Bucht said:
Aurgelmir said:
I read a lot of Marvel and I tend to read them based on event. You read Civil war, did you read all the tie ins?
Civil war + tie ins is what really got me into Marvel in the first place, and it is a good way of getting introduced to a large gallery of characters.
I've read most of the Tie-ins that were released in TPB form (Still need Black Panther, Wolverine and War Crimes)
Are the ones not released as a TPB worth buying (like She-Hulk, Ghost Rider, X-Factor, Cable & Deadpool,... )
Aurgelmir said:
Other good events are House of M, and all the Cosmic Marvel stuff (Annihilation, Annihilation Conquest, War of Kings, Realm of Kings and the Thanos Imperative)
The cool thing about Cosmic marvel is that it is a smaller set of comics, and both Annihilation stories are collected into one set of books, so you dont have to go outr and find everything that ties in to it.
Cosmic Marve = Marvel in space, with all their cosmic heroes.
Are the Cosmic Marvel stories connected (like the Dark Reign event following the Secret Invasion) or are they unrelated to each other.
I'll add them to my wantlist anyway.[/quote]
Cosmic Marvel is written more or less by just two guys, so their continuity between events is even better than the earth stuff. You'll be rather confused if you don't start with Annihilation to be honest
Dark Reign was a rather loose Event, with more of a mood and feeling than a continuous plot like Civil War and Secret Invasion did. I'ts well worth reading some of it, and you HAVE to read Siege.
I can also recommend getting a subscription to the Marvel digital comics thing at marvel.com, their reader sort of suck, but their library is HUGE and a very good place to read all those single issue tie ins and stuff.
Bucht said:
Nautical Honors Society said:
Not to piggy back off this thread, but I'd like to get into some more comics (especially Marvel) and I was wondering what the easiest way to do that is? Concerning the years of continuity i mean...
OT: I recommed graphic novels sorry not exactly helpful, but as you can see I need help here too haha.
It's not too bad if you jump in at Avengers Disassembled and focus on the crossovers that link together (House of M, Civil War, World War Hulk, Secret Invasion, Dark Regin and Siege). Just focus on the main crossover books and \things like New/Mighty/Dark Avengers. If you find any characters you enjoy follow up there series if you can.
this is my recommendation as well. Either that or start with Heroic Age.
Disassembled was sort of the first modern event that has been the basis of most of the plot up till Siege.
Heroic Age started last year and was said to be a "fresh start" to ease new readers into comics again.
What I have found is that wikipedia helps as you read. If you find something odd just wiki it, after a while you'll know quite a lot.
Comic Continuity isn't as scary as Movie Bob wants it to be, just pick an event and start there
