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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!

60’s X-Men Comics Reading Order (The Silver Age Origins!)

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The vast majority of X-Men reading recommendations will start you with 1975’s X-Men Second Genesis (including right here on CBH!), but as the name implies, there is of course an original genesis! It’s funny because for the vast majority of Marvel characters created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee (or Steve Ditko and friends!), the 60s origins are a great place to start and see how Marvel Comics began. This is true for Fantastic Four, Amazing Spider-Man, Thor and so on. But for the X-Men, there immense success and popularity wouldn’t come until their second act.

Still, there’s a lot created in the early days that’s worth reading – Magneto and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants! Sentinels! Professor X acting sus! – and I’ve cataloged the reading order and how to collect those first X-Men Comics here. [Read more…] about 60’s X-Men Comics Reading Order (The Silver Age Origins!)

Extra Issues – Osamu Tezuka pt. 5: Black Jack

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Black Zack and his 7 year old android daughter Charlotte continue our six part series on the works of Osamu Tezuka.

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Comics covered in this episode:
– Black Jack

Topics discussed:
– Is Black Jack more successful as a long-term series of individual stories than Astro Boy?
– Who’s Euthanasia Guy?
– How much can Zack neglect his podcast duties before Charlotte finally snaps (and demands a raise)?

Next up, we’re concluding our six month series covering the work of Osumu Tezuka:
6. Message To Adolf & Phoenix

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My Favorite Graphic Novels of May 2026

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This month’s new graphic novels features 6 that make it inside my 20 favorite books of the entire year, including a new #1! Sign up for the newsletter version to also see how I voted in this year’s Eisner awards!

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To see the full year’s list, check out the best comics of 2026 (updated monthly!). [Read more…] about My Favorite Graphic Novels of May 2026