I'm trying to get into reading comics

[Triple Naitch]

So I downloaded the ComiX app on my iPhone and am trying to get back into reading comics. It seems like though that there are like 50 comics for every super hero now. What are some good comics that I should get into?

What are some of the best Batman, Spiderman, etc. comics that I should start reading?

Give me some recommendations. Please and thank you.

[Nowhere Man]

Do you mean their ongoing series, or specific story arcs and graphic novels to read?

[Triple Naitch]

Huh?

I'm very new at this. Just give me some good comics to read. Story arcs, series, etc.

[The Destroyer]

Good app, that.

Lot of stuff to choose from though. Have to give this a bit of thought.

[Triple Naitch]

They have a lot of free comics for me to read, which is PrettyCool.

[The Destroyer]

Yeah but it's mostly one off issues of stuff. They do have pretty frequent sales and stuff though. You only just missed a load of Spider-Man offers because of the new film and they've been doing offers on Catwoman and Bane related stuff in the run up to The Dark Knight Rises

[Lock Jaw]

What kinda comics you want? Superhero? Non-superhero? Marvel? DC? Other?

[Triple Naitch]

Marvel, DC. I don't really know where to start. Give me some of the big names to start with.

[The Destroyer]

My first quick suggestion, since it was one of the first I read when I got into comics properly, give The Ultimates a go. First two volumes, at least.

[Triple Naitch]

The Ultimates looks mad expensive. Is it worth $11 for a comic?

[Nowhere Man]

Here are some of my favorite stories and graphic novels. I'm more of a DC guy, so I'll let someone who's bigger on Marvel recommend the best Marvel stories.

Superman:

All-Star Superman
Kingdom Come
Birthright
Red Son
For The Man Who Has Everything
Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?
Godfall
Secret Identity
Why Must There Be A Superman?
For Tomorrow
The Jungle Line
The Last Son of Krypton
Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes
Brainiac


Batman:

Batman: Year One
The Long Halloween
Dark Victory
The Killing Joke
Son of the Demon
Hush
Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth
The Man Who Laughs
A Lonely Place of Dying
Batman RIP
The Black Mirror
The Court of Owls
Gotham By Gaslight
Batman: Earth One

Wonder Woman:

Challenge of the Gods
A League of One
The Hiketeia
The Circle

The Flash:

Born to Run
Terminal Velocity
Blood Will Run

Green Lantern:

Green Lantern/Green Arrow Collection
Emerald Dawn 1 & 2
Emerald Twilight
Rebirth
Sinestro Corps
Mosaic
Willworld

Justice League:

DC: The New Frontier
JLA: Year One
Rock of Ages
Tower of Babel
Identity Crisis
I Can't Believe it's Not the Justice League
JLA/Avengers

Other DC Titles:

Sandman
52
Teen Titans: The Judas Contract
Titans, Young Justice: Graduation Day
The Legend of Aquaman
Animal Man (the current ongoing series)
Swamp Thing (ongoing)
Captain Atom (ongoing)
All-Star Western (ongoing)
I, Vampire
Saga of the Swamp Thing
Suicide Squad: Raise the Flag

Non-DC Titles:

Watchmen (okay, yes, it's published by DC, but not in the same universe)
Fables
Saga (ongoing)
Y: The Last Man
Invincible (ongoing)
100 Bullets
Hellboy volumes 1-5
Concrete
Irredeemable (ongoing)
The Walking Dead (ongoing)
Astro City volumes 1-5

[Lock Jaw]

You don't like The Death and Return of Superman, but you actually like "For Tomorrow"? Weirdo.

More Superman I'd recommend is "Up, Up, and Away" and "Back in Action"

[PapaGeorgio]

I don't read many comics really but did read Walking Dead comics and greatly enjoyed those.

[Triple Naitch]

Started reading Amazing Spiderman: Brand New Day and Batman: Gotham Adventures. Gonna get Batman: Year One once I finish all my free comics and am still int it.

[Reavant]

The deadpool trades will have you thoroughly entertained

[Nowhere Man]

You don't like The Death and Return of Superman, but you actually like "For Tomorrow"? Weirdo.

More Superman I'd recommend is "Up, Up, and Away" and "Back in Action"

Death and Return is too 90s for me. And I guess I'm a little biased towards For Tomorrow just because I'm a huge Azzarello fan. Plus I liked the weird satanic-ghost-whatever-thing version of General Zod, because it made him something different than just 'Superman except evil,' and I liked the look of Metropia and the fact that they used the Birthright-era design for Krypton. In hindsight though, yeah, I'd probably skip it if you're just getting into comics.

Good choice with Up Up and Away, though--Busiek's Superman is fantastic.

[Sixx]

Preacher.

I thought reading comics on the computer screen is terrible, but this story was so great I soon didn't care how I read it.

[The Destroyer]

Comixology actually does it in a really good way, at least on handheld devices. It basically follows the comic panel by panel, gives it a really nice flow.

The $11 thing for The Ultimates is probably the collected edition of the first six issues of the first series. You should be able to pick up issue one for $1.99, although I'd recommend maybe trying a few issues beyond that, since issue one is mostly just an extended flashback.

[loopydate]

The Ultimates is really good. Same with most of Ultimate X-Men (at least up until Cable, and here and there after that up until the terrible series-killing Banshee/Alpha Flight arc)

[The Destroyer]

The early Ultimate universe stuff was generally pretty good. Then along came Jeph Loeb. :(

Not even sure what it's like these days.

[loopydate]

I haven't read anything since Ultimatum.

What an awful awful piece of work that was.

[The Destroyer]

I've read a couple of the Ultimate Avengers miniseries which seemed alright, but I've not touched it since they last relaunched it.

[The Destroyer]

If you're still interested in Batman stuff, Comixology have got 201 issues on sale for The Dark Knight Rises - issues that make up good stuff like The Long Halloween, Hush, start of Morrison's run on Batman & Robin, The Dark Knight Returns and assorted other things.

99 cents an issue or 69 pence in real money.

[Optimus Bone 69]

I got the comic zeal app for my ipad and just started with the new 52, first time in about 17 years ive followed comics also got all the Alien v Predator stuff