eastcoaster Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) Looking for help as I stopped reading in the early 90s and I'm getting back into comics and collecting. What are some post mid-nineties keys in Spider-Man, Hulk, Wolverine, Punisher, X-Men, and Batman? Looking for cool covers, first appearances, landmark events, first issues, and great artists. Thanks! Edited January 3, 2020 by eastcoaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastaar Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Not much happened after '94. bentbryan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Modern Keys? Non-Sequitur FineCollector 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastaar Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) In all honesty the keys are far and few over the last 10-20 years unless you count variants. The writing has gotten much better and so has the art.....but keys? Not so much. If collecting go for rare variants, if reading the world is your oyster. Top of my head modern keys Walking Dead 1-10, 100 X-23 First Appearance NXY#3 Alias #1 Batman #635 Batman #656 Hulk #1 Red Hulk Wolverine #66 Old Man Logan Ult Fallout #4 Saga #1 Edge of Spiderverse #2 ..........what else? Edited January 3, 2020 by Blastaar silversurfer275, Deadpoolica and eastcoaster 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpoolica Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 23 minutes ago, eastcoaster said: Looking for help as I stopped reading in the early 90s and I'm getting back into comics and collecting. What are some post mid-nineties keys in Spider-Man, Hulk, Wolverine, Punisher, X-Men, and Batman? Looking for cool covers, first appearances, landmark events, first issues, and great artists. Thanks! 2008 run of Hulk has a couple 1st appearances, some hard to find variants & some cool covers Howard the Duck 1 Lim variant 1st appearance of Gwenpool Any Deadpool series is going to have some really cool covers.....I'm a bit biased though Batman series with Snyder & Cappullo has one of the best modern Batman stories & a slew of great covers Edge of spiderverse 2 1st spider gwen X-men 205 1st Hope Summers Moon girl & Devil Dinosaur 1 1st moon girl Batman 635 1st Jason Todd as Red Hood Ultimate Fallout 4 1st miles morales Walking Dead Venom 3 1st Knull Amazing spider-man 4 1st Silk NYX 3 1st X-23 Thanos 13 1st cosmic Ghost Rider Avenging Spider-man 9 1st Carol danvers cpt marvel Teen titans 12 1st Batman that laughs Detective Comics 880 Basically anything post 90's is all about variants though. You can just type in variant on ebay & find out which ones are pricey for each character you listed eastcoaster, Steelrain41, ADAMANTIUM and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Batman Beyond #37 is new to introducing Batwoman Beyond, if your looking to get into something to read that's out now that involves a key...... Immortal Hulk is also fairly current and good, 1st appearance in Avengers #684? I think, and plus Immortal Hulk #2 is a key 1st. Carnage and Venom are popular, not too aware of the "keys" Hulk has had spin-offs, check out Totally Awesome Hulk #22 1st Weapon H There are $3.99 newsstand editions on cgc labels with Campbell Good Girl Art, $2.99 cgc label editions of other's Detective Comics #880 and Power Girl #27 have had a day in the sun, there are Newsstand Editions too but aren't "priced" different. Batman Beyond #25 is a 1st app, that I don't know what exactly it'll have in store Batman #655 and/or #656 They're out there Deadpoolica and eastcoaster 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastaar Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Your first issue should purchased using the below formula Favorite Character + Venom = Venomized Favorite Character oldmilwaukee6er 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpoolica Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 AND as far as Artists go: J. Scott Campbell Gabriele Dell'otto Alex Ross Jock Greg Capullo Alex Maleev Jenny Frison Skottie Young Michael Turner Chip Zdarsky Ariel Olivetti David Finch Artgerm Josh Middleton Ed Mcguinness Mike Mayhew Tony Moore Frank Cho ADAMANTIUM and eastcoaster 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NebraskaGuy Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 18 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said: Batman Beyond #37 is new to introducing Batwoman Beyond, if your looking to get into something to read that's out now that involves a key...... Immortal Hulk is also fairly current and good, 1st appearance in Avengers #684? I think, and plus Immortal Hulk #2 is a key 1st. Carnage and Venom are popular, not too aware of the "keys" Hulk has had spin-offs, check out Totally Awesome Hulk #22 1st Weapon H There are $3.99 newsstand editions on cgc labels with Campbell Good Girl Art, $2.99 cgc label editions of other's Detective Comics #880 and Power Girl #27 have had a day in the sun, there are Newsstand Editions too but aren't "priced" different. Batman Beyond #25 is a 1st app, that I don't know what exactly it'll have in store Batman #655 and/or #656 They're out there Totally Awesome Hulk #22 has come WAY down in price over the past couple months too. ASM 607 - Black Cat Cover ASM 569 - 1st Anti Venom ASM Free Comic Book Day 2007 - 1st Mister Negative (Martin Li) Daredevil 111 - 1st Lady Bullseye incentive variant