Reddit reviews Captain America, Vol. 1: Winter Soldier Ultimate Collection
We found 27 Reddit comments about Captain America, Vol. 1: Winter Soldier Ultimate Collection. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
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We found 27 Reddit comments about Captain America, Vol. 1: Winter Soldier Ultimate Collection. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
Try this one. It's one of my favorite Cap comics and probably one of the best Captain America stories Marvel has ever done.
Forget about continuity, universes, timelines, etc; it's all very confusing, even to creators/fans. The best way to jump in is to just start reading.
How much time do you have for comics? The answer determines how expansive recommendations are. Regardless, don’t try to read everything. First appearances & early origins are not always good starting points—older comics can be an acquired taste for modern audiences. Remember, there are so many other great characters/stories/publishers to explore (and not all comics are about superheroes).
Think about your favorite stories from other media. What you might like to read in a comic? Are you more interested in good storytelling or becoming a Marvel knowledge nerd?
Creative teams change often and characters get re-worked e.g. I never cared for Hawkeye until Matt Fraction’s run. Focus on well-received and relatively self-contained stories. Pick an interesting character/team and seek their “greatest hits”. You may encounter the occasional unexplained reference/character/event—just ride along (Wiki if necessary).
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Modern Marvel characters/teams:
Title | Writer | Note
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Alias (Jessica Jones) | Bendis
Ultimates 1 & 2 (Avengers) | Mark Millar | Ultimate
Avengers / New Avengers | Jonathan Hickman | Hickman 2
Captain America | Ed Brubaker
Captain Marvel | Kelly Sue DeConnick
Daredevil (1979) | Frank Miller | Daredevil 1
Daredevil | Bendis | Daredevil 2
Doctor Strange: The Oath | Brian K. Vaughn
Fantastic Four / FF | Jonathan Hickman | Hickman 1
Hawkeye | Matt Fraction
Immortal Iron Fist | Brubaker & Fraction
Inhumans | Paul Jenkins
Iron Man: Extremis | Warren Ellis | Iron Man 1
Invincible Iron Man | Matt Fraction | Iron Man 2
Marvels (Marvel History) | Kurt Busiek
Moon Knight | Warren Ellis
Ms. Marvel | G. Willow Wilson
Planet Hulk | Greg Pack | Hulk 1
Punisher Max | Garth Ennis
Thor | Jason Aaron
Ultimate Spider-man | Bendis | Ultimate
Vision | Tom King
New X-Men | Grant Morrison | X-Men 1
Astonishing X-Men | Joss Whedon | X-Men 2
Uncanny X-Force | Rick Remender | X-Men 6
Events/crossovers can be fun and/or tedious. They are most appreciated by readers well-versed in relevant continuity. Generally, the best non-event comics integrate these seamlessly or avoid them entirely (notwithstanding editorial/executive mandates). Regardless, you may want to familiarize with major plot points.
Modern Marvel events/crossovers:
Title | Writer | Note
---|---|---
Avengers Disassembled | Bendis |
Secret War | Bendis |
House of M | Bendis | X-Men 2.5
Annihilation | Abnett, Lanning, Giffen | Cosmic
Civil War | Mark Millar |
World War Hulk | Greg Pak | Hulk 2
Annihilation: Conquest | Abnett, Lanning, Giffen | Cosmic
Messiah Complex | Brubaker, Kyle, Yost, et al. | X-Men 3
Secret Invasion | Bendis | Dark Reign
War of Kings | Abnett, Lanning, et al. | Cosmic
Messiah War | Kyle, Yost, Swierczynski | X-Men 4
Dark Avengers / Utopia | Bendis, Fraction, et al. | Dark Reign
Siege | Bendis | Dark Reign
Realm of Kings | Abnett, Lanning, Reed | Cosmic
Second Coming | Kyle, Yost, Fraction, et al. | X-Men 5
Fear Itself | Matt Fraction |
Schism | Jason Aaron, Kieron Gillen | X-Men 7
Avengers vs. X-Men | Bendis, Brubaker, et al. | X-Men 8
Infinity | Jonathan Hickman | Hickman 2.5
Secret Wars | Jonathan Hickman | Hickman 3
Discover your preferences and let them inform your next comic selection. Do you like older/newer comics? Weird concepts? Super-smart meta-analysis and social commentary? Family-friendly content? Hyper-violence? Male/female protagonists? Humor? Horror? Have you noticed that a specific artist, writer, and/or creative team consistently produces content you like? Follow these instincts.
Suggestions to improve the list are welcome.
Here's some good starting points:
Start with Winter Soldier by Ed Brubaker then continue through all of Captain America by Brubaker.
This is a solid starting ground. The whole run is solid.
