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Johnny C:
Guys, I've been lookin' up some comics, sparked by my trip to Winnipeg in which sjbrot brought some old-school comic books with us. And I've realized that it is going to be incredibly tough for me to follow the newer storylines, continuity, etc.

Where should I start in DC and Marvel universe comics to get a grasp at where they are at now?

logosmonkey:
Man thats a toughy. Especially since both the Marvel and DC universes are going through shake ups right now. For marvel your best bet is to get in on the Civil war story arc. It spans quite a few titles so you might want to stick with just the Civil War title not all its spin offs in other titles (i.e. The Cap' America stuff or the Spiderman stuff) I highly suggest you pick up the trade paperbacks for Astonishing Xmen... lets face it Joss Whedon is a god among men! We're are very fortunate that he has decided to pick up at least another years worth of writing duties on that book. It is so amazingly good. Now another book I would recommend would be Runaways. It's just a great little story.
DC wise pick up the 52 books... I think they are on week 14 or so right now. It is a major story arc across the DC universe and should catch you up to what is happening. On top of this there are going to be some new titles coming out that look promising. Notably the Martian Manhunter title, I believe that starts this month. Also Blue Beetle is supposed to be pretty good. I really like Wonder Woman #1 and I'm hoping that Green Lantern Corps. will turn out good; issue one was decent but not spectacular.
All in all you might have a pretty daunting task ahead of you at the moment because there is such a state of flux in both universes but it is also a great opportunity!

Good Luck!

Cheers,
Steve

Dayuse:
Infinite Crisis?
Crap. I dunno. I'm not much of a comic reader.

ElRodente:
hmm...

check out some elseworlds stuff for starters, like red son and in darkest night

i think 52 is up to week 9 today

for marvel, i reccomend runaways (18 issues of V1 available in trade, up to issue 17 of V2) astonishing x-men (up to issue 15), new avengers (issue 21 came out last week), and the civil war main issues (civil war 1 and 2 and civil war frontline 1 and 2) and NEXTWAAAAAVE (up to #6)


i also reccomend y the last man, but that's vertigo (owned by DC, but not DCU)



green lantern corps sounds good too, i've not read the first one yet, but recharge ( a mini series i think) is good, and introduces the characters

TrueNeutral:
Just pick out a character you like and look things you don't get up on Wikipedia.

That or read the Ultimate Marvel universe. It's pretty young.

Personally, I'd go with reading Deadpool/Agent X/Cable & Deadpool, but that's just 'cause I love those fourth wall breaking sonsovubitches.

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