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Forget about continuity, universes, timelines, etc; it's all very confusing, even to creators/fans. The best way to jump in is to just start reading.
How much time do you have for comics? The answer determines how expansive recommendations are. Regardless, don’t try to read everything. First appearances & early origins are not always good starting points—older comics can be an acquired taste for modern audiences. Remember, there are so many other great characters/stories/publishers to explore (and not all comics are about superheroes).
Think about your favorite stories from other media. What you might like to read in a comic? Are you more interested in good storytelling or becoming a Marvel knowledge nerd?
Creative teams change often and characters get re-worked e.g. I never cared for Hawkeye until Matt Fraction’s run. Focus on well-received and relatively self-contained stories. Pick an interesting character/team and seek their “greatest hits”. You may encounter the occasional unexplained reference/character/event—just ride along (Wiki if necessary).
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Modern Marvel characters/teams:
Title | Writer | Note
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Alias (Jessica Jones) | Bendis
Ultimates 1 & 2 (Avengers) | Mark Millar | Ultimate
Avengers / New Avengers | Jonathan Hickman | Hickman 2
Captain America | Ed Brubaker
Captain Marvel | Kelly Sue DeConnick
Daredevil (1979) | Frank Miller | Daredevil 1
Daredevil | Bendis | Daredevil 2
Doctor Strange: The Oath | Brian K. Vaughn
Fantastic Four / FF | Jonathan Hickman | Hickman 1
Hawkeye | Matt Fraction
Immortal Iron Fist | Brubaker & Fraction
Inhumans | Paul Jenkins
Iron Man: Extremis | Warren Ellis | Iron Man 1
Invincible Iron Man | Matt Fraction | Iron Man 2
Marvels (Marvel History) | Kurt Busiek
Moon Knight | Warren Ellis
Ms. Marvel | G. Willow Wilson
Planet Hulk | Greg Pack | Hulk 1
Punisher Max | Garth Ennis
Thor | Jason Aaron
Ultimate Spider-man | Bendis | Ultimate
Vision | Tom King
New X-Men | Grant Morrison | X-Men 1
Astonishing X-Men | Joss Whedon | X-Men 2
Uncanny X-Force | Rick Remender | X-Men 6
Events/crossovers can be fun and/or tedious. They are most appreciated by readers well-versed in relevant continuity. Generally, the best non-event comics integrate these seamlessly or avoid them entirely (notwithstanding editorial/executive mandates). Regardless, you may want to familiarize with major plot points.
Modern Marvel events/crossovers:
Title | Writer | Note
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Avengers Disassembled | Bendis |
Secret War | Bendis |
House of M | Bendis | X-Men 2.5
Annihilation | Abnett, Lanning, Giffen | Cosmic
Civil War | Mark Millar |
World War Hulk | Greg Pak | Hulk 2
Annihilation: Conquest | Abnett, Lanning, Giffen | Cosmic
Messiah Complex | Brubaker, Kyle, Yost, et al. | X-Men 3
Secret Invasion | Bendis | Dark Reign
War of Kings | Abnett, Lanning, et al. | Cosmic
Messiah War | Kyle, Yost, Swierczynski | X-Men 4
Dark Avengers / Utopia | Bendis, Fraction, et al. | Dark Reign
Siege | Bendis | Dark Reign
Realm of Kings | Abnett, Lanning, Reed | Cosmic
Second Coming | Kyle, Yost, Fraction, et al. | X-Men 5
Fear Itself | Matt Fraction |
Schism | Jason Aaron, Kieron Gillen | X-Men 7
Avengers vs. X-Men | Bendis, Brubaker, et al. | X-Men 8
Infinity | Jonathan Hickman | Hickman 2.5
Secret Wars | Jonathan Hickman | Hickman 3
Discover your preferences and let them inform your next comic selection. Do you like older/newer comics? Weird concepts? Super-smart meta-analysis and social commentary? Family-friendly content? Hyper-violence? Male/female protagonists? Humor? Horror? Have you noticed that a specific artist, writer, and/or creative team consistently produces content you like? Follow these instincts.
