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Try Locke and Key. It's more fantasy than sci-fi, but in terms of quality, it's the closest thing I've found to Y the Last Man, which has long been a favorite of mine. The elevator pitch is that a family moves into an old house that has a malevolent spirit occupying it. They happen upon a bunch of magic keys that, when inserted into the proper receptacle, do different things. Put the Ghost Key in the right door, walk through it, and you die, becoming a ghost, until you walk back through the door.
It's a really tense and exciting book, that you can read more about here, including a longer review by me. Don't click the spoilers though, seriously. It's also available digitally, with the first volume priced at just $5.
Chew may be a little too cartoony for you, but I really enjoy it. It's about a police detective who's cibopathic, able to get psychic readings from things he eats. In a world where the FDA is the most powerful government organization, due to an outbreak of bird flu that killed millions, Tony Chu is one of several people with food-oriented abilities, attempting to unravel a few dozen conspiracies. The first book's only $10 in print, and even cheaper digitally. You can also read the first issue for free, just to see how it strikes you.
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Also , you may like Preacher, altho I don't know where to even start describing that in a short paragraph.
I can describe Preacher in a sentence-- an over rated comic book about faith and America with ugly art.
Store didn't have volume 1 of Locke and Key or Powers, or they would have gotten consideration. They might soon, since Planetary is so short.
I only recently found Justice, so didn't even know that style went beyond Kingdom, but I am hooked on it and need more!
He also did a series over over-sized single issue stories, collected in The World's Greatest Superheroes. Individually, they were Batman: War on Crime, Shazam: Power of Hope, Superman: Peace on Earth, Wonder Woman: Spirit of Truth, and JLA: Liberty and Justice. They were all written by Paul Dini.
He also did a Vertigo take on Uncle Sam (of the Freedom Fighters) titled U.S.
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Also excited because I did not know about Marvels, and that sounds like something I need to have!
Things I have read and enjoyed: Persepolis, Watchmen, Bone, Maus, V for Vendetta, Astonishing X-Men, Superman: Red Son, and everything I've seen of Chris Ware. Thanks.
That’s an impressive list already.
Throw some Batman: Year One, All-Star Superman, Ultimate Spider-Man and Rise of Arsenal in there and your set.
Planet Hulk
Chew
Kingdom Come/Marvels
Locke and Key
Annihilation/Cosmic Marvel
Atomic Robo
Also, slightly confused, are you just looking for stuff to read while in a section of the library you haven't worked often, or are you looking for new stuff to fill the shelves? ( my list stands either way tho heh)
Sandman
Hellboy
All-Star Superman
Also you should get some Marvel Masterworks collections. Kids should know the classics.
Sorry, wasn't too clear there, I'm just looking to expand my knowledge. At the moment I feel like a bit of a dick for being in charge of comics when I don't know too much about them. Thanks for all the suggestions so far! Ha, just got some of the Iron man ones today.
Also if you're looking to start with the current Avengers, keep in mind Avengers and New Avengers are paired and you should get both. Or Secret Avengers, which looks like a lot of fun and it's last two issues (from the last two weeks) are an intentional jumping on point.
They also have these Amazing Spider-Man Ultimate Collections that contain the JMS run in 5 volumes, which is the Spidey run I started reading when I got back into comics in 2001, and it really was a good way to get me interested in Spider-Man again. The first 3 are really good.
For Iron Man, the best place to start would be the Extremis story, then Execute Program. It's where Tony's current persona and motivations start from.
Also, Carnage USA. Yay or nay?
edit: Bought issue #1 of Batman (the reboot thingy). I enjoyed it. Might get the rest of the issues. I am tempted to get Batman & Robin too. Is that any good? Is it like a complementary series to the main Batman one?
And yes, do get Batman and Batman & Robin, although they aren't terribly linked.
I got last year's Carnage series (which sets up Carnage USA) in singles and I can give them to you if you want next time I'm in your neck of the woods
I'll get B&R on my phone. At least the first issue to see if I like it.
edit: Also, I am looking to get what I am missing of the new Venom series. I have up to issue #8 and I browsed on Amazon and it looks like they are up to issue #13. Is that the latest one?
I bought a few more issues of Detective Comics (I am up to issue #4) and Batman & Robin (I am up to issue #3). I also see that there is a Dark Knight and Batman series as well with the New 52. They worth my time? Should I just stick with these two for now?
I am tempted to get a few first issues of stuff to see what might stick. I was never really into Superman or Flash or Green Lanturn.
Do not buy The Dark Knight.
If you're even a little bit curious about Superman, definitely check out Action Comics, though.
it isn't friendly to new readers
superman under giffen and jurgens should be though
I find it insane that there are like 4-5 different series of one character going around at once.
Is it wrong that I own all The Walking Dead trades but want to buy every issue on my phone? Haha. I really need an iPad to better view these. One day.
Any other suggestions for me to dl? I kind of want to get into the newer stuff if I buy anything. Venom I am getting physical issues of and TWD/Locke&Key/Ultimate Spider-Man I get the trades. I saw that they had Transformers on Comixology and that the issues dealing with The Wreckers or whatever is recommended on here. I might try that.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1613771266/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=1600107168&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0HNWBNB14VYE1SEQQFRS
the hardcover
as for current Transformers, you'll want to pick up the Death of Optimus Prime one-shot before picking up either More Than Meets the Eye #1 or Robots in Disguise #1
I asked if they had any older issues and they seemed baffled. Haha. I guess Amazon it is for Venom 9-13.
Have you ordered from there I assume? I found 4 issues from there. I might get those from there and the rest on Amazon. All the issues I need from Amazon....the shipping is $10 more than the issues themselves.
I am gonna ask the comic shop near me if they can get me the back issues.
Looking through the preview books, I found a few things that interested me.
-Chew vol. 5 (It said like $12 in the book, but Amazon has it for $8. I think I get a discount for being a member, so we will see.)
-Venom #15, 16
-Star Wars:Blood Ties: Boba Fett is Dead #1
-Uncanny X-Force #24 (I like Iceman and it looked like an issue about him.)
-Uncanny X-men #11 (Juggernaut Collossus vs Red Hulk? Why the hell not.)
-Secret Avengers #25 (I saw Venom on the cover and said fuck it.)
Besides Chew and Venom, any thoughts on the other issues I ordered? I was thinking of getting Avengers vs Xmen but I will wait for a trade. I might cut back on buying games and spend that money on subscriptions (and iTunes bucks to get digital issues as well).