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There's definitely comics out there for kids between 10 and 12. Here's some books I recommend:
I would not recommend any of the comics under the New 52 banner, they are mostly focused towards older teens and adults. Look for comics that advertise themselves as "All Ages", those are going to be the best for your age group.
Here's an origin story list I'm slowly building with every thread like this:
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Feel free to make suggestions!
Sidenote: You don't NEED to start with origin stories. Sure, it's a familiar narrative structure to start with the "beginning", but don't let that prevent you from enjoying other stories (most origins can be summarized in 2-3 sentences). Think about Darth Vader's first appearance; there wasn't an origin story until MUCH later.
You could get him volume 1 of Ultimate Spider-Man Or any volume in that universe.
I know you asked them but I love this shit so I'll answer too! I've only been reading since 2012 so my recommendations are all newer books.
I think with the main Avengers book, the best one I'd recommend would be Hickman's Avengers starting with Vol. 1 Avengers World however this series is pretty continuity heavy and may not be too great for new readers. The pay off is worth it but it may be a bit daunting. The current Avengers run by Mark Waid that has been running for the last year or two is pretty mediocre. I'd avoid it tbh. I'm not much of an Avengers man so I don't know many older series unfortunately.
If you liked Ant-Man he's only had one ongoing by Nick Spencer but it was fantastic. I'd highly recommend this! Start with Vol. 1 Second Chance Man
I don't really read Iron Man, but I've heard good things about Matt Fractions run. It start with Vol. 1 Five Nightmares. I don't read much Captain America, or Doctor Strange either so I can't really recommend anything there. Hulk's best years are behind him, if you're ok with older art styles though Peter David's Hulk is the way to go.
If you like Thor Jason Aaron has been telling his epic that started with Thor Odinson, has transitioned into Jane Foster and is getting ready to go back to Odinson. You can start with Thor God of Thunder vol. 1
Black Panther is coming out soon and the defining run is Christopher Priest's masterpiece. You can start with Black Panther The Client. This book is phenomenal.
If you want Spider-Man Bendis' Ultimate Spider-Man is a different continuity but reads brilliantly as a standalone and helped define the character for a generation. It's addicting reading and just amazing. If you like Spider-Man even a little bit read this. Starts with Vol. 1 Power and Responsibility.
Hawkeye by Matt Fraction is very new reader friendly and very cool. It starts with Vol. 1 My Life As a Weapon Now. Black Widow has had a few great runs recently, you can start with either Vol. 1 Finely Woven Thread which is the Edmondson/Noto run, the art is phenomenal or the more recent Vol. 1 Sheilds Most Wanted which feels a lot more cinematic in scope. It was 12 issues and pretty solid.
Captain Marvel will be Marvel's first female driven movie. DeConnick's run has the best characterization and starts with Vol. 1 In Pursuit of Flight. I'm personally more partial to Brian Reed's run with the character when she was Ms. Marvel which starts with Vol. 1 Best of the Best.
If you're interested in X-Men or the Netflix Marvel characters there is a lot of great stuff there too!
If this is your first time reading comics, especially Spider-Man, why not go with Ultimate Spider-Man?
Ultimate Spider-Man is way way better and more accessible than anything the main 616 universe has spit out.
Basically, there's tons of parallel worlds in Marvel. Most stories take place on Earth-616, which is the "main" universe. This is where books like Invincible Iron Man, Incredible Hulk, and Amazing Spider-Man take place.
Anything labeled "Ultimate" until recently took place in Earth-1610. The point of it was kind of a "reboot" without being a real reboot - a place to tell stories free from the 60 years of continuity to back it up.
Comics periodically go through renumberings, it's just the sad state of the industry. Every couple years or so they'll "cancel" a book like Amazing Spider-Man and then relaunch it at #1 and call it volume 2/3/4/whatever. Ultimate did this several times as well, which is why you saw two "first volumes". They do a terrible job of marking the books as v1 or v2 series.
This is the first volume: http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Spider-Man-Vol-Power-Responsibility/dp/0785139400 Sometimes they do collections of more than 1 book, like this: http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Spider-Man-Collection-Vol/dp/0785124926 That's the first 2 normal volumes collected together.
Ultimate starts out with a teenage Peter Parker and goes through the whole spider-bite incident but changes it to be more modern and to have a more overarching plot. The writing is AMAZING and Ultimate Spider-Man is one of the few books to have the same writer on every single issue (Brian Michael Bendis). The art changes sometimes, but not for like 110 issues. Which is a looong run in comics.
Bendis is the master of believable dialog and slow burns. It's great.
By comparison, Amazing Spider-Man right now is written by Dan Slott, the worst thing to ever happen to Spider-Man. I pick up the book every so often to see if things have gotten better, but it hasn't. Book went from my favorite of all time to "skip" in the space of like 2 issues thanks to Slott.
His problem is he has no sense of pacing and writes for impatient ADHD sufferers, and also makes everyone kind of the same character. He doesn't understand characterization, and completely butchers Peter Parker.
Ultimate spider-man was the intro to modern comics for a lot of people (including me) , seen it recommended so I 2nd that. Basically a revamp of spider-man. Tells it from the beginning.
Spidey was my favorite but the art/dialog is really dated, ultimate lets you have a proper long spidey story. I would recommend getting the a Marvel subscription as well as the first volume of ultimate.
Ultimate Spider-Man. Separate from main continuity so there's no prior history you need to know of and it's considered one of the all time best Spider-Man runs of the last 15 years, arguably ever.
This would be a good starting point
Spider-Man: Venom, a compilation of all the 80's comics that introduced the Symbiote.
And, as a kid, Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 1 and all subsequent volumes. The Ultimate run is my favorite. I like the modern artwork, the vastly improved dialogue and story archs, and the basic new look of Spider-Man. I love the classics, sure, but I feel like the original comics all the way up to the 80's are too cheesy to enjoy.
Just my $0.02, of course.
It is the solo issues. Nothing else included 1 and 2
http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Spider-Man-Vol-Power-Responsibility/dp/0785139400
http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Amazing-Spider-Man-Marvel-Essentials/dp/0785121927
Ultimate Spider-Man: volume 1
Ok so, whats the difference between Ultimate Comics Spider-Man vol. 1 and Ultimate Comics Spider-Man vol. 1? I was thinking the second one I linked is the first volume of Ultimate Spider-Man, but that would appear to be Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 1: Powers and Responsibility. So why is there 2 Ultimate Comics #1s?
Ultimate Spider-Man is your best bet if she likes the movies. Make sure to start from the series from 2000 if you want Peter stories, and/or the series from 2011 if you want Miles. There's also a mini-series called Spider-Men, and it's pretty good. Miles teams up with main universe Peter Parker, and it has some Spider-Verse movie vibes.
For reference, this is the one and I definitely agree on this being a great choice.
To add on to this, since this is a different universe, this is a self-contained story that doesn't touch on Spider-Man's huge history and is written to be accessible to all.
Brand New Day has a long run with many classic Spider-man elements. It usually gets lamented due to the awkward transition from the 2000's continuity. http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Brand-New-Day-Vol/dp/078512845X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1406135725&sr=8-1&keywords=Spider-man+Brand+NEw+Day
Ultimate Spider-man is a fantastic read. I personally stopped after the ultimatum run.
http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Spider-Man-Vol-Power-Responsibility/dp/0785139400/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1406135750&sr=8-6&keywords=ultimate+spiderman
Spider-man: Blue is an essential read. Great art, and an even better script.
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