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Comic Belief
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This is a channel about comic book appreciation. Comics as a medium have always struggled with some lousy reputation and stigmas that, though diminished over time, have never really disappeared. Yes, comics are superheroes and we will discuss them in length, but a medium is not a single genre. We will also explore other aspects of comics, from its early history to European traditions, the underground movement, the coming of graphic novels, and the many different genres that make up the industry today.
In this channel, I hope to provide a bigger picture and the best starting points for new readers, while attempting to expand the horizons of seasoned readers, not only in regards to new characters and series they might want to explore but also in providing a new way to look at classic, well-known stories. Comics are an amazing, often unappreciated art form, and I hope to show viewers why they have been a part of my life for decades now.
In this channel, I hope to provide a bigger picture and the best starting points for new readers, while attempting to expand the horizons of seasoned readers, not only in regards to new characters and series they might want to explore but also in providing a new way to look at classic, well-known stories. Comics are an amazing, often unappreciated art form, and I hope to show viewers why they have been a part of my life for decades now.
The 50 Best Super-Hero (and Super-Villain) Costumes
It's Comic Book Fashion Week, where we answer the question: does the superhero costume make the Superman? From the underwear over the pants to the cape and cowl to the monochrome onesie, superhero outfits follow many styles across the decades. Today we delve into the best among them. These are the 50 best Super-Hero and Super-Villain Comic Book Costumes.
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Essential Hellboy & B.P.R.D. Comics
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What started as a short story in an anthology series - and was almost a DC character - has grown through the years into one of the best and most popular comic franchises outside of Marvel and DC. The adventures of Hellboy have expanded to include stories of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense and solo stories of Abe Sapien, Lobster Johnson, Witchfinder, and a whole Universe of other ...
Essential Spider-Women Comics
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There have been many Spider-Woman and not all of them have used the title. Along with the original Jessica Drew to Julia Carpenter and Mattie Franklin, all who used the name Spider-Woman, this video also includes MC2's May Parker, the alternate Spider-Gwen, Silk, and even the occasional comics starring Mary Jane Watson. These are the essential comics featuring Spider-Women. Top Ten ranks as fol...
Essential Ultimate Spider-Man Comics
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Continuing our coverage of everything Wall-Crawler-related, the Ultimate Line stands on its own, not only giving us some pf the best Spider-Man stories of this century, but also introducing Miles Morales as one of its best new characters. The Ultimate series can and should be read as a single, 15-year-long work by a single author in a great exploration of a beloved hero, giving the reader a coh...
Every Spider-Man Limited Series and One-Shot
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Continuing our series of Spider-Man-related comics, this video focuses on every limited series and relevant one-shots centered on Marvel's favorite Wall-Crawler. This includes comic masterpieces that should be read by every serious fan, and shameless cash-grabbing efforts that we can only hope to forget. Series on Miles Morales and Spider-Women will have their own video coming soon. These are e...
Every Spider Man Run - Reading Order & Starting Points
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Some characters take a while to resonate with readers and find the right writer that can make them great. Spider-Man is not one of these characters. From his very first appearance, he grew into one of the most recognizable superheroes in comics and the very symbol of Marvel. He has enjoyed many great runs by many great creative teams, and despite going through some dark periods - I'm looking at...
The 50 Best Marvel Super-Villain Teams
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Following our series, we have covered the greatest heroes, villains, and superhero teams of both Marvel and DC, and we now conclude with the ranking of super-villain teams from both publishers. Marvel's teams of villains are an eclectic bunch, including from the traditional gathering of a hero's rogues gallery to terrorist organizations to secret societies to alien menaces. These are the 50 bes...
The 50 Best DC Super-Villain Teams
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We have ranked heroes, villains, and superhero teams, which leaves us one final topic on this series. DC doesn't have as much success as Marvel with its super-villain teams, it seems. Many appear as small variations of each other with little to distinguish between them, and most fall into the archetype of a mere dark reflection of the heroes. Still, there are great stories to be read and great ...
