My girlfriend wants to get into comics, and she likes Thor. However, I have no idea what Thor stories are good. The only thing I've read with Thor is the current Fear Itself and like the first 10 issues of Thor 2007, plus Siege.
I thought the Thor 07 could be good but it has so many references to other characters and stuff that I feel like she wouldn't get. Any good arcs? Is Ultimate Thor good?
Thor was rebooted a few years back, he had been on a break but the series began again, written by Straczynski, and has continued for a while now under Gillen and then Fraction. It's been a great series, with great art and writing (especially from Gillen), and I can recommend that you pick up the trades, which should be available from Amazon.
This is a link to volume 1 of the recent series, which currently runs to about five books I think? A few months ago the book split into two, Journey into Mystery and Mighty Thor, but there's been no trades of that yet so it's probably not a worry. Anyway, like I said, this is a good place to start, there are classic runs you can pick up later for your girlfriend, like the Simonson run, but right now this will statrt her off well.
Also the standalone mini Thor: Blood Oath is fantastic.
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So after about half a year of deciding whether to take the plunge or not, I dropped money on Marvel's Digital Subscription system. I was originally hoping to get DC instead, as I grew up with shows like Batman TAS. But apparently DC doesn't offer anything like that, and i'll be damned if I drive half-way across the state to reach a comic book store/pay ridiculous prices for physical copies.
So, for someone who has a bit of a background reading about comics, but has had very little chance actually reading comics (Marvel Comics especially.), what are some series that are recommended that are up on the digital service, that would be good for someone new to the medium?
As a side-note, I just spent about four hours chugging down the first twenty or so issues of Cable/Deadpool, and I can see why Deadpool caught on like Wolverine did. I originally meant to only read the first five or so, but alot of this stuff is genuinely funny, and there's a few genuine tearjerker moments between the laughs and action.
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TexiKenDammit!That fish really got me!Registered Userregular
Detective Comics #871-881 are the best, and are up on comixology. While it's Dick Grayson as Batman, it's some of the best Batman work in years.
There is Grant Morrison's JLA up, that has the first 20 issues or so, check those out because it's got one of the best team dynamics that set a new bar for team books in the industry.
Superman Birthright is the best Superman story (doesn't count anymore due to the relaunch, still worth a read).
When I had a two month subscription to Marvel Digital, I first went through and read all of the events in the last decade (I started with Civil War though), then I read Cable/Deadpool, then kind of fell out of it and read old Wolverine titles until it expired. Oh and I fit in the first half of 2007 Thor run before Siege in there somewhere too.
However, I would also suggest Iron Fist: The Last Iron Fist Story or whatever, it's great. Also maybe New Avengers (i've only read 1-15 though, but I liked them). Sometimes Marvel Digital is frustrating because they don't have quite everything, especially recent stuff, but it does have plenty good to read through.
Rebirth
No Fear
Revenge of the Green Lanterns
Wanted: Hal Jordan
Sinestro Corps War 1
Sinestro Corps War 2
Secret Origins
Rage of the Red Lanterns
Agent Orange
Blackest Night
Just wanted to thank you for this list as well, I've been reading through it and saw several other GL books (Ring Quest for example) that seem to fit in there. For a full GL run (starting with Rebirth) would you be able to suggest a reading order? Or can I skip the other books and just go with this list?
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TexiKenDammit!That fish really got me!Registered Userregular
Those other GL books were a part of Green Lantern Corps, which are worth reading as well.
I know Rans posted a complete chronological reading list somewhere here, I'll try and find it and bring it back.
Green Lantern: Secret Origin
Green Lantern: Rebirth
Green Lantern: No Fear
Green Lantern Corps: Recharge
Green Lantern: Revenge of the Green Lanterns
Ion: Torchbearer
Green Lantern Corps: To Be A Lantern
Green Lantern: Wanted - Hal Jordan
Ion: The Dying Flame
Green Lantern Corps: The Darker Side of Green
Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War (i believe they re-released this in one trade now, otherwise there is a part 1 and part 2)
Green Lantern Corps: Ring Quest
Green Lantern: Rage of the Red Lanterns
Green Lantern Corps: Sins of the Star Sapphire
Green Lantern: Agent Orange
Green Lantern Corps: Emerald Eclipse
Blackest Night
Green Lantern: Blackest Night
Green Lantern Corps: Blackest Night
Green Lantern: Brightest Day
Green Lantern Corps: Revolt of the Alpha Lanterns
Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors
Green Lantern Corps: The Weaponer
Green Lantern: War of the Green Lanterns
War of the Green Lanterns: Aftermath
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TexiKenDammit!That fish really got me!Registered Userregular
Yep, that's it. Anything else you need to know about Green Lantern, Rans is the go-to Guy (Gardner).
