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My list is now comprised of this.

Birds of Prey
Black Terror
Fables
First Wave
Gen13
Grimm Fairy Tales
Grimm Fairy Tales: Inferno
Grimm Fairy Tales: Neverland
Grimm Fairy Tales: Tales from Wonderland
I... Zombie
Jack of Fables
Marvelous Land of Oz
New Mutants
Project Superpowers
Tiny Titans

Let's see...my pull list for July is.

DC DC
Brightest Day #5
Brightest Day: The Atom Special
Adventure Comics #516
Brave and the Bold #35
Superman #701
Brightest Day #6
Green Lantern Corps #50
Green Lantern #56
Flash #4
Wonder Woman #601
Legion of Super-Heroes #3

Marvel
Young Avengers: Childrens Crusade #1 (So excited!)
Hawkeye & Mockingbird #2
X-Force #28
Avengers Academy #2
X-Men Hellbound #3
Black Widow #4
X-Men Legacy #238
Captain America #608
Secret Avengers #3

Chances are I won't pick all of this up since that's a lot of books. My eyes are bigger than my wallet, unfortunately.

My annual June 16 pull list update, one year and 11 days later...

DC, Vertigo, Wildstorm
ADVENTURE COMICS
CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY
FABLES
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES
LOONEY TUNES
WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY: ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE (6 issue mini)

Marvel
YOUNG AVENGERS: CHILDREN'S CRUSADE (8 issue mini)

Other
MORNING GLORIES (will check out the first couple of issues)

Trade Paperbacks
HOUSE OF MYSTERY
WALKING DEAD

The Legion of Super Heroes
Adventure Comics
Green Lantern
Emerald Warriors
Booster Gold
The Flash
JL:Generation Lost
Chew
The Walking Dead
Thunderbolts
Zatanna
Secret Six
Brave and the Bold
American Vampire
Hawkeye and Mockingbird
Darkwing Duck
I...Zombie


On the edge:
Doom Patrol

Now...

American Vampire
Avengers: The Children's Crusade
Birds of Prey
Black Terror
Brave and the Bold
Fables
First Wave
Gen13
Grimm Fairy Tales
Grimm Fairy Tales: Inferno
Grimm Fairy Tales: Neverland
I... Zombie
Joe the Barbarian
Legion of Super-Heroes
Mighty Crusaders
New Mutants
New Mutants Forever (Starting next week)
The Stand
Tiny Titans
Ultimate X
Zatanna

Getting First Wave as well...but it's so spread out, and a mini.

I dropped Jack of Fables because I haven't been reading the issues I was buying. Same reason I dropped Air.

The latest issue of Atomic Robo had a preview for 'Box 13', which I guess is a TPB coming out soon? Is anyone getting this? And was there or will there be single issues?

I've got to say--the preview was pretty groovy! It had the sort of out-there weirdness I'm finding very appealing these days.

If memory serves, it was an iPhone comic that eventually got a print version, but that's all I know.

Ah, that explains the tight paneling. How anyone could read a comic on their iphone is a mystery I'll never understand (I have an iphone and trust, reading a comic on it would not be enjoyable).

If it was in print already I might be able to track it down, since I have a stack of TPB's to get through that will take me at least to Thanksgiving and so don't feel like buying another.

Current Revised Pull List:

Adventure Comics
Batman and Robin
Batman Inc.
DC Universe Legacies
Greek Street (Ending soon)
Hellblazer
Izombie
Joe the Barbarian (Ending Soon)
Knight & Squire
Legion of Super-Heroes
Madame Xanadu (Ending Soon)
Secret Six
Superman: Secret Origin (One issue left)

I usually try to keep about ten monthlies on the go, so once a some of these series go away, I might be on the hunt for another book to try.

Edit:

I also pick up the following for my kids (though I enjoy them too):

Tiny Titans
Super Friends (cancelled)
Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam (Ending soon)
Scooby-Doo (dropping)
Ratchet & Clank

Hmmm...

I am pulling most of the Marvel X-Titles...
Madame Xanadu
Wonder Woman
Teen Titans

Wow...is that it? Feels like more.

Well, seeing as there is a bunch of X-Titles...

I've decided to officially drop JLI: Generation Lost and Brightest Day. I kept hemming and hawing doing so for weeks and that's never a good sign. This frees up four comics each month I can collect instead.

Other comics I've dropped recently: New Mutants, Black Terror, JSA: All-Stars.

