(Part 2) Best children superhero comics according to redditors
We found 166 Reddit comments discussing the best children superhero comics. We ranked the 75 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
These are the MCU canon comics:
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The following comics have also been announced:
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All of the comics (except the free Jessica Jones) are collected in the following TPBs:
Avengers: Road to Marvel's The Avengers
Marvel's The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week
Marvel's The Avengers Prelude: Black Widow Strikes
Marvel's Iron Man 3 Prelude
Marvel's Thor: The Dark World Prelude
Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier Prelude
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude
Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron Prelude
Marvel's Ant-Man Prelude
Marvel's Captain America: Civil War Prelude
Marvel's Doctor Strange Prelude
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The following comic TPBs have also been announced:
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Prelude (April 18, 2017)
Marvel's Spider-Man: Homecoming Prelude (June 20, 2017)
EDIT: Formatting
Marvel Adventures Spider-man or Spider-Man and Power Pack
No need to discriminate, or maybe I just can't choose, but if I'm summoning one, I shall summon all.
My family reads a TON of graphic novels, (pro tip - Humble Bundle has some great deals on them fairly frequently), but my all time favorite is probably the Zita the Space Girl series. Granted, I have a ten year old, so my reading list lately is mostly things like Tiny Titans, Princeless and Abigail & the Snowman, but I've read the Zita series multiple times, and can't wait for the next one! I like all of Ben Hatke's stuff, full disclosure, but I have a soft spot for Zita, a space traveling little girl just trying to do the right thing for her friends, and encountering intergalactic shenanigans along the way. The robots are fun, the art is gorgeous, and the chickens don't try and kill you. # winning
Of course, Zita's not as swashbuckly as Delilah Durk, and it's not as gorgeously well illustrated as The Mouse Guard, but it's a fun, quick read, and stands up to multiple re-reads.
I am biased, and admit it - I love graphic novels, so I've a long list of suggestions that are favorites - if I had to pick just one, I'd take Zita, but I'm also partial to:
[Fables](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fables_(comics) - fairly dark, and I'm a native New Yorker, so an adult fairy tale recasting in Manhattan was bound to appeal...
[The Jane Foster Thor saga - female reboot of Thor by Marvel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Foster_(comics) - I just dig it - cancer survivor, badass, and the holder of Mjolnir because the original Thor is an arrogant ass - what's not to love?
Anything by Raina Telgemeier, since this is my mini's favorite author and she will sit anytime, any place, and read these to me.
If you speak Italian, Lupo Alberto is hilarious, and good slapstick fun.
Man, I could go on for days. I've got Monstress and Delilah Dirk on my WL, but I'll definitely be perusing this thread as it grows and adding more. Long live picturebooks!
I think all of these would be great, and don't have any content that would be particularly objectionable to a nun:
I believe the story you're referring to is this JLA story
http://www.amazon.com/JLA-Conscience-Identity-Countdown-Infinite/dp/1401209637/ref=pd_sim_b_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=080DXXS3SNW062BBS2Y3
Buy them! These Showcases have a lot of Jimmy Olsen stories.
Mark Waid followed Morrison and it was a grand ol' time. Joe Kelly followed Waid and it was pretty damn good.
For whatever reason, they don't collect Kelly's excellent final issue, JLA #90. He did a one-shot later (#100) that led into a spin-off Justice League Elite (Volume One and Volume Two) for which the Internet has mixed opinion.
I second the Marvel Adventures line and Superman Adventures.
I'd also recommend:
If you're open to older comics (Silver and Bronze Age), then many volumes from the Marvel Epic Collection line are also a good bet, but do a little research since some won't be very kid-friendly. They're fairly affordable reprints of classic stories that aim to reprint the entire history of Marvel's major characters from their inception to usually the mid-nineties (but they're not published in chronological order). They typically retail for around $35 for 400-500 pages of comics.
I'm sure there are more that I'm forgetting, but I hope this helps!
