#comic rec

[petrerpkr]

Moon knight reading order

2000-2024

For more In depth Reading order

Marvel Knights (2000) #4-14

Moon Knight Vol. 5 (2006-2009)

Moon Knight: Silent Knight #1 (2009)

Vengeance of the Moon Knight (2009-2010)

Shadowland Moon Knight(2010)/reading order

Secret Avengers(2010-2012)

Moon Knight Vol. 6 (2011-2012)

Moon Knight Vol. 7 (2014-2015)

Moon Knight Vol .8 (2016-2017)

Avengers (2018) #33-37

Moon Knight: City of the Dead(2023-2024)

Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood(2022)

Ms. Marvel & Moon Knight(2022)

Devil’s Reign: Moon Knight/reading order (2022)

Strange Academy: Moon Knight(2023)/strange Academy (2020-2022)

Moon Knight Vol. 9 (2021-2024)

Vengeance of the Moon Knight (2024)

Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu(2024-)

[variablejabberwocky]

"Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science"

agatha, i love you

i've been looking for a counterpart/inverse of the original of that phrase and NOW, NOW I HAVE ONE!

[vinelark]

do you have comic recs for someone who wants to get into tim and timkon? I read superman comics but your fic made me wanna know more about this character who makes me want to eat metal with how weird and scary he is (affectionate)

hello! and welcome to the “weird scary little guy who makes you want to eat metal” (or perhaps put him in a salad spinner) club

tim has many, many comics, so for the purposes of this i’ll go with some big arcs/series and then some random personal favs

a lonely place of dying (1989): aka tim’s intro, in which 13 y/o tim engages in his favorite pastime (stalking dick grayson), tries to be a family therapist, and somehow ends up in a cape and pointy boots at the end of it.

robin (1993): so much content spanning so many batman plotlines; this is just issue after issue of tim being the most 90s kid to ever 90s kid (and then 00s kid to ever 00s kid). also much of it is written by chuck dixon, who is good at being so homophobic that the characters loop right back around to being queer.

young justice (1998): for both tim and kon (and bart and cassie and the whole yj crew)! also featuring tim and kon both wearing gloves that are way too big for them. no idea what's going on there but it's kind of like when puppies have giant paws they haven't grown into yet.

red robin (2009): THE tim comic to me, partially because marcus to draws most of it (issue 6 on i believe) and the way he draws tim here is peak tim to me, and partially because tim is just balls to the wall bonkers in fucking yonkers the whole series. this spans his brucequest and damian becoming robin (and damian in this is so!! and dick is so!!) while tim takes his shaky next steps. he’s in his messy bitch era but also stuck at 17(?) so that just means he’s randomly making out with sort-of-adversaries on rooftops and thinking longingly of kon and getting fake engaged(??) to a girl he can barely ask on a first date. (it has scant few but still some good timkon moments here and there.) (and speaking of marcus to: this and this.)

a lonely place of living (detective comics) (2017): an arc in which everyone thought tim was dead but surprise! he was just stuck in a pocket dimension prison and now he has to come back and stop gun batman (again). feat. tim being wildly competent from page one. kon is, iirc, currently erased from the timeline but never fear, tim still manages to find a way to think about him.

random/short comics:

WF3: superboy & robin (1996): tim & kon solve a case together in a two-parter that is, as described by a reviewer on its league of comic geeks entry, "…a pretty fun meet cute, I mean team-up…" (basically: see above re: chuck dixon.)

knight terrors: robin (2023): a two-parter in which tim and jason are trapped in a sentient nightmare together. if you like those vibes definitely check out this fic.

nightwing (1996) #25: tim being an annoying little brother is something that can be so personal—

[tathrin]

Heads up everybody, @tamorapierce's First Test graphic novel is on FOC at comic book stores in the US this weekend! So if you're planning on getting a copy, and have a local comic shop you can order from, now would be a great time to do your pre-order!