Arkham City has made me want to buy a graphic novel or two, and I'm trying to decide between either Year One or The Dark Knight Returns.
Gonna get The Killing Joke with one of those.
Thoughts?
get all 3! ( altho I'm more partial to DKR cause grew up with it in singles and loved it, didn't get to yearone til much later, but it is also excellent) To go with Killing Joke tho, I 'll agree with Maximum that Year one would fit with it somewhat better.
Does anyone know any good comics that revolve around a school or has the main characters doing classes or something? The new Wolverine and the X-Men has got me excited and I wanted to find something with a similiar premise.
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Does anyone know any good comics that revolve around a school or has the main characters doing classes or something? The new Wolverine and the X-Men has got me excited and I wanted to find something with a similiar premise.
If you're not reading Morning Glories, you're wrong.
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TexiKenDammit!That fish really got me!Registered Userregular
Morning Glories starts off great, then it hits a wall of stupid with #6, #7 felt like a forced origin story for one of the characters and by issue #8 I lost interest in the story. Maybe Spencer is actually telling the story now instead of stalling.
Generation Hope is kind of a school type setting. And Umbrella Academy is really good.
Avengers Academy; troubled teens at a school for superheroes.
Gladstone's School for World Conquerors; troubles teens at a school for supervillains.
Grounded; a boy without superpowers is sent to a school for superpowered kids.
Hero Camp; a boy without superpowers is sent to a summer camp for superpowered kids.
X-Men First Class; the original students of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters have adventures.
Teen Titans; a new group of teen heroes are mentored by the first generation of Teen Titans.
Then there's stuff like Machine Teen, Arana, Invincible, Dynamo 5, Firebreather, Spider-Girl, Gravity, etc. that feature young heroes, sometimes in a school setting.
If you're looking for something that's not superheroes, but still has something of a weird school element to it, check out Gunnerkrigg Court. Force yourself past the rough art in the beginning, because it improves pretty quickly.
Avengers Academy; troubled teens at a school for superheroes.
Gladstone's School for World Conquerors; troubles teens at a school for supervillains.
Grounded; a boy without superpowers is sent to a school for superpowered kids.
Hero Camp; a boy without superpowers is sent to a summer camp for superpowered kids.
X-Men First Class; the original students of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters have adventures.
Teen Titans; a new group of teen heroes are mentored by the first generation of Teen Titans.
Then there's stuff like Machine Teen, Arana, Invincible, Dynamo 5, Firebreather, Spider-Girl, Gravity, etc. that feature young heroes, sometimes in a school setting.
If you're looking for something that's not superheroes, but still has something of a weird school element to it, check out Gunnerkrigg Court. Force yourself past the rough art in the beginning, because it improves pretty quickly.
Thanks, that was exactly what I was looking for. the X-Men, Gladstones, and Gunnerkrigg Court look really good. Just so i'm not a mooch, something I read a while back along this vein was a manga called Hollow Fields. Its technically a manga but its by an American artists and it reads and even kinda looks like a comic book. Even if you don't like manga, its definitly worth a read.
Just as an aside, are there any other books you guys would recommend in the same vein as X-Men: First Class, X-Men related or otherwise?
It is, but it focuses on the aftermath of teen superheroes. You see them as kids in flashbacks, but the actual story follows them as dysfunctional adults.
Could anyone recommend any Ms. Marvel-centric story-arcs outside of her self-titled series? I'll settle for anything with lots of Carol. On an entirely different note, I'm also interested in any artists who draw in a similar style to Humberto Ramos. TIA.
Could anyone recommend any Ms. Marvel-centric story-arcs outside of her self-titled series? I'll settle for anything with lots of Carol. On an entirely different note, I'm also interested in any artists who draw in a similar style to Humberto Ramos. TIA.
With regards to your second question, there is Carlo Barberi, who has drawn Impulse, and is one of the artists who seems to be rotating on the current Deadpool series, and drew the Deadpool Suicide Kings mini.
