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Skwirl posted:Jason Aaron's Avengers is pretty good. I liked the run of Uncanny Avengers that had Deadpool with Rogue leading the team. There's a solo graphic novel for Squirrel Girl called Squirrel Girl Beats Up the Marvel Universe that's by the same writer/artist as the main series, I don't know if that would have been included in your read through of the trades. Before US Avengers Squirrel Girl was on New Avengers, same writer so you might not enjoy it, but I did like New Avengers more than US Avengers. here's the first trade for that https://www.amazon.com/New-Avengers-I-M-Everything-i-m/dp/078519648X Good stuff, thanks! Yeah I do have the Squirrel Girl Beats up the MU book. I kinda love everything in those. I'll take a look at those Avengers books!
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New Leaf posted:Good stuff, thanks! Do you only want Marvel comic recommendations?
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Jun 26, 2019 23:10
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lifg posted:Do you only want Marvel comic recommendations? Yeah primarily. I read DC for years and years and just decided Marvel is more fun.
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Jun 27, 2019 01:12
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El Gallinero Gros posted:I wish they'd let Canadians have unlimited already I’m a Canadian in Japan using it. It’s linked to my American amazon account.
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I just finished Berlin by Jason Lutes, loved it, and want to read more like it. What are some similar comics? I tend not to read comics outside a handful of webcomics, but some works I've liked are The Wire, Kill Six Billion Demons, and (not finished yet) the Legend of Galactic Heroes. Bonus if it's a comic revolving around a city. Not totally sure how to describe it, but it's the vibe I got from Berlin, The Wire, and James Joyce's Dubliners.
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Jul 22, 2019 03:38
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Cerebus High Society, and if you like that then follow up with the two volumes of Church and State. Will Eisner's Contract with God. King City, if you want to get weird. Some runs on Daredevil really honed in on the life of NYC, but I can't remember which ones were best for that.
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Jul 22, 2019 03:52
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I'd say Malinky Robot Colleciton, Hikari no Machi, Ant Colony and Love & Rockets would qualify, despite each being drastically different from the other. I'm not sure whether Elephantmen does, but I'm going to leave it as a wild card.
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Jul 22, 2019 03:55
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lifg posted:Cerebus High Society, and if you like that then follow up with the two volumes of Church and State. Will Eisner's Contract with God. King City, if you want to get weird. Some runs on Daredevil really honed in on the life of NYC, but I can't remember which ones were best for that. I'll check those out. Is the first volume of Cerebus skippable, or is it worth reading? Samuringa posted:I'd say Malinky Robot Colleciton, Hikari no Machi, Ant Colony and Love & Rockets would qualify, despite each being drastically different from the other. I'm not sure whether Elephantmen does, but I'm going to leave it as a wild card. Rad. I'll also look into these.
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Karenina posted:I'll check those out. Is the first volume of Cerebus skippable, or is it worth reading? It sets up some of the major characters, but I don't *think* it's necessary.
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Jul 22, 2019 04:09
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Karenina posted:Bonus if it's a comic revolving around a city. Not totally sure how to describe it, but it's the vibe I got from Berlin, The Wire, and James Joyce's Dubliners. Building Stories by Chris Ware
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Karenina posted:I just finished Berlin by Jason Lutes, loved it, and want to read more like it. What are some similar comics? I tend not to read comics outside a handful of webcomics, but some works I've liked are The Wire, Kill Six Billion Demons, and (not finished yet) the Legend of Galactic Heroes. A comic based around a city (kind of) is City of Glass by David Mazzucchelli, based on the detective short story by Paul Auster might be up your alley.
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This has probably been answered a hundred times but.... With Saga on this stupidly long hiatus I noticed that my reading list is pretty much big two heavy, with Black Hammer and Gideon Falls being the only none big 2 titles I'm following so I was wondering what are some good non big two series to be reading. Something preferably new (ie from the last year or two or current). I'm not looking for any deep long runs I need to read several trades to catch up on (at least nothing like that for the moment) so recent stuff would be better.