Especially because for some reason it seems that the publisher decided not to solicit it in the "Previews" catalogue properly!? but only as an additional late supplement, which means it doesn't go in the catalogue that customers see, and it doesn't necessarily get seen by shop-owners either unless they take the time to check the updated additional items stuff online, which is usually toys and imports and stuff like that, not graphic novels??? Especially not actually popular bestselling author graphic novels...!?

(I cannot think of a better way to not sell your comic than to not put it in the damn catalogue that people order from.)

So I'm worried that there will be much fewer orders for this book than there should be, and it won't sell for crap, and then we won't get any more, so if you want one and you have a comic shop near you PLEASE consider ordering it from them, or at least letting them know it's a thing you would be interested in purchasing if they had it on the rack, so that they are least know that it exists and can maybe order some copies to sell!

(because what the heck why would they do that...!?)

Please reblog to let people know asap!

Have a sneak-peek at some of the artwork inside, too:

[kingdomoftyto]

I just finished a complete re-read for the third (fourth?) time and the recent updates are barreling toward some climactic events, so I therefore feel compelled to make a proper rec post for something LONG overdue:

The Glass Scientists, a webcomic about Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, rogue science, Victorian repression, and a WHOLE lot more.

Our protagonist is the esteemed Dr. Henry Jekyll, co-founder of the Society for Arcane Sciences, an organization that aims to bring mad science into the mainstream by proving that not all who practice it are dangerous lunatics. This is easier said than done, especially with the violent death of a certain Dr. Frankenstein still weighing on the minds of the public years after the fact. Not to mention...

... Henry's own inner demons.

Edward Hyde serves as a sort of release valve for Henry's stresses whenever the pressure of running the Society proves to be too much. Hyde is everything he can't be: spontaneous, emotional, uninhibited. Free to take what he wants without guilt or public consequences.

And oh, Henry wants.

His transformation into Hyde is a physical manifestation of the repression of his queer inclinations. This is not subtext. It's not even an accident on Henry's part. It's a central facet to who he is as a person (and, by extension, who Hyde is, as well).

...But listen. We don't have time to unpack all THAT! Not when there are so many other delightful characters to meet! Such as Henry's best friend / business partner / old flame Robert:

Or Jasper, the newest member of the Society, a plucky young cryptozoologist who happens to also be a werewolf, and who gets swept up in a VERY cute relationship with the slightly unhinged cook (and Henry's other best friend), Rachel:

Or Hyde himself, who despite all his debauchery may not actually be the pinnacle of evil that he believes himself to be:

Because if you couldn't tell from the sampling of panels in this post, this comic is not only a gripping emotional drama but also an OUTRAGEOUS comedy, when the mood calls for it. It truly strikes a perfect balance of the two, in my humble opinion.

On top of all that, the art is gorgeous, the atmosphere is impeccable (swinging from fantastical whimsy to genuine horror and back with deft skill), and the characters are deep and dynamic and full of gray areas.

I can't recommend it enough. It's hands-down my favorite actively-updating webcomic (new page every Monday!), and I'm for-real having to restrain myself from going back and starting ANOTHER re-read right now, it's that good. I've spoiled a tiny bit in this post, but believe me when I say the cast and events get so much weirder and more wonderful than even this. Please check it out.

[marithlizard]

Happy birthday @shinesurge! I think the moment I really got invested in Kidd Commander was the scene where the villain calls his ex-wife to tell her the evil plan, because he sincerely misses her and wanted to hear her voice one more time and also he is about to kill people she loves. Or maybe the bit where we find out that the magical girls from cartoons are real, and if the one they serve is "the least cruel of the Elder Circle" then humans in this universe are SO screwed. (Or, y'know. Ulrich. I have wanted to know what Ulrich's deal is from the beginning, and the hints that are slowly dropping only make him more interesting.)

Anyway! The gods suck. The angry little girl above is going to grow up and do something about that. Apparently that requires "catching the sun". I don't know what that means, any more than I know what the One Piece is, but the crew is coming together and we're finally getting her backstory.

And I don't think I'm capturing how interesting and emotional and angry (very angry) this webcomic is. And queer. It's gotten better over time too. If you liked Pratchett's Monstrous Regiment, you might want to check out Phineas and her quest to punch gods in the face.

