Hey all. New to the site. Checked the DC forum, saw two threads. Figured I would chime in, see if anyone wants to chatter back.

I've liked comics pretty much as long as I have been able to read (Superman was awesome when I was like 5). I still have some in my collection that I picked up when I was 10 or 11 or so. Some I've purchased recently were ones I read when I was younger, but never managed to pick up. I'm pretty casual, and tend to get things that just strike my fancy in one way or another.

I've been digging on the Elseworlds stuff lately. I know not all of it is considered good. What I have read so far is generally interesting. Neat to see a character that you are familiar with, and enjoy take on a slightly different form, and context.
Recent reads and acquisitions include:
Batman: Gotham By Gaslight
Batman: Master of the Future
Superman: Red Son
Superman: Speeding Bullets
Batman: I, Joker
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham
Batman: Holy Terror
Batman: Year 100
Batman: Castle of the Bat

Yes. I like Batman. Lol. I like Superman well enough too. The Dark Knight Returns is probably one of my favorite all time Bats stories. My sister got that for me ages ago as a birthday gift (currently boxed up, because of anticipated move in the near future). I want to grab a copy of Kingdom Come. Also interested in Batman: Vampire (the collected volume), Batman: Nosferatu, Batman: Gotham Noir. Thrillkiller, and possibly Two Faces. I missed a lot of these as they were coming out, they seem creative, and not terribly difficult to acquire in terms of "completing" a collection. Interested in also reading The Nail, and Golden Age.

Anyone else dig these? Recommendations? Avoids?

Oxbladder wrote:

Welcome! It's been a long time since I read any Elseworlds stuff so I cannot recommend anything. I have quite a few Elseworlds issues. I think I bought the entire run of the Elseworlds annuals.

I think it would be cool for Elseworlds to come back someday... except nowadays they would have to write stories about what could have been if they hadn't futzed up the DCU with Flashpoint (AKA Flushpoint)

Love Elseworlds, I have a couple of those annuals (don't remember which ones though).
Do you remember which ones they were Ox?
I missed the whole Flashpoint thing...The movie was O.k. Lol

Welcome! It's been a long time since I read any Elseworlds stuff so I cannot recommend anything. I have quite a few Elseworlds issues. I think I bought the entire run of the Elseworlds annuals.

I think it would be cool for Elseworlds to come back someday... except nowadays they would have to write stories about what could have been if they hadn't futzed up the DCU with Flashpoint (AKA Flushpoint)