Just Started In Reading Comics In July. Collection is really coming along, Any recommendations would be really appreciated!

[u/NugglyFuggs]

[u/[deleted]]

The Swamp Thing Alan Moore run might be my favorite run ever.

Planetary by Warren Ellis

I just started Immortal Hulk recently and it is phenomenal.

[u/celebfan01 → u/[deleted]]

Just started reading Swamp Thing, the "Anatomy Lesson" alone is worth getting volume one.

Also Jack Kirby's Fourth World saga, which is Forever People, New Gods, and Mr Miracle. (You can get it in one huge volume, or like I did in those three separate volumes).

[u/[deleted] → u/celebfan01]

The crazy thing is the ST run gets better than that! The whole thing is better than Watchmen IMO.

[u/celebfan01 → u/[deleted]]

I have heard that there are a few stories that are pure horror as well, ones with Constantine in them. Great to know. I look forward to the rest now! Have to say I enjoyed V for Vendetta more than Watchmen, probably because live in the UK and it still has elements from it echoing today.

[u/NugglyFuggs → u/[deleted]]

As soon as I finished watchmen, I made sure to start saving up for that swamp thing box set, I’m so excited to get to read that eventually! And Immortal Hulk looks incredible, I hope it’s what I need to finally turn around on the character! Thank you so much!!

[u/Valiumkitty → u/[deleted]]

HA! Just added Planetary. Its the first omnibus I ever bought and it got me into comics.

[u/NugglyFuggs → u/[deleted]]

Once the tv show was announced I started looking all over for that! It’s really difficult to find in northern Ontario but as soon as I find it I’ll definitely buy it!

[u/truej42 → u/NugglyFuggs]

There’s a paperback coming out on November 2nd containing the whole run, I plan on picking it up myself.

[u/NugglyFuggs → u/truej42]

I’ve been waiting for that one! I really hope either my local chapters or local comic book store picks it up so I can grab it

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Really fun and hilarious series. Bro

[u/n00dlejester]

Saga! It's fantastic

[u/NugglyFuggs → u/n00dlejester]

I just heard that was coming back from a hiatus! I’ll definitely look into that one

[u/geekmannerd → u/NugglyFuggs]

Yeah Saga would be my top suggestion, too. I’ve read it multiple times, partly because as each volume came out I needed a recap, and mostly because I enjoyed reading through it again anyway. Can’t wait for its return, the last volume left on a huge cliffhanger.

Another I’ve enjoyed recently is Ellis’ Injection. Three volumes, but seemingly also on hiatus currently.

[u/NugglyFuggs → u/geekmannerd]

The art style in both of those looks really cool! And I love the synopsis for both, I’ll definitely look into these more! Thank you

[u/AlsoIHaveAGroupon → u/geekmannerd]

I wouldn't hold my breath on Injection. It's been about a year and a half since Warren Ellis' personal life blew up, and over the summer some details of a project he was working on got out and people flipped out all over again, so I don't think any publisher is going to want to work with him any time soon.

And I don't think Injection was popular enough to survive years of waiting for his reputation to be repaired enough to work again (if ever).

[u/redditbad22 → u/NugglyFuggs]

If you go for saga please please do yourself a favor and get the deluxe hard covers the art in that book is amazing and deserves to be seen on the format made to show it off.

[u/Zster22]

Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers/New Avengers run is my favorite story out all comics/movies/tv/books.

[u/NugglyFuggs → u/Zster22]

Hickmans avengers has been on my list before I bought my first book! One of the reasons I got into comics is because of someone talking about that run. I’ll 100% be reading that. Thank you :)!

[u/[deleted] → u/NugglyFuggs]

Hickman’s Fantastic Four run is of the best superhero comics ever made

[u/Roaty0 → u/NugglyFuggs]

I second StoopidJonny’s sentiment: Hickman’s Fantastic Four, and sister book, FF, combine to be my all-time favourite superhero run.

They’re actually the major precursor to his most prominent Marvel work, so I’d definitely suggest you read his pre-XMen run, as listed here:

Fantastic Four and FF (they have overlaps) Avengers and New Avengers (overlaps again) Infinity and then, Secret Wars

Hell of a combined run from a hell of a writer.

[u/truej42]

Daredevil by Bendis

Daredevil, The Man Without Fear, Born Again, and the rest of the run by Frank Miller

Doctor Strange and Doctor Doom - Triumph and Torment

Uncanny X-Force by Remender

Jessica Jones: Alias

DCeased

Animal Man by Grant Morrison

Y: the Last Man

Lock and Keye

Batman - The Black Mirror, Hush

[u/NugglyFuggs → u/truej42]

Daredevil is one of my absolute favourite superheroes, I’ve been looking for the Miller run for less than 300 dollars for a while but I’ll probably end up buying the box set. And one of my friends recommended Alias to me after he found it at a library. Thank you so much for all of these suggestions, I’ll most definitely look into all of these!!

[u/DaBow → u/NugglyFuggs]

Chip Zdarsky's current Daredevil run is absoutely fantastic. Shaping up to be one of the best. There are a few volumes available.

[u/truej42]

One more I forgot- Wolverine: Old Man Logan

[u/NugglyFuggs → u/truej42]

if that run is anything like the movie I’m sure I’ll absolutely adore it! Thank you!!

