Can we start a /co/ essential reading thread? If someone has those graphics of different books to read that would be very helpful, but what are your personal must-read stories /co/mrades? The ones that you feel everyone should have a crack at for the sake of story or art appreciation. I'll open with one of my favorite runs, Moon Knight by Ellis.
I'd say Sandman would be a nice essential, as would be Will Eisner's work on the Spirit. High Society by Dave Sim would be a nice edition to any library, as would Preacher. And anything on this list, really.
I personally will always recommend Superman/Shazam: First Thunder to anyone who wants to get into Captain Marvel.
Can we ask for some recs in this thread too? I feel like I never really "got" Batman and I'm always surprised by how popular he is.
I read Year One, TDKR and some of Snyder's run, but I couldn't really get into them. Is there some other run or story I should try? Or should I just not bother if I didn't enjoy those?
>>83071537
Try out The Long Halloween and Dark Victory. I've also heard that Morrison's Batman is bretty gud.
>>83071589
Is the long Halloween really that good? I've been meaning to read it for some time now but my go-to comics guy told me it's overrated. I'm a firm proponent of making up my own damn mind about the quality of stories, but this guy is usually pretty spot on wit recommendations.
>>83071537
Try Arkham Asylum by Grant Morrison and Dave Mckean and The Killing Joke by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland. I normally don't recommend TKJ but it's a perfect pleb bait comic. What I would normally recommend which is Dennis O'Neil, Grant Morrison and Steve Engleheart Batman would probably turn you off the character completely.
>>83071667
O'Neil turning anyone off the character means that person has 0/10 taste.
GOAT batwriter
>>83071652
I enjoyed it quite a bit. Granted, I've always like a more noir-ish Batman, so maybe that's influenced me far too much, but whatever.
>>83071704
If someone doesn't have appreciation for art and writing style pre Miller, they can't appreciate it.
Can anyone recommend any good Dr. Strange stories? I recently finished The Oath and that it was pretty great.
>>83071781
Steve Ditko stuff, always start at the beginning.
>>83071652
Long Halloween is a great detective story, and it looks like you have only read action Batman. Wouldn't recommendo Morrison's run unless you're already a fan of Batman or Morrison.
>>83071781
don't pay the ferryman and the one with dr doom, I heard year one is pretty decent and I like him in Hickman's run of the new avengers
>>83071219
I really feel like thetumblrrecommendation page needs to be updated, half of the links don't even work
Anything of this list
>>83071419
>preacher
No
>>83071219
So in other words, we list our current reads and others can rate, recommend amd discuss?
Anyway, here's mine:
>All-new, all-different Avengers
>All-new X-men
>Astonishing Antman
>Captain America Sam Wilson
>Darth Vader
>Extraordinary X-men
> Scarlet Witch
> Swampthing
>Uncanny Avengers
>Uncanny X-men
Also American Alien and Martian Manhunter but they both ended this week
I'll post what i have
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>>83072455
And that's it
>>83071781
Ditko's run and Englehart's run
>>83072287
>All-new, all-different Avengers
Waste of Kubert and Asrar
>All-new X-men
Literally hopeless
>Astonishing Antman
Good
>Captain America Sam Wilson
Spencer thinking he's smart but book is literally cringeworthy
>Darth Vader
Haven't read it
>Extraordinary X-men
Fuck Lemire for doing this. He's a literal cuck.
> Scarlet Witch
Waste of good art
> Swampthing
Bretty good
>Uncanny Avengers
Mrh
>Uncanny X-men
Shit. Xfags should kill themselves if they can actually enjoy any of the main X-Men titles.
I'd put Jeff Smith's "Bone" series on the list.
>>83072529
I just read all the X-men titles bevause Im a NEET with nothing else to do and I hold onto the dream that X-men may become great again.
Also what is mrh?
If we are doing current ongoings then Vision is an absolute must read. The new moon knight is promising as well. Mocking bird has been fun through the first two issues. The new doctor strange run started very strong, got a little dull in the middle, but is picking back up again. All new avengers is ok but still worth a read if you like team books.
>>83072352
Outdated
>>83072529
>Waste of good art
Keep in mind that every issues has its own artist.
>Xfags should kill themselves if they can actually enjoy any of the main X-Men titles.
Blame Ike and the other higher-ups for this.
>>83072616
Meh*
And X-Men will never be good again just like Superman will never be good again. These IPS literally make Marvel and DC money without actually putting in the effort.
>>83071219
That's barely "a run". It's the textbook example of work for hire. The writer has no goal when starting it and puts no heart in the project, his only interest when " writing" this are to make it look cool. I say "write" because the scripts he sent to the artist must've read "and now give me a cool action sequence for pages 9 through 15".
>>83072695
Most of them are outdated, but they're pretty good starting points
>>83072734
I'm particularly pointing to that Captain America one, which needs a major update.
>>83072701
Good thing Not everybody pays for shitty comics then. And as for modern Superman, it was MoS that ruined him
>>83072712
It's an anthology, moron. Of course it has no goal. The point of the Marvel NOW "reboot" was to boil the character down to his basic elements, which it does well.
also:
>MUH STORY
>MUH DIALOGUE
You don't seriously read comics for the plot, right?
>>83072815
It's not an anthology you literal retard. Do you even know what an anthology is?
But thanks for confirming the fact that you're a total plebeian.