[void-bitten-ghost]

Not pictured - a malfunctioning bot off screen trying to keep their systems operational long enough to commit an image to memory

Uhhhhh. Okay. Saw that one gorgeous fanart of Tari in a dress and just. Blacked out.

Go to @chimkin-samich and read every single comic of their's please and thank 🙏 Their Tari/DCA story is just. So good. I'm screaming. I am 🌟 unwell 🌟 at the sheer amount of mutual pining and trauma and hurt/comfort and I just sbzhssjzjzbsjsjzbs GO GOGOGO

[kindlingkeen]

No idea if you’ve seen some of ‘The Boy Wonder’ stuff going on but it’s so great

Thanks for the rec, anon! 💙 I just picked up The Boy Wonder #2 yesterday, but I haven’t had time to dig into it yet. From the snapshots I’ve seen on Tumblr, I’m excited to read it!

[whumpspacesw]

When his general is in danger, Rex instantly comes to his aid!

Here’s some Rexwalker content for the enjoyers of this lovely ship 💓

Star Wars Adventures - Clone Wars 001

[rayshippouuchiha]

Here to beg my fellow Voidlings to read Dungeon Reset. There's 3 seasons (total 193 chapters) so far and it's something I binge read because it's so good. It's got such an interesting story! Yeah, it isn't really fast paced as you would expect generally from this type of story/genre, but the pacing makes sense and the combat scenes that do exist are amazing.

Basic premise: Our MC Dawoon (using the spelling in the webcomic here) gets teleported into a Dungeon Game. He's not the only one though, there's in fact a massive crowd of people there with him. The 'game assistant' tells them they need to clear the game in order to go home. We immediately get a taste of how dark and deadly this experience will be when the Game assistant kicked off someone's head for being rowdy. (This is genuinely in the first chapter, no spoilers here)

Upon their entrance everyone is granted a Special Ability by the game. What they do is different for each person, and they aren't all combat related. A Special Ability is one that has 3 tiers of leveling and each tier unlocks new functions, each tier also has 10 levels each (normal abilities/skills don't have tiers but do have 10 levels) which can improve the use of that Ability (eg. Skill gives a 2x multiplier as a base, level 2 gives a 2.5x multiplier and decreased cool down). A normal Ability can be earned by getting an Achievement, which isn't easy and typically not something people earn (eg chop 10,000 trees to get the Achievement)

Our MC does not have a combat Special Ability.

Those in the Dungeon divide themselves between Fighters and Crafters. Fighters being those with Special Abilities predisposed towards combat (fire, lighting, archery, spearmanship etc). While Crafters are those whose Special Abilities aren't suited to combat, but are needed/used by the Fighters for continued survival in the Dungeon (herb identification, purification, etc). Crafters are called that regardless of what their actual skill is because the Fighters have them crafting everything. They are responsible for butchering the monsters, handling the meals, making basic tools like torches, things of that nature.

There is a very high death rate for people in the Dungeon. We see in the first chapter how that massive crowd of people who started out, dwindled to less than 10, rather quickly in fact.

As the story progresses we learn more about the Dungeon Game, why it's happening, how it came about, what's going on with the world it's set in, etc. And all of that information is insanely interesting and given in such a way that is gradual and feels almost natural.

The set-up would lead you to believe the MC does some Duex ex machina type of thing, but even though he becomes good with his Ability it's only possible because he is honestly out of his damn mind. Also, there's many instances where the success of a battle is only possible with help from others.

I saw someone else describe the story as having elements of Dungeon Meshi and of Solo Leveling. Can't speak on the Solo Leveling aspect, but our MC is very much eating/cooking the most questionable things and is receiving a lot of side eyes from others about it.

!!!!!!

[bogkeep]

hello captive audience i have been to the library comic section and i found something very good i would like to recommend...

