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1. Squadron Supreme
(Squadron Supreme #1-12)
Squadron Supreme is incredibly good.
Like, mind-numbingly, “How have more people not read this?†excellent. The series is a wonderful companion piece to Watchmen, if you’re interested in deconstructionist storytelling about super heroes. The Squadron had existed in the Marvel Universe for a couple of years. They were allegories for the Justice League, as you can tell if you’ve ever spent more than ten seconds looking at them.
What makes the maxi-series so good is that writer Mark Gruenwald always loved the Justice League and wanted to write them. Unfortunately, he was a Marvel guy right up until the day he died, and never got the chance. So Squadron Supreme was his chance to show what he’d do with the JLA. And the result is better than anything he would have ever been allowed to do with the actual team. It’s an amazing, deep, dark story that rests safely on its intelligence. Deconstruction at its finest.
And there ya go. A short list of some fun hidden Marvel Comics. Check ‘em out, you probably won’t regret it.
