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u/Tigertemprr · 7 pointsr/comicbooks

Just a preference. Look up a brief synopsis (links included), see which costumes/power sets you like more, etc. Here are some recommendations:

Aquaman

u/apocalypsenowandthen · 7 pointsr/comicbookmovies
  • The Dark Knight draws heavily from The Long Halloween and plenty of the Joker's lines are taken straight out of a prose issue collected here. There's also the obvious influence of The Killing Joke and The Man Who Laughs. The Killing Joke was also the primary influence on Tim Burton's Batman.

  • Batman Begins draws from a number of stories include Year One, Blind Justice and The Man Who Falls which is collected here.

  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier was based on the fairly recent Ed Brubaker run which is phenomenal.

  • The Dark Knight Rises combines elements of Knightfall, No Man's Land and The Dark Knight Returns. The Dark Knight Returns is also a major influence on the upcoming Batman V Superman.

  • The Avengers mainly draws from the original first issue of The Avengers, which is collected here and retold again here in a modern setting, as well as The Ultimates. There are plenty of shots that feel like they were lifted right out of The Ultimates. On a side note, Joss also wrote the introduction to the book years ago and it was through doing this that he figured out exactly why the Avengers work.

  • The X-Men movies tend to draw more from the 80's, especially Chris Claremont's run. X-Men 2 draws heavily from Gods Loves, Man Kills. X-Men 3 is loosely based off of The Dark Phoenix Saga as well as Joss Whedon's relatively recent Astonishing X-Men. The Wolverine draws from Chris Claremont and Frank Miller's [Wolverine mini-series] and Days of Future Past is based on, you guessed it, Day of Future Past. Even though X-Men: First Class takes it's name from the comic of the same name it has more in common with the early Stan Lee stuff. X-Men Origins: Wolverine draws from several comics include Wolverine's Origin mini-series and Weapon X. The first X-Men movie isn't really based off any particular arc although it did heavily influence Ultimate X-Men.

  • The upcoming Daredevil TV series seems to be drawing heavily from Frank Miller's run, particularly his origin story The Man Without Fear. While Miller's main run took place in the late 70's/early 80's The Man Without Fear came out in the 90's.

  • Guardians of the Galaxy takes its line-up from the 2004 series but the plot of the movie is all its own.

  • Avenger: Age of Ultron seems to be an original story that's taking it's cues, at least in part, from Ultron Unlimited which is collected here.

  • Man of Steel was heavily influenced by John Byrne's 80's reboot although its structure is heavily modelled on the 2010 graphic novel Earth One. There are also bits and pieces taken from Birthright, Secret Origin and All-Star Superman.

  • Iron Man 3 certainly takes its cues from Extremis but a lot of it is just pure Shane Black. The first Iron Man isn't based on a particular storyline but Tony's origin stuff in Afghanistan is almost identical to the flashbacks in Extremis that revamp Tony's origin for a modern context. Iron Man 2 borrows a little from Demon in a Bottle and Armor Wars but ultimately does its own thing.

  • The writer of the Fantastical Four reboot has mentioned that they've been influenced by Ultimate Fantastic Four.

  • Ant-Man follows an original story but is primarily influenced by the Scott Lang Ant-Man books from the late 70's/early 80's.

  • The Thor movies aren't based on any particular storyline but they are vaguely influenced by Walter Simon's run as well as J. Michael Straczynski's run

  • Green Lantern draws heavily from Geoff John's run, especially his near-perfect origin story Secret Origin

  • AKA Jessica Jones is based on the incredible Alias.

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u/kyrie-eleison · 5 pointsr/comicbooks
u/amidoingthisright19 · 5 pointsr/Marvel

Walt Simonson's arc has the large majority of Asgardian characters in play, and it's really really good. It's one of the most character-defining arc there is for Thor and the Asgardians.

http://www.amazon.com/Thor-Walter-Simonson-Graphic-Novels/dp/0785184600/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1418087166&sr=8-1&keywords=walt+simonson+thor

u/centipededamascus · 4 pointsr/Marvel

Here's some suggestions I have:

u/deathtotheemperor · 3 pointsr/comicbooks

Thor #337-382, running from 1983 to 1987.