Your Wish Is My Command / Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed!

do you enjoy speculative world building such as "what if wishes came true and could be literally bought and sold"? do you enjoy exploring how it impacts that world, and intersects with areas of life such as:

- class

- bureaucracy

- health and mental illness

- religious guilt

- colonialism

- And More?

this graphic novel is a triptych of stories that take place in current day cairo, egypt, all set within the framwork of a kiosk owner trying to sell three bottles of a powerful wish vintage.

other things you may expect:

- top notch visual storytelling <3

- infographics!

- helpful and witty asterisks about egyptian cultural context for english language readers

- "why are wishes measured in dragon power???" "oh."

- old people. as well as The Youth

- chekhov's donkey

- genuinely very heartfelt stories

[petrerpkr]

Wanda maximoff reading order

Marvel release calendar & marvel timeline

For in depth Reading order

Avengers Origins: The Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver

Mystic Arcana: Scarlet Witch(2007)

Avengers (1965)#16-255

Vision and the Scarlet Witch #1 (1982)

West Coast Avengers Vol. 2 (1988) #42-46

Avengers: West Coast #48-62 (1989)

Avengers Vol. 3 #1-84(1998)

Avengers Disassembled(2004) #500-503

Avengers finale (2005)

House of M /reading order(2005)

Mighty Avengers #21-32 (2009)

Avengers: The Children's Crusade (2010)

Avengers vs x men/reading order

Avengers & X-Men Axis (2014)

Uncanny Avengers (2012-2015)

Vision Vol. 2(2016) #7

Scarlet Witch Vol. 2 (2016)

Star (2020)

Strange Academy(2020)

Empyre: X-Men (2020)

X-Men: The Trial of Magneto (2021)

Darkhold (2021)

Scarlet Witch (2023) #1 to #10 & Scarlet Witch Annual (2023) 

Crypt of Shadows(2023)

Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver (2024)

Scarlet Witch (2024)

[variablejabberwocky]

hmmmm....either thats not gil or some mindfuckery is afoot

he SOUNDS more like his dad than he normally does, and i don't buy that he was infected with a slaver wasp even if the little weasel thing reacted (because we KNOW his dad was and his dad was holding it weirdly)

so either this is another illusion overlaid someone else pretending to be gil, or the "treatment" for his "infection" was to actually infect him for the first time

[vinelark]

Hi! Just curious, what are your favorite comic runs? I've finished the comics on my current to-read list so I love hearing what other people like!

hello! as always i’m sure i’m forgetting plenty of stuff but these are some of my favs, both completed and ongoing series.

completed:

batman: the knight (2022)

miniseries, 10 issues total, so it’s extremely readable and really satisfying in a short amount of time! i like zdarsky’s bruce a lot (i’ve also enjoyed his work on the current batman run) and carmine di giandomenico’s art is fantastic. also, it’s the ghost-maker origin story and bruce & khoa somehow get divorced at least twice before the story’s over. love that for them.

superman: american alien (2015)

anthology collection about clark kent through the years, a really great read for superman—digging into clark’s character rather than focusing on external plot!—with some great cameos too (like young adult clark getting mistaken for some rich guy named bruce wayne at a yacht party, or reporter clark running into pre-robin dick grayson).

future state (2021) batman: dark detective

i am not immune to dan mora’s bruce wayne, especially when he is skrunkly and beat up the whole time.

batman: urban legends (2021)

an anthology so you can kind of pick up/put down as you like! these are a good read if you don’t want to be tracking huge overarching plotlines for a bit. the first few issues have a great jason series too.

ongoing series aka my current pulls at the comic shop:

spirit world (2023)

this one is new and is SO fun and compelling; i love xanthe already, and the assorted cast (including constantine and cass!) and new side characters (bowen my beloved, i’d die for you if you weren’t already dead) are delightful. one of those comics where i’m genuinely interested in the plot too and not just reading for my favs. alyssa wong is doing some really cool things with this concept/cast and i hope they have a chance to do way more in this world.

batman/superman world’s finest (2022)

again, i am not immune to dan mora, or the delightful superbat of it all. (and robin!dick! i love him.) i also started reading waid’s teen titans spin-off that takes place in this same era and there are only a few issues out so far but i’m having a great time.

