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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DanMcS" data-source="post: 898001" data-attributes="member: 6530">So, I've seen the cartoons and the movies based off of comic books for years (sometimes without realizing it- Blade was a comic book character?).  I never really started reading them though, probably living 20+ miles from the nearest comic shop saved my wallet some grief when I was younger.It wasn't until I started playing Mutants and Masterminds that I really got interested in the things, and I'm realizing I have no idea where to start.  There are literally hundreds of series, many of which have been running for decades, but seem to jink around, reboot occasionally, contradict each other or wipe out previous canon altogether.I got ahold of the paperback of the first collection of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.  That was great.  Last week I saw some recommendations for the various Ultimate series from Marvels, which are kind of restarting the series and using them from the ground up.  I read the Ultimates paperback, with the Hulk and the team forming and all, that was cool too.Now I'm reading some of the Ultimate X-men books, and there's all kinds of bizzare characters in there.  Magneto has children?  And Xavier too?  When I was at the comic store tonight, there were all these other xmen titles, who is Cable?  The New Mutants (or something like that)?  How can anyone possibly get a grip on all these characters?  The Ultimates and the X-men are in the same universe, right?  Have they always been that way, or did they start off on their own?  All this stuff that's happening in the X-Men movies has happened in a comic in some form or another before, right, or are they writing new plots for the films?So basically, what are good sets or series to read?  What do you read regularly?  (Apparently the comic shop I was at has lists of titles they pull out for people when the shipment comes in.  That's commitment.)Where can I find out about some of this history, without buying every comic ever printed and reading them all?  I've discovered I like the books about teams, there's a lot of variety in there that it doesn't seem you would get from a book all about Superman or Captain America.  Also, I'm getting a grip on the Marvel guys, but I know much less about the DC comics (though I can properly place several characters in each set now, I couldn't before), what should I see there?I'm asking, because these are fun to read, and also, I think it will be more fun playing MnM if I know about comic-type settings.</blockquote>

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