Modern Essentials
Expanded
Doug Moench
EDIT: added Uncanny Inhumans to essentials
My 5 year old is loving Idea Marvel Action titles
For Spidey there are 11 issues so far and they've been releasing paper backs with 3 comics in each.
https://www.amazon.com/Marvel-Action-Spider-Man-Beginning-Book/dp/1684055148
https://www.amazon.com/Marvel-Action-Spider-Man-Spider-Chase-Book/dp/1684055210
https://www.amazon.com/Marvel-Action-Spider-Man-Luck-Three/dp/1684055628
There are also Avengers, Black Panther and Captain Marvel. We also love Marvel Superhero Adventures and the new Spiderman and Venom Double Trouble.
not really familiar with season one (just did a quick google search), have you tried X-men first class? it seems to fit the same catergory
http://www.amazon.com/X-Men-First-Class-Jeff-Parker/dp/0785153136/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1426697280&sr=1-1&keywords=x-men+first+class
Yup! That's volume 1 of the Millar issues.
They're also doing them in regular-comic-size trades. This is volume 1, with most of the stories scripted by Scott McCloud. Also great stuff: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1401258670/ref=mp_s_a_1_sc_1?qid=1458261982&sr=8-1-spell&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=suoerman+adventures
SQUIRREL GIRL!
I mean, for the love of Pete, look at her list of victories!
And speaking of rather unknown superheroes...
Here's some (modern?) recommendations for Dick Grayson's intro as Robin, he's my favourite comicbook character so this may be more info that you've asked for. This is a list I previously suggested to someone else.
Spider-Man: Big Time is a pretty great jumping-on point if you're looking to read recent stories (also available in this Ultimate Collection).
If you're looking to read single-issue comics you could probably even start with the most recent arc, which is only two issues in and features Lizard.
That comic pissed me off. There were years worth of Teen Titans Go! books that came out. The whiner who drew that comic wasn't buying them.
Guess what! DC went back to depicting tits-hanging out Starfire because they liked not being bankrupt.
Good job shitting on the industry even though they try to do the right thing all the time. That web-comic was some blatant, faux-outrage controversy for traffic. Same with the 0/5 stars Laura Hudson review.
its in JLA 1 million.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jla-Million-Comics-Unnumbered-Paperback/dp/1401203205
Here are a few suggestions:
Batman
Batman and Green Lantern
Batman and the Flash
Tiny Titans
There are also Batman: The Brave and the Bold books written for children
Good luck OP!
Here's all the links without affiliate URLs:
https://www.amazon.com/Teenage-Turtles-Skateboarding-Exclusive-wheelies/dp/B01LYABYJU/
https://www.amazon.com/Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-Shadows/dp/B01GK5HFWY/
https://www.amazon.com/Kickin-School-Coloring-Teenage-Turtles/dp/152470136X/
https://www.amazon.com/Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-Headquarters/dp/B01FAPXL8W/
https://www.amazon.com/PlayWheels-Teenage-Turtles-Cruiser-Skateboard/dp/B013C1M7Q8/
https://www.amazon.com/Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-Helmet/dp/B00MCMKNP6/
https://www.amazon.com/TMNT-Half-Shell-Heroes-Pad/dp/B01C7FHYWC/
https://www.amazon.com/Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-Earths/dp/B01M21MZJS/
https://www.amazon.com/Batman-Teenage-Mutant-Turtles-Adventures/dp/1631409093/
And here's a link to Reddit's rules on self promotion that state only 10% of your submissions can be to your own content, which you regularly ignore.
https://www.reddit.com/wiki/selfpromotion
I mean, this crossover has happened...
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Batman-Teenage-Mutant-Turtles-Adventures/dp/1631409093/ref=asc_df_1631409093/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=310850997089&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12707740855101793124&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007355&hvtargid=aud-543776533562:pla-446032723164&psc=1&th=1&psc=1
I've only read one superhero story and that was a short story called "The Apostle". Basically think the Punisher with actual superpowers and thinks what he's doing is God's will.
