@@Furburn This actually IS A THING. The team adapting it has to create a script that describes the page, like you would if you're adapting a movie into a book novelization. GraphicAudio made some of these, but they have sound effects and a full cast. The Marvel GraphicAudio adaptions are now available in all digital audiobook stores but the DC GraphicAudio adaptions are missing. Probably in licensing limbo. The Ms. Marvel comic audiobook adaptions are the first I listened too.
Brian Azzarellos New 52 run on Wonder Woman is genuinely awesome too - it's very fantastical, and gives WW this ensemble of other characters around her that are all really interesting. You dudes should check it out!
Exactly, the first 35 issues where it focuses on her dysfunctional greek god family is amazing and all the characters are brilliant, the art is really unique too.
In the Green Lantern section, I would recommend Geoff Johns whole nine year run. But in terms of accessibility, you could also read Rebirth, Sinestro Corps War and Blackest Night. While part of the whole nine year run, I think they’re also good as stand alone stories.
I know I definitely used Blackest Night as a jumping off point for Green Lantern. It's surprising how well it works as a starter when it's also a big event
@@MrDamsky100 It's not really a great starting point to get into comics. I agree that for a comic reader who is generally aware of the Lantern general mythos of the moment (with the spectrum and all) and knows the general history of superheroes, those that died and came back etc... it's a great starting point but it would be a pretty confusing story for people who have no comic background at all. That's a comic recommend for people going back into comics but for starting I would always recommend something that is more self contained, shorter and easier to read as a standalone, ideally a self contained story like a mini series. Once someone gets hooked on something simple I'd start porposing large events like this (or Crisis or Flashpoint) and let them decide what other characters interest them and go from there. One of the stories I used and successfully got people to go from "yeah it wasn't bad" to being interested in reading more was Tower of Babel. Or if they are more into artwork anything Alex Ross ever done.
Blackest Night helped me catch up with DC, as I had stopped following the main continuity in the late 90s. With the internet, I was able to research any of the story points, or characters that I had missed in those years in between. There are some really harsh endings to some of those comics. A hero would accomplish something that was so difficult, only to have dead friends show up as Black Lanterns to psychologically torture them until they escape or are turned as well.
I really hope Jay Garrick goes back in time and fixes this video so it's just you guys talking for 25 minutes about the greatest DC character: Booster Gold.
Some of my recommendations (other than what these guys suggested ofcourse) - 1. Superman - American Alien by Max Landis 2. Wonder Woman - Wonder Woman Earth One by Grant Morrison 3. Green Lantern - Omega Men by Tom King 4. Batman - Grant Morrison's Saga, Black Mirror by Scott Snyder, Earth One by Geoff Johns and many more. Much like Daredevil Batman has way too many entertaining comic book stories.
Morrison's Batman run is my favorite but I don't think it's suited for first time readers. Too layered and reference heavy a lot of people who try it get lost. It's kind of a love letter to Batman's history that's better appreciated when you're more familiar with other works.
I loved Green Lantern: Earth One, it was much more interesting than the average green lantern book. Seeing Hal explore space in search of Oa was great.
@@BrandonNielsen87 Story is alright. It's a bit clunky, and the ending doesn't stick the landing, but the intrigue and mystery at the beginning is awesome, and the (true) big bad behind it all was a nice twist.
@Benjamin Roxburgh i hear a lot of people say that so its ok you're not alone. my favorite batman stories are either Arkham Asylum a serious house on a serious earth, most of Scott Snyders run up until the flashback stuff, and Grant Morrisons Batman & Robin run.
For the Justice League, I’d say good starting points are: Justice League of America: The Tornado’s Path Justice League New 52 vol 1 Justice (artwork by Alex Ross)
Ashley Tuchin Justice (by Alex Ross), is my favourite comic of all time and it boasts the JLA, Doom Patrol, Metal Men, Teen Titans, Legion of Doom and Brainiac all beautifully painted by the man himself
For anyone interested at all in Superman, I'd highly recommend the comic Superman: Up in the Sky. Its a modern love letter to the character and gives you a great insight into why Superman has remained iconic for so long
If you want to read a proper Superman story, I highly, highly recommend All-Star Superman. It’s my favorite comic of all time. It’s beautifully written by Grant Morrison and drawn by Frank Quitely. And it perfectly captures the character and inspire you to be someone better
I do still think its better to read a few Superman stories before All-star like Secret Origin and For all seasons because they help you first understand the character and really get to love all the characters in his stories and then jump into All-star when you have a bit of a deeper understanding of the character and know more than just what the movies did with Superman.
As someone who read all-star superman very early on, i think its not a great first book. I enjoyed it, but I hadnt read enough of superman to understand enough of what hes about to really get it, it just struck me as a fairly quaint little story. I hadnt read enough "superman punches a thing" comics to really appreciate the character underneath, and therefore appreciate the much more subtle, less punchey (despite him being able to lift ten quintillion earths) all star superman.
Be better? Please. Superman is the biggest hypocrite of them all, his greatest weakness isn't kryptonite it's moral ambiguity.God forbid he be put in a situation where he has to make a hard decision where he has to ACTIVELY choose to sacrifice lives to choose to do what is morally right or choose where there is no right choice, easy when the universe you inherit allows you to be "good" without sacrificing or living with the consequences, He risks nothing being "good". Let's also talk about his morals, He preaches how moral he is and how he doesn't have the right to choose who lives or dies but he does so when he chooses who he saves over other people if you choose to save a kid from drowning and let someone fall off a building you have no right pretending you don't choose who lives or dies or have a moral leg to stand on.
Also remember when Superman actively chose to kill very casually in the Golden Age? What moral hero And he never admits it in the comics that he did, acknowledging it exists, they just gloss over that era.
I picked up “The War of Jokes and Riddles” recently and that’s a very good time. Same thing as Long Halloween and Hush where you need to have some understanding of the main players but it’s also a really good insight into the lore and mythology of Gotham City. New 52 Justice League, mostly volume 1 because it kind of shits the bed after that, is also a really solid JL origin story.
7:14 language trivia time: As you guys might know, Ivan Reis is brazilian and the brazilian portuguese pronunciation for "Reis" would be something like "Haes" in english. End of language trivia time.
For Superman I would recommend Superman: American Alien, it's out of continuity but shows Superman over 7 different parts of his life, starting with when he 1st gets his powers all the way up until he embraces being superman
@@CorbCorbin you should go back and watch the video again, give it a like and subscribe then tell your friends. Any comic books missed the first time will surely appear.
hot tip: the DC animated universe is the absolute best way to introduce yourself to DC characters & lore. (young justice isn’t in the DCAU, but i recommend watching it afterwards. it covers a LOT of ground)
6:03 Mason: "...And speaking of sexy, volume 4 of that series is illustrated by a guy called Stjepan Sejic." Sunstone fans: "Yeah, That sounds about right."
Sitting there reading the mason quote on the “All TerrainMan” picture and then waiting for him to say it was the most exciting 30 seconds of my weekend.
Superman: I've really enjoyed Grant Morrison's "Action Comics Superman" Green Lantern: Ron Marz run on "Green Lantern" with Kyle Rayner is pretty fun to read! Shazam! by Geoff Johns both the New 52 and current series Other recommendations: Tom Kings "Mister Miracle" John Ostranders "The Spectre" Peter Milligans "Justice League Dark"
It's a nice switch that James is the one who derails the conversation with shenanigans. Really turns the tables on Mason with a taste of his own medicine. Metaphors.
