if you want to participate in the regular marvel community then i would suggest picking up..

New Avengers
Mighty Avengers
Avengers: The Initiative

Astonishing X-men
Uncanny X-men

civil war
Captain America: Fallen Son
secret invasion

previous collections that i liked and would recommend are..

Marvel 1602
Wolverine: Origins
Ghostrider: Road to Damnation
Earth X
Exiles trade paperbacks.. check out the ones with the squadron supreme!
Ultimates 1 and 2

sorry, couldn't find any other relevant thread to ask this in, but is there a trade paperback of the Fantastic Four story arc where the SI mystic Dr. Doom we just got first appeared?










thanks

That trade would be Fantastic Four: Unthinkable by Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo. It's also present in the first hardcover by the same team. It's a fantastic story, no pun intended.

The Immortal Iron Fist: The Last Iron Fist Story
The Immortal Iron Fist: The Seven Capital Cities of Heaven

Both great reads that require no real background of Iron Fist as it is all re-introduced in a very slick way. Incredible reads that keep the feel throughout (especially with David Aja's art consistantly throught the first collection).

Nova, Iron Fist, and Thor are all great, great reads.

Not sure about Nova. It's held up more by the guest-stars then anything. Not to say Nova is a bad character, but he doesn't get to shine as much as a solo effort in his own book.

I've been a marvel fan since the early '60s and this is the worst I can remember -

I'm not looking forward to any of the current titles coming out.

My current favorite is JSA!

Wolverine- Old man Logan
Ultimate Fantastic Four -Mark Millar/Land run
Young Avengers
90's Silver Surfer

So... the number attached to your name is your actual age ???

Currently re-reading Earth X. I found the TPB for 1/2 of cover. Wonderful read so far. I read it 10 years ago when it first was released in single issue format, but I guess it didn't have as much of an impact on me then, or I wasn't able to appreciate the execution of themes involved in the story. I love the dialogue between X-51 and Uatu.

Maybe not the best recommendation for a new reader of Marvel though. A lot of Marvel history involved.