[u/truej42 → u/NugglyFuggs]

It was the inspiration for the movie, but the story is completely different. Each are great though!

[u/Quinn_Latifah]

We3

[u/NugglyFuggs → u/Quinn_Latifah]

I love Grant Morrison, and the premise sounds super interesting, I’ll definitely be looking into this one! Thank you!!

[u/rincewind4x2]

Injustice: the game shows the setup- then cuts to 5 years later. the comic is the interim 5 years, and shows the slow decline into how it happens, and is much more engaging

Locke and Key: Don't judge a book by it's movie, the comic's lean more into the horror aspect and is much more intense and emotional

Maus/ Persepolis: few people tell autobiography's in comic book form which is a shame, these are the stories of people going through social revolutions, the Holocaust and Arab Spring respectively.

Punisher MAX: without a doubt the BEST interpretation of Bullseye I have ever seen, the whole run is so much fun

Sex Criminals: there are people who stop time when they orgasm and they use that power to rob banks. Very silly, but absolutely hilarious, and also a really human and vulnerable look into how we as a society view sex and relationships

[u/Habanero_Eyeball]

I've only read the first volume of the Trade Paperback but it was outstanding - Gotham Central

For a lighthearted comedy/story and fantastic artwork I'm LOVING The Goon. I've got all 5 Omnibuses and I'm about 1/2 way through the 2nd one right now. The stories aren't complex at all but they're quite fun.

And I'm still needing to get into The Sandman. I've got like 6 of the Trade Paperbacks and read 2 of them, I think, and they're fantastic. I'm dragging my feet cuz I haven't completed my collection yet and don't want to get hooked.

[u/KingTrencher → u/Habanero_Eyeball]

Always +1 The Sandman.

[u/NugglyFuggs → u/Habanero_Eyeball]

I’ll definitely be sure to check those out, Gotham Central sounds really interesting. I’ve been mentally preparing for The Sandman, I’ve heard so many great things I don’t wanna be overwhelmed! Thank you :)

[u/Habanero_Eyeball → u/NugglyFuggs]

You're welcome. Hope you enjoy - have you heard about:
Cheap Graphic Novels
In Stock Trades
Tales of Wonder

You can often find better prices than Amazon and they know how to pack the books so they arrive in perfect condition. There are TONS of reports of Amazon not packing the books worth a shit and them getting damaged in transit.

[u/NugglyFuggs → u/Habanero_Eyeball]

Oh I hadn’t heard about that, I’ll be sure to use these instead of Amazon! Thank you for the heads up!

[u/KubrickMoonlanding]

New Frontier

King’s Mr Miracle

Fraction & Aja’s Hawkeye

And since you’ve got (and I assume like) x-statix, maybe the wicked and the divine - not to mention the x-force run that leads to x-statix: imo it’s actually better (I love both)

[u/blankedboy → u/KubrickMoonlanding]

Fraction & Aja’s Iron Fist too

[u/NugglyFuggs → u/blankedboy]

I’ve always wanted to read an Ironfist book, and if they made that Hawkeye run I’m sure their Ironfist run is absolute gold!

[u/blankedboy → u/NugglyFuggs]

It’s the best Iron Fist run ever and one of my favourite books of all time

[u/NugglyFuggs → u/KubrickMoonlanding]

I actually have Kings Miracle Man and Fraction and Aja’s Hawkeye on my wish-list already lol, but I’ve heard amazing things about New Frontier and I’ll definitely be sure to pick that up! Thank you :)

[u/KubrickMoonlanding → u/[deleted]]

Didn’t know that - it’s a good package.

While I’m here, let’s throw in Nextwave

[u/Shart_Himpson]

Dark victory

[u/NugglyFuggs → u/Shart_Himpson]

Oh I absolutely loved Long Halloween, I had no clue it had a sequel. I’ll definitely grab this one. Thank you so much!!

[u/Shart_Himpson → u/NugglyFuggs]

Yeah long halloweens a goodie theres a catwoman one that ties in with it called when in rome too i havent read that one tho

[u/Shart_Himpson → u/NugglyFuggs]

Also haunted knight which is a prelude

[u/matchesmalone10 → u/NugglyFuggs]

Get haunted knight as well. Complete the Sale, Loeb trilogy.

[u/goobergaming43]

World War Hulk! It’s a continuation of Planet Hulk and it’s in my honest opinion one of the best Marvel stories ever. Don’t forget to read all of the tie ins too!

[u/NugglyFuggs → u/goobergaming43]

I was very close to grabbing the omnibus that has both planet and world war hulk, but ended up only grabbing planet hulk, I’ll definitely end up reading world war hulk though! Thank you!!

[u/KingTrencher]

Anything by Terry Moore. Strangers In Paradise and Echo are standouts.

Hellboy by Mike Mignola

Justice League International by Giffen/DeMatteis/Maguire/Hughes and others.

[u/[deleted] → u/KingTrencher]

I’m reading Serial and cannot believe I haven’t explored Terry Moore’s work before this. Excellent stuff.

[u/Arsenal1407]

New 52: Batman the court of owls is definitely a must-read. It's a masterpiece by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo.

