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!
The complete Marvel Ultimate Universe reading order is now live on Comic Book Herald. It’s a great starting place for new Marvel comics fans, and my guide will cover you from launch in 2000 through present day.
Happy new year everybody! Enjoy the Ultimate Universe!
by Dave 3 Comments
Since 2013, I’ve been putting together mid-year and start-of-the-year guides to the best ongoing comics for new fans, collectors, and first (second, third…) time readers. As we begin 2015, though, I feel a need for a change to the approach, largely because 2014 marked the year I largely stopped collecting ongoing comics on a weekly basis. [Read more…] about The 2015 Guide to Catching Up With Ongoing Comics
by Dave 2 Comments
We get a lot of questions at Comic Book Herald. What’s up with this part of the reading order? Do I read this X-Men event before this Avengers event? Wait, how much money did you lose on fantasy football this year? (Hang on, that one might just be my wife.)
I’m happy to announce we now have the Comic Book Herald forums for all questions and comic book reading discussion! Hoozah! [Read more…] about Announcing Comic Book Herald Forums!
by Dave 3 Comments
I made a pact with myself (and my wife) that if tonight’s Agents of SHIELD midseason finale didn’t deliver on the show’s promise, I’d go ahead and stop watching. After last week’s offensively stationary episode (which I mistakenly watched thinking it was the finale), I was about ready to call it quits, but obviously I had to see for myself how Agents of SHIELD delivered the long (long, long, longggggg) anticipated reveal of the Inhumans. So did the midseason finale deliver on all that Marvel Universe promise? [Read more…] about Agents of SHIELD S2 E10 Review: What Did They Become?
by Dave 48 Comments
Chris Claremont turned a failing comic about mutants into one of the most successful comic book franchises of all time. Though, often criticized for being too wordy or having wooden dialogue, Claremont helped create a more literary medium bringing comics into the modern era. Claremont wrote X-men comics for 16 years! Those 16 years form one of the greatest epics ever created. All modern X-men comics use Claremont’s run as a foundation. You won’t be able to truly understand X-Men: Messiah Complex without reading these books first. The good news is a lot of these comics hold up pretty well. In this guide I’ll try to differentiate the *required reading* from the *just for fun*. [Read more…] about The Complete X-Men Reading Order Guide: Chris Claremont Era