Johns’ main goal in his DC work has always been the simplification of characters’ histories to the essential elements. I understand some people’s complaints about how simple he goes sometimes, but he’s basically done every character by now and I’m rarely disappointed. He’s the perfect writer for newcomers to comics.
Great video! Some recent stories I really like are: Man and Superman by Marv Wolfmann - Clark Kents first couple of weeks in Metropolis The Flash: Year One by Joshua Williamson - recent retelling of Barry Allens origin Shazam! (New 52) by Geoff Johns - Shazam's origin, great for fans of the movie
My picks: Greg Rucka's Wonder Woman Geoff Johns' Flash Geoff Johns' Green Lantern New 52 or Rebirth Aquaman New 52 Batman The New Teen Titans Tim Seeley's Nightwing John Ostrander's Suicide Squad Rebirth Green Arrow
One of the first Batman stories I read because I realized that most of the Batman merch my parents got me as a 2003 baby was based on Jim Lee’s art from when he illustrated Batman: Hush lol
Superman - Superman: Birthright, Superman: Secret Origin, All-Star Superman, Superman: For All Seasons Batman - Batman: Year One, Batman: The Long Halloween, Batman: The Killing Joke, Batman: Hush, Batman: The Court of Owls Wonder Woman - George Perez' run, Greg Rucka's DC Rebirth run The Flash - The Flash: Rebirth Green Lantern - Green Lantern: Rebirth Aquaman - Geoff Johns' New 52 run Teen Titans - New Teen Titans by Wolfman & Perez A few other DC Comics to read: The New Frontier, Watchmen, Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol, The Sandman, Gotham Central
The Long Halloween was one of my first comic stories and I absolutely loved the mysterious story. Highly recommend it and it’s follow-up, Dark Victory.
Superman: All Star Superman by Grant Morrison. Flash: Rebirth (Barry Allen) ; Return of Barry Allen (Wally West) Green Lantern: Rebirth Batman: Batman Adventures; Batman and Robin Adventures (made for kids, but awesome stories) Also the Green Lantern/ Green Arrow series was in the 60s, written by Dennis O'Neil with art by Neal Adams. Thanks guys!
My green lantern interest sky rocketed in the order of geoff John's green lantern, loving jon Stewart in justice league TAS, then the two animated movies (two of the best in the straight to dvd line up, one of them being an anthology which blew me away, like "really the green lantern universe is that big". And then finally I watched the green lantern animated show, which I was very much pleasantly surprised by. Earth one was the tail end of that and sealed the deal completely with being a fan of the different characters and the overall mythology. What a world we live in where we get a great guardians of the galaxy movie before a great green lantern movie.
I used to work in comic book shop for years in NY, and Mark Waid used to come in all the time, what a lovely human being, and so giving. I have not seen or talked to him in 20 years almost, and I am suer he has no idea who I am, but he certainly left a mark for being an amazing human being.
Personally I’d start with these. -For batman i’d start with batman:court of owls and go from there it gets u hooked straight away with no origin. -For The flash start with the flash by Mark waid volume 1 that’s great and the best starting point. -For superman start with superman American alien that’s so different and if your not massively into superman it’ll get u into it. -For Wonder Woman start with Wonder Woman: blood just trust me. -For Green Arrow start with Green arrow year one I’d say. -For green lantern start with earth one like he said that’s the easiest start. -for teen titans I’d start with teen titans by Geoff Johns volume 1. -For the justice society read earth 2 volume one. -For Aquaman start with Aquaman: the trench volume 1. -For the justice league start with Justice league: new world order by grant Morrison. -For doom patrol either start with Doom Patrol by grant morrison volume 1 or young animal’s doom patrol series is also amazing. -For events identity crisis, forever evil and infinite crisis r great. -for catwoman read catwoman: when in Rome. -for deathstroke read deathstroke the terminator by Marc wolfman. -For villains read Brian azzerllo’s joker and Luther. -for vertigo read v for vendetta, Sandman: preludes and nocturnes and Astro City. -For suicide squad start with deadshot: beggings then read the rest of that writers run. -For Dick Grayson is start with either of these 3 stories as the start of different eras. -Nightwing blud heaven by chuck Dickson -Grayson volume 1 start of a great run as him as a super spy. -Nightwing: better then batman is the start of the new age of Nightwing by tim Sale. -For new gods reAd new gods by jack Kirby or mister miracle by Tom king. -For superbly read superboy by Jeff lemier. -For supergirl start with superman: brainiac and go from there. -for batwoman go for batwoman by Greg rucka genuinely amazing. -for Jason Todd read batman: under the hood or red hood and the outlaws rebirth. -for Tim drake read Robin: reborn volume 1. -For Damian Wayne read batman and robin: reborn which has dick Grayson as batman. -For bargirl read the first volume of the new 52 bargirl run. IM DONE GOT CAUGHT UP THERE ANYONE WANTS ANOTHER CHARACTER ILL ADD IT TO THE LIST IF IVE READ IT.
*Wonder Woman: True Amazon*, a stand alone original graphic novel that tackles her origin in a different way. *Batman: Turning Points*, a 5 issue mini examining the friendship between Batman and Commissioner Gordon over the years. *Sinestro*, by Cullen Bunn and Dale Eaglesham, focusing on the Green Lantern baddie, and making him quite interesting to follow, while still keeping his bite he has as a baddie. *Robin: Son of Batman*, volume 1 is Year of Blood and volume 2 is Dawn of the Demons. A miniseries focusing on Damien Wayne atoning for the awful stuff he did when he was with the League of Assassins.
If your looking for a superman story, I've heard that All Star Superman is a good defining series for superman's character, though I haven't read it myself yet so I'm not to sure how good of a jumping of point it is, just one I hear being recommended a lot
They talk about it in a bit the full episode but don't think it's a good book for someone just getting into comics. Mason said he like Omega Men maxiseries with Kyle Rayner, and James talks about the Batman issue of The Button, which were (coincidentally?) also writing by King.
Although really really good, probably not a great place to start imo - especially if the reader isn't familiar with Mister Miracle, the New Gods and Apokolips. Really, reading Jack Kirby's New God's and Mister Miracle from the 70's first would be ideal.
Since you guys seem to really enjoy talking comic books on this channel, I would truly ADORE it if you would consider looking at and talking about Monstress; pinned by Marjorie Liu and illustrated by Sana Takeda. It's not Marvel or DC. It's an Image Comics original and it deserves a lot of Spotlight. Far more than it gets. In the fact that nobody knows it or talks about it is criminal. The storytelling is deep and sprawling, the characters are memorable and the artwork is, for lack of a better word, awe-inspiring. It's a comic series that reads like a well-thought-out fiction novel more so then a comic book and that's due largely to the fact that it's writer IS a legitimate novelist. There are no spin-offs, off shoots, alternate universes, doppelganger characters, wacky side plots, universe ending reboots or any other frivolous and confusing menucha that's inherent in the comic genre. It's just a singular straightforward fantasy war story whose 28th installment just dropped this month and whose narrative has yet to reach its finale. And it's a VERY GOOD fantasy war story. And if it nudges you to read it at all, it is a Hugo Award-winning work of fiction.
