Hey,
I'm fairly new to comics. I recently read a Green Arrow collection by Kevin Smith called Quiver, which I found to be underwhelming. I picked up The Avengers United #92 (start of the Illuminati story) and I wasn't hugely impressed with that either. I wound up in a comic book store with a wider selection and took a long browse to find what caught my interest... One of them:
The contents:
The Illuminati - New Avengers: Illuminati #1
Public Relations - New Avengers #15
Secret Identities - Young Avengers #7
Assault on a Mind Cage - Avengers (vol 1) #195
The Warlock's Eye - The Mighty Thor #131
The contents:
The Illuminati - New Avengers: Illuminati #1
Public Relations - New Avengers #15
Secret Identities - Young Avengers #7
Assault on a Mind Cage - Avengers (vol 1) #195
The Warlock's Eye - The Mighty Thor #131
Just out of interest, Digg, did you like any of the issues reprinted in it at all?
The Illuminati one was good but didn't have me anticipating the next installment, if you know what I mean.
Public Relations (about the Avengers announcing their new line-up to the press, with Ms. Marvel hanging around) was pretty weak.
I liked the Young Avengers, except whenever the Young Avengers talked.
The classic comic had Ant Man in it, who I've been curious about since I heard of his existence. That was fun.
Thor was just weird.
And that Illuminati thing was a one-shot, there was no 2nd issue.
There was however a mini-series that showed the Illuminati reacting to all the major events in Marvel history - the Kree/Skrull War, the Infinity Gauntlet, Secret Wars, etc.
That shit it awesome.
Obviously I love New Avengers but that issue was not that great and is probably pretty terrible to be a first issue to read.
I don't even know who/what the Illuminati are!.. which is weird cos this compilation I bought has "The Illuminati revealed at last" plastered over the front.
I did find Captain America to be a bit interesting in the New and Young Avengers stories. What are his comics like? You don't have to be American and fiercely patriotic to like them, do you?
The Illuminati are (or were.. they don't really exist anymore) Iron Man, Proffesor X, Black Bolt, Dr. Strange, Mr. Fantastic, and Namor.
Captain American is amazing although the version that appears in those 2 stories actually died a couple years ago.
But I would reccomend the entirety of Ed Brubaker's run on the character, - it's a completley fantastic series (even with someone else now wearing the costume)
But I would reccomend the entirety of Ed Brubaker's run on the character, - it's a completley fantastic series (even with someone else now wearing the costume)
I don't even know who/what the Illuminati are!.. which is weird cos this compilation I bought has "The Illuminati revealed at last" plastered over the front.
I did find Captain America to be a bit interesting in the New and Young Avengers stories. What are his comics like? You don't have to be American and fiercely patriotic to like them, do you?
The new Cap stories by Ed Brubaker are awesome. You can get the Omnibus for around $50 (US) and if you are at all interested it's a must read.
I liked Quiver, but I can it being a bit impenetrable to someone who's unfamiliar with DC comics' continuity. Though I used it to get my younger brother into comics. I just had to keep telling him, "Look just pretend it's the start of a movie and you don't know who any of these people are, or what's going on."
I think Sounds of Violence was a stronger self-contained arc.
I knew nothing about DC when I read Quiver
I just read it because I knew I liked Green Arrow
I still enjoyed it thoroughly. Sounds of Violence was good, and Onomatopoeia needs to show up again
I do think that part of my not enjoying Quiver was due to unfamiliarity with the DC Universe. But, I thought that the idea of jumping back and forth between the afterlife and Earth was silly. I don't think that reading hundreds of previous comics would change my opinion about the silliness of that.
The main draw of the story was, I guess, that the Green Arrow was coming back, but the subplot (especially the villain) was poor in my opinion.
The characters talked a lot about things that had happened in previous comics (which didn't bother me hugely), but I don't think they did it in a natural way. The conversations were sometimes just collections of references with no real purpose.
the Thor - Ages of Thunder one-shot that just came out was also excellent.
And the recently relaunched Thor series by JMS is also quite good (I think it's about 8-9 issues in, so there should be a collection of the first story arc that can catch you up quickly)
That IM trade I linked to above also has the IM/Cap special issue, which was basically better story-wise than half the rest of Civil War (and all of Frontline, of course).
