(Part 2) Best products from r/comicbooks
We found 1,092 comments on r/comicbooks discussing the most recommended products. We ran sentiment analysis on each of these comments to determine how redditors feel about different products. We found 4,026 products and ranked them based on the amount of positive reactions they received. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
21. Avengers Volume 1: Avengers World (Marvel Now) (Avengers (Marvel Now))
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21. Avengers Volume 1: Avengers World (Marvel Now) (Avengers (Marvel Now))
- Marvel Comics Group
Features:
▼ Read Reddit mentions35. Avengers Assemble, Vol. 1
- Prestige Popular uses the best quality virgin aluminum with stronger lugs and thick base to give your cooker a safe and long life
- Sleeker handles allow for better grip
- Available in various sizes of cooking capacities for all sizes of family. 4 Liter is the capacity of the total volume after closing the lid
- Comes with a set of safety features like GRS (Gasket Release System) and MSP (Metallic Safety Plug)
- ISI certified and also confirms to all international standards
- Prestige Popular uses the best quality virgin aluminium with stronger lugs and thick base to give your cooker a safe and long life.
- Sleeker handles allow for better grip.
- Note: Kindly refer user manual before use
Features:
▼ Read Reddit mentions
This would be a great place to start. Very recent, great retelling of the origin.
I'll just list the first volume of each series, as they're similarly titled and easy to find on Amazon/wherever if you're looking. (Except Hickman...)
Stan Lee / Jack Kirby: Started it all, still the best. There's the Masterworks paperbacks (about 10 issues a trade) and the omnibus.
John Byrne: The next great run. Again, there're the Visionaries trades and the omnibus.
Walt Simonson: Just trades, as far as I can tell. They also seem to be out of print. (Not a particularly high-priority run, though, so don't worry about it.)
Mark Waid / Mike Wieringo: One of the top runs, easily. Right up there with Lee/Kirby and Hickman.
Jonathan Hickman: Recently ended, but already hailed as a landmark. The reading order is a little convoluted because there were two titles at one point. I'll list everything here. (Note: It's all been neatly ordered for the omnibus, so that's the easiest.) Hickman's run starts with a mini-series that tied into the ongoing Marvel status quo at the time, Dark Reign. Norman Osborn, formerly Spider-Man's nemesis the Green Goblin, is given control of the nation's security, starting a SHIELD replacement called HAMMER. While a tie-in, it does set up a major conceit of Hickman's run and I'd recommend reading it. Hickman starts on the book proper with #570 and continues until its cancellation at #588. The book is restarted as FF with a new #1. After #11 of that series, Fantastic Four is brought back with #600, while FF continues its own numbering. This is where things get tricky. Now that there are two titles written by the same guy about mostly the same characters, the reading order is a little wonky. The trades don't even attempt to address this, but I've provided Hickman's recommended order (which was used for the omnibus.)
You can read straight up to F4 588, then FF 1 through 11, then: F4 600, FF 12, F4 601, FF 13, F4 602, FF 14, F4 603, FF 15, F4 604, FF 16, F4 605, F4 605.1, F4 606, FF 17-18, F4 607-608, FF 19-21, F4 609-610, FF 22, F4 611, FF 23.\
Now, to step away from runs on the FF books proper, here's some mini-series and spin-offs worth reading:
>I'm interested in reading the avengers or the guardians of the Galaxy, as they were my favorite marvel movies, but I get that I might want to start with the individual character's stories rather than jumping straight to the team up. Is there any series in marvel's line up that are must reads?
If you've seen the movies, I don't think you need to read individual stuff before you read a team-up book. There are some things different between the comics and the movies, but they're much more similar than they are different. The Avengers series by Jonathan Hickman that's currently ongoing is really good, here's the first collection: Avengers by Jonathan Hickman vol. 1: Avengers World. For the Guardians, the 2008-2011 series by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning is considered the best. Start here: Guardians of the Galaxy by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning: The Complete Collection, vol. 1.
>I love the x-men movies, although Even the little I've read about the comics on other sites has got me confused, since there are some that can hold goddesses or something, does that have something to do with their mutation?
There are no X-Men that hold goddesses. Storm was worshipped as a goddess when she was younger, but she's not actually divine. There are a few mutants who also have supernatural gifts/abilities, like Magik and Pixie, but they are not a result of their mutations.
>Some mutations I get like ice powers and fire, but then there are some that can bend reality? Can a mutation allow that?