Suggestions to improve the list are welcome.
The Planet Hulk omnibus is pretty overpriced imo - at only 650 pages.
The Hulk: Planet Hulk and Hulk: Planet Hulk Prelude TPBs cover pretty much the same content for half the price.
The only added content you get in the omnibus is a what-if story, a guidebook, and material from a one-shot.
The World War Hulk omnibus (the follow-up story to Planet Hulk), on the other hand, is a whopping 1300 pages, and has a lot of cross-over material not included in the regular TPB.
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How to Get Into Comic Books (13:40) | Patrick Willems
Consider your intent/commitment. Think about your favorite stories/characters from TV, movies, games, books, etc. Do you seek quality storytelling or encyclopedic Marvel knowledge? Plan to collect? What time/resources are available i.e. how many comics could/should be read before burning out?
Don’t try to read everything—there’s too much. Forget about “catching up”, continuity, universes, and timelines; it's all very confusing, even to creators/fans. Older comics can be an acquired taste for modern audiences, so first appearances/early origins may not be the best starting points. Creative teams change often, characters get re-worked, and origins are re-told (e.g. I never cared for Hawkeye until Matt Fractions’ run).
Pick an interesting character/team and seek their “greatest hits”. Don’t get stuck “preparing”, just start reading. Focus on well-received, relatively self-contained, and complete stories. You may encounter the occasional unexplained reference/character/event—just ride along (Wiki if necessary). Remember, there are so many other great characters and publishers to explore, and not all comics are about superheroes.
Where to buy (US):
Modern Marvel characters/teams:
/r/Marvel sidebar for more info.
Events/crossovers can be fun and/or tedious. They are most appreciated by readers well-versed in relevant continuity. Generally, the best non-event comics integrate these seamlessly or avoid them entirely (notwithstanding editorial/executive mandates). Regardless, you may want to familiarize with major plot points.
Modern Marvel events/crossovers:
Discover your preferences and let them guide you. Do you like: old/new comics? Specific genres? Literary/natural narratives? Cartoony/realistic art? Familiar/weird concepts? References/self-contained? Social/political commentary? Family-friendly/explicit content? Optimism/pessimism? Have you noticed that a specific artist/writer consistently makes comics you like? Follow these instincts.
Suggestions to improve this guide are welcome.
Okay, so the story starts with Planet Hulk, which leads directly into World War Hulk. Afterwards comes Red Hulk, then Son of Hulk. This is what you want to read:
At this point, the Hulk story splits into two books. Hulk follows Red Hulk, and Incredible Hulk follows Bruce Banner. The two books cross over a bit though.
After World War Hulks, Hulk is retitled "Red Hulk", and Incredible Hulk is retitled "Incredible Hulks". They don't crossover much at all.
And that's basically the end of that era for the Hulk. Red Hulk was canceled, and Incredible Hulk was relaunched with a new writer.
There are a few decent starting points, but I would start at Planet Hulk. This was a relatively fresh start for the book, so there's nothing you really need to know from the previous run. This is the beginning of Greg Pak's run on the book.
After WWH, Jeph Loeb took over with a new Hulk book. Greg Pak continued onto a spin-off, Skaar, Son of Hulk.
After about a year, they brought back Incredible Hulk with #600 and continued Hulk separately.
From there, Greg Pak continued on with Incredible Hulks (ending his run) and Jeff Parker was on Hulk.
A fresh start with Jason Aaron's Incredible Hulk.
Another fresh start with Mark Waid's Indestructible Hulk.
Then another relaunch with Hulk with Waid to start, but Duggan takes over pretty quickly.
This is going to be easy to dismiss, but the Planet Hulk collection involves absolutely no humans after the first few pages (you don't even see Banner), takes place on an alien world, and is slightly ahead of (laser guns) and behind (gladiator coliseums) our Earthly level of development.
Yes, it's a graphic novel, but it's in print and it's science fiction (this particular volume isn't normal superhero comic stuff, believe me) so I hope you enjoy it.
Note: I'd skip the World War Hulk stuff. Planet Hulk is the good bit.
