I haven`t collected since High School but my favorite titles that got me hooked were Punisher, Punisher War Journal and GI JOE. I got out because of the appaling standards of art and reliance on enhanced covers, lower page counts and shitty writing around the late `90s. How is it now? Higher quality overall?
I got into manga for a long time after that because of the high page counts and consistant art and story. If I liked issue one I`d like the final issue. I learned basic Japanese and got a good dictionary and read through the Japanese editions of Video Girl Ai and I`s.
The original Marvel GI Joe run was soooo good tho. Larry Hama was a genius. I know he did Wolverine for a while. What does he do these days? Writing anything good?