In no particular order:

Detective Comics - I have every issue from 500 to 881 and about a third of the issues from 300 to 500.

The Brave and the Bold - What little I've read of the early "historical adventure" issues is intriguing. And then a few years of random team-ups. And then - Behold the glorious wonders of the Haneyverse!

The Hulk - Through Tales to Astonish and up to #200 of The Incredible Hulk, it's my favorite long run for a Marvel super-hero.

The Fantastic Four - The first 200 issues are still FANTASTIC. (I got over Byrne a log time ago.)

The Amazing Spider-Man - There's still a few in the #40 to #80 range that I haven't read but from what I've seen, this is another great long run.

Tales of Suspense - I had all 99 issues at one time. Great monster stories by Lee, Kirby, Ditko and Heck. Then great super-hero stories with Captain America and Iron Man. And the short-lived Watcher series!

Kamandi - Because Kamandi!

I'm a Spider-Man guy above all else. My favorite run is the Ditko stuff. I have a strong fondness for the Bendis stuff, and love much of it, right up through the Slott stuff.

I follow new Spider-Man comics via trade. I have most older ones, though am still hunting for a few Spidey Super Stories and promotional tie-in comics.

Most of what I buy is trades. Looking for the best new stuff or the best classic stuff I haven't read. Though I am also slowly working to fill in Batman, so any old Batman or Detective Comics I can find that I don't have for $3 or less, I snatch up.


EDIT to add: After all thing Spider-Man, my next favorite series is probably Usagi Yojimbo, though it's a close call with Astro City. And of course Marvels is right up there with Astro City. Then I love the cosmic Marvel work of Jim Starlin, at least up through Infinity Gauntlet. I do not stand by Infinity War or Crusade. Then I love X-Men, as written by Chris Claremont.

After that, I would say all things Alan Moore. He's my favorite writer and I try to read everything he writes. My favorite works are Swamp Thing, V for Vendetta, The Ballad of Halo Jones and From Hell.

Next I'd have to say much of Avengers. I love the work of Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Steve Englehart, Gerry Conway, David Michelinie, Jim Shooter, Roger Stern, Walt Simonson, Larry Hama, Bob Harras and Kurt Busiek. I have not cared for Avengers since Busiek left. My favorite Avengers comics are those drawn by John Buscema, followed by those drawn by George Perez.

After that I would go with Zot! by Scott McCloud.

I almost completely follow creators, but there's a few characters I do tend to follow: John Constantine, Swamp Thing, Animal Man, Phantom Stranger, Hawkeye, Daredevil, Jonah Hex... I'll drop a book featuring one or more of those characters if I'm no longer enjoying it, but I tend to hold on longer than I otherwise would.

My favorites (in no particular order):

Iron Man
Green Lantern
Wolfman Teen Titans
Astro City
Usagi
Avengers
Conan

I more of an oppertunistic buyer than anything, so it's hard to say I'm looking for anything, but I would like to have all of Iron Man vol. 1 some day... I need about 1/2 of the first 100 (including 55, but not 1), and a couple past than (including 128)

On the hunt for collection?

Filling gaps in my 70s-80s comics, series I'd eventually like to get a nice run:

Epic Illustrated
G.I. Combat
Unknown Solider
ROM
Freedom Fighters
Karate Kid
Grim Jack (finish)
Nexus (finish)
Sgt. Fury
Fear/Adventure Into Fear (finish)
Spectre (60s+ Adventure Aparo issues)
Plastic Man
Phantom Stranger
Marvel 70s Dracula Magazines

Favorite series of all time is a tough one-if you asked me at any point before 2002 I would have said Avengers Vol. 1 and I had collected a run that was only missing #1 and 4, but I sold off that entire run as well as complete runs of Silver Age Cap-end of Vol. 1, Iron Man from TOS 57-end of Vol. 1, a complete run of Defenders, and runs of Thor, FF, Spidey (Amazing, Spectacular, Web and MTU), Hulk, X-Men, BAtman, Detective and post-Crisis Superman that were not quite as extensive but still fairly expansive. After that there hasn't been many series I have collected simply because it's a favorite. I am not even getting current Conan as much as I love Howard's barbarian, as I just don't think they are worth the money currently. I am much more creator or story focused now (and sometimes genre focused) rather than title specific collecting.

What do I buy-I am trying to finish a run of Conan the Barbarian-I need only issue 24 (1st full Red Sonja) to complete it. Savage Sword of Conan and anthologies like Heavy Metal, Cheval Noir and some Dark Horse Presents are also series I am putting runs together of, but most titles I am looking for are creator-centric indy titles I missed in the 80s because a) they were more expensive than mainstream books at the time and I had a limited budget in high school, and b)I was too wrapped up in mainstream superheroes at the time to be willing to spend on them rather than favorite titles at the time-so I have been picking up stuff like Chaykin's American Flagg, Baron and Rude's Nexus, Grell's Sable, McGregor's Sabre and Detectives Inc., Collins and Beatty's Ms. Tree, Ostrander's Grimjack, Truman's Scout, Wagner's Mage and Grendel, etc.

I am also always in the market for Kubert art, covers or interiors, same with Steranko, Moebius, Wrightson, Mignola, Cooke, and a few others. I also seek out certain genres, such as sword and sorcery, martial arts, certain types of sci-fi, pulp adventure (not necessarily pulp heroes though)...

-M