On The Comic Shack, we talk about jumping-on points for characters, creators, and whatever makes sense given the topic. This is a new thing I'll be doing as a companion to that show so that you have one article you can Instapaper/Pocket/Readability/bookmark/self-email as a single reference point of all the recommendations we make in the order they were recommended.

Prices by edition are as of this writing. I'll update this as I find more digital options, so check back.