There are oh-SO many X-Men stories, and a lot of them are really good to great, so it’s very difficult to provide a recommended reading list that isn’t very, very long, but we’ve narrowed it down to some favorites. Keep in mind that these don’t include stories only found in books like New Mutants, Wolverine, X-Factor or X-Force, as they honestly deserve their own lists.
Category Archives: Essential Reads
Essential Reads: BLADE
We recently did an episode on the Blade Trilogy for the podcast! Here’s some more recommended comics for the badass Daywalker:
Essential Reads: HELLBOY
On our latest podcast episode (issue #34) we gave our recommendations for Mike Mignola’s “HellBoy” from Darkhorse Comics!
Chris’s Pick: HELLBOY IN MEXICO by Mike Mignola and Richard Corben
Erik’s Pick: HELLBOY: KRAMPUSNACHT by Mike Mignola and Adam Hughes (Eisner Award-winning one shot)
Essential Reads: Iron Man
On our latest podcast episode (issue #32) we gave our recommendations for the Golden Avenger: Iron Man!
Erik’s Pick: Extremis by Warren Ellis and Adi Granov: Continue reading
Essential Reads: THE INCREDIBLE HULK
On our latest podcast episode (Issue #30) we gave some recommendations for THE HULK!
Chris’s Pick: THE IMMORTAL HULK by Al Ewing and Joe Bennett
Essential Reads: THE FLASH
On our latest podcast episode (Issue #28) we gave some recommendations for The Flash!
Erik’s Pick: “FLASHPOINT” by Geoff Johns and Andy Kubert
Chris’s Pick: FLASH: “THE RETURN OF BARRY ALLEN” by Mark Waid and Greg LaRocque
Essential Reads: FANTASTIC FOUR
On our latest podcast episode (Issue #26) we gave some recommendations for the FF!
Erik’s Pick: “FANTASTIC FOUR: 1234” by Grant Morrison and Jae Lee (Marvel Knights)
Chris’s Pick(s): “Fantastic Four: Unthinkable” by Mark Waid, Mike Wieringo, and Casey Jones *AND* “Fantastic Four: Authoritative Action” by Mark Waid, Howard Porter, and Mike Wieringo!
Essential Reads: SUPERMAN
Here’s our Superman comic recommendations from Comic Zombie #23!
Chris’s Pick: ALL STAR SUPERMAN by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely
Erik’s Pick: SUPERMAN: BIRTHRIGHT by Mark Waid and Leinil Francis Yu
Essential Reads: GREEN LANTERN
On Issue #11 of the podcast, we talked about some of our all time favorite GL comics!
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