Ongoing Books/series you won't read

[WrathOfArmstrong]

http://www.valiantfans.com/forum/viewto ... =4&t=40851
The impressive thread on collecting Amazing Spider-Man got me thinking... I read a huge chunk at one point (mcfarlane era as a kid) and never came back and am not likely to add it to my read list with the number of new titles coming out worth my time as well...

I was wondering if there are any series that you 'expect' are pretty great, but the shear mass and effort required has and likely will keep you from reading... and for those who see sacrilege in our picks, maybe you all can convince us why we should take the plunge.. or why we're smart not to bother.

Savage Dragon
Spawn (jumped off around #100)
Judge Dredd (I picked up a couple but felt like I was missing something a decade ago now there's much more)
Conan (I feel like I could probably jump in with a specific team's run, but which one?)
Green Lantern (my brother was a huge fan--but lost interest with the popular Johns run...and that's massive on its own)

[jeremycoe]

http://www.valiantfans.com/forum/viewto ... =4&t=40851
The impressive thread on collecting Amazing Spider-Man got me thinking... I read a huge chunk at one point (mcfarlane era as a kid) and never came back and am not likely to add it to my read list with the number of new titles coming out worth my time as well...

I was wondering if there are any series that you 'expect' are pretty great, but the shear mass and effort required has and likely will keep you from reading... and for those who see sacrilege in our picks, maybe you all can convince us why we should take the plunge.. or why we're smart not to bother.

Savage Dragon
Spawn (jumped off around #100)
Judge Dredd (I picked up a couple but felt like I was missing something a decade ago now there's much more)
Conan (I feel like I could probably jump in with a specific team's run, but which one?)
Green Lantern (my brother was a huge fan--but lost interest with the popular Johns run...and that's massive on its own)

I love Savage Dragon, but I have been picking it up regularly since issue #27 or so.

[jeremycoe]

As far as trying new to me titles that are a long ways into their run, I'm not afraid to jump in. I did so with Fantastic Four, Captain America, Batman, etc - no different now besides lack of opportunity.

[ShadowTuga]

Spawn, absolutely. I tried getting into this more times that I can remember but I quickly lose interest around the first 5 years or so, every time. I quit on Spawn long ago. Love the looks of the book, Capullo is an amazing artist, same as TM, but it's so uber-dark-is-cool-and-edgy, and its really a thin concept after you digest the art.
I own the trades with the first 60 something issues, will sell that one day on the cheap, for sure.

I hear great things about Hickman's FF, but it's the FF. Me no fan.

[Summydad1]

I feel like I should read The Walking Dead. Love the show but have never read the comics. Q

[Elveen]

http://www.valiantfans.com/forum/viewto ... =4&t=40851
The impressive thread on collecting Amazing Spider-Man got me thinking... I read a huge chunk at one point (mcfarlane era as a kid) and never came back and am not likely to add it to my read list with the number of new titles coming out worth my time as well...

I was wondering if there are any series that you 'expect' are pretty great, but the shear mass and effort required has and likely will keep you from reading... and for those who see sacrilege in our picks, maybe you all can convince us why we should take the plunge.. or why we're smart not to bother.

Savage Dragon
Spawn (jumped off around #100)
Judge Dredd (I picked up a couple but felt like I was missing something a decade ago now there's much more)
Conan (I feel like I could probably jump in with a specific team's run, but which one?)
Green Lantern (my brother was a huge fan--but lost interest with the popular Johns run...and that's massive on its own)

All Conan is good. Don't need much back story to enjoy.
The Dark Horse Busiek run (1-50) made my desert island list a while back.

[WrathOfArmstrong]

Spawn, absolutely. I tried getting into this more times that I can remember but I quickly lose interest around the first 5 years or so, every time. I quit on Spawn long ago. Love the looks of the book, Capullo is an amazing artist, same as TM, but it's so uber-dark-is-cool-and-edgy, and its really a thin concept after you digest the art.
I own the trades with the first 60 something issues, will sell that one day on the cheap, for sure.

I hear great things about Hickman's FF, but it's the FF. Me no fan.

Hickman is untested in my book, I was thinking of East of West first. But Like you FF... I'll read Lemire's Terrifics first...

[WrathOfArmstrong]

All Conan is good. Don't need much back story to enjoy.
The Dark Horse Busiek run (1-50) made my desert island list a while back.

I've read a bunch of the short stories, but I have an aversion towards 'tie-ins'. I keep getting burned by things that start out in other mediums before they become comics. Perhaps that is another thread. But that's high praise being a desert island. Cary Nord's name was starting to direct me that-a-way and 50 isn't too daunting.

[Sven the Returned]

Red Sonja.

[400yrs]

None. If I want to try something, I just jump in wherever. Savage Dragon may be the closest. It's the one series I'd like to read all the way through instead of a single issues here and there.

[grendeljd]

All Conan is good. Don't need much back story to enjoy.
The Dark Horse Busiek run (1-50) made my desert island list a while back.

I've read a bunch of the short stories, but I have an aversion towards 'tie-ins'. I keep getting burned by things that start out in other mediums before they become comics. Perhaps that is another thread. But that's high praise being a desert island. Cary Nord's name was starting to direct me that-a-way and 50 isn't too daunting.

I'm a big fan of Conan, especially starting with the original stories by RE Howard. I have a near-complete set of the Marvel run of 275 issues (might be missing ~10 issues between 2-27) - but I have not ever *really* been tempted to try out any of the Dark Horse runs... even with Nord & Busiek on the creative team.

It's probably mainly a case of just not really feeling like diving into it yet - not knowing where to start / how to follow through any mini-series or re-numbering over however many years worth of comics they've done.

[Tony_H]

Try reading "Conan the Barbarian" 100, from 1979, to test out whether you're interested in reading a Marvel-era run. A zillion copies were printed, so it's still a cheap, easy find. If you like the Roy Thomas and John Buscema combo, grab more of their stories: they're the standard-setters, and any issue of theirs will do for a run-starter.

The DH Conan books are really good, too. I'd suggest sampling one of their five King Conan minis from 2011-2016, which began with "The Scarlet Citadel" in 2011 (Truman and Giorello): those are the best Robert Howard story adaptations I've read in comics since the old, old (and now kinda pricey) "Savage Sword of Conan" magazine days.

[superman-prime]

i do the opposite with the walking dead read the comic dont watch the show

[Cyberstrike]

The Walking Dead
Spawn
Green Lanterns
Hal Jordan & The Green Lantern Corp
The Flash
Any Transformers comic that is an adaption, tie-in, or spin-off of the Michael Bay movies.

The following I will not read as an ongoing series but I will read arcs by creators that I like and/or ideas that interest me.
Batman
The Amazing Spider-Man
Green Arrow
The Avengers
Justice League