It's collected in 5 graphic novel volumes, or there's a big ass hardcover omnibus you might be able to find at your local library.

u/zebkillgrave · 2 pointsr/Marvel

Beginning of JMS Spider-Man:
https://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Spider-Man-Ultimate-Collection-Book/dp/0785138935/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1525318183&sr=1-3&keywords=spiderman+jms&dpID=61HmW5LivLL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch

Beginning of Simonson's Thor:
https://www.amazon.com/Thor-Walter-Simonson-1/dp/0785184600/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1525318222&sr=1-1&keywords=thor+by+walter+simonson+volume+1

Beginning of Aaron's Thor:
https://www.amazon.com/Thor-God-Thunder-Butcher-Marvel/dp/0785166971/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1525318248&sr=1-2&keywords=thor+aaron&dpID=512Y1c9S2TL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch

(I don't know how to shorten links).

u/Giant_Enemy_Crab1 · 2 pointsr/comicbooks

If you're into Marvel, the best places to start with each series are (depending on what characters you like)

X-Men (and all related spin-offs like Deadpool, Wolverine, New Mutants and X-Force): http://www.amazon.com/Uncanny-X-Men-Omnibus-Vol/dp/1302900838/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464679726&sr=8-1&keywords=9781302900830

Iron Man (and War Machine): http://www.amazon.com/Iron-Man-Vol-David-Michelinie/dp/0785167129/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464679751&sr=8-1-fkmr1&keywords=iron+man+david+micheline+omnibus

Spider-Man: http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Roger-Stern-Omnibus/dp/0785188274/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464679768&sr=8-1&keywords=spider-man+roger+stern+omnibus

Hulk: http://www.amazon.com/Incredible-Hulk-Visionaries-Peter-David/dp/0785115412/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464679788&sr=8-1&keywords=hulk+visionaries+peter+david

Avengers: http://www.amazon.com/Avengers-Busiek-George-P%C3%A9rez-Omnibus/dp/0785192883/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464679811&sr=8-1&keywords=kurt+busiek+avengers+omnibus

Captain America (And Falcon and Winter Soldier): http://www.amazon.com/Captain-America-Epic-Collection-Without/dp/0785195106/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464679835&sr=8-1&keywords=captain+america+mark+waid+epic+collection

Fantastic Four: http://www.amazon.com/Fantastic-Four-John-Byrne-Omnibus/dp/0785158243/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464679850&sr=8-1&keywords=fantastic+four+john+byrne

Guardians of the Galaxy: http://www.amazon.com/Annihilation-Conquest-Omnibus-Marvel-Comics/dp/0785192700/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464679890&sr=8-1&keywords=annihilation+conquest+omnibus

Captain Marvel: https://www.amazon.com/Ms-Marvel-Vol-Best-v-ebook/dp/B00AAJR202?ie=UTF8&keywords=ms%20marvel%20brian%20reed&qid=1464679926&ref_=sr_1_8&sr=8-8

Thunderbolts: http://www.amazon.com/Thunderbolts-Classic-1-Kurt-Busiek/dp/0785153098?ie=UTF8&keywords=thunderbolts%20classic&qid=1464679946&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1

Black Panther: http://www.amazon.com/Black-Panther-Christopher-Priest-Collection/dp/0785192670/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464679965&sr=8-1&keywords=black+panther+christopher+priest

Iron Fist: http://www.amazon.com/Iron-Fist-Epic-Collection-Fury/dp/078519164X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464680006&sr=8-1&keywords=iron+fist+epic+collection

Moon Knight: http://www.amazon.com/Moon-Knight-Epic-Collection-Shadows/dp/0785198105/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464680045&sr=8-1&keywords=moon+knight+epic+collection

Luke Cage and Jessica Jones: http://www.amazon.com/Omnibus-Marvel-Comics-Michael-Bendis/dp/0785121218/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1464680063&sr=8-7&keywords=alias+omnibus

Thor: http://www.amazon.com/Thor-Walter-Simonson-1/dp/0785184600/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464680118&sr=8-1&keywords=thor+walt+simonson

Punisher: http://www.amazon.com/Punisher-Welcome-Frank-Garth-Ennis/dp/0785157166/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464680137&sr=8-1&keywords=punisher+welcome+back+frank

Daredevil and Elektra: http://www.amazon.com/Daredevil-Without-Fear-Frank-Miller/dp/0785134794/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464680177&sr=8-1&keywords=daredevil+man+without+fear

She-Hulk: http://www.amazon.com/Sensational-She-Hulk-Vol-John-Byrne/dp/0785153063/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1464680218&sr=8-3&keywords=john+byrne+she-hulk

Black Widow: http://www.amazon.com/Black-Widow-Vol-1-Homecoming/dp/0785114939/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464680439&sr=8-1&keywords=black+widow+homecoming

Ghost Rider: Wait for reprints! Do not jump into the 2000s series without back issues or you will be confused!

