Do you read Marvel Comics?

[Captain Spidey]

My books has generally always been X-Men and Spider-Man with single character titles like Iron Fist and Punisher thrown in and runs like DnA on Cosmic but recently it seems that all individual characters have become Avengers.

X-men were the only ones seperate and now after AvX they've been absorbed and now it's difficult to find a book that doesn't have Avenger characters in.

I tried Iron Man for a bit and found it boring, Events were cool because they had lots of different characters, i read JMS. Run of Thor which was great but Avengers as a team never interested me as it seemed a mish-mish of characters called a team whereas X-Men were a team that became a family.

Marvel Comics has transformed to Avenger comics and lost it's attraction for different type of heros and characters having different types of stories and situations. There are some of course but overall it's more same now so different titles can't be too different as they share too much with another, they're all gonna end up with the same tone and atmosphere and characters and tell too similar stories

With Uncanny Avengers, If you want to read X-Men now then you have to read Avengers too and if you want to read Avengers then you have to read X-Men. Having them seperate meant that fans could read both if they wanted but could avoid the other if they wanted too, now there's not a choice

Since i don't find Avengers interesting the new status quo has compromised X-Men for me, and the same exists for others like me and others of the reverse who don't like X-Men but are having them thrust upon them.

Well spoken. I buy the big stories in a single TPB on X-Men and Avengers like AvX and Fear itself, because I don't want to miss the big changes in the Marvel Universe. Single character titles are the most interesting to me. Although I skip some story arcs here and there I will always try to keep up with Invincible Iron Man, Amazing Spider-Man and Daredevil. I will also try to follow Uncanny X-Force and the new Venom and Scarlet Spider. The last two get great reviews so I'm excited to start reading them.

 

[daikkenaurora]

Yes, I read comics from DC, Dynamite and Image as well

 

[peedi]

Just curious do you buy them in LCS or digitally? everyweek?

or do you have any sites to share?

I buy them from LCS. I don't go every single week but all of those are on subscription so they're there until I go get em.

I like my single issues so I don't do digital too often. Overall I'm looking to make cuts. I like Avengers and have been reading them for about 10 years. But I LOVE the X-Men and I feel Marvel sacrificed X-Men to make Avengers stronger. And titles like Cap, Iron Man, Thor and Hulk get relaunched so often I find myself not caring. Every other year they get a new #1, the hype is dead for me.

And then my favorite characters...Nightcrawler is dead. Prof. X is dead. Jean Grey is dead. Nearly half of my favorites are dead. Storm is so misused I kinda wish she was dead just so they could wait on a worthwhile idea to resurrect her for. Spider-Man is my #1 so we'll see what will become of Peter Parker since we already know he's getting replaced. I'm running out of the characters I enjoy the most...But I love Gambit and his series is good. I love Black Panther and he'll be in Secret Avengers.

 

[qualitymm]

of course in high school and college, i was reading xmen, daredevil marvel knight, batman, have most of the onslaught issue.
dont read comics now adays.

 

[604comics]

I am just personally overwhelmed with all the titles out there that I'd like to read that I don't get around to reading any of them. And when I miss a few issues here and there, I start to feel lost and don't know where to pick up again.

I was a big Marvel fan when I was in my teens and when I started picking up comics again a couple of years ago during Heroic Age, I reverted straight back to Marvel because that's what I knew. I began to do a bit of research into DC (because I was still super confused with the DC world and all their crises) and gave a few titles a shot and I was pleasantly surprised I enjoyed them. With the New 52, I felt it was a nice clean start that I could jump on at. Sadly, like I said at the beginning of my post, my eyes were bigger than my mouth and I've yet to read a single New 52 title, even though I've bought a bunch of them and they're just sitting in boxes.

My biggest problem with Marvel is that their events seem to touch on all their books and it feels like you need to read them all. I am also not a fan of so many Avengers and X-Men titles. It's just so confusing. And double-shipping every month just adds to the overload and cost.

I pre-ordered AvX and I have to go pick that up this week but I'm hoping I can just read that and use that as a fresh starting point for the Marvel NOW! initiative. So far, there are some titles that interest me but then there are others that I just don't want any part of. In order to keep from being overwhelmed, I will have to stay with a strict number of titles and right now, I have the most interest in Uncanny Avengers, All New X-Men, FF, Avengers Arena, and Uncanny X-Force. And depending on what happens in ASM #700, I may check out Superior Spider-Man.

 

[LittleBahamut]

My biggest problem with Marvel is that their events seem to touch on all their books and it feels like you need to read them all. I am also not a fan of so many Avengers and X-Men titles. It's just so confusing. And double-shipping every month just adds to the overload and cost.

I am with you on this one! Reading one title and feeling like you are missing a key part of the situation that appears in another line is quite annoying!

