(Part 2) Best children superhero comics according to redditors

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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.

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Top Reddit comments about Children's Superhero Comics:

u/mcucanon · 34 pointsr/marvelstudios

These are the MCU canon comics:

  • Iron Man: I Am Iron Man! #1-2
  • Iron Man 2: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1
  • Iron Man 2: Public Identity #1-3
  • Captain America: First Vengeance #1-4
  • The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week #1-4
  • The Avengers: Black Widow Strikes #1-3
  • Iron Man 2 Adaptation #1-2
  • Iron Man 3 Prelude #1-2
  • Thor Adaptation #1-2
  • Thor: The Dark World Prelude #1-2
  • Captain America: The First Avenger Adaptation #1-2
  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier Infinite #1
  • Guardians of the Galaxy – Dangerous Prey Infinite #1
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude #1-2
  • The Avengers Adaptation #1-2
  • Avengers: Age of Ultron – This Sceptre'd Isle Infinite #1
  • Ant-Man Prelude #1-2
  • Ant-Man – Scott Lang: Small Time Infinite #1
  • Jessica Jones #1
  • Captain America: Civil War Prelude #1-4
  • Captain America: Civil War Prelude Infinite #1
  • Doctor Strange Prelude #1-4
  • Doctor Strange Prelude – The Zealot Infinite #1

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    The following comics have also been announced:

  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Prelude #1-2 (January 4, 2017/February 1, 2017)
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Prelude Infinite #1 (TBD)
  • Spider-Man: Homecoming Prelude #1-2 (March 1, 2017/TBD)

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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

  • Iron Man - I Am Iron Man #1-2
  • Iron Man 2 - Public Identity #1-3
  • Iron Man 2 - Agents of SHIELD #1
  • Captain America - The First Avenger: First Vengeance #1-4


    Marvel's The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week

  • The Avengers - Prelude: Fury's Big Week #1-4


    Marvel's The Avengers Prelude: Black Widow Strikes

  • The Avengers - Prelude: Black Widow Strikes #1-3

    Marvel's Iron Man 3 Prelude

  • Iron Man 2 #1-2
  • Iron Man 3 - Prelude #1-2

    Marvel's Thor: The Dark World Prelude

  • Thor #1-2
  • Thor: The Dark World - Prelude #1-2


    Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier Prelude

  • Captain America: The First Avenger #1-2
  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier Infinite #1


    Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude

  • Guardians of the Galaxy Infinite #1 (Dangerous Prey)
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude #1-2


    Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron Prelude

  • The Avengers #1-2
  • Avengers: Age of Ultron Infinite #1 (This Sceptre'd Isle)


    Marvel's Ant-Man Prelude

  • Ant-Man Prelude #1-2
  • Ant-Man Infinite #1 (Scott Lang: Small Time)


    Marvel's Captain America: Civil War Prelude

  • Captain America: Civil War - Prelude #1-4
  • Captain America: Civil War - Prelude Infinite #1

    Marvel's Doctor Strange Prelude

  • Doctor Strange Prelude #1-4
  • Doctor Strange Prelude Infinite #1 (The Zealot)

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    The following comic TPBs have also been announced:

    Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Prelude (April 18, 2017)

  • Guardians of the Galaxy #1-2
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Prelude Infinite #1

    Marvel's Spider-Man: Homecoming Prelude (June 20, 2017)

  • Spider-Man: Homecoming #1-2

u/apocalypsenowandthen · 7 pointsr/comicbookmovies
  • The Dark Knight draws heavily from The Long Halloween and plenty of the Joker's lines are taken straight out of a prose issue collected here. There's also the obvious influence of The Killing Joke and The Man Who Laughs. The Killing Joke was also the primary influence on Tim Burton's Batman.

  • Batman Begins draws from a number of stories include Year One, Blind Justice and The Man Who Falls which is collected here.

  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier was based on the fairly recent Ed Brubaker run which is phenomenal.

  • The Dark Knight Rises combines elements of Knightfall, No Man's Land and The Dark Knight Returns. The Dark Knight Returns is also a major influence on the upcoming Batman V Superman.

  • The Avengers mainly draws from the original first issue of The Avengers, which is collected here and retold again here in a modern setting, as well as The Ultimates. There are plenty of shots that feel like they were lifted right out of The Ultimates. On a side note, Joss also wrote the introduction to the book years ago and it was through doing this that he figured out exactly why the Avengers work.

  • The X-Men movies tend to draw more from the 80's, especially Chris Claremont's run. X-Men 2 draws heavily from Gods Loves, Man Kills. X-Men 3 is loosely based off of The Dark Phoenix Saga as well as Joss Whedon's relatively recent Astonishing X-Men. The Wolverine draws from Chris Claremont and Frank Miller's [Wolverine mini-series] and Days of Future Past is based on, you guessed it, Day of Future Past. Even though X-Men: First Class takes it's name from the comic of the same name it has more in common with the early Stan Lee stuff. X-Men Origins: Wolverine draws from several comics include Wolverine's Origin mini-series and Weapon X. The first X-Men movie isn't really based off any particular arc although it did heavily influence Ultimate X-Men.

  • The upcoming Daredevil TV series seems to be drawing heavily from Frank Miller's run, particularly his origin story The Man Without Fear. While Miller's main run took place in the late 70's/early 80's The Man Without Fear came out in the 90's.

  • Guardians of the Galaxy takes its line-up from the 2004 series but the plot of the movie is all its own.

  • Avenger: Age of Ultron seems to be an original story that's taking it's cues, at least in part, from Ultron Unlimited which is collected here.