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Consider your intent/commitment. Think about your favorite stories/characters from TV, movies, games, books, etc. Do you seek quality storytelling or encyclopedic Marvel knowledge? Plan to collect? What time/resources are available i.e. how many comics could/should be read before burning out?
Don’t try to read everything—there’s too much. Forget about “catching up”, continuity, universes, and timelines; it's all very confusing, even to creators/fans. Older comics can be an acquired taste for modern audiences, so first appearances/early origins may not be the best starting points. Creative teams change often, characters get re-worked, and origins are re-told (e.g. I never cared for Hawkeye until Matt Fractions’ run).
Pick an interesting character/team and seek their “greatest hits”. Don’t get stuck “preparing”, just start reading. Focus on well-received, relatively self-contained, and complete stories. You may encounter the occasional unexplained reference/character/event—just ride along (Wiki if necessary). Remember, there are so many other great characters and publishers to explore, and not all comics are about superheroes.
Where to buy (US):
Modern Marvel characters/teams:
/r/Marvel sidebar for more info.
Events/crossovers can be fun and/or tedious. They are most appreciated by readers well-versed in relevant continuity. Generally, the best non-event comics integrate these seamlessly or avoid them entirely (notwithstanding editorial/executive mandates). Regardless, you may want to familiarize with major plot points.
Modern Marvel events/crossovers:
Discover your preferences and let them guide you. Do you like: old/new comics? Specific genres? Literary/natural narratives? Cartoony/realistic art? Familiar/weird concepts? References/self-contained? Social/political commentary? Family-friendly/explicit content? Optimism/pessimism? Have you noticed that a specific artist/writer consistently makes comics you like? Follow these instincts.
Suggestions to improve this guide are welcome.
Ed Brubaker's run.
He starts at vol. 5 #1, which is collected here.
Brubaker's Captain America, which was a major inspiration for the films.
Amazing Spider-Man 2 remains to be seen. I know Rhino and Electro are involved, but neither really has a landmark story.
Are there particular big stories you'd like to read? Don't be afraid to just jump in and discover things as they unfold.
One good choice for Spider-Man and the Avengers that lead up to a big event is the years just before the Civil War event. Spider-Man had one of the most acclaimed runs ever leading up to that, written by J Michael Straczynski. It's collected in 5 "Ultimate Collection" trade paperbacks starting here.
Around the same time, Captain America was being written by Ed Brubaker and was having one of that characters most acclaimed runs as well. That run involved the Winter Soldier story-line, and it's a great read. That would eventually lead into Civil War as well. It's collected in an "Ultimate Collection" series as well, starting here.
So the years leading up to Civil War had some really great stuff, and come together in a big event, it might be just what you're looking for.
edit: another option is to look at the Recommended Reading sidebar over at /r/comicbooks and just browse what interest you
Captain America: The Winter Soldier is an awesome starting point. I would recommend Brubakers whole run.
Hope this helps!
For Avengers I'd recommend Avengers Disassembled and New Avengers and you can just keep going with New Avengers if you want.
For Black Panther - Christopher Priest's work.
For Captain America/Winter Soldier - Ed Brubaker's work.
For Daredevil I'd recommend starting with Bendis' work.
For the Hulk - Planet Hulk.
Jessica Jones - Alias
Thor - start here and read everything that comes out afterwards with the name Aaron on it
Coming from a Marvel Cinematic background, I would recommend:
In addition, since you've already read Whedon's Astonishing, I have to recommend Morrison's New X-Men, the storyline that Astonishing builds heavily from. Claremont's Dark Phoenix Saga is a great classic story, if you're unfamiliar.
As for Wolverine, a recent favorite of many is Old Man Logan. This is a self-contained 'future' story, so it's not canonical, but it's good. The Claremont/Miller Wolverine is always a classic, and heavily influenced The Wolverine.
Check out Geoff Johns' Green Lantern, pretty much everything that's come (GL wise) since then has built off the foundation he set. One of the best runs in comics of the last 2 decades imo.
As for Marvel, I highly recommend Ed Brubaker's Captain America run
Captain America
Captain America by Ed Brubaker is a great starting point, and a fantastic run (it also introduced the winter soldier). Here is the first volume of this iconic run.
Thor
Thor: God of Thunder by Jason Aaron is a currently running series at issue #24 I believe. I had never bothered to give Thor a chance because he seemed boring, but this run completely changed my opinion of him.
Guardians of the Galaxy
Guardians of the Galaxy by Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning is the obvious answer, however, I would recommend all of cosmic marvel as it tells the story of the formation of the Guardians. The individual members play major roles in the first 2 events, and the 2nd event is what leads to the formation of the guardians.
edit: Since you said you are open to reccomendations, let me pitch to you what I consider to be one of my all time favorite comic runs that someone new might not consider.
