i'm not gonna lie i'm pretty much only making this video because it's
the one that i wish would have existed when i was first getting into comics
WOOF WOOF! Hey guys, it's me Marcus, aka the Maddogg and we're back with another video! Over
here on this channel i've tried to make it a point of mind to make comics more accessible for new
readers and it's all well and good me making these videos but you might not even have a clue on which
character you should read to get into a universe so coming in at number 10 a character that i think
would be very accessible for somebody who's never read comics before is she hulk as well it might
be the case that you are looking for a female character to start reading and i think she-hulk
would be the best bet for you because of the fact that she's got quite a range of different stories
there's a sensational she-hulk by john burn who is one of those creators that anytime you hear his
name you're pretty much guaranteed that it's going to be good you've also got the dan slot run from
2005 which was then eventually taken over by peter david as well with a character like she-hulk you
do often get other members of the marvel universe that appear throughout her title and also she has
now recently been incorporated into the avengers she's also very self-referential she breaks the
fourth wall and more often than not she is pretty much doing her own thing so if you don't know too
much about the marvel universe or the things that were happening with any i think she-hulk
might be a good introduction for you number nine i've got the fantastic four i'm just gonna say
this here even though he is 20 21 and i'd expect that people would already know this but all these
suggestions are my opinion these are just some of the characters that i think would be best for new
readers and the reason why fantastic four are on this list is in a similar way to she-hulk because
more often than not their stories feature this team doing their own thing i did recently do a
where to start on fantastic four if you did want specific suggestions over the years you've had
creators like john burn jonathan hickman and even mark [ __ ] wade so for a new reader i think the
fantastic four gives a great variety of options if it isn't you're looking for something that's
more family-friendly and sci-fi based they do also segue quite a lot into the main marvel universe
so it wouldn't be too much of a leap for you to start at fantastic four and then be able to jump
into some of the other titles number eight and it might surprise a few people that he's this high on
the list but i've got spider-man i think for a lot of people myself included spider-man was the first
comic character that they gravitated towards and i don't think that's just by chance it's because of
the fact that he's such a fun hero to follow but unfortunately as much as i love him and it might
seem a bit hypocritical because of the fact that ultimate spider-man was the first book that i read
i don't think there's as many go-to stories that you can really give to a new reader there's still
quite a lot of them but proportionately i just don't think it's the most accessible but you've
still got classics like jms's run the untold tales of spider-man spider-man by roger stein you can
start easily with a brand new day you've got all the miles morality stuff and of course you do have
ultimate spider-man so there's still quite a lot that you can read about this character and if it
is it maybe you're looking for a title that you can pick up for maybe your son or your daughter
this is the one that i'd probably recommend as well if you did want to pick up ultimate
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number seven i've got deadpool yes i do have to admit that i find that he is best in small doses
but still it might be the case that this is the character that can get you into comics and when
it comes to the milk with a mouth there's so many different ones that would be new reader friendly
you've got joe kelly jerry dugan and you've even got cable and deadpool the reason why deadpool
might work better for some people is because of the fact that he doesn't really feel like
he's always integrated into the marvel universe he's often just doing his own thing he's got a
different sense of humor and the way that he acts isn't really like some of the other heroes that
you might see you probably already know who he is so you don't have to worry if it is that you
wanted to start reading comics as a result of this character just whilst with you though if
you are enjoying this video please give it a thumbs up i'm not really sure if this is
something that anybody would find helpful i just remembered what it was like when i was getting
into comics and i just saw all these titles and i didn't really know which ones i could pick up so
i'll set quite a high like target if this hits 100 likes i will do a video similar to this but for dc
number six i've got wakanda's main man because it's black panther again if i'm thinking about
characters that often don't rely too heavy on what's going on in the marvel universe i do
think that t'challa would be something that would be great for new readers the two main ones that i
can recommend are the marvel knights one that's done by christopher priest and the one that's
done by reginald huddling although yes that second one does deal quite a bit with the ramifications
of stuff like civil war it's still mostly just about black panther in the story that he's on
but maybe you don't want a marvel character that's always based in new york or perhaps
you want somebody that's got a different kind of responsibility i think with black panther and as
well i have heard great things about the recent one that's done by taneshi coates he's still
often doing his own storyline so if you started reading one of his books then you can follow that
character as he does get integrated into stuff like the avengers number five and almost on the
exact opposite end of the spectrum i've got the punisher the punisher is one of my favorite marvel
characters to think he would very easily be in my top five but luckily i've never had to decide
that before and luckily nobody's asked for that video but frank castle often feels like he isn't a
part of the same marvel universe as everybody else and a lot of his stories are actually set outside
of it my two favorite runs for the character were done by jason aaron and garth ennis the second of
which i've already done a review of and depending on which title you read you can often get stories
that feel a lot more grounded and realistic but then you can also get ones that do cross over
with other characters so you may even wish to read the most recent run that was done by greg rucker
because that had a crossover with spider-man and daredevil but regardless of which store you choose
i don't think you'll have too much trouble getting into the main marvel universe if you decide to go
through it down the route that is bloodied and lined with bodies that was left by frank castle
number four and this might sound like a bit of a cop-out but i've got the x-men there are countless
