Manga

Tyson doesn’t read much manga, comparatively to his comic reading, and most that he does are ones recommended to him by Rosie. She tends to favour four types of manga - romantic, comedic, smut, & dark as all hell - so that’s the majority of what Tyson has read. With the notable exception of Dick proselytizing about Bleach to him.

So far the ones Tyson has enjoyed reading the most are:

• Ambiguous Relationship by Masara Minase
• Assassination Classroom by Yusei Matsui
• Black Bulter by Yana Toboso
• Delicious in Dungeon by Ryoko Kui
• It Takes A Wizard by Thomas R. Hart
• Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service by Eiji Otsuka
• No Touching At All by Kou Yoneda
• One-Punch Man by ONE
• One Piece by Eiichiro Oda
• Yu-Gi-Oh! by Kazuki Takahashi

Comic Books

When it comes to physical copies, Tyson favours trade paperbacks over single issues, so that he can read the complete story in one go. These days, however, he largely favours getting digital editions: so that the fold/spine never ends up hiding part of the image and he can zoom in to look at little details of the art.

As with most things that Tyson keeps in his apartment, his (single issue) comics books are stored in a box under his bed. In that same box, there are a handful of Beano annuals; and the one, and only, pornography magazine he’s ever purchased.

In his Main!verse, Tyson has a bias towards DC, whereas Orphan AU Teen!verse Tyson has a bias towards Marvel. He likes both, as well as Valiant and independent comics, but he has a clear preference for what he’ll go out of his way to read in his free time.

Tyson’s favour comic book characters change around, a lot. However, the five characters that would appear somewhere within his top ten regardless on when he made the list would be:

• Batman - Bruce Wayne - DC
• Hellblazer/Constantine - John Constantine - DC 
• Iron Man - Tony Stark - Marvel
• Magneto -  Max Eisenhardt - Marvel
• Wonder Woman - Princess Diana of the Amazons - DC

It can safely be assumed that Tyson will have a read of book about anyone on that list, as well as the main team up books (Avengers, Justice League, Teen Titans, X-Men, et cetera), but to cherry pick* some of his favourite trade paperbacks/graphic novels of all time to get a general feel for his tastes:

1. All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison
2. Batman Earth One Vol. 1 by Geoff Johns
3. Batman The Complete Hush by Jeph Loeb
4. Doctor Strange & Doctor Doom: Triumph and Torment by Gerry Conway
5. Gotham Academy Vol. 1 by Becky Cloonan
6. House of M by Brian Michael Bendis
7. Identity Crisis by Brad Meltzer
8. Injustice: Gods Amongst Us (Year 1) by Tom Taylor
9. Iron Man: Rapture by Alex Irvine
10. Kingdom Come by Mark Waid
11. Magneto: Not A Hero by Scottie Young
12. Midnighter and Apollo by Steve Orlando
13. Superman: Red Son by Mark Miler
14. The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
15. Wytches Vol. 1 by Scott Snyder

*Caveat of not being part of long-running series, otherwise we would end up with multiple volumes from the same series or several Vol.3/4′s that only work as part of the series (rather than self-contained stories) here. Volume 1′s are accepted if they’re his favourite from that series.

Bats

Tyson likes bats.

They are the dogs of the skies and he thinks they are adorable.