Do you read or reread old comics?

How far back are you willing to go? What do you particularly like to reread and why?

I try to stay in the post 2000's, I can do earlier but only if the stories are good and it doesn't look like the comics were colored with crayons. I don't reread comics at least not yet because I have so much new stuff to read.

I'm quite willing to go back as far as they go. So far, the oldest comic I've read(in a TPB) was from January 1962.

I'm quite into the original Avengers series. I haven't read all of it yet, but I get TPBs or single issues whenever I can. They're often really good, and older comics have quite a different feel to them than modern ones. Plus, reading older issues is a great way to understand characters you know from modern issues.

Probably in the late 80's to 90's is where I would normally go back to unless I wanted to read something specific.

My favored time for comics is the late 90s to early 2000s. Books like Kingdom Come, Morrison's JLA, and the early Ultimate Universe.

That being said, I'm willing to go as far back as the 60s - the classic Lee-Ditko Spider-Man and Lee-Kirby FF runs are both superb, even when collected in Essential format. Anything before that is too old for me, I can't really enjoy stuff like Golden Age comics, save for some exceptions like E.C. Comics.

I reread all of my comics, regardless of the time period they're from.

I often read Will Eisners The Spirit from 1940s-50s

When it comes to Thor, Hulk and Avengers I love the 60s comics - I think they are charming, kind of like an old James Bond movie or a The Man From U.N.C.L.E episode.

Yes. Back to the 70's. Every now and then, I want to re-read my old favorites.

The only comics I have re-read recently would be the current issues in Manhattan Projects. Weird right? And my pull list includes Thor, Saga, Hulk, ect. (which are all awesome too, but I just haven't re-read them)

"Old stories are like old friends, she used to say. You have to visit them from time to time."- Bran, A Storm of Swords, George R. R. Martin

Of course. Especially since some of the best comic stories were written in the 70s and 80s.

I also like some of the Golden Age stories of the 30s and 40s.

I'm not as fond of the 60s or the 90s, but I read those comics too. In fact, I just reviewed X-Men #5 this morning.

I love Uncanny X-Men as well as Spiderman

yeah all the time....I'm just starting Green Lantern volume 1 right now and as soon as I started that I had a craving for some JSA so I'm going to reread Johns' JSA run after I'm done with that

And I was just reminded last night why the X-Men was so good in the 80s.

Yes! Absolutely!

I'll go back as far as possible, as long as the books are entertaining.

I reread a lot of my stuff. I pay a good price for my comics (trades and monthlies both), so it seems a shame to only enjoy the story and art once. I'll often go back and just look through some panels again and realy take my time to take in all the details of the art that I miss the first time through. Also, when reading monthlies I'll often reread story arcs once they finish. Helps me retain it better, plus I can enjoy stuff even more the second time :)

But yeah if I really like something I never really put it down, so to speak, as it's nit in my hands it's often in my mind. An example being GL Rebirth. I often go back and open that trade up. There's so much detail and work Ethan Van Sciver put in those pages. That trade is a work of ART. Not to mention Johns' wonderful storytelling.

I read tons of old and new comics, and honestly, I have no limit to how old a comic is. I've read comics from the 30s.

I accidentally bought this old comic it came out in 1986, but it was listed on comixology saying it came out in 2012... So I thought it was new, ugh. Is this comic good?

The Shadow: Blood & Judgement (Dynamite comics)

I usually look for best of... lists for characters that I am interested in and go read older stories from there.

I enjoy reading old trades. Not a fan of re-reading old singles.

@ccraft: Yes Howard Chaykin's Shadow is supposed to be very good.

@longbowhunter: Thanks, it was just the art that kinda made me hesitant at first, but glad to hear it suppose to be good

I enjoy reading old storylines, old single issues randomly.. Not so much.

i read what i want when i want

i read the entire stan lee run in spiderman and the entire run of dennis o neil in batman

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I'll read pretty much anything that interests me, whatever the era.

Yes I often do go back and read old series. Sometimes I go as far back as the 80's, but I often read 90's and early 2000's.

I definitely read/re-read old comics but mostly in trade form from the library 'cause they're free. I'm pretty fond of my few 70's comics.

My oldest are Watchmen and Hellblazer: Original Sins.

All the time. Some story arcs are just that good.

I'm usally around the 2000s comics. I'll usally re-read anything that can make me feel better on a bad day. When you know u had a really bad day and u can just go back read a comic leave the real world for just a few mins and read something that can just mke ur day reading some inspiering.

When I'm bored or going on a long trip, yes.

BOSS

I've been working my way through Jack Kirby's Fourth World. Gotten through two volumes so far. I also started Morrison's Animal Man run. If I'm interesting enough, I'll go back and read it.

I'm Currently reading every Hulk story ...EVER so...yea

I have read older comic books from my library. The first was Green Arrow. I also like to reread the comic books I have gotten from my LCS.

The oldest comics I would read through is from the 70s, so I definitely would go back and re read older comics.

I love reading 80s X-Men. The 90s were their peak in popularity, but the previous decade had the best stories.

I will read anything 70's and foward.

Oldest stuff I read are from reprinted pre-Comics Code Authority comics from EC Comics. So between 1940s-1950s. Not a fan of most 60s-70s comics, though. But I enjoy stuff from the 80s and some of the 90s (let's face it: the 90s weren't that great). So basically, I don't like comics that were printed when the CCA was at its strongest.

I go back to the sixties, the Kirby/Lee Fantastic Four, Ditko/Lee Spiderman. As an avid DC reader I read seventies Oneil/Adams Batman, Worlds Finest and Kirby's Fourth World.

I'm all about the art. I like golden age art more than silver or bronze age art. I do not like the late 90s when everything was so bubbly.

I go all the way back to the days of the penny dreadful.

I love rereading older comics. I'm not a fan of most things that came out of the 90's, but some stories are iconic and amazing from that era. On average I stay pretty modern, but every now and again I'll read a golden oldie for the fun of it. Sometimes you cant beat those stories.

90's

I got hooked on back issues of the 60s and 70s I was completely oblivious to current events for years until I finally read my way through about thirty years of comics. Then I skimmed my way through the 90s and 00s and only in the past few years have I been reading bi-monthy.

Of course!

I re-read old comics, re-watch old-films. re-watch reruns of my favourite shows, re-read favourite books, re-listen favourite music.

It's natural.

hell yes I reread comIcbooks. Ill read comIcs as far back as the 60s