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    Default Best and Worst of Marvel: A Fresh Start?

    Saw a topic like this on the DC forum regarding Rebirth, so I thought I'd see what you guys think of the Fresh Start titles thus far? I want see what you guys think are the best, the worst (or most disappointing/average if "worst" is too strong), and just the general thoughts and recommendations.

    The best for me are:

    • The Amazing Spider-Man (Spencer really recaptured much of the fun for me)
    • House of X/Powers of X (the real kick the X-Men have needed for so long and I'm pumped for DoX)
    • Runaways (to my surprise, it's the second-best take on the Runaways, only to BKV)
    • Fantastic Four (pretty enjoyable, and I'm just happy to even have them back)
    • Venom (I mainly like the awesome horror-esque artwork, but it's a fun ride)
    • Immortal Hulk (the best Hulk comic in a very long time, as I'm sure we all know)


    As for the worst:

    • Champions (oh, I really hate Champions, but I'm hardly alone on that)
    • West Coast Avengers (it had a decent team lineup, but I'm not fond of the humor and the reality TV slant is a little dated)
    • Uncanny X-Men (this had me holding out for Hickman's reboot for being so bad)



    Anyways, let me know what you guys think.
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    Just for convenience, let's say Fresh Start = Everything that launched from May 2018 onward, everything that carried over from before, as well as the Dawn of X (which I think is like a secondary relaunch).

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    Agreed on Hickman's X-stuff and Immortal Hulk.

    Zdarsky is killin' it on Daredevil and Invaders.

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    Best

    Immortal Hulk (The best Character Rerailment of the Hulk i've seen)
    Amazing Spider-Man (At first i wasn't onboard with Spencer following Secret Empire but he did it great)
    Fantastic Four (enjoyable)


    Worst

    Avengers (Aaron's writting is completely sleep inducing and a bottle of nyquill his take of She-Hulk's one of the worst satus quos for her following her derailment in Civil War II)
    Uncanny X-Men (Rosenberg tried to pull a Game of Thrones killing count but the execution is awful)
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    Marvel are really firing on all cylinders at the moment. Perhaps more so than they have in a few years. Like most relaunches in the past, there are hits and misses. However they have more hits than misses at the moment.

    Best
    • Immortal Hulk
    • Venom
    • Daredevil
    • Invaders
    • Amazing Spider-man
    • House Of X/Powers Of X

    Worst
    • Thor
    • Avengers
    • Uncanny Avengers
    • West Coast Avengers

    The rest are all really solid at the moment.

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    Best: Hulk, Venom, Daredevil, Iron Man, Spider Man (Peter and Miles)
    Worst: Deadpool, Black Panther, Infinity Wars, Savage Avengers, Fantastic Four

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    Best: Hulk, Avengers, Daredevil, Venom

    Worst: Spider-Man, Thor

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    Best:

    Immortal Hulk.
    Powers of X/House of X.
    Avengers.
    Conan The Barbarian.
    Fantastic Four.
    Doctor Strange.
    Amazing Spider-Man.
    History of the Marvel Universe.

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    Best:
    HoX/PoX
    Immortal Hulk
    Venom
    Daredevil
    Amazing Spider-Man

    Worst
    Avengers
    Fantastic Four (their return did not have the impact it needed to)

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    Only stuff I got was X-23, West Coast Avengers, and Runaways. Loved the first two, have not been able to get into the latter, despite loving the originals and collecting all the relaunch trades to date. X-23 was the best by far. Not happy at all that it got canceled.
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    Best:

    The Amazing Spider-Man.

    Worst:

    Deadpool.
    Fantastic Four.

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    Runaways, and Champions are the only books that have managed to interest me for more than an issue or two. No other titles have been able to make me care enough within a single issue to follow any further.
    Continuity, even in a "shared" comics universe is often insignificant if not largely detrimental to the quality of a comic.

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    Best: Tony Stark: Iron Man, Immortal Hulk, Superior Spider-Man, History of the Marvel Universe, Unstoppable Wasp

    Worst: Black Panther, Captain America
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    Best:

    The Amazing Spider-Man.

    Worst:

    Fantastic Four.
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    Champions, HiXmen, Ironheart, both Spideys and Hulk are great
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