Those are the best jumping on points for each series. Again, i say to avoid Ghost Rider since he has a complicated mythos

As for DC... stick to Vertigo stuff since a lot of DC's best jumping on points are out of print of DC don't care to reprint them. They care a lot about Batman (in which case, start with Year One by Frank Miller) and a lot of the Vertigo stuff but a lot of starting points like Mark Waid's Flash, Mike Grell's Green Arrow and George Perez's Wonder Woman are just now being collected and the Green Lantern hardcovers have gotten incredibly expensive. If you want to read DC, stick to iZombie, Transmetropolitan, Sandman, V for Vendetta, Invisibles, Watchmen and Preacher. Those are the DC series that their corporate branch really wants to keep in print.

Some great indie stuff is 8-Bit Theater, Artesia, Spawn, Questionable Content, Black Hole, Maus, Love and Rockets, Black Kiss, Sin City, Promethia, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Boys, The Walking Dead, Witchblade, A Contract With God, Lazarus and Saga.

u/The_Real_Gilgongo · 2 pointsr/Marvel

>I'd have to say that maybe if I had to point out a weakness, it's that it didn't feel fully fleshed out, almost rushed.

Huh. My complaint is the opposite. Compared to other big crossovers, I though it dragged out way longer than it needed to. Most of the tie ins (with the exception of AA, Journey Into Mystery, and The Home Front) were lackluster as well. Civil War, World War Hulk, and Secret Invasion were so much better. But that's just my opinion.

>But from what I've seen online, it's happened before with other people.

I highly recommend Walt Simonson's Thor run, which contains the first Beta Ray Bill stories. Some of the best Thor stories ever written.

u/Anus_Blenders · 2 pointsr/movies

Lol thanks. My old account was Anus_Blender without the s and I deleted it. Then I regretted it and made this.

Anyway, Civil War is pretty good. It was controversial at the time because a lot of people felt like Marvel made the characters do things way out of character. I liked it though. But if you like Iron Man you probably don't want to start there.

Infinity is a recent-ish event. I loved it. It takes the Avengers and puts them in a cosmic setting. There are giant space battles, Thanos, and all sorts of good stuff.

There's the entire Annihilation group of stories. Guardians of the Galaxy spawned from that and it's really good.

For older stuff there are so many... but Infinity Gauntlet is a classic cosmic story about Thanos pretty much killing everything. Walter Simonson's Thor run is pretty much required reading for any Thor fan.

This is getting long so I'll just stop. There are tons of good ones out there and your taste may be different from mine. I'd look here for more.

As for buying physical copies, you could look on Amazon or your local comic shop. I only read digital so I can't say much about that.

u/piperson · 1 pointr/graphicnovels

Batman; Year One

Daredevil, vol 1

Daredevil; Born Again

Walt Simonson's Thor

Watchmen

All Star Superman

Marvels

Kingdom Come

V for Vendetta

X-Men; Dark Phoenix Saga

u/soulreaverdan · 1 pointr/Marvel

Welcome, friend! Let's see what you can like...

> Infinity Gauntlet/Infinity War

Infinity Gauntlet

Infinity War

> Civil War

Civil War

> Thor

Walter Simonson's Thor vol 1

Walter Simonson's Thor vol 2

Walter Simonson's Thor vol 3

Walter Simonson's Thor vol 4

Walter Simonson's Thor vol 5

Fear Itself

Jason Aaron's Thor: God of Thunder vol 1

Jason Aaron's Thor: God of Thunder vol 2

Jason Aaron's Thor: God of Thunder vol 3

Jason Aaron's Thor: God of Thunder vol 4

u/toothlessjim · 1 pointr/comicbooks

I was typing and then I saw your edit, but a link for anyone else who is interested.