A Comic Book Reading Order Guide For Beginners & Fans
Dave founded Comic Book Herald in 2011 and has written a lot about comics since that time. See for yourself below!
This month’s new graphic novels features 2 DC superhero titles, 3 2020s Manga runs among my favorites of the decade, and one written by a musician whose concert I very drunkenly attended in 2011!
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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 June 2026
It’s brother vs. brother, daddy vs son, podcaster vs podcaster, the whole world is upside down today as Dave and Zack clash HARD over AXIS.
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[Read more…] about My Marvelous Year 2014 Pt. 10: Uncanny Avengers and the Axis Event!Dave and Charlotte try their best to get over the loss of Zack (this week on the pod because he refused to read these comics)…
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[Read more…] about My Marvelous Year 2014 Pt. 9: Secret Avengers, Loki: Agent of Asgard, and Captain America!Yeah we talk Spider-Noir… BUT more importantly we argue with Charlotte about ice cream.
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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!)