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Originally Posted by Weapon X

I think I need a good starting point recommendation.

I go into comic book stores and feel a degree of anxiety when I actually look at comics instead of figures.

The other thing for me is, and I don't know if it's just DC that does this, but when I read comics, a lot of times in the speech bubbles they put words in bold that don't need to be in bold. So there's emphasis on ridiculous things like "I opened the door"

I've been reading comics for a few years but I tend to jump around since I mostly read TPB's. One thing you should know going in is that not every story is worth reading. Sometimes writers just don't do a good job so their story never goes anywhere. Because of this, I wouldn't try reading every issue. Also consider the format of the comics and what works for you. There are a few vocal naysayers on here but digital comics are very convenient and, if you're patient and wait for sales, you can buy single issues for $0.99 and TPBs for $5-10. Comic shops don't do sales unless they are trying to clear out old stock, which isn't very often. You will also loose money reselling any single issues and TPBs you don't want, assuming you can find someone who wants to buy them. If you're dead set on buying physical comics, then buy TPBs. Almost everything on Amazon goes down in price eventually so wait for books to go below the MSRP before you buy. TPBs can also be stored very easily on you shelf. But I would not recommend single issues from a comic shop. They're difficult to store because you need a box to hold them and you'll loose more money reselling them than TPBs.

Before we can make any recommendations, what character's are you interested in? With a username like Weapon X, I would assume that you are interested in X-Men. If so, start with the Chris Claremont run on Uncanny X-Men. How you acquire them is up to you, but give Claremont's run a shot at least till John Byrne takes over as the artist. Byrne's issues are some of my favorites and he's a really good artist.