Comics you'd like to read/get into, but haven't yet

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
What do you actually know of Deadpool? Have you actually read any of his original series?

Because that's seemingly where this current wave of overkill came from; people online who just knew him as that funny guy.

Not saying you are one of those, it's just that you only seem to be able to reference comedic pieces of his history. Have you ever read any of his more serious arcs (Well, as serious as Deadpool can get)?

-AC

I have seen a few original issues but not many, I even have his first appearence, I would like to see more of his original stuff. I dunno he had any serious arcs.

He has one of the most tragic and layered origins in all of Marvel.

You wouldn't know it from the current series, though.

-AC

Meh, I don't mind Way's DP series, it's fun, and it's consistently funny (bar a few Pool'o'visions that have been hit and miss)

I mean, so far there's been nothing in it that is as good as my favourite DP arc (Simone's finale arc in his original series), but it's pretty good, imo.

I haven't checked out Merc w/ a Mouth though, because one ongoing is enough to follow for one character, so I didn't bother.

Way has good moments, but his flaw is that he doesn't give a shit about Deadpool.

It's clear how he sees the character and he's being wasted. Still, he's the one writing it and I'm not. Who am I to argue? Each person has a different take. I just feel that there are way more writers that would pay respect to all of the set-up that came before.

Way has explicitly said he doesn't care about Deadpool's continuity.

The fourth wall breaking is more or less gone, the pop culture references are more or less gone. Deadpool's sarcastic, corrosive, dark wit is all gone. He never wins ANY fights now; this is the man who beat Taskmaster while all his limbs were shackled, and now he's a punch bag. I hate the Pool-o-Vision and I hate this two-voices-in-his-head nonsense.

If you can't write Deadpool great, don't give us three Deadpools that you're gonna write mediocrity for.

Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth is good, consistently ok maybe. If Gischler could write serious stories, I'd say he should be the main series writer.

-AC

I want to read Blue Beetle, but each time I decide to purchase the comic, instead I spend my money on trades I really enjoy or have been wanting to read for a long time. I've heard great things about Blue Beetle. Yes, I know its been out for a couple of years. But, I still want to give it a try.

I drop Booster Gold, but want to start collecting the trades. Its cheaper than buying the issues indiviudally, however, I hate waiting six month for DC to publish them.

Originally posted by JakeTheBank
Whether it's due in part to your monetary situation, lack of time to devote to it, unavailability to find, or just pure laziness, is there a comic series or storyline you've always wanted to read or look into, but for whatever reason, haven't?

😛

Star Trek comics are on my "to read" list. They are expensive though. 🙁 I am glad I started reading Booster Gold and Secret Warriors.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
He has one of the most tragic and layered origins in all of Marvel.

You wouldn't know it from the current series, though.

-AC

from the deadpool issues i've read involving his origin, he's either wade wilson, or killed wade wilson [later t-ray,] or he actually WAS wade and t-ray just hates him, or some other twisted back-and-forth idea. something about his dad being a drunk was in cable and deadpool, too. aside from that, what's really his origin? didn't he explicitly say it depended on who was writing him at one point?

Originally posted by WickedDynamite
There probably are but my faves have gone down the drain.

Such as?

Always wanted to go back and read the full Planetary series. I've read maybe 1/3 of their stuff, enough to know that it's awesome.

Otherwise, I follow everything I want to. There's not much on my to-read list, and only a few are must-buys for me every time they come out (Authority, Doctor Who, that might be it) though I usually follow 8-10 titles at any given time.

Books of Magic, and a lot of X-Men stuff

Originally posted by Disappear
from the deadpool issues i've read involving his origin, he's either wade wilson, or killed wade wilson [later t-ray,] or he actually WAS wade and t-ray just hates him, or some other twisted back-and-forth idea. something about his dad being a drunk was in cable and deadpool, too. aside from that, what's really his origin? didn't he explicitly say it depended on who was writing him at one point?

Yeah, but he IS Wade Wilson, simply because that's the name he registered in the Army with. Additionally, there's something about him wearing the costume in T-Ray's flashbacks and how he MUST be Wade Wilson because he never got that costume until post-Army.

I can't remember exactly what it is, but yeah. Something happened that more or less clarified it.

-AC

I've wanted to read some of Blue beetle titles but never got around to it. Fables, post Advesary meta arc. Nothing else comes to mind except maybe a couple of series in Vertigo. I might get into invincibles, dead pool and the like but I'm not sure I want to put in the time to catch up.

Originally posted by AlmightyKfish
Sandman/Lucifer

Originally posted by AlmightyKfish
Sandman/Lucifer

Both of those.

Also Planetary, some Hellblazer (enough to know whether I'd like it or not), Books of Magic... I'm sure there's lots more.

Sandman/Lucifer

I've read 100 Bullets, Y: The Last Man, Planetary, Preacher etc. caught up with Fables plus some other comics but I can never seem to find the time to read that series.

i've read some sandman. it's difficult to get into as a casual reader, especially with so much going on as backstory. you can't really become a reader of sandman without reading the whole thing. at some point i downloaded [forgive me, comic gods] the whole of sandman, but i got rid of it when i realized i didn't have the time or dedication to read everything.

planetary, despite its huge delays between the last few issues, was an amazing 27 issues of storytelling. i have a minor grudge against ellis, as i've explained in another thread and won't go into again, but he writes a damn good original story.

- Lucifer. It sounded like a fascinating series; like to check it out from the beginning.

- Superman: For Tomorrow. I'm waiting for DC to put out a complete volume at last, like they finally did with Batman: Hush. Only that way expensive, ABSOLUTE hardcover version is out there.

- Deadpool volumes. I find I don't care very much about his continuity; I just love the wacky action, plot twists & black humour. Just wonder where to start.

Comics in general only ones I've read are Watchmen and Sinestro Corp War both were great and Spider-Man Maximum Carnage which was bad didn't help with all the years of history of the Character. Currently I'm Trying my Luck with the Ultimate Marvel Universe which is going great wish DC would do something like this so I can read BatMan stories without being confused.

DC had their "all-star" maxi-series for Superman and Batman. All-Star Superman was great, All-Star Batman is borderline unreadable.

I'd like to read the rest of Irredeemable. I bought the first issue, but never kept with it.