Current Marvel Titles

[Seedzington]

Which current ongoing titles can be read with the least amount of backstory necessary? I know that all titles are supposed to be able to be read by a new reader without needing much backstory, but some require more research than others to get the full feel for it.

So which titles are the most "brand new" whether it be a new character or one that just requires less googling of their history?

The character doesn't have to be brand-new but maybe they only popped up recently in the past couple years or so..

[Cloudman]

Which current ongoing titles can be read with the least amount of backstory necessary? I know that all titles are supposed to be able to be read by a new reader without needing much backstory, but some require more research than others to get the full feel for it.

So which titles are the most "brand new" whether it be a new character or one that just requires less googling of their history?

The character doesn't have to be brand-new but maybe they only popped up recently in the past couple years or so..

Spider-Gwen has just about as little history as a character can have. Her universe is new and is featured in no other books.

Aside from that, maybe Unbeatable Squirrel Girl? I don't recommend the book as I don't like the art, but it doesn't require much knowledge about the Marvel universe.

[Myetche]

The current Ms. Marvel is very easy to jump on. A little bit of knowledge on Inhumans helps explain some things in the book, but is ultimately not needed.

[Seedzington]

The current Ms. Marvel is very easy to jump on. A little bit of knowledge on Inhumans helps explain some things in the book, but is ultimately not needed.

Posted my last post before I saw this one haha. Thanks!

Inhumans are one of the titles I'd actually love to read up on because I'm intrigued by that but I feel like figuring out what to read on their history is difficult.

Another one I was thinking about was Ant-Man for something that is kind of self contained?

[Marvel_Is]

Ms. Marvel for sure!

Squirrel Girl and Silk, too.

[The Frozen Reptile]

I find it hard to keep track of Marvel now, myself. They have changed so often with titles, and they don;t even publish my favourite (Fantastic Four) anymore...

[dan12456]

Posted my last post before I saw this one haha. Thanks!

Inhumans are one of the titles I'd actually love to read up on because I'm intrigued by that but I feel like figuring out what to read on their history is difficult.

Another one I was thinking about was Ant-Man for something that is kind of self contained?

With Inhumans I jumped on with Inhuman by Soule for the first time and wasn't confused at all. He explained everything I needed to know despite me having literally no prior knowledge. Not sure how the new stuff will be for a jumping on point.

[Mike_Murdock]

Any title can be read. Just pick it up and read it. That is what I did when I started to read.

Yeah, I lean towards that (since it's the old school method) with the only caveat that you should probably start at the beginning of a story arc these days.

With Inhumans I jumped on with Inhuman by Soule for the first time and wasn't confused at all. He explained everything I needed to know despite me having literally no prior knowledge. Not sure how the new stuff will be for a jumping on point.

Given the question is about current comics, I'll say this. While I can give a lot of backstory to read for the Inhumans, Soule's run works fine jumping on at Inhuman. It probably works fine jumping on at Uncanny Inhumans too. None of us can speak for Royals since it hasn't started, but it's a new status quo that's completely removed from the old. Al Ewing is a fan of continuity, so I suspect references and Easter Eggs, but I think they'll make a newcomer more interested in learning about the old things rather than confusing them.* I would say, if you start with Inhumans Prime, you'll be fine going forward.

* I'll give an example. Ultimates is a much more continuity-heavy book and some of that continuity is extremely obscure (e.g., The New Universe). However, when Galactus fought Lord Chaos and Master Order, I figured out they were cosmic entities he was punching in the face. The details didn't matter. Same with Blue Marvel and Anti-Man. I understood the context without having to read the context.

[Alecto]

Posted my last post before I saw this one haha. Thanks!

Inhumans are one of the titles I'd actually love to read up on because I'm intrigued by that but I feel like figuring out what to read on their history is difficult.

Another one I was thinking about was Ant-Man for something that is kind of self contained?

If you're interested in inhumans & don't want to read too much backstory Mosaic is pretty accessible too.

I agree that Soule's Inhuman is a good starting point for inhumans in general though.

[Seedzington]

Really? I was thinking about that one but I thought it would be necessary to have a good background on Spiderman related characters.

How about Ms Marvel? Heard great things about that.

[JKtheMac]

Really? I was thinking about that one but I thought it would be necessary to have a good background on Spiderman related characters.

How about Ms Marvel? Heard great things about that.

I agree. This book is full of references to continuity that in order to get the gist you at least need to be aware of. However they are not obscure, so a casual understanding of quite high profile characters is all you really need.

[Coin Biter]

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[DebkoX]

Ms Marvel
Spencers - Captain America - You can easily google for the full backstory or ask here
Patsy Walker

[penthotal]

With the current sales climate/crisis most of the newly released books seriously risk to be canceled in a few months, so if you are the type that satisfied only by long runs «that matters» and that sort of stuff, maybe you shouldn't invest in them.

But if you just like to read a good story I would suggest:

Foolkiller (already ended, one of the best new books coming out of Marvel)
Kingpin (don't know how much it will last, but it started very good)
Ant Man was very fun and now it's concluded so you can read it in paperback and get the whole story.
Idem for Spider Woman, just concluded a very good run by Hopeless (made of two volumes).

If you want to try Inhumans you could buy the recently released introductive one-shot Inhumans Prime and from there some of their new series that will be released the next weeks: Royals and New Warriors.

[WinterSoldier76]

Carnage
Black Widow
Deadpool
All New All Different Wolverine