It’s time for an iFlashback, a weekly feature in which we take a look at some comics that were on sale nine years ago. Why nine and not ten? Our Mondays and Wednesdays used to sync up, but 2004 was a leap year so we are off by a day.
Jog down memory lane with me. The date is August 18th, 2004 the number one film at the box office is Alien vs Predator and these are some of the books that are on the stands at your local comic shop.
Astro City Special #1
By Kurt Busiek, Brent Eric Anderson, Alex Sinclair, Alex Ross
Runaways #17
By Brian K. Vaughan, Adrian Alphona, Craig Yeung, Christina Strain
DC Comics Presents The Atom #1
By Dave Gibbons, Pat Oliffe, John Livesay, Mark Waid, Dan Jurgens, Jon Bogdanove
Loki #3
By Robert Rodi, Esad Ribic
The Goon #8
By Eric Powell
Manhunter #1
By Marc Andreyko, Jesus Saiz, Jimmy Palmiotti
Fantastic Four #517
By Mark Waid, Mike Wieringo, Karl Kesel
Ex Machina #3
By Brian K. Vaughan, Tony Harris, Tom Feister
JSA: Strange Adventures #1
By Kevin J. Anderson, Barry Kitson, Gary Erskine
That was the week that was in comics. Two books by Brian K. Vaughan as well as a JSA mini-series that looks pretty cool. So, did you read any of the books that came out this week? If you did be sure to let us know what you thought of them.
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I just saw that this week they’re releasing “Marvel 1602: 10th Anniversary Edition.” And now, to die of old age.
Has a hot, high-school to college-aged server or cashier called you ‘Sir’, yet?
That is a darn fine, TO-READ pile right there.
I have a question about these DC Comics Presents series of #1s we keep seeing.
Were they ever collected? If so, how and where?
C’mon you DC completists, do I have to scour the back-issue bins for these?
Alright I googled it.
No collection apparently, but at least there are only 8 of them to search for.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Comics_Presents#Julius_Schwartz_Tribute
Damn, there’s been a big leap in quality in these iFlashbacks suddenly. Maybe it’s just because there aren’t as many Chuck Austen X-books clogging up the works in this one.
Esad Ribic drawing Thor nine years ago is pretty interesting in light of his work on God of Thunder
My thought exactly.
Interesting, or Marvel just giving us something we’ve always secretly wanted?
Does Esad Ribic drawing Thor have the same impact without the strength of Jason Aarons story telling? I don’t think I would be reading Thor if he wasn’t writing it and I didn’t read what his take was prior to it’s launch
Ribic’s depiction of Loki just shouts out “conniving weasel”
I miss Manhunter. How can you go wrong with a book about a lawyer who tries to put away crooks within the legal system and then decides to don a costume and kill the ones who escape? Such an underrated book that was admittedly was never going to last long.
I think I got most of these, or got them later in trade.
To this day I am annoyed that I missed (and still haven’t read) the Astro City Beautie special that came out after the Supersonic one).
Goon is a series I’ve always wanted to read, but the book store never has volume one.
Ahhh Waid’s FF run. Toppest notch.
Also every year I miss Mike Wieringo more and more.
I feel like the comic book past is catching up to me. I’m remembering alot of more these. That Thor back then was pretty good. Mark Waid’s FF was fun. Manhunter was good also.
wow Ribic drawing Thor?
Ex Machina, FF Disassembled, and Loki. All good stuff. That Atom issue looks really appealing to me, I’m trying to get into more of his stories. Does anybody know if its worth tracking down in back-issue bins?
I never read Astro City unfortunately, but have always thought the character designs & cover/interior art looked absolutely brilliant. That said, I LOVE the character design of the “Supersonic” character!
It was a pretty decent one-shot, the series is well worth investing in!
Brian Bolland is just an amazing cover artist. He might be one of the last artists to truly make a great design to entice readers to buy a comic book.
Here are some other big events, births, and deaths to occur on August 18th:
Events
-1868: Helium is ‘discovered’ by Pierre Janssen
-1920: The 19th Amending, guaranteeing women suffrage, is ratified
Births
-1933: Roman Polanski
-1934: Roberto Clemente
Deaths
-2004: Elmer Bernstein
On the bolland. He is a great artist but this design is from Gil Kane.
Was the Loki series any good? As a fan of both Loki and Ribic I’ve often looked at it on the shelves but never bought it . . .
It’s very good, if you never buy it at least read it. The art is outstanding.
Only thing I was reading then was Runaways. I’ve got all three of those Fantastic Four hardbacks now though. Good stuff. Apparently, Volume 2 is pretty rare. I lucked out one day. My wife and I were about to head home from Savannah, GA after a weekend trip, and made one last stop at a little retro gaming/toy/whatever other trappings store down there. Boom, volume 2 for $18. Snatched that sucker up.
I remember buying Manhunter and dropping it after a few issues.
The Waid/Ringo FF run filled me with joy and renewed my love of comics in general and the Fantastic Four in particular.