Mutations can allow anything the writers decide to allow. Storm controls the weather. Nightcrawler teleports. Mutations have nothing to do with reality.
If you want to read some good X-Men stuff, I recommend starting X-Men with Grant Morrison's New X-Men. It's good stuff, and it's easy to get into. There's three volumes, starting with this one: New X-Men vol. 1. After that, you should pick up Astonishing X-Men by Joss Whedon, which is really good and picks right up where New X-Men leaves off. There's four volumes, starting with this one: Astonishing X-Men vol. 1.
>Captain america certainly appeals to me, since I am, well, american, and Thor also seems like a badass, but I'd really read anything from marvel, as all their superheroes seem great.
>Also, all the dead pool panels I've seen here are hilarious, but I don't know much about the character.
Here's some good starting points I recommend for Marvel heroes:
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Now, I would recommend checking your local library first, they may have a lot of these available to check out. I'd also want to let you know that Marvel has a digital subscription service called Marvel Unlimited which has every comic I just mentioned available to read for $10/month or $70/year. It's a real good deal.
Used book stores usually have a great treasure trove.
If you aren't familiar, most comics come originally in single issues, but then are later collected into what's called trade paper backs, or TPBs. Collecting TPBs are much easier than hunting down original issues, and is a great way of starting a collection
For Captain America, I would start here. Also, take note, that a lot of used copies are for sell there that start about 5 bucks instead of the full price of $17. You'd have to pay for the shipping, of course, but it's still a great opportunity load up.
Edit: And while a lot of people have been disappointed with it, I've really enjoyed the current run of Captain America. You may like it, especially since you don't need to know a lot about his history to get into it.
If you want to work your way into the Avengers after getting a feel for Cap, a great starting place is Avengers Disassembled. I have been an X-Men fan most of my life, so jumping into the Avengers seemed daunting. This book was the start of the modern age for the Avengers, with writer Brian Michael Bendis tearing them apart, and then putting them back together through New Avengers, Mighty Avengers, and many other books from then on for years. I'm sure you could get a reading list of the order of which books came out when. Because since then, it has been more or less a big, interconnecting storyline where one event leads naturally to the other. The Civil War, Secret Invasion, Dark Reign, etc. Great story telling that weaves a much bigger picture.
Also, any Superman fan will tell you probably the best Superman story is All Star Superman, and then maybe Red Son after that.
Forget about continuity, universes, timelines, etc; it's all very confusing, even to creators/fans. Don’t try to read everything, else you'll be wading through decades of mediocre comics for too long. Remember, there are SO MANY other characters, series, and publishers to explore.
First appearances/origins aren’t always good starting points. Creative teams change often and characters get re-worked e.g. never caring about Hawkeye until Fraction & Aja’s interpretation. Focus on well-received and relatively self-contained series. Pick an interesting character or team and seek their “greatest hits” stories. You may still encounter the occasional unexplained reference/character, but it’s best to just ride along or just Wiki if you must.
Modern DC characters/teams:
Title | Writer
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Animal Man | Grant Morrison
Animal Man | Jeff Lemire
Aquaman | Geoff Johns
Batman: Year One | Frank Miller
Batman: The Long Halloween | Jeph Loeb
Batman | Grant Morrison
Batman | Scott Snyder
Batman: Dark Knight Returns | Frank Miller
Batwoman: Elegy | Greg Rucka
Birds of Prey | Gail Simone
Flash | Mark Waid
Flash | Geoff Johns
Gotham Central | Brubaker & Rucka
Green Arrow | Kevin Smith
Green Arrow | Jeff Lemire
Green Lantern| Geoff Johns
JLA (Justice League) | Morrison & Waid
Kingdom Come | Mark Waid
Omega Men | Tom King
Suicide Squad | John Ostrander
Secret Six (Suicide Squad) | Gail Simone
Superman: Birthright | Mark Waid
Superman: All Star Superman | Grant Morrison
Swamp Thing | Alan Moore
Swamp Thing | Scott Snyder
New Teen Titans | Marv Wolfman
Wonder Woman | Greg Rucka
Wonder Woman | Brian Azzarello
Alternatively, you can just pick ANY Rebirth title and start reading from #1.
Events/crossovers can be fun and/or tedious. They are most appreciated by readers well-versed in relevant continuity. Generally, the best non-event comics integrate these seamlessly or avoid them entirely (notwithstanding editorial/executive mandates). Regardless, you may want to familiarize with major plot points.