What you read was the Planet Hulk miniseries during Secret Wars which takes place on Battleworld. I believe what you are looking for is the Planet Hulk event, as /u/PhotonCommander10 said, Incredible Hulk 92-105. It exists as a TPB too here is a link on Amazon. I recommend World War Hulk also. It's an immediate follow-up to Planet Hulk and my personal all-time favorite story.
For Avengers I'd recommend Avengers Disassembled and New Avengers and you can just keep going with New Avengers if you want.
For Black Panther - Christopher Priest's work.
For Captain America/Winter Soldier - Ed Brubaker's work.
For Daredevil I'd recommend starting with Bendis' work.
For the Hulk - Planet Hulk.
Jessica Jones - Alias
Thor - start here and read everything that comes out afterwards with the name Aaron on it
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Vol. 1 and Vol.2 of Mark Millar's the Ultimates are straight up classic Avengers stories. Just don't read Vol. 3, it is terrible.
Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men is easily one of my favorite X-Men stories and one I recommend to everyone.
I haven't read too much Hulk, buy Planet Hulk by Greg Pak is AWESOME. It really cast a whole new light on the character for me. Before I always thought of him as this gigantic, dumb monster, but this book really changed that. The follow up World War Hulk is decent, just not as good at PLANET, but you will probably want to read it anyways to see how the plot wraps up.
Other classics like Secret Wars, Infinity Gauntlet, Age of Apocalypse and many more are always great to read.
as far as on goings, I am currently reading X-MEN (the all girl team, only 2 issues in, easy to catch up) and GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (4 issues in) but I have been hearing great things about the 2 Daredevil series, Hawkeye and X-Force.
You can read any of the many tie-ins if you're interested in that. After Civil War ends the story moves on to The Initiative.
The next major events after that are Planet Hulk and World War Hulk followed by Secret Invasion.
I'd recommend starting with Brian Bendis' Avengers work, he was very solid for a long time on his various Avengers titles. [This collection will introduce you to an event called Avengers Disassembled](https://www.amazon.com/New-Avengers-Brian-Michael-Bendis/dp/1302903624/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1524720917&sr=8-4&keywords=avengers+brian+michael+bendis), it was a big turning point in the Marvel Universe that many future events share some DNA with.
After that collection [I'd recommend House of M](https://www.amazon.com/House-M-Brian-Michael-Bendis/dp/0785117210/ref=pd_sim_14_7?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0785117210&pd_rd_r=KEZ2VF9TXA5B281VRGA0&pd_rd_w=FawCu&pd_rd_wg=6bhjT&psc=1&refRID=KEZ2VF9TXA5B281VRGA0), it's a story that is very much a sequel to Avengers Disassembled and is one of the better Marvel events imo.
If you want to continue with events, [Civil War feels like the next step](https://www.amazon.com/Civil-War-Mark-Millar/dp/078512179X/ref=pd_sim_14_4?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=078512179X&pd_rd_r=2JF6NEKVXWVQ6SKMR422&pd_rd_w=qI7Ct&pd_rd_wg=JO7Ag&psc=1&refRID=2JF6NEKVXWVQ6SKMR422) from there so I'd recommend that in case you haven't read it.
[And Planet Hulk is great](https://www.amazon.com/Incredible-Hulk-Planet-Greg-Pak/dp/0785120122/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1524721200&sr=1-1&keywords=planet+hulk), you're in for a treat, I wish I could re-read it again for the first time.
If you continue with the Brian Bendis New Avengers Complete Collections then you're in for a good time, but if you want to stick with events after that initial volume then this is a good way to go.
I've never read a lot on most of those characters. They are mostly 2nd tier characters so don't get a lot of good stories...BUT....The black order debuts and features in Infinity, that's worth a read:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0785184236/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1502322358&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=infinity&dpPl=1&dpID=51P6ZkLkYqL&ref=plSrch
Oh, and the new Thor movie is LOOSELY based on Planet Hulk which was a great story arc. If you want to be ahead of the curve:
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Introduction to Comics
How to Get Into Comic Books (13:40) | Patrick Willems
Consider your intent/commitment. Think about your favorite shows, movies, books, etc. Reading primarily for enjoyment or encyclopedic knowledge? Collecting? Have the time/resources to read 50 or 500 comics per character?
