I'm already into Deadpool, Doctor Strange, and Spider-Man, but I need some suggestions. Can you people help me out here?
Recommend me a comic book series.
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Hellblazer. It is about John Constantine just being awesome. Outsmarting demons, screwing up a rituals that would doom the world, the usual.
While I haven't read all of them, the series 'The Boys' by Garth Enis done through Dynamite is definitely worth a look. Be warned though, it is a Mature comic book with lots of blood, violence, foul language and mentions of perversion, and a bit of nudity and (non explicit) sex.
Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, really anything by Johnen Vasquez, is really funny, if a bit fucked up and weird.
Finally, I couldn't live with myself if I didn't suggest The Punisher MAX series.
Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, really anything by Johnen Vasquez, is really funny, if a bit fucked up and weird.
Finally, I couldn't live with myself if I didn't suggest The Punisher MAX series.
The new Green Lantern series (post Parallax) is pretty good. It brings Hal back in a fairly believable way and Geoff Johns is a decent writer. The artwork can vary pretty well but most of it is good. There are two branches but they tie together quite well (Green Lantern Corps and Green Lantern). It starts with Rebirth, theres a few reading order lists on Amazon.
I see that you are currently reading Marvel comics. Is this a preference or is anything allowed?
Anyway, I would recommend DC's 'Titans' staring Deathstroke (Dc's version of Deadpool, though he isn't funny, they are just very similar in other ways such as their costume being similar, their whole schtick with guns and swords) and a mercinary group that he has thrown together. I've recently gotten into it, and it has been very interesting and enjoyable. Granted, I loved the character beforehand, so maybe it is part of my bias. Anyway, it starts off with Deathstroke and his group killing a hero, and it was a little offsetting with me, but I'm sticking with it and the character overall is interesting. Granted, he is essentially described as being the world's best mercenary, so it isn't like spiderman with the whole personal life going on, though I suppose Dr. Strange has that same kind of amazing power that you can awe at him a bit without feeling that they are simply 'trying to hard' to make him cool.
Anyway, if you are interested, I have no problem talking more about it, though I have a warning. 'Titans' is also the same name of a group of superheros Deathstroke used to fight, and I think that there is a certain number in the series that is the transition from the heroes to the villains. The heroes, while I liked them from the tv show 'teen titans' a few years back, don't work for me in the comic books. Anyway,'Titans Villains for Hire' is the title of the first paperback, and introduces the group.
(On a side note, from my personal small collection, Titans 17 is the one with the heroes, and 28 is the first one I own with the villains, so the transition should be between there.) Anyway, Titans is still running, and I'm picking it up once a month as well as grabbed a couple of older issues and the paperback to bring me up to speed.
I can go into a lot more detail if any of this seemed interesting. Sorry for it being a bit of a rant. I won't say it is perfect, but I find it to be pretty good. And it taught me that Bruce Wayne Batman is dead in the current storyline. (Though multiple advertisements in the comic show that he is definatly going to be brought back.)
Anyway, I would recommend DC's 'Titans' staring Deathstroke (Dc's version of Deadpool, though he isn't funny, they are just very similar in other ways such as their costume being similar, their whole schtick with guns and swords) and a mercinary group that he has thrown together. I've recently gotten into it, and it has been very interesting and enjoyable. Granted, I loved the character beforehand, so maybe it is part of my bias. Anyway, it starts off with Deathstroke and his group killing a hero, and it was a little offsetting with me, but I'm sticking with it and the character overall is interesting. Granted, he is essentially described as being the world's best mercenary, so it isn't like spiderman with the whole personal life going on, though I suppose Dr. Strange has that same kind of amazing power that you can awe at him a bit without feeling that they are simply 'trying to hard' to make him cool.
Anyway, if you are interested, I have no problem talking more about it, though I have a warning. 'Titans' is also the same name of a group of superheros Deathstroke used to fight, and I think that there is a certain number in the series that is the transition from the heroes to the villains. The heroes, while I liked them from the tv show 'teen titans' a few years back, don't work for me in the comic books. Anyway,'Titans Villains for Hire' is the title of the first paperback, and introduces the group.
(On a side note, from my personal small collection, Titans 17 is the one with the heroes, and 28 is the first one I own with the villains, so the transition should be between there.) Anyway, Titans is still running, and I'm picking it up once a month as well as grabbed a couple of older issues and the paperback to bring me up to speed.
I can go into a lot more detail if any of this seemed interesting. Sorry for it being a bit of a rant. I won't say it is perfect, but I find it to be pretty good. And it taught me that Bruce Wayne Batman is dead in the current storyline. (Though multiple advertisements in the comic show that he is definatly going to be brought back.)
I'm quite Partial to Both BPRD and also The Bag Online Adventures: The Keywork Saga.FirstToStrike said:
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P.S Also, Ghost rider, the Daniel Ketch era is awesome.
If you're in the market for stuff that's already wrapped I'd suggest the Incredible Hercules and Age of the Sentry.
more win in one comic dose not exist
::EDIT:: it is EXTREMELY continuity heavy, jumping right in will get you lost >.> so you kinda have to start ALL the way back at the beginning, and get a few extra issues on the side here an there to get it all
You might wanna try out The Exterminators by Simon Oliver. It's a really interesting story about... exterminators. It's funny and really suprisingly dramatic, pretty cheap for the trades at most stores too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exterminators_(comics) since its wikipedia there are spoilers in the story section though.
I can and probably will suggest a vast array of comics, but really there's only one series I feel you have to read.
That is Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E.
It's an absolute distillation of the superhero genre. No plot lines, characters, emotions, nothing whatsoever. It's people posing in the street for no good reason. It is people getting kicked, and then exploding. It is a pure comic book, and I will fight anyone who says otherwise. And afterwards, they will explode. -Warren Ellis (Writer)
That is Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E.
It's an absolute distillation of the superhero genre. No plot lines, characters, emotions, nothing whatsoever. It's people posing in the street for no good reason. It is people getting kicked, and then exploding. It is a pure comic book, and I will fight anyone who says otherwise. And afterwards, they will explode. -Warren Ellis (Writer)