Hey, true believers.
I was a teenager at the time when comic books were perhaps more popular than they have ever been. The publishers would crank out sixty seven different versions of a comic book, and guys would run out and buy every single copy, and leave them in the bags unopened.
That wasn't me.
I then, and now, have always bought comics for the stories. I actually care about what happens to these superheroes.
Since then, I grew up, and have found a far better way to get my superhero fix without having to mess around with flimsy comic books or worrying that I'm going to ruin a future collectible.
I buy the graphic novels. The trade paperbacks. The "Collected Editions." Call them what you will, I've got a bookcase full of 'em. Superman, Batman, Wolverine, Spider-man, they're all at the party and they've all come looking for action.
My goal here is to give you an idea of which ones you'd like and which ones you wouldn't--even if you like different sorts of comics than me.
What do I like? Well, I'm a DC guy mostly (When Geoff Johns starts waxing poetic about all the reasons he feels at home at DC, I completely get it), but wouldn't turn in my card in the Merry Marvel Marching Society. It was G.I. Joe that got me into comics, so if a review or two of that group show up here, don't begrudge me just because they're not "Superheroes" in the strictest sense--They were my gateway drug for the rest of them, so I owe them some press time.
So I hope you find any of this helpful, and either way, remember--it's really about the stories.
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