Comic Book Herald

A Comic Book Reading Order Guide For Beginners & Fans

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Dave founded Comic Book Herald in 2011 and has written a lot about comics since that time. See for yourself below!

Best DC Comics of 2019

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2019 has been a challenging year for DC Comics, with operational changes leading to layoffs throughout the publishing arm, and high profile series like Heroes in Crisis suffering from extensively negative reviews. Many of the publisher’s most memorable 2019 events are exercises in crisis control, from Batman: Damned‘s “Bat-Penis” controversy (see also: sentences I’ve always dreamed of writing) to the early removal of Tom King from Batman. [Read more…] about Best DC Comics of 2019

Spider-Woman Reading Order!

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Spider-Woman means several different characters depending on era, context, and whether or not we’re including alternate universes. For most readers in the modern Marvel era, Jessica Drew is the most familiar alter ego, and indeed Jess has the longest comics history with the title.

Believe it or not, though, she’s not the only Spider-Woman with Avengers credentials, though, and I’ll be referencing the full suite of Spider-Women in the below guide to Spider-Woman comics. [Read more…] about Spider-Woman Reading Order!

Previously On #73: New X-Men Redux, Avengers Video Game teaser, & Marvel’s Hilarious PR Emails

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This week on “Previously On,” I re-read New X-Men in the context of Hickman’s X-Men, worry about the Avengers video game, and fall in love with unintentionally funny Marvel Comics emails.  [Read more…] about Previously On #73: New X-Men Redux, Avengers Video Game teaser, & Marvel’s Hilarious PR Emails