Essential Doom Patrol Comics
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A team of super-hero outcasts tagged as the weirdest superteam of all time, the Doom Patrol served as the main inspiration for Marvel's X-Men while being themselves heavily based on the Fantastic Four. Their 1960s run fizzled out, the 1970s revival was a dud and the late 1980s series wasn't going so well and faced cancellation when a young writer fresh from England named Grant Morrison turned i...
Essential Robin & Nightwing Comics
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The quintessential superhero sidekick has gone through many incarnations in his 80-plus years of existence. Dick Grayson has outgrown the role to become Nightwing, Jason Todd has suffered a tragic end only to make his way back to the fold, Tim Drake has shown that the role of Robin is more than comic relief, Stephanie Brown made her mark if only briefly, and Damian Wayne has turned the dynamic ...
100 Comic Book Recommendations for Movie Buffs
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Like sci-fi movies? Why not a sci-fi comic? Big fan of adventure? Comics have got you covered. Have you enjoyed a big fantasy epic and now are looking for more of the same? Say no more! Movies and comics have a lot in common, first appearing simultaneously, appealing to a mass audience, dependable on viewer/reader engagement to tell their stories, so let's have a little fun. These are 100 comic...
The History of EC Comics
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EC Comics lasted for a little more than a decade and came to an end almost 70 years ago. Yet, in those few years, it shone a light onto an entire generation of comic artists, it battled government censorship, it produced some of the best crime, horror, and sci-fi comics ever seen, and it changed the way authors are acknowledged and how publishers interact with their readers. Series like Tales f...
The 50 Best Marvel Super-Hero Teams
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We continue our series of videos on super-heroes, villains and teams. You know the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men, but Marvel is much more than its most famous superhero teams. Some are unknown for good reasons and should remain so, while some are obfuscated by more recognizable names and remain hidden gems just waiting to be discovered by new readers. These are the 50 best superhe...
The 50 Best DC Super-Hero Teams
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As we continue going through the heroes and villains of the DC Universe, we examine its super-hero teams, some which have been around for decades, some which have had but brief moments in the sun before falling into relative obscurity, some which have been the object of some of the greatest comics ever and some which are known only to the most dedicated of readers. These are the 50 best DC Comi...
The Comics of Jonathan Hickman
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He just might be the best comic writer working in the business today, and, by all appearances, Jonathan Hickman is just getting started. Known for intricate, clever storylines, his plots are as complex as they are rewarding for those willing to take the plunge. Be it working on well-known characters like the Fantastic Four, Avengers and X-Men, or on creator-owned sagas like Manhattan Projects a...
Every Batman Run - Reading Order & Starting Points
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Every Batman Run - Reading Order & Starting Points
Every Flash Run - Reading Order & Starting Points
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Every Flash Run - Reading Order & Starting Points
I own the following Geoff Johns books: 1. Superman and the Legion of Superheroes 2. Superman Last Son 3. Aquaman Vol 1 The Trench 4. Aquaman Vol 2 The Others 5. Aquaman Vol 3 The Throne of Atlantis 6. Aquaman Vol 4 The Death of A King 7. Green Lantern by Geoff Johns Book 1 8. The Blackest Night 9. Green Lantern War of the Green Lanterns 10. New 52 Green Lantern Vol 1 Sinestro 11. New 52 Green Lantern Vol 2 The Revenge of Black Hand 12. New 52 Green Lantern Vol 3 The End
I own the following Mark Waid books: 1. Kingdom Come 2. Daredevil Vol 1 The Devil by the Bay 3. Daredevil Vol 1 4. Fantastic Four Vol 1 Imaginaunts
I have one book with Alex Ross as the artist and that is Kingdom Come but I also have 2 books with him as the cover artist: Fantastic Four Vol 1 Whatever Happened to the Fantastic Four by Ryan North and Doctor Strange Vol 1 The Life of Doctor Strange by Jed MacKay.
