More than pumped, this is why I bought my iPad, more comics. Going so deep. Got a lot of the major ones mentioned here. If there's any weird offshoot things, smaller contained graphic novels, I'd be interested to hear about them. I picked up The Vision, Spider-Man: Blue, and Astonishing X-Men 1-4
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Marvel Digital Graphic Novel Sale at Amazon
- Thread starter TehOh
- Start date
HappenstanceUK
Member
I wonder why there are some Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collections missing from Kindle/Comixology. I was excites to buy as many of those as possible to eventually get the entire run but I dont want to find myself with gaps down the line.
As a comic noob this is confusing as hell. Can someone help me choose something.
I'm into epic stories so I want bang for buck page-wise.
But I can barely piece together what stories go together. I got infinity gauntlet > infinity war - what's the quintessential marvel epic story to go for?
Is it the secret war stuff I've seen mentioned in this thread?
Is it age of apocalypse? Is that even in the sale? There's a stupid number of results when you search this.
Is spider verse an epic self contained story?
Tips please?
I'm into epic stories so I want bang for buck page-wise.
But I can barely piece together what stories go together. I got infinity gauntlet > infinity war - what's the quintessential marvel epic story to go for?
Is it the secret war stuff I've seen mentioned in this thread?
Is it age of apocalypse? Is that even in the sale? There's a stupid number of results when you search this.
Is spider verse an epic self contained story?
Tips please?
Palette Swap
Member
That's what I thought I would do until the number and frequency of transactions triggered my bank's fraud detection and they texted us about it lol. They even called me.
I wish they offered a Kindle basket rather than having to make a purchase per book or series.
BossDarkseid
Member
Amazing Spiderman/Lee + Kirby Fantastic Four if they are your thing generally. I mean most of them read in a slightly old fashioned way, but its pretty cool (imo) to see how a lot of characters were introduced and formed into what we know and love/hate today.
I only have Slott's She-Hulk and Vision by King so far...
HappenstanceUK
Member
Anyone know if the Star Wars and Vader books are worth getting? I'm not a massive Star Wars fan but I wouldn't mind reading some extended universe stuff.
BossDarkseid
Member
Pretty good, imo.
Even if you're not a massive fan, its probably THE price point to take a dive
HappenstanceUK
Member
Pretty good, imo.
Even if you're not a massive fan, its probably THE price point to take a dive
Its the fact that I'm already past 30 books bought in this sale so I'm trying to be a bit more cautious lol
EDIT: *Sigh* I bought them all anyway.....
The Comixology site would be the best way I imagine. The comic reader setup is pretty good and you can link your amazon account to it.
It's confusing as hell for me as a newbie, like it says Volume 1, is that complete? Like do i need Volume 2, 3 as suggested? etc or is just Vol 1 enough for a small self contained story?
My example where i got stuck
Some xmen where like theres seems to be 50 volumes in this series, does that mean that you need all 50 xmen books Or can you just read any random volume (for example, Dark Phoenix i didnt buy cos the amazon suggested it was part of a series of 50 odd xmen books)
pickup
Dark Reign: Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four Vol. 1-6 by Jonathan Hickman
Punisher Max Vol. 1-5
Planet Hulk
X-men God Loves, Man Kills
X-force: Sex and Violence
Silver Surfer: Requiem
X-men: Messiah Complex
The Vision Vol. 1-2
Winter Solder Vol. 1-4
Book of Doom
Moon Knight Vol. 1-2 by Jeff Lemire
Pickup some more comics
FF Vol. 1-4 by Jonathan Hickman
Astonishing X-Men Vol. 1-4 by Joss Whedon
Dark Reign: Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four Vol. 1-6 by Jonathan Hickman
Punisher Max Vol. 1-5
Planet Hulk
X-men God Loves, Man Kills
X-force: Sex and Violence
Silver Surfer: Requiem
X-men: Messiah Complex
The Vision Vol. 1-2
Winter Solder Vol. 1-4
Book of Doom
Moon Knight Vol. 1-2 by Jeff Lemire
Pickup some more comics
FF Vol. 1-4 by Jonathan Hickman
Astonishing X-Men Vol. 1-4 by Joss Whedon
Yeah, it's not the best organised, Amazon has a few hiccups in that regard.It's confusing as hell for me as a newbie, like it says Volume 1, is that complete? Like do i need Volume 2, 3 as suggested? etc or is just Vol 1 enough for a small self contained story?