'The Confession' was a one-shot comic that followed on from the events of Civil War (and Captain America's series too). It is collected somewhere I think, but I suspect that the comic included in the trade I linked to is the one-shot callled 'Casualties of War', which takes place during CW rather than after it.
If I have never read Flash before, and I want to read Flash, is Geoff Johns' run a good place to start?
It is, but so are the Waid issues. Waid pretty much defined the modern Flash due to his work with the Speed Force, and he was the first writer to really bring Wally into his own as an A-list hero.
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World War Hulk is decent, it has great art but it's not really an Iron Man story other than the huge fight they have in the first issue.
It is one of the best books coming out right now.
He's read through the first trade twice already since getting it the day after I showed him that post.
So happy.
I'm fairly new to comics. I recently read a Green Arrow collection by Kevin Smith called Quiver, which I found to be underwhelming. I picked up The Avengers United #92 (start of the Illuminati story) and I wasn't hugely impressed with that either. I wound up in a comic book store with a wider selection and took a long browse to find what caught my interest... One of them:
Wildstorm's Number of the Beast
I read this and really liked the setting and humour. I got the second issue and I'm enjoying it. The story is playing out in an interesting way.
Is anyone else reading this?
I'm not looking for spoilers but I'm curious to know if this is representative of Wildstorm's other comics.
what
It's a UK-published comic available in 'normal' newsagents that reprints recentish Marvel comics in a compilation format.
Edit: see?
It sure is.
The contents:
The Illuminati - New Avengers: Illuminati #1
Public Relations - New Avengers #15
Secret Identities - Young Avengers #7
Assault on a Mind Cage - Avengers (vol 1) #195
The Warlock's Eye - The Mighty Thor #131
what in the hell
hell I dont even think that New Avengers issue had much to do with the Illuminati. Isn't that the one with J. Jonah Jameson?
The Illuminati one was good but didn't have me anticipating the next installment, if you know what I mean.
Public Relations (about the Avengers announcing their new line-up to the press, with Ms. Marvel hanging around) was pretty weak.
I liked the Young Avengers, except whenever the Young Avengers talked.
The classic comic had Ant Man in it, who I've been curious about since I heard of his existence. That was fun.
Thor was just weird.
Edit: Yeah, Jonah Jameson was in the PR one.
who put that together.
And that Illuminati thing was a one-shot, there was no 2nd issue.
There was however a mini-series that showed the Illuminati reacting to all the major events in Marvel history - the Kree/Skrull War, the Infinity Gauntlet, Secret Wars, etc.
That shit it awesome.
Obviously I love New Avengers but that issue was not that great and is probably pretty terrible to be a first issue to read.
Young Avengers is awesome too
I did find Captain America to be a bit interesting in the New and Young Avengers stories. What are his comics like? You don't have to be American and fiercely patriotic to like them, do you?
Captain American is amazing although the version that appears in those 2 stories actually died a couple years ago.
But I would reccomend the entirety of Ed Brubaker's run on the character, - it's a completley fantastic series (even with someone else now wearing the costume)
Thanks! I might check that out.
The new Cap stories by Ed Brubaker are awesome. You can get the Omnibus for around $50 (US) and if you are at all interested it's a must read.
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okay what
Because that was good
I think Sounds of Violence was a stronger self-contained arc.
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I just read it because I knew I liked Green Arrow
I still enjoyed it thoroughly. Sounds of Violence was good, and Onomatopoeia needs to show up again
The main draw of the story was, I guess, that the Green Arrow was coming back, but the subplot (especially the villain) was poor in my opinion.
The characters talked a lot about things that had happened in previous comics (which didn't bother me hugely), but I don't think they did it in a natural way. The conversations were sometimes just collections of references with no real purpose.
Also - I'm fairly new to Iron man, and was wondering if there's a collection of Iron-Man centric Civil War issues?
As for Iron Man, there's this.
And the recently relaunched Thor series by JMS is also quite good (I think it's about 8-9 issues in, so there should be a collection of the first story arc that can catch you up quickly)
The Confession is the most essnetial Iron Man Civil War story
Also (Nub Question): "The Confession"?
Here's my post in this very thread about Iron Man and some cool stories about him
Link
It's in the Iron Man: Civil War TPB, according to the TP List.
It is, but so are the Waid issues. Waid pretty much defined the modern Flash due to his work with the Speed Force, and he was the first writer to really bring Wally into his own as an A-list hero.
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