Thor Gold of Thunder 2 - 1st Gorr the God Butcher Batman 609 - 1st Hush and GREAT story arc eastcoaster and ADAMANTIUM 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastcoaster Posted January 4, 2020 Author Share Posted January 4, 2020 9 hours ago, Blastaar said: Your first issue should purchased using the below formula Favorite Character + Venom = Venomized Favorite Character Venomized Spider-Man? Haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastcoaster Posted January 4, 2020 Author Share Posted January 4, 2020 9 hours ago, Deadpoolica said: AND as far as Artists go: J. Scott Campbell Gabriele Dell'otto Alex Ross Jock Greg Capullo Alex Maleev Jenny Frison Skottie Young Michael Turner Chip Zdarsky Ariel Olivetti David Finch Artgerm Josh Middleton Ed Mcguinness Mike Mayhew Tony Moore Frank Cho J Scott Campbell is one of the only ones I know. He seems to specialize in babes but is also very cartoony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastcoaster Posted January 4, 2020 Author Share Posted January 4, 2020 Disappointing how little happened in decades. Makes sense because most cool characters and events come along once in a blue moon and are reused over the long term. I like the Grim Knight cover where Batman has the guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedcake Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Ya’ll are just gonna tell him? Not even make him work a little for it ? Vfactor1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazyboy Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 16 hours ago, eastcoaster said: Looking for help as I stopped reading in the early 90s and I'm getting back into comics and collecting. What are some post mid-nineties keys in Spider-Man, Hulk, Wolverine, Punisher, X-Men, and Batman? Looking for cool covers, first appearances, landmark events, first issues, and great artists. Thanks! What are you actually looking for, keys or cool covers, first issues and great artists? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastcoaster Posted January 4, 2020 Author Share Posted January 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Lazyboy said: What are you actually looking for, keys or cool covers, first issues and great artists? All of the above! Another way of putting it is significant books. I admit a book may not be significant just because of the artist but it could be because it's the first issue by the artist on a cool run like X-Men 248. Or a cool cover by a cool artist like Hulk 340. Which reminds me to look for Jim Lee Batmans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastaar Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 (edited) You are trying to eat an elephant in one bite. Pick one or two characters you like. Say Batman and Spider-Man. Grab some runs in TPB to see if you like them still. If that’s the case look for some key issues surrounding the run you read. This will mean more to you. Example if you were going the Batman route. Get these books on Amazon Batman by Scott Snyder & Greg Capullo Omnibus Vol. 1 Batman: White Knight Batman: The Dark Knight: Master Race Then grab some cool variants of the issues. Edited January 4, 2020 by Blastaar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastcoaster Posted January 4, 2020 Author Share Posted January 4, 2020 52 minutes ago, Blastaar said: You are trying to eat an elephant in one bite. Pick one or two characters you like. Say Batman and Spider-Man. Grab some runs in TPB to see if you like them still. If that’s the case look for some key issues surrounding the run you read. This will mean more to you. Example if you were going the Batman route. Get these books on Amazon Batman by Scott Snyder & Greg Capullo Omnibus Vol. 1 Batman: White Knight Batman: The Dark Knight: Master Race Then grab some cool variants of the issues. Not really. There are a handful of characters I follow and most comics are forgettable so there shouldn't be that many sought after issues. If variants are hot then it sounds like the gimmicks of the 90s that crashed the industry. I'm impressed that Spawn is still going! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastcoaster Posted January 4, 2020 Author Share Posted January 4, 2020 Just now, ISureAm said: This thread reads like a laundry list of why I stopped buying Marvel comics after House of M I am not into the Spiderverse concept. Peter Parker or bust! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastcoaster Posted January 4, 2020 Author Share Posted January 4, 2020 58 minutes ago, Blastaar said: You are trying to eat an elephant in one bite. Pick one or two characters you like. Say Batman and Spider-Man. Grab some runs in TPB to see if you like them still. If that’s the case look for some key issues surrounding the run you read. This will mean more to you. Example if you were going the Batman route. Get these books on Amazon Batman by Scott Snyder & Greg Capullo Omnibus Vol. 1 Batman: White Knight Batman: The Dark Knight: Master Race Then grab some cool variants of the issues. Thanks I will check out those issues. It is hard to recapture the fun of reading back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolverineX Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 First Damian Wayne batman 655. Get the variant eastcoaster and ADAMANTIUM 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...