All-New Comic Recommendation/Reading List Thread

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Sistergodiva: Jan 3, 2006; I'm like you,
I have no shame.

So I just finished Batman - Hush and it was loving awesome. Also loved the long halloween. Is there anything else like this? I don't know a lot of the Batman badguys so Hush was awesome in that it gave backstory and stuff every time someone was introduced. Would be awesome with something that either has a lot of different bad guys or maybe go into more detail about some of them. I've only really read through Batman: Year one, The Dark Knight Returns, the long halloween and Hush, it's just so hard to choose between everything.

Would also be nice to read something that gave a bit of backstory on the different Robins and Batgirl and stuff, since I mix up those a lot, though I'm not really sure I would like something that is centered on one of them instead of Batman, but if there is anything I could give it a try.

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Sistergodiva: Jan 3, 2006; I'm like you,
I have no shame.

Teenage Fansub posted:

There's a digital sale on right now for Robin and Batgirl Year One miniseries. https://www.comixology.com/Secret-Origin-Sale/page/1613

There was another Hush storyline collected in 'Heart of Hush'.

The current awesome 'Zero Year' storyline in Batman has been a year long run involving The Riddler as Batman and Gotham's first major foe. That started in #21 and this will be it's first trade http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Vol-Zero-Year-Secret-City/dp/1401245080

There isn't a total focus on villains, but diving into Grant Morrison's years long run may give you the best lot of Batman stories you'll ever read. The trades start from 'Batman and Son'. Here's a reading list: http://www.amazon.com/Grant-Morrisons-Batman-Run/lm/R5KPZVDQOS8L1 (you can skip 1,2,4 and maybe 7)

Thanks! I've never really been into comics, so no idea how it works, but a trade is like a collection right? And there are several different versions of the comic running at one time? That list seems awesome, gonna see if amazon.com ships to Sweden, I know they don't ship videogames etc, but maybe comics are ok.

# ¿ Apr 24, 2014 01:20

Sistergodiva: Jan 3, 2006; I'm like you,
I have no shame.

Teenage Fansub posted:

There's gotta be a Swedish online book seller that will get you collections locally.
If all fails and you have a tablet, that stuff is all available digitally at https://www.comixology.com

Since 1940 there have always been more than one Batman book with different creative teams telling their different Bat stories at the same time, so while the main book has been set in the past for a year, a couple of other people are telling the current day stuff.
There's also a weekly series that just started. There might be too much Batman going on at the moment.

Mostly that your prices are so awesome, but I guess I would save on the shipping and maybe fees.

Going to check out Batman and Son and continue from there if I like it. So far I've never really read any Batman that I didn't like, of course I've been reading stuff from the recommendations so...

Is there any other superhero I should get into if I like Batman? I mean except his sidekicks and allies. I've never really liked any of the ones I know as much as Batman since I love the whole gritty feeling and the fact that he's just a "normal" human doing awesome poo poo with gadgets and training.

# ¿ Apr 24, 2014 01:48

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