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d21lewis on 30 September 2010
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XGamer0611 said:
NinjaguyDan said:
d21lewis said:
Lostplanet22 said:

I always hated comic books...When I was young I read the X-men and Spiderman and loved it at first but I hated that you have to read the end of a story in an other comic franchise..

I read a few though now like Halo/mass effect and The Darkness but for the rest I gave up...


I see where you're coming from.  For some people, it's fun to see how the different characters interact or that all of the characters live in the same universe (first time I saw Wolverine hanging out with the Fantastic Four, my mind exploded!).  For other people, it's just frustrating.  You buy one series and never get to see teh end of the storyline.

I suggest buying "trades" that contain entire storylines (or at least, the gist of  a major storyline).  It's what I do.  I don't have the patience to collect week by week, anymore.


I hear ya on the trades but there's nothing like having a bagged and boarded first print/near mint.

I agree. I have a few TBP but nothing beats having all the issues. I just started collecting again and I have all the issues (Not all first print) of X-Men Second Coming. The Hardcover just got realeased but doesn't have a few of the spin-offs such as Hellbound and Blind Science with X-Factor.


And you know, you're right.  Half the fun of comics is the speculation.  You read 22 pages and for four weeks, you speculate what's going to happen next:  "How is Batman going to get out of that explosion?"  "Red Hulk ISN'T Bruce Banner?"  "Oh my God!  I can't believe _____ was a traitor!"  And when that next issue comes, there is a huge payoff for the patience.  Buying trade, it's sorta like asking Santa for a Christmas present and having him give it to you right then and there.  Sure, you get what you want, but that's not really the point.  Plus, when I buy a trade, a lot of the time, the big reveal is already common knowledge.  Half the time, the character who died making the story so powerful has already come back!  That's why I usually buy trades that are timeless (Like Kingdom Come or Daredevil Reborn).  Recent storylines move too fast.

I wish I could get back into buying comics every week.  I just have too much going on.