My favorite Mark Millar book is Superman Red Son.
I would also recommend the "Love's labours lost" collection best read between Frank Millers original run and Born Again storyline
Can you do a best of for Alpha Flight, too? I still need to read the rest of the Byrne run (Although Byrne didn’t like doing the book .).
Top 10 Marvel costumes 1- Wolverine 2- Captain america 3- Spider man 4- Thor 5- Hulk 6- Silver surfer 7- Daredevil 8- Thing 9- Punisher 10- Iron man Top 10 DC costumes 1- Superman 2- Batman 3- Wonder woman 4- Green lantern 5- Animal man 6- Green arrow 7- Night wing 8- Flash 9- Supergirl 10- Aquaman Top 5 bonus costumes 1- Hellboy - Dark horse 2- Dredd - 2000AD 3- Invincible - Image 4- Vampirella - Dynamite 5- Conan - Titan
Lot of average or poor titles, but no place for Savage Dragon or Moore's Wild Cats. Hm, okaay.
God I love this channel. Could you do something like this for spawn ?
Thanks for sharing this, truly excellent content!
Fantastic vid!!! Thanks a lot!
Great video, appreciate you sharing it!
Thanks a ton, this was super helpful!
Can't wait to start my collection
Great show guys, thank you
wow, great video. thanks so much
Loved the video!💕 Just started my comic book collection and found Toon Haven. They offer a huge variety of digital comics for every genre, and lifetime updates too!😍
very helpful, worth the watch
ill definitely try that, thanks!
How can you forget Morphs Sacrifice 😢
Ever thought of ranking superhero mantles/legacy characters?
@@lukelay3823 I did a Best Revamps that included several legacy characters. But I might do something more specific soon. I’m toying with the idea of a series of character rankings - wizards, soldiers, monsters, sidekicks, the list is vast…
Constantine?
@@user-py7vg6fx3d I was thinking of Constantine when I mentioned the “trenchcoat costume”. I just thought Hellboy illustrated it better.
My top 10 favorite superhero costumes 1. Batman(Blue & Grey) 2. Spider-Man(Red & Blue) 3. Shazam 4. Deadpool 5. Wolverine(Brown & Gold) 6. Gambit 7. Nightwing(90s outfit) 8. Cyclops(90s outfit) 9. The Flash(New52 outfit) 10. The Punisher (classic outfit) My top 10 favorite supervillain costumes 1. The Joker 2. Green Goblin 3. Black Adam 4. Magneto(Red & Purple) 5. Electro 6. Reverse-Flash 7. Captain Cold 8. The Riddler(modern outfit) 9. Catwoman (modern outfit) 10. Deathstroke(classic outfit)
Top 20 Marvel Costumes: 1. Spider-Man 2. Iron Man 3. Hulk 4. Hawkeye 5. Black Widow 6. Thor 7. Captain America 8. Wolverine 9. Cyclops 10. Fantastic Four 11. X-Men 12. Punisher 13. DareDevil 14. Iron Fist 15. Luke Cage 16. Doctor Doom 17. Venom 18. Sabretooth 19. Deadpool 20. Cable Top 20 DC Costumes: 1. Superman 2. Batman 3. Wonder Woman 4. Robins(Nightwing, Red Robin, Red Hood, and Damian Wayne) 5. Doctor Fate 6. General Zod(New 52) 7. Lex Luthor(Rebirth) 8. Flash 9. Reverse Flash 10. Shazam 11. Cheetah 12. Green Arrow 13. Mr. Freeze 14. Catwoman 15. Joker 16. Black Adam 17. Static Shock 18. Hawkgirl 19. Aquaman 20. Green Lantern
My favorite comic superhero costumes are: 1. Superman 2. Daredevil 3. Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes) 4. Green Arrow 5. Thor 6. Aquaman 7. Doctor Strange 8. Fantastic Four My favorite comic supervillain costumes are: 1. Doctor Doom 2. Black Manta 3. Loki 4. Bizarro
Essencial Supergirl?
