Looking to get into comics

The novel The Death and Life of Superman by Roger Stern.

Yes its an adaptation of a comic story but the novel assumes you're a newbie and provides a lot of background to get you caught up (whereas the comic version just assumes your a fan and throws you in totally lost).

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If you're interested in Superman, but don't want to have to deal with trying to understand the twisted continuity of the main DC universe then the All Star Superman series is a good starting point as long as you know the bare-bones of Superman. You might have to Wiki some stuff, but overall if you have a basic overview of the main Superman cast it'll be easy to follow, especially as it's a contained story arc with a definite ending.

Here's a link to the first TPB: http://www.amazon.com/All-Star-Superman-Vol-1/dp/140121102X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1278090695&sr=1-1

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Hey guys, as someone who wants to get into the Iron Man comics (What can I say? The movie was awesome) what are some of the best storylines to check out?

So far my only experience with comics is Batman Year One and the Long Halloween (although I plan to read Dark Victory, Dark Knight Returns and The Killing Joke)

I cannot recommend Runaways highly enough. It's got everything: a truly original premise, witty dialogue, great action sequences, nice artwork, and characters you will fall in love with. And it's a particularly good series for newbies, because it's relatively new and only tangentially connected to the rest of Marvel's comics. If you understand the basic terms "superhero" and "supervillain", you'll have no trouble following the story.

Young Avengers is also excellent, but it requires a bit more background knowledge on the Marvel Universe to follow. If you don't know a thing about Captain America, The Scarlet Witch, or any of the other Avengers, you should probably at least skim their Wikipedia pages first.

For the record, I read Watchmen when I was just starting to get into comics, and I was able to fully appreciate it. Superheroes are so ingrained in pop culture that even people who've never picked up a comic in their lives recognize the clichés.

Yep. Trade paperbacks are like any other books: you can order them online, often for much less money than they would cost at a bookstore. I usually go through Amazon.

Amazon gives you on approx 30-35% off on trade paperbacks.

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Iron Man storylines? Armor Wars and Demon in a Bottle are a bit obvious, aren't they?

You want something a bit out of the ordinary for Iron Man, I'd recommend Doomquest. Iron Man and Dr. Doom are brought back in time to save Camelot. Fun read. It's collected in a paperback.

Although t must be said that the Armor Wars and Demon in a Bottle really are fantastic storylines that anyone who wants to get into Iron Man should really look into.

you might want to read some older Iron Man stuff to familiarize yourself with his supporting cast and rogues gallery, though, because that might be essential to really getting those.

With familiarizing myself with the rogues gallery, Is there like an Iron Man: Year One or something equivalent like that or would I need to read through like a decade or something?

Is the movie enough to understand his origin story?

Iron Man has been very lacking in "definitive" stories over the years, compared to other heroes with that breadth of history.

The movie is the best take on his origin story I've ever seen. I'd say Extremis is pretty much required to understand how his armor works now.

So I was looking up extremis and I'm a little confused as to what exactly a motion comic is. Is it just a comic book with a soundtrack playing in the background?

I understand they also shake the panels around a bit in front of the camera to make it look more dynamic. From what I've seen, "Motion Comics" are very poorly animated and take out a lot of the original comics' strong points (clever panel layouts, in particular). Also, the dialogue often sounds silly out loud (and the voice-acting is rarely good enough to make up for it).

I don't really see the point (apart from some consumer outreach), and direct you to the original comics instead.

Actually, it can be done well. This fan project show how it should be done.

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I've got some new advice. this page has everything you need to know to understand the DC universe. Once you've read all of that you can jump in to any DC graphic novel and it will make perfect sense.

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Sorry, but I'm hijacking this thread, because I can't really open a new thread because my computer won't let me, but it's related to the topic actually.

I had a account, where I posted Overrated/Underrated for a response. But, I'm more a opitist now, and I lost my old account, but it's easy to get a new one. I'm currently going on sereval Wiki Walks on sereval Wikis, and a few I were taking on TV Tropes, were gone since the power went out.

But, I have been watching AT 4 W, and I want to know.... what is quintessal comic book reading? I heard Linkara mention a few times in the opening of his reviews that he conderises Watchmen (and Moore in general), Sandman (and Gaiman in general) & Y The Last Man, and he adores 52, but what else does he like? I heard passing references to comic books he likes, but what are his true favorites? I don't know how to ask him, but is there a link where he lists them?

Anyway, what are some manga that are good, because I gotten into that too. Also, I'm listening to Linkara's rendition of If You Want the Moon & watching NC's Ernest Scared Stupid review for a 2nd time.

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Yeah. So, quintessal reading?

52 is really good, I went into it barely knowing the characters and loved it. Sandman is awesome but fucked up, Y the last man is just awesome personified. Watchmen's good but complex and kinda meta.

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