Silver Surfer: Requiem.

'Nuff said for me.

Posted by d_mascus on 2009-06-22 17:30:04
Death of Steve Rogers following Civil War. It just reflected so much of my feelings regarding politics and morality, and Cap dying was the ultimate testament to the fact that freedom isn't free.

Posted by Debric on 2009-06-22 17:45:56
Death of Captain Marvel
First time I read it was shortly after my grandfather had passed away of cancer. Starlin's book resonated with my emotions and I was overwhelmed with a sense of loss. And whenever I re-read DoCM, I still get choked up.

Posted by Mon Morn Lunatic on 2009-06-22 18:46:49
Two items...
NEW MUTANTS v1 #45 - Was it the actual story or the proximity to a tragedy closer to home? Either way, I read this tale around the same time that the high school-age daughter of a dear family friend was killed in a collision. Kept a newspaper clipping with the issue for years.

12 REASONS WHY I LOVE HER by Jamie S. Rich and Joëlle Jones - Can an original graphic novel count? The non-sequential chapters and character interaction remind me of my own chaotic (and relatively unsuccessful) romantic life. I love this story so much I've recommended it to several non-comic loving friends...and even gifted a copy to one that got away.

Posted by tobiasjames on 2009-06-22 19:50:24
Not cried so to speak, but I've certainly been moved by a book before. Actually, upon second thought yes, I have. Heroes art book, the 9/11 book, and it's companion comic, both moved me. Before that, I'd have said the ending of Uncanny 303 (Illyana), or the smokey reveal in Onslaught Marvel Universe, "Xavier sensed a coming, of hope, of courage, of Marvels." Sad and Cool moments, respectively.

Posted by thomas more on 2009-06-22 20:06:29
Recently, the Avengers: Initiative comic starring Butterball by Gage moved me to tears. There have been a few parts in Naruto that I've shed a few tears over too. I've noticed that stories (and songs) about acceptance and self-worth resonate the most with me as I had serious self-esteem issues when I was younger. There have also been a few online comics that have moved me as well.

Posted by doncorswhazie on 2009-06-22 20:34:06
I can think of two. When I first read Amazing Spider-Man #400, I got choked up. And Spectacular Spider-Man #200 still gets me that way.

Posted by c-mccormack on 2009-06-22 20:50:40
#1 for me -- I only read it as a trade paperback, but the original Death of Phoenix brought a tear to my teenage eye!

I'm so stoked about X-Men Forever and am hoping Claremont creates some of that old magic. Even John Byrne says he likes the X-Men Forever concept on his message board -- and when does he say stuff like that? So maybe he'll pencil a couple of issues or maybe Marvel will give him an 'X-Men forever' type book of his own. Ah well, I can dream can't I?

Posted by mtuckerj on 2009-06-22 21:40:37
New Mutants #45
Still my favorite single-issue comic Marvel has ever published. I first read it when I was like eleven, I think, and it still moves me. Heartbreaking, heartfelt, and beautifully done. Even moreso than GLMK, this is Claremont's finest work.

Posted by Gentleman Jack on 2009-06-22 21:59:55
Okay, this is really bizarre, but when I was about 9 years old, I cried while reading Obadiah Stane's entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, when I got to the part about him slitting the throat of a school rival's dog, and stuffing it in his locker. To this day, I'm not sure that sort of thing should be in a kids' comic.

Posted by CylverSaber on 2009-06-22 22:13:37
Here Comes Tomorrow...
I welled up when i read future Wolverine's death scene in Grant Morrison's New X-Men #154. It wasn't a huge scene, it lasted only for one page, and there was very little fanfare, but for me it was a perfect send-off for my favorite superhero. "Guess it had to be somethin crazy like this..."

Posted by cryhavok01 on 2009-06-22 22:26:18
a happy and a saddy
Moonshadow was especially moving for me. I identified with the character so much and DeMatteis wrote that book in such a poetic yet accessible way. Also, the booked moved me in a way where it made me want to make comics myself and even though it was so well done it made it seem like anyone could do it.