I'm still getting both, but I can't blame ya for dropping Brightest Day. It's really so choppy with the randomness of how the stories rotate. I kinda like the Firestorm and Aquaman arms, but from issue to issue, I don't know if I'll see anything on them. The stuff with J'Onn and the Hawks particularly just seems to drag.

I haven't been able to bring myself to drop it thus far because: a) my 12 year-old son looks forward to it a lot as Blackest Night kinda made him a junkie for that storyline & b) if I drop it, I'm afraid I'll miss a big payoff that admittedly won't come until the end (if at all). Anyhow, we're at the halfway point, so I may as well keep going.

As for JL: Gen Lost, I'm simply enjoying that one too much to drop it! It's a fun, breezy read, and the characters are being written pitch-perfectly and engagingly. Yeah, the story seems a little thin for its length, but the execution has been really good despite that fault. Though it isn't revolutionary by any means, it's the best thing to have the name "Justice League" on it in too, too many years. And it's still clicking on all cylinders even with Giffen no longer involved. Occasionally, Winick surprises!

Maybe you can say a little more about what went into your decision to drop those books (especially Gen Lost)?

I'll say neither decision came easy--it took me weeks for both to finally decide. The fact is, I love all the characters in both bi-weekly series, and I partially was just collecting because I love the characters.

For Brightest Day, it was the inconsistency that killed it for me. I want to collect all comics with these guys, but just about the entire thing read like utter crap to me other than the Aquaman and Firestorm stuff, and even that wasn't anything special. I liked the artwork but it just wasn't enough for 2 issues per month.

JLI was much harder for me, and there is a chance I may start collecting again on a whim. But the story felt a little flat to me and just felt like it wasn't going anywhere.

The real decision-maker was the fact that these were 4 comics a month at $2.99 which feels ridiculous to me, when I know I can get (4) other comics. I remember when 52 was coming out, a big point was made that it was $2.50. I just feel like for that much of a commitment from the buyer, the series better be damn excellent. And neither was quite on that level.

But like I said, there is always the chance I'll back track and jump back in. Back issues for these two are easy to find, they aren't exactly obscure.

I loved 52 and think it was a masterpiece. I also loved Wednesday Comics. But Countdown really turned me off to the idea of getting suckered into collecting a more-than-once-a-month comic book. I didn't even bother with Trinity and Spider-Man is IMO much better than either Brightest Day or JLI even though that has bouts of inconsistency as well.

For Brightest Day, it would take quite a bit to pull me back in. For Gen Lost, I think if some posters on LW (and I'll continue to read spoilers and reviews) made some commentary on how good the overall plot has developed, that could convince me to come back in.

Guys, quick question. Well, not so quick. I have to figure out what I can drop to save money for Christmas shopping.

All-New Batman: Brave and the Bold (Starts this month)
American Vampire
Avengers: The Children's Crusade (Miniseries)
Batman: Orphans (Two-part mini starts December)
Batwoman (Starts this month)
Birds of Prey (I know I said I was buying this only to support a friend, but Black Canary pisses me off so, so much)
Black Terror (Don't know when it's starting again)
Brave and the Bold
Darkwing Duck
DCU Holiday Special 2010 (one-shot)
Doom Patrol
Fables
First Wave (don't know when next issue comes out)
Freedom Fighters
Gen13 (Bi-monthly)
Generation Hope (Starts this week)
Green Lantern Corps
Green Lantern: Larfleeze Christmas Special (one-shot
Grimm Fairy Tales
Grimm Fairy Tales: Inferno (Miniseries)
Grimm Fairy Tales: Neverland (Miniseries should be over soon)
I... Zombie
Joe the Barbarian (Up to last issue)
Knight & Squire (Miniseries)
Legion of Super-Heroes
Mighty Crusaders (Ends December)
New Mutants
New Mutants Forever (Miniseries)
The Stand (Last issue of the current mini this month)
Superboy (Possibly/starts this week)
THUNDER Agents (Starts this month)
Time Masters: Vanishing Point (Miniseries almost over/Fifth out of six issues released in December)
Tiny Titans
Tiny Titans/Little Archie (miniseries that ends in December)
Tom Strong And The Robots of Doom (Ends Wednesday)
Ultimate X (Don't know when the next issue comes out)
Welcome To Tranquility: One Foot In The Grave (Miniseries)
Zatanna

Drop the ones you aren't enjoying. For instance, if the portrayal of Black Canary is really getting you that far down, then Birds of Prey should go.

