Birds of Prey Black Terror Fables First Wave Gen13 Grimm Fairy Tales Grimm Fairy Tales: Inferno Grimm Fairy Tales: Neverland Grimm Fairy Tales: Tales from Wonderland I... Zombie Jack of Fables Marvelous Land of Oz New Mutants Project Superpowers Tiny Titans
DC DC Brightest Day #5 Brightest Day: The Atom Special Adventure Comics #516 Brave and the Bold #35 Superman #701 Brightest Day #6 Green Lantern Corps #50 Green Lantern #56 Flash #4 Wonder Woman #601 Legion of Super-Heroes #3
Marvel Young Avengers: Childrens Crusade #1 (So excited!) Hawkeye & Mockingbird #2 X-Force #28 Avengers Academy #2 X-Men Hellbound #3 Black Widow #4 X-Men Legacy #238 Captain America #608 Secret Avengers #3
Chances are I won't pick all of this up since that's a lot of books. My eyes are bigger than my wallet, unfortunately.
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My annual June 16 pull list update, one year and 11 days later...
DC, Vertigo, Wildstorm ADVENTURE COMICS CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY FABLES LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES LOONEY TUNES WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY: ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE (6 issue mini)
Marvel YOUNG AVENGERS: CHILDREN'S CRUSADE (8 issue mini)
Other MORNING GLORIES (will check out the first couple of issues)
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The Legion of Super Heroes Adventure Comics Green Lantern Emerald Warriors Booster Gold The Flash JL:Generation Lost Chew The Walking Dead Thunderbolts Zatanna Secret Six Brave and the Bold American Vampire Hawkeye and Mockingbird Darkwing Duck I...Zombie
On the edge: Doom Patrol
From: Turn around... | Registered: Jul 2003
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American Vampire Avengers: The Children's Crusade Birds of Prey Black Terror Brave and the Bold Fables First Wave Gen13 Grimm Fairy Tales Grimm Fairy Tales: Inferno Grimm Fairy Tales: Neverland I... Zombie Joe the Barbarian Legion of Super-Heroes Mighty Crusaders New Mutants New Mutants Forever (Starting next week) The Stand Tiny Titans Ultimate X Zatanna
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The latest issue of Atomic Robo had a preview for 'Box 13', which I guess is a TPB coming out soon? Is anyone getting this? And was there or will there be single issues?
I've got to say--the preview was pretty groovy! It had the sort of out-there weirdness I'm finding very appealing these days.
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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Ah, that explains the tight paneling. How anyone could read a comic on their iphone is a mystery I'll never understand (I have an iphone and trust, reading a comic on it would not be enjoyable).
If it was in print already I might be able to track it down, since I have a stack of TPB's to get through that will take me at least to Thanksgiving and so don't feel like buying another.
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Adventure Comics Batman and Robin Batman Inc. DC Universe Legacies Greek Street (Ending soon) Hellblazer Izombie Joe the Barbarian (Ending Soon) Knight & Squire Legion of Super-Heroes Madame Xanadu (Ending Soon) Secret Six Superman: Secret Origin (One issue left)
I usually try to keep about ten monthlies on the go, so once a some of these series go away, I might be on the hunt for another book to try.
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I also pick up the following for my kids (though I enjoy them too):
Tiny Titans Super Friends (cancelled) Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam (Ending soon) Scooby-Doo (dropping) Ratchet & Clank
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I've decided to officially drop JLI: Generation Lost and Brightest Day. I kept hemming and hawing doing so for weeks and that's never a good sign. This frees up four comics each month I can collect instead.
Other comics I've dropped recently: New Mutants, Black Terror, JSA: All-Stars.
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: I've decided to officially drop JLI: Generation Lost and Brightest Day. I kept hemming and hawing doing so for weeks and that's never a good sign. This frees up four comics each month I can collect instead.
I'm still getting both, but I can't blame ya for dropping Brightest Day. It's really so choppy with the randomness of how the stories rotate. I kinda like the Firestorm and Aquaman arms, but from issue to issue, I don't know if I'll see anything on them. The stuff with J'Onn and the Hawks particularly just seems to drag.
I haven't been able to bring myself to drop it thus far because: a) my 12 year-old son looks forward to it a lot as Blackest Night kinda made him a junkie for that storyline & b) if I drop it, I'm afraid I'll miss a big payoff that admittedly won't come until the end (if at all). Anyhow, we're at the halfway point, so I may as well keep going.
As for JL: Gen Lost, I'm simply enjoying that one too much to drop it! It's a fun, breezy read, and the characters are being written pitch-perfectly and engagingly. Yeah, the story seems a little thin for its length, but the execution has been really good despite that fault. Though it isn't revolutionary by any means, it's the best thing to have the name "Justice League" on it in too, too many years. And it's still clicking on all cylinders even with Giffen no longer involved. Occasionally, Winick surprises!
Maybe you can say a little more about what went into your decision to drop those books (especially Gen Lost)?
-------------------- "Suck it, depressos!"--M. Lash
From: The Underbelly of Society | Registered: Jul 2003
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I'll say neither decision came easy--it took me weeks for both to finally decide. The fact is, I love all the characters in both bi-weekly series, and I partially was just collecting because I love the characters.
For Brightest Day, it was the inconsistency that killed it for me. I want to collect all comics with these guys, but just about the entire thing read like utter crap to me other than the Aquaman and Firestorm stuff, and even that wasn't anything special. I liked the artwork but it just wasn't enough for 2 issues per month.
JLI was much harder for me, and there is a chance I may start collecting again on a whim. But the story felt a little flat to me and just felt like it wasn't going anywhere.
The real decision-maker was the fact that these were 4 comics a month at $2.99 which feels ridiculous to me, when I know I can get (4) other comics. I remember when 52 was coming out, a big point was made that it was $2.50. I just feel like for that much of a commitment from the buyer, the series better be damn excellent. And neither was quite on that level.
But like I said, there is always the chance I'll back track and jump back in. Back issues for these two are easy to find, they aren't exactly obscure.
I loved 52 and think it was a masterpiece. I also loved Wednesday Comics. But Countdown really turned me off to the idea of getting suckered into collecting a more-than-once-a-month comic book. I didn't even bother with Trinity and Spider-Man is IMO much better than either Brightest Day or JLI even though that has bouts of inconsistency as well.
For Brightest Day, it would take quite a bit to pull me back in. For Gen Lost, I think if some posters on LW (and I'll continue to read spoilers and reviews) made some commentary on how good the overall plot has developed, that could convince me to come back in.
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