Also, I was really moved by Astro City: Tarnished Angel. That book was so sad and really pinpointed the struggle of an aging criminal's attempt at rehabilitation.

Posted by afelder on 2009-06-22 22:36:43
Spider-Man Blue. Pretty much anything that deals with Peter's regrets over Gwen gets to me.

Posted by lateralusapc on 2009-06-22 23:01:46
Both in the same book
The gold standard for me would be Brian K Vaughan and Pia Guerra's last issue of Y the last man. The scene with Ampersand is as heart wrenching as comics can be. The very last page of the series, however, is as moving, emotive, symbolic and complicity-smile-inducing as possible, and thus the perfect ending for a perfect issue.
Other issues: X-force 128, Cheat (Oni press), Giant sized Astonishing X-men

Posted by doop82 on 2009-06-22 23:01:52
Yeah, definitely the end of Y the Last Man - but mainly, I think, because it was over and I didn't want it to end. :(

Posted by Fetsur on 2009-06-23 04:05:30
I think Silver Surfer: Requiem was one of the closest I got to crying recently. But at the age of... (a little calculation here) roughly 10-12 years old, listening to "don't speak" by No doubt and reading Age of Apocalypse: Weapon X tpb made me cry.

When jean flys off in a biplane and logan is running after her made me so sad. Also when Carol Danvers gets resurrected as a cyborg from her remains and that of one of pearce's goons is tragic. the whole story and setting is just so well realised. Cried like the baby I was.

Posted by harlequin7 on 2009-06-23 06:29:19
Basically I think I cry about comics for the same reasons than you...
The latest thing was discovering how Machine Man is writing since he's back...the beer-drinking, nihilistic attitude and all. I remembered him very humanist, deeply linked to the remembering of his father: considering he's an artificial, he should be happy for each one single day he can contemplate. He could be very helpful to help avoiding discouragement ( oops..sorry, comics are not made for this ) within the ranks of the MU...

Instead I dream every night he said 'meatbag' in front of the Ghost Rider...

Posted by notapotatoe on 2009-06-23 06:36:43
I remember being quite moved by an issue of Uncanny X-Men. it was Jubilee's last issue before heading to Generation X and featured a nice scene with Archangel saying goodbye.

In general I always liked those 'quiet' issues that used to follow big events.

Posted by NewChad on 2009-06-23 08:52:44
...?
empathetic yourself.

Posted by bulgarianyogurt on 2009-06-23 10:54:24
Crying Over Comics
Good question - I definitely have a few incidents (and probably a few I'm forgetting). No reason why good comics shouldn't elicit real emotions.

When I was a kid:

The Uncanny issue where Rogue and Wolverine take on Silver Samurai and Viper. Rogue is still new to the team and Logan distrusts her. Near the end of the issue, she saves Mariko's life by taking Viper's blast full force. She earns Logan's respect and in an incredibly moving and romantic moment, he kisses her to allow her to absorb his healing factor to save her life but risk his own. Stirred emotions I didn't know I had.

As an adult:
My soul was ripped out when I got to the last page of Whedon's Giant-Sized "Astonishing" and saw the title GONE.

But, there was one comic that made me cry on a train.

Any adult fan of comics HAS to read the work of Los Bros Hernandez in "Love and Rockets." There is a scene in Beto's "Poison River," the biography of his protagonist Luba, in which she is a girl and she and her Aunt Ophelia are best by marauders in the jungle. Ophelia is a tough cookie and in this instance uses a clenched fist to scare Luba into hiding as she is assaulted by the men. They lock eyes and never lose contact. That fist and her sacrifice made me cry.

Later in life, when damage from the attack plagues her, Ophelia lies and tells people that "a church fell on her."



Posted by hamgravy on 2009-06-23 11:02:12
Amazing Spiderman 400, the Peter Pan pages are so touching. Also theJenkins issue about Uncle Ben and the Mets.

I have lots of these that have produced different emotions. The Short Halloween just reminded me why I´m a Spiderman fan.

Ultimate Spiderman 13, and the Annual featuring Kitty Pryde made me feel the emotion of the first love.

Hulk 377 is very touching for personal reasons but also the issue about Crazy Eight.

Bendis wrote a comic in Ultimate X-Men wherein Logan has to kill a mutant kid. It was so good.


Posted by freyes2000 on 2009-06-23 13:25:37
boo hoo
The first one I can remember bringing tears to my eyes was Amazing Spider-Man #400.

There have been others since then because I'm a improperly socialized comic-nerd, but the only other one that stands out to my memory is The Walking Dead Vol. 8 tpb when a certain two main characters are surprisingly shot down while escaping. A difficult scene to read through.

Posted by captainwinkie on 2009-06-23 15:27:00
I find Superman:Secret Identity to be a very touching book, but not in a sad way.

The two that really got me though were the Ampersand scene at the end of Y:The Last Man and pretty much the entire last trade of Strangers In Paradise. Both were totally heartbreaking.

Posted by marksmart on 2009-06-23 16:27:09
Teen Titans #38 - Who is Donna Troy.

Not only an extremely moving story but it also made me see comics in an entirely new light. Not a fist-fight in sight. A beautiful, beautiful achievement from all involved.

Posted by Michael Perkins on 2009-06-23 19:34:35
Conan the Barbarian 100
The end of Under Siege (Avengers 277?)
Captain America 25
Thor 353
Fantastic Four 285
Fantastic Four 51

Those probably hit home the most.

Posted by Dusty. on 2009-06-23 21:09:34
Englehart's VISION & SCARLET WITCH #4, in which Wanda found out that she was pregnant. Brilliant work by Englehart and Howell.

SRS

Posted by Steven R. Stahl on 2009-06-23 22:29:10
For Marvel books, Amazing #400 didn't quite bring me to tears, but it definitely moved me and other than all of the retcons since it still stands up as one of my favourite Spider-Man stories.

For actual tearing up though I have to give it to the Distinguished Competition. Teen Titans #20 followed up on the death of Jack Drake in Identity Crisis, and the final page drawn by Tom Grummet was absolutely amazing; Robin hugging Wonder Girl for dear life, the other Titans crowded around offering support, the whole issue had very deep emotional resonance that could not have been topped off any better.

But it was written by Geoff Johns, so would you expect any less?

Posted by Arachkid on 2009-06-24 08:56:59
Fate of the Phoenix -- Uncanny X-Men 136-138, hands down. I was in 8th grade and I'm embarrassed to say that it broke my heart.

Less dramatic but from the same time ... I think it was FF Vol. 1 number 215 or so (from memory here). The team was aged by Skrulls, saved Xandar, recruited Galactus to stop the Sphinx from destroying the world which, he does in an awesome beatdown (thanks Byrne), while the FF beat up Terrax while dying of old age, fool Galactus into leaving Earth alone, and then, basically, three of them die until the Torch can fight his way past a robot Super Skrull and bring them back on his own.

OK, no tears, but that was an insanely moving ending to what I think was a 10 or 11 issue arc. Good stuff.

Posted by kkadet on 2009-06-24 12:17:34
House of M
When Quicksilver is pleading with Magneto to not let the Avengers kill the Scarlet Witch. And she is lying there telling him it's okay she thinks it's the best decision for everyone. Very moving.

Posted by weasel21385 on 2009-06-24 13:05:21
cant rightly say i can recall a marvel comic making me cry (or even well up) but i CAN say with full honesty that.. even ot this day.. whenever i read crisis on infinite earths issue with sueprgirl's death.. i still cry like a baby.

sorry for bringing up the distinguished competition, but you never specified whether it was a marvel comic or one by any other company.

