The Great Trade Off – Kurt Busiek
With no new books for the next month (at least) so we were trying to figure out what to fill that gap in with. And we cam to an amalgamation of an old idea (Todd & Joe Have Issues) and suggestions from listeners as well.
The goal was to get Todd to read Thunderbolts, especially the Kurt Busiek run, which you can check out here. So, that was a place holder, but what was I going to read?
I love Busiek, one of the most underrated creators of all time, writing every major character at DC and Marvel, plus his own legendary series, Astro City. That was gonna be a choice, but I know both Todd and I have read that. But, I have holes in my reading of Busiek’s bibliography, and Todd made the choice.
Conan!
It wasn’t until the Gail Simone Red Sonja run that I really ventured into the sword and sandals books, but this Conan run, which you can find here, is not only written by Kurt, but also with art by Cary Nord, who I’ve been a fan of since his run in the mid 90’s on Daredevil.
So what do you have to read to follow along?
Todd made it easy, issues 1-6 plus the zero issue. Perfect!
I, on the other hand, have to make it complicated:
PLEASE NOTE:
Kurt Busiek was nice to give me the correct CORRECT reading order. Please go by his list, but keeping mine there:
– first, read Incredible Hulk #449, the debut of the Thunderbolts
– Thunderbolts #1
– Tales of the Marvel Universe #1
– Thunderbolts #2
– Spider-Man Team Up #7
– Thunderbolts #3 & #4
– Thunderbolts Annual 1997
– Thunderbolts #5
– Thunderbolts minus one
– Thunderbolts #6
– first, read Incredible Hulk #449, the debut of the Thunderbolts
– then, Thunderbolts Annual 1997, which came out later, but is KEY to read here
– next up, issues one and two
– now, shift over the Spider-Man Team Up #7, essential to the greater story
– issue three is next, followed by the minus one issue, which leads right into issue four, the debut of a new member to the team!
Time permitting, I may read both offerings!
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