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I'm not sure we've done this topic before, but it'd be interesting to hear about a favourite year in comics - from as many of you as possible.
Two rules, please. Firstly, ONE year only: no honourable mentions, ties or a "laundry list" of years; secondly, it must be a year in which you were alive and were buying comics (so if you were born in 1970, but read a lot of 1960 comics recently, you can't name 1960 as a favourite year). You must have experienced it.
Obviously, naming a favourite year doesn't mean other years were bad, inferior, etc. Just pick a year in which you had a lot of fun/enjoyment.
Final rule: do elaborate, even if it's only a sentence or paragraph.
Go!
For me, I'm going to pick 1990. I do have many fond memories of that year, depressing though it is to think that I experienced that 27 years ago (I get depressed when someone tells me they were born in 1990 or 1991!).
First up, our host's NAMOR series began. Truth be told, I couldn't buy every issue: there were no comic stores nearby and the newsagent didn't seem interested in doing a regular order. But I read many of them and later tracked them down. I enjoyed the story and the art; I enjoyed the CEO aspect, the focus on the environment, etc. In fact, 1989/90 was a two-year period where I became more environmentally aware (the UK Green Party had had much success in '89). Lots of pro-environment books were published that year; and with Namor also tackling environmental issues, it gave me many fond memories.
It was also a good year for reprints here in the UK. London Editions Magazines had the licence to reprint DC tales. In the spring/summer of 1990, there were four UK titles: SUPERMAN was 48 pages long and reprinted our host's run and JUSTICE LEAGUE tales; BATMAN was also 48-pages long and reprinted vintage Batman tales; DC ACTION reprinted Teen Titans, Animal Man and various origin tales; and ZONES reprinted the darker DC stories such as Swamp Thing.
Whilst Marvel UK was mainly doing licensed comics (e.g. THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS), there were some superhero titles, too.
BATMAN: DIGITAL JUSTICE was published that year. A very different Batman tale, one produced in a unique way (computer-driven). I enjoyed it.
A ROBOCOP comic was published by Marvel.
And in late 1990, I managed to get my hands on BATMAN: YEAR ONE, THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS and so much else. Late 1990 saw me move near to a proper comic store where I could get everything.
Over to you.
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