If you had asked me a short time ago who got my vote for most overrated Marvel hero, the answer would have been Ghost Rider, hands down. Two Nicholas Cage movies will do that to a character. [Read more…] about Ghost Rider Reading Order – Where To Start With Ghost Rider?
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Best 5 Luke Cage Comics To Read With Netflix Luke Cage
With Luke Cage’s very own Netflix series dropping today, the third hero (fourth season) in Marvel’s Netflix Defenders, it’s never been a better time to start exploring Luke Cage comics.
The first season of Cage’s first live-action solo series is being pitched as The Wire set in the Marvel Universe, which is both delightfully ambitious and absurdly overconfident. [Read more…] about Best 5 Luke Cage Comics To Read With Netflix Luke Cage
Iron Fist Reading Order – Where to Start With Iron Fist?
Iron Fist is a fascinating Marvel Comics character, born during the height of 70’s Kung Fu obsession, smoothly transitioning into the best partnership in Marvel with Luke Cage, and punching his way back into relevance with a delightfully supernatural reinvention of Kung Fu for the 2000’s.
Due to his “fringe” status, and later creation (compared to the major Marvel heroes of the 1960’s) reading through Iron Fist appearances is reasonably palatable endeavor. Most fans today will point you straight to Immortal Iron Fist (and with good reason), but that approach will miss out on Chris Claremont and John Byrne comics (the creative team responsible for the X-Men’s Dark Phoenix saga
, among other greats), as well as a perpetually underappreciated Heroes for Hire run during the 80’s. [Read more…] about Iron Fist Reading Order – Where to Start With Iron Fist?
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Daredevil Reading Order
This is potentially controversial, and may require a more detailed write up at some point, but pound for pound, I’d argue Daredevil has the most consistently excellent modern solo series of any Marvel hero. When you think about the greats that have blessed Matt Murdock with all time great, era defining runs (Miller, Nocenti, Bendis, Waid) it’s downright startling. [Read more…] about Daredevil Reading Order