My top 5 recs would have to be 1. JMS’ Spider-Man 2. Miller’s Daredevil 3. Snyder’s Batman 4. Waid’s Fantastic Four 5. Kirkman’s Invincible All entry level titles with great art work, always my go-to’s!
I’ve been reading everything from the beginning of the silver age. I used to think the art and the writing was goofy but you grow to enjoy it. It also made me start to appreciate the progression of the writing and art styles as you read through years of comics. I no longer think that modern digital art is better than early comic art.
@@chrisdarvill5517 i started with reading the first 2-3 omnibus of my favorite characters which are Spider-Man and X-men. Then F4 until around when Silver Surfer and Galactus show up. My next goals are to read about each character before they join the Avengers and the Defenders. The complete marvel reading order website and marvel unlimited helped me to read what i wanted in order.
I’ve always been a collected editions Guy my first comic I’ve read was the Marvel Essential Ant-Man Vol1. I remember after finishing it looking for vol2 not knowing there was no volume 2 and that the essential line was discontinued. But now with vol2 of the Epic Collection releasing I now finally completed my quest, thank you Omar.
Also forgot to write, my first comic book was Spider-man (1990) issue 88, I really hope it gets collected in the omnibus format in the future, would be awesome to read it again in oversized format filled with nostalgia, oh man
Was familiar with Marvel comics and characters via shows, video games, and cards. The first comic I read from cover to cover was Venom Lethal Protector 1. Subsequently read that 6 issue run. As a kid, I loved going to the comic shop with my friends or dad.
I started my whole collections two years ago because of you, omar. I’ve got tpbs, HC, OHCs, omnibuses, DC, Marvel, IDW, mangas and I still do enjoy this kind of video. This kind of hobby kept me alive, thank you for introducing me to the game bro! My first marvel was house of x powers of x in tpb format!
Solid picks as always. My first ever Marvel Comic was Iron Man 232 (the epilogue to Armor Wars). I picked it up because of the cool cover (by Barry Windsor-Smith). My first Marvel trade was "The Trial of Galactus" trade collecting a small chunk of Byrne's FF run. Still have both in my collection 25 years later.
Hoping, Bendis' Avengers run, Secret invasion Avengers by Busiek and Perez vol 2 will be on the omnibus reprint pole. It sure would be nice to have Civil war and Secret Wars in omnibus format too.
Even tho I am not a beginner omar I love these type of videos because I have a lot of non comic book reader friends so I can have some good suggestions for them also, if they ever want to jump in. Also since it made it to your list, where is the announcement for the Matt Fraction Iron man omnibus ???
The first marvel comic i can remember looking through was a spider ham issue when i was a kid. My real introduction to marvel comics was the Ultimate spider man when my sister got me vol 1 of the tpb. I still have that book, and i keep nice and safe :)
These are my favorite videos of yours. I love the “where to start reading” segments. My first Marvel comic I started reading was Amazing Spider-man #30 by JMS. That run will always have a special place in my heart
I started too young to remember exactly what my first issue was but I will say the earliest memory of reading a comic I have is Amazing Spider-Man 361 while sitting in the break room of the hospital my dad worked at.
All good choices. Two additions I'd like to add is for those who are fans of Doctor Strange, read The Oath by Bryan K Vaughn. It's an excellent comic and my first CB of Doctor Strange I ever read. It's a great standalone comic that catches you up on the basics and is a strong story on its own. Also, you really get a sense of Strange and Wong's friendship. Another CB I also recommend is the Marvels by Alex Ross on art and Kurt Busiek. If you want to get a sense of golden age Marvel without going through older comics and see the ages come and go, it's a great CB to check out.
My first marvel comic book was a Finnish edition of Amazing Spider-man vol 2 issues 23-24 I had no idea what was going on, just wanted to have it because of being fan of the animated series. Read the book so many times that the cover fell off 😅 JMS run is what got me hooked to comic books and I would recommend it to everyone :)
If people ask my what to read first, I’d suggested Spider-Man Coming Home, Spider-Man Brand New Day, Ultimate Spider-Man Power and Responsibility, Daredevil Underboss, Astonishing X-Men Gifted and Runaways Pride and Joy
My first Marvel comic was Doom 2099 ('92). Man that cover draws you in. Didn't read anything since then and am now looking to get into it. Hence why I'm here! I just finished the first New X-Men Omnibus, and I feel like there has got to be a better starting point lol.
Lol, the Marvels movie departed so much from Busiek's classic! Solid selection. Like your first half, I'd recommend shorter one shots no bigger than say an OHC or two. Dumping a double omnibus saga from Aaron or Hickman might be a bit too much for a first time Marveler. My first was Transformers #1. My mother let me pick one thing from the toy store, and I scoured the entire shop to discover the start of a 4 issue limited series I could own from the beginning to the end! Little did I know...
My first Marvel comic was Spectacular Spider-Man 229. I was introduced to Marvel thanks to the Spider-Man Animated show and now I'm reading a comic where the real Spidey is a guy named Ben Reilly! I had no idea what was going on but it still hooked me and I have a soft spot for Clone Saga 😂
Great video and an awesome list! I’m also not a big fan of Civil War, but I agree it’s a good blockbuster movie king of story that most people will enjoy. 👍🏼
I do not remember my very first marvel comic. But my earliest memories of buying a new marvel comic from the store was x-men 268. I know I was collecting before that. I used to buy ghost rider and any comic that had multiple characters guest staring. I used to buy marvel comics presents, new warriors, amazing Spider-Man, and guardians of the galaxy.
My list slants more towards the earlier stuff. Daredevil Born Again, Iron Man Demon in a Bottle, Thor Simonson and the short Stern/Byrne run of Captain America. The Dark Phoenix Saga is also a super fun read that is extremely re-readable.
