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I am a big fan of the batman, superman, x-men, and spider-man cartoons of the mid-90's, among other heroes. I would like to read the comics of the heroes, but it seems like there are thousands for each character! Am I wrong? Is there a way, like a book, I could read in series that they came out starting with the first issue, or would I have to buy every comic book for each character? I've been to a few conventions and it seems like there are sort of side issues where they fight people they normally wouldn't, like batman fighting dracula or something odd like this. Thanks for the help!
Another quick question. I noticed the batman comics are numbered. Is this the number of issues? Like #600 being the 600th issue?
Answer
Comic books as we know them started out as periodicals, meaning they came out on a regular schedule. Every month (or two, or twice a month, as the case may have been) another issue came out. the issues were serially numbered.
While originally, each comic book held adventures of several different characters, in 1938 the first issue of Superman Comics came out. since then more and more heroes got their own comic books. today most superhero comics tell just one story about just one character or team of characters.
For the first two decades of comics, most of the stories in each comic book stood alone, but in the 1960's Marvel Comics began a tradition of ongoing stories in their books, essentially making them into soap operas. Eventually DC comics adopted that tradition as well, and now most superhero comics tell ongoing stories.
Some particular heroes proved so popular that several different comics told their story. Thsi is true about Superman, Batman, and Spider-Man. Superman, for instance, has appeared in comic books titled Superman, Adventures of Superman, The Man of Steel, DC Comics Presents, and Action Comics.
With the growing sophistication of comics, since the 1960's the average age of comic book readers has gone up and concern for continuity in the stories has grown. With this has grown passion and curiosity about having certain characters meet each other tha may not do so ordinarily, usually because the characters belong to different companies (Superman and Spider-Man, for instance). Thus the meeting of such characters has been a big deal and special issues are constructed around them.
Superman and Batman have been around since the late 1930's, Spider-Man and the X-Men since the early 1960's. So yes, there are thousands of issues of their comics out there, but you needn't worry about reading all of them to get the full story. In most cases, there TV cartoon versions of the characters are close enough to the poriginal comics that you should be able to recognize them. The cartoon stories are usually not adapted from the comics, however, but most of the better comics have enough exposition to help you catch up, and after a couplkeof issues you will be up to speed.
Furhtermore, several characters have been "rebooted" several times since their first appearance (Superman and Batman, for instance). In these cases especially, finding the original stories from decades ago is a fascinating adventure, but not necesary at all to follow the story or understand the characters.
Some comics have gone through several volumes of issues, and the issue numbering has been re-started, making organization of the series difficult. Also, the titles of some comics arre annoyingly similar (ie: "The X-Men" is not the same series as "The Uncanny X-Man"). The way to be sure what tile, volume, and issue you are looking at, go to the first page of the comic (the "splash page") and look at the tiny print at the bottom (the "indicia"). There is the official title, volume, and issue number.
And yes, issue # 600 is the 600th issue.
So head on down to a comic book shop or a convention like the Big Apple Convention (which I work for) and dive in! The folks who work there will be happy to help you!
http://www.captainmarvelculture.com
http://www.bigapplecon.com
Comic books as we know them started out as periodicals, meaning they came out on a regular schedule. Every month (or two, or twice a month, as the case may have been) another issue came out. the issues were serially numbered.
While originally, each comic book held adventures of several different characters, in 1938 the first issue of Superman Comics came out. since then more and more heroes got their own comic books. today most superhero comics tell just one story about just one character or team of characters.
For the first two decades of comics, most of the stories in each comic book stood alone, but in the 1960's Marvel Comics began a tradition of ongoing stories in their books, essentially making them into soap operas. Eventually DC comics adopted that tradition as well, and now most superhero comics tell ongoing stories.
Some particular heroes proved so popular that several different comics told their story. Thsi is true about Superman, Batman, and Spider-Man. Superman, for instance, has appeared in comic books titled Superman, Adventures of Superman, The Man of Steel, DC Comics Presents, and Action Comics.
With the growing sophistication of comics, since the 1960's the average age of comic book readers has gone up and concern for continuity in the stories has grown. With this has grown passion and curiosity about having certain characters meet each other tha may not do so ordinarily, usually because the characters belong to different companies (Superman and Spider-Man, for instance). Thus the meeting of such characters has been a big deal and special issues are constructed around them.
Superman and Batman have been around since the late 1930's, Spider-Man and the X-Men since the early 1960's. So yes, there are thousands of issues of their comics out there, but you needn't worry about reading all of them to get the full story. In most cases, there TV cartoon versions of the characters are close enough to the poriginal comics that you should be able to recognize them. The cartoon stories are usually not adapted from the comics, however, but most of the better comics have enough exposition to help you catch up, and after a couplkeof issues you will be up to speed.
Furhtermore, several characters have been "rebooted" several times since their first appearance (Superman and Batman, for instance). In these cases especially, finding the original stories from decades ago is a fascinating adventure, but not necesary at all to follow the story or understand the characters.
Some comics have gone through several volumes of issues, and the issue numbering has been re-started, making organization of the series difficult. Also, the titles of some comics arre annoyingly similar (ie: "The X-Men" is not the same series as "The Uncanny X-Man"). The way to be sure what tile, volume, and issue you are looking at, go to the first page of the comic (the "splash page") and look at the tiny print at the bottom (the "indicia"). There is the official title, volume, and issue number.
And yes, issue # 600 is the 600th issue.
So head on down to a comic book shop or a convention like the Big Apple Convention (which I work for) and dive in! The folks who work there will be happy to help you!
http://www.captainmarvelculture.com
http://www.bigapplecon.com
Breaking Dawn worst book of the Decade?
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yes or no and explain your answers
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I would say it is the Worst hit of the decade. There are lots of bad books that just stay rotting in warehouses. Twilight should have been one of them.
I would say it is the Worst hit of the decade. There are lots of bad books that just stay rotting in warehouses. Twilight should have been one of them.
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