New 52 is a fantastic place to start. Of the Batman books I'd recommend Batman and Batman Incorporated. Detective Comics has been pretty bad but it might be turning around with #13 in September due to a new writer. Haven't really followed the other books in the Batman universe so can't speak for them.
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The Batman relaunch (new 52) Snyder/Capullo is a MUST HAVE. The Batman: The Court Of Owls
Lifejumper
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Agreed, Scott Snyder is awesome. A shame that volume 2 will a long wait though. 7 fucking months..
EDIT: Preview for Batman 12# looks great: http://www.dccomics.com/galleries/batman-12-preview
I'm not a big fan but everyone else seems to like Batman (the main series starting with the #1). Other than that, some like Batman and Robin, but I find Tomasi subpar.
I think you should start Morrison's run. The beginning of it just got collected in a big hardcover for pretty cheap (and I and others have posted reading orders before).
For deeper cuts, I always hear that the Brubaker/Rucka/Dixon era was phenomenal.
oooh Cloonan! how many issues is she drawing? anybody know?
Lifejumper
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Only issue 12.
Word Balloon with Matt Fraction
This is a good listen if you have some time. Fraction says that David Aja is doing the first 3 issues, then Javier Pulido will do 4-5, and Aja will be back. Says Wacker is continuing his efforts to keep top artists on his titles (Punisher, Spider-Mans, Daredevil). Majority of stories will be self-contained, but 4-5 will be a two-parter.
Fraction is always fun to listen to, as opposed to read. Guy has a great sense of humor.
This is a good listen if you have some time. Fraction says that David Aja is doing the first 3 issues, then Javier Pulido will do 4-5, and Aja will be back. Says Wacker is continuing his efforts to keep top artists on his titles (Punisher, Spider-Mans, Daredevil). Majority of stories will be self-contained, but 4-5 will be a two-parter.
Fraction is always fun to listen to, as opposed to read. Guy has a great sense of humor.
ViewtifulJC
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Javier Pulido, I was wondering where that guy was. He's a great storyteller.
Bruce don't know shit about the REAL Gotham. Yea, sure he doesn't. Never been in the narrows you say? The gag is as old as time, but it still makes me chuckle.
Rafa=FedKilla
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That editor has that shit on lock down. Too bad the X editors suck and let anyone with a Deviantart account ruin the sanctity of the franchise.
ViewtifulJC
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Steve Wacker may be a dick online, but he's one hell of an editor. Kept 52 coming out every single week, even with four different writers and multiple artists, kept ASM coming out pretty much 3 times a month for Brand New Day, and he scheduled the HELL out of Spider-Island. I've never seen such consistency, continuity and timely releases between event issues and tie-ins. And more often then not, he's got some impeccable taste in artists. Rios, Martin, Rivera, Bachalo, Caselli, etc
Spike Spiegel
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They're not going to be going back or anything; the original five will be here to stay. Time travel shenanigans, creating alternate timelines, etc. etc.
Manos: The Hans of Fate
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Just bought the Marvel Monday sale since it was cheap and I'm a Punisher whore...is it any good?
Manos: The Hans of Fate
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Court of the Owls was fucking fantastic and I'm now hooked on Batman comics. Great story!
i've been reading Marvel Universe vs Wolverine, it's good so far, punisher is involved a bit too.
Manos: The Hans of Fate
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Cool. I also want to check out Space Punishet, is it goofy fun?
One thing I hate is how Marvel doesn't sell it's Max titles online. It's really annoying as I want a digital only collection.
Extra Sauce
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Guess I'll be skipping the Daredevil annual since it seems completely separated from Waid's run and I have no idea what a ClanDestine is.
Tragicomedy
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A million times this. As good as the story is, the art is even better.
Alan Davis on art? You might as well get it!
Ninja Scooter
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So what was the consensus on Batman Earth One?
Extra Sauce
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The sole purpose of comic book annuals is to confuse the fuck out of new and veteran readers alike.
SpiderJerusalem
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I skipped Fantastic Four annual too. I'm just going to try to get them free later
i have no ties to Clandestine and i spend too much on comics, easy decision to avoid all those annuals.
Regarding Space Punisher, i passed that one up Xp.
Getting caught up on FF/Fantastic Four now that i have a few issues stored up, FF #18 was a whole lot of fun. Hickman's run on Fantastic Four/FF has been amazing, even if i had some problems with the pacing after the death issue, it's still great. Bring on an omnibus.
Regarding Space Punisher, i passed that one up Xp.
Getting caught up on FF/Fantastic Four now that i have a few issues stored up, FF #18 was a whole lot of fun. Hickman's run on Fantastic Four/FF has been amazing, even if i had some problems with the pacing after the death issue, it's still great. Bring on an omnibus.
blainethemono
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Court of Owls is great but Black Mirror was even better
Manos: The Hans of Fate
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As someone who never really read traditional superhero comics it got me hyped up to read more like nothing else...plus the Wayne Manor issue was awesome!
