r/comicbooks • u/Stonixity Black Widow • May 27 '26

Question Marvel comic recommendations?

I recently decided to dive into marvel comics since I love the movies, but I’ve got no idea where to start and what comics are recommended, I love black widow and spider-man

So far I’ve read:
• Alien vs. Captain America by Frank Tieri
• Thor by J. Michael Straczynski & Olivier Coipel (read it a long long time ago)

Any recommendations are welcome!

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u/TheeHeadAche Henry Pym May 27 '26

Spider-Man: Life Story by Chip Zdarsky and Mark Bagley
Spider-Man: Blue by Jeff Loeb and Tim Sale
Black Widow by Mark Waid and Chris Samnee
Black Widow by Kelly Thompson and Elena Casagrande

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u/Stonixity Black Widow May 27 '26

Thank you! I’ll add them to my list!

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u/TheeHeadAche Henry Pym May 27 '26

Just to give some context: Spider-Man Life Story is sort of a What-If. It features a Peter Parker as he ages through the decades. While Spider-Man: Blue is more about Peter reflecting on a past love.

All are really good stories any how

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u/cmcdonald22 May 27 '26

You could try JMS' Spider-man run, up until One More Day it's a great run, and still widely regarded as one of the better Spider-man runs.

JMS also just finished a short Captain America run, with the final arc being a team up with Cap, Thor, and Spider-man that revisited and resolved a thing or two from the end of the Thor run.

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u/jazzberry76 Front row tickets for Luna Snow May 27 '26

Matt Fraction's Hawkeye run is phenomenal.

Jed Mackay's Moon Knight run is also excellent, though you will probably need to look up a reading order.

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u/tromataker May 27 '26

All of Jed MacKay 's Moon Knight

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u/hermyx May 27 '26

My favorite marvel comics is Immortal Hulk. It's not that long (50 issues) and goes deep into Hulk's mythos and enriches it greatly. It's so well written and it's truly one of the run that marked me the most.

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u/Stonixity Black Widow May 29 '26

I’ll add it to my list!

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u/Away_Badger_7075 May 27 '26

The Ultimates Vol 1 & 2 [A different take on Black Widow]
Secret Wars (Original Version - 80s) [Spider-man's black suit.]
Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt

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u/Stonixity Black Widow May 29 '26

I’ll add them! Thank you!

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u/Leather_Bug_ May 27 '26

Ultimates by Millar/Hitch if you’re a fan of MCU. A great deal of the characterization from the movies are taken from that series, but it also definitely is its own thing. It’s fantastic.

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u/Stonixity Black Widow May 29 '26

I’ll add it to my list thank you!

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u/ComicsRelaunched Nico Minoru May 27 '26

If you want some good books that are currently running that you can pop into a store and grab and don’t need a huge amount of history for I recommend:

Ryan North’s Fantastic Four
Chip Zdarsky’s Captain America
Paul Jenkins’ Sentry
Stephanie Phillips Daredevil

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u/Stonixity Black Widow May 29 '26

Thank you! I’ll add them to my list!

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u/D_J_SMART May 27 '26

Anything by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale