8 Superhero Comics To Read If You’re Sick of Superhero Media

Maybe you’re jaded of the MCU enough to just know that a Squirrel Girl series on Disney+ is all but inevitable. Maybe you’ve just read Watchmen and are dying to read something else that's deconstructive/grown-up like that. Maybe you can’t wait for the next season of The Boys, but have discovered that the original comic (ironically) feels more like a tacky imitation of its adaptation.

Pictured Left: "A gun-runner/criminal lab rat who is equal parts complex, compelling, and entertaining." Pictured Right: "Your standard wacky berserker whose characterization is as flat as Kansas and had lost his dad in a baguette-jousting competition. No, I'm not joking."

You’re tired of the tropes. You’re in need of a new spin on old ideas. Some commentary of caped heroes and satire of spandexed avengers. You're so tired of cookie cutter stories and focus-tested protagonists...

But even then, maybe comics can deliver you from the tragedy of superhero burnout. After all, the likes of Frank Miller and Alan Moore never disappointed you before. (Well, okay, until All Star-Batman and Robin and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier, respectively.)

But...where to begin?

Look no futher, my comic crusading chum! Here's a list of eight start off points to help scratch that superheroic cynicism itch!

Also, FYI, most of these titles are hella mature.

For example, we start out with–