Nowadays pretty much everybody knows who the Avengers are, but if you've never read one
of their comics before, then this is the video for you! WOOF WOOF! Hey guys, it's me, Marcus,
AKA the Maddogg and we're back with another video! Kicking this list off I'm gonna go with the new
Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis it's kind of a tradition on me where to start series I always
start off the left with the first title that I ever read for that team or character sure this
isn't the traditional team that you're probably used to you have got some familiar faces there
like Captain America and Iron Man and admittedly you may be looking for the freshest starting point
that you can find but this has got some continuity that's hanging over it but the best thing about
this run is something that continues throughout it is that whatever's going on in the rest of the
Marvel Universe this just rolls with it whether that be civil war secret Invasion dark rain or
even Siege which is quite fortunate because Brian Michael Benny's wrote most of them this also ties
into Concepts like the Illuminati and is a perfect jumping on points if you also wanted to know a lot
about the Marvel Universe but I didn't know a lot about what was going on in the 616 Universe before
I started reading this but because I enjoyed the story so much and seen all these different
character characters interact with each other it made me want to learn about what's going on and in
all honesty I'd rather give you a starting point that maybe does have a bit of baggage hanging
over it than something that's a clean start but will bore you throughout next up in a perfect
recommendation if you want a long run featuring that classic team is going to be the Avengers by
Cobra seek and George Perez I read this sort of the backwards way round because I started with
Avengers forever and then after years past they finally printed some under buses so I managed to
jump into this and I think that this is absolutely textbook and Beyond just the four core Avengers
members there's so many different characters that feature throughout this there's so many
different storylines that go on the Ultron one is probably my highlight of this but regardless this
is a perfect jumping on points and I also think the backstory of the series itself is really
interesting it's something that I touched on when enemy George Perez top five notable works so I
definitely recommend checking that out the art is phenomenal it gives respect to every character
that's featured in the frame it's big and fun and action-packed but at the same time it takes itself
seriously and I just think this is a perfect jumping on point if you want a classic Avengers
story in fair warning the purist because I always offend somebody when I do a where to start series
there are many great jumping on points that feature Avengers teams that aren't just Captain
America Iron Man Thor and Hulk and to exemplify that I'm gonna go with the Young Avengers the
Alan heinberg run was very influential to me when I was first getting into comics and I also think
that Kevin Gillen runs great as well but you might think that just because it says Young Avengers
it's not something that would be great for an older reader but in all honesty this is probably
some of the best Avengers stories that I've ever read and Beyond just that it also ties into the
regular Avengers team they do feature throughout this it's not just the kids Avengers which is what
I feel like this often gets mislabeled as every character's got their own story there's ones
involving drug use there's also wacky time traveling Concepts and it also builds into
a crescendo with the Children's Crusade so if you did want an easier way to learn about the Avengers
without just jumping straight into one of their titles I think this would be a fantastic option
but maybe you don't want something that's set in the main Marvel Universe and I know some people
hate this and they take every single opportunity to remind you of it but it might be worth checking
out Mark Mill is the ultimate now yes it did do some disservice when it came to the Hulk and also
characters like Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver and that's what everybody likes to remember about this
run but if you go back and read it now there is still some good aspects about it it is set in the
modern day and also gave us Samuel Jackson as Nick Fury Captain America is more of a grumpy
old man and thought is this character that nobody actually believes that he's a God and especially
in the early 2000s when this was coming out the Avengers weren't really a big known commodity
surely we're in the comic Community but it's nothing like it was today so for a new reader
like myself who had read a few issues of the new Avengers but also wanting a bit more context to
who these characters actually were it did allow me to get a bit of background knowledge even if
I couldn't transfer everything into the modern 616 Universe it's also very action-packed with
great art from Brian hitch and I think people like hating this just because of the fact that
it's the ultimate universe but there's still a lot of good stuff in here and it's not going to take a
long time to read it and maybe you like the sound of that but you know that you don't want to read
something from the early 2000s in which case I would definitely recommend the ultimates by
El Ewing and this is one of those titles that in retrospect I missed out from where to start Black
Panther video because this isn't the traditional Avengers or even Ultimate Team you have got
characters like Black Panther and Captain Marvel leading the charge which is a bit of a different
change of pace but if you wanted something with more of a cosmic sci-fi twist then I definitely