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman written by Brian Azzarello with art by Cliff Chiang. Never in my life would I have thought that Wonder Woman would be my favorite ongoing superhero comic, but this run has been phenomenal. It has a cast of likable characters, fantastic art, an interesting story involving plenty of Greek mythology, and, best of all, it DID NOT fall prey to cross-over events like every other DC title since the reboot. I can't even begin to tell you how annoying it is when a cross-over event forces a comic to stop telling it's story and tie into whatever thing is happening in something else (usually batman). This run is still ongoing, but Azzarello & Chiang's run is sadly ending soon.
Introduction to Comics
How to Get Into Comic Books (13:40) | Patrick Willems
Consider your intent/commitment. Think about your favorite shows, movies, books, etc. Reading primarily for enjoyment or encyclopedic knowledge? Collecting? Have the time/resources to read 50 or 500 comics per character?
Don’t try to read everything at once. There’s too much. Forget about catching up, continuity, universes, etc. for now. Older comics can be an acquired taste for modern audiences, so they aren’t necessarily ideal starting points. Writers change often, characters get re-worked, and origins are re-told. Remember, there are many great characters, creators, publishers, etc. to explore.
Pick an interesting character/team and seek their most popular/acclaimed stories. Focus on self-contained, complete stories in one corner of the universe. There will be unexplained references/characters, just persevere or Wiki. Don’t let the tangled web of shared-universe comics overwhelm you. Think of it like solving a jigsaw puzzle one small piece at a time until you finally see the big picture.
Discover your preferences and let them guide you. Don’t get stuck preparing/over-analyzing, just start reading. Do you like/dislike old/new comics? Specific writers/genres? Cartoony/realistic art? Familiar/weird concepts? References/self-contained? All-ages/mature content? Follow these instincts. Didn’t understand a reference? Maybe read that next.
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You can skip to the 2016 re-launch with DC Universe: Rebirth and then any Rebirth series #1.
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Thanks for the advice. Would this cover that?
Like everyone's said, pick up Brubaker's Captain America run that begins with The Winter Soldier.
For Spider-Man, there's plenty of good places to start. Ultimate Spider-Man is good, and you could always pick up the original Lee/Ditko/Romita run in the Epic Collections "Great Power," "Great Responsibility," and "Spider-Man No More." However, if you want a different recommendation, check out the new Spider-Man comic by Nick Spencer and Ryan Ottley. You can buy the issues digitally or pre-order the first volume collection here.
If you want to read Captain America Brubaker is definetly a great place to start, if you want the place to start with trade paperbacks it would be this book. Also I don't know if it's just me, but paying 7$ for a single issue seems pretty extreme to me.
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Used it totally fine
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www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0785143416/ref=pd_aw_sims_2?pi=SL500_SY115
Is this the one you mentioned?
Start Cap HERE If you like more, this run is deep enough to commit to. Also, it's the basis for the upcoming movie.
I did the same thing a few months ago, and this series got me going.
Either way, good choice on diving in. You're going to do great!
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Alias (Jessica Jones)
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Deadpool
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World War Hulk
Annihilation: Conquest
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Secret Invasion
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A couple of recommendations...
If you like any of these, check out what else the writer and/or artist has done and expand from there. For instance, I liked Frank Miller's early Batman comics and was then introduced to his run on Daredevil, which I loved even more. Also, a lot of modern creators are also doing creator-owned comics at companies/imprints like Image and Vertigo and I would implore you to check those out as well. Happy reading.
It's a character and it was a story arc.
http://www.amazon.com/Captain-America-Vol-Ultimate-Collection/dp/0785143416/ref=pd_sim_b_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=1KYGPV0MHDKHTMW04XZZ
/u/EKomadori nailed it in terms of the actual Civil War event. That checklist in particular is very handy.
If you're looking for a starter that involves both Cap and Bucky I would check out The Winter Solider Ultimate Collection Vol. 1 by Brubacker. It's 13 collected issues that give a good background on both Cap and Bucky. It also has other characters you will know like Nick Fury, Agent 13, Iron Man, etc.
This is great but why not recommend the comic that the new movie is based on? [it's awesome]
http://www.amazon.com/Captain-America-Vol-Ultimate-Collection/dp/0785143416
There is an Ultimate Iron Man mini series (only 4 or 5 issues) that is fairly good.
But if you want good recent Iron Man stories try find matt fractions recent run of The Invincible Iron Man (first 12 issues here). It is very good
For Captain America check out The Winter Solider story line (starting here). This is what the latest movie will be based on. it is brilliant.