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Any of you into comics??? I have been an avid collector for quite a few years now. Mostly into the Marvel and Max titles, favorites are Captain America and the Punisher.

The new Punisher is BRUTAL!!!! I love it more than liquor

Yeah, I love comics. I started reading Batman after seeing Batman Begins (brilliant movie) and things took off from there. Favorites are The Dark Knight Returns, The Long Halloween, and V for Vendetta. Still getting off the ground, don't have too many yet.

Dark Knight Returns was okay but my favorite Batman is The Killing Joke, it has a very sick dark storyline with some of the best Batman artwork I have ever seen. It will set you back $15 - $20, but it is well worth it

Ah I JUST finished reading the Dark Knight Returns and the Dark Knight 2. Great, great series! My favorite series has to be Kingdom Come. I looooooooove comics. I am a largely loyal to DC though, Supes is my favorite hands down. I'm a classic lover. But Marvel hasn't flown under my radar :P

I don't find the DC characters as easy to get into. I haven't found a Batman storyarc that I like yet, I have heard good things about the Vertigo titles however I am apprehensive about shelling out my hard earned on any

Seconded, personally i think DC blows I mean they could do really well but they only seemed to care about batman and superman. They did a comic book the watchmen which was awesome as hell thats probaly my favorite next to spiderman.

I've been trying to find the Killing Joke for a while, the only places I can ever find it are amazon (price is outrageous, **** that) and eBay, which is where I'll probably end up picking it up, one of these days.


Crowquill-Watchmen is excellent indeed. I don't know what they "focus" on most, but DC has a ton of non-Batman/Superman stuff. Check out the stuff on their Vertigo label, there's a lot of quality material in there (V for Vendetta, Sandman, Preacher, etc.).

I know they do, but they only seem to populize on those two series. Batman is good but superman is a totally lame comic.

I really wanna start gettin into Comics

The Green Lantern is a pimp.

I disagree, but opinions are opinions.

I recommend The Punisher on the MAX line. Incredibly sick storylines and ultraviolent, swearing and nudity. Check out the Up is Down and Black is White mini-series or TPB, sickest story ever. Garth Ennis is a genius

Superman is cool when he's in story lines with other characters. The Death of Superman were some of my favorite comics ever. Just epic. Just so ****ing epic. Reading the Ultimates right now, cool stuff forreal. If you can't get into the Dark Knight 2 comics - then something is wrong with you lol. Will be going back and reading Crisis on Infinite Earths as soon as I can.

^which Ultimates are you reading??

Ah jeez. Um the first book #12.

^issue #5 of that series is awesome! Grey Hulk goes berzerk on NYC because his girlfriend ran off with Freddie Prinze Jr. Captain America kicks Bruce Banner right in the nuts. AWESOME

Anyone hit up Constantine.....i wanna get some of those

Hellblazer??? I heard it is good but I would pick up Preacher over that. Ennis is God.

Did anyone pick up the 5 part Secret War??? Best 5 comics I have ever bought!!! It took almost 2 years to make, all painted gorgeous artwork. Hands down the most beautiful illustrations I have ever seen

I need to read the Secret Wars. That's a marvel join right? That's when She-Hulk joins the FF after the Thing stays on whatever planet that is. I have heard about it in passing. I need to read it.

No, it is a new one where Nick Fury brainwashes the Marvel Universe to take down the dictatorship in LATVERIA

I love the Spawn comics.

I never got into Spawn but everyone that did couldn't stop talking about it, I watched the animated movie and it was really cool though

There is a new Nick Fury coming out on wednesday that should be good, the last mini series was great. Nick orders hookers 4 at a time, awesome

Ok so for a beginner in the comic book world what comics should i look at ......i find super hero stuff very interesting and i also would like the stay at a reasonable price

I'd try Watchmen, by Alan Moore. It's $20, but you can get it on amazon for $10 (albeit, w/shipping). It closely examines and questions the idea of being a "superhero", as well as how mentally stable such a person could possibly be. It's a classic comic book, and is considered the book that convinced many to actually take the art form seriously.

How much are like DC Comics and stuff?

Well, if you want single issues, I wouldn't know, I don't by them. If you want TPB's (trade paperbacks, the bigger graphic novels that are either complete stories or collections of single issues), they vary usually from between a little less than $10, to around $30. There are some really huge ones, often hard-cover, that cost more than that.

Thats cool......thanks a lot for your help

Single issues range from about 3.75 to 5.75
for most comics

Thanks a lot...ill start off most likely with some single issues

That is what I would recommend, find out what you like. Lately I have been buying old copies of Preacher, it is seriously screwed up and disturbing. I like it

No problem. MURDER JUNKIE probably knows more than I do, I've only been reading comics for about half a year, but I'll always help with what I know.

i beleive my favorite was when the joker killed robin and the oracle...then batman got his revenge big time!!! i f-ing love batman!!!

i also hate superman, so i also liked it much when Doomsday killed superman!!! i think i cried a single tear!

Chuck Norris roundhouse kicks Superman haters.

The Watchmen (DC) is amazing, im serious everyone should pick it up now.

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Hell yes.

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last month my comic store had it's yearly clearance sale and I dropped $300 on comics and $175 on a Death Row Marv Sin City Statue. I will have to settle down for a while

Don't hate on Supes because he ****ing rocks. Speaking of Supes, I just picked up a Graphic Novel called Red Son. It's about if Superman landed in Communist Russia instead of Smallville, Kansas. It is probably one of the most ingenius comics I've read in a LONG, LONG time. Very cool stuff. Cheap on Amazon, like 15 bucks.

I heard that comic was really well done, I was going to buy it for the cover alone but I don't collect any superman at all. The only Supe's in my collection is the 10cent adventure and Action Comics #800 and I really didn't care for either. #800 is a nice retrospective though, if you don't have it you can probably get it for about 5 bucks.