Spider-Man beating Firelord into submission.
Spider-Man throwing everything he has at Juggernaut.
Spider-Man vs Hobgoblin & his killer RV
The entire 1st silent issue of GI Joe
Cap vs Thanos in the original Infinity Gauntlet

When Daredevil realizes it’s Danny Rand masquerading as Daredevil — “Danny?” “Matt?”

Guardians of the Galaxy - The guardians find a shrine to the Martian invasion and read about the last hero to fall - one who kept fighting after all of his friends were dead. When they look into the sarcophagus, it’s Spider-Man’s tattered uniform.

Also, had to check the writer on Spider-Man # 17 as I was pretty sure it wasn’t Todd McFarlane. It was actually the single issue between McFarlane and Larson’s runs and was written by Ann Necenti. Still holds up very well on the re-read. Great visuals by Rick Leonardi where a bottle of BBQ sauce Peter was carrying (he was coming back from grocery shopping) lands next to him and looks like a puddle of blood.

2. Warlock and The Infinity Watch #9 — A flashback to a young Gamora under the care and tutleage of Thanos. She disobeys him and goes onto a particularly seedy planet and is beaten within an inch of her life by a band of thugs. When Gamora regains consciousness Thanos is standing over her broken body, surrounded by dozens of dead bodies of the thugs who violated her. Thanos gives her some reassuring words, craddles her small body in his arms, and takes her back to his spaceship for treatment. On those two or three pages Thanos displays almost paternal feelings toward her, which I thought was sort of touching.

Just reading that gave me chills. That was one of my favorite moments from one of my favorite series ever. I had thought it appeared in a Marvel Christmas special though. Maybe that was another Thanos/young Gamora story.

Also reminds me of another of my favorite Thanos moments was Spider-Man # 17 where Spider-Man dies trying to save a girl and goes to Death’s realm and who is there with Thanos. They talk and fight and then Death brings Spider-Man and the girl he tried to save back to life to spite Thanos.

I believe it was an Infinity Gauntlet crossover issue but was better done then any crossover issue has a right to be.

The team is in Khandaq (spelling?) and Atom Smasher is fighting the Spectre (when the Spectre was on a rampage against magic, and he was ’super-sized’). The Spectre reaches into his chest and stops his heart. Atom Smasher is still in giant form and lying dead when Black Adam uses his ‘Shazam’ lightning to jump-start Atom Smasher’s heart.

The kids seem doomed, stranded on a ship in the middle of nowhere with an unbeatable foe when all of a sudden, Sabretooth shows up and attacks the Phalanx. A total surprise, the villain saving the day!

Of course there are many more fave moments in comics, but this is what always stuck with me.

By the way, I must say I do note the absence of David Martindale. Is D3 gone from podcasting? Say it ain’t so Dave, the fans need you! (if only cos your voice is the only one on the Pants-eon that is instantly recognisable…)

I ask because, in theory, stories with a definite beginning, middle, and end would have a much higher payoff factor. However, ongoing series have more opportunity for moments just because they keep chugging along.

Might be an interesting discussion to discuss the merits/disadvantages of each approach.

-RT

well books of Doom was quite good FF anual 2 is in my mind THE DOOM story The first secet wars was also good.
if you want see Doom played meaner than he usually was in the silver age see esental HULK 3 AND if you want to see Doom played like a total nutbag read Waid’s FF
But if you want to see Doom’s slightl more noble side read E-super-villan team up.

rob, do you mean the Ultimate Fantastic Four Annual #2? The one with Mole Man?

Thanks, I’ll think I’ll check out Mark Waid’s run. I’ve read up some reviews on his run and it seems like it is great. Some reviews on Amazon say it’s the best FF run ever, but the reviews on Amazon are good for all the products. How come some of the issue numbers are in the 500s?

no I mean the STAN lee Jack Kirby one
Waid’S DOOM while I respect the caft was too hardcore. He’s doing stuff in there would scare JOKER

Dual numbering,,,the reason for the switch from the 60s to 500s.

well books of Doom was quite good FF anual 2 is in my mind THE DOOM story The first secet wars was also good.
if you want see Doom played meaner than he usually was in the silver age see esental HULK 3 AND if you want to see Doom played like a total nutbag read Waid’s FF
But if you want to see Doom’s slightl more noble side read E-super-villan team up.

rob, do you mean the Ultimate Fantastic Four Annual #2? The one with Mole Man?