Also, books that haven't shipped yet are easier to dump, as you're not partway into anything yet.

IMO, you may as well finish up minis that only have an issue or two left, unless you aren't enjoying them.

Just taking a walk backwards through the thread, you had 15 titles in June, up to 21 in July and now you are at 38! Granted there are one-shots and whatnot, but your list seems to be expanding quite rapidly. I won't presume to tell you what you should or shouldn't like, but I will say it looks like you are adding more books than you probably would enjoy.

As a rule of thumb I always try and keep a limit on my title count. If a new book comes out that puts me above that, I drop something I haven't been enjoying. It seems harsh, but I've found I don't really miss the titles I abandon as much as I thought. Just go down the list, and put them in an order of preference and cut the bottom half or so.

I put a $$ cap for every month. It's really a $$ cap for every week but I give it a little leeway so if week (1) is up $7.00, then I try to subtract $7.00 from the previous weeks.

The cap has risen a bit from 10 years ago because of price per comic, but I feel that if I have a real number, which I can calculate in the store, I feel a lot less stress about it.

Okay, here's what I'm dropping:

Avengers: The Children's Crusade (It's nine parts and two have come out, I can miss a couple)
Batwoman (My brother's actually splitting for this one)
Birds of Prey (I know I said I was buying this only to support a friend, but Black Canary pisses me off so, so much)
Black Terror (Don't know when it's starting again)
Gen13 (Even though I hate dropping another Wildstorm title, I'll get the new issue after Christmas)
Grimm Fairy Tales Halloween 2010
Grimm Fairy Tales: Neverland (Miniseries should be over soon/missed an issue)
Mighty Crusaders (Only have issue one)
New Mutants Forever (Hasn't made THAT much effect but I'm still curious as to how it'll end, but I can wait)
The Stand (It's the last issue and I should have some time before the last one starts)
Time Masters (Missed the first issue)
Tom Strong And The Robots of Doom (Missed last issue)
Ultimate X (Missed first issue)
Wonderland Annual 2010

...

All-New Batman: Brave and the Bold (Starts this month)
American Vampire
Batman, Inc. (Starts today)
Batman: Orphans (Two-part mini starts December)
Brave and the Bold
Darkwing Duck
DCU Holiday Special 2010 (one-shot)
Doom Patrol
Fables
First Wave (don't know when next issue comes out)
Freedom Fighters
Generation Hope
Green Lantern Corps
Green Lantern: Larfleeze Christmas Special (one-shot
Grimm Fairy Tales
Grimm Fairy Tales: Inferno (Miniseries)
I... Zombie
Joe the Barbarian (Up to last issue)
Knight & Squire (Miniseries)
Legion of Super-Heroes
New Mutants
Superboy
THUNDER Agents
Tiny Titans
Tiny Titans/Little Archie (miniseries that ends in December)
Welcome To Tranquility: One Foot In The Grave (Miniseries)
Zatanna

The new ones I'll try out and see if I like.

I just did some surgery on my list. I found I was buying some titles that I just wasn't enjoying, so...

Dropped:
Brightest Day
Green Lantern
Green Lantern Corps
Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors

Remaining:
Adventure Comics
JSA All-Stars
Justice League of America
Justice Society of America
Legion of Super-Heroes
Power Girl
REBELS

Essentially, it's all the JSA and Legion-related titles, plus JLA (which could be considered JSA-related, especially now that Jade and Jesse Quick are on the roster).

I've come and gone with the GL titles before. BD just isn't doing it for me. Comics aren't as much fun as they used to be, but I'll always love the JSA and the Legion.

Dynamite:

Warlord of Mars.
I was getting Buck Rogers, but they stopped for a time.

DC
Currently:
Legion
Adventure
JLA
JSA
JSAllstars
Teen Titans
GL
GLC
GL: Warriors
GA
Flash
Wonder Woman
Booster Gold
Freedom Fighters
Doom Patrol
Birds of Prey
Secret Six
Zatanna
Red Robin

Marvel:
Hawkeye

Current Revised Pull List:

Adventure Comics
Batman and Robin
Batman Inc.
DC Universe Legacies
Hellblazer
Izombie
Joe the Barbarian
Knight & Squire
Legion of Super-Heroes
Secret Six

Not much change form last time, except three more titles are ending soon (Joe, DCU Legacies and Knight & Squire), which opens up some slots for new books. I'm looking at trying Xombi with Fraser Irving, as well as Peter Milligan's new Red Lantern book.