Francisco Herrera is another artist who is very close to Ramos' art, and he drew a few Peter Parker: Spider-Man issues that might be in trade (#51-52). He also drew a Venom series by Daniel Way that I would avoid, it's 2 issues of story over 6 issues imitating Carpenter's The Thing.
And there's Carlos Meglia, who has drawn some Superman stuff (Action 799, Adventures of Superman 603-605, Superman Infinite City).
So, I'm sitting here scratching my head, trying to figure out what to get my son for Xmas, and I thought, you know, maybe there are some comics out there he'd like. He's the right personality for it, but I grew up in an area where comics didn't really exist, so I'm not a great judge of what might be appropriate. So, since I'm a newb, but my criteria are a bit strange for a normal Google search, I figure I'll turn to the PA community's awesome hivemind of knowledge!
Specifically, any books or trade paperbacks that would be "appropriate" for a six year old boy. And by "appropriate", I don't mean "for kids", as I'm cool with him reading pretty much anything as long as it's not overly filled with sexual tension or adult situations. I'm thinking epic adventures, world building, Good vs Evil stuff, without the "who's dating who" drama.
I mean, I'm guessing stuff like Spiderman would be good, and I'm sure he'd probably like stuff like Sonic. His current small selection of Simpsons and Scrooge McDuck comics are way, way below he's reading level, though. The term "Mouseguard" has come up as well. How about maybe some Green Lantern?
Marvel Adventures is a good line of books for kids. Very humorous takes on characters, not bogged down with too much continuity, and not too dark.
DC Comics has a similar line of books called Johnny DC or something like that, but it seems geared toward really young kids rather than kids of all ages.
Beyond that, you might Joe the Barbarian, which is a bit more mature but not quite PG-13. It definitely fits the qualities of epic, world-building, Good vs Evil, and it's an entirely self-contained story. It's probably above his reading level, but you could always read it with him.
I'll check those out, but let me be clear: He's in 1st grade, but he's reading 4th and 5th grade level books. I'm not against books for kids if they're good, but I'd prefer they be challenging enough to hold his interest. ;-)
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I just read the book "Cavalier and Clay", and it was amazing.
A good rule of thumb is, if it was written by Brian K. Vaughn, it's really good.
Is Ex Machina really science fictiony? I am not a real sci-fi kinda guy when it comes to comics.
I thought the Thor 07 could be good but it has so many references to other characters and stuff that I feel like she wouldn't get. Any good arcs? Is Ultimate Thor good?
Thor and the Warriors Four
Walt Simonson's Thor
This is a link to volume 1 of the recent series, which currently runs to about five books I think? A few months ago the book split into two, Journey into Mystery and Mighty Thor, but there's been no trades of that yet so it's probably not a worry. Anyway, like I said, this is a good place to start, there are classic runs you can pick up later for your girlfriend, like the Simonson run, but right now this will statrt her off well.
http://www.amazon.com/Thor-Vol-J-Michael-Straczynski/dp/0785117229/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1316650269&sr=8-1
So, for someone who has a bit of a background reading about comics, but has had very little chance actually reading comics (Marvel Comics especially.), what are some series that are recommended that are up on the digital service, that would be good for someone new to the medium?
As a side-note, I just spent about four hours chugging down the first twenty or so issues of Cable/Deadpool, and I can see why Deadpool caught on like Wolverine did. I originally meant to only read the first five or so, but alot of this stuff is genuinely funny, and there's a few genuine tearjerker moments between the laughs and action.
There is Grant Morrison's JLA up, that has the first 20 issues or so, check those out because it's got one of the best team dynamics that set a new bar for team books in the industry.
Superman Birthright is the best Superman story (doesn't count anymore due to the relaunch, still worth a read).
However, I would also suggest Iron Fist: The Last Iron Fist Story or whatever, it's great. Also maybe New Avengers (i've only read 1-15 though, but I liked them). Sometimes Marvel Digital is frustrating because they don't have quite everything, especially recent stuff, but it does have plenty good to read through.
Just wanted to thank you for this list as well, I've been reading through it and saw several other GL books (Ring Quest for example) that seem to fit in there. For a full GL run (starting with Rebirth) would you be able to suggest a reading order? Or can I skip the other books and just go with this list?
I know Rans posted a complete chronological reading list somewhere here, I'll try and find it and bring it back.
Does this look right?
