The comics the films stole from
Read The Movie You Already Love
Civil War, Winter Soldier, Infinity Gauntlet, Logan, Flashpoint — the source books behind the blockbusters.
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- 1Civil WarHero versus hero done properly — nothing like the film.Buy
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Infinity GauntletThe source material behind the biggest movie of the decade.Buy - 3
Captain America: Winter SoldierA definitive collected edition — real print, real cover, straight to your shelf.Buy - 4
Wolverine: Old Man LoganPost-apocalyptic Wolverine — the book that inspired Logan.Buy - 5
Iron Man: ExtremisA definitive collected edition — real print, real cover, straight to your shelf.Buy - 6
Spider-Man: Spider-VerseA definitive collected edition — real print, real cover, straight to your shelf.Buy - 7
Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet Book 1A definitive collected edition — real print, real cover, straight to your shelf.Buy - 8
FlashpointA definitive collected edition — real print, real cover, straight to your shelf.Buy - 9
Batman: Year OneThe cleanest Batman origin ever put on paper — the perfect first comic.Buy
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Why these picks belong together
The fastest way into comics is to start with a story you already know the shape of. Every book here was strip-mined for a film, and in every case the comic goes places the film couldn't. You already know the characters, so the only new thing is the medium — which is exactly the point of this shelf.
How to start
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Pick the film you've rewatched most and buy its source book.
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Read it and note what the film changed — that gap is the best part.
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Follow the writer of the one you liked into their next run.
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