Before I worked at a comic book store, I had never really read a comic book in my life; I was hired solely for my knowledge of Magic cards. After I had been working for about 6 months, the cover of a comic caught my eye, and I knew I had to read it. That was Marvel Zombies #1. Luckily, the first book I picked to read was really good, so I continued reading more. I started reading three or four trade paperbacks every single night, and also started reading some new stuff off the shelves. Now I have a subscription through my store, and I wind up with about ten new books each week. Some are better than others, of course, but there's one that really stood out as something I have to recommend to everyone, which is Kick-Ass.

Mark Millar is a fantastic writer. Every week, the best book of the week is whatever he wrote, be it Kick-Ass, War Heroes, 1985, Fantastic Four, or Wolverine. The fact that he is able to not only put out so much material, but put out so much excellent material is incredible. Of all those books, the one I most recommend is Kick-Ass. The book takes place in what is essentially the real world, so you don't have decades of Marvel or DC continuity to deal with. Oh yeah, and in case you can't tell from the covers, it's really fucking violent. I don't want to spoil anything, so I'm not going to go into any details, but the plot is just that some kid who loves comics decides, "Hey, why don't real people try this shit? I'm gonna give it a go!". Don't take my word for it, however, take the word of Method Man, whose review is quoted on the back of at least issue 4, and who apparently is a writer for entertainmentweekly.com.