August 23, 2011

Finally, a list I can win...

It's not that uncommon for me to post a link to a list up here and say that I've been able to cross off a certain number of those list items. Sometimes I  feel pretty proud of my tally...until one of you folks out there says "nice try, ChemGuy, but I'vegot more of that list taken care of...so suck it!".

You're mean. Face it.

But I'm thinking that I can safely say that I've read more of the Top 100 Comic Book Storylines (as chosen by ComicBookResources.com) than any of your folks have.

Let's see...
  • #1 - Watchmen 
  • #2 - "Dark Phoenix Saga" X-Men
  • #3 - "Born Again" Daredevil
  • #4 - Batman "Year One"
  • #5 - Dark Knight Returns 
  • #6 - All-Star Superman
  • #7 - Crisis on Infinite Earths 
  • #8 - "Seasons of Mists" Sandman 
  • #9 - Kingdom Come 
  • #10 - Maus 
  • #11 - "The Great Darkness Saga" LoSH 
  • #13 - "The Judas Contract" New Teen Titans 
  • #15 - V for Vendetta 
  • #16 - "Sinestro Corps War" Green Lantern 
  • #18 - Civil War 
  • #20 - "E is for Extinction" New X-Men
  • #20 (tie) - "Days of Future Past" X-Men 
  • #23 - "Until the End of the World" Preacher 
  • #24 - DC: The New Frontier 
  • #25 - "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow" Superman 
  • #26 - "Super-Human" Ultimates
  • #26 (tie) - Identity Crisis 
  • #28 - Ultimates 2 
  • #29 - "Brief Lives" Sandman
  • #31 - "Doll's House" Sandman 
  • #32 - "Deuz ex Machina" Animal Man 
  • #33 - The Long Halloween 
  • #34 - "The Death of Gwen Stacy" Amazing Spider-Man 
  • #37 - "Rebirth" Green Lantern 
  • #39 - "Hush" Batman 
  • #42 - "The Surtur Saga" The Mighty Thor 
  • #45 - "Gifted" Astonishing X-Men 
  • #46 - Seven Soldiers of Victory 
  • #47 - "Death of Captain America"
  • #48 - "Rock of Ages" JLA 
  • #49 - Marvels 
  • #50 - Final Crisis 
  • #51 - Batman: RIP
  • #52 - "Death of Superman" Superman
  • #53 (tie) "Confession" Astro City
  • #56 "The Kindly Ones" Sandman 
  • #58 - From Hell 
  • #59 - "Whys and Wherefores" Y-The Last Man 
  • #60 - "Reign of the Superman" Superman 
  • #63 - "Year of the Bastard / The New Scum" Transmetropolitan 
  • #65 - "No Man's Land" Batman 
  • #66 - "New World Order" JLA 
  • #68 (tie) - "Sins of the Father" Starman 
  • #68 (tie) - "Knightfall" Batman 
  • #73 - "A Game of You" Sandman 
  • #75 - "Planetary" Planetary 
  • #76 (tie) - "Unmanned" Y-The Last Man 
  • #78 - "Winter Soldier" Captain America 
  • #80 - "Homelands" Fables
  • #82 - "Hardcore / King of Hell's Kitchen" Daredevil 
  • #86 - League of Extraordinary Gentlemen vol 1
  • #88 (tie) - "March of the Wooden Soldiers" Fables 
  • #91 - "Tales of the Demon" Batman 
  • #97 - Jimmy Corrigan, Smartest Boy on Earth
Fifty-nine of the top one hundred down. Tried to read a couple more but couldn't get through them.

I'm guessing only one of you even remotely has a chance to catch me. Gamer, what say you?

5 comments:

coachsullivan said...

I've read...three. Yeah, not topping you on this one.

Anonymous said...

Sorry, I only had 33. Many of my list I read because your recommendation.

PHSChemGuy said...

Which three, Sully?

Gamer - I can endorse most of the ones that I've read on the list. Any you have questions about?

coachsullivan said...

Pretty standard fare: Watchmen, Death Of Superman, and Dark Knight Returns.

PHSChemGuy said...

Those are good ones to start with. Next should be the Fables series.