>>97639030You should read capes, if you go out of your way to avoid them you're really just acting like a manchild. And more importantly, you'll be missing out on some great stuff.
Also pic related is an excellent starting point, also Invincible by Robert Kirkman. And for current stuff, try Curse Words. They're all pretty much completely self-contained (Hellboy shares a universe with BPRD and Invincible has some other Image characters show up but there's no information you need that you don't have) and all three are pretty good reads.