I had these random scholastic style Spider-Man team up books, one was with iron man the other with captain America. There’d be a random Spider-Man issue then a random issue from whoever he was teaming up with then the team up issue
My first marvel comic was marvel age spider man but what really got me into comics was the classic runs of spider man and fantastic 4 by stan lee and jack kirby
That's a pretty cool list. My first comic was probably a He-Man minicomic 😂 As far as Marvel goes, it would've been Spider-Man, but I don't remember which one. In the UK they used to do some collected series in the 80s aimed at the younger market. Same with Batman. Then I was reading the Marvel UK collector's editions for many years, which tended to reprint the American comics, roughly 1-2 years behind. My first actual "proper comic" wasn't until I was a teenager, and it was an early 90s Hulk issue. We didn't have comic shops in my town, but I finally found a papershop that stocked imports. Dark times 😅
In the early 90s I was mainly reading stuff like the TMNT Archie series and Usagi Yojimbo, thanks to his appearances on the former's cartoon. However, the first Marvel comic I ever sought out was X-Men Adventures #1 thanks to having caught the 2-part pilot of the animated series on FoxKids. Soon, I'll have the omnibus to take me back to my childhood... 30 years later. What would I recommend for a first time Marvel reader? Likely Marvels. Glad to see it is on the list here and a great read to indoctrinate someone into the early Marvel universe with many of silver and early Bronze age events and their characters. Also glad to see Daredevil: Man Without Fear on there. Probably my second best of Miller's DD run (after Born Again), but definitely the easiest one for new readers to jump into. In fact, it was MY first exploration into he character in the early 90s as well. My own pick not above? I've always felt that Untold Tales of Spider-Man would be a great read that keeps the classic "year one" vibe of teenage Peter Parker with the more modern writing of Kurt Busiek.
I don't know how this video fell under my radar. Weird. Anyway some of my personal recommendations are Daredevil by Chip Zdarsky, Moon Knight by Jed Mackay, and Guardians of the Galaxy by Al Ewing. Daredevil and Moon Knight are great starting points for the characters and while Ewing's Guardians does require a bit of cosmic Marvel context, most of what you need to know is explained. Also honorable mention to Jason Aaron's Thor and G. Willow Wilson's Ms. Marvel. Easily some of my favorite reads thus far aside from the ones I've already brought up.
Why Omar, how could you not recommend that they start with issue #1 of the Golden Age series called Marvel Comics? JK, of course. I have no idea what my first Marvel comic was, because my dad had a big Tupperware bin full of comics in our house, and one day I just started reading comics with one of them. There's a lot of Marvel, DC, Archie, and even some other companies represented. I still have that bin in my apartment, and my dad wants me to give it back to him whenever I move stuff around and can access it in my closet, lol.
I would add Daredevil by Frank Miller, Fantastic Four by John Byrne, Thor by Walt Simonson and Hulk by Peter David. Obvious choices perhaps but classic runs of the characters. And maybe Roger Stern’s run on the Avengers. And 1990s Ghost Rider. And any issues of Transformers UK featuring Death’s Head. Loved those as a kid.
So this is interesting. I googled storm and rogue stories to start there. They told me uncanny 170 and on. So I started there. I saw in one of your videos, that you started at 168 long ago. So I went back to that And read those two. I’m at 178 now. This story, god loves man kills, online says it “fits” around 167 bc of cyclops. Are you saying I have to go back again?! Haha. Thanks man
Omar. Great video. My first comic book was "El Asombroso Hombre-Araña" #186 dated November 16, 1983 (originally published at ASM 190) and from there I had stopped reading and Collecting books. Is there any chance that un the future there could be a video of top ten "Best run" un a character or characters. One question, Which was the first TPB You get doe your Collection? Thank You again for the video. Regards
I love a lot of these and hate a few. Here's one THUNDERBOLTS vol. 1. by Busiek and Bagley. It's a Marvel without heroes where the TBolts step in. It's an original concept as a team book.Then there's the end of the first issue. FYI, I cringe every time someone says TBolts is Marvel's Suicide Squad. It's not. Only one of the original members die.
My first comic was The Amazing Spider Man #361 which was the first appearance of Carnage. I had read it so many times the pages got all flimsy. I ended up buying a 9.8 graded
They are there but RU-vid doesn't make them easy to find. For me (on a Kindle) there is a drop down menu next to Shorts and if you select Live you see all the live broadcasts
I only have 170+ comics, but I’ve have some big-name comics, so here are my recommendations: - Batman: The Killing Joke - Nightwing Vol. 1: Leaping Into The Light - Amazing Spider-Man By JMS Omnibus Vol. 1 - Black Adam: Rise and Fall of an Empire - House of X/Powers of X
Does this still hold true for today? I used to read comics back in 2010. So I’ve been out of it for a while. My favorite are Wolverine comics. What I never understood was comic books, thin ones. And comic “novels” not sure if that’s right, where the comic is more than like 100 pages. Is that comic books jammed all together of a series?
I couldn’t find anything by Weezie that was for a brand new reader that wanted to get into Marvel, both her xfactor and new mutants run she took over from other writers. Maybe maybe power pack, but to put it on a top 20 list?
@@NearMintCondition That’s great! Got my first omni last summer(USM Vol 1, wanted to have the whole USM series since 2006! A pasion similar to your for the Uncanny series) and expanded since with 9 others with about 5 more soon to be acquired, mostly thanks to your channel! Really looking forward to those polls, new releases and prints I’ve missed out on
I always hated that Wolverine limited series cover. The mutilative violence which it flippantly implies grotesquely degrades Miller's talent, casts doubt over whether this hugely intelligent writer wrote it, and is surely more offensive than whatever word Marvel has removed from God Loves, Man Kills.
