Phonics Monkey Vol 2 wrote:
A book like this is great for the civilians and/or lapsed fans. One of the first trades that I bought when I returned to comics was the old Fantastic Firsts TPBs. I had never read much of that stuff, and it is because of that book that I bought Essential Iron Fist when it came out, had a lingering interest which led me to buy the softcover Dr. Strange Masterworks and Thor Omnibus (Lee/ Kirby), etc.

TOTALLY agree. My favorite TPB when I was a kid was Mighty Marvel Team-Up Thrillers, which got me interested in the Marvel characters and universe as a whole (along with the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe and, a few years later, Marvel Saga and the Marvel Indexes).

Mike Hansen, The Geekiary & All Day Comics