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Comics You Should Read: Captain Marvel

GIST: Want to get into Carol Danvers arguably one of the most popular Marvel characters? Well start here.  Part of the Marvel NOW! series this title gives new fans a fresh and easy start in getting to know the pilot turned superhero.  While still keeping old fans interested with snappy dialogue and fast paced storytelling from Kelly Sue DeConnick.  Carol's supporting cast is also colorful and nuanced which helps round out the book greatly. 

Why You Should Read It: Cause Carol Danvers is freaking awesome.  No really, Carol is a fun, interesting character, and her supporting cast includes 97% women.  What's not to love?  KSD has some of the best dialogue around right now in Marvel in this fans opinion and she gives each character their own flare and personality.  You get a real feel for who Carol is from when she's fighting dinosaurs (not even joking), to losing her ability to fly. 

Download: 1, 2, 3, 

Characters You Should Read About: Kate Kane

Who They Are: Kate Kane is Batwoman, she fights crime, kicksass, paints the town red (literally), and in her spare time even dates other women.  She's basically one of the few good things left right now in DCNU but she was awesome before that and so was her relationship with the fabulous Renee Montoya (Question). Read More about her here and here. 

Download: Batwoman Elegy, Batwoman Go, Dectective Comics 861-863, New 52 #1, #2-6

Comics you should be reading: All New X-Men

GIST: Scott Summers has become a douche bag and it's up to his past self and the original X-men (Bobby, Warren, Jean, and Hank) to stop his douche-y-ness from furthering consuming him and the world!  No I'm not even kidding this is the plot.  

Why Should You Read It:  Ignore the time travel junk cause it'll never make sense. Just flow with it and look at the pretty art work and how adorable the young!first class x-men look.  What's really interesting is seeing how far these original characters have come since their first debut.  Or for some, how far they've fallen.  Jean Grey also takes front and center in this series and she is amazing.  I know X-books can be a bit intimidating considering there's so much X-history but this book isn't a horrible place to start.  These characters are essentially playing catch-up with their own history in an attempt to figure out what the hell went wrong with their lives. It gives a chance for newer readers to catch up as well. 

Download: 1, 2, 3, 

Comics You Should Read: Young Avengers (namely YA Presents, Sidekicks, Family Matters)

GIST: A group of young teenagers are recruited by a boy from the future who may or may not turn into Kang the Conquer one of the Avengers most formidable foes.  Like ever.  Taking place after the Avengers break up in Disassembled, four teenage boys break out on the scene and oh my god they look like miniature Cap (well Bucky w/e), Thor, Hulk, and Iron Man.  Of course they're not little mini mes (and thank goodness for that cloning never ends well for anyone) but the four boys, and two additional young ladies, all have varying connections to said Avengers.  Well except for Kate Bishop, she joins cause she's just a badass like that. Together they form the Young Avengers much to the chagrin of the actual Avengers but who the hell cares what the adults think?  Being a superhero is amazing, everyone should try it. 

Why You Should Read It: You have the Runaways who don't want to be superheroes, the Avenger Academy kids who are like reformed kinda sorta superheroes, and then the YA kids who are superheroes.  Well, works in progress.  They're the most wholesome of the teen super bunches but nonetheless they have their problems, and angst, you can't BE a teenager without some angst. But the angst isn't melodramatic or over the top.  Cassie mourns the loss of her father, Eli struggles with racism while wanting to proudly wear the America flag, Kate has no powers but that's hardly going to stop her, Teddy is half Kree and half Skrull and if you know anything about the Marvel universe you know that that's a rare combo, and finally Tommy and Billy are soul twins whatever that means.  What's interesting is to see how these kids discover their origins, and then struggle with that discovery.  How the adults try to stifle their potential "for their own good", but ultimately, can't.  They want to be superheroes, and it's damn interesting to see them try.  

Download: Young Avengers, Sidekicks, Young Avengers: Present, Children's Cursade