  • Man of Steel was heavily influenced by John Byrne's 80's reboot although its structure is heavily modelled on the 2010 graphic novel Earth One. There are also bits and pieces taken from Birthright, Secret Origin and All-Star Superman.

  • Iron Man 3 certainly takes its cues from Extremis but a lot of it is just pure Shane Black. The first Iron Man isn't based on a particular storyline but Tony's origin stuff in Afghanistan is almost identical to the flashbacks in Extremis that revamp Tony's origin for a modern context. Iron Man 2 borrows a little from Demon in a Bottle and Armor Wars but ultimately does its own thing.

  • The writer of the Fantastical Four reboot has mentioned that they've been influenced by Ultimate Fantastic Four.

  • Ant-Man follows an original story but is primarily influenced by the Scott Lang Ant-Man books from the late 70's/early 80's.

  • The Thor movies aren't based on any particular storyline but they are vaguely influenced by Walter Simon's run as well as J. Michael Straczynski's run

  • Green Lantern draws heavily from Geoff John's run, especially his near-perfect origin story Secret Origin

  • AKA Jessica Jones is based on the incredible Alias.

    EDIT: Formatting
u/used2bgood · 4 pointsr/Wishlist

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!



u/centipededamascus · 4 pointsr/comicbooks

I think all of these would be great, and don't have any content that would be particularly objectionable to a nun:

u/EricandtheLegion · 4 pointsr/comicbooks

Buy them! These Showcases have a lot of Jimmy Olsen stories.

u/kyrie-eleison · 3 pointsr/comicbooks

Mark Waid followed Morrison and it was a grand ol' time. Joe Kelly followed Waid and it was pretty damn good.

u/nightowl994 · 3 pointsr/comicbooks

I second the Marvel Adventures line and Superman Adventures.

I'd also recommend:

  • The Batman Adventures - It ran from 1992-1995 and was the predecessor to the Gotham Adventures series you mentioned, and the companion title to Superman Adventures.
  • Bone - A ridiculously fun to read fantasy/adventure story published from 1991 to 2004. Great art, great humor, and it truly appeals to all ages. The colorized version is published in nine digest-sized volumes that are extremely easy to find and very affordable, especially if you buy them used. The original black-and-white version is also available in one volume, but from what I hear there is a lot of gutter loss due to its size and the pages are easy to tear since they are so thin.
  • Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil - Good little story from the creator of Bone. I'd especially recommend this for kids who like Superman since it features a similar character. From 2007.
  • Thor: The Mighty Avenger - Non-canon story about a young Thor. Not only a great kid's comic but one of the best Thor stories ever written. Beautiful artwork, great romance, fun adventures, and lots of appearances from other Marvel characters including Captain America and Iron Man. It ran from 2010-2011 and was sadly cancelled early. Available on Marvel Unlimited.
  • Ultimate Spider-Man - Not good for smaller children due to lots of dialogue and a moderate amount of violence and sexual content, but excellent for adolescents and teens. I'd recommend it up to issue #128. It's currently being reprinted in this "Ultimate Collection" format which is so far up to volume 6 at issue #71. It ran from 2000-2011 and all of it is available on Marvel Unlimited.

    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!
u/Tigertemprr · 3 pointsr/Marvel

Modern Essentials

u/Ridry · 2 pointsr/comicbooks

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.

u/_TheBeardedDan_ · 2 pointsr/xmen

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

u/weirdmountain · 2 pointsr/comicbooks

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

u/ebooksgirl · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

SQUIRREL GIRL!

I mean, for the love of Pete, look at her list of victories!

And speaking of rather unknown superheroes...

u/tunnel-snakes-rule · 2 pointsr/Nightwing

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.


  • Batman: Dark Victory - This is my favourite version of Dick Grayson's introduction to the Batman universe. It's a sequel to The Long Halloween, which you really should read first even though there's no Dick.

  • Batman: The Gauntlet - Dick's final test to become Robin. It's basically just one issue sized but it's worth reading if you can track it down for a decent price.

  • Batgirl/Robin: Year One - If you're only going to read one Robin book, this is the one you should read. It's actually two books in one, and if you want to see more Dick/Babs action, this is for you.

  • Batman: Two-Face and Scarecrow Year One - This is a more recently published story, but the Scarecrow portion has a really great dynamic between Batman and Robin. I wish they'd published more stories like this before the reboot.

  • Teen Titans: Year One - This is kind of a modern retelling of how the Teen Titans got together. Cool story and beautiful artwork. A shame there's no volume 2.

  • Nightwing: Year One - This is a perfect introduction to Dick's transition from Robin to Nightwing. It's written by Chuck Dixon, who did the earlier Batgirl/Robin: Year One, so there are some references. If you're not sure about the Nightwing era, I'd check this out.
u/GreatWhiteRuffalo · 2 pointsr/comicbooks

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.

u/masterspeeks · 2 pointsr/comicbooks

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.

u/dorrekskrull · 1 pointr/batman

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!

u/ColossalKnight · 1 pointr/writing

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.

u/hannaHananaB · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

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!

u/cloudcult · 1 pointr/comicbooks

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.

u/diego113 · 1 pointr/boxoffice

> 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

u/InkslingerS · 1 pointr/daddit

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.

u/KRYMauL · 1 pointr/DCcomics

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.

u/scarecroe · 1 pointr/DCcomics

Here's a good, cheap place to start.

www.amazon.com/dp/1401207871

u/hootsboots · 1 pointr/comicbooks

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.