So I have always been a fan of superhero cartoons and movies, and I have read random comics from time to time, but was never super interested in them when I was younger. The past little while, I have wanted to get into comics, but I have no idea where to start as there are so damn many. I always hear about pre and post crisis, 616 timeline, etc., and want to know more about this stuff.
I am a fan of both DC and Marvel. I love the JL, Avengers, X-Men.
I was just hoping for some suggestions on where I should start as it pertains to those groups specifically I guess. Any advice at all would be appreciated.
Good suggests to him, you are right that Marvel is so screwed up right now, they should really do their own copy of CIOE to reset everything, they copy from DC in so much anyway.
Marvel has a great series of paperbacks usually under the "Essentials" banner ie Essential X-Men and so on. They usually go for about a tenner and they tend to collect a lot of comics in them (though in black and white to save on costs). And the volumes are numbered too, which is really handy.
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Honestly just grab a book and just start reading. If something catches your eye you can always go backwards to see what took place beforehand. Comics imo are best when you simply dive in. Also don't get too wrapped up in what others deem is or isn't a good read. Decide for yourself.
I'm not sure what you've read, but here are some good all-around books to check out...
DC:
All-Star Superman
Kingdom Come
Sinestro Corps War
DC One Million
The Killing Joke
The Great Darkness Saga
Crisis on Infinite Earths/Infinite Crisis/Final Crisis
Multiversity
Justice League Dark v1
**You can't really go wrong with Grant Morrison...
Marvel:
Infinity Gauntlet (original)
Annihilation
S.H.I.E.L.D. (by Hickman)
Fantastic Four and FF (by Hickman)
The Ultimates & The Ultimates 2 (by Millar)
Daredevil: Born Again
Marvel Zombies (original)
Punisher MAX
House of X & Powers of X
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Last edited by Galan007 on Nov 27th, 2019 at 09:28 PM
Although in the X-Men case, I guess I wouldn't blame you if you decided to skip to the "All-New, All-Different" era... which began in Giant-Size X-Men and Uncanny X-Men #94.
Claremont is being praised to this day and he still writes sometimes.
And treat forums like this as great libraries for nerd info, but don’t get invested in the power level crap. Everything fun about comics falls apart when you over analyze it.
Try not to pay attention to DC fans that sour you on Marvel comics. Pretty much just bitter that Marvel’s movie juggernaut’s far outshine anything DC has put out, ever.
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