think this would be the one for you I also think it's massively underrated that complete collection
went out to print way too quickly and I never got a chance to get it so hopefully Marvel does some
kind of follow-up Omnibus including Hickman's run as well but maybe you know you don't want
to start with the traditional team in which case I do think this would be a great recommendation
falling on from that logic I'm gonna go with the Savage Avengers this is a very recent title that
doesn't expect you to know a lot about what was going on in Marvel beforehand and it's more in
line with something like the dark Avengers because you've got characters like Venom and The Punisher
and Elektra and even Conan the Barbarian so this really isn't your traditional Avengers but at the
same time I do think it's a great story you get to see these characters that you used to see in
working alone being part of a team and in a weird way they form this bond that feels like it should
have been established years ago and their missions often center around the occult and mysticism so
don't be too surprised is that doctor strange appears in a couple of issues or even starts
leading the team and he often saved this for the enemy where to start videos but admittedly I don't
think too many people watch up today but there's no such thing as a wrong way to get into Comics
so even though this is the Avengers and you're probably used to seeing certain characters that
aren't the ones that you see in Savage Avengers if that's a story that's gonna interest you enough to
want to explore beyond that and connect the dots it leaves along the way then that is the right
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Avengers team and an origin story and you also don't want to read about 60 issues of a run well
you're in luck because in the early 2010s Marvel did a series of original graphic novels that were
just called season one and they did one for if's Mightiest Heroes that was written by Peter David
so you've got one of the biggest names in comics right in this and there was also a variety of
artists but this reminds me a lot of the first Avengers movie because you'll get to see when
Thor and Captain America and Hulk and Iman met for the first time and as is the role in comics they
fought each other and it's also weirdly told from the perspective of Loki but you get to see them
working together going against the first couple of enemies and I don't really think this is going to
blow your mind or tell you anything that you might not know if you've already seen the movies but if
you want a Comic version of that so that you can get introduced to these characters in a different
way then this would be for you but if you want something from an earlier Erie rather than a
modern adaption I'd definitely recommend checking out a couple of issues of the run that was done
by Roger State he started this in the 70s and went on for years and years on end the full disclaimer
I haven't read every issue from this run mostly because of the fact that there was just so many of
them but there was one story that I read years ago where it was about Kang and it had this alternate
universe version of The Avengers and that story in particular is one that really stuck with me
and I know over the years I've read a few other issues throughout this and I just love registering
storytelling he's got a way of making it feel modern even though it was due in that classic ewer
so it might be way of hunting down a few issues up there so it was very influential they even
gave birth to the West Coast Avengers although not physically speaking of which I'm gonna recommend
the West Coast Avengers now he had a plethora of great writers working on this route it's run
you had Steve Engelhart like I said you had Roger Stone you also had John Boone and this took place
during the 80s in La so if you wanted something with a bit of a change of location because you're
sick and tired of seeing New York then this might be worth checking out it's also an Avengers team
that's led by Hawkeye so that's quite a different change and you've also got lesser known characters
really getting the spotlight in this run like Wonder Man and Mockingbird and also Roadie as
Iron Man this was also very much that evil where each issue was pretty much a contained story but
there was a growing storyline over the course of it that made Reading each issue feel rewarding but
if you can get your hands on this maybe through something like the Marvel unlimited app then I
definitely recommend checking it out now like I've said before I don't really like recommending too
many older titles because of the fact that I'm always approaching this as if I was a new reader
well the earliest that I'll probably go for the Avengers is going to be the crease scroll wall
because it shouldn't really take a genius to work out that if you wanted to start at the beginning
with Stan Lee that you can because that was the very beginning of the team but the cree scroll
War for me is really interesting because I feel like this is the first time that the Avengers
really had a sequential story sure there might be other examples but this is why it felt like
there was a clear beginning middle and end to one of these arcs it's only eight issues long
and it was written by the legendary Roy Thomas you've also got art from Neil Adams and all the
becemas I only read this because it was free on one of the Marvel apps a few years ago but I've
read this and it was fantastic it still holds up today despite the fact that it has got that
self-rage way of telling stories and by that I mean that just everybody narrates everything that
they do but there was huge development for the team here and there was such a wide scope that
you didn't really see in comics that often back then except for maybe in the Fantastic Four and
