Marvel Comics Recommendations

[Lt Trouble]

As somebody that started reading Marvel a year ago.... I found the main Avengers title to be tough going, with a lot of continuity and places and characters I was unfamiliar with that it didn't really bother to introduce, and gave up on it. Avengers Assemble, which finished up a couple months ago, was a lot easier to get into. I've read the first few issues of All-New X-Men, and while there's some time-travel stuff that's a little confusing, it didn't seem too continuity-heavy and I think it could be a good jumping-on point.

Personally, I'll second the recommendation of Mighty Avengers. It's a new team of more... B-list heroes, I guess, so they introduce everybody and there's not a lot of old continuity. I also found some of the new Marvel Now solo titles to be easier to get into. I'm reading Captain Marvel, Ms Marvel, Loki:Agent of Asgard, She-Hulk, and Hawkeye.

If you want to get caught up on older stuff and don't mind reading comics on your computer/tablet/phone, Marvel has a service called Marvel Unlimited, where you can read a whole lot of comics (nothing newer than 6 months ago) for $10/month.

[KOSLOX]

I'd check out Inhuman over X-Men. To me it seems like Marvel's effort to make thematically similar book but with a lot of the years of added nonsense and screwy continuity stripped away.

[Rok]

Just as Lt. trouble I also began reading comics about a year ago. But I went for the Ultimate Universe and got hooked.

The Ultimate Universe is a "parallel universe" to the "normal" marvel universe. It started back in 2000 and offered a modern take on all the characters, the most different are Thor and the origins of the fantastic four.

The only two books I am reading in the "normal" universe are Amazing Spider-man (who doesn't like spidey?) and mighty avengers I tried to get started on X-men, but time travel stories gives me headache.

[NESv1]

Most my life I'd been a a MARVEL guy. New 52 gave me a chance to jump ship and follow stories head-on with DC for the first time. I had been away from comics in general for a while.

I'm reading Batman, Superman, Aquaman, and Justice League.

For some time, I've considered jumping back into MARVEL and choosing a few books to follow regularly. Spider-Man is an easy choice (although whether I'll backlog and read all Superior first is another thread discussion I started altogether). As for what else, I need some advice. What's really good right now. What's going to not be too much money/trouble to jump into?

THANKS!

[Mahes]

It just depends on how heavy you want the continuity to be for the most part.

If you want books that are quick to get into though:

Elektra
She-Hulk
Black Widow
Mighty Avengers
Superior Foes of Spider-Man

[dahllaz]

I am really enjoying Black Widow. I don't know much about Natasha, other than what is on Wikipedia, but I don't feel lost at all. Edmundson is giving clear and consise reasons for why Natasha is doing what she is in the book, without cluttering it up with a lot of information that could be confusing.
And Phil Noto's art is just gorgeous.

Also enjoying Ms. Marvel and it is also really easy to get into. Kamala Khan is a cool and interesting and fun character so far. The art is different, but fits the book.

[Mahes]

My bad, forgot to mention Ms. Marvel as well. That's a well written book.

[Punisher007]

So many possibilities:

-Black Widow.
-Ms. Marvel.
-Captain Marvel.
-Magneto.
-She-Hulk.
-Elektra.
-New Warriors.
-All-New X-Factor.
-etc.

Although if you don't want to be bogged down with a ton of continuity, then I'd suggest:

-Black Widow.
-Ms. Marvel.
-Captain Marvel.
-She-Hulk.
-Elektra.

Start with those.

[AJpyro]

Heey Peeps: The Hulk's greatest Hits?

[IamGroot]

I just saw a new Thunderbolts team has debuted in Punisher and I want to read about their formation.

So question is, how far do I need to go back in the run to get the full story? It looks like Zemo has been around for a while in the series, so am I looking at issue #1?

[Bonesaw]

I was hoping for some guidance...I heard of a newer(?) storyline in which Thanos returns from the dead through possession (that's as far as I want to go with the description for spoiler purposes) and it onvolvs the GotG...can anybody piece together what issues/collections/omnibuses a fan like myself might be able to capture this story arch?

[Electricmastro]

Heey Peeps: The Hulk's greatest Hits?

Peter David's run for starters.

[K7P5V]

Peter David's run for starters.

Agreed. You can never go wrong with PAD.

[Storm17]

I'm looking for some Johnny Storm focused books. Any recommendations?

[Rorschach]

If you've never read and are new to the character, what are some trades I should start out with.

I'm thinking Frank Miller's Man Without Fear and Born Again? Would Born Again make sense to a new reader?