Flash: Seconded the New 52 series. The art alone sells that book for me. It's dynamic, visually engaging, the colors and composition of the panels is just a pure treat and it makes for a kick-ass read! Give the first 4-5 volumes a try. Rebirth is also okay, but I didn't love it as much, found myself dropping it after Vol 2. Batman: You really can't go wrong with Year 1 and Long Halloween as a sequel. The followup to Long Halloween is often overlooked IMO, Dark Victory (goes more into Two Face) Green Arrow: The Lemire Run on the New 52 is so much fun as mentioned, it's as good as you can get your GA! Pretty inspired by the critically acclaimed Immortal Iron Fist series from 08, for good reason, it's a lot of fun to read. Also recommend Green Arrow: Year One by Andy Diggle and with art by Jock. It's also quite timeless! Green Lantern: Honestly it's a big investment but if you're down to go all the way, then everything Geoff Johns did with that character in the whole Blackest Night saga is amazing. Starting with "No Fear" all the way to Blackest Night, you're in for one of the best space epic sagas comics has to offer, period! If you only need to read 1 comic from that entire run, however, I HIGHLY recommend the Sinestro Corps War. If that hooks you in, give the rest a shot, you'll love it. You can even go up to New 52 stuff, with the Third Army arc. If you're looking for fun jumping on points, I'll always recommend team books. Give New 52 Justice League a try, and then figure out what characters make you tick and check out their solo books! Also highly recommend Mister Miracle by Tom King. It's *kinda* standalone of the DC universe at large, and I liked it a lot.
2:38 He is the main guy doing the current X-Men run (9 of the 12 issues announced so far), pretty much every Marvel series nowadays has an artist do 5 or 6 issues then leave for a few or an arc then returns. He'll probably surpass his runs on Avengers & New Avengers which were his old leaders. He is still probably the most active of the artists who popped up in the early 2000s.
I will never fail to recommend DC New Frontier for a great jumping off point. It gets a little bogged down with silver age characters, but if you know the general concepts behind Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, etc, it's a great retelling of how the Justice League formed. Plus the art is amazing.
8:52 Just wanna clarify that Buccelato and Manapul were co-authors and Manapul did the art! Manapul is one of my comic book idols, his panelling, colors, and art style in general are amazing.
I cannot stress this enough: Wonder Woman - the Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang run (just called 'Wonder Woman') is the best thing to happen to WW in decades
I can't believe they left out George Perez Wonder Woman series. Its easily the best one. John Byrne had a great run on Wonder Woman too. These guys have no clue about DC.
Here's my list of DC stuff to read: •Anything Neil Gaiman has ever written honestly, but more specifically, the Sandman series. •Anything Alan Moore has written, but more specifically, Killing Joke, Watchmen, and V For Vendetta •Anything Grant Morrison has written, but more specifically, All Star Superman •I also really like Brian Azzarello's work. I like his Joker graphic novel and even his Before Watchmen series he did. It's of course non canon, but I liked it overall. •Frank Miller's stuff is of course great. Primarily you wanna read Dark Knight Returns. Duh. •Geoff Johns is really good too. People rag on him but he's really good. Darkest Night and Flashpoint are amazing. And then for my recommdations for weeklies/ monthlies it would be just to pick a superhero that YOU like and then start picking up issues. What you can do to get caught up is to just buy the trades first in that series and then pick up the individual comics. I think it's cool to support your local comic book store, but it you don't have one, you can buy online. Totally fine. I normally get about two comics a week. Which that's kind of expensive honestly for me. But I do it anyways. And I read them and then put them in my filing cabinet. It's ultimately a pretty cool hobby to have. And then usually when I go to conventions I'll bring some comics and have them signed by my favorite artists and writers and take pictures with the writers. You can honestly make a lot of friends with these writers by doing this. It's just cool. Obviously comics aren't that big overall. And you'll probably make a writer's day if you get them to sign stuff for you. Then the whole collecting thing is kind of fun. Collecting in general is fun to do. Not all of it is SUPER expensive but it's cool to have regardless. It's just fun to do I think.
I don't have any good "starter" comics, but if you're already somewhat familiar with the lore, my go-to recs are Batman: White Knight, All-Star Superman, and Kingdom Come.
here's my recommended reading order for each character. by each character i mean only two because those are the only ones I've read. superman: secret origin/ birthright/ for all seasons, superman the animated series, peace on earth, last son of krypton, escape from bizarro world, superman and the legion of superheroes, superman vs the elite, batman/superman: apocalypse, brainiac, new krypton, flashpoint, american alien, justice league: origin, convergence, Lois and Clark, the final days of superman, rebirth, the button, doomsday clock. batman: year one, dark moon rising, the man who laughs, the long Halloween, dark victory, robin year one, batgirl year one, batman the animated series, the killing joke, the son of the demon, just another kid on crime alley, the cult, a death in the family, noel, a lonely place of dying, the new batman adventures, hush, under the red hood,
For some reason it's tough to find great Wonder Woman stories. The one I liked the best was a stand alone origin retelling called Wonder Woman The True Amazon. Superhero stories can sometimes become silly and lack gravitas but this story, shockingly, brought a tear to my eye. Told more like a fairy tale, it's just a great story, irrespective of it's comic connection.
Batman '66! That was a great and fun run based on the Adam West TV show. I wish it had lasted longer... They introduced '66 versions of Harley Quinn, Killer Croc, Clayface, Two-Face (with appearance based on William Shatner!) and in the Wonder Woman crossover, Ra's Al-Ghoul!
Always so fun to listen to your show guys!!! You missed the take of late Darwin Cook on Superman (art by Tim Sale) : Kryptonite Also the run of Darwin Cook on CatWoman is an excellent intro to that character Finally the Mini Series "New Frontier" (also by Darwin Cook) is the perfect intro on the Justice League and an excellent intro on characters like Flash, Green Lanterne and Martian Manhunter
honestly, i know a lot of people don't like the new 52 as a whole, but the first major story arc for wonder woman in that is pretty damn phenomenal, i wanna say it's the first 30ish issues. highly recommend it if you want a solid place to start with her.
Great video! I recommend Trinity by Matt Wagner. It's a stand alone story about Superman and Batman (who already know each other) meeting Wonder Woman for the first time
I absolutely love Superman: Secret Identity. Such a great story. I like a lot of B-Grade and C-Grade superheroes. So, I hope you don't mind if I recommend two of my faves, Plastic Man and the Red Hood. Plastic Man has a 4 issue mini series from the 80s by Phil Foglio and Hilary Barta. It is a wonderful and short introduction. You get introduced to the silliness and goofiness of Plastic Man. It helped me become more of a fan after his appearances on Batman the Brave and the Bold, tv show. For the Red Hood, read the Rebirth run of Red Hood & The Outlaws. The Dexter Soy's artwork is masterful. They show the character as much more sympathetic, his relationship with Bizarro is touching and Artemis is pretty solid in her own right. Its leagues better then the New 52 run, with better art and with characters that actually compliment each other well. They even have an annual issue fleshing out Dick Grayson's and Jason Todd's relationship, which was much appreciated. Also, for Batman. I would recommend Long Halloween. But if you've already read that, the writer and artist have made several other Batman books, its been forever since I read Dark Victory, but I have read Haunted Knight (and enjoyed it very much). Once again after you've gone and read Long Halloween, that could be a great direction to go towards.