Green Lantern: Rebirth
Green Lantern: No Fear
Green Lantern Corps: Recharge
Green Lantern: Revenge of the Green Lanterns
Ion: Torchbearer
Green Lantern Corps: To Be A Lantern
Green Lantern: Wanted - Hal Jordan
Ion: The Dying Flame
Green Lantern Corps: The Darker Side of Green
Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War (i believe they re-released this in one trade now, otherwise there is a part 1 and part 2)
Green Lantern Corps: Ring Quest
Green Lantern: Rage of the Red Lanterns
Green Lantern Corps: Sins of the Star Sapphire
Green Lantern: Agent Orange
Green Lantern Corps: Emerald Eclipse
Blackest Night
Green Lantern: Blackest Night
Green Lantern Corps: Blackest Night
Green Lantern: Brightest Day
Green Lantern Corps: Revolt of the Alpha Lanterns
Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors
Green Lantern Corps: The Weaponer
Green Lantern: War of the Green Lanterns
War of the Green Lanterns: Aftermath
Gonna get The Killing Joke with one of those.
Thoughts?
-Gus Beezer (although I think it's one of Simone's weaker things outside of the Spider-Man issue)
-Roger Langridge's Muppets run
Morning Glories, maybe?
Generation Hope is kind of a school type setting. And Umbrella Academy is really good.
Gladstone's School for World Conquerors; troubles teens at a school for supervillains.
Grounded; a boy without superpowers is sent to a school for superpowered kids.
Hero Camp; a boy without superpowers is sent to a summer camp for superpowered kids.
X-Men First Class; the original students of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters have adventures.
Teen Titans; a new group of teen heroes are mentored by the first generation of Teen Titans.
Then there's stuff like Machine Teen, Arana, Invincible, Dynamo 5, Firebreather, Spider-Girl, Gravity, etc. that feature young heroes, sometimes in a school setting.
If you're looking for something that's not superheroes, but still has something of a weird school element to it, check out Gunnerkrigg Court. Force yourself past the rough art in the beginning, because it improves pretty quickly.
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Thanks, that was exactly what I was looking for. the X-Men, Gladstones, and Gunnerkrigg Court look really good. Just so i'm not a mooch, something I read a while back along this vein was a manga called Hollow Fields. Its technically a manga but its by an American artists and it reads and even kinda looks like a comic book. Even if you don't like manga, its definitly worth a read.
Just as an aside, are there any other books you guys would recommend in the same vein as X-Men: First Class, X-Men related or otherwise?
With regards to your second question, there is Carlo Barberi, who has drawn Impulse, and is one of the artists who seems to be rotating on the current Deadpool series, and drew the Deadpool Suicide Kings mini.
Francisco Herrera is another artist who is very close to Ramos' art, and he drew a few Peter Parker: Spider-Man issues that might be in trade (#51-52). He also drew a Venom series by Daniel Way that I would avoid, it's 2 issues of story over 6 issues imitating Carpenter's The Thing.
And there's Carlos Meglia, who has drawn some Superman stuff (Action 799, Adventures of Superman 603-605, Superman Infinite City).
So, I'm sitting here scratching my head, trying to figure out what to get my son for Xmas, and I thought, you know, maybe there are some comics out there he'd like. He's the right personality for it, but I grew up in an area where comics didn't really exist, so I'm not a great judge of what might be appropriate. So, since I'm a newb, but my criteria are a bit strange for a normal Google search, I figure I'll turn to the PA community's awesome hivemind of knowledge!
Specifically, any books or trade paperbacks that would be "appropriate" for a six year old boy. And by "appropriate", I don't mean "for kids", as I'm cool with him reading pretty much anything as long as it's not overly filled with sexual tension or adult situations. I'm thinking epic adventures, world building, Good vs Evil stuff, without the "who's dating who" drama.
I mean, I'm guessing stuff like Spiderman would be good, and I'm sure he'd probably like stuff like Sonic. His current small selection of Simpsons and Scrooge McDuck comics are way, way below he's reading level, though. The term "Mouseguard" has come up as well. How about maybe some Green Lantern?
DC Comics has a similar line of books called Johnny DC or something like that, but it seems geared toward really young kids rather than kids of all ages.
Beyond that, you might Joe the Barbarian, which is a bit more mature but not quite PG-13. It definitely fits the qualities of epic, world-building, Good vs Evil, and it's an entirely self-contained story. It's probably above his reading level, but you could always read it with him.
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