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Can’t get enough of your favorite screen superheroes? Here are the best comics you can start with to continue their screen adventures.

BY MIKE CECCHINI

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE

Spider-Verse comics are a mixed (and confusing) bag. But really, you’re here for Miles Morales, right? And for our money, there’s no better starting point for Miles than Saladin Ahmed and Javier Garrón’s Miles Morales: SpiderMan Volume 1—Straight Out of Brooklyn. You already know his origin story, so this kicks off a series of Miles’ best adventures as Brooklyn’s Spidey. Want a little context for the Spider-Punk who has appeared prominently in the movie’s trailers (voiced by Daniel Kaluuya)? Cody Ziglar and Justin Mason’s recent Spider-Punk is a thoroughly delightful read and one that should send you hunting for some punk-rock playlists.

Secret Invasion

This is a tricky one. The actual Secret Invasion comic by Brian Michael Bendis and Leinil Francis Yu tells of the culmination of a long-running plot by the shapeshifting alien Skrulls to replace key Marvel heroes and villains and lead the way to a takeover of Earth. The problem is, it’s tied really heavily to deep Marvel Comics history, so it might not be the easiest place to start. But if it’s powered secret agents running missions in the shadows of the Marvel Universe (which the trailers for the Secret Invasion TV series promise) you’re looking for, you might want to check out Bendis, Jonathan Hickman, and Stefano Casselli’s Secret Warriors Vol. 1: Nick Fury, Agent of Nothing instead.

Blue Beetle

For a character who hasn’t even been around for 20 years, there are plenty of easy starting points for the Jaime Reyes version of Blue Beetle. While his first series, by his actual creators Keith Giffen, John Rogers, and Cully Hamner is a great read, you can’t go wrong with the recent Blue Beetle: Graduation Day by Josh Trujillo and Adrián Gutiérrez, which gets you right up to speed on the character while throwing him into a brand-new adventure.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The original TMNT comics of the 1980s are classic, gritty reads in their own right (not to mention expensive collectors’ items). But for modern fans looking to dip their flippers into comics, a great choice would be Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 1: Change is Constant, which is perhaps the best, most comprehensive take on the Turtle mythos ever put to paper. We guarantee you’ll come back for future volumes.

Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom

We don’t know much about the Aquaman sequel at the moment, so it’s tough to point you to a specific volume. But the general vibe of the DCEU version of Aquaman took a few pages from Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis’ work with the character, which kicked off with 1: The Trench. On the other hand, Ram V and Christian Ward’s

The Marvels

Where do you start with a movie that has three protagonists?

Carol Danvers has a complicated comics history, but you can’t go wrong with the book that first made her the character familiar to MCU fans, Captain Marvel by Kelly Sue DeConnick Omnibus, which features art by Dexter Soy, Emma Rios, and others. Kamala Khan’s early adventures are some of the most popular in recent Marvel Comics history, so just dive right in with Ms. Marvel Vol. 1: