The Comics Recommendations & Reading Order Thread

Dynamite Entertainment:

Jungle Girl Season 1 +1
Jungle Girl Season 2 +2

Marvel Entertainment:

Halo: Uprising +1
The Halo Graphic Novel +1

UPDATE

The following indie items were updated in various sections:

• Common Grounds
• Ex Machina
• Fables
• Invicible
• Preacher
• Sandman
• The Walking Dead

Dark Horse:

Empowered +1 - I've only read the first volume and I have to say...why was I not informed about this title before? Pretty damn funny, but it is fairly...adult...in terms of material (the superheroine spends quite a bit of time tied up and ball-gagged w/her supersuit in tatters). It's a far better, IMO, deconstruction of what superheroes go through than Watchmen could ever hope to be. In a way, I'd liken it to a more cartoon-y, more risque version of Common Grounds. I definitely think I'll be getting (for some reason, I managed to write "tweeting" there as opposed to "getting"...no idea how the heck that happened) the rest of the available volumes.

Batman: RIP -1
Just was plain out and out too confusing for me. Definite waste of money, IMO.

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns +1
X-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga +1
Watchmen TBP +1

+1 for Trinity Vol. 1 and Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow (can't believe someone would -1 this Alan Moore classic)

Throw on another +1 for Empowered (again). Just finished vol. 6 and I wish vol. 7 was out already. I really really dig that series.

Just wanted to point out that it seems InStockTrades.com has moved back to the top spot of my online recommendations for TPB retailers. Not too long ago Amazon had better discounts but it looks like IST has responded by lowering their prices again.

Yellow indicates books not yet on the master list.

• Alpha Flight vol 1 "You Gotta Be Kiddin Me" TPB [-1]
• Astonishing X-Men vol 1 "Gifted" TPB [+1]
• Avengers Disassembled HC [-1]
• Civil War TPB [-1]
• Earth X TPB [-1]
• Immortal Iron Fist vol 1 "Last Iron Fist Story" TPB [+1]
• Invincible Iron Man vol 1 "Five Nightmares" TPB [-1]
• Iron Man: Extremis TPB [+1]
• Marvel Zombies HC [+1]
• Marvels TPB [+1]
• Mighty Avengers vol 1 "Ultron Initiative" TPB [+1]
• Moon Knight vol 1 "The Bottom" TPB [+1]
• Runaways vol 1 HC [+1]
• Runaways, Vol. 2 HC [+1]
• Runaways, Vol. 3 HC [+1]
• Spider Man "One More Day" HC [-1]
• Supreme Power vol 1 "Contact" TPB [+1]
• Supreme Power vol 2 "Powers and Principalities" TPB [+1]
• Supreme Power vol 3 "High Command" TPB [+1]
• <Supreme Power> Doctor Spectrum [+1]
• Supreme Power: Nighthawk [+1]
• Supreme Power: Hyperion [+1]
• <Supreme Power> Squadron Supreme Vol. 1: The Pre-War Years [+1]
• <Supreme Power> Squadron Supreme: Hyperion vs. Nighthawk [+1]
• <Supreme Power> Ultimate Power [+1]
• Ultimate Fantastic Four vol 1 "The Fantastic" TPB [+1]
• Ultimate Fantastic Four vol 2 "Doom" TPB [+1]
• Ultimate Fantastic Four vol 3 "N-Zone" TPB [-1]
• Ultimate Fantastic Four vol 4 "Inhuman" TPB [-1]
• Ultimate Spider-Man vol 1 "Power and Responsibility" TPB [+1]
• Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 2: Learning Curve [+1]
• Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 3: Double Trouble [+1]
• Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 4: Legacy [+1]
• Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 5: Public Scrutiny [+1]
• Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 6: Venom [+1]
• Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 7: Irresponsible [+1]
• Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 8: Cats & Kings [+1]
• Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 9: Ultimate Six [+1]
• Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 10: Hollywood [+1]
• Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 11: Carnage [+1]
• Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 12: Superstars [+1]
• Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 13: Hobgoblin [+1]
• Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 14: Warriors [+1]
• Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 15: Silver Sable [+1]
• Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 16: Deadpool [+1]
• Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 17: Clone Saga [-1]
• Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 18: Ultimate Knights [-1]
• Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 19: Death of a Goblin [+1]
• Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 20: Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends [+1]
• Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 21: War of the Symbiotes [+1]
• Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 22: Ultimatum [+1]
• Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 23: Ultimate Requiem [+1]
• Young Avengers vol 1 "Sidekicks" TPB [+1]
• Young Avengers Volume 2: Family Matters [+1]
• X-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga TPB [+1]