even though it feels a bit dated now I still feel like this was ahead of its time which is why it's
gonna get a spot on this list however you might want a more modern lengthy story in which case
you're probably gonna get no better than the run that was done by Jonathan Hickman but this went
on for years and pretty much led the charge for Marvel Comics it's very easy to jump in
at the beginning even though you would need to know a little bit about the characters and it's
not afraid to throw in big complex plots at you so if you do want a more sci-fi based story then
this would be a great shout it also introduces a separate team of New Avengers and they all come to
a head when it gets to Secret Wars and I feel like this was a run that knew who everybody's
favorite characters were and they just put them all in the same book and Jonathan Hickman is one
of those writers that can sometimes fall a bit too love in some of his own Concepts but I feel
like he reigned it in perfectly when it came to the Avengers so if you want something that
is kinda gonna introduce you but at the same time not hold your hand the entire way through it then
this would definitely be the one for you another series that came out in a similar eBay is gonna
be the uncanny Avengers now let's see if I get me continuity right because after Avengers vs
X-Men there was a split in the team so that some of the X-Men members ended up working for the
Avengers so you get some really interesting and unlikely character moments like Captain America
working alongside havoc and it was written by recommended it does require you to know a little
bit of continuity but the thing is continuity is something that's always going to be there so if
you already know that you like the X-Men then why not jump into this because you've already
got those characters that you might be familiar with that's how a lot of people get into different
comic series you might follow one character and then see them in a different title and that's no
different here so if you wanted to get into the Avengers by proxy then this would probably be a
great shout speaking of which and this might be a cheat but I'm just gonna go with event Comics
normally I put this on a where to start list but I'll give one specific recommendation but when it
comes to the Avengers they're just involved in so many of these so if you wanted to see The Avengers
separate you could read Avengers disassembled if you wanted to see them separate again you
could read Civil War if you wanted to see them get back together you could read Siege if you
wanted to see them fight another Marvel team you could read Avengers vs X-Men if you know you like
event comics and you want to be thrown into the middle of the mess there's some great titles that
you could read for The Avengers not all of them are probably gonna have the best representation
of those characters in them but at the same time reading comics is about having fun even something
like secret Invasion might be a good shout even though it does need you to know little bit about
what was going on before last couple now and I'm gonna go with the Avengers the initiative again
you would need to know about what happened during Civil War but there were so many splits in teams
after that there's just so many great jumping on points this is no exception because Shield decided
that they wanted to have an Avengers uni pretty much in every state Across America thanks again
for looking out for the other countries so this effectively became like an Avengers School title
and if you want to see how they train different people up all these different missions that they
can go on and just read a storied one that went on for quite a few issues then this might be a
really good shout for you you're not going to see a lot of the original Avengers but if you want a
bit of a different take on it then I'd recommend this and that's going to be my honorable mention
pretty much any Avengers title that you actually want to read a lot of people who are still reading
comics today didn't start it in issue one or a fresh jumping on point they just jumped in so
who knows have a look at some covers there might be one that really takes your interest and that
would be the perfect jumping on point for you I haven't read every single Avengers title that
exists so I can't include absolutely everything in this video but me last pick that I would honestly
recommend is pretty much any Avengers title that was coming out in the 2010s this was when Brian
Michael Bendis was absolutely on fire so you had stuff like The Secret Avengers The Mighty Avengers
The New Avengers the dark Avengers Avengers Academy and there was just so many different
titles all of these felt like a unique jumping on point that all had a different tone that they were
going for so if you like spy Espionage Thrillers why not go for The Secret Avengers if you liked
something heroic and classic then the mighty one might be the one for you and if you want to follow
the villains then the dark Avengers would be a great option and if you don't have a clue who
they are then definitely check out the video that I made but that just illustrates my point
that there's so many different titles that you'd have to have a little bit of a look into each of
them to see which one you'd really like to read and if you really want to experience what it was
like at that time you could read them in order of release but there are definitely some hidden gems
during the series they're worth checking out but that's a video and I've had to film this in the
hour that I've got free before start work so if it's felt rushed that's the reason why but until
next time just make sure that you stay safe and stay mad all you dogs roof see you the next video