Treasury Comics

I used to have a bunch of these.

My absolute favorites were the Fantastic Four reprinting "The Galactus Trilogy", the adaptation of The Wizard of Oz (and even more so The Marvelous Land of Oz), the Superman vs. Muhammad Ali by O'Neill/Adams/Giordano*, Jack Kirby's adaptation of 2001: A Space Odyssey, the Howard the Duck special, and The Spectacular Spider-Man that reprinted "The Sinister Six".

My least favorite were Captain America's Bicentennial Battles, which even by Jack Kirby's standards made no frickin' sense, and the two atrocious Superman/Spider-Man team-ups.

How 'bout you?

(Thanks to the mighty Mark Evanier for the link. I'd just been thinking about the Superman/Muhammad Ali comic the other day, too. ;)

* Part of my love for this one is based on a specific line, one of the most insightful ever in a superhero comic: Superman, currently powerless because of red sun radiation all over the place, is gonna fly across a gap in a space station... when he suddenly remembers he can't fly. Thankfully, he smacks facedown into an invisible energy bridge, and he thinks, "A life with super-powers has ruined me for this sort of thing!"

Menomenie (Deet Deeeeee de Dee-Dee)

( Why you should be VERY FRICKIN' CAREFUL GOING HOME.... )

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