Definitely starting to agree with you. I did enjoy Invincible Ironman though.
Oh Marvel has definitely had some good stuff in the past, and Invincible Iron Man was THE Iron Man book for me. It's the one that made me go from "ew, Iron Man" to "cool, Iron Man!". It didn't portray Tony as a "happy go lucky, c@nt with smarts". He actually had character and was more than a walking plot device/deus ex machina. He had depth and the stories were really interesting. Fraction's Invincible Iron Man was THE bomb.
Now if you're talking about the recent, ANAD IM, well, I can't say that I'm a fan. It's mostly because of Bendis though. The man has been using the same voice for all characters for about 10 years. He's writting the same stories over and over, while keeping his character's as cardboard cut-outs. He's moving his stories at a snail's pace, and his pay-offs well, almost never "pay-off". A prime example is his GotG: A waste of a once great title. In the "Planet Venom" Arc, he spent 2 out of 3 issues having the symbiote jumping from person to person. That was it. For 2 issues straight, the only thing that happened was the Guardians wearing the symbiote, in the ship...And after that, he pulled a half-assed ret-con about the symbiotes being 'good" and protectors of the universe! And telepathic and some *****, so now Flash is a space super-hero!.....*******, I hate Bendis....
Another nail on the head wording as usual.
Rule 63 for the modern shipping community.
Oh don't get me started on shipping. I've see some things on Tumblr that no one should see. I've see naked Deadpool butt-secksing Spider-Man while the Iron Husbands are taking pictures. I mean, it's all right and all if that's what gets you off, but please don't tag it "deadpool" and "Spider-Man". Because even if you don't want to find them, you'll do, seeing as they make up about 80% of Tumblr. Hell, there's a whole "Super-Family". Steve & Tony are the dads, Peter is their son, and Deadpool is his boyfriend. And naturally 90% of the fan-art is them having orgies. Again, imagination and fan-fic is fine and all, just please use seperate tags! But oh what do I know? I didn't like Gilien's Young Avengers so I'm probably heading to comic-book Hell...
I agree Darthkostis. The stories are just all over the place. I take a lot of pleasure in social advocacy multicultural considerations. However, marvel doesn't know what it has and is showing some immaturity at the helm right now. They could have had a femthor with great writing but have really dropped the ball and have further cluttered the universe. I thinks it's cool to see some changes, but they are trying to grab headlines instead of polishing product imho. I think it all needs to relaunch at some point. Just a mess right now.
I may be done soon. I'm only holding on to ant-man, Spiderman, star Lord, and iron man atm. Maybe just drop those. I need to pick DC back up.
Where's a good start in DC? Or some other suggestions.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for that as well. In comics, movies, everything. The Green Arrow stories of the past (Longbow Hunters and whatnot) are some of the best I've read. Social-commentary done exactly like it should. Now, the problem with Marvel is that they're taking the easy route: "Look! We have 10 solo female titles!" they brag. But it's not about that. The Titania x Thor fight was one of the most cringe worthy and PC Police/SJW things I've read in my entire life. It was close to being a "This is what a real [...] looks like idiots!" Tumblr posts. It's like those guys who're racist and then drop the "I've got lots of black friends, so it's ok". Yeah, it's not. Marvel's not racist, homophobic or anything like that. They're just trying too much and just can't do it. It needs baby steps. But hey, every time they announce a new "progresive" solo they get tons of free publicity, so they seel 4x the copies they would. They'll of coure cancel the title after 6 months or so, but meh, SJW goal achieved!
Honestly, I wouldn't give Bendis any more money, but that's just me. The guy's a hack, plain and simple. As for the rest, I don't know. If you like the characters keep pulling them, but personally I'm only going to be getting the Star Wars books and my 3 favourite characters from Marvel (Black Panther, Silver Surfer & Moon Knight in Spring). Heck, I even dropped Dr. Strange, since the book was just magical Tony Stark. He even had some Avenger-esque buddies hanging out with him at a bar. I'm done with it, and I couldn't feel happier. I've lost a lot of DC books over the year's, so now that I'm turning over a new leaf, it's like I'm entering a new "universe", since I haven't really read anything DC related for years.
Anyway, as a guy in exactly the same spot, these are what I'd reccomend:
1) Batman: Arguably the best superhero book out now. The first issues costs thousands of dollars though, so if you want a "complete collection", you should get the trades from Court of Owls to Death of the Family.
2) Constantine: The Hellblazer: It's not exactly Vertigo Hellblazer, but it's pretty damn good. The stories are interesting and Jon is still the same rascal. Plus, the art is great.
3) Midnighter: Sci-Fi/Assassin-esque book. If you liked Ellis' Midnighter, you'll love this one as well. Oh, and this is how you do an LGBT solo Marvel, take notice.
4) Martian Manhunter: The best J'onn has looked and read in a while according to most. It's a weird, creepy sci-fi sort of feel. Kinda like X-Files but with super-heroes and a Martian as Mulder.
5) Justice League: It's on #44 now, so you'll have to play catch up, but it's worth it. It starts a bit slow, but after Forever Evil, oh boy, does it get awesome. Luthor joins the league, the New Gods get involved, the Anti-Monitor declares War on Darkseid, the series is just THE super-hero book. Forget about All-New All-Different Avengers, THIS is the super-team book worth reading.
I've also heard good things about: Grayson, Sinestro, Cyborg, Sinestro, JL 3001, Detective Comics, Black Canary, Superman, Wonder Woman, Superman/Batman and Action Comics. Justice League United as well.
Titles you should stay away from:
1) Suicide Squad: God, is this title bad. Just an excuse to publish a SS title.
2) Flash: It's basically the TV show storyline just in comics. Zoom has put together a team of villains to kill the Flash. Plus the story moves at a snail's pace.
3) Green Lantern: After Johns left, the title went bad, fast. The same characters and villains appear over and over again, essentially not creating any new stories. Oh and Hal is once again a renegade! Woo, exciting! Just stay away from it for the time being.