Thanks, I’ll think I’ll check out Mark Waid’s run. I’ve read up some reviews on his run and it seems like it is great. Some reviews on Amazon say it’s the best FF run ever, but the reviews on Amazon are good for all the products. How come some of the issue numbers are in the 500s?

Actually, there were a lot of great scenes in DKR and Batman: Year One. Why the hell doesn’t Miller write like that anymore.

Actually, about Judd Winick’s Green Arrow comics, I thought even the early stuff wasn’t that great. I mean I think I enjoyed, but I’m glad I read it at Borders and not actually paid for it.

1. Spider-man/Human Torch #3 — Spidey’s talking to someone off-panel, apologizing for not talking to that person for awhile, and telling her what he’s been up to lately. After several panels we discover that Spidey’s at the bridge where Gwen Stacy died and he’s been talking to her. Very poignant.

2. Warlock and The Infinity Watch #9 — A flashback to a young Gamora under the care and tutleage of Thanos. She disobeys him and goes onto a particularly seedy planet and is beaten within an inch of her life by a band of thugs. When Gamora regains consciousness Thanos is standing over her broken body, surrounded by dozens of dead bodies of the thugs who violated her. Thanos gives her some reassuring words, craddles her small body in his arms, and takes her back to his spaceship for treatment. On those two or three pages Thanos displays almost paternal feelings toward her, which I thought was sort of touching.

3. The Dark Knight Returns — Carrie’s in the big bat tank and Superman rips open the vehicle; she uses her slingshot to ping a pebble or something off the Man of Steel. His amused response: “Isn’t this a school night?”

4. Watchmen — About halfway through the story when Rorschach is taken into custody and imprisoned; some fellow inmates want payback against him, but before they can act he easily takes them down and says something like “I’m not locked up in here with you, you’re locked up in here with me.” Also, near the end of the story when Rorschach refuses to go along with Ozymandias’s grandious plan and accepts his fate.

Authority - Forgot the issue #, but it’s the one when Millar and Quitely took over where the mock-Avengers are attacking and Titan asks what kind of superheroes show up to a fight drunk. Then “SPLOOSH!” and his head is a watermelon and you see Apollo covered in bits of brain matter and goes “The dangerous kind”

All-Star Superman - The stuff by Morrison is just amazing. When he teams with Quitely…man, that stuff is just magic. I love the part where he’s analyzing his own DNA structure and writing it out.

Wolverine #75 - When he bids farewell to the X-Men. Great issue. Best moment is where he looks back to the mansion and sees Jubilee holding the letter and wearing his cowboy hat and he gives her a smile and a waive and he’s off.

Wolverine #50 - Wolverine’s kamikaze attack on the helicarrier.

Ultimates #7 - Captain America vs. Giant Man.

X-Men #3 - Magneto’s last statement. “I and mine will not go to the slaughter like sheeps, but like tigers.”

Sticking with Peter David his Captain Marvel series had plenty of fun stuff between Marlo, Rick Jones, Marv, and Moondragon.

The Podcast also made me think of how DC have more good things going for them a few years ago like with Green Arrow and the Flash before things just went downhill. Same thing with Bendis and Bruce Jones, it seemed like things would only get better with them. That could be a podcast in itself, great runs that eventually went downhill. This kind of reminded me that maybe I should check out the first couple Winick Green Arrow trades and more Flash before #200 since I’ve been looking for some good DC stories after finishing New Frontier, even if they are not in the exact same tone, they seem to be better than now.

also got to mention the first time Doctor Doom sees the beyonder in the first Secret wars. Good gorsh i’m a bigger FF fan than even I KNEW

Hey, this gives me an oppurtunity to ask a question that I have wanted to ask for some time.
I realized I don’t have any comics featuring Doctor Doom and I was wondering what some favorite moments were or what people thought were the best issues featuring Doom (preferably available in trade format so I can check it out of course).

Ed Brubaker did an origin of Dr. Doom mini-series called the Books of Doom that tied things together rather nicely that was a good read a couple of years ago. Going back further than that there’s a Doom solo issue among other Doom appearances in the Fantastic Four Visionaries series for John Byrne in tpb.

Depends which character you like more; I like both and I remember both scenes affecting me.

I think it was Bendis on the Daredevil DVD that said when Elektra was killed in DD #181 he instinctually wanted to throw the comic across the same, shouting “no way!”. I never understood that. But some of the deaths in Battle Royale have brought me closest to feeling that strongly.