I grew up as a big DC and Marvel fan but DC's characters always had my heart. I'm 49 but from ages 5-18, in addition to all the DC stuff I loved, I loved Spider-Man, The Hulk, X-Men, New Mutants, Alpha Flight, Avengers, West Coast Avengers, Fantastic Four, and others. Through my teen years, through about 1987, I was up to date on Marvel.
Then college came and I took a break from comics and when I came back to them I only read DC stuff, by and large. I have read the excellent Vision series by Tom King and much of the Morrison/Quitely X-Men and Planet Hulk, but not much else wrt modern Marvel Comics. Now I've read and re-read the DC stories I love so much that I'm ready to try getting back into Marvel. I know there must be so many great comics out there that I've missed out on and I'm ready to dive back in.
Can folks help turn me into a fan of Marvel Comics by suggesting best runs? I'm open to characters I didn't list. I just want to get hooked on Marvel as I am on DC and any recommendations (especially anything from '87 or so until now) would be most helpful.
I hope this, my first foray into the Marvel forum, will help get me hooked on Marvel again. So what say, Marvel fans? Where should I start and what should I read?