Hm. I just spent over 2 hours browsing the Marvel Database, a wiki devoted to everything to do with Marvel Comics. Seems I’ve been missing out on a huge array of graphical entertainment and stories of derring-do dating back decades. Now, I haven’t been living in a cave for the past 30 years. I know all about the various denizens of the Marvel Universe and even some of the funky stuff that’s happened to them. I know who Stan Lee is and I once owned a mint edition of She-Hulk #1.
But I have never sat down and seriously worked my way into the storylines of any Marvel book. It appears I should. There’s a whole realm of geekdom I’m missing out on.
Where do I start? All I know is that I’m most interested in the X-men of all the teams and titles out there. The Avengers seem a little stodgy and the Fantastic Four. . . . .well, dull. I could be wrong.
There are millions of X-men titles and graphic novels/collections out there. I’m not really interested in “collecting”, but in reading stories with good art, characters and plot. Where should I begin this little quest into the unknown? What are the best X-men books?
Incidentally, I’ve always been a small Batman fan too. What belongs in the essential Batman library?
Townie Bastard, I’ve an odd feeling you might be able to help with this. . . . .
The sound of one hand clapping....