RedFive said:But if you're interested in X-Men, then do I have a comic for you. Astonishing X-Men. It came out shortly after the second film so as long as you've seen them you don't really need much other X-Men history in order to read it. But it's brilliant, won some Eisner awards even. Read Whedon's run, #1-24, if you get the chance.

Another great series to start at #1 with is Brian K. Vaughn's Runaways. It's about a group of kids who find out that their parents are villains, and part of a crime syndicate, so they decide to run away and start their own lives as heroes. Vaughn is one of the best writers in comics right now, and this was his baby. I've read the first two volumes (#1-#18 & #1-#30) and loved them.

I really enjoyed both these books. In fact, when they changed/stopped I stopped reading Marvel at all.