Also, Civil War involved many Marvel heroes and being a DC guy, there were parts where I had no idea what was going on, just as I’m sure if a Marvel fan tried out Crisis on Infinite Earths…some minor brain-melting may occur. And in a rare audio misfire, their Iron Man, when talking while wearing his mask, was really…tinny, if that’s a word. They used the same voice actors who I had heard portray members of the JLA for years so that took a while to get used to. I’ve only listened to one Marvel Graphic Audiobook:Ĭivil War, which I believe was the first GA Marvel book released. The one hero who seems to get the shaft is Batman (which is ironic, as normally all mediums seem to trip over themselves for The Dark Knight.) It may be a question of preference, but all Batman centric books, besides No Man’s Land, aren’t as good as the other audio books. There was a time where Green Lantern was a focus (remember back in the day when ol’ GL was going to replace Wonder Woman in the DC Trinity?) and his three-part series Sleepers, starring not only Hal Jordan but both Alan Scott and Kyle Rayner, is well done. In Exterminators, it’s not just a JLA story but the Teen Titans, JSA and others show up as well. *Notes: I highly recommend JLA: Exterminators and Superman: The Never Ending Battle. Trail of Time (Superman teams with Etrigan and Jonah Hex) Last Sons (Superman teams with Jonn Jonzz and Lobo) The way they are able to juggle so many characters in Crisis on Infinite Earths and Infinite Crisis is frankly mind boggling. Countdown is the only one I would possibly recommend skipping, but only if you had to. No Man’s Land has Oracle as it’s narrator and they didn’t include Azrael and a few other details, but other than that, it’s an incredibly faithful adaptation, one that makes “Dark Knight Rises” laughable in comparison. With 52, they do an especially brilliant job with the Black Adam storyline. *Notes: No Man’s Land and 52 are the stand outs here. Here’s a short list of Graphic Audio books I own and what they are based on: After discovering podcasts and, I have to admit I’ve drifted a bit from Graphic Audio, mostly due to their seemingly new exclusive deal with Marvel (I’m a DC guy, true and true. It’s September and my job requires me to head back on the road so I need some listening material. Some audiobooks are based on popular story lines and some are based on original stories. They started exclusively with DC and now seemingly have moved over to Marvel. They do a great job bringing these characters to life. They record with full casts and full on sound effects. But not audiobooks in the sense that it’s one guy narrating plus doing all the voices, including the women’s, for hours on end. Well, Graphic Audio is a company that records audiobooks based on DC and Marvel comics (among many other categories, check out for more info). GraphicAudio is an audio entertainment publisher that features a full cast of actors, narrators, sound effects and cinematic music.Has anyone else heard of Graphic Audio? I say this because they are an amazing resource for anyone who is a fan of DC or Marvel comics, but I literally never hear anyone talking about them or read articles about them.
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