Been looking for a good Hourman rec since that last Legends
>>83072799
Nope he was ruined way before the reboot. Johns was making something special, was taken off. Busiek at least telling consistent stories, got taken off. Then it was shit show from there on. Morrison tried to save Superman but dumbfucks running Superman office just didn't understand. Best stories the character has to offer have already been written. Unless someday Johns, Waid and Morrison decide to save Superman or current higher ups are kicked off and reign of Superman is handed over to new editors and fresh talent, there's no reason one should expect good Superman.
>>83072815
I agree, and when I posted that as the OP, I assumed that you could also throw in the issues that came along after it when Ellis left. I thought they were all at least worth reading. Really good depiction of an insane mark specter battling to protect travelers of the knight while occasionally questioning the motives of Khonshu. Bretty gud.
Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud is an amazing comics that explores what makes comics tick.
>>83073034
If you want to have an actual conversation about comics and not just talk down to people saying their opinions are shit, or get talked down to hearing your opinions are shit, you should read this so you can better verbalize your thoughts.
>>83072910
Have you actually read Ellis's run you thick skulled cunt? It's a series of unrelated one shots with the only connecting factor being Moon Knight and Khonshu. That's about as close as you're going to get to an anthology in cape shit.
Do I need to write this in crayons for you to understanding you dumb fuck?
The run where moon knight imagines shit like spidey and wolverine and cap and stuff, that's secret avengers, right?
>>83073154
>That's about as close as you're going to get to an anthology in cape shit.
Further proof that you are a literal retard. How the fuck can you say such garbage when shit like Batman Black & White exists? But even if you were right then you'd reinforce my statement that it's not a run. It's just 6 one shots with lots of cool action, not a crime against humanity, but something so soulless could never be regarded as great. As I said, it's the textbook example of work for hire.
>>83073225
That's Bendis' 2010 run, although he was in the Secret Avengers at the time.
>>83073225
No, that's the worst run in the character's history.
>>83073412
>It's just 6 one shots with lots of cool action
Have you considered that's why everyone really likes it? It's a simple, self-contained and very well executed set of comics with a unique touch from Moon Knight.
>>83073294
>H'el on Earth
No thank you
Any Avengers charts? Maybe something describing the different line-ups and which were most important in their history?
Does anyone have an Avengers or Marvel teams list? I have heard a certain run on Secret Avengers or something like that is good but I can't for the life of me remember it.
>>83072287
why aren't you reading Vision?
>>83071219
>mfw /co jizz all over this "moon knight"
>i started reading the origin and some of the 80's comics
>going right now tru the 2006 run
>it's fucking amazing
thanks /co, you are spergs but you know your shit
>>83073660
What's so bad about it? Was the secret avengers run good at least?
>>83071419
I tried Preacher but disliked it so far.
I think Lucifer is a good choice after Sandman.
>No Superior Foes of Spider-man yet
For shame /co/. For shaaaame.
>>83072352
Why not Waid's run?
>>83072762
A few years ago some guys made an update of that list. I still think it lacked recommending Roger Stern/John Byrne's run, though.
>>83071219
Because /co has shit tastes. Better also to separate by genre because vertigofags will refuse to give cape shit its due.
>>83071419
Sandman is probably the third or fourth serial in comic book history. It goes right behind Miller's first run as writer/artist on DD and Moore's Swamp Thing.
>>83071419
Preacher isn't even the greatest Western comic.
>>83071537
If you've read Year One, TKJ, TDKR, and still don't like the Dark Knight you have shit taste. Even if you don't like TDKR and Year One for there storytelling I can't help you.
>>83071589
Morrison's Batman is fresh garbage, poorly recycled from the era that nearly finished him off. Long Halloween is great. So too is Batman Adventures.
>>83072329
Flash is interesting because Wally had three future Eisner writers consecutively write him for over a hundred issues. Flash is one of those books most unwashed masses haven't read.
>>83072442
Thor's greatest run was by JMS and like everything the man has ever written it is unfinished and ruined.
>>83072529
>Waste of Kubert
You say that as if Kubert hasn't been 100% phoning in every comic he's done for the past few years. If anything, Kubert drags the book down, not the other way around.
>>83072280
That's actually a pretty good list. I don't love all of it but I understand why everything that's there is there.
>>83071537
Sounds like you hate the Bat-stuff that the Batman fans go crazy for. I'll recommend some lesser known stuff that I love because it goes against what has become the standard Batman tone:
>Brave and the Bold Team up stories by Bob Haney & Jim Aparo
>Eye of the Beholder by Helfer & Sprouse
>Batman Adventures Holiday Special
>>83072352
Best Cap stuff is the batshit insane Mark Gruenwald stuff where Cap accidentally gets addicted to crack or becomes a werewolf or dresses in drag or just plain quits. They're like silver age Superman stories but with long term consequences. If you don't like them you take yourself too seriously.
>>83072389
I did a massive X-Men reread recently. I was surprised at how little I like the John Byrne stuff but I fucking loved what came after. I'm talking about Cockrum's return, Paul Smith, JRJR, and even Silvestri. The John Buscema Wolverine comics are pretty awesome as well.
>>83072471
>missing For The Man Who Has Everything...>>83081248
FuryMax is the best Ennis comic
>>83072287
If it were not for Vader, id say its a bait
>>83071219
Fables
