I thought it'd be fun to let each other know what we picked up...whether new or from the Back Issue Bin.

I picked up the dollar reprints of Chew #1 and The Walking Dead #1. I have both on trade format, but thought it's be great to have regular issue copies of both on hand.

I also picke up the Flash Secret Files and Origins 2010. Barry Allen is my favorite character in comics, so I am supporting this 100%. Plus there is art by Kollins.

The Last Stand of New Krypton #2 is next. Buying it for the LEgion, and so far...majorly bummed by this whole thing.

Finally is Doom Patrol #9. The bug is back and someone is in trouble....hey la hey la the Bug is back. If Ambush Bug is in it...I'm buying it.

Ambush Bug is in Doom Patrol? Must make a note to pick that up, thanks.

I picked up a couple of books from the Amazon Marketplace this week.

The first is a Manga called Solanin by Asano Inio about a twenty something living in Tokyo who is looking for purpose in her life. It is quite a hefty book at 400+ pages but the story is broken down into smaller almost self contained stories so it is not quite so daunting. About halfway through and so far it has been excellent.

The other was an IDW book called Completely Doomed which is a collection of adaptations of Robert Bloch stories by various Indie creators. I have not started it yet but at least one of the stories is by Ted McKeever who is one of my favourite artists so is, at least in part, going to be great.

I also picked up Last Stand of New Krypton for the same reason as you. I seem to be enjoying it more than you but will be glad when they are back where they belong in a couple of months.

Lastest and what will likely be my last Buffy. It's strapped on rocket-skis and is jumping space-sharks at this point.

Mighty Avengers 35. I like USAgent and Hank Pym, but this team sorely needs a stronger female presence than Stature and Jocasta provide. (The foreshadowed return of Janet van Dyne may fill that void, 'though.) Hope springs eternal!

Adventure 9, which was all kinds of meh. "Quick, shoot darkness at it Shadow Lass, that will help power the time machine!" Plus, as much as I love that they are using Tellus, why do they keep handing him off to artists who've not bothered to look at the character before drawing him as a humanoid with a tail? Still waiting for this stuff to end and actual Legion stories to begin, instead of World of Krypton / Blackest Night / ressurection of Bart and Conner / etc. crossover stuff.

I bought nine this week:

Boys 41
Flash Secret Files
Invincible Returns 1
Doom Patrol 9
Last Stand of New Krypton 2
Buffy 34
Warlord 13
Superman Secret Origin 5
Batman & Robin 11

Don't look for reviews any time soon as I'm now over a month behind. As for Buffy, Set, I'm feelin' ya, but with it ending around 40, I feel obliged to stick with it.

Almost bought Marvel's SHIELD #1. Thumbed thru it and the art and story looked awesome. After reading a 5-star review of it on CBR, I emailed my comic book guy and told him to save me a copy, and I'll buy it next week.

I was also tempted by both the Kevin Smith and Matt Wagner number ones of their Green Hornet series based on Cobalt's reviews. I decided not to get either at this time because of the price point and my lack of familiarity with the character. I might change my mind at some point, though, or I might buy the trades when they come out. Of the two, the Kevin Smith version looked more tempting because of the art.

hmmm. not a great week.

ultimate x 1, and 2. quite liked it.

uncanny x-men second coming number 2. liked it just wish it were a lot longer. and was hoping more than just kurt would be so against the x-force's killing spree. even wolvie seems out of character.

new avengers luke cage 1 of 3. crazy art. (not crazy good) i was duped, thought this was new avengers...didn't catch the luke cage subtitle. was ok but not getting 2 or 3 unless im hungry for comics.

and buffy 34. not feelin the plot but, the dialogue is so good, it makes me laugh, brad meltzer obviously watched alot of buffy.

I got a rock.

not a hard place?

I felt that after I got the rock.

So far, still have to visit my other store...

Brightest Day #0 - intrigued by the preview.

Doc Savage #1 - Gonna give it a try.

The Flash #1 - c'mon...

Adventure Comics #10 - I have a feeling I'm going to be dissappointed until LSH #1 hits.

Superman Secret Origins 5- okay story, great art. I did jettison the Luther-gives-Lois'-mom-medicine-once-a-day storyline for the "Her dads an ass" storyline.

Funny thing, I don't ever recall having seen Lois's mom in any stories. Not to say that she was never shown, I just don't remember if i ever saw it.

JSA All-Stars 5- really needs some work on the art, the story is okay. I have a feeling that what Courtney sees and the reader wasn't shown was the real Al.

The Flash 1- story isn't grabbing me so far, art is not very good for the character.

Doom Patrol 9- Gotta say, Keith is hitting a grove with this, though the "language" of explanation is getting annoying fast. Still, its part of the "badguy's" character.

Batman and Robin 11: eh... Good art, but the story isn't setting my world on fire.

Brightest Day 0- Not bad. Pete Tomasi is simply put DC's most underrated writer. Every book he touches becomes instantly better. Together, he and Geoff are weaving something great.

Red Robin 11- Getting better, but I hear Yost is leaving and another writer is coming aboard. I'll reserve judgement.

I dropped Green Arrow, but I read it.

I'm also not buying anymore of Rise of Arsenal, or the new Green Arrow book when it comes out. I'm not supporting that direction by giving DC my money.

That said, I picked up Batman, Batgirl, Brightest Day, Flash, Booster Gold, Secret Six, and I can't remember the rest.

Yesterday I got:

SECRET SIX 20

SHE-HULK SENSATIONAL 1-Shot

THE FLASH 1 (mainly for the free Flash ring with purchase)

BRIGHTEST DAY 0

I put Adventure 10 back on the shelf.

lots of good stuff:

the Siege Loki special.

Siege Young Avengers.

Brightest Day 0
good enough to keep me around despite blackest night zombie burnout.

skimmed Green Arrow at the store. haha

and new muties. i forget. (not alot of new muties)

and adventure 10 despite being more like "quislet, superman, and superboy", and not the legion story i was looking for.

Here's my haul from the comics released this week (Note: though I buy them every week, I'm typically about a month behind in actual reading--I'm slow!):

Brightest Day 0
Flash 1
Adventure 10 (bottom)
Punisher Max 6
Booster Gold 31
Batgirl 9
Daredevil 506
Irredeemable Special 1
Chew 10 (top)
Secret Six 20

I thought, for fun, I'd include the ones I'd read first (top) and last (bottom) from the stack. In my case those are the issues from the haul I want to read most and least to provide a little more depth beyond just posting the list. Chew is one of my very favorite books being put out at this time. Adventure? Well, I'm just buying that one for the Legion appearances until they actually take over top billing, like many of us, I'd suspect.

I also bought Marvel's S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 from last week's releases after reading lots of positive reviews of it from trusted sources. My pull list may be taking a major change, though, with Marvel books being most effected. Watch for the return of the Roundtable today for my thoughts...

Oh I forgot I also got the latest NEW MUTANTS too.

Dev, definitely let me know how Doc Savage is in your First Wave thread.

And Lardy--please review the Shield! I'm going to pick it up too.

I normally only go every 4 weeks or so and then get a huge double stack of comics when I do. So I'm not sure it'd be worth me listing every single comic I collect (basically all the DC's, all the Marvels, all the Vertigo's, many independents, etc.).

One day I'll move back closer to my CBS and maybe go weekly or biweekly again. I feel like I just can't spare the time to go these days...

Savage is wonderful but I haven't read the Justice, Inc. back-up yet. If you want my opinion.

Also picked up...

Chew #10 - best book you're probably not reading.

Secret Six #20 - You guys addicted me to this book.

Oh yeah...also got an extra Flash Ring for Hannah (need to get her a White Lantern ring next week, She has all of them so far.)

Also got her the Stargirl/STRIPE mini mate set for $1. She's gonna love that.

Got a GL ring and a Flash ring. I also got the six other spectrum rings this weekend, a quarter each. All I need is white.

Lessee...

Green Lantern #53 - Like all the colored Lanterns, so I'll give this a shot for a while.

Supergirl #52 - Have hope that we'll at least see Brainy through this issue.

Brave and the Bold #33 - love the line up in this one.

The Spirit #1 - Preview looked good, plus the backup is by Denny O'Niell and Bill Sienkiewicz, in Black and White no less. Hope it's in his Shadow days vein of art.

Blackest Night Directors cut - More Johns stuff with lots of character designs.

Write about it in the First Wave thread...please.

Lessee...so far

Green Lantern Corps #47 - Gonna be grabbing the BN issues at least, figured I'd start here though. I may pick up Guy's new book.
Superman #699 - The end run is coming.
Last Stand of New Krypton #3 - Just want this to be over, no interest in the War thing.

More when I get to my other store.

Okay...

Grabbed The Walking Dead #71 - Want to read this right this second, but also don't. Cause then the wait for the next issue starts.

FCBD Stash...

For me:

Dr. Solar/Magnus - Shooter getting a chance to do these guys again. Should be interesting.

War of The Supermen - It's free...doubt I'll get the mini though.

Bongo - Simpsons fun.

For Hannah:

DC Kids - lots of short story fun.

Shrek - She can't wait for the next movie.

Archie's Summer Splash - Fun with the Archie gang.

For Jon (or at least for him to destroy):

Toy Story - wild jabbering will ensue when he sees this. Should probably let his sister see it first.

Just the DC Kids and War for me.

Wonder Woman #43 ... it made my head hurt ...

This si my choices for the week...we'll see if I can grab them all.

BRIGHTEST DAY #1 $2.99 want the ring. So does Hannah.
DOOM PATROL #10 $2.99 - The BUG!!!
IZOMBIE #1 $1.00 - it's s dollar!!! Plus it's Allred drawing Zombies!!!
JONAH HEX #1 $1.00 - it's s dollar!!!
SECRET SIX #21 $2.99 - Do I really need to explain?

Got everything but the Jonah Hex. Gotta hit the other shop for that. Got Hannah her White antern ring as well as one for me.

Just grabbed Jonah Hex #1 and #50.

$1 goodness for #1, and D. Cooke on #50.

lots!

JL Generation lost. not liking. didn't expect the usual slapstick but thought it would at least be wacky or offbeat/different.

Black Widow 2, loving it it's like a movie, and the art is sick!
Adventure Comics 11: not sure why i got it haven't read it yet.
Astonishing X-men: really liked it, art is super stylized but i find it surprising. and MAJOR SPOILER!!!!

<span class="spoiler_containter"><span class="spoiler_wording">Click Here For A Spoiler</span><span class="spoiler_text">Storm has a MoHawk AGAIN!!!!! </span></span>


New Muties 7: <shrug>

Siege: Quite happy with the ending.
<span class="spoiler_containter"><span class="spoiler_wording">Click Here For A Spoiler</span><span class="spoiler_text">except stark needs to go on hiatus. he hasnt shown any remorse or guilt. and besides the destruction of asgard!! lol. </span></span>

I need to get to main CBS to pick up a few weeks worth of comics but since its far away I needed to scratch that itch and picked up a few random things that weren't on my pull list already to read over the weekend (and I'll review them):

- Astonishing Spider-Man / Wolverine - based on reviews from www.comicbookresources.com which gave it a rare 5 out of 5 stars, and since Jason Aaron and Adam Kubert are doing it. Sure, I don't need another Spidey/Wolvie comic, but I can always use a comic starring anyone if its that good.

- I, Zombie

- First Wave, based on SK and Dev's recommendation.

- Green Hornet Strikes - I gave the other two a chance and am sticking with them, I figure I might as well review the third title as well.

I bought all the Brightest Day books except for Titans: Villains for Hire.

And that's the last of any Brightest Day I'm buying. (That includes Green Lantern books)

Well, I picked up three weeks of comics and I basically added EVERYTHING I've wanted to try plus all the Marvels, DC's and independents I've been collected.

I'll be doing a lot of reviews shortly (except for all those threads where I made the last 2-3 replies--hey LW, help a legend out on those ).

Two weeks worth...

The Walking Dead #72
Legion of Super Heroes #1
Adventure #11 (514)
The Flash #2
Brightest Day #2
First Wave #2
Doc Savage #2
The Spirit #2
Zatanna #1

and impulse buys:
Birds of Prey #1
DC Universe Legacies #1

I got...

DC Legacies #1
Girl Comics #2 (and a copy for one of my teachers)
Legion #1 (Natch)
Tiny Titans #28
American Vampire #3
Joe the Barbarian #5
War of the Superman #3
Spirit #2
Galacta, Daughter of Galactus
Streets of Gotham #12
Zatanna #1

And true to my word, nothing involving Brightest Day.

War of the Supermen #4
Mighty Crusaders Special
Power Girl #12
Gotham City Sirens #12
Grimm Fairy Tales Las Vegas Annual
Return of Bruce Wayne #2
Brave and the Bold #34
Project Superpowers Chapter 2 #9
Detective Comics #865

The plan for this week is to get:

Okko Cycle Of Air #2
Incorruptible #6
Batman The Return Of Bruce Wayne #2
Brave And The Bold #34
Detective Comics #865
Green Lantern #54
Madame Xanadu #23
Power Girl #12
Superman War Of The Supermen #4
Wednesday Comics HC
Green Hornet #4
Project Superpowers Chapter Two #9

Possibly also Mystery Society #1 if it looks good.

I picked up Mystery Society today myself, and will prob review shortly.

I only went to see if they had Zorro #2 which I need (they didn't so I *had* to buy something).

Today's CBS purchases...


BIRDS of PREY 1

WARLORD 14

POWER GIRL 12

JL GENERATION LOST 2

ZATANNA 1

BRAVE & BOLD 34

BOOSTER GOLD 32

All of the above were $2.99 books, as I am trying to keep my $3.99 purchases to a bare minimum, or better yet stop them alltogether.

but I *did* buy these $3.99 books:

DCU LEGACIES 1... first of all, Len Wein's recent stuff has been awesome, the artists are top-notch and I **love** DC's Golden Age heroes set in the Golden Age! Add in Stealth's not-easy-to-get praise, and I couldn't pass this up.

ADVENTURE 11... I passed on isseu 10 last month, but this, based on the cover, is heavy on the LSH. So I got it...

girl power week:

madame xanadu
power girl
the guild

oh yeah and x force.

Of my above purchases, the only ones I didn't thoroughly enjoy were WARLORD (spotty art) and BRAVE & BOLD (slow paced but props for a big reveal and some witty dialogue).

That's pretty good!

I've been 'taste testing' a bunch of stuff lately, like Power Girl #12 which I liked a lot (as I mentioned on that book's thread) ...

Brave and the Bold #34 - stunning artwork ... great one-liners ...