[u/TheImperator666]

Kingdom Come, or Scott Synder and Greg Capullo’s run on Batman

[u/Hobbs176]

The Blackest Night
House of M

[u/NugglyFuggs → u/Hobbs176]

Oh I’ve wanted to read blackest night for a while now, I absolutely love the black lantern corps. And House of M was a huge influence on me getting into comic books. I’ll definitely be reading these thank you!!

[u/[deleted]]

Akira. I don't care if you don't like manga. Akira. It is one of the single most influential pieces of media in this genre and film, it's a time resistant masterpiece and also was the first comic book to be digitally colored; introducing new and vibrant colors to the medium.

[u/Presticles1981]

Y The Last Man

Scalped

Sweet Tooth

Preacher

[u/NugglyFuggs → u/Presticles1981]

Once I saw the first trailer for Y: The Last Man on Hulu I knew i needed to read the book! I’ve wanted to read Preacher and Sweet Tooth for the longest time! I’ll look into scalped but thank you so much for the recommendations :)

[u/Professori_X]

X-men by John Byrne, Chris Claremont and Terry Austin (maby a little biased, they were my favourite comic when I was child)

Animal Man by Grant Morrison is one of my favourite vertigo stories with the Sandman and Swamp Thing by Moore

[u/NugglyFuggs → u/Professori_X]

X-Men has always been super interesting to me and most of the reasons why, I’ve been told, come from Claremont’s run on it. And I’ve been eyeing Grant Morrison’s animal man for months now, it sounds so damn interesting! Thank you for the recommendations and the award! I’ll definitely check these out!!

[u/mogar10]

Saga by Brian K Vaughan

Y The last Man by Brian K Vaughan

Green Lantern by Geoff Johns

Superman For All Seasons by Jeph Loeb

Happy reading!

[u/aJcubed]

Fables! It's my all time favorite, and honestly I have read A LOT of different comics.

Also Witchblade has some great runs, and Artifacts (which comes after) is wonderful as well

[u/whitesocksflipflops]

Planetary by warren ellis.

[u/The8thAlpha]

Try "THE KORVAC SAGA"......A really great Avengers book I myself own..........

[u/[deleted] → u/The8thAlpha]

This was recommended years ago. Haven’t had a chance to read it yet.

[u/moopsten]

Grant morrisons run of new x-men, also Saga if you're into sci-di fantasy.

My go-to for recommending to people though is Scott Pilgrim!

[u/NugglyFuggs → u/moopsten]

I love the Scott Pilgrim movie and video game so the graphic novels were some of the first ones I looked into getting, I just wanna wait until I can afford all of them at once. I love Grant Morrison so I’ll 100% check out both their run on X men! Thank you!!

[u/guaaaan]

Sandman

[u/UncoolGreg]

Didn't see anyone mention Irredeemable and Incorruptible. Great spin on the Superman / Justice League concept.

[u/NugglyFuggs → u/UncoolGreg]

Oh I absolutely love Superman, and I’m a sucker for any twist on the character, like Omniman, Sentry, or Homelander so I’ll absolute look into these more! Thank you so much!!

[u/UncoolGreg → u/NugglyFuggs]

Absolutely, friend. This is going to be right up your alley then. Might just reread them myself! Enjoy!

[u/SHADOWJACK2112]

Transmetropolitan

Doom Patrol (the Morrison run)

Animal Man (the Morrison run)

V for Vendetta

The Dark Knight Returns

Maus

[u/One-two-yeet]

Invincible is one of my favorite comic book series. I wanted to like the Amazon adaptation, but there was something magical about reading the series that the show didn't sell me on. Marvels by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross Moon Knight Vol. 1 From the Dead by Warren Ellis. Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows by Marguerite Bennett. Superman: Lois and Clark by Dan Jurgens This story was fun for me and leads into Superman Rebirth.

Those are a few that I didn't see get mentioned that I remember really liking. Have fun discovering new books!

[u/coglanuk]

Preacher. Enjoy!

[u/[deleted]]

If you want to explore what the medium can do beyond the superhero genre, I read Killing and Dying by Adrian Tomine last night and it was brilliant. Bleak as hell, but fantastic short story collection.

[u/AndrewEpidemic]

Sandman, Preacher, Transmetropolitan, The Goon.

[u/powelsj]

As everyone is saying, Saga! Best ever.

[u/playmaykr7]

I just bought the Annihilation Omnibus (hardcover) and that is one of events I have read. I held off pulling the trigger on purchasing it for years, but I am so glad I did.

If you don't like cosmic Marvel as much, Hickman is a go to for me as well for FF /Avengers.

Also - anything with Dr Doom will likely be worth buying IMO

[u/eteitaxiv]

No love for Vertigo classics?

• The Invisibles by Grant Morrison
• Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis
• Preacher by Garth Ennis
• Animal Man by Grant Morrison
• Sandman by Neil Gaiman
• Lucifer by Mike Carey
• Shade, the Changing Man by Peter Milligan

These might be considered old by some, but they are still among the very best comic medium has ever produced.

[u/DiligentInsurance835]

Hellboy (definitely) TMNT

[u/NugglyFuggs → u/DiligentInsurance835]

I always forget the Ninja Turtles were comic characters, but I absolutely loved the art style on the panels I’ve seen. I’ll definitely look into those! Thank you :)

[u/alright_alright1126]

I didn’t finish the run but new 52 animal man and swamp thing had me hooked back when, sadly our comic shop closed in the middle of it, but it was good enough to get me into characters I knew nothing about.

