Where To Start In Marvel Comics For Beginners

The Jim Shooter Era is definitely my thing. 80's baby! That's when Marvel was king of the hill. For Spiderman, nothing beats Roger Stern's run in my opinion.

Picked up the Roger Stern Spidey omni recently. So good. It includes his Spectacular Spidey issues which is great. Just remember to buy second hand. Don't give money to companies who hate you.

I've been buying a few Mighty Marvel Masterworks I got Daredevil and it has collection 1 through 10

Marvel Unlimited subscription. I've read all the early Marvel issues through about 1968. I'm currently reading all three Spider-Man comics (Amazing, Spectacular, and Marvel Team-Up) up to 1979 so far. I will go back and read FF, Avengers, and X-Men after I finish Spider-Man.

Good recommends. I'll check on these, thanks fellas! I actually started in Marvel were mostly from the late 70s to early 90s. Starting with PUNISHER MAINLINE and WAR JOURNAL, IRON MAN and WEB OF SPIDER-MAN Annuals. Those were the books on the shelf when I was a kid (yeah, I'm old) And also the newstrip Spider-Man comics which were (I think) Buscema and Bagley (early) era.

As a new fan the overwhelming feeling is real. I think the great art era is appreciated from veteran readers. But a new fan isn't going to appreciate the pencils & inks. The colorists and computer filters that the new comics have, will appear better. Last Great Marvel Era is the go to. I think 2004 Astonishing X-Men is a perfect jumping point like Joe says

I hopped right into Busiek/Perez Avengers when I started a just a few years back great place to start had no problems 👍 one of the best 90s Comic runs IMO

Weirdest suggestion The Thing Two in one special comics. They often involve other heroes and characters spanning all levels of Marvel. And the fact that character wise, the Thing is very likable

I usually start with a character or writer i like.

The Conan the Barbarian Original Marvel Years run. Year after year of brilliance from Thomas and Buscema.

I always find it kind of funny when people say comics have gone downhill since the 90's, mostly because I have a very hard time getting into comics from before 2000. For me I started reading in the early 2000's with Ultimate Spider-man and Grant Morrisons Batman, and Jonathon Hickman in just the past 10 years or so has written some of the best comics I have read with the amazing build up to Secret Wars, and now more recently with HoX/PoX.

Love Joe and The Breen. Best guests. Throw Uel in there and you got yo'self a stew!

Great video and recommendations. Sometimes people can look at what’s collected in an omnibus and start there.

I started in 1989. When the Marvel trading cards came out in 90, a whole new world exploded into existence for me. That made it very easy. Also, the rockstar artist era was the coolest.

This is a great idea for a video Wes! Well done and going to listen to this while grilling in a few 😎

Start with Silver Age Stan Lee.Marvel has a less messed up continuity of the DC.I don't recommend starts with post 2000's comics.

This video was incredible and perfect for someone just returning to comics after a long time hiatus. That's the main reason I purchase more Marvel Epic Collections and DC Essential Collections more then anything. Thank you so much. I can't wait to see your video on where to start with DC.

Good recommendations. In my opinion, the best start points for the Marvel heroes are: Fantastic Four - Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's run; Mark Waid run or Jonathan Hickman's run The incredible Hulk - The Stan Lee and Jack Kirby short run; Hulk Gray Spider man - Stan Lee, Steve Ditko and John Romita's Sr run (also Bendis Ultimate run as honorable mention) Thor - Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's run; Walter Simonson run; Jason Aaron's run Iron Man - Extremis storyline Captain America - Ed Bubaker's run X-men - Giant Size X-men 1 and Chris Claremont's run; Grant Morrison run; Joss Wheadon's run; House of X and Powers of X Doctor Strange - Stan Lee and Steve Ditko's run Inhumans - Paul Jenkins Marvel Knights run Daredevil - Frank Miller's run; Daredevil Yellow Black Panther - Christopher Priest run; Reginald Hudlin first arc "Who is the black panther" Avengers - Kurt Busiek and George Perez run; Bendis New Avengers

I expect yout to wear a Marvel t-shirt for the DC one. :P

Great video! I can show this to anyone wanting to get into Marvel comics.