War of the Supermen #4 - again, loved the artwork ... felt like I was reading Cliff Notes though ... was this originally supposed to be a longer series?

Return of Bruce Wayne #2 - I never read Final Crisis ... was it as unnecessarily convoluted as this?

Wonder Woman #44 - made me wish I'd starting reading Gail Simone's run earlier ...

Return of Bruce Wayne 2
B&B 34
War of Supermen 4
Incorruptible 6
Scalped 38
JL: Gen Lost 2
GLC 48
GL 54
Fantastic Four 579

Debated HEAVILY about getting Secret Avengers 1, but decided to stick to my guns and leave it. Very tempting, though!

Looked thru Mystery Society 1. Left it because I remembered Cobie's review as being a little less positive than it actually was. D'oh! Maybe I'll pick it up next week instead. (Next week is looking a bit light...)

^Yeah, you should totally pick up Mystery Society next week! I think you'll like it enough to continue for a few issues.

Whenever I get to the CBS, I'll review the various Avengers relaunches (with positive reviews on JR Jr's art probably ). I'll want to base it on my personal preferences but also "would I think a disheartened former-Marvel fan would like it?" (re: you, Lardy and some others).

Power Boy--you should totally review the Guild on LW! I've scene articles about it but have never read anything. Use the "Random Review Thread" if you don't feel like starting a new topic.

so far...

Green Lantern #54
Green Lantern Corps #48

and oh my God, Dev Bought a Marvel book...

the Amazing Spider-Man Annual #37 ( It has a Untold tale by Buisek and Olliffe! I had to buy it)

Brightest Day #3. think im gonna drop it.
Thor # 610
Avengers Prime #1 (awesome art by AD)
Dark Avengers #16 (pretty good wrap up to Siege)
the Thanos Imperative #1 (liked it, will probably stick around for the full 6)
i Zombie #2 - loved it

Lessee...in no particular order...

Adventure #12/515
Hawkeye & Mockingbird #1
Avengers Prime #1
Booster Gold #32
Brave and the Bold #34
i zombie #2

Adventure Comics 12
iZombie 2
Thanos Imperative 1
Heralds
Irredeemable
Code Breakers

Adventure Comics #12
Brightest Day #3

Just read the "Mighty Crusaders" special - waste of money and time. I hadn't picked up any of the other materials that had come before, but as a way to jump into the new Archie characters, it really falls short. The plot to get them together to form a team is horribly contrived and happens way too quickly. There are a few cameos from other DC characters just to remind us where we are, but it still doesn't feel like the DCU. After this special I don't think I can even pick one on the team that I like or find intriguing. In fact several of them are simply unlikable to me.

I'll have to pass on the series.

Just walked in from the CBS... let's check the bag...


I ZOMBIE 2 (very excited about!)

BRIGHTEST DAY 3

JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA 39

HERALDS 1 (purchased because it features a bevy of female Marvel characters I love **AND** was $2.99)

I did purchase the following $3.99 titles:

MARVEL ZOMBIES 5 # 3 (series 5 will likely be my final MZ series purchase)

ADVENTURE 12/51whatever

JUSTICE LEAGUE of AMERICA 45 (not quite ready to let go of it yet)


I left behind REBELS and JSA ALL-STARS as I am cutting them from my list.

^I also have no idea what # Adventure is on anymore. I probably will never really.

This was enough to make sure I didn't get this. Appreciate the warning, Drake!

If REBELS gets cancelled, I'm blaming YOU, pardner!



I -am- still enjoying this series in spite of St. Aubin apparently taking over the art duties from Matt Clark more or less permanently ...The upcoming Brainiac/Dox/B3 storyline looks great.

I do not know about you but I though this was just a great deal of fun that gave me a big smile across my face the whole time; and some of Hellcats dialogue was just hilarious.

If it continues in this vein then the next five weeks are going to be very good indeed.

Stuorstew, there is a conversation on Heralds in the "Are you a fan of Patsy Walker?" thread--we totally would love to hear more of your thoughts on the series there!

Also, I saw you're collecting 'Codebreakers', a series I'm not familiar with. You should definitely review it somewhere! (New thread, 'Any recommendations?' thread if its a good one or 'Random Review Corner').

Last week's goodies:

JSA #39
JSA All-Stars #7
Adventure #12
Kevin Smith's Green Hornet #4
Brightest Day #3
Irredeemable #14
Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard #1
Avengers/Cap/Thor Index #2

My store occasionally puts out free books in the form of back issues too beat up to sell, so I grabbed a Moench/Sienkiewicz era Moon Knight gratis.

Okay then...

Chew #11 (one of the best books you're probably not reading)
Doom Patrol #11 (I looked before I leapt with this one)
Booster Gold #33 (giving this a chance)
Superman/Batman #72 (It's Paul, and my shop was out of the Annual)
Secret Six #22 (Gotta be good)
Brightest Day #3 (This had better impress me, or it's done)
and...
Power Girl #1 (the AH cover)

Batgirl
The Unwritten
Heralds
S.H.I.E.L.D.
Young Allies
Meta4

Secret Six #22 (Thank you, Gail Simone, for having a soul)

Doc Savage #3
Gen13 #36
Batgirl #11
Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom #1
The Murder of King Tut #1
Hack/Slash My First Maniac #1
Booster Gold #33
Warlord #15
Doom Patrol #11
Batman #700

And Green Arrow #16-21 "Archer's Quest"

It was a very good ending I thought as well. Not "nice", but fitting.

Anyone who sticks it to Cheshire like that is okay in my book.

Well, I finally put in a huge order today at Instock Trades based on various recommendations I've gotten from LWers and some trades I've wanted for myself. (Also the first time I used the website!)

Unfortunately there was no freebie trade I could get and Project Superpowers half-off didn't feel like much of a deal at $9.99 (so I eliminated it).

I got:

Scalped vol. 5
Scalped vol. 6
Ghost Rider: Hell Bent Heaven Bound (Jason Aaron run)
Hellboy: Seeds of Destruction (vol. 1)
Hellboy: Wake the Devil (vo. 2)
SECRET HISTORY OMNIBUS HC W/ DUST JACKET - FC recommendation that kicked it all off
Cairo TPB (Vertigo)
COMPLETE DICK TRACY VOL 1 HC

All in all, a pretty big order that should keep me satisfied for a few months with my ongoings and plans to reread the entire Silver Age Iron Man run. I will be doing a lot of comic book reading! (Between changing diapers that is)

I also put in a TPB order a couple days ago, but not to In-Stock Trades, which I've also used (and highly recommend). After cross-checking eBay and IST for prices, I bought a batch from another trusted online source mycomicshop.com. I chose this site because the going prices on eBay and IST were usually more than what I saw for the particular items I wanted this go-round. I'm on their mailing list, so I got an additional 10% off most of these, and had the option of buying some that were VF condition for lower than Mint or Near Mint prices. Mostly, I don't care if they're VF because that's still really nice condition.

I ordered:

Batman Ego and Other Tales TPB NM $9.00
Fables TPB Vol 4 NM $10.80
Ghost Rider Trials and Tribulations TPB NM $7.20
Ghost Riders Heaven's on Fire TPB VF $8.64
Jonah Hex Face Full of Violence TPB NM $6.30
Spirit HC Vol 1 VF $12.00
Spirit HC Vol 2 NM $15.00

All are substantially below cover price and should scratch some itches I have! The Ghost Rider trades will complete the latter two of the four Aaron volumes (which Cobie has bought on my recommendation). Three Darwyn Cooke books, my long-awaited first colume of Jonah Hex and the next Fables trade (along with Cooke, my latest obsession!) round it out.

I completely forgot about Batman: Ego! :kickownhead:

Lardy, you really got some damn good deals there! You're like the master at finding the best places to order trades! Can't wait for you to read these and review them!

All of my purchases were based on LW recommendations: Lardy, FC, CJ, Lancerealm, Prof and Miner's to be exact. (Any LWer worth his salt should be able to tell who recommended what ).

Cool we just both put a big order in--great minds and all that!

How good a deal, you ask? The cover pices on the Spirit HCs are $24.99 apiece! Jonah Hex: FFoV retails for $12.99. Batman: Ego TPB retails for $17.99. The Ghost Rider trades are $12.99 and $16.99 respectively. And Fables Vol. 4 retails for $17.95. I paid $68.94 total for what would've cost me $128.89 retail, plus, I dunno, at least 10 bucks tax? That's about a 50% savings, minimum! (Neither IST nor mcs charge shipping on orders of at least $50)

It pays to shop around, folks! (or even better have a well-stocked local library)

D'OH!

In my case it's because I'm getting an extra paycheck in June, due to the wonders of bi-weekly payroll!

I'm curious about this Secret History. I saw FC's post, also, and am curious if it's up our alley. I know you'll report back!

Worlds Finest #201 I think it is. Supes and Hal team up in a contest rigged by Dr. Fate.

Booster Gold- 32 and 33. I'll give it one more issue. Art is great, story...eh. I'm not into the bwaahaha as much anymore.

JSA #7- Hate that Damage is gone as a character. I may be one of the few people that bought his run all those years back.

Latest Warlord...haven't read it yet.

Couple more but I can't remember what.

Well in all fairness I was four years old when Damage's book came out...

Do'h! Secret Six #22 I think it is. Catman goes Ape, Man!

Thats no excuse. Legion world rents time travel machine's at one family member and one precious memory a pop.

Wow, I haven't thought about Damage in years. It was never my favourite book, but I liked it.

ARGH!! So frustrating! I want to know more, but I haven't even got Villains United yet. The preview for this issue really got my attention and I just reread the BoP/SS crossover, and I want more! Hopefully I'll have the TPBs in hand by Friday.

This week:

Booster #33
Jonah Hex 56 (first issue I've ever bought--couldn't resist the Cooke cover!)
Chew 11
JL: Gen Lost 3
Punisher Max 8
Prince of Power 2
SHIELD 2
Warlord 15 (*sob* one more issue but YAY, Grell is back on art! )
Secret Six 22
Doom Patrol 11
Batgirl 11

^You're hooked on Cooke!

Yeesh, dude! What gave it away?

Picked up Justice League Generation Lost 2 and 4 earlier this week.

Picked up:

Legacies #2 - Great art, and a good story in the forst one, with some great looking stuff coming, I'm on board for the long haul with this one.
The Walking Dead #73 - Cannot wait too read it.
and...

Darkwing Duck #1 - Let's get dangerous!

I opted against Brightest Day #4 for now...not sure on this one...

Joker's Asylum: Harley Quinn and Mad Hatter
Darkwing Duck #1
Legacies #2
Spirit #3
Tiny Titans #29
Fables #96
Grimm Fairy Tales #48
Neverland #3

I looked through it. Another comic that has a cover which has nothing to do with the story in it.

This week's haul will be:

Brightest Day #4
DC Universe Legacies #2
Fables #96
Hellblazer #268
R.E.B.E.L.S. #17
Spirit #3
Lone Ranger #22
Atlas #2
Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe A To Z Update #2

It's also Free RPG day at my shop.

There is a Darkwing Duck thread in Gym'lls already--hope you guys give a review when you read it!

I will...

Oh yeah, the kids got...

Han:
Betty and Veronice summer special issue.
The Brave and the bold

Jon:
Cars #1

^Dev, would love to hear your thoughts on the comics your kids read (if you ever read them too), even if its in the Random Comic Review thread. Eventually I'll be buying comics for my little guy, so always cool to know recommendations even if I won't get around to them in a few years time.

Wow...what didn't I buy this week, I came into a little extra cash so thought I'd try some stuff out...not all releasedtoday though:

Legion of Super Heroes #2 - Superboy cover...all they had left, for only 2 bucks more.

Superman/Batman #73 - It's Paul, so I'll support it.
Brightesat Day #4 - Last chance for this one.

Justice League: Generation Lost #4 - I've really enjoyed this so far.

GL Corps # 49 - I'm liking all things Green nowadays.

Zatanna #2 - So far, so good.

Superman #700 - What the hell.

You'll denote the trend in a second with these...I want to see if any of them grab my attention:

The Avengers #1
Secret Avengers #1
The New Avengers #1
Avengers Academy #1
Thunderbolts #144 (to be honest, I want this one to grab me...I used to love this book.)

Review are coming as I can get to them.

All I bought today was Supergirl #53, American Vampire, and Joe the Barbarian. Supergirl because it's the last issue my friend is coloring, and the other two because I consider Vertigo separate from DC.

Bigger week than recent ones...

LSH 2 ***
GLC 49
JL: Gen Lost 4
Superman 700
Thanos Imperative 1 (prior release I missed, back in stock)
Return of Bruce Wayne 3
Incorruptible 7
Supes/Bats 73
Fantastic Four 580
Zatanna 2
Supergirl 53
American Vampire 4

Thought I'd get Green Arrow 1 to try it out. Thumbed thru it, got the "meh" vibe & put it back on the shelf.

***By the way anyone who knows my "always behind" reading habits and is curious about the timely reviews of LSH comics: I'm making an exception and reading LSH and Adventure as they come out, so I'm not perpetually out of the loop and behind the conversation on my favorite internet hangout! I used to follow my "in the order I bought 'em" reading rule almost to the letter, even with Legion comics, but Levitz's return and my LW comraderie have punched a hole in my OCD...somewhat.

This week:

Mouse Guard Legends Of The Guard #2
Incorruptible #7
Authority The Lost Year #9
Batman Streets Of Gotham #13
Batman The Return Of Bruce Wayne #3
Detective Comics #866
Joe The Barbarian #6
Legion Of Super-Heroes #2
Power Girl #13
Superman #700
Green Hornet #5

Maybe the Namora one-shot if it looks good.

Legion of Super-Heroes #2
Fantastic Four #580
Heralds #4
Supergirl #53
Superman #700
American Vampire #4
Forgetless #5
Incorruptible #7
We Will Bury You #4

I finally got a big backlog of books mailed out to me, since I've been tied up (or tied down? and it's the dreadfully dull type of tied down) and not able to get to the store. So that's two months worth of...

Legion of Super Heroes
Adventure
Fables
Doom Patrol
The Unwritten
Sam & Twitch
The Great Unknown
Guardians of the Galaxy
R.E.B.E.L.S.
S.H.I.E.L.D. (man, I hate these dot titles)
Brave & Bold
Mouse Guard & Legends of the Guards
The Amory Wars

and some GNs/TPBs...
20th Century Boys
Pluto v.2
Moving Pictures
Days Missing v.1
Greendale
Prince Valiant v.1
The Prince Valiant Companion
Hal Foster biography (definitely on a Hal Foster kick here)

LSH #2
Zatanna #2
Ultimate Avengers 2 #4
X-Men Legacy Chapter 12
Avengers #2!