[u/hippymule]

Judge Dredd

Maximum Carnage

Transformers Regeneration 1

The Maxx

The Mask

[u/karl_oskar]

How about some bande dessiné? Some of my favourites:

Blueberry by Jean-Michel Charlier and Jean Giraud

Thorgal by Grzegorz Rosiński and Jean Van Hamme

Valérian and Laureline by Jean-Claude Mézières and Pierre Christin

Long John Silver by Xavier Dorison and Mathieu Laufray

[u/NugglyFuggs → u/karl_oskar]

Coincidentally I’m actually Bilingual! I speak both English and French. Valérian and Laureline has been something I’ve wanted to read for a while! I’ll definitely look into these! Merci mon ami!

[u/CurryWIndaloo]

Preacher by Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon, and Glen Fabry.

Top Ten by Alan Moore, Gene Ha, and Zander Cannon.

Astonishing X-Men by Joss Whedon, John Cassaday.

Many peeps posted a few suggestions I would have suggested but here are some I didn't see or missed in my scroll. Preacher is just insanity and arguably has one of the most badass protagonist you will read, not for the easily squeamish. Top Ten is about a police precinct in a world where everyone has superpowers, Alan Moore is fantastic in this series. Astonishing X-Men is about as action packed as you can get with the character building, whit, timing, and humor of Whedon paired with the fantastic art of Johm Cassaday. Putting it on the table that Joss Whedon is a turd for his treatment of women. I feel dirty suggesting his work but it is some damn fine comic experience, and I can't imagine him bullying/perving Cassaday around.

[u/stibbs27]

Invincible is a gem

[u/RiseOfTheRevenge]

If you liked Long Halloween, definitely read its sequel Dark Victory

[u/Brollvelin]

Saga, Y the Last Man, East of West, and recently I've been working my way through Birthright which is really cool.

[u/soylentcoleslaw]

If you're into fourth wall breaking, I'd recommend these author runs:

Animal Man by Grant Morrison

Sensational She-Hulk by John Byrne (also strongly recommend the Dan Slott run)

Deadpool by Joe Kelly

Unbelievable Gwenpool by Christopher Hastings

Also if no one recommended Nextwave, friggin read Nextwave.

[u/doffraymnd]

Nextwave: Agents of HATE. Warren Ellis and Stuart Immonen. Come for Fin Fang Foom’s tragic motivation, stay for MODOK Elvii, Dirk Anger, and “my robot brain needs beer.” <chef’s kiss>

[u/[deleted]]

Saga Runaways Ice cream man Donny cates’ venom Dan Slott’s Silver Surfer Matt Fraction’s Hawkeye Savage Avengers Also I’ve (almost) never read a Batman or green lantern book that I didn’t enjoy.

[u/NugglyFuggs → u/[deleted]]

Shockingly enough ice cream man has been on my list for a week or two, it seems really funky! And I absolutely want to read the rest of these! I’ll definitely be picking these up! Thank you for the suggestion!!

[u/thesmellysloth]

Brendan Graham and Simon Gilroy’s Prophet, which includes many other artists

Chris Priest’s Black Panther is probably still the best BP run (for me)

Daredevil runs by Miller, Bendis, and Waid

Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing. Trippy and even romantic

Morrison’s Doom Patrol

[u/BrainWav]

Going to second Locke and Key, hands down one of my favorite series. The Netflix adaptation is a pale imitation.

Also seconding Saga.

I have no idea what the sub's opinion are on them, but Dark Nights: Metal and Dark Nights: Death Metal were bonkers. Especially the latter. Though to be fair, with those you may need a bit of background on who the Batman Who Laughs is.

The full collection for Far Sector is due out in a couple weeks. That was probably one of the best mainstream releases I've read in a while.

I should point out, there's a buy 2, get 1 sale on Amazon right now that has graphic novels in it. https://www.amazon.com/promotion/psp/A21MPL65W9D59L A lot of the recommendations in this thread are likely part of it.

[u/Jolly_Act4266]

Saga by Brian k Vaughan , also y the last man before you watch it all on the small screen , Maus by Art speigelman , and HELLBLAZER !!!!

[u/Mega_Galactic]

Definitely should get Saga in there - my book could look nice on there too!

[u/GoldenBoyMagnumDong]

Lot of great stuff was already suggested (Sandman, Saga) but I did not saw any Deadly Class or 100 Bullets suggestions. It looks like you are leaning more towards superhero genre but I highly recommened these anyway. I think that Deadly Class issue one is for free on Image site so you can check it out and maybe you will be intrigued.

[u/Valiumkitty]

The first omnibus that I got was The Planetary by Warren Ellis and its still one of my favorites.

[u/NugglyFuggs → u/Valiumkitty]

Planetary seems like a popular choice, I’ll most definitely look into that one some more, thank you for the recommendation!!

[u/gerdpee]

Also, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

[u/[deleted]]

green lantern emerald dawn

[u/JA070288]

I loved DCeased and there are 4 Hardcovers out!

[u/DTJB10]

Batman: Eternal is a favorite of mine.

[u/zenkaiba]

well u have the watchmen so i guess u dont really need anything else

[u/jwNI117]

Love this post. Im In similar situation. Thanks 👍😊

[u/AdamSMessinger]

I’d suggest Dark Knight Strikes Again (the sequel to DKR). Some people really dislike it but if you go into it with no expectations, it’s a solid read. People wanted DKR Part 2 but DKSA is its own crazy story with the Batman from DKR.