I'd love to have The Adventures of Superhero Girl by Faith Erin Hicks. She's such a fun writer/artist and I love her works. If you haven't read/seen her stuff you should totally check it out! Yay!
There's not a lot of stuff with just Blackbolt or the Inhumans because they are pretty much background characters that rarely get their own series. I read a series called "Silent War" that dealt with them, but it was pretty mediocre. You might enjoy it, but it didn't see it as anything special. I remember "The Inhumans" being a pretty fun series, although I didn't read it all the way through. I know they characters had a semi-popular run in the 1970's that was supposed to be pretty good, but all I could find of it is the Marvel Masterworks Collection and since I haven't read any of it I can't really say whethe it's good or bad.
There's also this
https://www.amazon.com/JLA-Golden-Perfect-Joe-Kelly/dp/1563899418
> Dceu has made more money than mcu had at 4 movies
Again, you are comparing movies that are YEARS apart. That's the only way you compare Marvel and DC, the first x movies. Why don't you compare all the movies together? Marvel 12.5 billion (18 billion with Sony and Fox), DC 8 billion.
> All mcu, fox, sony, films are not made by Marvel comics
No, but they are not made by a company that own Marvel comics. Can your little brain process that?
> Dceu has made more money than mcu had at 4 movies
MCU has made more money than DC had at 4 movies without their A-list characters
> Marvel comics as a singularity has no shit to do with your mcu films. Cause marvel studios is a separate fucking division.
YOU FUCKING IDIOT, MARVEL COMICS RELEASES COMIC BOOK BASED ON THE MOVIES, THE PRELUDES. YOU ARE SUCH A FUCKING BRAINLESS WASTE OF LIFE.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1302905163
Disney > Warner Bros.
> Yes! Dceu films are from 2013 to 2017! Retarded thats what i had wrote next! That this proved mcu made more movies in 10 years, so it earned more. It had more frequency! 16films in 10 yrs compared to 4 films!!! Fucking blind shit. U r retarded.
YOU ARE COMPARING MOVIES FROM DIFFERENT TIME YOU FUCKING IDIOT PIECE OF SHIT. IF THAT'S OKAY THEN I'M ALSO COMPARING THE FIRST MCU MOVIES WITH THE FIRST DC MOVIES, MARVEL COMES ON TOP. THERE'S 4 MARVEL MOVIES AHEAD OF ANYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY DC MOVIE.
> If u wanna compare all 16 mcu films with all of the dc films... Then that means u r afraid of the dceu films' own box office Average.
Afraid of their average? I literally said that we should compare the mcu Phase 3 (that only has 4 movies) to the 4 movies DCEU has released. THE AVERAGE FOR MARVEL IS BIGGER.
> Then I will compare all dceu films(4 of them with average $771million) to all marvel films (47 movies with $515.3 million average no.
You know what would be fair, if we compare all Marvel movies (Fox and Sony included) with all DC movies.
Marvel has an average of $515M
DC has an average of $270M
HAHAHAHAA you still fucking lose in any comparison, bye kiddo
Marvel put out some great comics under the "Marvel Adventures" label that are great for younger readers. My favorite is Marvel Adventures: Avengers. Another are the Power Pack books. All are collected in nice digest-sized collections perfect for kids.
From DC, the trade paperbacks of Tiny Titans are worth tracking down, and there's a collection of the terrific Batman: Lil' Gotham coming out soon. My nephew is a huge fan of the Batman: Brave and the Bold cartoon, so I've been getting him some collections of the related comic series as birthday gifts. I also got him a copy of the DC Super-Pets Encyclopedia, and it was so cool I ordered my own copy.
As in the original Teen Titans or Teen Titans Year: One. Another story that has most of the characters from this run is the New Teen Titans which is the team that everyone usually thinks about.
Here's a good, cheap place to start.
www.amazon.com/dp/1401207871
It actually fits halfway through the third JLA trade. I found a DC One Million trade off Amazon to complete my Morrison/Waid JLA collection. It's a great addition to the epic and isn't filler material as all the main story is written by Morrison.