r/MarvelUnlimited

Okay before I give the list. Keep in mind, I’ve never read a comic for most of these characters (besides spiderman, but that was in the 60s) and also, I know most of their basic knowledge. Tell me if the list needs updating, and tell me if I should replace anything. And yes I’m a beginner. Here: 1. Ultimate Spider-Man (2000-2009)
2. The Night Gwen Stacy Died
3. Batman: Hush
4. Superman: Birthright
5. The Death of Superman
6. Fantastic Four by Ryan North
7. Amazing Spider-Man: Symbiote Saga
8. Batman: Year One
9. Batman: The Long Halloween
10. The Dark Knight Returns
11. The Flash: Rebirth
12. Kraven’s Last Hunt
13. Green Lantern by Geoff Johns Omnibus Vol. 1
14. JLA Vol. 1: New World Order
15. Avengers: Kree-Skrull War
16. Kingdom Come
17. The Ultimates Vol. 1
18. Avengers: Ultron Unlimited
19. Infinity Gauntlet
20. X-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga
21. Old Man Logan
22. Daredevil: Man Without Fear
23. Hulk: Gray
24. Hawkeye by Matt Fraction
25. Amazing Spider-Man by JMS
26. Wonder Woman: Gods and Mortals
27. Justice League: New Frontier
28. New Teen Titans: The Judas Contract
29. Civil War
30. Secret Wars (2015)
31. Saga of the Swamp Thing
32. Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
33. Watchmen

Hey all, apologies as I'm sure this question has been asked a thousand times, but every result I find on google seems to differ from one another or just skip over all the early timeline etc.

I've been a Marvel fan since the 90s. I mostly liked Spider-Man and Ghost Rider growing up, eventually getting interesting in the Avengers when the MCU came along. I've played various games, watched various shows, read random comics here and there, and obviously seen everything in the MCU, as well as most other Marvel movies.

Can anyone recommend a reading guide for the comics? I don't want to follow a specific character or jump in halfway through the established universe, but I also know reading everything will not only be virtually impossible, but also heavily confusing with retcons and stuff.

Are there any guides that show a consistent continuity through the timeline, with the origins to all the major characters and will take me through the major plot points for each character/group/crossover/major event?

I want to experience an MCU-like reading of the comics. Even if it takes me years, I want to be able to know all the obscure characters, random facts and all the major events that have happened.

Thanks in advance to anyone that can help :)

Hi folks, I am getting more into reading comics, and am trying to extend my reach so to speak. I don't know a lot about the cosmic side of marvel, but what I've seen is intriguing. I was wondering if there were any good runs about the Shi'ar and/or the Shi'ar imperial guard that people would recommend. Thanks for the consideration!

I’m currently reading Bendis Daredevil run, but I’ve decided to mix in some other run in between. I want to be an ongoing run, but I don’t want to run into an event that forces me to read a bunch of other stuff.

For that reason, I think I’m out on Captain America (which I really wanted to read, but seems very connected).

I was thinking about the newer Ultimate Spider-Man, Immortal Thor (into Mortal Thor), Infernal Hulk or current Iron Man. Which one should I pick? Are they connected to larger events?

Features I was wondering where available along with common features.

Custom reading orders.

Different versions of orders not just continuity.

Download reading orders as spreadsheets.

No Paywalls for features.

Not just limited to individual characters but teams, Storylines, Writers, Artists, History of Companies, History of Imprints of Companies, Eras of Companies, Universes, Writer Runs, and events.

Not just limited to DC and Marvel.

Not just the Greatest hits but entire histories and events not just the main but also all the tie-ins.

Single Issues, Omnibuses, Graphic Novels, and Compendiums as options.

Thank You for reading this.

It’ll never stop confusing me that a service like DCUI has had more updates to the service that weren’t just small bug fixes

Meanwhile this has been around since 2007 and they insist there’s nothing they need to change

I’m getting back to comics recently and I’m reading some long series. When catching up with long finished series, how do you approach it? Do you read other series at the same time or focus on that one until you finish?

Is there a way to search something like "X-men" and then just get all the actual series instead of 100 options for 1 issue facsimile reprints?

Does anybody else have a fear that they'll pick a story to read where there is some context from a previous comic or event they haven't read yet so they get spoiled and completely lost? I'm quite new to marvel unlimited and marvel comics in general and I'm so overwhelmed when picking a comic to read. Would appreciate any advice regarding this or any recommendations for beginner stories to read. I'm trying to get a wide exposure of different characters so I'm open to any suggestion from any character.

We all know marvel unlimiteds reading orders are not that great. Over the years I tried a few different approaches. CMRO, reading order apps, extracting reading orders from websites using scripts and creating spreadsheets with them, but nothing really was all that great, with CMRO coming the closest to what I was looking for, but still not quite there and some features I desperately wanted were locked behind a paywall.

I've also found that sometimes longer/ongoing reading orders are created by someone, but they then abandon it and the reading order is not being updated for years (like the 616 spider-man reading order linked in the spider-man sub) and I was always looking for a way to apply an open source like mindset to reading orders so that they can be improved or continued by the community.

Well, I just did the first step towards that, too, depending on how well my OSS self hosted reading order app is being received. You can find the project here https://github.com/Lofter1/ComicHero

Right now some technical knowledge and docker are required to run the app, and there currently is no way to share reading orders properly, but all that is already planned.

For now I want to wait and see how big interest in the app is. If interest is high enough, I will look into adding logins and user management so that I can host a version of the app somewhere and people don't need to install it (I just don't want to end up paying the hosting costs just for only me to use the app). If this is the route I'm going to take, I will also add some mechanism allowing for the open source principles to be applied and allowing people to improve or continue a reading order of someone else in some way, shape or form.

I tried finding a reading guide that started with the “rumors are true” issue and ended with venom’s first clash with spidey but I couldn’t find any whatsoever. Any suggestions on what issues I should read?

I’m wondering if the subscription is worth it….I find myself wanting to get into the comics as i myself am a big fan of both marvel rivals and the movies…what would you guys say…should i?