Since they are doing it this way, I am now starting to be one of those customers that the store owner would hate on! I don't want to spend money on all these other titles that I will have no interest in, but buy that line too because it connects to the main title I am reading. I will go in there be a cheap bastard that comes in, read many comics, put it back on the shelf, and leave.

The will only buy TPB or HC (if title will never be in TPB) if I like the title enough that I want to own it. All that reading and putting it back on the shelf is just a way for me to test the water on all the other titles I may or may decided its not worth my money when its released as TPB or HC. I don't want to spend 2.99-3.99 per comic when my comic store will slice off 30-40% off the TPB/HC book if you pay with cash.

I really don't care anymore if one of my friends talk about how all those single comic will be worth more in the future than the TPB/HC version of a title. I get tired of taking things out of the sleeve and putting it back in its sleeve everytime when reading late at night. I want one thin TPB to open and read without any interruptions!

Oh and Marvel...I WANT X-23!!!!!!!!!

 

[604comics]

I am with you on this one! Reading one title and feeling like you are missing a key part of the situation that appears in another line is quite annoying!

Since they are doing it this way, I am now starting to be one of those customers that the store owner would hate on! I don't want to spend money on all these other titles that I will have no interest in, but buy that line too because it connects to the main title I am reading. I will go in there be a cheap bastard that comes in, read many comics, put it back on the shelf, and leave.

The will only buy TPB or HC (if title will never be in TPB) if I like the title enough that I want to own it. All that reading and putting it back on the shelf is just a way for me to test the water on all the other titles I may or may decided its not worth my money when its released as TPB or HC. I don't want to spend 2.99-3.99 per comic when my comic store will slice off 30-40% off the TPB/HC book if you pay with cash.

I really don't care anymore if one of my friends talk about how all those single comic will be worth more in the future than the TPB/HC version of a title. I get tired of taking things out of the sleeve and putting it back in its sleeve everytime when reading late at night. I want one thin TPB to open and read without any interruptions!

Oh and Marvel...I WANT X-23!!!!!!!!!

Just as long as while you're reading the books in the store, you aren't in my way as I try to look at the stuff for sale, then it's all good. And try to make sure after you're done reading, the comic is in the same condition it was in before you read it. If you damage it, bend a page, get it dirty, etc., do the right thing and pay for it.

X-23 is going to be in Avengers Arena. One of the reasons I'm picking it up.

 

[LittleBahamut]

Just as long as while you're reading the books in the store, you aren't in my way as I try to look at the stuff for sale, then it's all good. And try to make sure after you're done reading, the comic is in the same condition it was in before you read it. If you damage it, bend a page, get it dirty, etc., do the right thing and pay for it.

X-23 is going to be in Avengers Arena. One of the reasons I'm picking it up.

I'll be sure to put things back the way they were when I am done reading with them.

I just looked at the image on Avengers Arena and can't help but to think of Battle Royale

 

[604comics]

I just looked at the image on Avengers Arena and can't help but to think of Battle Royale

It's a blatant ripoff. But that movie was bad-ass so I hope AA can recreate some of that magic. I also enjoyed Avengers Academy, too, so this is a natural progression.

 

[electroshock]

The question is that i cant spend the amount on a pf/Cq without know before a marvel comic

That's pointless

 

[Drakul]

I only read TPB personally. I used to just grab everything I could at NYCC for 40-50% off.

 

[Antman84]

This Is my first week of digital comics look forward to being up to date not a month behind

 

[604comics]

This Is my first week of digital comics look forward to being up to date not a month behind

But everyone else except for Marvel knocks down the prices by a buck after the first month so it makes financial sense to be a month behind. That's a dilemma I face. And sometimes there's $0.99 sales, which is when I buy. I've got so many comics I got during those sales that I have a ton of backlog to read. I'm going to have to create a system and organize my reading literature so I actually read the stuff I pay good money for.

 

[electroshock]

Im looking for Dr. Strange #169 and gambit origins #1

If someone can sell me plzz contact

 

[Antman84]

But everyone else except for Marvel knocks down the prices by a buck after the first month so it makes financial sense to be a month behind. That's a dilemma I face. And sometimes there's $0.99 sales, which is when I buy. I've got so many comics I got during those sales that I have a ton of backlog to read. I'm going to have to create a system and organize my reading literature so I actually read the stuff I pay good money for.

Yeah but I want to save space I'm happy paying the rate on the app just need to save space.
I keep falling for the sales picked up annilation conquest today

 

[geez]

I'm a child of the nineties, but after securing my dagger comiquette, I decided to check out the original c&d mini series, and picked up essential dazzler TPBs 1 and 2. Got a firestar mini series coming in too, and from the DCU, the rose and thorn mini series. Yea, I LOVE my obscure female comic book characters