people that i know that started reading comics solely because of the mutant side of the marvel
universe one of the first videos that i did on this channel was a where to start on the x-men
because i think they've got so much potential for new readers to enjoy although i would recommend
checking out that full video the one run that i personally would recommend would be astonishing
x-men this was the first of their main continuity runs that i read and as a result of this i started
learning more about the individual characters this then led me to reading wolverine which also i'm
including as part of this pick like i said this one's a bit of a cop-out but in a universe where
the avengers and the fantastic four are applauded by everybody that sees them on the street it might
be that you want something that is set a bit apart from that the x-men throughout the history
have even had their own events that are completely separate from everything else that's going on it's
entirely possible that you could decide to only pick up x-men books and still get a pretty decent
understanding of the universe number three and i've got a feeling that not many people
are gonna agree with me on this one but i've got the hulk i know to an outsider looking in
maybe somebody that hasn't read comics before the hulk just looks like a character that's big
angry there's always just an assault somewhere while some sad music's playing which kind of
sounds like every single one of my friday nights but for a character that on the surface often gets
labeled as being quite one-dimensional there's so many different stories that you could go to
when i did my where to start on marvel comics i suggested planet hulk because of the fact that
it's set outside of the main universe not in terms of continuity i mean that he is literally sent to
another world but you've also got the red hulk run that was done by jeff loeb that i reviewed
last year and i really enjoyed you've got the very underrated and often forgotten about bruce jones
run you've also got the immortal hulk that's going on at the moment as well the massively
acclaimed peter david hulk's getting an omnibus line so there could be a better time if you wanted
to start reading this character and again similar to like i said with some of the other suggestions
you can then start reading the avengers because of the fact that you've got an understanding for this
character and spoiler alert the avengers aren't going to feature on this list because of the fact
that i think that you might have to have a bit of understanding about some of the characters to
really understand what's happening in that team whereas with the x-men and the fantastic four
they pretty much started as those teams that then branched off into their own individual members not
really sure if that makes sense but again this is my list and i'm not asking for anybody to agree
with me number two again this might not be one that a lot of people would have chose but i've
got thor yes it is none other than the asgardian sun and i think there's so many great ones for
this character that a new reader would be able to enjoy again the reason why i'm choosing him
and that he's played so highly is because of the fact that he does stand out a little bit from all
the other characters you can get soyuz waves based mainly around asgard or you can also see the ones
where he's working on earth there's such a great balance between the two that i think for somebody
who maybe doesn't know a lot about the universe you might be able to pick up one of his boots and
learn through that way but just off the top of my edge you've got great ones like dan jiggings
jms the current stuff that's being done by donnie cates jason aaron and of course the benchmark
for what other thor stories are held to walter simonson all of these will be great for a new
reader that is looking for something that's more fantasy based rather than something that's just
straight up superhero and if i'm looking at the entire marvel universe and i'm tasked to pick 10
that i think would be best to get any kind of new reader into marvel comics though is definitely one
of the front runners which i think is why he needs to be the highest placed avenger on this list
now before we get into me number one i do want to throw out some honorable mentions because there's
so many great characters in the marvel universe so it's difficult to contain it just to 10. of course
captain america has to get a nod when i'm thinking about like the ed brubaker run the stuff by
dan jagens rick remender and of course mark [ __ ] wade it's just i do often think that with his
stories you have to know a little bit more about what's going on in the marvel universe at the time
when it's happening similarly i've got iron man of course you know i love the series that was
done by matt fraction that's one of my favorite marvel runs of all time and yes it still needs a
[ __ ] omnibus you've also got great stories from people like joe casado warren ellis and you've
also got demon in a bottle i also have to give a shout out to moon knight ms marvel and unfortunate
enough that i can now actually say conan the barbarian with that last one in particular
though he hasn't been in the marvel universe for too long so i don't really feel like i can
actually give him a place in this list especially over the other characters that are already in it
and as well this might be a cop out but my last honorable mention is pretty much any other marvel
character that can get you into these books that's the point of this video that i want to make sure
that as many people can get into comics as easily as possible i know i know you don't all have to
call me a hero at the same time but my number one pick for the best marvel character for new
readers is of course gonna be the man without fear himself it is daredevil yeah of course
anybody that's watched more than one video on this channel had to know that this was gonna take the
top spot i love daredevil he is my favorite marvel comics character probably of all time and i think
he's also the most accessible one for new readers again yeah you might disagree with me on this but
i think in terms of just one character that's got the most accessible and enjoyable runs it's always
going to be matt maydark you've got frank miller bendy's ed brubaker charles salt chip zadarski
and mark [ __ ] wade already there you've got six phenomenal runs which are all pretty much doing
their own thing they don't expect you to know what else was happening in the marvel universe at the
same time it's just all about giving you a great story and daredevil is one of those characters
that's grounded that's realistic and i think would be something that a lot of new readers would enjoy
but i have done where to start on daredevil so i'd recommend checking that out but if i
lost all my memories of comics the one character that i think would be able to get me back into
reading them the easiest would be daredevil and that's me listen i'm hoping that you've enjoyed
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