if you can only read 5 comics per Publisher/Indy...

[drew]

Well, that's not enough, how about 5 per publisher, that's around 20 books a month (minus double shipped) and for me these are the best, you gotta be reading these, feel free to disagree and make your own list but these are mine:

If you can only read 5 DC Comics:
1. Batman
2. Astro City
3. Batman & Robin
4. Injustice
5. Earth 2

If you can only read 5 Marvel Comics:
1. Superior Foes of Spider-Man
2. Daredevil
3. Superior Spider-Man
4. Thor God of Thunder
5. Hawkeye

If you can only read 5 Image Comics
1. Saga
2. Walking Dead
3. Lazarus
4. Manifest Destiny
5. Sex Criminals

If you can only read 5 Other Publisher's Comics:
1. Mind MGMT (Dark Horse)
2. The Private Eye (Panel Syndicate)
3. Extinction Parade (Avatar)
4. Letter 44 (Oni Press)
5. The Massive (Dark Horse)

[JohnMayo]

Interesting selection bias that you put Image on equal footing as Marvel and DC.

I always find these sorts of things challenging and I'm thankful I've only really had to do it once (when I was between jobs for six month at start of 2009).

Your picks for Marvel and DC are solid ones. Our tastes differ a lot more in the Image and other areas. I'd agree with The Private Eye but put some other titles above Letter 44 (which I enjoy but not as much as some other titles).

[the1captain]

Interesting. If you asked me a year ago I was barely following 5 books a months. Now I read about 30 or so a month. Not counting any trades I pick up along the way.

For the only 5 list I would go with:
Archer & Armstrong
Harbinger
Superior Spider-Man (can't believe I'm saying that). This is if it was continuing and not ending soon.

Mark Waid's Green Hornet
Daredevil

Considering that for almost 25 years I considered myself a DC guy it is saying something that there are no DC in my 5. I read a few DC books. But if they ended tomorrow I wouldn't be too worked up about it.

[drew]

Interesting selection bias that you put Image on equal footing as Marvel and DC.

not only equal to but prefered, i drafted a top 10 with image and the other publishers but couldn't come up with 10 must reads for DC or Marvel so had to scale it back

[the1captain]

Upon going over my pull list it turns out I'm really well over 40 books each month. Or for John, that's known as a slow week. Lol

[drew]

I'm really well over 40 books each month

i'm curious how it breaks for you across DC/Marvel/Image/Other publishers...hows it divided (roughly)?

[the1captain]

I'm really well over 40 books each month

i'm curious how it breaks for you across DC/Marvel/Image/Other publishers...hows it divided (roughly)?

DC
Green Arrow
The Flash
Earth 2
Batman
Batman Dark Knight
Batman and Robin
Adventures of Superman
Smallville Season 11
Batman Beyond 2.0
Justice League Beyond 2.0
Injustice: Gods Amongst Us
Swamp Thing


MARVEL
Superior Spider-man
Superior Foes of Spider-man
Superior Spider-man Team-up
All-New X-men
Hawkeye
Daredevil
Captain America
Thunderbolts
Nova

IMAGE
Lazarus
East of West
The Manhattan Projects
Saga
Fatale
Velvet

VALIANT
Archer and Armstrong
Bloodshot
Harbinger
Shadowman
X-O Manowar
Eternal Warrior
Unity

OTHER
Green Hornet
The Spider
Captain Midnight
X
The Private Eye
Edison Rex
High Crimes
Afterlife with Archie

There are a couple more I'm trying but I wouldn't consider them part of my official yet.

[fudd71]

I'm still thinking on the 5 comics to put as my top 5 but I did go back and look at January just to see how many books I'm getting and a breakdown by publisher. I have to say I'm a little surprised by a few things. One I'm getting fewer books then I thought not by a lot but I would have guessed 5 more or so. Two I'm getting a lot more indy books then I would have thought.

Here is my personal break down by publisher, I will whittle that down to a favorite 5 and post that sometime.

77 Total titles

DC - 47
IDW - 7
Valiant - 5
Dark Horse - 5
Dynamite - 4
Image - 4
Marvel - 2
Big Dog Ink - 1
Bongo - 1
Zenescope - 1

The list is DC heavy but a pretty good mix after that.

[drew]

VALIANT
Archer and Armstrong
Bloodshot
Harbinger
Shadowman
X-O Manowar
Eternal Warrior
Unity

nice mix-
might as well add Quantum & Woody make it a clean sweep [WebWiz4]

[the1captain]

VALIANT
Archer and Armstrong
Bloodshot
Harbinger
Shadowman
X-O Manowar
Eternal Warrior
Unity

nice mix-
might as well add Quantum & Woody make it a clean sweep [WebWiz4]

I read the first arc and it just didn't do it for me. Which is too bad because I'm a big fan of what Valiant is doing and really want them to succeed.

[drew]

I will whittle that down to a favorite 5 and post that sometime.

My Overall Top 5 was a tough list to compile:

1. Saga
2. Walking Dead
3. Mind MGMT (Dark Horse)
4. The Private Eye (Panel Syndicate)
5. Superior Foes of Spider-Man

[mguy1977]

Only 5 comics

1. Superman
2. Saga/Fatale until it wraps up
3. Daredevil
4. Batman
5. She-Hulk/Superman Unchained until it wraps up

Honorable mention
The Private Eye

Matthew

[fudd71]

Here is my top 5

1)Archer & Armstrong
2)Batman
3)Harbinger
4)Wonder Woman
5)Wraith

I ended up ranking like my top 25 so here are the next ten on that list as well

6)Bloodshot
7)Grindhouse Doors Open at Midnight
8 )G.I. Joe Special Missions
9)Green Lantern New Guardians
10)Sergio Aragones Funnies
11)Sex
12)Teen Titans
13)Flash
14)Justice League
15)Danger Girl (whatever the current miniseries is)

[drew]

i gotta catch up on Archer & Armstrong-its on a bunch of your lists

[JohnMayo]

i gotta catch up on Archer & Armstrong-its on a bunch of your lists

It is a great title. You should be reading it.