LSH #2 & Marvel Heralds #2

(I'm trying to buy one from each company each time to keep the universe in balance. )

Wow. Thanks, everybody! I always feel that I buy way too many comics every week, but most of you buy even more!! Now I don't feel so bad!!

Oh, I also wanted to mention that I bought The Best of Dan DeCarlo vol.1 & I loved it!!

LSH 2
Avengers Academy 1
X-Factor ??? (the latest)
Brave & the Bold 34? (the one with the LSH and Doom Patrol)

That's a big week for me. Some weeks I don't find anything I want, other weeks there's only one thing I want, so I throw it in my pull-folder and pick it up the next week, when there's more, to avoid getting dinged too much with debit card fees.

Yeah it's 34.

In my pursuit of having dropped a vast majority of current DC books, that leaves me enough money to start spending more riguroulsy on back issues. Today:

Superman Vs the Revenge Squad
Outsiders #11
Teen Titans #1 and 18 by Dan Jurgens
Titans #11, 14, and 21
Vermillion #1
New Titans #99
New Teen Titans #8
Robin Plus #2
Superboy/Risk Double-Shot
JLA: Rock of Ages

Based on what is supposed tpo ship this week...

ACTION COMICS #890 (Maybe...)
FLASH #3
GREEN LANTERN #55
SECRET AVENGERS #2

Plus I'll be checkin the previously released 2nd issues of the Avengers stuff.

The Flash #3
Green Lantern #55
Secret Avengers #2


maybe Action Comics #890, and Astonishing X-Men #34

Action Comics
Madame Xanadu
Captain America 1940 Newspaper strip
Heralds
Turf

X-Campus #1
Project Superpowers Chapter 2 #10
Wonder Woman #600 (Since Nei Ruffino colored one of the pin-ups I could buy it)

...

Old stuff

Birds of Prey #2
Sparta USA #1
Freddy Vs Jason Vs Ash: The Nightmare Warriors #6

Flash 3
Turf 2
Action 890
WW 600
GL 55
Thanos Imperative: Ignition (2nd printing)
Invincible 73
Batman Brave & Bold 18 (on pull-list for my son)

I'm giving Action a try because new writer Paul Cornell has a good pedigree at Marvel, and I like Pete Woods' recent artwork. Hopefully, it'll make for a winning combo.

This is the first WW issue I've bought since the Phil Jimenez days, I believe. Definitely giving JMS a chance here. If I were into Gail Simone's work when her run started as I am now, I probably would've already been on board.

Haven't been to the CBS in weeks, and I have a strict limit of $20 I can spend tomorrow... but I'm pretty sure to get LSH, DCU LEGACIES and JLI: GL and Booster Gold....

Might as well do this while the title is still young: does anyone want a free copy of Flash #2? I'll mail it to whatever address you give me and promise not to tell your address on ebay.

I bought the extra copy by accident--I do that sometimes (I'm good for like 6 comics a year I accidently bought twice).

This could be a good entry to the series.

I'd never continue it after all the titles go to $4 so I'll let someone truly interested have a go at it.

Just got back from the CBS... went over my $20 limit... turns out it wasn't so strict when I realized how many must-gets were there:

$2.99ers:

BOOSTER GOLD 33
DOOM PATROL 11
JL: GENERATION LOST 3 and 4
SECRET SIX 22
JUSTICE SOCIETY 40
WALKING DEAD 73

$3.99ers:

LSH 2

LEGACIES 2

Left behind REBELS and POWER GIRL and TEEN TITANS, all of which I'm dropping/have dropped.

Added to pull-bag but didn't yet purchase:

HERALDS 2, 3 and 4
WONDER WOMAN 600

Picked up:

Thunderbolts #145
American Vampire #1
Green Lantern #55
The Flash #3
Secret Avengers #2

Wonder Woman #600
Green Arrow #1

Green Lantern #55
Flash #3
Wonder Woman #600
Justice Society of America #40
Justice League of America #46
Project Superpowers:Chapter Two #10
Atomic Robo Vol.4 #4
Madame Xanadu #24
Abe Sapien:The Abyssal Plain #1

I got a rock.

Today...

Superman/Batman: The Search for Kryptonite
Bizenghast Vol.7

Just went to B&N...bunch of stuff used and clearanced...not too much to get excited about, but I did snag the following two Trades for 4 bucks each:

Sgt Rock: The Prophecy (6 issues of Joe Kubert Sgt Rock for 4 bucks...)

The Goon in Rough Stuff: Vol 0 (Eric Powell is awesome with The Goon. I've read this before, but the chance to own the first trade for 4 bucks is too good to pass up.)

Dev, some great deals right there! I liked SGT Rock: the Prophecy quite a bit and for $4 it was totally worth it.

Doom Patrol #12 (My brother paid for it)
Greek Street #13
Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom #2
Sparta USA #5
I Zombie #3
The Stand: Hardcases #2

iZombie #3
Hawkeye and Mockingbird #2
Young Allies #2
Irredeemable #15

nothing this week

gosh does that mean I'm getting to old for comics!

Big 'un this week:

Casanova 1 (wanted to try the re-packaging of the book that got Matt Fraction noticed)
The Boys 44
Irredeemable 15
Walking Dead 74
Scalped 39
Secret Six 23
Doom Patrol 12
Brightest Day 5
Batman & Robin 13
iZombie 3

Super Soldier 1
Avengers Childrens Crusade 1
Shadowland 1
Scarlet 1

The last 4 I got for a buck apiece because my Comic Book Guy offered them as a special promotion to coincide with his X-Men 1 release party. Of those 4, the only one I might've gotten was Scarlet. Otherwise, with four books for the price of one, why not?

Avengers: Children's Crusade. Nice to see these kids back.

Nothing. I'm broke.

I may have to roll my pennies for TWD and I Zombie though!

Brightest Day and a Smurfs comic book, which was only a dollar, for my niece who I'm trying to get into comic books ... of course, I had the Smurfs theme in my head the rest of the day ...

Batman and Robin #13
Brightest Day #5
Brightest Day: The Atom Special #1
Hellboy:The Storm #1
House of Mystery #27
Doom Patrol #12
Irredeemable #15
JSA All-Stars #8
Secret Six #23
Weird World of Jack Staff #3

Today's store freebie: Marvels Project #1

Today? Well...

Hack/Slash: My First Maniac #2
X-Men #1
Girl Comics #3
Birds of Prey #3
Superman: The Earth Stealers
X-Man: All Saints Eve

And, well...

Okay, I was weak!

Brave and the Bold #35
Legion of Super-Heroes #2

I know I said I dropped all my DC books with the exception of Nei's books, but this kept plaguing me ever since. I can't drop B&B and the Legion. They're both so good, and they need all the help they can get. Besides, they were bought on my store credit.

The runs...

what issue number?

I was hoping for a one-shot, but it's starting to feel like Blackest Night + all the tie-ins...

authority the lost year 10
thanos imperative 2
x-force sex and violence 1 (why i don't know?)
X-Men second coming 2

best x-men comic in a long time.

Hellbound (X-men)
Astonishing X-Men 34 (there's 2 astonishing titles?)

Adventure 516
Birds of Prey 3
Brave & the Bold 35

kinda unimpressed with all three after a first read through ...

Adventure Comics #516
Batgirl #12
Birds of Prey #3
Girl Comics #3
Thanos Imperative #2
Brave and the Bold #35
R.E.B.E.L.S. #18
Superman #701
Unwritten #15
Bulletproof Coffin #2
Calling: Cthulhu Chronicles #1
Codebreakers #4
Pood #1
The Man With The Getaway Face #1

Silver Agent 1
Thanos Imperative 2
Mystery Society 2
Batgirl 12
Superman 701
REBELS 18
JL: Generation Lost 5
Brave & the Bold 35
Chew 12
Adventure 516

Had a nagging feeling something was missing while I was at the store. Turns out it was Birds of Prey 3! I emailed my comic guy--hope he has one left to hold for me! Can't remember for the life of me if I saw it on the stands there. It was definitely supposed to be in my pull bag.

^Whoa! Apparently, NONE of the stores serviced by our local Diamond distributor got BoP 3, according to my comics guy! A printing error or somesuch. We may not get BoP 3 for another coupla weeks!

F#$%! While my BoP 3 was waiting for me this week, my CBS was completely shorted on Walking Dead 75 this week by Diamond!!!

Stupid Diamond!!!

JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #121-122

These are exactly the kind of comics that used to annoy my best friend Jim when he was a kid. Instead of complete stories, or a 2-parter, each book contains (approx.) part 6 & 7 of 9-part stories. You read the first 16-pager, it's continued next issue. The 5-page back-up, ditto. Then, you get the NEXT issue. SAME DAMN THING! it's a good thing I bought JIM #123 about 20 years ago... but I'm not gonna dig it out just so I can re-read it now. (Until this weekend, I had NEVER read these 2 comics before!)


SUNSET CARSON #1 (1991)

AC Comics tribute to "The King of the Action Cowboys", a guy whose western films apparently featured more action than any other western films ever made-- and he did all his own stunts! The book, which contains 2 brand-new comics stories, came about about a year after Carson passed away, with an intro written by his wife. Of the 2 comics stories (both in color), one contains somewhat realistic art, while the other was drawn by Dick Ayers, and features a guest-appearance by THE HAUNTED HORSEMAN!

What cracked me up was the plot was slightly similar to a ROUGH RIDERS films I watched a few weeks ago, "GHOST TOWN LAW", in which U.S. Marshals from different areas converge on a ghost town to uncover criminal activity. In this case, Carson expects to meet Marshall Rex Fury, but instead, Fury shows up in his "spectral" identity. (I'm surprised Carson didn't put two-and-two together from the story's ending and figure out who the HH really is!)

Gail explained on her Facebook fansite that BoP 3 only made it to certain parts of the USA. It will hit the remainder soon!

meanwhile, I'm very excited... have saved $50 to hit the CBS with tomorrow... feel like I haven't been in a long time!

Oh, I see you got BoP already now. But shorting TWD is unforgiveable!!!!

Darkwing Duck #2
Legion #3
Grimm Fairy Tales #49
Neverland #4
Welcome To Tranquility: One Foot In The Grave #1
Tiny Titans #30

...

Early this week I bought a copy of Batwoman: Elegy for my friend Professor Thompson as a gift, and today I bought her Girl Comics #3. I also bought Batman: The Cult as a gift for Nei Ruffino's birthday in September, since I won't see her till October. I'm thinking of also finding for her the Wonder Woman issue with the kinky lesbian trio THEM!

Black Widow #4
Marvel Her-oes #4
Legion of Super-Heroes #3
Power Girl #14
Supergirl #54
Meta 4 #2

Ended up spending $76 and *still* left a bagful in my pull!

Got:

The SUPER-SONS tpb, which I expect to be a hoot. I ***barely*** remember a couple of Super-Sons stories from back in my wee-dom, I remember I liked them. We shall see if they hold up. I have high hopes.

Also:

GIANT SIZE X-MEN FOREVER (Grell on Imperial Guard)

WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY 1

LEGACIES 3

LSH 3

(Young) AVENGERS CHILDREN'S CRUSADE 1

THE WALKING DEAD 74 *and* 75 (YAY!!!!!!)

ADVENTURE 516

SECRET SIX 23

I ZOMBIE 3

DOOM PATROL 12

JL GEN LOST 5

BRAVE & BOLD 35

BOOSTER GOLD 34

BRIGHTEST DAY 4 & 5


***I'm planning to hermitize the weekend and do a lot of reading (and posting!).

Earth Man and the Legion of Superheroes #3
I Zombie #3 (finally!)
Power Girl #14 (not as good with winnick but still not bad)
Black Widow #4 (pretty cool)
New Ultimates #3 (feeling pretty over it)
The New Avengers #2 (still funny!)
Avengers #3 (lagged a bit)

I checked and I am 6 weeks behind in my comic reading! J-j-jeepers! I'm going tomorrow morning and it's going to be killer on my wallet and takes weeks to get through.

One thing I'm concerned about: I know Bendis' Scarlett sold out everywhere. I checked the CBS nearby me to see if they had a copy and they didn't. I wonder if I missed the boat? Damn me for not reserving a copy.

I bought Scarlet but haven't gotten to it yet. The reviews have been all over the place in terms of its quality. All the way from terrible to a home run. A lot of the controversy centers on how it apparently breaks the fourth wall and how it's executed. I guess I'll know when I read it.

Saturday's haul will/should be:

Batman Streets Of Gotham #14,
Brightest Day #6
DC Universe Legacies #3
Hellblazer #269
Justice Society Of America #41
Legion Of Super-Heroes #3
Power Girl #14
Spirit #4
Welcome To Tranquility One Foot In The Grave #1
Zatanna #3
Green Hornet #6
Red Mass For Mars #4 (Finally!)
Atlas #3

Maybe Alter Ego and Time Masters, plus everything I didn't pick up from last week. I'd better bring a credit card this week.

What I did get:

LSH 3
Superman/Batman 74
DCU Legacies 3
Prince of Power 3
Time Masters: Vanishing Point 1
Supergirl 54
Zatanna 3
Brightest Day 6
Birds of Prey 3

Five number 3s this week. Weird!

I picked up the comics on Friday morning and got 6 weeks worth. Oh Boy. It's a lot of comics...will take me a long time to get through. Began with 3 issues of Walking Dead, then some Avengers comics and now issues #2 and #3 of the Legion.

I've been busy--feel like I haven't been on LW much! Over the next few weeks I'll review every comic known to man.

Bought New Mutants Classic Vol.1 at Barnes & Noble.

I just realized I missed the last two issues of the new series.

This week's haul;
Legion of Super-Heroes 3
X-Factor 207

I was this close to taking X-Factor off of my already anemic pull-list (having already yanked Guardians of the Galaxy and now Agents of Atlas, with some agonizing, as those titles have begun to fall down), but this issue stuck a hook in my cheek and dragged me back in.

Peter David sucks at super-heroes stories, I've decided. His strength is in characterization and drama. As long as the book is dealing with the various personalities and their issues, it sings. When he attempts an action sequence or actual super-hero storyline, wow, does he disappoint with the limp non-resolutions...

Awesome exchange of the day;

"What you obviously want is an open relationship!"

"No I don't!"

"You want to sleep with whomever you want."

"Oh. Well, then, yes, I guess I do..."

