Do you read comic books?

[DeimosMasque]

This one is less easy to put down on paper. Although yes, there are things suitable for solving ourselves, I'm not sure uranium is one of them. But then, as you said, Superman could solve practically every problem ever if he wanted to, he just doesn't.

Example: Lelouch vi Britannia. Now, Lelouch is a character in an Anime called Code Geass. His superpower, as it is, is a kind of mind-control, with limitations. Now, I'm not going into his specific drives and such, since it gets too complicated than I can bother to write. But, suffice to say, by the end he literally rules the world, after having killed the previous ruler and now controls the only equivalent to nukes in the setting. A month after this happens, he gets killed.
Afterwards, the whole series, him setting up the not-Rebel-Alliance, all his plans and motivations, get revealed to have been an intricate plan to get the entire world to hate him more than anyone else. Then, once he gets killed, the entire world is united due to their hatred for him. At the cost of his life, he united the planet.

That's a superhero worth reading about.

However, I know that there are possibly more comics than ears currently in existence, so if you know a series that is more suited to the darker, antihero-type character that can and will get people close to him to die, and quite possibly themselves, please mention it.

And I forgot to mention that I'm also reading V for Vendetta.

Lelouch united the planet, for all of ten seconds. Even if Suzaku carries on the Batman like legacy of striking terror into people and being on the run for the rest of his life with his (under a well worded Geass) manservant that's still just until HE dies and then... war again. Because I'm just a little TOO jaded to believe the world leaders all followed Nunnally loyally.

Though the series you're asking for is Hellblazer, one of the only comic books where the protagonist ages in real time and once got asked if a recently killed bystander was a friend of his and replied "Must have been, he's dead". It also makes no bones about the fact Constantine is never going to 'win', because it's a serial and he's fighting demons and devils and angels THEY can't be killed or 'lose' permanantly, he just gets a stay of execution each time.

Though the Batman/Joker thing is really a problem with the legal system more than a problem with Batman, he's handing a guy over to the cops to go to trial but they can't convict him? REALLY? Insane Asylum he breaks out of every week over execution?

This was more or less what I was going to say and also add that Lelouch was also a story of dualities and moral qualms.

But to add to it, honestly why didn't Lelouch just blow up the school the day all the Knights were attending, killing them all when they were out of their mechs. He would have saved millions of lives at the cost of maybe a thousand?

There is also the fact that Lelouch is fighting in a rebellion war, not a lone vigilante fighting crime.

 

[The Last Nomad]

I love comics but they are too expensive for a bum like me. I sometimes buy collections of comics that contain a while story arc, but I hardly ever buy weekly comics, and when I do, its only for a single story or as far as my wallet allows.

EDIT: forgot to add what it is a actually read.

I've bought:
(Of the big super heroes
Iron Man
Spider Man
Batman
X-men

and I read the occassional manga online (they are a lot easier to find than Marvel/DC comics)

And when the PSN had the comic feature for PSP, I used to get a lot of them. Mostly the free first issue and if I liked it, I'd buy more. But they stopped that service I think so I havn't read any from there in a while, I can't even remember the names of the good ones.

 

[Mana Fiend]

Only got into them recently, as I was finishing university. At the moment, I read:

Animal Man (DC).
Batgirl (DC).
Batman (DC).
Deadpool (Marvel).
Superman (DC).
Winter Soldier (Marvel).
Wonder Woman (DC).

I always get laughed at for the last one... Don't know why, it's awesome. Damn ignorant non-comic readers. I want to get into Captain America, but as I'm unemplyed that comes to just over £15. When I get a job, I'll start reading up on Steve Rogers, but until then I'll hold off. Very content with my current reading.

 

[deidara]

Never read any comics before. Strangely enough though Comic Jumper is one of if not my favorite XBLA game. I also enjoy the movies.

 

[4173]

ATM just Batman Inc.

 

[FantomOmega]

When comics stop being sold in my country years ago I stopped taking interest in reading them, I only read web comics and Japanese magna now, some of the more serious works surpass most comics predictable storyline if you look beyond the countless Ecchi and Harem crap published

 

[Jetsetneo]

Pretty much read marvel (AvX is trash, but theres a lot of 'real' good stuff in other comics) and DC (probably more now with the new 52, but I've noticed my pull-list has been shrinking with each completed arc, and mostly because I'm trying to save some cash)
with a dose of Image (horray Walking Dead) and a few other titles (like Irredeemable which has now sadly ended).
I also read a few manga, mostly the popular shonen jump stuff.

 

[Agent_Dark]

Only got into them recently, as I was finishing university. At the moment, I read:

Animal Man (DC).
Batgirl (DC).
Batman (DC).
Deadpool (Marvel).
Superman (DC).
Winter Soldier (Marvel).
Wonder Woman (DC).

I always get laughed at for the last one... Don't know why, it's awesome. Damn ignorant non-comic readers.

Wonder Woman is kicking all kinds of arse atm. Cliff Chiang is an awesome artist, and the writing is the best it's been since Greg Rucka's run back before Infinite Crisis (didn't really think Simone's run was that great. Except for the part where Wonder Woman teamed up with intelligent giant apes and fought Nazi's on Paradise Island. That was awesome).

 

[Nadia Castle]

I do but only the collected editions or digital ones through the no longer updated PSP store. I'm nowhere near a decent comic shop so its just easier. Currently reading back issues of Alan Moores Supreme after hearing good things about it and its superb so far. Slowly going back over to the Ultimate Marvel books that I once followed religiously before they got completely ruined. Luckily they seem to be improving again.

Also my local library seems to have gone insane for Batman paperbacks lately so read through 'Wargames', 'No mans Land', 'Flashpoint' and 'False Faces'. Never been much of a DC person but adored them all. Oh and Superman Black Rings where its all written from Lex Luthors point of view surprised me too.

 

[Nerexor]

I read a bunch of webcomics, but the ones I seriously care about are Girl Genius, Order of the Stick, and Gunnerkrigg Court.

As for print comics:
Amazing Spider-Man
Ultimate Spider-Man[footnote]I wasn't a fan of what they did to Peter Parker, but I admit the new guy is growing on me as a character[/footnote]

The DC comics I read are all in the new 52 continuity
Teen Titans
Superboy (given how closely it's tied to Teen Titans, you kind of have to do both)
Supergirl
Detective Comics
Justice League

Manga:
One Piece
Black Lagoon - which is finally coming off of hiatus after two years!
Rurouni kenshin - I tend to reread this once a year, due to awesomeness.

 

[Richfeet]

I read mostly Jughead comics. He has a lot of layers.

 

[blackdwarf]

i did buy some books lately (multiple issues). but i didn't really get how that system work so i had a book that took place in the middle of the secret invasion series. and i got luckily the first book of the recent deadpool version, which also happens to start with the secret invasion plot line. i do have the complete series of Taskmaster, but that is only one book do love me some tasky.