Help with Marvel Comics - and the buying thereof

[Beauregard]

Hi guys!

I'm thinking of buying something Batman or X-men related for my little bro (who's 16 this year). He loves the X-men although he hasn't read the comics, and he adores Batman (movies and cartoon series) but hasn't seen many episodes of the cartoon series.

I wanted to get him either a series of the new Batman Animated series, or Batman Beyond...but those arn't available in Region 2 dvd.

I'd go for a hard of softback omnibus of comics, but have no idea where to start with either series! (Plus, don't want anything too violent...Some batmans can be horrid).

Any ideas peeps?

 

[Redsonga]

If he likes reading and doesn't care about having what is 'new and cool' I think with X-Men you should start at the beginning :

Essential X-Men Vol 1
https://www.scifigenre.com/itemDetail.aspx?nItemID=77&sid=IV0XPXH01TSWUJN

If he wants new series that are a retelling of the start, X-Men: First Class is a good one. In May a new mini-series is starting about what if the X-Men had aged in real time and it was really 30 years later, with their children as heros now, it will be called GeNext.

If he just wants a normal current title that would be X-Men: Legacy.
And I know you didn't ask, but if he wants to ever get into Spider-Man Amazing Spider-Man is doing great right now a a point for new readers to start .
Batman is by DC Comics by the way

I've been reading comics since I was fourteen