MisterHero
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I liked it. Gary Frank's art is always great. Batman's origin story has slight twists but they don't really affect a whole lot. The most divergent characters, Alfred and Bullock, are complete and interesting characters. The story just doesn't give them a lot of time.
I don't know what to expand on, really. The book felt really brief.
BenjaminBirdie
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21st century cowboy
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What do people think of the new knightfall/quest/send collections that have just been released? Plus do you think they will be collected into one big collection eventually? x
I revisited Knightfall and it was entertaining. Bane wasn't nearly as intelligent as people have said though.
Hell no. It would be like 2100 pages.
Rafa=FedKilla
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Brah it's just I'm still fucking really pissed about Uncanny and X force. Tochinni, Land, who the hell are these brahs. And I dont read WATXM since AvX, since as you said writing is the most important part regarding comics.
Rafa=FedKilla
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Amazing how FF has survived with D List talent. Interested to here what Fraction's plans for FF are. Aaron's comments on Thor didn't really impress me, brah couldn't handle two personalities on the Hulk but will have three with Thor. Nice.
And Instock Trades is slow as hell at shipping orders.
BenjaminBirdie
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it's like some kind of wild dimension where Stay Angry never existed.
Mac the KNife
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I ordered my brick of Hellboy/BPRD trades Saturday night and they arrived today. Fantastic packaging, too.
BJK
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Catching up with last week...
Reading Fraction's Hawkeye #1 feels like cheating on the Jim McCann (mini-) series Marvel cancelled last year. Aside from the obvious logical conundrum
it made for a good read. I've been enjoying Fraction's Iron Man run thusfar, and I'll definitely keep reading Hawkeye. Aja's artwork looks beautiful.
It took awhile for AvX to pick-up, but I'm amazed how quickly things have sped up in the past 2 issues. AvX # 9 stunned me in how quickly the Phoenix Four are losing their fight against the Phoenix Force. While I've never liked the idea of White Queen as one of the good guys, her fall plays out as downright tragic. And Spidey=Man. ('Nuff Said)
Reading Fraction's Hawkeye #1 feels like cheating on the Jim McCann (mini-) series Marvel cancelled last year. Aside from the obvious logical conundrum
If Clint has $12.5 million to throw around, why is he renting an apartment in Bed Stuy?
It took awhile for AvX to pick-up, but I'm amazed how quickly things have sped up in the past 2 issues. AvX # 9 stunned me in how quickly the Phoenix Four are losing their fight against the Phoenix Force. While I've never liked the idea of White Queen as one of the good guys, her fall plays out as downright tragic. And Spidey=Man. ('Nuff Said)
Rafa=FedKilla
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Mac the KNife
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They must've rushed mine out before I came to my fucking senses.
godofcookery
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so what is going on with Iron Man? I've seen this TRON suit thing, but not much info about the storyline.
Extra Sauce
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Damn I can't believe we're gonna wait another two months for Rotworld to continue. Things were just getting starting after a 12 issue build-up.
I guess there are worse things than leaving you wanting more.
I guess there are worse things than leaving you wanting more.
Vermillion
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Extremis is going to be sold or something and it's up to IM to stop it.
BenjaminBirdie
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What's actually happening in the real comic that I'm actually reading is that Mandarin has taken him prisoner for him to build a giant robot for him. The TRON Costume isn't Tony, it's Rhodey Rhoderson Rhodes.
The more I think about it, the more I just CAN'T see it ending well no matter what you do.
Jean: "So, I see how Scott, Hank, Prof. X, Bobby and Warren are doing, but where am I?"
"Oh, you're uh, dead?"
"How did I die?"
"Magneto killed you. Only, it wasn't actually Magneto. It was Xorn. Except it wasn't actually Xorn, it was Xorne. Maybe."
"Can I at least go and see my family?"
"Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah. About that."
Like, seriously, if Dark Phoenix wasn't a problem BEFORE, when Jean was a relatively innocent girl, imagine how dangerous she would be knowing that at some inevitable date in the future she and her entire family would be slaughtered and none of the people who loved her did anything about it. Not Scott, not Hank, not anyone.
There just is no way that bringing teenage Jean to the present shouldn't be catastrophic.
IrishNinja
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this is fucking beautiful, man. im doing the library editions for Hellboy, but ive been wanting to get the BPRD ones - what'd this set you back?
Big Icarus
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And that's not even as bad as what's going to happen with the redundant originals. Young Jean at least has something to do. What is Bendis really going to do with another Iceman and another Angel? "Oh hey young Bobby, why don't you just go off and be in the background somewhere with modern Bobby while Wolverine does something in the foreground." What's the purpose of them even being around?
Parallax
best seen in the classic "Shadow of the Beast"
They're gonna strap a bandana to bobbys head and put him on the young xmen team. Same with hank and angel.
Jedeye Sniv
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Far be it from me to tell someone how to spend their money but... what if you find you don't like them halfway through?
Vermillion
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Oh, I was talking about Marvel NOW!, not the present storyline.
21st century cowboy
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