Black Cat #2
Captain America 1940's Newspaper Strip #2
X-Factor Forever #5
Action Comics #891
American Vampire #5
Madame Xanadu #25 (Only a few issues left)
Incorruptible #8

not much, i missed madame xanadu?? or they were sold out. good for her.

outsiders - thought i'd try it
authority the lost year

No it has been cancelled

First Wave #3 (With a horrifying lack of Rima)
New Mutants #15
American Vampire #5
Warlord #16 (The end )
X-Campus #2

And I've started on Ultimate X with #2.

sad face

Very sad face.

Though I think it is likely she'll be relaunched in the DCU proper.

If things go well this week, I will get:

Incorruptible #8
Rasl #8
Abe Sapien The Abyssal Plain #2
Authority The Lost Year #11
Batman The Return Of Bruce Wayne #4
Detective Comics #867
First Wave #3 (The ball has been well and truly dropped on this)
Flash #4
Green Lantern #56
Justice League Of America #47
Madame Xanadu #25 (sigh)

Maybe some other stuff like Wonder Woman and Time Lincoln (I'll check 'em out in the store) and the Eaglemoss Dr. Fate (if my shop gets it in).

I hope so. CJ broke the news to me today about this. It's a damn shame if the series is truly gone. It's been the surprise delight of the last 2 years.

Seconded.

The rumor mill is swirling about this and a supposedly canned Vertigo Swamp Thing series by author China Mieville. Karen Berger herself said at SDCC that DCU editorial was getting the characters back.

So I am a bit optimistic, though if it does happen I'm hoping they keep the Wagner/Reeder team.

Amy Hadley Reeder is going to be the stand in artist on Batwoman apparently so I doubt she will remain on any relaunched Madame Xanadu in the DCU should it happen or Matt Wagner for that point.

I would expect mostly likely she will become part of the supporting cast of Zatanna or disapear all together; which is the most likely outcome unfortunately as it is not as if they were doing much with her before Vertigo took her.

I hope they relaunch as a DCU book too if it is indeed cancelled, but like OM said, with the current creative team. I suspected Reeder might be leaving anyway, but I at least need Matt Wagner.

Only got...

Flash
Green Lantern
Green Lantern Corps
JL:GL

Cutting back to 4 books a week. Too many other things to save for.

Dead week for me. Just took the bus into town only to find nothing in my pull folder. Boo!

Bought all five issues of X-Factor Forever. My first glimpse of the series.

How did I miss all that upthread talk about Madame Xanadu getting cancelled? I love that book! Where did people hear that rumour? I haven't seen any mention of it anywhere.

If it is the end ( ) then we should at least be thankful that Wagner gave us a lot more with this character than he originally intended. I think his original plan was just to write that first 10 part origin arc and then move on, until he kept getting more ideas for her. Thank goodness he did because this book has been wonderful.

So far, that is the only one that is 'just rumor'. All the others have been verified.

(And as you can guess, I totally agree with all the praise).

I agree 100%. The stories have been great & I was introduced to the incredible art of Amy Reeder Hadley.
I bought the TP of the first arc for my mom & she loves it!!

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/07/22/dc-vertigo-to-cancel-madam-xanadu/

NOOOOooooo...

I was happier in denial, OM.

Isn't Rich Johnston known for reporting rumours more than facts?

one can only hope arachne.


oh well, new comic books tomorrow!!!

Red Robin 15
Brightest Day 7
Driver for the Dead 1

Irredeemable #16
Hellboy The Storm #2
Brightest Day #7
Doom Patrol #13
House Of Mystery #28
JSA All-Stars #9
R.E.B.E.L.S. #19
Secret Six #24
Black Terror #11
Avengers Thor & Captain America Official Index To The Marvel Universe #4

Black Terror #11
New Mutants Forever #1
Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom #3
Doom Patrol #13 (My brother owes me for this one)
I... Zombie #4
The Stand: Hardcases #3
Grimm Fairy Tales: Inferno #2
Superman: The Last Family of Krypton #1 (ELSEWORLDS!!!!!!)

Secret Six #24
New Mutants Forever #1

As Best Man at my brother's wedding, he gave me a bonus Groomsmen gift, which was a $50 gift cert for Barnes & Noble, which is my bookstore of choice. At my wedding, I gave my brother something similar to use for Dungeons & Dragons, which was his childhood favorite hobby (like comics is to me), so this was intended for me to use on some Graphic Novels. So I picked up:

Revolver - new GN by Vertigo Crime with a preview that looked really awesome.

Fables 1,001 Nights of Snowfall - very recently I was discussing with Lardy & CJ that I often don't get GN's because they are not part of my normal buying habits. This is a good example of that; I've followed Fables for YEARS now and it's my favorite of all the comics I buy (which is a lot). Yet it never occurred to me to get this. I actually completely forgot about it the second after I learned of its existence until only very recently.

Death: The High Cost of Living TPB - I read this years ago but don't own it, unlike all the Sandman issues, which I own. I remember loving it and wanted to add it to the collection. Also, my brothers & sister love, love, love the Sandman series and have never read this so this will be a treat for them.

I own the last two. It was given to me as a gift when it first came out, Fables, that is.

I gave the guys that stood up in my wedding a 50 buck Certificate to Waldenbooks. Had to find one that was here and in Colorado at the time. They were all surprised and very thankfull.

It's a great gift, Dev! I had a great time during my whole lunch hour just figuring out what I wanted to spend it on. I love gift certificates!

Another week with nothing in my pull folder!

On the other hand, there were like four gaming books I wanted to buy... Yikes. My wallet!

I jus got my July shipment and now have the trades for FOUR EYES:Forged in Flames and Nova v.6: Realm of Kings to pick between for my bedtime reading over the next two nights.

I've already read Legion#3, Adventure#516 and Thanos Imperative#2 straight out of the box.

It's actually probably a good thing you're just getting it now... did you get the paperback version? I got the HC when it was first solicited, but it was 50% off... the TPB -just- came out, well over a year after the HC... at any rate, a FABLES must-have, like the early Prestige format one-shot...The Last Castle, I think? --which was important to the Blue/Riding Hood subplot. Definitely a good buy.

I went paperback, which is how I prefer all my trades. Hardback just feels too much like I might break it. (I did have to get the Revolver hardback though, which I decided I'd do because I really want to read it).

I remember getting Last Castle which was likely put in my pull because it just Prestige format and not a trade. My CBS guys throw stuff in my pull sometimes if they think I might want it. I flipped through 1,0001 and I'm looking forward to the mix of storytelling techniques.

Also--you MUST review Four Eyes, which was a comic I recommended to Legion World! A new issue actually just came out, which I haven't gotten to yet.

FUCKING. UN. REEEAL.

Four Eyes was excellent! This is the best Joe Kelly I've ever seen. Enrico is an engrossing and endearing character; indeed, everyone is so REAL. Boccioni is at turns charming and vile. Fawkes is a good man, hardened by life but devout and torn by the very conscience his boss lacks. Enrico's mother is a tormented widow, afraid now for her headstrong son. The backdrop of the Great Depression is a wondrous if odd setting for a tale involving dragons, but it all works. The art is very European, and the story flows from panel to panel, page to page... the 2-page splashes were truly incredible, whether it was Mr. Fawkes in the hatchery or Enrico huddled asleep with the nascent dragon.
I don't know how this book is doing saleswise, but I'm going to switch over to the pamphlets ASAP. Truly a remarkable series!

I've been reading a lot of comic trade paperbacks. I read the first 2 Cerebus trades which per pretty damn good. I am currently reading Marvel's Thor Essentials Vol 3. I figured I'd check out some of the original stories that I had never read prior before the movie comes out.

Just got this month's order in. That Bill Black-- what a guy. Only took 3 DAYS this time!!!


BEST OF THE WEST #6 -- this caught my eye as it has a NEW story among the 50's reprints, featuring Redmask, Durango Kid, Black Phantom, AND The Presto Kid in probably his ONLY appearance since the 50's. Artists on display: PETE MORISI, DICK GIORDANO, VINCE ALASCIA, FRANK BOLLE, Joe Certa & John Belfi, and of course, DICK AYERS.


FEMFORCE SPECIAL #1 -- the very 1st appearance of Black's ALL-GIRL superhero team. Hot, luscious babes in tight, revealing outfits fighting crime. What's not to like?


FEMFORCE: NIGHT OF THE DEMON
FEMFORCE: OUT OF THE ASYLUM

--a pair of one-shot specials featuring Femforce members in "horror"-related stories.


HORRORS OF THE HAUNTER -- "Horror"-style Haunted Horseman stories. These appear to have originally been by Dick Ayers, but some of the pages have been changed around by Black & co. I recently found out Black created "Buckaroo Betty", the
daughter of the original Ghost Rider, who later changed her name to "The Haunter". Spiffy, hmm?


A LOT of items at the AC Comics website are up for half-price now, Better for me!

They probably only just now forgave him for replacing Ghost Rider in Tim Holt/Red Mask.

I got Maus vol. 2 today. I didn't realize it was volume 2 till I got it out of the store. :7 I didn't know there were more than one volumes. Anyone know how many there are?

I got nuthin this week. Bought my daughter the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie instead. Jon got a Thomas the Train dvd as well.

Guys, even though I dropped most of my DC books, do you think I should pick up Zatanna again? Thinking about that thread Arachne (it was Arachne, right?) about no female heroes made me realize WW and Zatanna are the only two female heroes who have books.

"They probably only just now forgave him for replacing Ghost Rider in Tim Holt/Red Mask."


HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!

Of course, it was the Comics Code that put paid to Rex Fury's career as a masked vigilante. He kept running into more and more situations that screamed "HORROR COMICS!"-- pretty unusual for a WESTERN! (The '67 version-- a VERY different character-- is one of the biggest disappointments I've run across in years. Even with the same penciller... and even HE was disappointed in what they did to "his" character!)

"WW and Zatanna are the only two female heroes who have books."


What about THIS?
http://accomics.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/ff114.jpg

Damn it! I forgot Power Girl, Batgirl, and Supergirl. I can't believe I was so stupid.

And I meant at DC.

Zatanna is a fun read Sarky. I highly suggest it.

Well I already bought the first two issues. I didn't drop it because it made me want to retch, like some books... I'm just worried it might get cancelled, usually a heroine book doesn't do well unless she's Wonder Woman or somebody's sidekick.

Then support it while it lasts. Great stories and good art. Fun all the way around.

I'll second what Dev says about Zatanna. It's been pretty good so far.

In the long run, you should stick with a book because you like it (and can afford it). If you support it for no other reason than the book has a female lead, you're not doing yourself any favors.

The description for The Completed Maus HC at IST says it collects volumes 1 and 2... Grab the first and you should be all set, Al.

Thanks, Pov.

Not sure how I never picked up FEMFORCE when it started back in 1984. The first story was set in WW2, and was BETTER than 90% of the WW2 stories Roy Thomas ever did!

Superman 702
Adventure Comics 517
Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors 1
iZombie 4
Birds of Prey 4

The Authority: The Lost Year #12 (of 12)
Ex-Machina #50 (farewell)
DCU: Legacies #4
Atlas #4 (one to go)
Justice Society of America #42
The Spirit #5
Brightest Day #8
Power Girl #15
Fables #97
Lone Ranger #23
Hellblazer #270
Weird World of Jack Staff #4
The Bulletproof Coffin #1

Big week.

Darkwing Duck #3
Fables #97
Simpsons Comics #169 (For the cameo of Angelica Pickles and Chucky the Killer Doll)
Ultimate X #3
The Last Phantom #1 (For the Joe Prado cover)
Tiny Titans #31
New Mutants #16

And today in the mail I received...

Superboy #82 (For the Arsenal & Guardian story)
Titans Secret Files & Origins #2
Anima #0
X-Nation 2099 #1-6
Scare Tactics #8 and #11
Anne Rice's The Mummy #5-6

TIM HOLT #6 (1949). Downloaded from the Golden age Comics site. So now I've finally been able to read the debut of U.S Marshal Rex Fury (who became GHOST RIDER), although nobody found out his real name until 5 issues later! (I wonder if it was planned that way?)

I grabbed the last two Booster Golds, American Vampire #2 & 3, Darkwing Duck #2, The Walking Dead #76...and I think something else, but I organized my issues by series so I can't remember.

Oh yeah...Zatanna #4.

I got...

Superman: Secret Origin #6
Legion #4
Time Masters: Vanishing Point #2
Superman/Batman #75
X-Campus #3

My original intent WAS to buy S/B, because even though I could resist the Quitely cover knowing that Krul was writing a story, I couldn't resist knowing Jill Thompson was illustrating something in it.

...then I found out she just illustrated TWO pinups, one of Catwoman, and one of Lois Lane, so I decided no.

And while I was intrigued that Time Masters had the appearance of the Sword & Sorcery Starfire, I still wasn't going to buy it.

But I decided to throw my store owner a break and help it, even if it was on my store credit.

Secret Origin was exempt because it's a miniseries that's finally ending.

Legion of Superheroes
Wonder Woman
Dark Wolverine
X-Factor
Fables TP vol.#1

Invincible 74
*Legion 4
Superman/Batman 75
Wonder Woman 602
Superman: Secret Origin 6
Time Masters 2
Scalped 40
Prince of Power 4
Fantastic Four 582
JL: Gen Lost 8

Bought from past weeks:
Incorruptible 8
Hawkeye/Mockingbird 3

Not in stock:
Guarding the Globe 1 (Invincible spin-off-should have next week)

*Also, picked up the LSH 4 Variant! I never, EVER pay extra for variant cover but just couldn't resist this one! Mine was ten bucks.

Really? The ones at my store are, like, TWENTY.

I guess it's at the CBS guy's discretion?!?!

Actually my CBS guy once explained to me that the variants usually cost them (the retailers) something extra beyond what they pay for the norms, but he didn't specify.

Pretty much.

I usually don't bother with variants, but I got the Superboy/Krypto one for LSH #2. Six bucks at my store.

I definitely want the variant for DCU:Legacies #5 and hope I can get it for about the same.

in my CBS days, they were same price, but a % of the store order (1 variant for every 5, 10, 20 etc); some stores marked up variants while others offered subscribers first choice. it may be different now.

I got the Superboy/Krypto one for 5 bucks. I hope they have the Mon El one for the same.

I forgot about that one. How, I don't know, because it's gorgeous and I always liked the original issue.

I should try to snag that too. Thanks for the reminder!

I got:

Batman #702
Legion Of Super Heroes #4
Madame Xanadu #26
Superman/Batman #75
Superman Secret Origin #6 (of 6)

Plus Billy Batson for the kids.