city boy (2023)

i am OBSESSED with this concept (sentient cities! sharp-edged/lonely character figuring out his connection to them!) and the writing is super fun so far. also the intro comic (free on kindle/elsewhere; also has a free spirit world issue) has a great nightwing run-in.

i’m also subscribed to nightwing, superboy: the man of tomorrow, action comics (anything with kon crumbs…), and dark knights of steel (listen…i am still holding out hope for more royal court spy!tim crumbs), and i don’t know much about shazam yet but i’m giving the new series a try too.

[augustheart]

what is the wrong earth?

the wrong earth is an AHOY! comic created by tom peyer and jamal igle starting in 2019 with semi-regular installments since then. the plot follows dragonflyman, a parody of the campy silver age and adam west batman, and dragonfly, a riff on gritty overly dark modern batman, after they're transported to each other's worlds. stranded in a city that's almost--but not quite--the one they've always known, they have to find allies in order to survive. but what or who is behind the interdimensional mirrors that took them away from home? and what happens if one of them finds that the sidekick he lost on his home world is alive and well in another dimension?

is it good?

yeah, it's an absolute blast. even among ones that are well done, it's rare for parodies of past and present mediums of comics to feel friendly and not mean-spirited. this comic genuinely loves the ones that have come before it while still critiquing aspects of them like their obsession with edge, i don't want to spoil too much about the plot, because it's more complex than it seems especially in the followup series. but this is a comic primarily about putting someone in a Situation and seeing how they react to it, and it's always interesting.

what's the reading order for it?

main series:

The Wrong Earth

The Wrong Earth: Night & Day

The Wrong Earth: We Could Be Heroes

The Wrong Earth: Dead Ringers (publishing march of 2024)

specials you can read at any time after the first series:

Dragonfly & Dragonflyman (prequel!)

The Wrong Earth: Trapped on Teen Planet (written by gail simone)

The Wrong Earth: Fame and Fortune (written by mark russell)

The Wrong Earth: Purple (written by stuart moore)

The Wrong Earth: Confidence Men (written by mark waid (read dragonfly & dragonflyman before this one!))

The Wrong Earth: Meat (written by tom peyer (read dragonfly & dragonflyman before this one!))

cool! anything else i should know before i start?

there's some stuff in here that might be triggering to read including child abuse of every kind except sexual, antiblack racism, drug abuse, self harm, and suicide. it's not anything worse or more than what you might find in a lot of cape comics from any era, and by and large they're here in order to have effective commentary on things that often happen without incident or attention in those comics, but your mileage may vary. child abuse and suicide in particular are major themes in dragonfly & dragonflyman and the specials confidence men and meat.

in conclusion:

[jonathan-cranes-mistress-of-fear]

Hello!, I just recently discovered this character and became interested in the Batman “stories” after my sister started making fun of me by googling evil psychologists and psychiatrists in media because that’s what I’m studying, Scarecrow has slowly become one of my favorite characters overall, I think his design is really fun and his character is amazing, so my question is, and sorry for rambling, what comics, if any, do you recommend about this character, or media in general?

Firstly, that's kind of mean and unsupportive of your sister to do such a thing, BUT I applaud you for turning it into something positive. <3

Here's some things I could recommend:

The Arkham Series of video games (mainly Asylum, and Knight)

Batman: the Animated Series TV Cartoon

The Fear State comic series

The six issue short comic series Kings of Fear

Scarecrow: Year One // Batman Annual 19 (both are origin comics)

Any Tim Sale comic (long halloween for example)

Injustice 2 Videogame (you can play as him!)

MUST READ: Batman Adventures Annual - Study Hall (it's a comic with short stories, this is Scarecrow's and imo it should be required reading for Jonathan Crane TW: Mentions of Abuse and possible sexual assault. Zero imagery of it though, only alluded to though narrative) ((not from scarecrow btw, and I promise it's worth reading even if that is a squick))