Marvel's best ongoing series??

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Screw it. You know what? I'm just going to do it!!!!! 
I'm a DC nut. I grew up on Bruce Timm's DCAU. After seeing TDK in '08, I was suddenly reminded of why I love superheroes. I re-watched the entire DCAU from beginning to end, in the proper order. When I was done, I started on the comics.  
  
I read Crisis on Infinite Earths-->Infinite Crisis-->52. After that, I read various elseworlds and stand alone stories including Kingdom Come, Superman: Red son, Batman: Hush, Superman: For All Seasons...... etc.
When I got tired of these, I read Geoff John's entire run on GL. I am now reading Morrison's run on Batman, as well as Gaiman's fantastic run on The Sandman. 
 
On my birthday this year, I received a yearlong subscription to 2 DC titles as a gift. I chose GL and Action Comics. I am now up to date on GL (thanks to the backissues at my LCS), and I have been following Paul Cornell's run on Action. 
 
When I heard about Flashpoint, I had one of my 'screw it' moments, and I decided to finally make the transition to buying floppies. I have been following Flashpoint, as well as all the tie ins. Now with the New DCU on the horizon, I will be buying more comics than ever before. 
Today, I had another 'screw it' moment.  
 
Seeing as though I'm going to blow 80% of my monthly spending money on comics anyway, I figure I might as well seal the deal, and invest ALL of it in comics!! 
 
So which extra titles will I choose? Well, I haven't decided yet! 
That's where you come in. :) 
What are Marvel's 5 best titles right now? 
After Fear Itself wraps up, I jump in without any consideration for backstory, continuity, or anything else :)

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#2  Edited By JairamGanpat

amazing spider-man (Big Time)
invincible iron man  (start at 500 which would leave you only 7 issues behind I think)
The Mighty Thor (only 4 issues in)
Captain America(only 2 issues in) 
Daredevil ( only 2 issues in)

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#3  Edited By the_tree

The Amazing Spider-Man, The Invincible Iron Man, Daredevil, Venom, and The Mighty Thor are all I pick up.

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#4  Edited By Gambit1024

Right now? 
 
Uncanny X-Force 
Daredevil 
Captain America 
The Amazing Spider-Man 
Avengers Academy

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#5  Edited By SC  Moderator

X-Factor by Peter David. Journey Into Mystery by Kieron Gillen. Amazing Spider-Man by Dan Slott. X-23 by Marjorie Liu. Can't think of a clear fifth. Good luck with which ever books you chose! 

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#6  Edited By D3athstroke

Deadpool is very Good 
Followed By Daken - Dark Wolverine & Wolverine

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#7  Edited By Deadcool

FF and The Mighty Thor.
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#8  Edited By labarith


Uncanny X-Force

Amazing Spiderman 
FF (F4) 
X-Factor 
Thunderbolts 
 
I'd tell you to follow Punisher, but it reset; or the X-men main titles, but they're resetting soon, or Avengers... but they're getting post-event shakeups, or even Incredible Hulk, but it's getting reset. 
 
Note these resets are not reboots, but different writers = ??? 
 
Journey into Mystery has been solid too, with young loki... but who knows how long that will last.

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#9  Edited By iLLituracy

Daredevil (Get in now, current favorite)  
Punisher (Get in now, solid first issue)
SHIELD 
FF

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#10  Edited By Darkchild
@iLLituracy said:
Daredevil (Get in now, current favorite)  Punisher (Get in now, solid first issue)SHIELD FF
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#11  Edited By labarith

Daredevil is too early to tell.  Punisher is darned too early to tell. 
 
I loved the recent few Punisher series; but the current one looks like he's back to his boring old ways. :/
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#12  Edited By TheGoldenOne
X-Factor
Uncanny X-Force 
Amazing Spider-Man
Journey Into Mystery
Avengers Academy.
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#13  Edited By Omega Ray Jay

Journey Into Mystery 
S.H.I.E.L.D

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#14  Edited By positronic

1. PunisherMAX  (far and away the best ongoing title Marvel publishes)
2. Captain America
3. Captain America & Bucky
4. Invincible Iron Man 
5. Daredevil

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#15  Edited By Loki9876

invincible iron man
captain america
the mighty thor 
avengers academy
journey in to mystery
 
jms thor is also good but it's not modern

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#16  Edited By positronic

Whatever you do, avoid anything with the words "Fear Itself" on the cover. Worst. Event. Ever.

