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The Amazing Adventures of Me
headn00b
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Hello, my name is headn00b (I know, it's a terrible name) and up until a week ago I hadn't read a comic book since my childhood.
Lurking this forum peaked my interest recently, and I took the plunge. This thread will perhaps chronicle my experiences with comic books. My opinions on them and hopefully my enjoyment.
I started off last week by buying Civil War #2 (#1 not being in stock), the first Captain America Civil War issue and another Civil War supplement which I can't recall the name of (I'm in work right now), but it's basically Iron Man's opinions of everyone involved in the series.
I'm happy I picked up the latter as it has a lot of general information on most Marvel superheroes, including all the main ones that I'm interested in (Cap America, Spider-man and Wolverine). Civil War #2 was good, and the ending in particular was pretty cool. I couldn't get into Captain America because my knowledge of SHIELD at the moment consists of 'Nick Fury is in charge, and is badass', so I had no idea who the women or Dum Dum Dugan were.
Today I once again ventured into my local Forbidden Planet for more comic goodness. I raped my wallet a bit, buying Civil War #1 (which they had just got back in), Amazing Spider-man 529-532 (collected in one comic) and no less that 4 Batman Detective Comics.
Civil War #1 was an obvious choice, and the Spider-man collection seemed like a good idea as well (incidentally I didn't realise he had a new costume, it's pretty rad). I've always loved Batman and after getting some advice in an H/A topic I decided to pick up the Detective series over the seemingly hundreds of other versions.
I'm in work right now, so I'll read them all tonight and then post up my thoughts. That'll give a mod time to decide this is a terrible idea and lock it or give the rest of you time to tell me about your comic book preferences, and recommend things to buy next week.
Edit: hyphened Spider-man.
Lurking this forum peaked my interest recently, and I took the plunge. This thread will perhaps chronicle my experiences with comic books. My opinions on them and hopefully my enjoyment.
I started off last week by buying Civil War #2 (#1 not being in stock), the first Captain America Civil War issue and another Civil War supplement which I can't recall the name of (I'm in work right now), but it's basically Iron Man's opinions of everyone involved in the series.
I'm happy I picked up the latter as it has a lot of general information on most Marvel superheroes, including all the main ones that I'm interested in (Cap America, Spider-man and Wolverine). Civil War #2 was good, and the ending in particular was pretty cool. I couldn't get into Captain America because my knowledge of SHIELD at the moment consists of 'Nick Fury is in charge, and is badass', so I had no idea who the women or Dum Dum Dugan were.
Today I once again ventured into my local Forbidden Planet for more comic goodness. I raped my wallet a bit, buying Civil War #1 (which they had just got back in), Amazing Spider-man 529-532 (collected in one comic) and no less that 4 Batman Detective Comics.
Civil War #1 was an obvious choice, and the Spider-man collection seemed like a good idea as well (incidentally I didn't realise he had a new costume, it's pretty rad). I've always loved Batman and after getting some advice in an H/A topic I decided to pick up the Detective series over the seemingly hundreds of other versions.
I'm in work right now, so I'll read them all tonight and then post up my thoughts. That'll give a mod time to decide this is a terrible idea and lock it or give the rest of you time to tell me about your comic book preferences, and recommend things to buy next week.
Edit: hyphened Spider-man.
Your sig was too tall.
-Thinatos
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If you liked Captain America, I recommend picking up the first trade of the new series. Available here.
It's a good jumping on point for the character, and will catch you up rather quickly.
Also, thanks for the approval
-Thinatos
And I'll plug my favorite book... X-Factor.
Not a lot of tie-in with Civil War or other series... but it's just freaking awesome.
Ultimate Spider-man really is a great series to re-visit the character(s), and the trades should be readily available at Forbidden Planet, so that's my suggestion if you're looking for more good Spider-man titles.
As far as Batman goes, I've really enjoyed The Long Halloween, Dark Victory, and Haunted Knight. Classic Batman.