Superman-Rebirth by Peter J Tomasi Wonder Woman-Either of the runs by Greg Rucka, New 52 run by Brian Azzarello, or Gail Simone's run Birds of Prey-Gail Simone run (get the movie version garbage out of people's heads) Batman-Court of Owls, Some of Tom King's run, Rebirth Detective Comics, Batman Inc. (there's too many to count) Justice League- JLA run by Grant Morrison Teen Titans- Either the orignal Marv Wolfman stuff or the Geoff Johns run Green Lantern- Rebirth and Secret Origins or the 90s Kyle Rayner run The Flash-Mark Waid run on Wally West, Rebirth by Geoff Johns, or the New 52 run JSA and Stargirl (both by Geoff Johns) are just good books in general, particularly if you like the Stargirl TV series that is currently airing
The Sandman by Neil Gaiman is great read and I think it is a great introduction into comics. It's not really a superhero comic but the stories and artwork are fantastic. The Sandman is also set in the DC universe. So there's appearances by familiar characters like John Constantine.
I would highly recommend John Byrne's Superman run from the late 80s. They were released in 9 volumes simply called Superman: Man of Steel. Some might be hard to find but I think DC just started re-releasing them. I also recommend George Perez's late 80s run of Wonder Woman. Their Batman recommendations are spot on. New 52 Batman was epic!
The New 52 run of Animal Man has 5 volumes written by Jeff Lemire and just amazing artwork! Revolves around Buddy trying to be a good dad while also dealing with some new mystical horrors revolving around his powers. Can Buddy protect the world and keep his family safe at the same time? (Just a little summary to get you interested). This is probably my favorite DC comic story and Buddy is definitely my ALL time favorite DC character and want everyone to know about him!
I’d say by core characters to get an essential understanding of characters. For Superman, I’d definitely say All-Star or Tomasi’s run on the character, For Batman I’d recommend the Long Halloween and Court of Owls, Wonder Woman I’d recommend Perez or Rucka’s run, I would recommend for Flash easily Waid’s run on Wally West as the Flash... Aquaman and Green Lantern I’ll give you anything Geoff Johns wrote and for the characters and Justice League I’d recommend DC: The New Frontier and Morrison’s JLA. Please do one of these videos for Marvel Comics I prefer their comics to be honest.
Superman: Secret Origins, Batman: Knightfall & Knightquest, Wonder Woman: The Challenge of Artemis and Earth One, Green Lantern Rebirth (miniseries), The Flash: Terminal Velocity, just to name a few
Jeff Jons run on Green Lantern is a masterpiece. Batman and Superman will always be my favorite in DC but it made the Green Lantern Core skyrocket and Hal Jordan top 3 and John Stewart top 10.
The book that got me to become a huge Superman fan was Superman/Batman: Public Enemies. Great book, great movie, all in all just fun. And it shows just how good of friends that Superman and Batman are. Another Superman book i loved is Superman: Emperor Joker.
Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman and Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman are both great places to start. They are affordable hardback 'greatest hits' collections that are 400 pages long and collect great 'one-and-done' issues for each character which introduce significant elements of each characters mythos like the Fortress of Solitude, Brainiac, Robin, Batgirl etc. So you will get great overviews of Superman & Batman but without spoiling other longer multi-issue graphic novels with those characters. There are 80 Years Flash & Joker hardback books too but they are not as strong in my opinion.
These are our preferences but if you've got any let us know! Not here though this is hardly the time or place.
i only read audio comic books. it's...a difficult way to live life.
Justice (artwork by Alex Ross) is my definitive Justice League book that I’d recommend to anyone wanting to give the Justice League a try
Can you do this type of video for marvel please
@@samjackson9560 think they are doing that on weekly planet this week
@@Furburn This actually IS A THING. The team adapting it has to create a script that describes the page, like you would if you're adapting a movie into a book novelization. GraphicAudio made some of these, but they have sound effects and a full cast. The Marvel GraphicAudio adaptions are now available in all digital audiobook stores but the DC GraphicAudio adaptions are missing. Probably in licensing limbo.
The Ms. Marvel comic audiobook adaptions are the first I listened too.
It's like whenever I run out of videos to watch, James and Mason know
Or when I run out of UA-camrs sponsored by Raycon, Raycon seems to know.
How good are eggs
Well they post three times a week on the same days each week, but yes, the thing you said, also
YES
It’s true
James is so funny and charismatic - it's easy to forget he really is a comic encyclopedia.
And he knows all the anime, too.
@@Mitsuraga My favourite anime is *Jay Garrick.*
and a goose
Brian Azzarellos New 52 run on Wonder Woman is genuinely awesome too - it's very fantastical, and gives WW this ensemble of other characters around her that are all really interesting. You dudes should check it out!
Exactly, the first 35 issues where it focuses on her dysfunctional greek god family is amazing and all the characters are brilliant, the art is really unique too.
You clearly made this up, they named every comic ever and I didn't see it in the video.
It’s official. Aunty Donna has spoken
Little Boy Hades with a Candle for a head still deeply unsettles me though
Can’t beat that Cliff Chiang art either! Nicest guy too!
George Perez's run on Wonder Woman is a great intro to her origins.
I'm starting that run and the art is great!
RIP
In the Green Lantern section, I would recommend Geoff Johns whole nine year run. But in terms of accessibility, you could also read Rebirth, Sinestro Corps War and Blackest Night. While part of the whole nine year run, I think they’re also good as stand alone stories.
I know I definitely used Blackest Night as a jumping off point for Green Lantern. It's surprising how well it works as a starter when it's also a big event
Definitely the best modern Lantern run.
@@MrDamsky100 It's not really a great starting point to get into comics. I agree that for a comic reader who is generally aware of the Lantern general mythos of the moment (with the spectrum and all) and knows the general history of superheroes, those that died and came back etc... it's a great starting point but it would be a pretty confusing story for people who have no comic background at all. That's a comic recommend for people going back into comics but for starting I would always recommend something that is more self contained, shorter and easier to read as a standalone, ideally a self contained story like a mini series. Once someone gets hooked on something simple I'd start porposing large events like this (or Crisis or Flashpoint) and let them decide what other characters interest them and go from there.
One of the stories I used and successfully got people to go from "yeah it wasn't bad" to being interested in reading more was Tower of Babel.
Or if they are more into artwork anything Alex Ross ever done.
@@bigbrotherlop87 Oh no definitely. As I said it was my jumping off point for Green Lantern, not for comics as a whole. That's more what I meant
Blackest Night helped me catch up with DC, as I had stopped following the main continuity in the late 90s.
With the internet, I was able to research any of the story points, or characters that I had missed in those years in between.
There are some really harsh endings to some of those comics. A hero would accomplish something that was so difficult, only to have dead friends show up as Black Lanterns to psychologically torture them until they escape or are turned as well.
I really hope Jay Garrick goes back in time and fixes this video so it's just you guys talking for 25 minutes about the greatest DC character: Booster Gold.
You mean green lantern.
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Yeah, Booster Gold when he was a Lantern.
What about the fact that the lightning bolt on his chest is coming out of his pants? There might be something going on there, or not.