My example where i got stuck
Some xmen where like theres seems to be 50 volumes in this series, does that mean that you need all 50 xmen books Or can you just read any random volume (for example, Dark Phoenix i didnt buy cos the amazon suggested it was part of a series of 50 odd xmen books)
Those 50 books are all under the X-Men umbrella, comprised of different sagas, continuities and one-off books. Generally they'll try and squeeze in everything relating to the saga so you don't have to veer outside of it to understand the gist of the story, although you will probably encounter some characters and references you might not know but they shouldn't deter you.
The volumes are generally packed full of story, but since a lot of these sagas span so many comics, character comics and timelines it's hard to contain in one book. My rule of thumb is to normally buy the first volume and buy the others if I enjoyed reading it, although with everything being on sale my rule might have to go out the window.
It's confusing as hell for me as a newbie, like it says Volume 1, is that complete? Like do i need Volume 2, 3 as suggested? etc or is just Vol 1 enough for a small self contained story?
My example where i got stuck
Some xmen where like theres seems to be 50 volumes in this series, does that mean that you need all 50 xmen books Or can you just read any random volume (for example, Dark Phoenix i didnt buy cos the amazon suggested it was part of a series of 50 odd xmen books)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MYHCSFO/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Amazon has a handy series thing at the top which shows if a book belongs in a series. So I've taken to just buying those where interested i.e https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01883XUZW/?tag=neogaf0e-20
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N4S98SC/?tag=neogaf0e-20
It didn't do it for Avengers vs XMen but I saw a list here that I can follow: http://www.comicbookherald.com/the-...-order-guide/guide-part-16-avengers-vs-x-men/
It links to 4 books, It's Coming, the main book, a tie in book and a consequences book - all official compendiums from marvel.
Then they have much more detailed lists of individual comics or something for fans who want every detail.
My stance is the official compendiums are good enough for the companies so they're good enough for me so I will only buy those.
Didn't get my head round secret war, there doesn't seem to be an obvious series or compendium/collection and it seems to be mentioned multiple times across decades so might just ignore it.
I got a whole bunch now to keep me busy and when I'm done I might go back to reading manga which is much more straightforward!
Sir Garbageman
Member
Has Amazon or Marvel commented or advertised this sale at all?
Kind of insane how good these deals are. As a casual fan I've spent a crap ton more money than I normally would just building up a library of stuff. Feels like a Steam sale.
Here is hoping other publishers follow suit. There are a ton of Image and DC books I wouldn't be able to resist at 2-3 bucks per trade.
Kind of insane how good these deals are. As a casual fan I've spent a crap ton more money than I normally would just building up a library of stuff. Feels like a Steam sale.
Here is hoping other publishers follow suit. There are a ton of Image and DC books I wouldn't be able to resist at 2-3 bucks per trade.
Re: metalmark
The masterworks volumes are essentially collections in chronological publication order, irrespective of story arc. The standalone sagas like Dark Phoenix, Days of Future past, Brood War saga are collections of issues that cover that story. Some of those have continuous issues, others have gaps between published issues.
If you just want great Xmen stories, go for standalone story arcs. If you really want, you can go Xmen completist for the Claremont era (issues 94-280) as he is the master of foreboding and the long game in his storytelling. It becomes even more of a commitment following the publication of New Mutants, and you kinda need to read both to get what's going on. Actually, to be fair, New Mutants was the stronger book for a fair while there, and could be read on its own, but Uncanny Xmen relies on some big story beats from NM to make sense, particularly around the introduction of key characters.
The masterworks volumes are essentially collections in chronological publication order, irrespective of story arc. The standalone sagas like Dark Phoenix, Days of Future past, Brood War saga are collections of issues that cover that story. Some of those have continuous issues, others have gaps between published issues.
If you just want great Xmen stories, go for standalone story arcs. If you really want, you can go Xmen completist for the Claremont era (issues 94-280) as he is the master of foreboding and the long game in his storytelling. It becomes even more of a commitment following the publication of New Mutants, and you kinda need to read both to get what's going on. Actually, to be fair, New Mutants was the stronger book for a fair while there, and could be read on its own, but Uncanny Xmen relies on some big story beats from NM to make sense, particularly around the introduction of key characters.
You are missing Hickmans FF vol 1-4, it is vital if you have Dark Reign and F4 already
epic story with best bang for buck?
Astonishing X Men vol 1-4 (Whedon)
and the following Jon Hickman Fantastic Four run:
Fantastic Four Dark Reign
Fantastic Four vol 1-6
FF vol 1-4
Turbo Killer
Member
Anybody getting free comics with their prime account? I got Hawkeye 1, Darth Vader 1 and Astonishing X-Men 1 all for free and I have no kindle subscription or any sub other than prime. The only issue is that they only work in the kindle app not comiXology for some reason.