@@rogeriopaixaopeceguini8350 Coming in two weeks, followed by Every Superman Run.
Marvel should make a MAX Omnibus from the horror based characters: Blade, Man-Thing, Zombie, Hellstrom, Werewolf by Night etc.
pheNOMANal video. Straight, to the point, well researched. liked and subbed.
This list is ridiculous. Most of the cartoonists here are great artists, but some comic geniuses are missing, especially French, South American and Italian. Alberto Breccia and Sergio Toppi are not here! In general there are too many American cartoonists, many of whom are considered great only because their characters are famous. I'm sorry to say it, but this list was made by very ignorant people.
Batman year 1?
@@a.potato9464 Yeah, I didn’t include it because it was published in the monthly series, and at the same time I thought a four-issue story didn’t qualify as a “run”. Otherwise it would be a top 3, for sure. Funny enough, the original plan was for Year One to be a limited series, but DC opted to publish it in the Batman monthly series as a way to bring new readers to the title.
@@comicbelief I didn't know it ran within detective comics well thanks for the clarification
Is Schism collected on any sort of Omnibus or large book for that nature?
@@godzillagus8358 I don’t believe so. Even Prelude to Schism and the tie-ins to Generation Hope are separate collections. I thought it might be part of the Wolverine & the X-Men series omnibus, or the Avengers vs X-Men omnibus, but a quick search shows this is not the case.
@@comicbelief then do I understand correctly that Schism fits in between Wolverine & the X-Men Omnibus and AvX Omnibus? Curious choice to leave it out. I can only speculate why since I'm so behind in the timeline. Many thx for the response 🙂
@@godzillagus8358 Actually, Schism fits before both. It’s the event that launches the Wolverine & the X-Men series, then only a few months later we get Avengers vs X-Men. Schism impacts on both series and should be read before them. But since Schism had a prelude series, and they also gave AvX its own prelude (an unnecessary cash-grab about Cable), I guess putting them all together would seem unwieldy.
Ngl, came for the archetypes, had an impromptu blues session instead 😂. Song is a banger
I work with comics every day. What exactly is the "top ten" supposed to denote? Kamandi is a top ten but Avengers 1 and X-Men 1 aren't? How? In what world? (With respect, cool vid.)
@@frightmikesart Fair point. I tried to judge not the Avengers or X-Men as a whole, but Kirby’s specific run. For the Avengers, that was only 8 issues, for the X-Men it was 17. One can argue that the Avengers only became great after the issue 16 shake up, while the X-Men took more than a decade to become great. When I think of Lee and Kirby, I think of Fantastic Four, Thor, Captain America…
@@comicbelief Wow, that's very interesting and an unusual perspective but I respect it. I feel like all Kirby is great Kirby, regardless of his span on a particular series. Do you have a video like this for Ditko, Kubert, Wood, Buscema Bros, Romita? Those would be cool to do, I feel.
@@frightmikesart I make more videos on writers than artists. Either because they appeal more to me or because I find words easier to judge than art. I did a video on Alex Ross a while back, and I did one on George Perez, which I’m yet to upload. More to come, certainly
@@comicbelief Oh I'll definitely check both those out, legends. Cool
Im just a Jim Steranko , Michael Golden fan representing. Throw in some Clairmont and Perez and im good!
For me spiderman definatly has the best rogues gallary in all of comics
Near Mint Condition, morgrig and your channel are the HOLY TRINITY of reading orders!! Your work in particular is of the greatest for newcomers; very comprehensive. Thanks for your work!!
No Frank Bellamy? Maybe next time? And no inclusion of Kevin O'Neil? I was in an exhibition and my work was just round the corner from Bellamy. Yikes! The Bellamy estate specified that his work should be behind glass and bolted to the wall! Bolland and O'Neil were there too, not bolted to the wall. This was back in 1982. What happened to me? I ended up being a sole bloody carer. So much for my career! Pissed off? You bet!
