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Post by A-Mac on May 27, 2006 11:41:28 GMT -5
So I've sadly never owned a comic book in my life.  I've always liked TV cartoons with superheros like X-Men, X-Men Evolution (this was probably my favorite superhero cartoon although I know lots of comic book fans didn't enjoy it), Spider-man, etc. as well as movies like X-Men 1-3 and Spider-man, etc. Anyways, I've decided I want to give comic books a try because they seem fun to read but I need help choosing what to buy because I've looked around for fun at Marvel's website and saw that there are lots of comic books with lots of spin offs so I'm not sure what I should get....so I was hoping some of you could suggest a series for me. I would like an X-Men series but I don't want it to have tons outer space stuff like I noticed a lot of them have. I'm not sure what else are differenta bout each of the series so if anyone could give me a run down on what each series is like that would be good. Also how much do comics cost? Thanks for any help. |
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Post by J Sylar on May 27, 2006 17:13:01 GMT -5
Go read the Astonishing X-Men. The monthly issues run $2.99, but the trade paperbacks of the first arc are around $15 with around 6 stories a piece. You might be able to get the,m cheaper-Target has some trades tucked in with the children's books section-usually near the bottom.
In the same vein, look for Phoenix: End Song. Great art, good story. It's also around $15 and I KNOW I saw that at Target.
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Post by amxfiles on May 27, 2006 18:42:05 GMT -5
Your best bet really is to go to a comic shop and look through the Trade Paperbacks. They collect several issues into one book, it's good stuff. Astonishing X-Men, older Uncanny X-Men, Wolverine, all good choices. But go to a comic shop and talk to the guy working too.
The main comic I follow is the Wolverine books. And pretty much any good Wolverine story has been collected into TPB form.
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Post by HR2X on May 28, 2006 17:04:13 GMT -5
I was in a similar situation not too long ago. I'd been out of comics for a long time, then finally got back into them. Getting the Graphic Novels a.k.a. Trade Paperbacks, helped me to catch up with a lot of the stories. I mean, I got caught up with Cable & Deadpool in less than a month.
Some of the ones I've been reading are:
Age of Apocalypse... I'm about half way through book 2
Cable & Deadpool
Astonishing X Men ( just started a week ago and I'm already caught up)
The New Avengers
Ultimate Spiderman
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Post by cosmicspidey on May 28, 2006 18:53:19 GMT -5
I would check out your local library first of all. A lot of times they will carry trades. That way you can read a variety of things and see what you like. My local library even has a subscription to Amazing Spider-Man and Ultimate X-Men.
Speaking of Ultimate X-Men, Marvel's line of Ultimate books would probably be the best place to jump in, and then transition to the "normal" Marvel books. The Ultimate Universe is a different universe where familiar Marvel characters like the X-Men and Spider-Man were revamped and started over from scratch to make the old characters more accessible to new readers. The guys who write the Ultimate books each write regular Marvel books, so your first regular Marvel book could be one by a writer you know that you like.
I would buy Ultimate X-Men. It's written by Robert Kirkman. He also writes Marvel Team-Up, a great book set in the regular Marvel Universe that uses any character it wants to, from Spider-Man to Wolverine to Captain America to Speedball. If you get a recent trade (I'd highly recommend #11, The Most Dangerous Game), it'll be written by Brian K. Vaughun. BKV writes a great series set in the regular Marvel Universe called Runaways. The characters have only been around for a few years, so there's not much backstory you need to catch up on. It's about a team of orphan teenagers whose parents were supervillains.
Ultimate Fantastic Four would be the next title I'd try. It's written by Mark Millar, who also writes Civil War, the "huge" series going on in the regular marvel Universe right now. It features everybody, X-Men included.
The Ultimates is essentially Ultimate Avengers. It's a great book, but it's almost done with a major arc, so now would be a bad place to jump in. It's also written by Millar, so if you like UFF, I'd highly recommend the trades. It'll be rebooting in like six months with a new writer and artist, which would be a great time to jump on.
I don't personally like Ultimate Spider-Man, although a lot of people do. It's written by a guy named Brian Michael Bendis, who's writing New Avengers in the regular Marvel Universe, another title I don't like.
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Post by amxfiles on May 28, 2006 18:59:41 GMT -5
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Post by cosmicspidey on May 28, 2006 19:47:15 GMT -5
Thank you very much for linking that article Chase. I very much enjoyed it.
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Post by K.J.V. on May 29, 2006 10:43:50 GMT -5
By the way, my library has Daredevil, Spiderman, and Wolverine trade paperbacks. Not even counting the ones that were out. The Daredevil one was pretty sweet. It was like 7 comics in 1 or somethin' like that.
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