You can tell how much Mason loves comics, he took this very seriously and wasn’t his usual quippy self. I love seeing him really show his insight
Some of my recommendations (other than what these guys suggested ofcourse) -
1. Superman - American Alien by Max Landis
2. Wonder Woman - Wonder Woman Earth One by Grant Morrison
3. Green Lantern - Omega Men by Tom King
4. Batman - Grant Morrison's Saga, Black Mirror by Scott Snyder, Earth One by Geoff Johns and many more. Much like Daredevil Batman has way too many entertaining comic book stories.
Morrison's Batman run is my favorite but I don't think it's suited for first time readers. Too layered and reference heavy a lot of people who try it get lost. It's kind of a love letter to Batman's history that's better appreciated when you're more familiar with other works.
I loved Green Lantern: Earth One, it was much more interesting than the average green lantern book. Seeing Hal explore space in search of Oa was great.
"Hush" was one of my first Batman/DC books and I highly recommend it, even as an entry point.
Just for looking at the pretty artwork? Yeah. For story? No. The story is lackluster.
@@BrandonNielsen87 i have to disagree I love the story and the approach of batman and other characters
@@BrandonNielsen87 Story is alright. It's a bit clunky, and the ending doesn't stick the landing, but the intrigue and mystery at the beginning is awesome, and the (true) big bad behind it all was a nice twist.
When i read it i was underwhelmed but everyone makes it sounds so great. I just think people got my expectations too high. Super disappointing story
@Benjamin Roxburgh i hear a lot of people say that so its ok you're not alone. my favorite batman stories are either Arkham Asylum a serious house on a serious earth, most of Scott Snyders run up until the flashback stuff, and Grant Morrisons Batman & Robin run.
For the Justice League, I’d say good starting points are:
Justice League of America: The Tornado’s Path
Justice League New 52 vol 1
Justice (artwork by Alex Ross)
JLA the whole run is great. Terror Incognita and Trial By Fire are some personal favourites.
JLA: New World Order by Grant Morrison and Howard Porter
JLA: Year One by Mark Waid and Barry Kitson
You had me at Alex Ross!
Ashley Tuchin Justice (by Alex Ross), is my favourite comic of all time and it boasts the JLA, Doom Patrol, Metal Men, Teen Titans, Legion of Doom and Brainiac all beautifully painted by the man himself
Dilemma Whatson The art is obviously great but the story itself isn’t anything special.
All I have to offer is Batman Hush and Batman and Dracula: Red Rain
The artwork alone for those comics are brilliant and astounding.
For anyone interested at all in Superman, I'd highly recommend the comic Superman: Up in the Sky. Its a modern love letter to the character and gives you a great insight into why Superman has remained iconic for so long
Everyone should read DC's The New Frontier.
Its a classic.
And then watch the animated movie.
Crisdean Mackinnon as well as the new Justice league dark movie
Darwyn Cook’s artwork is incredible in everything, but especially this
I absolutely love The New Frontier. The setting, the artwork, the stories, I see absolutely nothing wrong with any of it.
Wow, James' bit about Jay Garrick was hilarious! I can't remember why he started it but boy I enjoyed that bit!
If you want to read a proper Superman story, I highly, highly recommend All-Star Superman. It’s my favorite comic of all time. It’s beautifully written by Grant Morrison and drawn by Frank Quitely. And it perfectly captures the character and inspire you to be someone better
I do still think its better to read a few Superman stories before All-star like Secret Origin and For all seasons because they help you first understand the character and really get to love all the characters in his stories and then jump into All-star when you have a bit of a deeper understanding of the character and know more than just what the movies did with Superman.
All Star is a great comic, but I think you should have some other superman comics under your belt before going into it to fully appreciate it
As someone who read all-star superman very early on, i think its not a great first book. I enjoyed it, but I hadnt read enough of superman to understand enough of what hes about to really get it, it just struck me as a fairly quaint little story.
I hadnt read enough "superman punches a thing" comics to really appreciate the character underneath, and therefore appreciate the much more subtle, less punchey (despite him being able to lift ten quintillion earths) all star superman.
Be better? Please. Superman is the biggest hypocrite of them all, his greatest weakness isn't kryptonite it's moral ambiguity.God forbid he be put in a situation where he has to make a hard decision where he has to ACTIVELY choose to sacrifice lives to choose to do what is morally right or choose where there is no right choice, easy when the universe you inherit allows you to be "good" without sacrificing or living with the consequences, He risks nothing being "good". Let's also talk about his morals, He preaches how moral he is and how he doesn't have the right to choose who lives or dies but he does so when he chooses who he saves over other people if you choose to save a kid from drowning and let someone fall off a building you have no right pretending you don't choose who lives or dies or have a moral leg to stand on.
Also remember when Superman actively chose to kill very casually in the Golden Age? What moral hero And he never admits it in the comics that he did, acknowledging it exists, they just gloss over that era.
I’m glad everyone seems to deem Long Halloween as one of the best Batman comics ever made 😍
I'd take that over Frank Miller's Dark Knight Returns anyday.
Crisdean Mackinnon 100% agreed
It is...it is...
I likes that they didn't mention The Killing Joke. It's been done to death by now.
@@somerandolad well no... and it's a sequel to Millers Year One anyway... there is no Long Halloween without TDKR
I picked up “The War of Jokes and Riddles” recently and that’s a very good time. Same thing as Long Halloween and Hush where you need to have some understanding of the main players but it’s also a really good insight into the lore and mythology of Gotham City.
New 52 Justice League, mostly volume 1 because it kind of shits the bed after that, is also a really solid JL origin story.
Never stop making content, gentlemen.
7:14 language trivia time:
As you guys might know, Ivan Reis is brazilian and the brazilian portuguese pronunciation for "Reis" would be something like "Haes" in english. End of language trivia time.
@Ablin Reko NO, YOU DO
I already listened to the podcast of this... but WHO CARES?! I’ll listen again
Stellvia Hoenheim it’s also on Spotify, they drop one every Monday
@Stellvia Hoenheim They mention it like every video, including this one.
Stellvia Hoenheim search the weekly planet
James is really getting on Mason's nerves and I love it.
Is James the one wearing the tin hat?
For Superman I would recommend Superman: American Alien, it's out of continuity but shows Superman over 7 different parts of his life, starting with when he 1st gets his powers all the way up until he embraces being superman
Movie on the way
Crazy how they mention every single DC book ever written in the entire history of humankind
🤣 What’s actually crazy, is how they barely mentioned a drop in the ocean of DC books, in continuity or not.
@@CorbCorbin What are you talking about? They got them all.
CorbCorbin are you crazy? They talked about pretty much almost practically pretty close to literally all of em!
@@CorbCorbin you should go back and watch the video again, give it a like and subscribe then tell your friends.
Any comic books missed the first time will surely appear.
CorbCorbin yes you are right
hot tip: the DC animated universe is the absolute best way to introduce yourself to DC characters & lore. (young justice isn’t in the DCAU, but i recommend watching it afterwards. it covers a LOT of ground)
6:03 Mason: "...And speaking of sexy, volume 4 of that series is illustrated by a guy called Stjepan Sejic."
Sunstone fans: "Yeah, That sounds about right."
Grant Morrison's current GL run is also very good. On the subject of Morrison, where was All Star Superman?
Kinda shocked that wasn't mentioned. One of the quintessential superman stories.
Sitting there reading the mason quote on the “All TerrainMan” picture and then waiting for him to say it was the most exciting 30 seconds of my weekend.