Can't believe that so many of the MCU movies are from the newer/later books. And so many of the older/former books and storylines were ignored.
@@paracyntrix that’s not entirely true. Most often, the movies heavily update classic storylines to the restrictions of the MCU. Or take classic elements - like Stark’s alcoholism - and include them while not making them a centerpiece. What Marvel does is connect the movies to recent stories by title or main villain, but use older stories for the actual plot. The first Iron Man is a story from the 80s. Winter Soldier is from 2005. The fight against Thanos is from 1991. I’ve made videos about it. One for each MCU phase. Check them out.
Will you make video for Manga publisher like Viz, Kodansha?
Could you follow up on the Godzilla comics, please?
Would you consider doing a Valiant or Boom Studios video?, I love your work, btw🖤
@@williammaldonado0909 I consider everything. There will be videos on Valiant, Boom, Dynamite, also each Image Comics studio… it’s all a matter of time management 😉
Yay! I love Hellboy! Also, I hope you do a Superman and Wonder Woman starting points videos soon
@@tributestosfiction Superman is already done. Just trying to mix things up a little before another “every run ever” type of video. It will probably take most of August.
@@comicbelief No Problem man. Variety is always important
@@tributestosfiction Superman should be the last of these multiple video series for a while. For the rest of the year, I hope to rotate videos on genres (crime, horror, sci-fi, and so on), videos on countries (Italy, Spain, France, Belgium), on writers and artists (golden age, silver age, etc) and some superhero essentials for good measure. Should be fun.
@comicbelief No problem. I Like how you don't just focus only on Marvel/DC comics and introduce people to the independents. Although, I still would like to see WW starting points in edition to Superman (just to complete DC's big 5), ultimately, it's your channel and I'm glad your running it the way you are
@@tributestosfiction oh, it will come soon. Promise.
Kinda shocked you didn't rate The Crooked Man higher
@@motorcycledude101 I love it too, like the Wolves of St August, but I tried to consider the entire collection, and it’s hard not to rank larger series higher because they move the plot forward. I tried to give every notable short story its own entry, but the video would never end.
@@comicbelief Fair enough! Keep up the videos man, I recommend my friends to watch your videos when they ask for reading orders and good starting points for specific characters.
Correction Avengers annual 7 and marvel two in one featured the cosmic cube, not the infinity gems
@@marshalltimmons7451 I believe you are thinking of Avengers #125, which concludes a Captain Marvel story where Thanos has the cube. The Final Threat introduces the infinity stones for the first time.
Excellent! Thanks
No Frightful Four?
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Can you do a Top Or Best Of Kingpin stories?
@@matthewschwartz6607 already finished it. Coming soon.
Big guy and rusty need a live action movie
Great! I am 10 years older than you and live in Germany, but our comic book experience is in many ways similar. Yes, the 80s were comic book heaven, the 90s were meh and with around 2005 there was a wonderful renaissance of super hero (and other) comic books!
I own the following Daredevil books: Mighty Marvel Masterworks Daredevil Vol 1 While the City Sleeps by Stan Lee, Bill Everett, Joe Orlando, and Wally Wood Mighty Marvel Masterworks Daredevil Vol 2 Alone Against the Underworld by Stan Lee, John Romita Sr., Gene Colan, and Jack Kirby Daredevil by Frank Miller and Klaus Jensen Omnibus Daredevil Born Again by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli Daredevil Man Without Fear by Frank Miller and John Romita Jr. Daredevil Guardian Devil by Kevin Smith and Joe Quesada Daredevil by Mark Waid Vol 1 Marvel Now Daredevil Vol 1 The Devil by the Bay by Mark Waid Daredevil Vol 1 Know Fear by Chip Zdarsky Daredevil Vol 2 No Devils, Only God by Chip Zdarsky Daredevil Vol 3 Through Hell by Chip Zdarsky Daredevil Vol 4 End of Hell by Chip Zdarsky Daredevil Vol 5 Truth/Dare by Chip Zdarsky