Don’t try to read everything at once. There’s too much. Forget about catching up, continuity, universes, etc. for now. Older comics can be an acquired taste for modern audiences, so they aren’t necessarily ideal starting points. Writers change often, characters get re-worked, and origins are re-told. Remember, there are many great characters, creators, publishers, etc. to explore.
Pick an interesting character/team and seek their most popular/acclaimed stories. Focus on self-contained, complete stories in one corner of the universe. There will be unexplained references/characters, just persevere or Wiki. Don’t let the tangled web of shared-universe comics overwhelm you. Think of it like solving a jigsaw puzzle one small piece at a time until you finally see the big picture.
Discover your preferences and let them guide you. Don’t get stuck preparing/over-analyzing, just start reading. Do you like/dislike old/new comics? Specific writers/genres? Cartoony/realistic art? Familiar/weird concepts? References/self-contained? All-ages/mature content? Follow these instincts. Didn’t understand a reference? Maybe read that next.
Acquire/Buy comics:
Marvel
DC
You can skip to the 2016 re-launch with DC Universe: Rebirth and then any Rebirth series #1.
Other
House of M has some of my favorite Spider-Man pages in comics. I definitely liked it. It was kind of like a What If... maxi-series and I dig stuff like that. It did have huge changes for the marvel universe, mostly for the X-Men. None of the tie-ins are worth it though.
Other Events:
If you're an X-Fan, Decimation is a good place to start Post-House of M.
Civil War (Digital) is obviously a big one, but The Road To Civil War (Digital) is worth picking up first. As for tie-ins, I was reading Spider-Man at the time and liked it, but haven't read any of the others.
If you think you'll like that, Civil War: Frontline also gets praise, but I'm lukewarm on it.
After that Planet Hulk(Digital) and World War Hulk (Digital) were both a lot of fun.
Finally, going back to pre-House of M even. Secret War (Digital).Covert-ops story with Spider-Man, Daredevil, Wolverine, Cap, and Widow, some of the most beautiful painted art in recent comics.
Here's the recommended reading for Bruce Banner Hulk from our reading guide (it contains the issue numbers, the release year and the writer/artist):
I also enjoyed the Totally Awesome Hulk that followed this with Amadeus Cho as the Hulk, but that's about to end, and Bruce Banner has a new series starting next month called The Immortal Hulk that I'm definitely getting.
Planet Hulk Because I loved the movie and am trying to get more into the comics.
Don't get disappointed if you don't like House of M, I love X-Men and thought it dragged on a bit. I would HIGHLY recommend the captain american omnibus vol 2 and Plant Hulk. An while I'm pretty sure it's not cannon, Marvel 1602 is a fun read too.
I have been reading comic books since about 2006 and here is my take.
Movie Tie-in Comics:
Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week
Iron Man 3 The Movie Prelude
Marvel's the Avengers: Black Widow Strikes
Avengers: Road to Marvel's The Avengers
There is also a Thor 2: The Dark World prelude comic currently being released.
Main Stream(616) Comics:
Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon by Matt Fraction is amazing and Matt Fraction is currently write this so it is ongoing.
Invincible Iron Man, Vol. 1: The Five Nightmares by Matt Fraction
Iron Man: Extremis by Warren Ellis is used parts of IM3.
Captain America Vol. 1: Winter Soldier, Book One by Ed Brukaber This will get you started on Brukaber's run with writing Captain America, his whole run is amazing.
For Thor check out this IGN Article
Planet Hulk and World War Hulk are good crossover events.
"Ultimate Universe" Comics:
The Ultimate Universe was created by Marvel to show what would happen if the heroes began poping up today and puts modern twist on heroes. For example image your grandfathers WWII GI Joe mindset in the body of a 26 year old for Captain America.
Ultimates Vol. 1, Ultimates Vol. 2, and The Ultimates 2: Ultimate Collection by Mark Millar are fantastic.
Edit: I should add that you should go and find your local comic book store.