Browse
Category
DiscussionsOff Topic

Humble Comics Bundle Aspen Comics

Closed
candorius

My question again to comicbook-fans is it wort its money? I still have my 17 years old first issue of fathom but never got father than that. I have no idea how the story turned out and never heard of then other fathom comics as well as the other comics in this bundle.

9 years ago

Comment has been collapsed.

6 Comments
talgaby

Oh yes, it does. Turner's worlds, especially Soulfire and Fathom, were one of the few things that were created in the Dark Age of Comics but were incredibly good. If for anything, then the pack is worth for the two omnibuses which would cost an arm and a leg in print otherwise (and only a softcover reprint is coming around this summer, no HC reprints).
Aspen's current line is less than spectacular though, so you'll probably find a good number of mediocre or worse ones. Still, the things Turner created while he lived were beautiful.

9 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.
candorius

Thanks for the advice.

Yeah i just found that he died when i googled for the bundle. Wasnt aware of that. Sad story.

I still have my old Tombraider/Witchblade and Crossover comics tucked away and a framed poster of Lara Croft and Sara Pezzini always hanging on one wall or another. The witchblade comics are still in my backlog from a previous bundle though.

9 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.
talgaby

Witchblade was a strange case. Started out great, then it went downhill, and up again, then it got dragged into a lot of bullshit Silvestri came up with – and even Marz's writing couldn't help on that. I haven't read it since then (I don't even know if it still runs…)

9 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.
candorius

I will see when i read it. I am still a fan of the TV-Show the walking dead so i am hardened against ups and downs of storylines :)

9 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.
talgaby

Be ready for some major crossovers though. Especially with the Darkness, which after a time became more like a spin-off to Witchblade, despite starting out as its own separate thing. Plus as we aproached the end of the first dace of this century, Witchblade became the central series of Top Cow, so they built a few events on it. At the beginning, it was mild though (the biggest one was probably the crossovers with Tomb Raider – which, by the way, was my all-time favourite Top Cow series, the best video game adaptation comic I ever met).

9 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.
candorius

I am aware of the crossovers with the Darkness. The last Top Cow Bundle included so much stuff that i had to research the chronological order of all those Witchblade and AphroditeIX comics. Redemption, Artifacts,Rebirth and all that stuff. Took quite a bit of time.

9 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Closed 9 years ago by candorius.