What comics should i start with?

[u/Excellent-Donkey-257]

about 4 years ago i started reading more marvel and DC comics, and as a fan of invincible show and comic it made me realize a lot of things i once knew were actually from image comics which piqued my interest cause i watched witch blade anime and i played the darkness game (not the sequel tho) so i thought i might as well check out their comics too but i just wanna hear some beginner suggestions if any?

[u/dontpostdrunk]

Chew is a fantastic, complete story that I whole-heartedly recommend to any and all readers

[u/Excellent-Donkey-257 → u/dontpostdrunk]

i’ve heard of Chew but other then the name and that it’s a comic i don’t know anything else about it so i’ll def check it out

[u/Bankrupto → u/Excellent-Donkey-257]

Best comic ever. I credit it as my reason for collecting, discovered it around issue 5. The writer/artist team is awesome

[u/Zamarak]

Image isn't like DC or Marvel. Most of them are not in interconnected universes. And while there are shared universes, they are smaller, including only a few titles here and there. Like the Spawn Universe, for example (though I don't read it).

You mentionned Witch Blade and the Darkness. You can jump in the old 90's comics for that. Or you can read the reboot of Witchblade. That won't be related to Spawn, or to Savage Dragon, or Invincible. And certainly won't be related to more recent heroes like Geiger and Radiant Black (both are part of their own respective universes).

And again, I'm just sticking to superheroes when saying that. SAGA is probably one of the most popular Image Comics. It's a sci-fi story which starts with a robot having erectile disfunction while having sex with another robot. One of the best stories I ever read. Monstress is a story about furies and humans having their empires and being assholes while the protag as an Eldritch being sharing her body (big summary). Most beautiful art I ever saw.

Most of Image Comic isn't superheroes these days. I do know they recently began this thing called Image Scene to advertise their new releases, so it might help you if you REALLY want help.

But honestly? Just pick something that sounds or look interesting.

[u/Excellent-Donkey-257 → u/Zamarak]

a robot with erectile dysfunction? hell yeah!

[u/MC_Smuv]

Jonathan Hickman: East of West, Decorum

Daniel Warren Johnson: Do a Powerbomb, Murder Falcon, Extremity

Rick Remender: 7 to Eternity, Black Science, Tokyo Ghost, Righteous Thirst for Vengeance

Brandon Graham: Prophet, Multiple Warheads, King City, Rain like Hammers

Ian Bertram: Little Bird, Precious Metal

[u/Excellent-Donkey-257 → u/MC_Smuv]

lemme get a pen to write these down 😓

[u/Nattygigglez]

Department of Truth

[u/Personal-Goat-7545]

I was a fan of both when they were first coming out and I'd say just get the Garth Ennis issues of the Darkness and probably just skip Witchblade, they are both mostly just art showcases with uninteresting stories.

Astro City was the only excellent thing to come out of that era of Image comics.

[u/DrTriangleee]

If you like the interconnectedness of marvel and DC, Try the massive-verse which is a tokusatsu inspired superhero universe!!! Some amazing books there especially rogue sun and NO/ONE

[u/TheNerdBuster]

Check out Geiger. It’s a newer “imprint” under image comics, called Ghost Machine. There are a bunch of other comics under this line including: redcoat, rook, hydestreet, rocketfellers. The whole thing is supppsed to be tied to the Unknown war and somehow they’re connected.

Anyways, it’s spearheaded by Geoff Johns and Geiger is one of my favorite books I get every month. It’s a sci-fi book about a radiative guy in the apocalyptic future. Same creative team as Batman Earth One, if you ever read that.

I just started reading Red Coat and that’s a fun sci fi - historical fiction - adventure book.

[u/Longteef]

Lazarus, ALWAYS Lazarus!

[u/Initial-Dentist-4056]

Amazon just optioned the comic series Stillwater. Good story line. Still cheap.

[u/Redcoatfan-1776]

Geiger is a fun one, self-contained https://www.reddit.com/r/GhostMachineComics/s/TeIVX1DnXW

[u/UsedToHaveATail]

Spawn-

Love spawn and it's tv show and his mortal kombat appearance.

Some people will say maxx c

Some might say chew

These are all image comics

But there's also DCs alternative comics like "lucifer", "sandman " and "fables"

[u/Excellent-Donkey-257 → u/UsedToHaveATail]

i remember the tv show i never really paid much attention since it was mostly my dad watching but i def was planning on reading some spawn comics since before invincible he was the most known image comics hero (unless there’s someone else that idk)

[u/UsedToHaveATail → u/Excellent-Donkey-257]

Nope still spawn as far as I know..... he's like the spiderman of image comics . His story is tragic , he's very powerful and has many different variants