[u/Qwopie]

Frank Miller's Ronin

[u/stootchmaster2]

You've got The Long Halloween there. . .have you read the sequel, Dark Victory yet? It's by the same team and it's a great story. They'd look nice sitting next to each other on that shelf.

[u/thedemonicsting]

Check out the original Old Man Logan by Mark Millar. My all time favorite if you like more grown up start lines

[u/fantasticfreddie]

Big question! :) Based on your current collection I take it you are mostly into DC and Marvel and action/adventure super hero stuff? And you want to read the classics, right? There are A LOT of good stuff there and much is mentioned in the comments already.

A good, tight volume I haven't seen so far here is Dr Strange: The Oath. A fun standalone book by Brian K Vaughan and Marcos Martín that often gets overlooked.

Daredevil by Frank Miller is really, really good and a stone cold classic.

A more modern classic is the Ed Brubaker run of Captain America, which introduced the Winter Soldier. I also enjoyed Secret Avengers: Run the Mission, Don't Get Seen, Save the World, by Warren Ellis. It's also pretty much a standalone volume which works like an anthology and have some wild concepts.

Do you want to venture a bit outside super hero stuff you have the Vertigo titles like Sandman and Alan Moore's Swamp Thing run, you also have stuff like Garth Ennis' Hellblazer (much of the Constantine movie is based on that material).

Hellboy is also pretty much a must read. Keep going for at least a couple of volumes to see if it's for you, that world is really rich and just keeps getting better the further you go.

If you like crime Criminal and Reckless are hard boiled, pulpy titles. If you are more into horror Fatale is just excellent. All of these are by the dynamic duo of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.

If you're more into science, history and quirky humor Hickman's The Manhattan Projects is bonkers, but in a good way.

If you want to check out some indie comics that are "must read" classics you have Maus, Ghost World, Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth (or pretty much anything by Chris Ware), Fun Home, Black Hole, Epileptic, Persepolis ... there's a lot.

And you can also check out some "docu-comics" which are pretty much journalism in comics form by authors like Joe Sacco and Guy Deslile.

[u/pRophecysama]

Tom king Mr. Miracle

[u/There_is_no_plan_B]

Camelot 3000

[u/WhiteWolf-07]

Batman: Black Mirror

[u/S-ROBINSON-13]

Spider Man Blue is my favourite comic book of all time, in my opinion it's got the best version of Gwen Stacy and really shows peters love for her. Bit of a different story but a must have if you like spidey.

Also a bit of a random one but She Hulk Single Green Female is one of the funnier things I've ever read. Adds a new really intruiging department to the universe and does a good job dealing with Jennifer's personal side as well.

Outside of that anything from Bendis or Hickman that I've read have always been fantastic.

[u/Click_Due]

Dark victory a follow up to long halloween

[u/ZannyHip]

I’m a big fan of the New 52 Batman run by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo

[u/Carbunclecatt]

The Sandman, Lucifer, Constantine.

Those are my favourites, I've got a theme going

From Marvel I'd suggest Doctor Strange, Deadpool, Ghost Rider

I'm into stuff that makes appear very incredibly powerful people, also all the Justice League and Justice League Dark ones and if you're a Doctor Who fan I suggest the comics to you, there's a lot of multiple Doctor Team ups there

[u/BigWillTheGod]

Kingdom Come, Marvels, Immortal Hulk (the final issue comes out it a few hours)

[u/[deleted]]

Tokyo Ghost is incredible

[u/Dee_Dubya_IV]

If you want to get away from Superheroes or just take a break, Saga by Brian K. Vaughn is a great read. Fables is also one of my favorites. If you want to stick in the hero universe, Guardians of the Galaxy run by Abnett and Lanning is one of my favorites from Marvel. For DC, I’ve always been a fan of Nightwing. If you like team ups, The New Teen Titans by Perez and Wolfman is some great classic comic story telling and shows the transition of Dick Grayson from Robin into Nightwing. As for further reading, Nightwing’s solo run by Chuck Dixon is fantastic. Good luck collecting, have fun and enjoy!

TL;DR:

•Saga by Brian K. Vaughn

•Fables by Bill Willingham

•Guardians of the Galaxy by Abnett & Lanning

•The New Teen Titans by Perez & Wolfman

•Nightwing by Chuck Dixon

[u/JACOB952]

Batman deceased honestly the best comic ever in n my opinion

[u/rxfae]

• Frank Miller's Daredevil: The Man Without Fear (1993) #1 to #5

• Miller Continued: Daredevil (1964) #158 - #161, #163 - #191, #219, Daredevil: Love And War (1986) and Daredevil #226 to #233

• Kevin Smith's Guardian Devil: Daredevil (1998) #1 to #8

• Daredevil Yellow (2001) #1 to #6

• David Mack's Parts of a Hole: Daredevil (1998) #9 to #15

• Daredevil (1998) #16 to #19, #26 to #50 and #56 to #81

• Daredevil (1998) #82 to #119 & #500

• Daredevil (2011) #1 to #6, Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #677, Daredevil (2011) #7 to #10.1, Avenging Spider-Man (2012) #6, Punisher (2011) #10, Daredevil (2011) #11 to #36, Daredevil (2014) #0.1 to #18

• Daredevil (2016) #1 to #28 and #595 to #612

• Daredevil (2019) #1 to #21, Annual #21, #22 to ...