Superman: I've really enjoyed Grant Morrison's "Action Comics Superman"
Green Lantern: Ron Marz run on "Green Lantern" with Kyle Rayner is pretty fun to read!
Shazam! by Geoff Johns both the New 52 and current series
Other recommendations:
Tom Kings "Mister Miracle"
John Ostranders "The Spectre"
Peter Milligans "Justice League Dark"
It's a nice switch that James is the one who derails the conversation with shenanigans. Really turns the tables on Mason with a taste of his own medicine. Metaphors.
Basically any Geoff Johns stories are the go to hahaha
Johns’ main goal in his DC work has always been the simplification of characters’ histories to the essential elements. I understand some people’s complaints about how simple he goes sometimes, but he’s basically done every character by now and I’m rarely disappointed. He’s the perfect writer for newcomers to comics.
Geoff johns is a really competent writer. His Green Lantern run is so much fun.
You can't forget Ethan Van Scivers art.
you can tell he was a teacher bc he can’t pronounce nicola
Great video! Some recent stories I really like are:
Man and Superman by Marv Wolfmann - Clark Kents first couple of weeks in Metropolis
The Flash: Year One by Joshua Williamson - recent retelling of Barry Allens origin
Shazam! (New 52) by Geoff Johns - Shazam's origin, great for fans of the movie
My picks:
Greg Rucka's Wonder Woman
Geoff Johns' Flash
Geoff Johns' Green Lantern
New 52 or Rebirth Aquaman
New 52 Batman
The New Teen Titans
Tim Seeley's Nightwing
John Ostrander's Suicide Squad
Rebirth Green Arrow
Hush is phenomenal. Probably my favorite comic ever. Jim Lee’s art is amazing, and Jeph Loeb is a genius. I really love Hush.
One of the first Batman stories I read because I realized that most of the Batman merch my parents got me as a 2003 baby was based on Jim Lee’s art from when he illustrated Batman: Hush lol
Great clip guys, I started DC Comic with Blackest night, not the most friendly to newbies but still a great read!
Never stop using shots from Spider-Man 3. Thank you.
Superman secret identity is my favorite comic and I'm glad it's on the list
Superman - Superman: Birthright, Superman: Secret Origin, All-Star Superman, Superman: For All Seasons
Batman - Batman: Year One, Batman: The Long Halloween, Batman: The Killing Joke, Batman: Hush, Batman: The Court of Owls
Wonder Woman - George Perez' run, Greg Rucka's DC Rebirth run
The Flash - The Flash: Rebirth
Green Lantern - Green Lantern: Rebirth
Aquaman - Geoff Johns' New 52 run
Teen Titans - New Teen Titans by Wolfman & Perez
A few other DC Comics to read: The New Frontier, Watchmen, Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol, The Sandman, Gotham Central
The Long Halloween was one of my first comic stories and I absolutely loved the mysterious story. Highly recommend it and it’s follow-up, Dark Victory.
an amazing Green arrow comic is green arrow: year one. the art is incredible, it was one of the first comics I ever read and it's awesome
Justice league odyssey is a good book for cyborg it's him, azrael, star fire, Jessica cruise and darkseid pretty fun read
Superman: All Star Superman by Grant Morrison.
Flash: Rebirth (Barry Allen) ; Return of Barry Allen (Wally West)
Green Lantern: Rebirth
Batman: Batman Adventures; Batman and Robin Adventures (made for kids, but awesome stories)
Also the Green Lantern/ Green Arrow series was in the 60s, written by Dennis O'Neil with art by Neal Adams.
Thanks guys!
My green lantern interest sky rocketed in the order of geoff John's green lantern, loving jon Stewart in justice league TAS, then the two animated movies (two of the best in the straight to dvd line up, one of them being an anthology which blew me away, like "really the green lantern universe is that big". And then finally I watched the green lantern animated show, which I was very much pleasantly surprised by. Earth one was the tail end of that and sealed the deal completely with being a fan of the different characters and the overall mythology.
What a world we live in where we get a great guardians of the galaxy movie before a great green lantern movie.
I used to work in comic book shop for years in NY, and Mark Waid used to come in all the time, what a lovely human being, and so giving. I have not seen or talked to him in 20 years almost, and I am suer he has no idea who I am, but he certainly left a mark for being an amazing human being.
2:23 which is also really really good. I think even today is great for anyone new to Superman.
Personally I’d start with these.
-For batman i’d start with batman:court of owls and go from there it gets u hooked straight away with no origin.
-For The flash start with the flash by Mark waid volume 1 that’s great and the best starting point.
-For superman start with superman American alien that’s so different and if your not massively into superman it’ll get u into it.
-For Wonder Woman start with Wonder Woman: blood just trust me.
-For Green Arrow start with Green arrow year one I’d say.
-For green lantern start with earth one like he said that’s the easiest start.
-for teen titans I’d start with teen titans by Geoff Johns volume 1.
-For the justice society read earth 2 volume one.
-For Aquaman start with Aquaman: the trench volume 1.
-For the justice league start with Justice league: new world order by grant Morrison.
-For doom patrol either start with Doom Patrol by grant morrison volume 1 or young animal’s doom patrol series is also amazing.
-For events identity crisis, forever evil and infinite crisis r great.
-for catwoman read catwoman: when in Rome.
-for deathstroke read deathstroke the terminator by Marc wolfman.
-For villains read Brian azzerllo’s joker and Luther.
-for vertigo read v for vendetta, Sandman: preludes and nocturnes and Astro City.
-For suicide squad start with deadshot: beggings then read the rest of that writers run.
-For Dick Grayson is start with either of these 3 stories as the start of different eras.
-Nightwing blud heaven by chuck Dickson
-Grayson volume 1 start of a great run as him as a super spy.
-Nightwing: better then batman is the start of the new age of Nightwing by tim Sale.
-For new gods reAd new gods by jack Kirby or mister miracle by Tom king.
-For superbly read superboy by Jeff lemier.
-For supergirl start with superman: brainiac and go from there.
-for batwoman go for batwoman by Greg rucka genuinely amazing.
-for Jason Todd read batman: under the hood or red hood and the outlaws rebirth.
-for Tim drake read Robin: reborn volume 1.
-For Damian Wayne read batman and robin: reborn which has dick Grayson as batman.
-For bargirl read the first volume of the new 52 bargirl run.
IM DONE GOT CAUGHT UP THERE ANYONE WANTS ANOTHER CHARACTER ILL ADD IT TO THE LIST IF IVE READ IT.
*Wonder Woman: True Amazon*, a stand alone original graphic novel that tackles her origin in a different way.
*Batman: Turning Points*, a 5 issue mini examining the friendship between Batman and Commissioner Gordon over the years.
*Sinestro*, by Cullen Bunn and Dale Eaglesham, focusing on the Green Lantern baddie, and making him quite interesting to follow, while still keeping his bite he has as a baddie.
*Robin: Son of Batman*, volume 1 is Year of Blood and volume 2 is Dawn of the Demons. A miniseries focusing on Damien Wayne atoning for the awful stuff he did when he was with the League of Assassins.
If your looking for a superman story, I've heard that All Star Superman is a good defining series for superman's character, though I haven't read it myself yet so I'm not to sure how good of a jumping of point it is, just one I hear being recommended a lot
Alan mores Swamp Thing
"You wanna do x hero?"