Superman/Batman 75
LSH 4
American Vampire 4 and 5
JL:Generation Lost 7 and 8

Adventure 517
*I liked that Rokk very clearly was affected by waking up and not knowing what happened. It makes him look like a classier guy than I was fearing, from the discussion.

Legion of Super-Heroes 4
*I just read it, and I don't even remember the villains name. That's how forgettable he is.

I like Kirt's indecision. If he changed his song and dance too soon, it would seem kinda unearned. If he remained totally nutbar, it would be stale. Paul's walking a nice line, here.

Projectra needs short white hair and a rounder face. This woman could be anyone. She could be Kara Zor-El. She's not Jeckie.

OTOH, I love that she's got some sort of extra-sensory powers still. Her last few appearances have been heavy on her using her illusion powers and I was wondering if Meltzer or Johns even knew that she now had various super-senses. Whether they forgot or just never got around to showing her use them, Levitz does not let me down.

The interactions between Shady and Kirt are not displeasing me thus far. I hope the speculation (fairly common over at the DC message boards) that she's just gonna sleep with him to mess with his head are not true, and what we've seen this issue suggests that she's genuinely intrigued, and genuinely wary and wants to 'keep her enemy closer,' so to speak, not planning some sort of angry hate-sex betrayal thing.

X-Factor 208
*PAD feels like he's coasting on the 'controversy' (which, frankly, is pretty un-controversial in the 21st century) and that the story suffers for it.

Avengers Academy 3
*Remember Teen Titans 1, with action *and* teen drama? We're on issue 3, and still, drama, no action. Training sequences, IMO, are no substitute for the real deal.

I'm pretty sure that these four are the only titles I'm collecting at the moment, and Avengers Academy and X-Factor are vexing me with their dicking around aimlessly. (Agents of Atlas, if it was doing anything worth reading, would be five.)

Legion #4

Stuff Of Legend #2 (I don't know if #1 is still available anywhere. I'll have to track it down later, if finances permit.) I'm very intrigued with it, and I may write a mini-review later if I can pull my thoughts together.

Batman #702
Legion Of Super Heroes #4
Madame Xanadu #26
Superman Secret Origin #6
Detective Comics #868
Justice League Of America #48
Time Masters Vanishing Point #2

I was surprised by the use of the Bronze Age Starfire in Time Masters.

I was too, and pleasantly so.

Superman: Last Family of Krypton #2
I... Zombie #5
Freedom Fighters #1
New Mutants Forever #2
Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom #4
Spitfire Oneshot
Our Army at War Oneshot
GFT: Inferno #3

And I bought House of M hardcover for one dollar from the library a few minutes ago.

young avengers
and
namor

Secret Six #25
New Mutants Forever #2

Weird War Tales #1
American Vampire #6
Welcome to Tranquility: One Foot In The Grave #3
Grimm Fairy Tales #50
Avengers: The Children's Crusade #1

Doom Patrol #14
Batman and Robin #14

(I didn't pick up X-Men #3 or Greek Street in order to save money)

Anyone who picks up the first issues of Wolverine, X-23 and Uncanny X-Force, please review and post your thoughts! All three have good writers (Jason Aaron, Marjorie Lui and Rick Remender) and have piqued my curiosity, yet all three are also three X-concepts I'm most likely *not* to buy. A good or bad review could help my decision.

Arachne, I thought of you on X-23 because I know you like Lui's work and are more in tune with what's good in the X-world.

I just bought these today. They're old, well, except one.

Amazing Fantasy #5
Marville #1
Marvel Icons: Chamber #1
Warrior Nun Aerala #1
The Mighty Crusaders #1

Missed last week...so:

American Vampire 6
Adventure Comics 518
Darkwing Duck 3
Green Lantern 57
Booster Gold 36
JL: Generation Lost 9

and finally got
Superman/Batman 74

Two weeks worth of stuff:

Adventure Comics #518
Astro City: Silver Agent #2
Baltimore: The Plague Ships #2
Batman #703
Batman and Robin #14
Brightest Day #9
B.R.P.D: Hell on Earth #2
Doc Savage #6
Doom Patrol #14
Green Lantern #57
Incorruptible #9
Irredeemable #17
JSA All-Stars #10
R.E.B.E.L.S #20
Secret Six #25
Weird-War Tales #1

This weeks freebies were a bunch of tattered, non-sellable comics which are still quite readable: DC 80-pg Giant #170 (Worlds' Finest) & 190 (Our Army At War), Blackhawk #228, and Capt. Storm #6

Our Fighting Forces #1
New Mutants #17
Joe the Barbarian #7
Birds of Prey #5
Avengers: The Children's Crusade #2
Zatanna #5
DV8 #6 (decided to give it a try)
Tiny Titans #32

Playing catchup...

Legacies #3, 4 and 5
Chew #13

I got the latest X-Factor and Avengers: Children's Crusade 2 today, but, like a ninny, I forgot to pick up Adventure 518.

Grr. Gotta go back for that one...

All that discussion about The Losers in the Legacies thread inspired me to buy their one-shot that came out this week.

I was avoiding those War Specials because of their exorbitant price but I thought the timing of this one was so serendipitous I had to grab it.

Did anyone else pick it up? I'll do a review for it in the random review thread once I've read it.

I grabbed one, along with the other one-shots that have come out.

Read it; still chewing it over.

I've been getting all of the war one-shots so far. I figure since they're one-shots...

My favorite so far is Weird War Tales because of the first story.

"*Gasp*! HITLER!"

"That's right, baby! And these ain't maracas!"

Brightest Day #10 - Trident dart? The best Black Manta has is a trident dart?
Legacies #5 - the writing struck me somewhat stiff
Birds of Prey #5 - artwork was all over the place

I only bought BoP.

Darkwing Duck #4
Project Superpowers Chapter 2 #12
Legion #5
Magnus, Robot Fighter #1
The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror #16
Fables #99
X-Campus #4
Incorruptible #2
GI Combat One-Shot
Marvel Universe Vs The Punisher #1

And for those of who bought Titans... shame on you.

LSH #5
Flash #5
Superman/Batman #76

Only had money for LSH #5

LSH 5
Uncanny X-Men 528
The Avengers 5
Power Girl 16
x-men xenogenesis 3

LSH 5
JLA 49
Power Girl 16
Flash 5
Project Superpowers Chapter 2 12
Fables 99
Phoenix Without Ashes 1
Batman:Streets of Gotham 16
Spirit 6

Finally made it to the store today (today being yesterday, but I just got out of work, so my 'day' hasn't ended yet...).

LoSH 5
Adventure 518
Avengers Academy 4

Avengers Academy remains on life support. What a limp-ass beginning to a series (exacerbated not merely by 'paced-for-trade' writing, but by the presence of *two* complete superteams, with the six students and their five teachers, resulting in almost everyone getting short shrift, character-wise). I'm mostly interested in Finesse, Reptil and Striker, and, I'm getting the impression that after their 'intro' issues (5 and 6), I'll be less interested in both Striker and Reptil...

And I ain't gonna buy this book for Finesse. She's not [i]that[i] interesting.

Avengers Academy #1
Wetworks: Mutation (With the death of Wildstorm I'm giving it a try)
Star-Spangled War Stories #1
Time Masters: Vanishing Point #3
Hack/Slash: My First Maniac #4
First Wave #4 (RIMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Action Comics #893 (Just for the appearance of Death)
Grimm Fairy Tales: Neverland #5

Adventure #518
Legion #5
Stuff of Legend #3

Have not read them yet, though. I'm waiting until I'm something other than dead from the neck up.

Namor #2
Avengers Prime #3

d o u b l e p o s t

Lessee...been a couple weeks...

The Walking Dead 77
JL:Generation Lost 10
Flash 5
Zatanna 5
GL: Emerald Warriors 2
First Wave 3 and 4

First Wave #4
Atlas #5 (final issue....alas)
Captain America: Patriot #2
JSA #43
G.I. Combat One-Shot
Star-Spangled War Stories One-Shot
Green Hornet #7
Detective Comics #869
Okko: The Cycle of Air #3

Justice Society of America 80-Page Giant 2010
Untold Tales of Blackest Night
Superior #1
Knight and Squire #1
Welcome to Tranquility - One Foot In The Grave #4
Tiny Titans/Little Archie #1
House of Mystery Halloween Annual #2

Fables #99
Tiny Titans #33
Darkwing Duck #5
Gen13 #38
New Mutants #18
Batman and Robin #15
Green Lantern Corps #53
Legion of Super-Heroes #6
The Stand: Hardcases #4
DCU Halloween Special 2010

So far the only ones I've actually read are Tiny Titans, Legion, The Stand, and the Halloween Special.

I couldn't control my laughter from the second-to-last page of Tiny Titans. And Lil' Cass Cain in her Batgirl outfit felt like something out of Invader Zim.

Over in The Stand, Harold Lauder officially creeps me out.

And the highlight of the Halloween Special is the Batman story by Billy Tucci, and the Teen Titans story featuring Klarion and two hipsters who managed to piss off said witch boy.

Cyblade #2
Zatanna #6
Supergirl Annual #2
Time Masters #4
Hellboy/Beasts of Burden
Action Comics #894

Superman: Earth One
Superman 704
Wonder Woman 604
JL: Gen Lost
Scalped 42
FF 584
Supergirl Annual 2
Time Masters 4
Incognito: Bad Influences 1

Have you never read the book? *tch*

No, unfortunately. I've only read the comic and seen the movie. But I know we have it.

Hell, I got Mike Perkins to do a head sketch of Mother Abigail at NYCC.

Sarky, I'm sure the comic is pretty good, but NO King adaptation has EVER compared to the prose originals! Check it out, G!

The problem with me is I never seem to finish any Stephen King novel I start. I can only ever finish the short stories. The closest to a novel I've finished was The Langoliers.

The Stand is not one to start with then, as it's one of his longer ones.

It's a great one, though.

I actually tried to read It. Now THAT was long.

It's not as bad as Anne Rice's novels, though. I'm told she spent whole chapters simply describing rooms of the house in The Witching Hour.

There isn't much that's as bad as an Anne Rice novel, true.

Oh don't get me wrong I really did enjoy The Mummy.

The Stand is long but I think it reads pretty fast. Most of King's novels are pretty dense; a good one to start with is one of the best (and my favorite) Salem's Lot. It's long but is a quick read--I knocked it out in 2 days a few years ago because I couldn't put it down.

IT is another long but great read.

While IT is great, I feel it dragged in places (like get to the frickin' rock fight, already!!!) much more than The Stand did.

Salem's Lot is comparatively short, as is The Shining. Both are phenominal books but definitely slow burns. That's how King's books typically work. He's known for his frights, but his strengths are more in character development and richness of the story. When the frights do come, the character and story are what make them pay off so well, IMO. I've only read a handful, so I can't speak for the entire body of work, but everything I've read, I've enjoyed. And they all share those traits I describe.

Firestarter gets my vote for an easy breezy King read.

My parents bought me a collected edition years ago as a Christmas gift which included the Shining and Salem's Lot.

For some reason I've never read it.

I found the Shining a bit bloated. I understood what he was trying to do, and he did set the stage very well, but the book could still have shed a hundred or so pages and have been just as effective, if not more so.

His best book I think is still Pet Semetary as it so deftly melded a real sense of grief with such sharpened horror. What I always find funny is that the movie was the most faithful of all the King adaptations I've seen, but the least effective as a film.

And to keep this from being a total thread drift:

This week I got:

Madame Xanadu
Supergirl Annual
Action Comics
and
Roda Home: Ra's Al Ghul (haven't read it though, waiting for Return to finish).

Oh god, Pet Semetary. I couldn't stomach the movie, I don't think I'm going near the book.

Wonder Woman #604
Superman # 704
Bruce Wayne, the Road Home: Oracle
Supergirl annual #2

Superman #704
Bruce Wayne, the Road Home: Oracle
Bruce Wayne, the Road Home: Ra's al Ghul
Zatanna #6
Justice Society of America #44
Madame Xanadu #28
Time Masters: Vanishing Point #4
JLA/The 99 #1
Hellblazer: City of Demons #2
Captain America: Patriot #3
Weird World of Jack Staff #5
Incorruptible #11
Hellboy Beasts of Burden One-Shot
The Bulletproof Coffin #5

I picked up Marvel's "Tomb of Terror" #1. It's no "Giant Sized Man-Thing", but the art on the lead story was pretty good.

Superboy #1
I Zombie #7
Freedom Fighters #3
Generation Hope #1
Batman/Catwoman: Follow the Money
Doom Patrol #16
Ozma of Oz #1

Superboy#1
JSA All-Stars #12
Detective Comics #870
Irredeemable #19
Brightest Day #13
Baltimore: The Plague Ships #4
Adventure Comics #520
Batman and Robin #16
Secret Six #27
House of Mystery #31
Doom Patrol #16
Strange Tales II #2

American Vampire #8
Knight & Squire #2
Tiny Titans/Little Archie #2
Welcome to Tranquility: One Foot in the Grave #5
THUNDER Agents #1
All-New Batman: Brave and the Bold #1
Booster Gold #38 (A lark after reading some of the dialogue)

Knight & Squire #2
Welcome to Tranquility: One Foot in the Grave #5
Batman The Return of Bruce Wayne #6
B.P.R.D Hell on Earth #4
Green Hornet #9
Green Hornet Year One #6
R.E.B.E.L.S #22
Halcyon #1
Hellblazer City of Demons #3
The Unwritten #19
Doc Savage #8
Okko The Cycle of Air #4
Atomic Robo Deadly Art of Science #1

Batman Incorporated #1
Zatanna #7
Superior #2
Tiny Titans #34
Darkwing Duck #6
Green Lantern Corps #54
Legion of Super-Heroes #7

Legion #7, plus the Supergirl Annual

(Adventure will have to wait, since I didn't have the funds. Next week, maybe.)

SK, hope you review Thunder Agents (feel free to find a thread or start a new one) and Superior

OM, also looking forward to a review of Halycon, which I've considered getting but am unsure if I will.

Maybe I'll get something this week.

Not if you remember to wash your hands frequently, just like the signs tell you to.

You'd actually want me to review something?

Absolutely! Reading comic book reviews is my #1 favorite thing to do on Legion World! Especially new series!

Also, did anyone pick up the Liberty Annual by the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund? I grabbed the latest issue...I sometimes buy this and sometimes do not depending on how strapped I am for cash each year. Naturally, I'm a big believer in the CBLDF and want to support it.