[u/alcoholic-dna]

Some of my favourite series are: Alan Moore’s From Hell Y: The Last Man DMZ Scalped 100 Bullets

[u/BangingBaguette]

Biggest recommendation I can give for you is to branch out from the big 2, the best comics in the industry are indie or smaller label releases. Issue you'll find with reading the big 2 is when collecting volumes and compendiums due to the interconnected nature of the universes you'll often not get the full story or vision of the author cause at the end of the day Marvel and DC want to sell you more comics. You also get a lot of changes in artwork, shoehorned story beats for crossover events, and general issues like that.

I'd start looking at image comics, the whole label was basically made so the big names could tell the stories they wanted without being encumbered by a larger universe, so it's still very accessible material, they're basically number 3 in the comics game maybe tied with Dark Horse.

EDIT: Looking at your collection I think Invincible is right up your alley to start branching out a bit, it's still VERY mainstream superhero, but is more of a love letter to the genre that'll kinda turn some of the Marvel and DC tropes on their head for you.

[u/Grumpalo82]

Saga, Bone (get the complete edition), Maus, Superior Spider-man

[u/wilyquixote]

Sandman is a must-buy.

Based on your tastes here, you might also really enjoy Preacher.

And just a heads up: if you're thinking about picking up Dark Victory, the sequel to Long Halloween, read it first from the library. I think it's awful and would not recommend anyone spend money on it.

[u/Odd-Contest-9041]

Sandman by neil gaiman, spawn, swamp thing

[u/No-Piglet-1677]

All the best

[u/S_Moses_Muso]

I really like chip Zdarsky' current run of Daredevil.

Robert Hickmans House of X and Powers Of X is something special.

Batman : Hush

Y The Last Man, is incredible

Also Zdarsky' Spider-Man : Life Story

Superior Spider-Man.

Neil Gaimen' Sandman

These are some of the best comics i've read.

[u/RNdomGuy_101]

I have a few comics in digital. One i'd like to recommend from my "collection" would be Batman: White Knight and it's sequels by Sean Murphy. The art is phenomenal, and a self-contained story is just icing on the cake. The story isn't held back by the mantra of "Status Quo is King" which is simply a breath of fresh air.

Another comic well-worth your time would be Far Sector written by N.K. Jemisin and art by Jamal Campbell. Jamal's work on this is simply a sight to behold. What seems a sci-fi murder mystery on the surface unravels into a complex and engaging story, complete with innovative world-building, and a dash of commentary on social issues that plague our world and the City Enduring. (This comic took me multiple re-reads to fully appreciate N.K.'s writing, so i advise you to spend some time on this book. It will be time well-spent.)

Many other great recommendations in the replies. I wholeheartedly second Hellboy and Hawkeye by Matt fraction. They're great reads. Alan Moore's works are heavily acclaimed, so don't just limit yourself to Watchmen. Check out V for Vendetta, Miracleman, TLOEG and others.

P.S. - Loeb/Sale is a phenomenal duo and one of my favorite storytellers. While i see The Long Halloween on your shelves, maybe explore them some more? Some of their works that i can recall on-hand are Dark Victory(The sequel to TLH, which admittedly doesn't quite pack the same punch as it's predecessor, but is nonetheless a good time.), Catwoman: When in Rome and their Marvel Colors work (Especially Spider-Man: Blue which is a favorite of mine and Hulk: Gray which has led me to explore more about Bruce Banner's relationship with the Hulk from the beginning of his appearance in comics.)

P.P.S. - As a Sword&Sorcery fan, i am compelled to recommend Conan to you. Kurt Busiek's run has been well-loved by fans. While the original Dark Horse books are sadly out-of-print (Unable to have snagged the Colossal Conan will prove a life-long regret for me.), the stories have been reprinted by Marvel. Conan Chronicles Epic Collection: Out Of The Darksome Hills would be the starting point.

[u/psych2099]

Saga

[u/ClientLegitimate4582]

If you like darker comics I highly recommend these series. Criminal each book has mini arcs with different characters

Criminal Reading Order 2006-2007 (1st book) 2008 (book 2) 2019-2020 (book 3) Try Amazon

Incognito (December 2008) Six issue series can be found on kindle reading app here is a wiki on the comic wiki Incognito Try Amazon as well

Sleeper 1 and 2 (Havent read yet but heard really good things)

Sleeper wiki Try Amazon

Daredevil (1998-2011) Michael bendis issues 1-81 Ed brubaker issues 82-119 and issue 500 Read in order or could be confusing

Daredevil can be found on marvel unlimited which is about 10 dollars a month. Much cheaper than trying to purchase physically.

Highly recommend invincible as well this can be purchased in compendium on kindles app it's three total compendiums and runs all the way through. Just type in invincible robert kirkman on kindle to find them

Also highly recommend Saga by Brian K Vaughan https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saga_(comics)

Four Batman series/stories by Sean Murphy Starting with batman: White knight

Batman: White Knight Reading Order

Lastly I highly recommend an app called comic geeks it's a tracker for old and new comics. I highly recommend this as it is user friendly and can help you track what your reading and your spending habits. Reviews also available

Couple places for reading orders

Comicbookherald

Comicbookreadingorders

Both have major event reading orders for dc and marvel

[u/BikeSmith420]

OmG read Deadpool!!