And Wolvy has just recently started to remember his elusive past, so I think now's a great time to get back into his titles. I'd especially suggest Wolverine: Origins if you're interested in that, and recently I've enjoyed Wolverine: Enemy of the State which I believe is collected in 2 trades.
Hopefully some food for thought.
The main Batman book has writing by Grant Morrison, making it awesome by default. Plus, it seems like The Joker is returning for the next story arc.
Also, if you're a Batman fan, you really can't go wrong with Batman: Black and White. Seeing all kinds of Batman interpretations is awesome.
Happy reading though.
I've had a flick through some of the Batman books and they all look like a lot of fun. I think after Christmas I'll just go wild on a bunch of collected stuff and see what happens.
Right now my opinions on the Marvel superheroes I've focussed on are:
Captain America: I knew nothing about Cap until some investigations recently, and I definately like him.
Iron Man: I'm not sure about him. He seems like the kind of hero I'd 'love to hate' and if it were anyone else that was taking charge of the pro-reg's I wouldn't be undecided on the whole thing.
Spider-man: is cool, always has been.
Also, from playing Ultimate Alliance I think I like Deadpool, Blade and Elektra.
-Thinatos
Cable and Deadpool is pretty good, stay away from Blade at all costs... and Elektra... well, if you can find anything out now with her in it, good luck!
Iron Man used to just be a hero you loved... now he's got the hate factor going on...
Yeah... Enemy of the State was pretty good...
That was just a fuck-bad month for Northstar though...
He died three times, didn't he? Ultimate, 616 and AoA versions all bit the dust in one week, I think.
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Like I said... bad month. I think it was over two weeks, but it was still pretty vicious.
Also, recent detective comics have been golden. Lots of fun, not a lot of angsty baggage. Oh, and hey, was that some detective work I saw? You know... I think it was...
Do you by any chance live or work near Central London?
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When did ultimate Northstar die? I don't remember that at all.
It wasn't Ultimate Northstar, it was 616 Northstar in X-Men: The End.
sniff... I'm so happy for those two.
'fraid not, I live in Glasgow.
So I just read Civil War #1 and Amazing Spider-Man #529-532.
Considering I'd already read CV #2 I wasn't expecting #1 to be hugely exciting, but it was actually really good, maybe better than 2. It really set the scene for what's coming.
Before today I'd never read a Spider-Man comic. My only real experience with him up until now has been the movies so I wasn't sure if I even liked him. I shouldn't have been worried though, Spider-Man's a cool guy and these comics also really set the scene for Civil War and explained it a bit more for me. It also did a good job of portraying Stark as a bit of a cunt.
I'll read Detective Comics later tonight, and at the weekend I'll be looking for Cable & Deadpool, X-Factor and something else that I haven't decided on. Most likely Wolverine or Fantastic Four.
If I dived into Green Lantern or Green Arrow right now would I struggle to pick it up?
-Thinatos
Whoops. Yeah, you're right. Northstar died in the 616 universe twice. Oy.
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Hey, why didn't I get this kind of protection?
As for Batman, try picking up Morrison's JLA run in trades. Tons of great Batman moments, plus a nice window into stuff that makes the DCU so awesome.
If you can't find anything in Forbidden Planet, why don't you try A-1 Comics? It's just off the arse-end of Argyle Street, past the "clock tower". Unlike FP, the staff might even talk to you.
Not to slight FP - the guy who runs it used his staff discount when my mum bought me the Sandman series for Christmas a few years ago - but they can be a dour lot at times.
Amen.
It sure is.
Also, doesn't Grant Morrison live in Glasgow? headn00b should go make love to him.
A-1 is where I plan on going at the weekend. I have a friend who lives pretty much next door to them which is handy. I agree about FP, they don't really say very much at all...
So, I read Batman Detective Comics last night and they were really good. They were all individual stories so I had no problem getting into them, and I recognized a lot of the characters (including Riddler, who was always a favorite of mine). Also, as Jordyn pointed out they actually feature detective work, which is cool. I prefer the world encompassing Civil War stuff, but these were fun to relax with. Is the 52 series good? I'm considering looking into that.
-Thinatos