The best part of the issue was the 2-page story featuring Milk & Cheese, two hilarious and scrappy animated, well, Milk & Cheese, and their violent tendencies. It was by Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer, and it was perhaps the single funniest comic book sequence I've read all year and probably for the last several years. I laughed out loud the entire 2 pages. I'm wondering if there is more Milk & Cheese material out there, and if so, I must find it.

I got...

Vampirella #1
Batwoman #0
Avengers: The Children's Crusade #3
The Stand: Hardcases #5
New Mutants #19

I bought Chaos War: Alpha Flight after getting curious from reading a DA journal entry by the artist, Reilly Brown.

I bought Thunderstrike #1 solely out of curiosity, and enjoyed it.

Also, I picked up two old issues of Superman/Batman, 63 and 64.

Nothing this week, bought the wife The Expendables for her birthday instead.

I went Weds and got:

NEW MUTANTS 19
JUSTICE SOCIETY 44 & 45
LSH 7
JL GENERATION LOST 12 13 14
MORNING GLORIES 4
THE WALKING DEAD 79

Not a comic, but I got The Big Bang Theory Season 3.

This was for her?!?!

Yep. She loved the movie...so did I. She wanted to go see it for our anniversary, and we did. She wanted to buy it, so I got it for her for her Birthday.

I bought...and remember that I am behind...

JL:GL #13
LSH #7
The Flash #6
TWD #79
Adventure Comics #520
Zatanna #6
I Zombie #6

I was also given a varient edition of Ozma of Oz #1 for Hannah (free even). Love my comic shop.

Trying HARD to resist making another In-Stock Trades order after just having done one two weeks ago because they've got a 50% SALE on trades from Dynamite! And the Marvel, Image & DC trades are still 38%! Must...resist...temptation...

(I know I come off as shilling for IST, but I know posters like Cobie and others have been putting off and putting off titles like The Boys, Battlefields and countless other excellent Dynamite books, so I had to post something...)

^always glad to hear about the new deals! I had no idea and thy might convince me to put an order in and spend some of my year end bonus money on myself.

Btw, anyone picking up Marineman #1 by Image? It got 4.5 out 5 stars at CBR and actually looks really groovy from the articles I've seen on it.

^By the way, Cobie, when I bought the GDS hardcover a few weeks ago, I also picked up the Secret History Omnibus on your and FC's recommendation. Though I probably won't get to it for a good while, I thought you'd like to know!

Nothin'. The car needed gas.

[sulk]

Action Comics Annual
Adventure Comics
iZombie
American Vampire
Heroes for Hire
Marineman
Supergod

I did and found it to be surprising amount of fun

Got Adventure 521 and Avengers: Children's Crusade 3 (again, by accident. Grr.).

Funnest new title I've seen is Dead Avengers 1. That version of Yellowjacket is a favorite character, and I also liked the Swordsman and Doctor Druid (apparently making me the only one, in the latter case! Even his fellow heroes can't stand him!). I know bupkiss about this Warcry person, but she's so '90s that it hurts. She's got Rob Liefield written all over her.

Gosh, I'd love to see a Legion of the Dead mini-series, with Lyle, Condo, a couple of Lu, Val, Andrew, and some surprise guest-stars, like Mentalla and Kid Psycho, in some adventure on the other side of the veil (not as zombies or black lanterns or anything gross, as themselves, just having some post-mortem heroic adventures)...

^ With the amount of great "dead" DCU heroes I've been thinking for a long time that it would be cool to see some good writer give them all an adventure beyond the veil.

Geoff Johns kind of did it in that so-so Day of Judgment mini of a few years ago but the dead characters there (Jason Todd, Vigilante [Adrian Chase] - some others I'm forgetting) really took a back-seat to the Phantom Stranger and Hal Jordan and whoever else the living characters in that storyline were.

So the plot idea is still wide open for some good writer to pick it up and run with it.

Cool! Start a new thread and review! I'm really interested in hearing your thoughts (and Supergod too, which I don't think I've heard of until now). Each week, you always collect a nice mix of titles.

I heard good things about Marineman, too.

In addition to the weekly stuff (DP, Adventure) I picked up Volumes 1, 2 & 3 of Unknown Soldier and Air. My Xmas present to myself, so I'll wait until the end of the month to read them.

Also got the Amory Wars: Second Stage HC. Started it, lots of variety in the art from chapter to chapter, l like the concept but will wait until I finish it to review.

How good could Marineman be? I mean written and drawn by Ian Churchill?

What's next? A critically-acclaimed Liefeld-produced book?!?! (That Alan Moore Supreme stuff don't count!)

I bought it.

This and last week.

Tiny Titans/Little Archie #3
Ozma of Oz #2
Generation Hope #2
Welcome to Tranquility: One Foot In The Grave #6
Fables #100
Doom Patrol #17
First Wave #5
Freedom Fighters #4
Project Superpowers X-Mas Carol
Superboy #2
Marineman #2
Batman: Orphans #1
DC Universe Holiday Special 2010
Knight and Squire #3
Victorian Undead Special: Sherlock Holmes Vs Jekyll/Hyde (gift for dad)
Batman 80-Page Giant 2010
Grimm Fairy Tales #52

Lessee...no comics, but I bought Zombieland for myself, and The Square Pegs Series DVD for my wife.

This week was expensive at 50 dollars.

This weeks I have bought:

Supergirl #59
Superman #706
Unwritten #20
John Byrnes Next Men #1
Magus #1
Atomic Robo: Deadly Art of Science #2
META 4 #4

Just "Batman & Robin" this week (and some Heroclix)

These are really last week's purchases, but I was too busy to post about 'em:

Marvel Strange Tales #2 - (The giggly Eighties/Nineties fangirl in me couldn't resist the allure of both Hernandez Bros. drawing Marvel characters in one book. Eeeeee!!)

Adventure Comics #520 & #521

From the five-buck bargain table:

The All-New Atom: Future/Past TPB - A mixed bag all around, but still... what a waste that DC killed off such a potentially awesome character just so they could have back some Silver Age dude that I never warmed to when he was around the first time. Meh.

Tree of Love, Vol III - Patrick Atangan adapts Asian folktales into comic book form, using traditional art styles. I may have to write a review up of this one when I have time.

I can't remember last week, but this week...

Green Lantern: Larfleeze Christmas Special (I AM MAKING THOSE COOKIES)
Grimm Fairy Tales 2010 Holiday Special
Zatanna #8
Legion #8
Green Lantern Corps #55
Superior #3
American Vampire #10
Superman/Batman #79
Batman Inc. #2
Grimm Fairy Tales #54

I posted a review of Marine Man #1 that I hope you check out!

Really interested in review of the Larfleeze Special, Strange Tales and John Byrne's Next Men! Hope you guys post 'em!

Supergirl #58
Tiny Titans #35
Detective Comics #871
Batman: Brave and the Bold #2
New Mutants #20
Gen13 #39
Batman: The Dark Knight #1
I Zombie #8
Chaos War: X-Men #1
Thunderstrike #2
DC Comics Presents: Chase

Batman: The Dark Knight #1
Flash #8

Astonishing X-Men 4 of 5.
Ultimate Thor number 3
and The Avengers 8 'Return of the Illuminati'

all pretty good.

Hack/Slash Vol.8
America's Best Comics
Terra Obscura Vol.1
Generation X Classic Vol.1
Teen Titans Go! #48
What If? #45
Cyblade #3
Pilot Season: Cyblade
Megalith #1
Supergirl #40-41

Doom Patrol #18
Batman Beyond #1
Superboy #3
Weird Worlds #1
Vampirella #2
Freedom Fighters #5
Generation Hope #3
Marineman #2
Ozma of Oz #3
Greyshirt: Indigo Sunset #1-6

John Byrne's Next Men 2
Walking Dead 80
Thanos Imperative: Devastation
Irredeemable 21
Doom Patrol 18 (love that Bumblebee's prominent on the cover!)
Brightest Day 17
Adventure 522
Superboy 3
Jonah Hex 63

I thought long and hard about buying Batman Beyond 1 and Ultimate Captain America 1.

Ended up passing on BB because a glance thru looked like it didn't live up to the preview pages in last month's comics. I'll keep an eye on the reviews.

UCA, I passed up ultimately because of the $3.99 price tag. I LOVE Jason Aaron who writes it, but Marvel's always sure to stamp his stuff with the higher price. Doesn't help that I'm not crazy about the Ultimate line's edgier version of Steve Rogers. The preview page have him insulting his fellow soldiers, and that's just not him in any continuity. I'll keep an eye on reviews and consider the eventual trade if they're very positive.

Since they are predicting a winter storm that will surely hurl us back to the ice age, I went to the CBS today for readables!

DCU HOLIDAY SPECIAL 2010 (for the LSH story)

YOUNG AVENGERS CHILDRENS CRUSADE 4

THE WALKING DEAD 80

I ZOMBIE 9

FREEDOM FIGHTERS 5

DOOM PATROL 18

ADVENTURE COMICS 522 (horray for new $2.99 price!)

NEW MUTANTS 20

JSoA 46

CONGORILLA/STARMAN


Also, there was a huge 50% off sale on select TPBs... I got LSH: AN EYE FOR AN EYE (which collects the Levitz LSV arc) for $9.

I picked up some stuff earlier in the weeks...already sorted into the main stuff, so I don't remember everything I got.

But I went yesterday and grabbed Supergirl Annual 2, and the 2010 Holiday special. The only thing I couldn't find was the Larfleeze special. <Pout>

Gonna catch back up on DP soon. Also want to get the first three Superboy issues.

I got "Supreme: The Return" in the mail yesterday.

Adventure 522
Superboy 3
Brightest Day 17

plus ...

Batman RIP
Batman: Battle for the Cowl
Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds HC

at another CBS a friend gave me a gift certificate for for Christmas... I loath this store... it's dirty and has boxes of crap everywhere, and the owner is a d-bag who yelled at my friend on Free Comic Book Day because he didn't hear my friend say thank you... I wanted to use up the whole gift certificate in one shot and not need to go back again...

I got nuthin'!

My shop sold out of Adventure 522 before I got there, and didn't bother ordering the new Madame Xanadu trade.

Rassinfrassinbrickinbrackin LCS!

I'm keeping my pull list emtpied, so this week I got:

current issues of:

BIRDS OF PREY

JL GENERATION LOST

BOOSTER GOLD

SECRET SIX

Since it was such a light week, I scoured the shelves for something else.

I rememebr reading nice comments about AVENGERS ACADEMY. I noticed 5, 6 and 7 on the shelf. Well, crapballs, I sure was behind. TOO behind to try it, I figured.

But then I noticed AVENGERS ACADEMY MUST-HAVE # 1, which apparently reprints issues 1-3 for the low low price of $3.99. JEENYUS, thought I... those Marvel bastards have made a sale!

I'm secretly hoping that I hate it, because if I love it, my shop had no copies of # 4 left.

Side-Note: I'm really j'adoring this MUST-HAVE reprint business, now that I am aware of it. IMO, they should do all their ongoings like this. Every 6th issue or so, do a MUST-HAVE collection of 3 issues. I would probably start buying a LOT more MARVEL if they did this. I think it is a brilliant idea to do these MUST-HAVEs at all. Good for you, Marvel.

Hate to disappoint you Lashie, but you're gonna LOVE it!! It's just brilliant.

I picked up some things that don't come out till next week, and glanced through the Wonder Girl one-shot and Titans.

Adriana Melo heavily changed Lady Zand's appearance. She now looks Indian when she originally had red hair and looked more European, but I like her take on Solstice and the colors used for it.

The art on Titans went from god awful to "AAHHHHHHH!!!!" with Philip Tan filling in for some pages, and Wallace once again shows he's incapable of using consistency, with one panel of Arsenal grinning like a maniac at the thought of Tattooed Man killing Slipknot, then telling Slade he's not a sadistic bastard.

Red Robin
Batman & Robin
Batgirl
Wondergirl
Superman

Sharky, I'm interested in your review of Red Robin--I gave up on the title in protest of Damien taking over as Robin but I do love Tim Drake.

I'm a hypocrite! I bought Wonder Girl #1!

Alright... I gave it a shot...

"Red Robin" review

Knight & Squire #4
Darkwing Duck #8
Toy Story (Free Comic Book Day 2010)
Sense & Sensibility #1
Tiny Titans #36
Grimm Fairy Tales: Myths & Legends #1
Supergirl #60
Detective Comics #872
Superior #4
Tomb of Terror #1
X-Factor #214 (I thought it was an out-of-continuity issue)
All-New Batman: Brave and the Bold #3
THUNDER Agents #3

Been hit or miss at the shop lately. Not much money to be had...but I got some stuff...

Larfleez Special, Superboy 1, and Chew 15 (my shop missed it somehow) were bought last wweek.

This week:

Darkwing Duck 7
JL:GL 16
The Walking Dead 80
LSH 9
Adventure 522
GL:EW 5
DC Comics Presents Chase (got it for a whole $1)

Chaos War: X-Men 2 (meh)
and, since there was nothing else from my pull, I grabbed;
Thunderbolts 151 and 152 (just to see if it had gotten good again)

Fables #101
Zatanna #9
Tom Strong & The Robots of Doom #5-6
Age of X Alpha
American Vampire #11
New Mutants #21

Adventure Comics #324 - The Legion of Super-Outlaws!
Superboy #127 - The Seven Insect Lives of Lana Lang! And introducing Bee-Boy!

Adventure Comics #343 - The Evil Hands of the Luck Lords!

Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane #65 - An Imaginary Shocker featuring Lois Lane as Mrs. Lex Luthor in... THE MUSICAL MURDER OF SUPERMAN!

Superman #200 - Super-Brother Against Super-Brother!

Batman Family #8 - The Copycatgirl Capers! (Duela Dent as Catgirl)

Adventure Comics #360 - An 80-Page Giant! The Unknown Supergirl!

Superman #166 - The Sons of Superman!

Superboy 4
Legion annual
Brightest Day 19

Legion Annual, Secret 6, Freedom Fighters

But was most excited about Secrfet Society of Super-Villains # 15 for $4 and THE CHAMPIONS vol. 2 for half pirce!

The Stand: No Man's Land #1
I Zombie #9
Freedom Fighters #6
Weird Worlds #2
Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #1
Superboy #4
Batman Beyond #2
Realworlds: Superman

Red Robin 20
Batgirl 18
Batman & Robin 20
DC Universe Legacies 9
Flash 9
Adventure 523
Driver for the Dead 3

Damn! This week 'bout broke the bank for me!

