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On the excellent advice of

settai I started reading X-Factor and I am through the first 5 TPB's and on my way through the 6th! ::loves:: I'm so glad the 7th is out now. Once I get my next coupon or gift card, I'm so buying it! I'm kinda debating moving to getting X-Factor on a regular basis instead of waiting for the trades . . . hmm.

I'm also LOVING S.W.O.R.D. - that I am reading as they come out. Agent Brand! Beast! Lockheed! ::loves::

I was able to get the Utopia hardcover 50% by using a combination of B&N coupons, so I'm halfway through that - quite awesome! (I'm too lazy to put in a cut and say what spoilers I liked.)

I think I need to find a better way to read these - right now I'm doing almost all trades except S.W.O.R.D., but with the next Cable and X-Force trades not coming out in paperback for a LONG time, I'm going to get very far behind! The one nice thing about the trades is they collect everything from a story arc and put it in one shiny place for me! I think with Uncanny, that will stay in trades, even if I move off doing the Cable or X-Force ones.

Once I finish X-Factor, Cable & Deadpool is on my B&N wishlist (I used my B&N credit card for work related travel and food purchases, so I've been racking up gift cards and using them to buy the trades).

I'm not sure where to go after that! Suggestions? Any older collections worth picking up?

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I was going to suggest buying books cheaper online, but it sounds like B&N is the best move for you now. If you're thinking about going with single issues, but it's not essential for you to get them the day they come out, try Discount Comic Book Service, a web-service that lets you order the books at a substantial discount and have them delivered. You have to pre-order and the process seems a little tedious (I've never done it), but it seems to be the most cost-effective method.

~~Some people download, which I don't fully endorse, but I'm sure you could find out how without much effort, and could still buy the shiny collected versions later with your gift cards~~.

As for reccing more collections -- have you tried your local library? Maybe see what they have and figure out what you like? Do you have any idea what other sorts of books you might be looking for? I always recommend (and probably have already recced to you) X-Men First Class and Wolverine First Class. But those aren't in the current Marvel Universe. Depending on what you like about Utopia, you might want to try New Avengers or Dark Avengers or Warren Ellis's run on Thunderbolts, or Iron Man, or certain story arcs of Spider-Man. If you want to get a book coming out now, maybe go a couple issues back and start X-Men Legacy. And have you read 'Astonishing X-Men' already? I think you have, but if not it's basically a prequel to S.W.O.R.D.

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I was going to suggest buying books cheaper online...

You wouldn't have any recommendations for specific sites to buy trades from, would you?

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Instocktrades.com , the sister service to DCBS, is the one I've always used. It's consistently a little cheaper than Amazon, and sometimes a lot cheaper.

Thanks! ♥

Ohhhh this looks nice!

The only problem with B&N is the selection isn't the best - but they do have all of the X-Factors and Cable and Deadpool. I ended up getting X Force and Cable from Amazon, and that was okay price wise, but it seems I can probably do better.

We have a comic book store by my house, that seems pretty great, and I think if I go to getting them on a by issue basis, I would probably go there. That's where I've been getting my SWORDs. It's not so much the money as just with B&N I've been getting all these cards and coupons. Also, with them I got the Utopia hardbound for $21! I love a good deal. :-) Also, it helps justify the gluttony I'm going through catching up and getting everything I want.

I grabbed the first X-Men First Class and really liked it - that is a good one. I will also add the Wolverine First Class to my list.

Is Legacy good? That was probably my least favorite part of Utopia. I liked the Dark Avengers. Hawkeye seems very cool.

Astonishing X-Men is what got me into all of this. :-) Andy and I grabbed it on a whim at B&N one day. And thus began my new obsession. Last year I read the complete works of Georgette Heyer (almost, I'm like 85% done - some I can't find in print), this year it's X-Men comics. :-)

Thanks for all the recs!

If the Utopia issues of Legacy didn't grab you, I wouldn't rush out and get it. When the current arc comes out in trade, it might be worth a shot.

It looks like the first arc of Dark Avengers just came out in paperback, so if you enjoyed those sections of the crossover, I'd definitely recommend that. The characters are all pretty loathsome, but they're fun as a group, in a morbid kind of way. And basically the same group, before the DA title started, was in Thunderbolts -- that series has been around for a while but the relevant volumes are 'Faith in Monsters', 'Caged Angels', and 'Secret Invasion.'

I told you so! Isn't X-Factor absolutely awesome? :)

It is!!!! I'm totally in love with Madrox and Siryn and Guido! And without spoilery things Layla is also a favorite. And Rictor! Monet is the only one I could give or take.

I'm very excited to get through 7, and then I think I will start reading on a by issue basis.

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You might want to check out the Five To Pull, One To Pass blog Brad Guigar puts out, also his Scanner Dorkly, which are both here.

I may be way off base, and it may be no help to you at all, but it might be worth a look.

Edited Date: 2009-12-16 09:39 am (UTC)

I will check it out! Thanks!!

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