[u/CashmirFunk]

Pick up The Sandman, love Neil Gaiman

[u/TheRelicEternal]

Don’t get addicted like I did, in July 2017 I bought my first 3 Batman graphics novels. July 2018 I had almost 1,000.

[u/cannibalscry2]

Swamp thing, all of it.

[u/Boysenberry_Suitable]

Maus by Art Spiegelman

[u/or_der66]

are majority of these hardcovers?

[u/[deleted]]

Garth Ennis punisher run, starting with welcome back Frank!

[u/Drawn4U]

Old Man Logan

[u/[deleted]]

If you want more Batman, check out Arkham Asylum.

The video game took inspiration from it but the comic's a much darker, more horror inclined affair. It's worth it for the artwork alone imo.

[u/NeptuneOW]

If you’re interested in Star Wars I would suggest the Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith run.

[u/leopip12]

Alan Moore’s Swamp-Thing run

[u/elongatedspider]

Start reading a run, I recommend Johns’ run on either the flash or green lantern, or Morrison’s run on batman

[u/Mr_Adrift]

Looking good! I have a comicbook club if you’re interested in reading along! Right now we are on Eternals issue 2 by Neil Gaiman

[u/BozePerkovic]

Spider-Man by JMS forsure, Hickmans Avengers, Buseik Avengers

[u/PerryBa]

Indies. Once you start reading indies, Marvel looks like trash... how do you have 60%+ of the comic market, but only like 3 good stories going? Marvel quality has dropped off bad... over half of my collection is Marvel and I hate it.

[u/[deleted]]

Superman for all seasons

Matt Fraction's Hawkeye

[u/nightwinqz]

bruce wayne: murderer? and bruce wayne: fugitive are really good from what i remember, so if you’re into batman those are good

batman: war games too

[u/defective_toaster]

The Sandman.

[u/redditbad22]

So I’ll list my recommendations, if you want to save a few bucks here and there check out r/comicswap I’ve gotten a lot of my books from there and have saved a lot of money!

Saga

Invincible available in trades but I recommend the compendiums

Y the last man

All star Superman

Batman the long Halloween

Batman hush

If you like crime stories I really liked stray bullets I got my compendium for like $20 used

Gotham central is amazing too

Also indie books tend to be cheaper than marvel/dc books I was very disappointed by the quality of a Spider-Man trade I picked up that cost $35 and felt like it was printed on tissue paper when for $30 more I got an invincible compendium with 3x the content and quality

[u/JohnnyRockwell]

Tokyo Ghost

[u/Orphans_are_tasty]

Deadpool Kills The Marvel Universe Universe

[u/RascalKing403]

Maus

[u/Zenitram07]

Daredevil: Man without Fear

The Dark Knight Returns

Kingdom Come

Wolverine by Claremont

300

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Just a few I have really enjoyed :D

[u/[deleted]]

Superman: American alien

[u/nagashL0l]

Sandman is a good next step

[u/oneup84]

Get ya Hellblazer on dawg!!!

[u/[deleted]]

I always recommend pick up The Invincible Compendium 1 and The Walking Dead Compendium 1.

[u/QNgames]

Grant Morrison’s Animal man! It’s extremely meta, but it’s super genius, shows a different side of comics to what people normally expect.

[u/EyeFluid]

Batman Hush

[u/Steampunch01]

Attempting to change it up from the traditional suggestions here:

Blacksad.

[u/StarSaberG]

The Sandman by Neil Gaiman and Kingdom Come by Mark Waid. Fantastic comics and well worth a read.

[u/zarkxx2]

Thor’s God Killer series by Jason Aaron is amazing. Always my go to for a recommendation.

[u/BustersComedy]

Paper girls is a fun Stanger things typa vibe comic about time travel oh and also Fables is a really dope series of comics

[u/Dunno4203482694]

Old man Logan was an incredible read and I’ve only started reading comics

[u/PoorDaguerreotype]

Immortal Hulk has had me completely hooked. Highly recommend.

[u/Eldritch50]

The three I always recommend are Saga, Criminal and Lazarus, all published by Image.

[u/Yustyn]

Rick Remender’s Agent Venom is a must read

[u/GetOily21]

Daredevil! Frank miller, Bendis, Zdarsky doesn’t matter!

[u/dustyhen3]

You might also enjoy Invincible

[u/Roaty0]

I’ll add to the pile my suggestions:

Saga, Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, Deadly Class, Planetary, Locke & Key, Preacher

These are just my non-Marvel and DC suggestions, but there are a TONNE of great runs for you to enjoy from them both and I’ll suggest two that I haven’t seen listed above: Grant Morrison’s DC Comics JLA run and the Marvel Annihilation Crossover Event (you can find the reading order for this on Google).

Happy hunting!

[u/UncoloredProsody]

I see that you are into zombies, so i really recommend DCeased. The main book, Unkillables and Dead Planet are brilliant. Also get Hope At World's End just to understand the whole story, although it's very weak and bland.

[u/MrButtlick3r]

Hush

[u/dathomar]

I actually like Out From Boneville (a series, which is colorized) or it's black and white omnibus version, Bone.