• 100 Bullets vol 1 "First Shot Last Call" TPB [+1]
• 100 Bullets vol 2 "Split Second Chance" TPB [+1]
• 100 Bullets vol 3 "Hang Up on the Hang Low" TPB [+1]
• 100 Bullets vol 4 "Foregone Tomorrow" TPB [+1]
• 100 Bullets vol 5 "The Counterfifth Detective" TPB [+1]
• 100 Bullets vol 6 "Six Feet Under the Gun" TPB [+1]
• 100 Bullets vol 7 "Samurai" TPB [+1]
• 100 Bullets vol 8 "The Hard Way" TPB [+1]
• 100 Bullets vol 9 "Strychnine Lives" TPB [+1]
• 100 Bullets vol 10 "Decayed" TPB [+1]
• 100 Bullets vol 11 "Once Upon a Crime" TPB [+1]
• 100 Bullets vol 12 "Dirty" TPB [+1]
• 100 Bullets vol 13 "Wilt" TPB [+1]

DC
Batman: Cacophony +1

Marvel
Black Widow: Deadly Origins +0

IDW
Classic GI Joe vol 1 +1
Classic GI Joe vol 2 +1

I didn't see these two titles, so I figured I'd add them. Great reading so far.

Boom! Studios

Incorruptible vol 1 +1
Irredeemable vol 1 +1
Irredeemable vol 2 +1

Hoping to update this again soon. I've actually been snagging a lot of stories that I've been meaning to read for a long time. My most recent read was the latest Invincible Ultimate Collection. That series really grew on me.

Kill Shakespeare TPB (issues 1-6) +1

IDW
Dungeons & Dragons: Shadowplague +1

DC
Superman: Earth One +1

Dark Horse
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Raising Project vol 1 & 2 - +1

Gotta say, for anyone who can get the Judge Dredd Megazine ((£5.49 in UK)), pick up #316! New series - American Reaper - launches with a full THIRTY TWO pages - most of them double pages - by Clint Langley. In this title he becomes a serious threat to Alex Ross's mantle. Story's good too.

Coming soon to the Megazine. A new case for Brit-Cit Detective Judge Armitage. "The Underground." Guest starring Judge Dredd. The two finally meet in canon.

Just going to have +1 the entire NGE: Shinji Ikari Raising Project line. You know how dark and depressing the NGE anime is? Well, this is the exact opposite of that.

Gendo being a helicopter parent who actually cares about his kid rather than an all-around d-bag? Yui being a mother rather than goo? Misato and Kaji being adversarial teachers? Asuka's mother not being dead?

It's pretty dang funny in places.

I haven't posted recommendations in here yet?

Well I guess I have to fix that.
Go get Empowered, by Adam Warren, and read it. NOW!
Along with that I have the almost-complete initial run of the Exiles, which was fantastic, and The full and complete collection of the comic Sojourn, which I'd recommend to anyone (but you can't borrow mine!), I have Identity Crisis, which was great but depressing, and Gotham Central, which was beautiful and awesome and just as depressing, and 52, which was awesome and made up for them both! (I love happy endings!)

I also have the complete collection of Knights of the Old Republic, which is a fantastic story about a Jedi betrayed by his masters, and his Jedi abilities manifest as if they were nothing more than luck, which although it sounds terrible it makes for an amazing series.

In more recent news, I was heartily impressed with the new 52 (at least some of it) and I think you should check out "DC Universe Presents: Deadman", "Voodoo" (but skip the awful first issue to save yourself some cash), and then the following in no particular order:
Birds of Prey,
Batwoman (best art out of all of them so far),
Wonder Woman (even though I don't like the changes to her origin),
Huntress (a limited series, not technically part of the new 52),
Penguin (same, but it fits within the confines of the new 52 universe, while Huntress is Earth-2),
Action Comics,
Detective Comics,
Batman,
Batgirl,
Suicide Squad (though I detest the change to Amanda Waller like every other human being with a heartbeat),
The Ray (this is a true breakout hit, the character is phenomenal and the series is very short),
Blue Beetle (yes, I still miss Ted Kord too),
Justice League,
Aquaman (if you get nothing else on this list get this, the writing, the plot, everything is fantastic. And when Mera gets pissed, MAN she makes Aquaman look meager by comparison. They took the "Aquaman is the weakest superhero" trope and ran with it to create a really likeable character out of him. Everything you could ask out of a comic book is here.)

Also on the recent Marvel side, I recommend Wolverine and the X-Men (a.k.a. "Team logan") for its lighthearted and very funny nature.
spoiler: Krakoa (the living island) becomes one of the X-Men! And it's awesome!

Just finished Tokyopop's Starcraft: Ghost Academy and it was pretty good. It featured Nova from the cancelled Starcraft: Ghost game. It's only three volumes, so pretty short.

I've been out of ye olde comics for, oh, over 20 years so this thread is kinda nice. Always had a soft spot for them. I'll have to take a look at some of these suggestions.

Has anyone read KADE from ARCANA Studios? It was strongly recommended and was wondering what you all thought of it.

http://www.arcana.com/