17 New Books!

Flash 9
Walking Dead 81
Batman & Robin 20
Batgirl 18
Adventure 523
Powerman/Iron Fist 1
Amazing Spidey 654
Heroes for Hire 3
Birds of Prey 9
JL: Gen Lost 19
Next Men 3
Punisher Max 3
Incognito: Bad Infuences 3
Casanova: Gula 2
GL: Emerald Warriors 7
REBELS 25
THUNDER Agents 4

:whew:

Action Comics #890
Action Comics #891 (Mister Mind in a cowboy hat, holding a six-shooter with one of his little nubs. Adorable!)
Batgirl #18
Adventure Comics #523
Batman: Brave and the Bold #4
Knight & Squire #5
Flash #9
Thunderstrike #3
Cinderella: Fables Are Forever #1
I Zombie #10
THUNDER AGENTS #4

Playing some catchup...

The Flash 9
Adventure Comics 523
The Walking Dead 81
Justice League: Generation Lost 17, 18, and 19
Booster Gold 40
I Zombie 8
Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors 6
/Zatanna 8
Darkwing Duck 8
Detective Comics 872
American Vampire 10
Hawkeye and Mockingbird 6

Also was given Tiny Titans/Lil' Archie and his Pals 1 for Hannah.

Add in the Legion of Super Heroes Annual 1.

Batman 707
Supergirl 60 & 61
LSH 10
Brightest Day 20

I just got SpongeBob Comics #1 & it's awesome!!
It's chock full of short strips by indy greats like James Kochalka, Hilary Barta & Andy Rementer!!

Legion #10
Doom Patrol #19 (For the Secret Six crossover)
Hellblazer #276

Tiny Titans #37 (Shazam! issue)
Ratchet & Clank #6

I didn't go this week. I stayed home from work.

No comics purchased this week...bought The Losers movie instead...and went out to lunch.

Instead, here's what I grabbed from the library to read:

Fables: The Dark Ages
Fables: The Great Fables Crossover
Fantastic Four Visionaries: Walt Simonson I
Fantastic Four Visionaries: Walt Simonson II
Fantastic Four Visionaries: Walt Simonson III
All Star Superman Vol I
All Star Superman Vol II
Final Crisis
Final Crisis Companion

I've been getting a bunch of stuff from the library recently too, ever since FFL suggested it...

Resurrection of Ra's Al Ghul
Nightwing year one
Batman & Robin volume 1

Batman Beyond #3
Freedom Fighters #7
Grimm Fairy Tales #56
First Wave #6 (THANK YOU GOD)
Joe the Barbarian #8
Darkwing Duck Annual #1
Marineman #3

...

What If?: Dark Reign - It's a story about an archer who kills a supervillain and goes on the run. Where have we heard THAT before?

Nothing for me this week, have stuff to mail out to Lash, Cobie and somewhere else.

Yay for Parents.

Just got All-Star Superman and Kick Ass on DVD!!!

How was All-Star Superman?

Good. I starteed a thread here.

Awesome! Thanks Dev!

Also, I thought Kick-Ass was actually pretty groovy!

As soon as I can get to the danged post office...Grife. Registration at the school is killer.

I haven't been to the comic shop in weeks. I've got stuff waiting for me there but I'm just not in the hurry to read my comics as I used to be.

I'll make the trip this week to pick up the LSV Special though. Definitely looking forward to that one.

Got Secret Six and Joe the Barbarian last week. Both were great.

iZombie
Batman and Robin
Batman Inc.
&
Legion of Super-Villains One Shot

I didn't get the LSV one-shot because I'm trying to distance myself from current villain-oriented books, and to save some money, but like I said before I like the way Portela draws Ultra Boy, but I prefer the alternate Saturn Queen from Superman/Batman.

Today I got:

*Zatanna #10
*Superboy #5
*Weird Worlds #3
*Batman Incorporated #3
*Doom Patrol #20
*Cinderella: Fables are Forever
*Marvel Zombies Supreme #1 (the writer lives near my comic store)
*Love & Capes: Ever After #1
*Sigil #1 (Wanted to see what Cross Gen is like)

LSV #1
Batgirl #19
Batman & Robin #21
Brightest Day #21
Superboy #5 (splurged for the beautiful Francis Manapul variant cover plus the original)

Watched it today and really liked it.

Darkwing Duck #10
Knight & Squire #6
THUNDER Agents #5
I Zombie #11
Generation Hope #5
Adventure Comics #524
Tiny Titans #38
Love & Capes: Ever After #2
Grim Ghost #2
Vampirella #4
Xombi #1
Astro City: Silver Agent #1-2

I splurged today and I'm ashamed of that fact.

Avengers Academy 10

X-Factor 217

Avengers: The Children's Crusade, Young Avengers 1

Adventure 524

Red banner week for me. Some weeks I end up putting the one comic back in the folder, since the manager gives me the stink eye if I try to buy a single comic with my debit card.

Library finds for the week:

Richard Stark's Parker: the Hunter
Richard Stark's Parker: the Outfit

^Finally read "The Outfit" last week as a birthday treat. I'd bought it when it came out back in October but kept saving it and saving it. It was GREAT! Worst part is the end where it says "Parker will return in 2012!" 2012?!?! That's too long to effin' wait!!!

Man! What a cool library, though!!!

Yeah, they have a great Trade collection to choose from.

Adventure #524
Red Robin #21
Legacies #10
Brightest Day #22
Batman #708

LSH #11
Supergirl #62

LSH 11. That was it.

I splurged again this week. Ugh.

Legion of Super-Heroes #11
Fables #103
Batman Incorporated #4
Green Lantern Corps #58
Batman: The Dark Knight #2

Older stuff I got:

New Mutants #22
Superman #708
Secret Six #31
Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis #1
Morning Glories #1

I missed Grimm Fairy Tales and Supergirl because one box didn't ship.

Legion of Super-Heroes #11
Giant Sized Atom one shot
Captain America 70th Anniversary special

The guy working the register at the Comic Book Shop was scanning my books. He said, "Jerry, somebody is getting punched on the cover of all your books this week. Aren't comics cool?"

LSH 11
TWD 81 & 82 (the latest 2 issues.
LSV Special
Assorted stuff I'm behind on (GL, GL:EW, Detective, Zatanna, iZombie) not the latest issues, but onwe or two back.

Thankfully I only got five books this week.

Ultimate Comics X #4 (that cover lied)
Zatanna #11
American Vampire #13
Supergirl #62
Detective Comics #875

I only got one new book this week, Butcher Baker by Joe Casey & Mike Huddleson, and it SUCKED!!

Brightest Day #23

Avengers Academy #11
{Young) Avengers: Children's Crusade #5

picked up:

Batman & Robin #22
Adventure #525
&
Birds of Prey #11 (for the Secret Six tie-in).

LSH #12
Supergirl #63
Batman #703

Brightest Day #24
Flash #11
Superboy #7
Adventure #526

It's been a while since I posted on here:

I Zombie #13
Batman Inc. #6
Cinderella: Fables Are Forever #5
Birds of Prey #12
GFT: The Dream Eater Saga #0
New Mutants #25
Weird Worlds #5

And, free stuff:

Worlds of Aspen 2011
2000 AD
The Intrepid Escapegoat/The Stuff of Legend

Batgirl #21
Flash #12
Red Robin #23
Legion of the Damned

Nothing recently, but going to a convention this weekend...

Just Batman Inc. (and it was great).

I loved the Spidey Sunday Spectacular.
Marcos Martin is a gifted artist!!

Just Legion #11. Now I can finally sit down and read everything from the past three months in its correct order. (I think.)

CAnnot go to the con due to reasons out of my control, so I went on a catch up as much as possible spree:

Justice League:Generation Lost #22 (I still need the last two issues, but my regular shop missed this one, so I got it to catch up.)

GL Corps #58 (Long story, but I still need the rest of this crossover, my shop just didn't have this issue, so I grabbed it when I hit the other store...then to get the rest of the crossover.)

Zatanna 11
Adventure Comics #526
LSH #12
The Flash #11 and 12
Flashpoint #1
The Walking Dead #84
Moon Knight #1
Darkwing Duck # Annual 1, 9 and 10
i Zombie #11, 12 and 5 (missed this one somehow, so grabbed it...now I can catch up in my reading finally.)
American Vampire #13, 14 and 9 (another missed issue that I needed to catch up on.

SPROCK! The rain seeped through my bag and the comics got wet! Tiny Titans #40 took the brunt of it.

Generation Hope #7
Zatanna #13
Legion of Super-Heroes #13
Flashpoint #1 (I needed reference material for Yo-Yo)
Fables #105
Darkwing Duck #12

Not much. Stopped by a third backup shop to grab a couple things m other shops are out of, and an impulse buy to boot:

Atom finale special that wrapped up the Adventure arc.

another i Zombie issue my regular shop had missed. Now I can read the series.

Alpha Flight 0.1 - which is by far the dumbest numbering giimick of all time.

Picked up:

BATMAN AND ROBIN #23
HELLBLAZER #279
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #13
POWER GIRL #24
TINY TITANS #40

All of them were decent to good, no stinkers for sure. Power Girl and Hellblazer probably edged out the others.

This week;

Alpha Flight #0.1
Avengers Academy #14
Legion of Super-Heroes #13
X-Factor #219

LSH # 13
Supergirl #64
Batman & Robin #23
Batman #710

I Zombie #14
Ozma of Oz #7
Secret Six #34
Weird Worlds #6
DC Comics Presents: Batman: Dark Knight, Dark City

Adventure Comics #527
Superboy #8

Adventure #527
Avengers Academy #14.1
X-Factor #220

I got a fun stack this week:

Adventure Comics #527
Wonder Woman #611
Flashpoint #2
Superboy #8
I, Zombie #14
The Walking Dead #85
RASL #10
Kirby: Genesis #0

Yesterday I managed to get two comics early.

Birds of Prey #13
Flashpoint: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown #1

Yesterday...

15 Love #1
Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman #1
Grimm Fairy Tales #60
Grimm Fairy Tales: Myths and Legends #5
Fly #1
Dream Eater Saga: The Piper

Cinder & Ashe #1-3
Tailgunner Jo #1
Superman #165
Who's Who #13
Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld #1

Red Robin #24
Batman & Robin #24

Batgirl #22
Supergirl #65
Batman #711
LSH #14

Batgirl 22
LSH 14
Invincible 80
Undying Love 3
Alpha Flight 1
Superboy 8
Ka-Zar 1
Ruse 4

There's a new Ka-Zar? I missed that. Is it any good, Lard Lad?

So far...

Chew 27 (My regular shop missed this for some reason)

Alpha Flight 1

X-Factor 221
Legion of Super-Heroes 14
Avengers Academy 15
Youth In Revolt 1
Dynamo 5 1
Gladstone's School for World Conquerors 2

The last three were just me grabbing random stuff to see if I liked it.

It's a five-issue mini. I'm behind (perpetually) in my reading, so I won't get to it for close to a month. This article picqued my interest, Jer. Check it out and see what you think. I can say, having flipped thru it, that the pencils and color are absolutely GORGEOUS on this thing! (The article has sample pages.)

I'm a fan of the character, though I've read very little of the actual work on him. One thing I'm happy about is that they're actually having Ka-Zar IN the Savage Land instead of constantly taking him out of his wheelhouse as they did in the (though admittedly excellent) Waid/Andy Kubert series about a decade ago.

Interestingly, the artist on this is Pascal Alixe who spelled Coipel every few issues on the original Legion Lost series. His pencils are MUCH improved over his Coipel-aping style he used there. This is one of those inkerless books scanned from the pencils. Sometimes, this approach doesn't work, but the current Ka-Zar mini looks like one of the successes. The colors are absolutely BEAUTIFUL!

Hope all this helps!

That art is unbelievable. I may just have to check this one out. I also like Ka-Zar, so I'd be in for a mini.

Thanks for the link. It looks interesting. I'll check to see if my shop still has any next time I make it in.

Just the two Legion books. I asked the store dude about The Intrepid Escape Goat (which I gave a shout-out to elsewhere in Dr. Gym'll's), but contrary to what the company's web page says, it's actually not available yet.

Way behind...but grabbed the following on a trip to an alternate shop this week (this should blow Cobies mind!):

Captain America #1 (Like what I have read of Bru's run on this title - trades from the library and such - so I decided to give the new series a try. Figured the wife might like it as well.)

Daredevil #1 (Good reviews and liking Waid helped this one jump into my hands.)

Alpha Flight #2 (Hoping this stays a solid read through the rest of the series)

Retroactive '70's The Flash (C'mon...a few more comics until I give up on Barry because he no longer is the character he is now.)

Flash: the Fastest Man Alive #1 (Old issue that I never got when I had no money whatsoever for comics. Need to fill in this series, and this was only a buck.)

I was a week behind from going to Comic Con...

LSH #15
Batman #712
Supergirl #66

I got some fun stuff ....

Action Comics Superman & The Metal Men #590. (July 87)


Uncanny X-Force #12
X-Men Legacy #252
The Mighty Thor #4
Avengers Fear Itself #15
Astonishing X-Men #40

and a couple TPBs.
Starman to Reach the Stars
Starman Sons of the Father

20 comics for 2 bucks.

Got Hannah some Stars and Stripes issues, including 0. Byrnes She Hulk 1, and a Superman/Plus Legion. A random Mary Jane comic.

Jonathan got a couple Avengers reprint comics, which he loves.

I grabbed a random Kirkman MTU with Cap and Black Widow. Vintage Magnus Robot Fighter 1 - 4. Secret 6 #1. 1 and 2 of the later Deadshot mini, plus a few Ultraverse books that I thought I needed...needed at least one of the three I grabbed.

Overall, well worth the time spent digging to see the kids faces, when sthey got them.

TONS of stuff ...


Secret Six 31 to 36. I tried BOP so now I'm excited to try Secret Six.
Secret Seven #3 (the ONLY Flashpoint title or tie in I'm reading)
Adventure #529.
IZombie #16
Metal Men Retroactive 1 shot (It's really pixelated .. maybe it will be recalled and I'll have a find. I really hope so 'cause Maguire is too good to be pixelated)
X-Men Schism #1
Ultimate Fallout Spider Man #4 (Is this the new Ultimate Spider Man ?? )

I must say, having finally read #1 of the Ka-Zar mini, that I really enjoyed it! It's basically about a corporation gaining access to the Savage Land and its resources by using one of its downtrodden tribes as its "in" under the auspices of offering humanitarian aid. It looks to be pretty gripping stuff as the majority of the other tribes oppose this action. Very topical without seeming preachy, and it looks like we're set up for some intriguing conflict.

