Doug: Now we're getting somewhere! I don't know that we've cut out a lot of chaff, as I'd wager that all of our nominees to start off were someone's favorite story. And that leads us to today's question --
How many of you nominated a story/storyline that was truly one of your all-time favorites, and found yourself having to vote against it? If you can recall, what did your fave lose out to?
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Yep, twice, right in the first round, in which several of my own suggestions were immediately pitted against each other: Panther's Rage vs. the FF Negative Zone story, and the FF Galactus Trilogy (mark 2) vs. Batman/Crimson Sun. I had no problem voting for Panther's Rage (and I still can't believe that one fell out in the first round - I expected it to be the other way around, given that it's mainly hardcore Bronze Age fans that congregate at this blog), but I agonized a bit over the other one, although I think I ultimately voted for the FF story.
One thing I've noticed as the choices are norrowing down is that there are a few that I'm pretty indifferent about - and I'm also a bit astounded that the Wolverine limited series has made it this far.
I had to vote against the Legion EarthWar, which I was so delighted to see on the poll, versus my all-time favorite, the Kree-Skrull War. And now it looks like I'll have to choose between K-S War and the death of Gwen Stacy!!
It was a tough one, but right off the bat I had to go w/ the Avengers/Defenders War over the GL/GA "Relevancy" (road-trip?) Arc. Although the latter may have a more highly-regarded position in comics history, I know for a fact that I was much more engrossed in the former as a youth. Went with what I enjoyed then as opposed to what I recongnize now as probably more significant. . .
HB
Knowing zilch about DC put me in the position of always voting for whatever the Marvel option was, so I started abstaining from those.
Sometimes I’m voting the underdog just for the sake of it e.g. I know Dark Phoenix is going to kick the Celestial Madonna’s butt, so I can vote for the Stainless one without worrying that DP will be forced out.
Not really fair that two Starlin Mar-Vell stories are up against each other. In the last round, I was surprised and pleased that Conan’s Red Nails did so well. I guess it’s a bit bogus that whatever comes up against K/S and DP will get knocked out....would be more fun if they came up against each other early on ! Might have a giant killer that way, but with both of them still in, we’re heading for an obvious denouement.
Richard
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