Posted by tsull2121 on 2009-06-24 15:12:40
A certain character's death and the aftermath from Runaways.
Makes me bawl like a baby.

Posted by ScottyQuick on 2009-06-24 17:00:23
Two good ones (OK, three)
"The Kid Who Collected Spider-Man" from Assistant Editor's Month 20 years ago would always top this list, but I got teary-eyed several times when the Swordsman died in the Avengers (#13x?). "Every Avenger counts, Swordsman. Every one." He was so messed up that you had to root for him, and even his sacrifice was a desperate act just to be worth something.
The Death of Phoenix (the original death on the Moon) was moving, as was (um, think recently) 1985 (both the kid and the dad were compelling). Currently the Mighty Avengers is pretty compelling because of Hank Pym's tight grip on honoring his wife. Talk about the definition of avenging...


Posted by mammoth999 on 2009-06-25 11:45:44
The Swordsman
The Swordsman died in GIANT-SIZE AVENGERS #2. A Swordsman from an alternate timeline crossed over into the Marvel Universe during Harras's "Gatherers" storyline in AVENGERS.

SRS

Posted by Steven R. Stahl on 2009-06-25 15:57:45
there are a few
I've not cried after reading a comic book, but there are a few that got an emotional reaction from me.

Tales of the Teen Titans' "The Terror of Trigon".

Who Is Donna Troy?

The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21 "The Wedding".

Amazing Spider-Man #300, "the legend begins anew" splashpage at the end.

Avengers Annual #17, the conclusion to the "Evolutionary War".

Amazing Spider-Man #400 "the death of Aunt May".

The conclusion of the Clone Saga with the apparent death/murder of Spider-Man's infant daughter.

The debut of Spider-Girl.

Who Was Donna Troy?

The Return of Donna Troy.

Posted by Mardochaeus LXX on 2009-06-26 09:34:12
a couple:
Silver Surfer Requiem

Spider-Man: Reign

Daredevil: Redemption

The Crow

Posted by dp_lombardo on 2009-06-28 01:56:02
Thanks to Mammoth999
I remembered 1985. The final destination of the dad is one of the best moments in comics I've ever read.

Just beautiful.

Posted by freyes2000 on 2009-06-29 12:59:56
I have to say the first time I read the death of Jean Grey, I actually shed a tear. This was in the era before the internet and it was totally unhearalded and a complete shock.

Posted by zskywalker on 2009-06-30 10:42:54
9/11
the 9/11 books did pull my heart strings

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Posted by cjt0805 on 2009-07-03 10:17:08
Comic that made me cry.
I would have to say the one comic that really got to me was The Confession, where Tony Stark sat down in front of Captain Americas body in the helicarrier and said that he was wrong.

Posted by Tom Reed on 2009-07-08 12:54:07
I have never cried, and tend to well up or something more often when the S*** storm finally stops, and the good guys come back. For example, the last couple issues of The Ultimates #2. I know I have gotten emotional to other issues but cant remember which ones exactly.

Also, the collection of comics in The Essential Silver Surfer always made me feel like crap, and empathize/sympathize with the Silver Surfer

Posted by dominodude on 2009-07-08 21:57:18
Bendis' Daredevil
There was an oversized issue during Bendis' DD run, I forget the issue number, but Matt Murdock approaches Dr. Strange to ask if there was a way to undo all the messes in his life, namely his outing and the resulting fallout. After all the ups and downs (k, mostly downs) that he'd experienced up to that point, it was crushing to see a heartbroken Matt be told 'no.' It was such a perfectly done scene, both on the writing and artistic ends of the equation, and if it weren't a comic, I'd swear that you could hear a pin drop. There were a couple of other moments during that run, too, that just had me feeling so badly for Matt, but the story with Dr. Strange stands out for me.
-r-

Posted by RMelendez on 2009-07-09 19:57:57