"Uuuh"
"I got one in particular"
"Go on"
(They only talk about that one)
This has been my favorite video so far.
Secret Identity is one of my favorites! 👍👏👏👏
The Flash: Rebirth by Geoff Johns?
I really wish I'd read that before Flashpoint not after. Would've made Thawne's defeat in Flashpoint more impactful for me I'm sure. (As a Flash noob)
The fact that Mister Miracle by Tom King wasnt mentioned offends me
They talk about it in a bit the full episode but don't think it's a good book for someone just getting into comics. Mason said he like Omega Men maxiseries with Kyle Rayner, and James talks about the Batman issue of The Button, which were (coincidentally?) also writing by King.
Although really really good, probably not a great place to start imo - especially if the reader isn't familiar with Mister Miracle, the New Gods and Apokolips. Really, reading Jack Kirby's New God's and Mister Miracle from the 70's first would be ideal.
Nice to see Tom King get love, seeing how most people hate his work on Batman.
Batman: White Knight for sure! It's a great read with a very interesting story and you should check it out
Since you guys seem to really enjoy talking comic books on this channel, I would truly ADORE it if you would consider looking at and talking about Monstress; pinned by Marjorie Liu and illustrated by Sana Takeda. It's not Marvel or DC. It's an Image Comics original and it deserves a lot of Spotlight. Far more than it gets. In the fact that nobody knows it or talks about it is criminal. The storytelling is deep and sprawling, the characters are memorable and the artwork is, for lack of a better word, awe-inspiring. It's a comic series that reads like a well-thought-out fiction novel more so then a comic book and that's due largely to the fact that it's writer IS a legitimate novelist.
There are no spin-offs, off shoots, alternate universes, doppelganger characters, wacky side plots, universe ending reboots or any other frivolous and confusing menucha that's inherent in the comic genre. It's just a singular straightforward fantasy war story whose 28th installment just dropped this month and whose narrative has yet to reach its finale. And it's a VERY GOOD fantasy war story.
And if it nudges you to read it at all, it is a Hugo Award-winning work of fiction.
Superman Birthright is absolutely amazing and I’m so happy they put it here.
They literally named every issue of every series dc has ever produced, fantastic video
Flash: Seconded the New 52 series. The art alone sells that book for me. It's dynamic, visually engaging, the colors and composition of the panels is just a pure treat and it makes for a kick-ass read! Give the first 4-5 volumes a try. Rebirth is also okay, but I didn't love it as much, found myself dropping it after Vol 2.
Batman: You really can't go wrong with Year 1 and Long Halloween as a sequel. The followup to Long Halloween is often overlooked IMO, Dark Victory (goes more into Two Face)
Green Arrow: The Lemire Run on the New 52 is so much fun as mentioned, it's as good as you can get your GA! Pretty inspired by the critically acclaimed Immortal Iron Fist series from 08, for good reason, it's a lot of fun to read. Also recommend Green Arrow: Year One by Andy Diggle and with art by Jock. It's also quite timeless!
Green Lantern: Honestly it's a big investment but if you're down to go all the way, then everything Geoff Johns did with that character in the whole Blackest Night saga is amazing. Starting with "No Fear" all the way to Blackest Night, you're in for one of the best space epic sagas comics has to offer, period! If you only need to read 1 comic from that entire run, however, I HIGHLY recommend the Sinestro Corps War. If that hooks you in, give the rest a shot, you'll love it. You can even go up to New 52 stuff, with the Third Army arc.
If you're looking for fun jumping on points, I'll always recommend team books. Give New 52 Justice League a try, and then figure out what characters make you tick and check out their solo books!
Also highly recommend Mister Miracle by Tom King. It's *kinda* standalone of the DC universe at large, and I liked it a lot.
2:38 He is the main guy doing the current X-Men run (9 of the 12 issues announced so far), pretty much every Marvel series nowadays has an artist do 5 or 6 issues then leave for a few or an arc then returns. He'll probably surpass his runs on Avengers & New Avengers which were his old leaders. He is still probably the most active of the artists who popped up in the early 2000s.
Superman: Secret Identity is fantastic! It's one of my favorite Superman stories along with All-Star Superman.
I will never fail to recommend DC New Frontier for a great jumping off point. It gets a little bogged down with silver age characters, but if you know the general concepts behind Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, etc, it's a great retelling of how the Justice League formed. Plus the art is amazing.
Last time I was this early James was single with no kids, a dog or a house!
Ok
This is great, I never know where to start so it's great to hear suggestions. Please do this for other comic publisher.
Superman
Whatever happened to the Man of Tomorrow
For the Man Who has Everything
Both by Alan Moore
8:52 Just wanna clarify that Buccelato and Manapul were co-authors and Manapul did the art! Manapul is one of my comic book idols, his panelling, colors, and art style in general are amazing.
My favorite has to go to Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight. It’s just such a chilling, creative and consuming take on Batman.
You should’ve done Robin: Year of Blood. It’s hard to explain, but it’s a really good concept that really redeems the character of Damian Wayne
A great starting point would be The Brave and the Bold. The run from the 70s by Haney and Aparo. Batman team-up book .
The animations and videos your editor finds is amazing lol
Cheers BoppoB! You're amazing.
I cannot stress this enough: Wonder Woman - the Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang run (just called 'Wonder Woman') is the best thing to happen to WW in decades
I can't believe they left out George Perez Wonder Woman series. Its easily the best one. John Byrne had a great run on Wonder Woman too. These guys have no clue about DC.
MR.DC COMICS Didn’t they openly say they weren’t experts? That’s what the rest of us nerds are for. I personally adore the first Rucka run on WW.
I would definitely recommend Morrison's JLA.
I agree, its what got me into DC comics.
Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow by Alan Moore and Superman: American Alien by Max Landis are both spectacular and worth reading
Here's my list of DC stuff to read:
•Anything Neil Gaiman has ever written honestly, but more specifically, the Sandman series.
•Anything Alan Moore has written, but more specifically, Killing Joke, Watchmen, and V For Vendetta
•Anything Grant Morrison has written, but more specifically, All Star Superman
•I also really like Brian Azzarello's work. I like his Joker graphic novel and even his Before Watchmen series he did. It's of course non canon, but I liked it overall.
•Frank Miller's stuff is of course great. Primarily you wanna read Dark Knight Returns. Duh.
•Geoff Johns is really good too. People rag on him but he's really good. Darkest Night and Flashpoint are amazing.
And then for my recommdations for weeklies/ monthlies it would be just to pick a superhero that YOU like and then start picking up issues. What you can do to get caught up is to just buy the trades first in that series and then pick up the individual comics. I think it's cool to support your local comic book store, but it you don't have one, you can buy online. Totally fine.
I normally get about two comics a week. Which that's kind of expensive honestly for me. But I do it anyways. And I read them and then put them in my filing cabinet. It's ultimately a pretty cool hobby to have. And then usually when I go to conventions I'll bring some comics and have them signed by my favorite artists and writers and take pictures with the writers. You can honestly make a lot of friends with these writers by doing this. It's just cool. Obviously comics aren't that big overall. And you'll probably make a writer's day if you get them to sign stuff for you.
Then the whole collecting thing is kind of fun. Collecting in general is fun to do. Not all of it is SUPER expensive but it's cool to have regardless. It's just fun to do I think.