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Jul 22, 2019 05:11
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Madkal posted:This has probably been answered a hundred times but.... I asked something similar recently and was recommended Die by Kieron Gillan, only 6 issues out so far.
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Jul 22, 2019 05:19
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Good, recent, non-big-two runs? Titles and # of volumes out for each... Bitter Root 1 so far Invisible Kingdom nearing 1 Little Bird 1 and done Lady Killer 2 and maybe done? Henchgirl 1 and done Middlewest 1 so far Kaijumax 3 so far Flavor 1 so far The Fix 3 and maybe done? Kill Or Be Killed 4 and done Ice Cream Man 1 so far Monstress nearing 4 so far God Country 1 and done Mech Cadet Yu 3 and done
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Jul 22, 2019 05:58
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Karenina posted:I just finished Berlin by Jason Lutes, loved it, and want to read more like it. What are some similar comics? I tend not to read comics outside a handful of webcomics, but some works I've liked are The Wire, Kill Six Billion Demons, and (not finished yet) the Legend of Galactic Heroes.
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In the shipping thread posts, with cover images I always try to give a little hype to the new comics that are starting that week. 3 out of the 5 slots'll usually be for indies. Hopefully that helps people looking for new things to get in on the ground floor of. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 06:37 on Jul 22, 2019 |
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Jul 22, 2019 06:33
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Indies I’m pulling that are fairly near the start of the run: Gogor All Time Comics (just started volume 2) Berserker Unbound Sea of Stars Die Once and Future Reaver The white trees (this is just a two issue mini, by Chip Zdarsky and Kris Anka) Planet Caravan
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Jul 22, 2019 13:00
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Indie stuff that's newish I'm reading/have read and hasn't been mentioned: Outpost Zero Assassin Nation (this is done) Pearl (published by DC, but I believe it's independently-owned) Cover (see Pearl, but it's done) Sonata Coda (done) Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt (done)
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Jul 22, 2019 13:20
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Jordan7hm posted:
Is it? I was gonna get it digitally like most of my Image comics, but I may just get the floppies if it's two issues.
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Jul 22, 2019 13:29
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Incidentally, Outpost Zero might qualify for "revolving around a city" if a space outpost on an ice planet in the future counts as a city.
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So I have a free month of Marvel Unlimited, and it's overwhelming. I'm going to try to read as much pre-'80s Miller and post-Born Again/pre-Guardian Devil Daredevil as I can, and all those McFarlane Amazing Spider-Man issues I couldn't afford as a teenager, but what else do I absolutely have to binge-read?
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Jul 26, 2019 18:45
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My read with a free month was Simonson's Thor. I'd say Hickman's Avengers. It's long, but a little samey. It was enjoyable, but I regret buying the individual issues. It's perfect for binging on an all you can eat platform.
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:So I have a free month of Marvel Unlimited, and it's overwhelming. I'm going to try to read as much pre-'80s Miller and post-Born Again/pre-Guardian Devil Daredevil as I can, and all those McFarlane Amazing Spider-Man issues I couldn't afford as a teenager, but what else do I absolutely have to binge-read? Claremont's Uncanny X-Men and the orginal Lee/Kirby Fantastic Four are probably the two best/most important long runs Marvel ever published. I think I like Bendis' Daredevil better than Miller's. Ultimate Spider-Man is probably the only Ultimate series that has more good comics than bad, and even beyond that it's like 90% good comics. Annihilation and then all the Abnett/Lanning cosmic stuff after (you'll probably need a reading list for that). What other heroes do you like? We can probably point you to good runs for them, or other, similar stuff.
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:So I have a free month of Marvel Unlimited, and it's overwhelming. I'm going to try to read as much pre-'80s Miller and post-Born Again/pre-Guardian Devil Daredevil as I can, and all those McFarlane Amazing Spider-Man issues I couldn't afford as a teenager, but what else do I absolutely have to binge-read? They just added the last missing issues for the Clone Saga!  One thing about Marvel Unlimited is that effectively all of the significant runs are up there in their entirety. So the best thing to do with a free month is just go, "Oh, I've been meaning to read that," and go to town. But to mention a few less commonly talked about runs, Priest's Black Panther, all of the Damage Control books, and the Wolfman/Colan Tomb of Dracula are some interesting things.
