I Love Comic Books

More Of A Question...

By: ChellyRocker

Written on April 7th, 2012

I've recently gotten in to comic books and graphic novels.
I first started out as a Spider-Man fan back in '07 and still continue collect the comics whenever I see the ones that spark my interest (I'm a collector of vintage Spider-Man)

I've recently gotten in to other graphic-novels such as Kick-A**, V for Vendetta..... I prefer to read adult comics.

I've also recently wanted to give X-Men, The Avengers, and Iron-Man a try and am excited to do so (I'm really excited to go see the upcoming Avengers movie); Kitty Pryde seems awesome to me (from what I've heard) too.

But I have no idea where to start. Since there are just so many comics I don't know where to start with X-Men or the others; should I start with The Essential X-Men, or go for one of the current comics? I just don't know.

I get so frazzled when I see the comics because I always say, "Which is which?" and "What would be the best place to start?"
I don't even know how many different comics there are, if you know what I mean. Like where they start and stop.

Can anyone please give me their opinion of where I should start off? I may be going to the book store soon and would like to check out a few.

And if anyone knows of any other great comics (from Marvel or DC) please let me know. I'm still relatively new to this comic book interest...

By: ChellyRocker

Age: 18-21 , Female

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AngelaDark

Any Batman from the 90's, especially the Robin and Oracle stuff. Anything by Chuck Dixon or Peter David. JSA, Young Justice/Teen Titans. Can't think of anything current to recommend. Only thing current that I'm really enjoying are the Sonic comics.

Mar 30
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SirMugatu

Have you read Civil War? It's done by Mark Millar, the same guy who did "Red Son" and I loved it, so I'm hoping this Civil War will be just as good. It's got Iron Man, Captain America, and Spidey.

Jul 3, 2012
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- ChellyRocker
  I haven't. I'll have to check in to it...thanks
  
  Jul 4, 2012
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SirMugatu

So the movie's out today. Y'gonna go see it? Or at least when the crowd dies down.

And yeah, I don't like how they're going for that dark, edgy feeling. It's all batman's fault ala The Dark Knight! As the Joker said, "You've changed things...forever" lol. I hope every superhero movie that comes out doesn't try to do the whole "serious, dark" feeling thing. But I think I'll still check this movie out...if the ratings are good enough. And Emma Stone's in it. Can't go wrong there :)

Jul 3, 2012
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- ChellyRocker
  I wanted to go to the midnight premiere but couldn't. I plan to go soon, probably within the next week. :|
  
  Jul 3, 2012
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SirMugatu

Can't go wrong with Watchmen. It was written by Alan Moore. Same guy who wrote V for Vendetta. I think this graphic novel is the only graphic novel that was listed on Time's greatest novels of all time or something. You said you wanted an adult comic, so there ya go.

And now I have a question for you. You like the spider-man comics right, so I was just wondering, was Peter Parker always a dork? Like in the movies (Sam Raimi). Because I'm reading from a lot of pissed off fanboys saying how Tobey Maguire played the part all wrong. Like, he was supposed to be edgier and wasn't supposed to be a dork. I don't know. I liked Tobey's performance and I think Spider-man 2 is my favourite comic book movie. I thought he was supposed to be "friendly neighbourhood." Oh, and have you read Spider-man Reign?

Jun 22, 2012
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- ChellyRocker
  In the (original) comics he was portrayed as a dork. He didn't appear as 'edgy' in the original comics, but probably more in the modern comic-world he was made to be more edgy/serious, which I think is an insult to what he was originally supposed to be.
  In the originals he was intelligent, quiet, added/fixed what he needed to his spidey-suit (such as the webbing and etc), he seemed a tiny bit bitter (in my opinion) but that's because he was picked on by other students and wished he could show them just how tough he could be, etc.
  Maybe people have read more of the modern comics or looked too seriously at the originals--I thought Tobey Maguire was great as Peter Parker. In fact, though I haven't seen the remake yet and I am not judging it until I see the movie, but I personally think the new Peter/Spider-Man is totally unlike the character: he seems more dark, brooding, dramatic, jokes are too smart-@ss.
  And nope, I haven't read Spider-Man Reign. I'm planning on reading Watchmen soon, actually. :]
  
  Jun 22, 2012
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sweetprofanity

For X-Men, Avengers, or Iron Man, I suggest finding collections, like the Marvel Masterworks series or Essential books, that usually give you an idea from the beginning. I'd start with the first volume to get the gist of how the story started. After, you've got a few different options. For X-Men, I would suggest finding something that collects Giant-Sized X-Men #1 and the handful of Uncanny X-Men issues that followed it in the mid-70s. I would also suggest Chris Claremont and Jim Lee's early 90s X-Men series and Joss Whedon and John Cassaday's Astonishing X-Men series from about 2005, I believe. All have been collected. Avengers stuff, I'm not as familiar with. I'm more familiar with more recent stuff, like Avengers: Disassembled and New Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis and David Finch and Civil War by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven. For Iron Man, check out Demon In A Bottle, Extremis, and The Five Nightmares. I hope that helps and feel free to send me a personal message if you need help finding anything or have any questions. =)

Apr 8, 2012
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- ChellyRocker
  Thank you very much for the help. :) I'll also keep that in mind, thanks. :)
  
  Apr 8, 2012
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