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  • TPF Alexis
    TPF Alexis Posts: 3,826 Chairperson of the Boards
    aesthetocyst said:

    Interesting to see all the recommendations for newer (read: less than 25 years old) comics. I'm always reader older and older stuff :dizzy:
    I was just thinking about this a little earlier. I know that, for myself, during the 80s and most of the 90s, I didn't have access to a comic shop, and picking them up from the grocery/drug store wasn't reliable enough to keep up with the ongoing arcs, and especially the crossovers. Then, by the time I did, I was really into Magic/40K, and didn't have the disposable income for comics on top of that.

    I did get to go back and check out a bunch of the really early stuff when my library had a number of the Essential Marvel compilations, but they stopped getting those before they got to most of the really classic story lines.
  • Straycat
    Straycat Posts: 963 Critical Contributor
    clay_peterson said:
    Good thread.  I’d like to add that, for anyone interested in checking these stories out, you can read everything listed here by subscribing to Marvel Unlimited.  It’s a streaming service that grants access to almost everything Marvel has ever published for a surprisingly reasonable amount of money.

    The MU app itself is only so-so, but the content found on the app is phenomenal.
    I agree, theres so much to read on there. Also worth mentioning that Amazon has some comics free with Prime. You "borrow" them, so you can only download 10 at a time I think.
    The problem I have with comics in general is that there is so much history for some characters, and it impossible to read all of it.  Thats why I really enjoyed the all new Ms Marvel, Nova, and Thor. I got to know a character basically from their first appearances. I also have trouble with the old art style, newer comics seem to be drawn with the idea that they might be read on a phone.
    In general I read what my podcasts recommend, or what my favorite podcasters write. Read a bunch of Deadpool because Gerry Duggan or Brian Posehn wrote it, and I loved the first year or so of Nerd Poker.
  • Ragnoluce
    Ragnoluce Posts: 50 Match Maker
    edited March 2018
    Two series I love that haven't been mentioned yet:

    Grant Morrison's New X-Men
    • Origin of the Black Leather Costumes used in the original movies.
    • Origin of 'Magneto was Right' T-Shirt
    • Origin of Fantomex (We'll have a Fantomex in MPQ one day, right??)
    • Oodles of classic Grant Morrison weirdness.
    Christopher Priest's Black Panther Run on Marvel Knights
    • Origin of Everett Ross (Though he's a little different than he was in the movie).
    • T'Challa as a more emotionally stable Batman who clowns the rest of the Avengers and also outsmarts the Devil.
    • Flashback framing narratives that start off infuriating and become amazing by the end of the run.
    ....hmmm now I'm texting my buddy to brainstorm potential powers for a 4* Fantomex :smile:
  • bigsmooth
    bigsmooth Posts: 375 Mover and Shaker
    New X-Men has a lot of Emma Frost in it too, but I'm not sure if her costume is family friendly enough for MPQ...  :*<3
  • jackstar0
    jackstar0 Posts: 1,280 Chairperson of the Boards
    Just popping into the thread to say that I will be getting back into comics to read Slott writing Fantastic Four.

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