What If You Could Only Afford 5 Comics?

[Prognosticator]

With all of the hooplah surrounding events such as DC's OYL, let's say you had to take a break from everything comics for a year!

But there is a small catch to the deal. Say your wife/parents/income/personal dignity/etc limits you to only 5 comic book subscriptions for an entire year; what books do you choose and why?

 

[Johnny Blaze]

Not counting minis...

Fables - One of the, if not the, best book out there now.
Supergirl and the Legion of Superheroes - Probably my favorite superhero team book. That and I'm a fan of the Legion.
Runaways - It's still a superhero-ish book, but in a different style than the mainstream ones. Plus, BKV is teh roxxorz!!1
Conan - Gotta have some Conan...though we will see if Mignola can keep it as good as Busiek's, though I have faith he can.
JLA - Since I would be unable to read about Supes, Flash, Batman, etc in their solo titles...this would be the next best thing.

 

[Themanofbat]

Amazing Spider-Man (I have issue 1 to current... no sense ending an over 500 issue run)
HellBlazer (I just love John Constantine)
Rex Mundi (arguably the BEST comic you're NOT reading )
Invincible (this book has had me hooked since issue #1)

That's about it...

 

[mathhater]

Only five books huh?...that's kinda hard. But I'll try...

(excluding limited series, because once a series ends, you're left with another slot to fill, and then it gets confusing...so even though I love "52" to death and "Civil War" is cool, I'll stick with the more ongoing titles.)

1. Action Comics
2. Superman
- Because Superman's my favorite...so I'll have to have his books.
3. Astonishing X-Men - The flagship X-title?...that goes without saying...
4. Green Lantern - One of early favorites when I was a kid...and I'm still excited that Hal is back...
5. The Amazing Spider-Man - my second favorite Marvel title...just behind the X-Men

It's not perfect, but for the moment, this is my five.

 

[Prognosticator]

It puts me in a tight situation but I'd have to go w/both Batman titles as of right now. Grant Morrison on Batman & Rags drawing TEC, I just can't pass on either.

Superman's REALLY good right now, but I would bet it'd drop off a little at some point. Not into new Flash enough, so both it & WW aren't important must-reads.

Marvel's stuff is all over the map, personally. I couldn't begin to choose a title there. Vertigo's go so much great stuff going on but I prefer buying those titles in Trade form, i.e., Fables, Y:The Last Man, ...

I do like the new Conan, but I can wait for trades w/that too.

Which brings me back to DC b/c I LOVE what they're doing w/the OYL stories!! I'd have to chose b/w Catwoman, Green Arrow, Firestorm, & Nightwing. DC has been consistent in releasing TPB's of Green Arrow & Nightwing, so maybe I'll go with Firestorm since it's been so consistently good as of late. Maybe the new Justice League as well.

So that pins me in a corner with:
-Batman
-TEC
-Firestorm
-Justice League
and I need more variety with the last one...too tough!
-I don't know, I should have made it 10 (but then where would the fun be

 

[Prognosticator]

Captain America, maybe?

 

[Prognosticator]

Oh, shoot, nevermind! '52' for sure!!! Every WEEK! '52', Batman, TEC, Firestorm, JLA.

 

[Mr. Walters]

She-Hulk
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Superman
Ultimate Spider-Man

Damn this is hard...there goes Civil War, there goes catching up on back issues, there goes trying out new comics, there goes my fun...

 

[taskmaster]

Daredevil
Astonishing X-Men
Batman
Cable and Deadpool
Justice League of America

 

[ToddIsDead]

Batman
Detective Comics
Superman
Action Comics
52

 

[Anubis]

Daredevil
Invincible
Detective Comics
Action Comics
Girls

and Planetary shouldn't count because it only comes out maybe twice a year.

 

[ShadowGhost12]

Wow this is insanelt difficult

Y: The Last Man - A refreshing change of pace from everything else I read. Brian K. Vaughn is an excellent writer, and the entire concept/execution of Y: The Last Man really breathes new life into Vertigo for me.

JLA (starting with Meltzer's relaunch I suppose) - This way I can get all the major DC heroes in one title!

The Ultimates - Just a great book. I get my Avengers fix, as well as some great political content.

Astonishing X-Men - Whedon is just effin' amazing. 'Nuff said.

Ex Machina - Just a great title.

Damn! I can't believe I had to cut out All-Star Superman. Man, that would be hard. It's bad enough cutting out everything else, but I really wanted to put in All-Star Supes, and Ultimate Spider-Man someplace

 

[dmor173]

JLA - Once it restarts Ultimates - But it ends soon, is there a gap between volume three and four? Astonishing X-Men - Lovin' it All Star Superman - best book out there Flash - Cos i always liked reading wheres wally Also if the thing was still around id probaly bump flash for that.

 

[Silver Sable]

Spider-Man
Gen13
Silver Sable
Batman
X-Men

 

[Prognosticator]

The reason I omitted All-Star Superman is b/c you only get one issue every two months, and if I have to sacrifice that much, I might as well get my year's worth where i can.

 

[Elijya]

I'd rob a bank

 

[PWN3R]

Nextwave
Nextwave
Nextwave
Nextwave
Nextwave

 

[Ben Urich]

What do you mean "what if"?

 

[CConn]

1. Runaways
2. Daredevil
3. Action Comic
4. Batman
5. Sensational Spider-Man

And I've just realized I could not stand buying only five comics.

 

[Darthphere]

Captain America
Daredevil
Checkmate
Detective Comics
Young Avengers

 

[The Leaguer]

Archie
Archie & Friends
Betty
Betty & Veronica
Pals-n-Gals Double Digest

 

[Darthphere]

Archie
Archie & Friends
Betty
Betty & Veronica
Pals-n-Gals Double Digest

What about Sonic?

 

[DBM]

I'd go with:

Conan
Fell
Fables
Astonishing X-Men
And fourth would have The Thing, but since it's cancelled, I'll go with Captain America

 

[The Leaguer]

What about Sonic?

WTF, Sonic is for girls. I only read manly books.

 

[Darthphere]

WTF, Sonic is for girls. I only read manly books.

Yeah, youre right, youre more of a Powerpuff Girls fan.