I don't have any good "starter" comics, but if you're already somewhat familiar with the lore, my go-to recs are Batman: White Knight, All-Star Superman, and Kingdom Come.
love the fact that james sounds like hes panicking frantically about being found out about his jay garrick secret throughout the entire episode
here's my recommended reading order for each character. by each character i mean only two because those are the only ones I've read.
superman: secret origin/ birthright/ for all seasons, superman the animated series, peace on earth, last son of krypton, escape from bizarro world, superman and the legion of superheroes, superman vs the elite, batman/superman: apocalypse, brainiac, new krypton, flashpoint, american alien, justice league: origin, convergence, Lois and Clark, the final days of superman, rebirth, the button, doomsday clock.
batman: year one, dark moon rising, the man who laughs, the long Halloween, dark victory, robin year one, batgirl year one, batman the animated series, the killing joke, the son of the demon, just another kid on crime alley, the cult, a death in the family, noel, a lonely place of dying, the new batman adventures, hush, under the red hood,
For some reason it's tough to find great Wonder Woman stories. The one I liked the best was a stand alone origin retelling called Wonder Woman The True Amazon. Superhero stories can sometimes become silly and lack gravitas but this story, shockingly, brought a tear to my eye. Told more like a fairy tale, it's just a great story, irrespective of it's comic connection.
I enjoyed this video a lot. As a fan of comics, I enjoy hearing fellow readers' opinions.
The new series Wonder Woman: Dead Earth is pretty fun so far. I love the art style.
Batman '66! That was a great and fun run based on the Adam West TV show. I wish it had lasted longer... They introduced '66 versions of Harley Quinn, Killer Croc, Clayface, Two-Face (with appearance based on William Shatner!) and in the Wonder Woman crossover, Ra's Al-Ghoul!
Always so fun to listen to your show guys!!!
You missed the take of late Darwin Cook on Superman (art by Tim Sale) : Kryptonite
Also the run of Darwin Cook on CatWoman is an excellent intro to that character
Finally the Mini Series "New Frontier" (also by Darwin Cook) is the perfect intro on the Justice League and an excellent intro on characters like Flash, Green Lanterne and Martian Manhunter
honestly, i know a lot of people don't like the new 52 as a whole, but the first major story arc for wonder woman in that is pretty damn phenomenal, i wanna say it's the first 30ish issues. highly recommend it if you want a solid place to start with her.
Great video! I recommend Trinity by Matt Wagner. It's a stand alone story about Superman and Batman (who already know each other) meeting Wonder Woman for the first time
I absolutely love Superman: Secret Identity. Such a great story.
I like a lot of B-Grade and C-Grade superheroes. So, I hope you don't mind if I recommend two of my faves, Plastic Man and the Red Hood.
Plastic Man has a 4 issue mini series from the 80s by Phil Foglio and Hilary Barta. It is a wonderful and short introduction. You get introduced to the silliness and goofiness of Plastic Man. It helped me become more of a fan after his appearances on Batman the Brave and the Bold, tv show.
For the Red Hood, read the Rebirth run of Red Hood & The Outlaws. The Dexter Soy's artwork is masterful. They show the character as much more sympathetic, his relationship with Bizarro is touching and Artemis is pretty solid in her own right. Its leagues better then the New 52 run, with better art and with characters that actually compliment each other well. They even have an annual issue fleshing out Dick Grayson's and Jason Todd's relationship, which was much appreciated.
Also, for Batman. I would recommend Long Halloween. But if you've already read that, the writer and artist have made several other Batman books, its been forever since I read Dark Victory, but I have read Haunted Knight (and enjoyed it very much). Once again after you've gone and read Long Halloween, that could be a great direction to go towards.
Great transition at 24:40.
I appreciate the button/long Halloween transition.
Superman-Rebirth by Peter J Tomasi
Wonder Woman-Either of the runs by Greg Rucka, New 52 run by Brian Azzarello, or Gail Simone's run
Birds of Prey-Gail Simone run (get the movie version garbage out of people's heads)
Batman-Court of Owls, Some of Tom King's run, Rebirth Detective Comics, Batman Inc. (there's too many to count)
Justice League- JLA run by Grant Morrison
Teen Titans- Either the orignal Marv Wolfman stuff or the Geoff Johns run
Green Lantern- Rebirth and Secret Origins or the 90s Kyle Rayner run
The Flash-Mark Waid run on Wally West, Rebirth by Geoff Johns, or the New 52 run
JSA and Stargirl (both by Geoff Johns) are just good books in general, particularly if you like the Stargirl TV series that is currently airing
The Sandman by Neil Gaiman is great read and I think it is a great introduction into comics. It's not really a superhero comic but the stories and artwork are fantastic. The Sandman is also set in the DC universe. So there's appearances by familiar characters like John Constantine.
I would highly recommend John Byrne's Superman run from the late 80s. They were released in 9 volumes simply called Superman: Man of Steel. Some might be hard to find but I think DC just started re-releasing them. I also recommend George Perez's late 80s run of Wonder Woman. Their Batman recommendations are spot on. New 52 Batman was epic!
It's funny that this came out right now I just stared reading batman year one since I remember liking the movie when it came out
The New 52 run of Animal Man has 5 volumes written by Jeff Lemire and just amazing artwork! Revolves around Buddy trying to be a good dad while also dealing with some new mystical horrors revolving around his powers. Can Buddy protect the world and keep his family safe at the same time? (Just a little summary to get you interested). This is probably my favorite DC comic story and Buddy is definitely my ALL time favorite DC character and want everyone to know about him!
That transition from The Button to Long Halloween!
I’d say by core characters to get an essential understanding of characters. For Superman, I’d definitely say All-Star or Tomasi’s run on the character, For Batman I’d recommend the Long Halloween and Court of Owls, Wonder Woman I’d recommend Perez or Rucka’s run, I would recommend for Flash easily Waid’s run on Wally West as the Flash... Aquaman and Green Lantern I’ll give you anything Geoff Johns wrote and for the characters and Justice League I’d recommend DC: The New Frontier and Morrison’s JLA. Please do one of these videos for Marvel Comics I prefer their comics to be honest.
I recommend Superman from 2016 by Peter tomasi it’s a story about Superman and Lois raising a son and it’s really great
Superman: Secret Origins, Batman: Knightfall & Knightquest, Wonder Woman: The Challenge of Artemis and Earth One, Green Lantern Rebirth (miniseries), The Flash: Terminal Velocity, just to name a few
Jeff Jons run on Green Lantern is a masterpiece. Batman and Superman will always be my favorite in DC but it made the Green Lantern Core skyrocket and Hal Jordan top 3 and John Stewart top 10.
The book that got me to become a huge Superman fan was Superman/Batman: Public Enemies. Great book, great movie, all in all just fun. And it shows just how good of friends that Superman and Batman are. Another Superman book i loved is Superman: Emperor Joker.
Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman and Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman are both great places to start. They are affordable hardback 'greatest hits' collections that are 400 pages long and collect great 'one-and-done' issues for each character which introduce significant elements of each characters mythos like the Fortress of Solitude, Brainiac, Robin, Batgirl etc. So you will get great overviews of Superman & Batman but without spoiling other longer multi-issue graphic novels with those characters. There are 80 Years Flash & Joker hardback books too but they are not as strong in my opinion.