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#17  Edited By moviegeek17

(in no particular order)
1. Daredevil- the first two issues feel like all the best parts of an old comic book
2. Uncanny X-Force- Is a wonderful black ops book in which you don't need to know much if anything at all about the other x books
3. Captain America- Ed Brubaker is a wonderful writer and has done some incredible cap stories over the last couple years
4. X-23- It's a simple character driven book with some fun stories, not the most glamorous book but definitely worth spending 3 bucks on
5. JMS's Thor run- This is from the old thor run before it turned into the mighty thor. I personally think that it's much better than the current mighty thor issues. it's collected in three trade paperbacks and if you ever want to read some great thor stories check that out

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#18  Edited By EpitomeofCool

you might like amazing spiderman & uncanny x-force..

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#19  Edited By MrUnknown
@EpitomeofCool: Those two would be my prime picks as well! Nice name, by the way! :>
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My favorite ongoing series from Marvel is Amazing Spider-man

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#21  Edited By harleyquinn12

Buy Thunderbolts!!!!
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#22  Edited By owie  Moderator

Daredevil and Journey into Mystery are what are most exciting to me right now. 
The Avengers: Children's Crusade has sucked me in, although its a limited series and close to done. 
Black Panther has been good, but probably won't last. 
I'm looking forward to the new Ultimate Spider-Man which I think comes out next month.

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#23  Edited By Larkin1388

Uncanny X-Force
Wolverine
Journey Into Mystery

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#24  Edited By jNerd

I'm from the opposite end of the spectrum - I've grown up on Marvel all my life and have just recently gotten into DC. I'm really enjoying Flashpoint at the moment and I'm eagerly anticipating the New 52.

To answer your question, I'm really enjoying The Mighty Thor. It's a great book all around with fantastic art and a good story.

Just a tiny SPOILER, to entice you: ***it involves Asgard & Galactus.***

I'm also reading the Uncanny X-Force which is on issue 17 I believe, so you'd want to pick up the first two TPB. They're about $13 each on Amazon. (:

I've also really been enjoying Venom & Future Foundation; which are both still haven't reached issue 10. Venom has a TPB already too.

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@jNerd: Uncanny X-Force looks cool. The Mighty Thor sounds GREAT!! 
 
If you're just getting in to DC, do yourself a favor and pick up Geoff John's run on GL (if you haven't already done so)!  
 PM me for details on where to start and order. I'll reciprocate your kind gesture, and give you a spoiler:
 ***it involves zombies. lots and lots of zombies***
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#26  Edited By ArtJoker

DAREDEVIL

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#27  Edited By PrinceIMC

X-Factor. It has great characters who have great interactions in great story-lines. Most X-Books have only one of these qualities.....if they're lucky.

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#28  Edited By Nova`Prime`

They aren't doing the best on goings they put out in Nova and Guardians of the Galaxy, but I have heard nothing but good things for the Future Foundation.

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#29  Edited By ghost_runner

Marvel must have(in my opinion) 
The amazing spider-man 
Ironman 
thor 
The avengers (both 'new' and normal) 
incredible hulk 
wolverine 
x-force 
x-men 
The punisher (only one issue out now) 
 
if uou can only buy one or two then get spider-man, or new avengers

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#30  Edited By difficlus

Amazing spider man -big time to present 
Invincible iron man-500 to present 
Daredevil 
Avengers Academy 
X force

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#31  Edited By the_stegman  Moderator

personally i like the Young Avengers Children Crusade

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#32  Edited By CATPANEXE

in no real order
FF, X-Factor, X-23, Herc, and Amazing Spider-man for ongoings.

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#35  Edited By Cap10nate

At the moment and for the past year, Black Widow is the best book that Marvel is putting out to me.

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#36  Edited By errantknight

I was baffled by all the love for Captain America until I saw this was a three year old thread that had been resurected. Makes sense now. I'm actually glad it was necroed because I've never had a harder time finding Marvel comics I want to read. Black Widow, yes. I'm enjoying that one, but....

It strikes me that this was a particularly bad time to return to Marvel comics, lol.

Maybe it's because I never read the Ultimate comics. Maybe I don't see the big picture, but I'm looking at the list of titles for march and may and I'm not seeing a lot that interests me, particularly in the new titles.

The new Hawkeye title, yes. Avengers 42 and 43, yes. New Avengers, yes.... I see some x-men and guardians of the galaxy that might be interesting. I'm wondering if I should start reading Shield... Thor...more amusing than I thought it would be.... I'm reading Bucky Barnes: the winter soldier in hopes it gets better, not because I like it.

The rest, I just have no idea. I don't understand the continuity or the context, so it seems entirely wtf. Is it just me or it Battleworlld just a giant 'what if' that got pulled out of thin air? And why is Cap hanging out with Devil Dinosaur, lol? I haz confusion....