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Thanks to the Batman Miniature game, me and my mate have been introduced to the wonderful snake people of Kobra. Do they have any particularly notable storylines?
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Cassa posted:Thanks to the Batman Miniature game, me and my mate have been introduced to the wonderful snake people of Kobra. Not what you're asking for, but they showed up a few times in the Batman Beyond cartoon, which is the only place I've seen them.
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Cassa posted:Thanks to the Batman Miniature game, me and my mate have been introduced to the wonderful snake people of Kobra. He had his own series in the 1970's! Do not read the 1970's series.
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Jul 27, 2019 03:40
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Kobra is an even more blatant Hydra ripoff than Cobra.
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Jul 27, 2019 04:49
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Cassa posted:Thanks to the Batman Miniature game, me and my mate have been introduced to the wonderful snake people of Kobra. The original Ostrander Suicide Squad had a pretty good Kobra story arc -- looking it up, it was issues #45-47.
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Jul 27, 2019 23:40
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Thanks y'all. Dunno why I thought there'd be more stuff about them...
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Cassa posted:Thanks y'all. Dunno why I thought there'd be more stuff about them... Kobra's been around a while so there's plenty of stories where they're the generic faceless thugs that get beat up. They're just not very interesting as villains.
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Jul 28, 2019 15:54
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Bendis just used them in Action Comics. Jimmy thinks his new girlfriend is taking him to a hot new underground club and ends up at a Kobra rally.   Then they all get vaporized
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anywhere i should start if i wanted to get into valiant? any "must-read" series, new or old?
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Parallax posted:anywhere i should start if i wanted to get into valiant? any "must-read" series, new or old? I admit that most of Valiant has left me cold, but I mostly enjoyed the recent (from within the last few years) Quantum and Woody and Archer and Armstrong titles. Those are both lighter "buddy comedy" action-adventure series. I never liked any of Valiant's '90s stuff.
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I started with Jeff Lemire's 'The Valient' mini which led into his Bloodshot stuff. I can recommend that route.
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If you want to get a feel for the characters I think that starting Harbinger, X-O Manowar, or Bloodshot from the beginning (in 2012) is a pretty good idea, at least for a trade or two. Those cover the range of dramatic tones in Valiant pretty well and I would check out the titles Lou mentioned if you want some lighter fun. The origin stories covered in Harbinger and X-O have a lot of fundamental info about the world that the future comics build on. The Valiant universe is pretty good about being really intertwined but not necessarily requiring you to read other titles to know what's going on, apart from a few event crossovers. It's more about understanding the shared worldbuilding than knowing what other characters are doing at the same time. To that end, some of my favorite later titles like Wrath of the Eternal Warrior or Imperium do benefit from having already lived in the universe for a bit. I wouldn't feel bad about jumping around or skipping stuff once you knows what interests you, but it's helpful to see the starting points of various storylines.
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Selachian posted:The original Ostrander Suicide Squad had a pretty good Kobra story arc -- looking it up, it was issues #45-47. Ostrander's Suicide Squad had a few arcs revolving around Kobra, even early on. They pop up every now and again, including a recent-ish arc of the more recent Suicide Squad where they kidnapped Deadshot's daughter. I think they appeared in Checkmate as well.
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So I'm considering grabbing an Archie Unlimited account, what do people recommend outside of the Waid run and Afterlife with Archie?
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Archie vs Predator Archie - The Married Life Criminal - Last of the Innocent (but that's Image)
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Yvonmukluk posted:So I'm considering grabbing an Archie Unlimited account, what do people recommend outside of the Waid run and Afterlife with Archie? Not sure how much that costs, but if your public library offers Hoopla, check that service out first. They have a ton of Archie comics available, both modern and going all the way back to the '40s. Every library system offers a different amount of Hoopla checkouts per month, though. (Mine only allows four.)
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