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1. • CommentAuthorStehope
   • CommentTimeMar 10th 2010

    
   i've just started getting back into collecting Marvel comics, mostly going through the brilliant 50p comic section you've got there at OK, and was looking for some pointers for good back issues to keep my eyes out for.
   
   I've been out of the loop for a while and am more or less starting from scratch, but am looking to bulk up mostly on hulk (he's my fave) i'm also looking for any good symbiote ones. Or if any of you guys want to reccomend any other characters to follow that would be great (i've heard deadpools good)
2. • CommentAuthorMidnighter
   • CommentTimeMar 10th 2010

    
   The old Joe Kelly Deadpool stuff is awesome, not sure how easy it is to find, but the current stuff isn't really as good in my opinion, Marvel have flooded the market (surprise surprise) with 4 ongoing Deadpool comics, one of which is pretty close to the old stuff (the Merc With a Mouth series), the main Deadpool book dips between good and crap and then there are two other books I don't really care about (Team-Up and Deadpool Corps). One great Deadpool book would be much better than 4 mediocre ones. I wonder how long this Deadpool craze will last.
3. • CommentAuthorsmiggy3000
   • CommentTimeMar 10th 2010

    
   I know this guy who's trying to write for Deadpool Team-Up, got a facebook campaighn going and everythin, http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=327950010490&ref=ts
4. • CommentAuthorStehope
   • CommentTimeMar 10th 2010

    
   Nice one, I bought a merc with a mouth the other day, where he is chasing after his own zombified head
5. • CommentAuthorsam
   • CommentTimeMar 10th 2010

    
   i'd try and read the wally west flash's
6. • CommentAuthorStehope
   • CommentTimeMar 11th 2010

    
   i've never really gotten into any DC stuff, apart from some batman stuff a looooong time ago. flash is good then?
7. • CommentAuthorMidnighter
   • CommentTimeMar 11th 2010

    
   Try some of the newer Batman stuff. I'm not much of a DC fan, love Marvel, but I am a huge Batman fan and love Grant Morrison's stuff, although it helps if you have a bit of knowledge of Batman history (or just look it all up online). The recent Paul Dini Batman stuff is a bit more "stand alone" though.
8. • CommentAuthorSpinface
   • CommentTimeMar 11th 2010

    
   Deadpool would be approximately eight times better if there could ever be any character development. Ever. I think that was why the Joe Kelly stuff was OK.
   
   For creepy symbiote stuff, the recent Sinister Spider-Man mini and Dark Avengers, if they're in there.
9. • CommentAuthorCaptain Si
   • CommentTimeMar 11th 2010

    
   Mark Waid's run on Flash form the 1990s, was excellent. I'd recommend picking up the Terminal Velocity storyline (issues 95 - 100, plus the Zero Hour tie-in #0, or just buy the trade!).
10. • CommentAuthorNimbus Thitherward
    • CommentTimeMar 12th 2010

     
    DC ~ If you're going to pick up any Batman I'd recommend most of the stuff by the team of Moench & Jones
    Marvel ~ try the JMS run on Thor and the collected Avengers Disassembled which should give some background as to what's happened in the Marvel Universe.
11. • CommentAuthorCaptain Si
    • CommentTimeMar 14th 2010 edited

     
    Just 'cos I am re-reading it for the billionth time - Marvels by Busiek & Ross. Four issues from 1994, telling the birth of the Marvel universe through the eyes of photo journalist, Phil Sheldon. Possibly the greatest mainstream comic of the 1990s, and signposted the way comics would come to be written in the twenty first century. I believe this to be true. i might be wrong, but thats how it looks to me :) Whatever, everyone should have this in their collection. Its bloody great!
    
    And what Nimbus said about those Moench/Jones Batman comics - start with issue 515. They are all great, self contained stories spread across one to three parts showcasing run ins with some of Batman's toughest foes, illustrated by the twisted pen of Kelley Jones. Great little dectective stories. Sadly, by issue 525, we descend into crossover hell with Underworld and then the risable 'plague' and 'earthquake' rubbish that turned Batman into the lurching mess that, weirdly, Channel 4's Brookside had also become at the same point. And then I stopped reading Batman. As it was all too much, coming after the Knightfall trilogy and Prodigal only three years previous.
12. • CommentAuthorStehope
    • CommentTimeMar 15th 2010

     
    whats captain america like? i've never read any of him, mostly due to the fact i imagine it all to be overly patriotic and i can imagine that would wind me up a bit.
13. • CommentAuthorMidnighter
    • CommentTimeMar 15th 2010

     
    "overly patriotic"
    
    The current stuff is anything but. In fact out of all the Cap stuff I have (going back to the early 80's) not that much is "America, hell yeah!". It's patriotic I suppose in the way that Cap stands up for the US, but a lot of the time he's actually fighting against what the government say (like back when he gave up being Cap and became Nomad, or in Civil War where he was leading the side that was against the government).
    
    The current run is awesome stuff, kind of super-hero espionage.
14. • CommentAuthorStehope
    • CommentTimeMar 15th 2010

     
    brilliant, i'll defo get on that. i think whats put me off in the past is i've seen sample pics where he's fighting hitler and stuff, just seemed all propagander-ish to me. i'll defo give that a looky no tho, cheers.
15. • CommentAuthorMidnighter
    • CommentTimeMar 15th 2010

     
    The early comics from the 40's were patriotic in a "fight nazis" kind of way, and the current stuff has a lot of flashbacks to the war but it's all done in a very realistic kind of way. Get the first trade paperback by Ed Brubaker and go from there.
16. • CommentAuthorLee
    • CommentTimeMar 15th 2010

     
    The last few years of Cap has been largely excellent - all the Brubaker stuff is worth a look.