I’m curious how people actually read longer comic runs.

When you start something substantial like Immortal Hulk with 50 issues, do you try to read it straight through, or do you take breaks and jump into other series along the way? Not really talking about new comic day or ongoing monthly pulls, but more about sitting down with a completed or nearly completed run.

Do you prefer the momentum of finishing one story at a time, or do you enjoy rotating between different runs so things don’t feel too heavy or repetitive?

I did when I was younger. But, unless it's a great, great plot, rarely nowadays.

I'm in the midst of a full read of every issue of Daredevil so I feel like I can answer this perfectly lol.

It was largely pretty fun to just read through the whole thing interrupted but now that I'm in the 300s (and the 1990s) it's fully in an era of story arcs, so it's much easier to put it down after getting through a batch of 5 or 6 issues (plus there are so many other tie-ins and spin-offs that often I have to make time to read those too)

I usually go for the full runs. I like the sense of completion that comes with finishing a story.

Edited January 26Jan 26 by Marco Vito Oddo
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16 hours ago, MAG said:

I did when I was younger. But, unless it's a great, great plot, rarely nowadays.

I usually just read what comes out on new comic book day, but lately I've been digging into older series that I missed and reading all the way through. Immortal Hulk is one of the few that I can keep going without getting bored. Many series start off good, then lose it somewhere in the middle and it's hard to stick with them.

10 hours ago, saperry said:

I'm in the midst of a full read of every issue of Daredevil so I feel like I can answer this perfectly lol.

It was largely pretty fun to just read through the whole thing interrupted but now that I'm in the 300s (and the 1990s) it's fully in an era of story arcs, so it's much easier to put it down after getting through a batch of 5 or 6 issues (plus there are so many other tie-ins and spin-offs that often I have to make time to read those too)

It can get tough to stick with it after 100 or so issues, especially if there's been a lot of writer and artist changes throughout. I like to take specific events and read straight through or shorter runs that are in the 50 issue count and read those straight through.

9 hours ago, Marco Vito Oddo said:

I usually go for the full runs. I like the sense of completion that comes with finishing a story.

I'm a completionist as well and started sticking to one thing until it's finished and only breaking to read new comic book day pulls that I'm keeping up with. I'm about half-way through Immortal Hulk and it's still just as good as when I started it.

The last mile morales series have every book and this series too along with amazing spider man have all 80 something in each run and deadpool

6 hours ago, FantasticJerome said:

I'm a completionist as well and started sticking to one thing until it's finished and only breaking to read new comic book day pulls that I'm keeping up with. I'm about half-way through Immortal Hulk and it's still just as good as when I started it.

The ending is a bit shaky, but overall, my favorite Hulk run ever!

On 1/27/2026 at 1:23 AM, Marco Vito Oddo said:

The ending is a bit shaky, but overall, my favorite Hulk run ever!

Have you started Infernal Hulk yet? I almost buy it every time I'm in the shop, but I still have about 24 more Immortal Hulks left.

On 1/26/2026 at 11:16 PM, Jimmie said:

The last mile morales series have every book and this series too along with amazing spider man have all 80 something in each run and deadpool

That's a nice collection!