books.
Sgt. Rock. Nothing's easy for Easy, especially if Kubert is doing the art.
Blackhawk. The Evanier series. Two-fisted action.
Anything with Enemy Ace.
Desperadoes. Supernatural Western with early Cassaday art.
Any Romance comic. Why did the romance comic have to die?
The work of Kyle Baker. I Die at Midnight, Why I Hate Saturn, You Are Here. The one man comic equivalent to Hollywood.
Any EC reprint. Gasp. Choke. See why the Comics Code was created.
Humour.
Squee. You probably already have this, but iff you don't, it's ten times better then JTHM.
Instant Piano. Anthology of whacked out cartoons by Baker, Dorkin, and co.
Reid Fleming. The world's toughest milkman, chump.
Dork. Random Evan Dorkin goodness. Easily his best stuff.
Sin. Rough, yet hysterical early comics from jay Stephens.
Very Vicky. Adventures of the world's most with-it girl.
1963. Imagine Alan Moore creating Marvel superheroes!
Alternative.
Palookaville. Beautiful comics that yearn for days long passed.
Black Hole. Charles Burns at his most awful.
Jenny Finn. Never completed creeptacular.
Action Girl. Really fun all-woman anthology title.
Louis Riel. Canadian History as drawn by Chester Brown channeling Harold Grey.
If I were you, in additon to trying things suggested by people here, I would just pick up stuff that catches my eye and that I would never spend good money on. I can't say how many great comics I've just stumbled across over the years. And check out their quarter bins! |
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