Modern DC events/crossovers:
Title | Writer
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Crisis on Infinite Earths | Marv Wolfman
Identity Crisis | Brad Meltzer
Infinite Crisis | Geoff Johns
52 | Geoff Johns, et al.
Final Crisis | Grant Morrison
Blackest Night | Geoff Johns
Flashpoint | Geoff Johns
Forever Evil | Geoff Johns
Multiversity, The | Grant Morrison
Darkseid War | Geoff Johns
Rebirth | Geoff Johns
Discover your preferences and let them inform your next comic selection. Do you like older/newer comics? Weird concepts? Super-smart meta-analysis and social commentary? Family-friendly content? Hyper-violence? Male/female protagonists? Humor? Horror? Have you noticed that a specific artist, writer, and/or creative team consistently produces content you like? Follow these instincts.
For X-men, I highly recommend reading Joss Whedon's run on Astonishing X-Men. It's available in four trades: Gifted, Dangerous, Torn, and Unstoppable, or as one giant book
Obviously you don't have to get them from Amazon, but I wanted to make sure I sent you the right books (there are a few different books called Astonishing X-Men).
Oh, you might also like Grant Morrison's New X-Men, which directly leads into Astonishing, but you don't have to read them in order if you dont' want to (although some things in Astonishing will make more sense if you read New X-Men first, I read them out of order and enjoyed them both just fine).
I'm also a big Batman fan. If you want to check out Batman, I can make some suggestions too. I'm really enjoying Grant Morrison's current run on Batman. You can find it all listed here starting with Batman & Son and running through Batman, Inc.
Scott Snyder's current run Detective Comics is really great, too. It starts with Detective Comics #871 and is still ongoing (#880).
Oh, also be sure to check out the FAQ
Hickman's Fantastic Four run from 2009 basically starts with this trade. There are 5 volumes of Fantastic Four and 3 of FF in his run (it started out as just Fantastic Four, changed it's name to FF partway through, and then split into two titles about ten issues later). That's a lot of comics to read through, but it's very well regarded by a lot of people. Sort of a sprawling epic of a story, which while it got somewhat dense and confusing in the middle, culminated with the best freakin' huge-ass comic book fight put to page in the last ten years (in my humble opinion)
Otherwise, FF is only on issue 8 and it's a very different book compared to Hickman's stuff before. The first three issues (along with the first 3 issues of Fraction's parallel run on Fantastic Four) are available in this trade.
I'm not a fan of She-Hulk or Ant-Man or the Inhumans in general, but I still love the title. It's delightfully wacky.
For Marvel Comics
How to Get Into Comic Books (13:40) | Patrick Willems
Consider your intent/commitment. Think about your favorite stories/characters from TV, movies, games, books, etc. Do you seek quality storytelling or encyclopedic Marvel knowledge? Plan to collect? What time/resources are available i.e. how many comics could/should be read before burning out?
Don’t try to read everything—there’s too much. Forget about “catching up”, continuity, universes, and timelines; it's all very confusing, even to creators/fans. Older comics can be an acquired taste for modern audiences, so first appearances/early origins may not be the best starting points. Creative teams change often, characters get re-worked, and origins are re-told (e.g. I never cared for Hawkeye until Matt Fractions’ run).
Pick an interesting character/team and seek their “greatest hits”. Don’t get stuck “preparing”, just start reading. Focus on well-received, relatively self-contained, and complete stories. You may encounter the occasional unexplained reference/character/event—just ride along (Wiki if necessary). Remember, there are so many other great characters and publishers to explore, and not all comics are about superheroes.
Where to buy (US):
Modern Marvel characters/teams:
/r/Marvel sidebar for more info.
Events/crossovers can be fun and/or tedious. They are most appreciated by readers well-versed in relevant continuity. Generally, the best non-event comics integrate these seamlessly or avoid them entirely (notwithstanding editorial/executive mandates). Regardless, you may want to familiarize with major plot points.
Modern Marvel events/crossovers:
Discover your preferences and let them guide you. Do you like: old/new comics? Specific genres? Literary/natural narratives? Cartoony/realistic art? Familiar/weird concepts? References/self-contained? Social/political commentary? Family-friendly/explicit content? Optimism/pessimism? Have you noticed that a specific artist/writer consistently makes comics you like? Follow these instincts.
Suggestions to improve this guide are welcome.