LordOfLore
Banned
Nope. No promotion of any kind.
Haloid1177
Banned
Grabbed Alias too since it won't be on MU any time soon. Still have Marvel Unlimited so not going too crazy since I have access to most of this stuff.
Palette Swap
Member
I've been following closely digital comics sales for 5-6 years and this is honestly unprecedented in scope.
Every now and then, there will be a great humble bundle or linewide 50-60% sale on Comixology, but nothing as deep and/or wide.
LordOfLore
Banned
It honestly has to have been a mistake that it's now too late to walk back. Even all new volumes like Now! 2.0!Hawkeye vol 1 was on this massive sale.
Doctoglethorpe
Member
I'm sure it's related to Marvel joining comixology unlimited and kindle unlimited. Sell as much as you can before it's all on not one but 3 netflixes.
yeah this is like the first time someone stumbled on the very first Steam sale
it's unreal
BuddyJoeHooker
Member
Bought Punisher MAX, figured I didn't need anything else cause it will eventually show up on MU.
But then I got the Promo, and ended up picking up all of Priest's Black Panther.
Now I'm eyeing the Complete Clone Saga and Complete Ben Reilly Epic.
But then I got the Promo, and ended up picking up all of Priest's Black Panther.
Now I'm eyeing the Complete Clone Saga and Complete Ben Reilly Epic.
AbundantChoice
Member
Comixology has really good rotating sales on particular lines (one week it's Cap, next week it's Deadpool, etc), but nothing of this scope, especially for Marvel, and nothing *this* cheap (they usually do ~ 50% off so the $9.99 collections become $4.50 or $5). Image has done two huge line-wide sales in the last few months alone; the most recent was basically a flat 65% off *everything* they published before Jan X 2017, which knocked individual issues down to ~ 70cents and also applied to already discounted collections so you could get them for $2-3.
But yeah, something of this scope with discounts *THIS* deep is insane. You'd figure they'd limit it to the stuff that was going into CMX Unlimited, or stuff that was already in Marvel Unlimited or whatever, but they even have brand new stuff that came out last week or this week in the sale, stuff that's not going to hit MU for months and CMXU for years.
BuddyJoeHooker
Member
Tawney Bomb
Member
Is Lemrie's Moon Knight any good?
Thus far only bought Hickman's FF run.
Thus far only bought Hickman's FF run.
god damn you
really man
you've done well - i take it you got (Dark Reign, F4 (1-6) and FF (1-4)? Make sure to use the FF piece of the reading order:
Palette Swap
Member
Yeah, I'm at a point where I'm checking random stuff on Comixology to see if I own it already.
I'm rebuilding MU right now.
Edit: oh, hey, all of X-treme X-Men for $18. That's how low I have fallen.
Tawney Bomb
Member
You're a bad influence, you know that?you've done well - i take it you got (Dark Reign, F4 (1-6) and FF (1-4)? Make sure to use the FF piece of the reading order:
Back to Amazon I go
Edit: just bought all of Hickman's Marvel run sans Ultimate stuff. I'm done.
hodayathink
Member
Question time:
I've got a 6 year old niece that is already into comic book characters (has seen most of the MCU and DCEU movies, and we already bought her this book when she was 3-4) and I'm thinking of buying a few things to get her into reading comic books proper. Already looking at picking up Moon Girl + Devil Dinosaur, Squirrel Girl, and Ms Marvel. Any other suggestions? Also, any Spider-Man suggestions for that age range?
I've got a 6 year old niece that is already into comic book characters (has seen most of the MCU and DCEU movies, and we already bought her this book when she was 3-4) and I'm thinking of buying a few things to get her into reading comic books proper. Already looking at picking up Moon Girl + Devil Dinosaur, Squirrel Girl, and Ms Marvel. Any other suggestions? Also, any Spider-Man suggestions for that age range?
kylecoley182
Banned
Spent 145 is Black Panther by Priest any good ?
Palette Swap
Member
I think I finally figured that out: buy yourself a gift card and tap that credit to pay for these books. That would be a single transaction and would give you a budget.
(My wife just yelled "why is the bank texting me again?")
Tyrant Rave
Banned
I didn't check but is Byrne's She-Hulk on sale? You should get that too if it is.
BuddyJoeHooker
Member
Spidey Vol. 1: First Day
Spidey Vol. 2: After-School Special
Might be what you are looking for, but mostly I would suggest comics from the Marvel Adventures line, which are not in this sale.
LordOfLore
Banned
Unless someone starts gifting me comics this is my final haul due to needing to keep a certain amount of money in my account for transportation costs etc.