After recently finding out that the local library carries trade paperbacks (who knew?), I'm picking up story arcs that I never had a chance to read before. I'd appreciate any suggested reading from the masses out there. Anything you think is a must read?

I just got through with Batman: The Long Halloween. What's next?

 

"Green Lantern: Rebirth"

 

Thor Visionaries Walter Simonson
JLA Earth 2
The books of magic

 

Watchmen.

Assuming you haven't read it already, it needs to be at the top of your list.

Followed by Maus.

 

Watchmen
Kingdom Come
Dark Knight Returns
every volume of Sandman
New Frontier

 

Assuming you haven't read these yet...

- Watchmen
- Crisis On Infinite Earths
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
- All of Neil Gaiman's Sandman series (several trades worth of material)
- V for Vendetta
- Kingdom Come
- Death of Superman, World Without a Superman and Reign of the Supermen (three trades)
- DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore - Collection that includes "For the Man Who Has Everything", "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow", "Batman: The Killing Joke", "Mogo Doesn't Socialize", the short GL story that introduces the Blackest Night prophecy and others.

If you're a fan of Green Lantern, I'd also suggest Final Night, as it was an excellent send-off for Hal Jordan (though it's basically meaningless to current continuity).

 

I just finished Watchmen, great book. I also enjoyed the Long Halloween. and Dark Knight Returns. Looking forward to reading The Killing Joke and V for Vendetta, I also want to read 300 and Sin City.

 

Just a few to start, CAPS are in my opinion MUST reads:

Batman: THE KILLING JOKE
Batman: SON OF THE DEMON
Batman: Year One
Batman: Year Two
Batman: Full Circle
Batman: NO MAN'S LAND (all volumes)
Batman: KNIGHTFALL
Batman: DEATH IN THE FAMILY
Batman: Saga of Ra's Al Ghul
Batman: Death & the Maiden's
Batman: Sword of Azrael
Batman: The Many Deaths of Batman
Batman: BLIND JUSTICE
Batman: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS

KINGDOM COME

THE CROW

JLA: NEW WORLD ORDER
JLA: The Nail

SUPERMAN: FOR ALL SEASONS

 

The Mask, The Mask Returns, and The Mask Strikes Back if you can find them. They're the original violent Mask books, 2 of them done before the Jim Carrey movie. The big tough guy Walter from the cartoon also originated in these books.

 

Guys, I'm curious - is Watchmen the one written by Alan Moore (spelling?) and is it that really that good?

 

this might come as a bad place in this thread, but I was going to say how much I actually DIDN'T like the watchmen. it's always talked about as THE tpb to read, but I can't figure out why. I read it this summer, and found it boring and somewhat predictable. maybe it was profound in its day, like citizen kane was, but it didn't do anything for me, or my girlfriend who read it as well.

 

Yes Watchmen is written by Alan Moore and it is one of the best comics ever. It along with V For Vendetta and The Dark Night Returns are like the holy trinoty of modern comics and can be argued as starting the "Modern Age" of comics. They are comics as high literature.

@ ckhtiger you know it's funny the first time I read Watchmen (around '98) I hated it too. I just could not get in to it but I went back around late '04-early '05 and reread it as at that time I had nothing else to read and just loved it. mabey for some people it just takes more than one reading of it to enjoy. (or it's just not your cup of tea)

 

Anything with 'Walking Dead' in the title. Start at volume 1 and you won't look back.

 

Walking Dead
She-Hulk (the entire Slott run)
Y the Last Man
Invincible
Anything else Kirkman.
The Killing Joke
Dark Knight Returns

Daredevil Yellow
Spider-Man Blue
Hulk Grey
Batman: Hush
Superman for all Seasons
Batman: the Long Halloween

 

Transmetropolitan.

 

Its kinda lost some of its kick since the fall of communism and the threat of imminent nuclear armageddon has pasted, but whenever I reread it I try to get back into that 80s frame of mind.


And more recommendations...if you can find them. The original Marvel series of the 60s esp Fantastic Four, Spider-man, and the Hulk. Again, out dated but they're just fun to read.

 

Preacher
Y the last man

2 of the best graphic novels i have ever read..
saying that i think watchman is over hyped

 

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