And, oh, yeah the art is mesmerisingly lush and gorgeous!

So far, a definite recommend!

DC COMICS PRESENTS METAL MEN (Peebs, I think you got a bad copy-- mine looks good)

IZOMBIE 15

SECRET SIX 36 (Peebs... OMG are YOU in for a treat!! You must get ALL back issues all the way back to VILLAINS UNITED!!)

ADVENTURE 529

FIRESTORM tpb

Apparently recalled, and maybe worth 13 bucks!

YES!!!!

great! I only tried the last 3 issues of BOP and I thought they were pretty cool. Comicon has really excited me about comic books ... I think i've been to the comic store 4 times since Comicon.

( and furthermore do people that work in comics not know how to use photoshop ? even if they don't can't they tell it's all ugly and maybe they should change the image size or something? It's not just DC ... A flashback panel in X-Men schism also had all the pixels showing (huge colored dots!!) ... do they think this looks cool?? GRRR )

Weird... mine looks fine...

Child you need to check the "Current 5 favorite" comics thread more often-- Secret Six is on just about everybody's top 5!

An awesome autographed backing board and a great 8 X 10 of Erin Gray!!!

Adventure Comics #529
Superboy #10

Batman & Robin #26
Batgirl #24
Red Robin #26 - I'm going to miss this title most of all...

Showcase Presents Sgt Rock #1 (Kubert, do I have to say anymore? B&W Kubert at that.)

Showcase Presents Sgt Rock #2 (I mean seriously...Kubert!!!)

Showcase Presents Batlash (Nick Cardy art!)

I got the three for $21. How could I refuse!!!

Really curious about your thoughts on Bat Lash!

I'll be sure to read it soon. Looking forward to it. Sergio on plots, Denny on scripts and Nick on art (for most of the stories contained therein). It just looks great. Funny thing is, they had various other ones, but these were the ones that jumped out at me.

Look for some reviews in the Random thread. MAybe a few issues at a time.

Batman #713
LSH #16
Superboy #11
Supergirl #67

TONS again:

DC Comics presents: Teen Titans 100 Page Spectacular
Journey into Mystery 626
X-Men Schism 3 of 5
Avengers 16
Power Girl 27!
Uncanny X-Men 542
Zatanna 16
LSH 16

Starting the slow climb to catch up...

LSH 15 and 16

The Walking Dead 86, 87 and 88

Planet of the Apes 1, 2, 3, 4

Astonishing X-Men #41
New Mutants 'Fear Itself' #30
X-Men Legacy # 254
Uncanny X-Force # 13
JLA Heaven's Ladder 100 - Page Spectacular 1 shot
Justice League America RetroACTIVE 1990s 1 shot

At my CBS's midnight release tonight I got the following new comics:

Flashpoint 5
Justice League 1
Amazing Spider-man 668
Herc 6.1
Invincible 82
Angel & Faith 1
The Rinse # 1 (noirish-looking new Boom! title with $1 intro price)

Special $1 bin buys*:

Black Cat (last year's mini recommended by Cobie) 1, 2 & 4 rassin'-frassin' missing issue!

Avengers Prime 1 thru 5 (Alan Davis art--w00t!)

*all originally cover-priced @ $3.99

Half-price DCU:

Secret Seven 3
Project Superman 3


All in all, not bad for $33!

Planet of the Apes 5
Zorro rides again 1, 2
Bionic Man 1

I say thee...Dynamite goes Boom!

Tons. My store was having a sale on back issues. 50% off!

New Comics:

Uncanny X-Force #14
JLA # '1'
The Mighty Thor #5
Journey Into Mystery #626.1


Recently old:
Zatanna #10
Ultimates #01
The Unwritten 22,23,24,27, and 28

Old: (These were 50 cents!)
Manhunter (Kate Spencer) #3, 11, 13, 16, 17,19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 31


I read Thor, Journey Into Mystery, Manhunter 27, and JLA so far.

and skimmed Ultimates.

I know it's Comic Book Review Month BUT I really just want to read Manhunter!

Just got back from Borders. Got:

The Walking Dead: The Covers HC for around 9 bucks. Hate that they're going out of business, but good deals to be had.

I won a raffle at my cbs and will be getting every one of the new 52 for free this month, so I got all 13 this week, plus the Action #1 variant...

WooWoo Sharkster!!!

Oop! Forgot to sound-off on what I picked up last week:

Swamp Thing 1
JLI 1
Batgirl 1
Detective 1
Action 1
Animal Man 1
Green Arrow 1
Big Lie one-shot
Drums 4
Morning Glories 12
Boys 58
Jennifer Blood 4

(Don't look for reviews on these too soon--just getting to August's books! )

So I finally got some more of the new DC.

Batwoman #1
OMAC #1

Uncanny X-Force #15
Daken Dark Wolverine #14 ... a total dud.
Scalped #52
Unwritten #29
X-Men Legacy #255
Alpha Flight # 4
Fear Itself #6

A few that didn't make the cut :

New Avengers ... dropped ... same story different month
Journey into Mystery ... dropped ... I think my friend the young Loki is no longer featured in this book. A story about Mephisto didn't hook me.

Legion Lost didn't entice me. And I'll wait for the Swamp Thing TPB. From what I flipped through it looked like that format might be better for it's story than a monthly comic.

My store is still out of a lot of DC comics.

Lat week I went mad on a sale the store was having on back issues .... I picked up some titles based on recommendations from here!

Manhunter
Powers <--- so frickin good
Unwritten
Scalped
Fables <--- tons in fact !
Birds of Prey
Secret Six
X-Factor
and a random issue of Zatanna.

Unfortunately last week my store was out of everything dc so i just got Avengers annual and IZombie new.

I only got stuff I was really excited to get this week. I feel like I've been getting a bunch of so so stuff out of loyalty or to find out what happens.

I mulled over LSH#1, Avengers #17, the latest Fables, and Nightwing.

I ended up getting :

Captain Atom #1
X-Men Schism #4 of 5.
Uncanny X-Men #543
Hellblazer #283.
Avengers the Children's Crusade #7 of 9.

All this week's new 52s and Young Avengers CC 7.

Needed new medications...so nothing again this week. ah well...

Today I got more comics than I've ever bought in a single day. I got five of the new DCs:
CAPTAIN ATOM
GREEN LANTERN CORPS
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES
NIGHTWING
RED HOOD & THE OUTLAWS

...and four others:
DAREDEVIL #4
FABLES #109 (my first Fables ever)
GENERATION HOPE #11
UNCANNY X-MEN #543

Got the following:

Tiny Titans
Hellblazer
Legion of Super-Heroes
&
Batman

To keep Cobie happy, thoughts on each are in their respective threads.

<--------happy!

And LT, love that you grabbed a non-DC title to try too!

Birds of Prey, Supergirl, and Legion of Super-Heroes were my picks of this week's 52. BoP out of obligation, the other two out of interest.

Besides that, Tiny Titans, Darkwing Duck, Generation Hope, and Fables.

Last Week:

Alpha Flight 4
Amazing Spider-Man 669
Punisher Max 17
Criminal: Last of the Innocent 4
Buffy Season Nine 1
Daredevil 3
Herc 7
American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest 4
Severed 2
Scalped 52
Resurrection Man 1
Green Lantern 1
Legion Lost 1
Batwoman 1


This Week:

Butcher: Baker, Candlestick Maker 3
Red Wing 3
Near Death 1
Daredevil 4
Ka-Zar 4
Fables 109
Batman 1
LSH 1
Catwoman 1
GL Corps 1
Frankenstein 1

My budget is $20/wk. Here's what that's meant for the DCnU, not counting the "Zero" week, when I picked up Justice League 1.

WEEK ONE
Action Comics 1
Batgirl 1
Detective Comics 1
Green Arrow 1
Men of War 1
O.M.A.C. 1

Failed to make the cut: Animal Man 1, Batwing 1, Hawk and Dove 1, Justice League International 1, Static Shock 1, Stormwatch 1, Swamp Thing 1.

WEEK TWO
Batwoman 1
Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. 1
Green Lantern 1
Legion Lost 1
Mister Terrific 1
Superboy 1

Failed to make the cut: Batman and Robin 1, Deathstroke 1, Demon Knights 1, Grifter 1, Red Lanterns 1, Resurrection Man 1, Suicide Squad 1.

WEEK THREE
Batman 1
Blue Beetle 1
DC Universe Presents 1
Legion of Super-Heroes 1
Supergirl 1
Wonder Woman 1

Failed to make the cut: Birds of Prey 1, Captain Atom 1, Catwoman 1, Green Lantern Corps 1, Nightwing 1, Red Hood and the Outlaws 1.

And, for next week, I plan to get.
All-Star Western 1
Aquaman 1
Blackhawks 1
The Flash 1
The Savage Hawkman 1
Superman 1

While I will pass on: Batman- The Dark Knight 1, The Fury of Firestorm the Nuclear Men 1, Green Lantern- New Guardians 1, I Vampire 1, Justice League Dark 1, Teen Titans 1, Voodoo 1.

No money, but we traded a bunch opf books in at the local B&N and I was able to grab the following for what would have been about 6 bucks cash total:

The Spirit Book One by Darwyn Cooke. (cannot wait to read this, but the couple times I have cracked it open so far, I have just flipped through it admiring the artwork.

SHAZAM@! The Monster Society of Evil Hardcover. Have read this and really like it, so for the price (free really with the trade in stuff) I could not pass it up.

Punisher 3
Herc 8
Amazing Spider-man 670
Kirby Genesis 0
American Vampire 19
Flash 1
Aquaman 1
Firestorm 1
Superman 1
JL Dark 1
OMAC 1

Playing catch up...

The Flash 1
Green Lantern 1
Frankenstein 1
Legion of Super Heroes 1
Legion Lost 1
Adventure Comics 528
Adventure Comics 529
Reverse Flash 1
Planet of the Apes 6
Moon Knight 2
Moon Knight 3
Flashpoint 4
Flashpoint 5
Booster Gold 46
Booster Gold 47

OMAC 2
Action Comics 2
Animal Man 2
Swamp Thing 2
Aquaman 1
Retroactive JLA 1990's 1
Ghostbusters 1 (If for nothing else than the Belushi cameo)

Totally all over the place...

Zorro Rides Again #3
Batman #1
Ghostbusters #2
Severed #1, 2, 3

Legion #1

Legion Lost #1 & #2

Daredevil #3 & #4

Stuff of Legend, V.3 Pt. 2

Probably another long dry spell after this, so I'm reading them in dribs and drabs, so they'll last...

Legion: Secret Origin #1
Firestorm #2
Aquaman #2
Justice League Dark #2
Flash #2
Teen Titans #2
Superman #2

Legion: Secret Origin #1
Avengers Academy #20
Batman #2
Daredevil #5
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz #2
Green Lantern: New Guardians #2
Kirby Genesis #4
Nightwing #2
Superman #2
Teen Titans #2
Wonder Woman #2

not muuuch:

Uncanny X-Men '#01'
Stormwatch 3
New Mutants 33
Avengers Origins: Ant-Man and the Wasp
OMAC #3

not much again, I guess I am cutting back on stuff that doesn't satisfy:

IZombi #19 (haven't read it yet)
Avengers Origins: Luke Cage 1 shot
(really didn't like it, didn't even finish it, was bummed because i like the previous Avengers Origins one shots so much)
Avengers #19 (was ok, I'm just a fan of Acuna)
New Mutants #34 (This was the first comic I read and most fun so far)

I got

iZombie
Justice League
Batman
&
Legion of Super-Heroes

Reviews in appropriate threads.

out of the new books I got:

Journey Into Mystery #632

was by far the best, AND it was an holiday issue which normally would make me gag but I really *really* enjoyed it.

also got:

Shade #3 - quite good
Batwoman #4 - well done but I hated it.
Uncanny X-Force #18 -
Magneto: Not a Hero 2 of 4 - ok a bit strange
Avengers: Sanction 1 of 4 -

Got:

Star Trek/Legion of Super Heroes #3 (Great)
Legion Lost #4 (Blah)
Demon Knights #4 (Good)
Frankenstein, Agent of SHADE #4(Fun)

Reviews in the LSH forum and the random DCnU thread.

Got:

Batman Inc.: Leviathan Strikes (Awesome)
Legion of Super-Heroes #4 (Great)
Batman #4 (Good)
Hellblazer #286 (Good)
Justice League #4 (blah)
Tiny Titans #47 (fun!)

Reviews in the appropriate threads.

Supergirl #4
Superboy #4
Justice League #4
LSH #4
Legion Lost #4
Batman #4
Batman & Robin #4
Nightwing #4
Batman Inc.: Leviathan Strikes
Wonder Woman #4
Batgirl #4
Batwoman #4
Star Trek/LSH #3
Walking Dead #92

Legion of Super-Heroes #4.

Just one comic this week, but it was a good one!

I just bought my first new comic since whenever the DC Nuboot was - months ago!

Batman: Leviathan Strikes

I've been enjoying Grant Morrison's Batman opus too much to let DC's desperate death throes get in the way of it. And the fact that it is (apparently) still set in the old universe is just the icing on the cake. Can't wait to read it!

This Week:

Alpha Flight 6 and 7
X-Men Legacy 260
The Ultimates 4 and 5
Uncanny X-Men 3
Avengers the Children's Crusade

They were all just ok.

I got a Kindle Fire from my parents. Tried a bunch of free comics from Coxology...actually not that bad.

Aquaman #4
Legion Secret Origin #3
Red Hood & the Outlaws #4
Superman #4
Teen Titans #4

Alpha Flight #7
Aquaman #4
Green Lantern: New Guardians #4
Legion: Secret Origin #3
Superman #4
Teen Titans #4

This week was;

Legion: Secret Origins 3
Teen Titans 4
X-Factor 229
Avengers: Children's Crusade, issue 8 of a six part, er, seven part, oh, um, eight part, no, wait, *nine* part series...

Legion 3 & 4

Secrets Thereof 1 & 2

Legion/Trek 2 & 3

(Finally! That's all the catching up I could do, because I needed to skim off some cash for stupid junk like food and beer.)

<span class="spoiler_containter"><span class="spoiler_wording">Click Here For A Spoiler</span><span class="spoiler_text">Also got the free ring. I have to clean the roof gutters later today anyway, so that should be an ideal time to try it out and make sure that it's really working!</span></span>

Big week for me:

iZombie #21
Action Comics #5
Animal Man #5
Red Lanterns #5
Huntress #4
Swamp Thing #5
Star Trek/Legion #4

Finally read them all. Hopefully get some reviews up later.