I also pick up the following for my kids (though I enjoy them too):

Tiny Titans
Ratchet & Clank

Following the close of Comic Book Review Month, here is my pull list, or rather, what I think it will be around March-April 2011. I’m more committed than ever to letting the excellence of independent comics, particularly offering from Image, decide what I’ll be collecting, rather than succumbing to event nonsense. I’ve gladly decided not to collect Flashpoint Fear Itself, Brightest Day, Age of X, etc.

There are several comics that are on hiatus I haven’t included but would certainly continue (Unknown, Mystery Society, Umbrella Academy, etc.)

DC Comics
Batman
Detective Comics
Batman & Robin
Batman, Inc.
Dark Knight
Batwoman
Superman/Batman
Superman
Action Comics
Supergirl
Superboy
Legion of Super-Heroes Adventure Comics
Green Lantern
Green Lantern Corps
Emerald Warriors
Flash
Wonder Woman
Birds of Prey
Zatanna
Booster Gold
Doom Patrol
Justice Society of America
Freedom Fighters
R.E.B.E.L.S.
Secret Six
Jonah Hex
Doc Savage – temporary reprieve in preparation of JG Jones arc
The Spirit
Thunder Agents
Astro City
Brave & Bold – should it return
Teen Titans – my father collecting
Justice League of America – my father collecting
Green Arrow – my father collecting

Vertigo
American Vampire
Fables
Cinderella
I, Zombie
House of Mystery
Unwritten
Scalped – TPB only
Air – TPB only, have to get final 2 trades

Marvel Comics
Invincible Iron Man
Fantastic Four
Daredevil
S.H.I.E.L.D.
Thunderbolts
Thor
Journey into Mystery
Herc – when it’s relaunched
Captain America
Amazing Spider-Man
Venom
Hulk
Incredible Hulk
Avengers Secret Avengers
New Avengers
Avengers Academy
Avengers: Children's Crusade
X-Factor
Uncanny X-Force
Ultimate Spider-Man
Dark Tower
Ruse
Sigil
Uncanny X-Men – my father collecting
X-Men – my father collecting

Icon
Criminal / Incognito
Powers
Scarlett – may be canceling this, still on the fence
Kick-Ass
Superior
Nemesis

Image Comics
The Walking Dead
Haunt
Super Dinosaur
Invincible – TPB only, though I’m on the fence about continuing
Mice Templar
Chew
Morning Glories
Turf
Who is Jake Ellis – if I can ever find a CBS who has it

Dark Horse
Magnus, Robot Fighter
Doctor Solar
Turok, Son of Stone
Mighty Samson
Hellboy – TPBs & one-shots
Umbrella Academy

Red 5 Comics
Atomic Robo

IDW
Fallen Angel

Dynamite Entertainment
Warlord of Mars
Green Hornet: Year One – at least until Wagner’s run is over
Green Hornet – on the fence about continuing
Lone Ranger –should it restart
Battlefields

Potential Additions
Xombi - Fraser Irving art
Red Lantern(s?)
Iron Man 2.0 – based on the genius of Nick Spencer, I’ll take a look.
Annihilators – the $4.99 price point likely will push me away
Heroes for Hire – still on the fence
Hack / Slash – I really enjoyed the recent miniseries but I’m still not ready to commit 100%; a buy in store decision.
The Infinite Vacation – again, Nick Spencer makes it worth a look
Proof: Endangered – I’m considering getting into this series, either through trades or looking through back issues.
Echoes – The premise of this Top Cow book (and the high recommendations) have me interested.
Axe Cop – looks really awesome
Dark Horse Presents – though the price point may push me away

Adventure Comics (Now that Jimenez is coming on and Borges is leaving)
All-New Batman: Brave and the Bold
American Vampire
Avengers: The Children's Crusade
Batman Beyond
Batman Incorporated
Black Terror
Brave and the Bold
Cinderella
Darkwing Duck
Doom Patrol
Fables
First Wave (don't know when next issue comes out)
Freedom Fighters
Gen13
Generation Hope
Green Lantern Corps
Grimm Fairy Tales
Grimm Fairy Tales: Myths and Legends
I... Zombie
Joe the Barbarian (Up to last issue)
Knight & Squire (Miniseries)
Legion of Super-Heroes
New Mutants
The Stand
Superboy
Supergirl
THUNDER Agents
Thunderstrike
Tiny Titans
Zatanna

I'm gonna start buying the Age of X tie-ins.

My interest in Flashpoint depends on the solicit.