Marvel Comics

[Kaslo]

X-Force 14 Preview: http://www.comicvine.com/news/five-p...oilers/143414/

[Kaslo]

You know, thinking of recent developments, what if Hope's training of X-Man inspired him to be "reborn" as Cable and that's where we get the new Cable from? I don't know just an idea I had this morning...

[Dimmauk]

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The only thing I've seen is someone at Marvel hoping that one day people accept a homosexual superhero (at the forefront, not fucking shatterstar)

I heard that's not true, but he is different.

[wynbert]

Hey guys - got a few questions, hope maybe some of you would be able to direct me in the right direction.


I had recently started picking up on comic books (never had money as a kid!). Based off of what I read in the MvC3 thread, they suggested Astonishing X-men as a place to start. I'm now kind of looking to branch off into other stories and was wondering if you guys had any suggestions of completed arcs/stories. (Not really locked into Marvel alone- I'm down for DC as well. Read Blackest Night recently and that was pretty awesome)

Also - any place for download maybe?

Thanks a bunch in advance!

[Gilanth]

Just superhero or anything?

[wynbert]

Mostly Superheroes, though I'm pretty open minded to any good storylines :D

[Gilanth]

Lot's of good stuff:-

Marvel stuff
Infinity Gauntlet(including silver surfer run in,infact anything by Starlin is awesome)
Hulk (Peter Davids run)
Fanastic four(john byrnes run)
Ultimate Spider man
Ultimates (series 1- pretty crappy after that)
Captain America (Ed brubaker)
Annihilation (Including the series afterwards - Nova,War of the kings,Guardians of the galaxy etc all the way into annilhators(just for the rocket racoon story really)
Daredevil (Frank millers ruin make sure you read Born again for a classic, Bendis's run and Brubakers run are great, Diggles was shitty)
Spider man - Kravens last hunt
X-men Dark Phonenix saga
X-men days of future past
Thor (JMS)
X-men Age of apocalypes
Captian Britian (Delano and Davis)

DC -
If you read blackest night then Brightest day is ok no where near as good
Green lantern (geoff johns run)
Batman Year one
Batman Dark night returns
Secret Six
Legions lost

Criminal by Brubaker (not superhero but great)

Stuff I'm reading and recommend atm (i read shed loads but only what i would recommend to others)

Detective Comics -Scott Synder is the up and coming best writer atm
Wolverine pretty good atm
Uncanny X-force - Excellent comic book
Captain America
Moon Knight
X-23
Black Panther
Avengers acadamy
Daken
Journey into Mystery
Uncanny Xmen
THUNDER agents
Morning Glories
Thunderbolts
Hulk (RED ONE -much better of the 2 books)


Should fine them easily on torrent sites tbh

That should keep you busy for a long time

[Delirium]

I'd suggest
Sandman
V for Vendetta
300
Watchmen
Y the Last Man
Walking Dead
Wolverine v1
X-Men stuff: Phoenix, Dark Phoenix, God Loves Man Kills, X-Force v3/Uncanny X-Force, Age of Apocalypse, House of M
Iron Man: Demon in a Bottle
Avengers: Fall of Hank Pym, Korvac Saga, Kree/Skrull War
Punisher MAX
Daredevil: Born Again

I don't really follow DC that much, there characters always seemed more like ideals than real people and I never got into it
I can suggest
Batman: Year One/Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Wars

[wynbert]

Holy jeebus on that list. Thanks a ton! Much appreciated! Can't believe on all the awesomeness I missed out on as a kid haha

[Kaslo]

For Astonishing, if you want to hurry through the first chapter of books: http://www.hulu.com/astonishing-x-men

[Katlan]

random question: Haven't read Marvel comics since I was a kid.. but after "The Astonishing X-men", whats a good point to pick up on the uncanny x-men comics to get some-what caught up for Schism (which I think just started last month?)

[Kaslo]

random question: Haven't read Marvel comics since I was a kid.. but after "The Astonishing X-men", whats a good point to pick up on the uncanny x-men comics to get some-what caught up for Schism (which I think just started last month?)

Probably House of M, that sets the stage for everything in the X-verse right now.

[Delirium]

random question: Haven't read Marvel comics since I was a kid.. but after "The Astonishing X-men", whats a good point to pick up on the uncanny x-men comics to get some-what caught up for Schism (which I think just started last month?)

Astonishing, while taking place in the main Marvel universe, really doesn't interact much at all with the rest of the X-Men books.
As Kaslo said, House of M is prolly the best starting point as it is the starting point of every storyline of the past 6 years or so of stuff.
The alternative is to read wikipedia entries on everything and just start from Schism, which is going on now.

[Katlan]

After house of M I can just pick up on Schism? Or is there a story after that I should start w/? I wiki'd House of M a while ago so I know it lead to most mutants being depowered.

Seems like Messiah Complex is good to read after House of M?

[Kaslo]

House of M > Messiah Complex > Manifest Destiny > Utopia > Second Coming should get you caught up for the most part.

[Katlan]

thanks!

[Delirium]

The Revengers

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[Gilanth]

Can even start with Schism tbh , it's very easy to follow atm

[Delirium]

picked up this week
Cloak & Dagger Spider Island 1

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Always liked the characters, Spider Island seems dumb, but hey if it means more Tyrone and Tandy, Im good

Alpha Flight 3

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Great another book with Wolverine. Ugh. At least batshit insane Aurora kept my interests

X-Men Legacy 253

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Really interesting way to make Legion whole and get the team to Marvel Girl, Havok, and Polaris. Somewhat unfortunate that Legion isn't part of the team going forward, but Frenzy has been surprisingly interesting even in a limited role

New Mutants - Fear Itself

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Artwork is not for me, verges on horrible. The story is pretty good. I'm also a sucker for the way Dani Moonstar has been portrayed recently. This book continues her badassery

Iron Age 3 (Dark Phoenix Cover over the Dazzler Cover)

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I thought the first issue was freaking terrible. After that, it has been excellent. Hellfire Club is usually pretty awesome and putting Iron Man in one of the best X-Men stories ever actually worked well.

[Kaslo]

Fear Itself 5

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FINALLY, we finally start to see FI get moving. Seems Stark is going to create Asgarding weapons for the heroes. Finally they downed a worthy (then saved him thanks to Franklin Richards). I think we are getting to a storyline that will start to get interesting.