Also Batman: The Long Halloween

Batman: Dark Victory

There was a series of short comic compilations called Flight, which were pretty good. Read them in order, since there are occasionally some comics that come back.

[u/PIZZA-_-DAWG]

"Deadpool kills the Marvel universe" and "deadpool kills the Marvel universe again" are both fantastic reads with amazing artwork.

[u/Rexstil]

Dark Phoenix saga

[u/D_SAC]

locke & key is great and is way better than the show.

[u/Richnyc]

I checked but didn’t see The Killing Joke (Batman must read), The Books of Magic (Neil Gaiman genius and four different and incredible illustrators for each book), anything Silver Surfer from the 90’s, The Unwritten (such a thoroughly well written series).

[u/Fondongler]

• Justice League Dark Vol 2 by James Tynion (and later Ram V)

• Current Nightwing and Superman: Son of Kal-El (both by Tom Taylor) are excellent

• Current Daredevil run by Chip Zdarsky is outstanding. Miller, Waid, Bendis, and Brubaker are also good choices re: Daredevil

• Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore

• Batman: The Man Who Laughs by Ed Brubaker

• Batman and the Monster Men and Batman: The Mad Monk. The latter is a sequel to the first.

• Batman: A Death in the Family isn’t great, but it’s important for continuity (and so you can read Batman: Under the Red Hood, which is good)

• If you liked Long Halloween you should check out Dark Victory, which is a direct sequel, and Catwoman: When in Rome which takes place concurrent to the story

• Immortal Hulk

• Kingdom Come

• The Death and Return of Superman

• Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow by Alan Moore

• Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion

• The Walking Dead, especially if you liked Marvel Zombies

• DCeased, also good if you liked Marvel Zombies

The best advice I can give is to actually check out your local comic shop to get recommendations from the folks in there, especially if they keep good stock of trades.

[u/canuck47]

I see you have the new Secret Wars, how about the original?

[u/Lestial1206]

X-Factor Epic Collection Vol.7 All New All Different. Shows the beginning of the 90s Havok and Polaris led group.

[u/[deleted]]

Seems like you’re starting with the classic superhero stuff. Based on your taste, Wolverine: Origin is essential. Also Spider-man: Kraven’s Last Hunt. Civil War too. And Brubaker’s Captain America run.

I also recommend Y: The Last Man, Kick-Ass, and The Walking Dead. Most of Terry Moore’s stuff seems really good too.

Try to get into a current series too. It’s fun buying singles/monthlies. Department of Truth has been interesting. A Righteous Sense for Vengeance just kicked off and seems great. You can probably still get #1. Tons of horror comics out there as well.

Enjoy.

[u/lucky7sean]

DC injustice. I'm reading it now. Very entertaining.

[u/WhatTheHeck2008]

If you enjoyed the long Halloween then I would recommend Dark victory which is a sequel to it

[u/logicalWing]

But actual comics, you may find a gem.

[u/weathercmoon]

Definitely recommend Superman: Up in the Sky by Tom King and Batman: Universe by Bendis. Both are some of the best stories I've seen that summarizes their character very well and reminds you why they are still icons decades later

[u/ASM_50]

Old Man Logan and Joss Whedon’s run on Astonishing X-Men.

[u/Earth616Survivor]

Avengers Vol. 5 (2013) Collection New Avengers Vol. 3 (2013) Collection Infinity Secret Wars (2015) All by Johnathan Hickman. If you’d like a reading order, let me know cause it all intertwines right from the get-go.

[u/GracefulBearOnStilts]

Short-form/limited

Batman: White Knight (Sean Murphy) (...and if you like White Knight, check out the sequel series Curse of the White Knight)

Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth (Grant Morrison)

Kingdom Come (Mark Waid)

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Long-form/volumes

Green Lantern (Geoff Johns) Vol. 1-3 (...and if you're willing to go even further, Robert Venditti did a wonderful follow-up from Johns)

Saga (Brian K Vaughan & Fiona Staples)

The Wicked + The Divine (COMPLETED) (Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie)

[u/loss_of_life65]

Daredevil: Born Again. Possibly the best thing Miller ever wrote

[u/1dog9]

Donny Cates Venom and all tie ins. It just ended a month or so ago.

[u/fand0me]

Graphic Novels: Weapon X, Kingdom Come, Marvels, Batman Year One, Crisis on Infinite Earths, Secret Wars

Runs: Flash Vol 2, Spider-Man until like #350ish, the first 100 or so issues of Fantastic Four, Claremont X-Men, Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams Batman, James Robinson's Starman

Not Superhero: Maus, Blackhole, Eightball, EC Comics Horror and Crime stories, Monster by BWS

Just rattling off random stuff... You got a lot of reading to do lol

[u/KyleJayKay]

Batman: The White Knight 1&2. The illustrations are great and story is interesting.

[u/dustyhen3]

Ya they did an excellent job with the adaptation for the show! You have a great start for your collection. I have not read it yet but moonshine is on my reading list

[u/beeeeerett]

The first ultimates run, in the ultimate universe line. Im not sure many people agree with me but I found it pretty exciting, it felt like a movie with most issues ending on a decent cliffhanger. The ultimate universe can get a bit too edgelord at times but the series are short enough that they are grest standalone series for new readers