JanuaryThe Animated Cerebus
Anything Goes! #3
AV in 3D #1
Anya's Ghost (counting as 9 issues)
Booster Gold (1986) #1*
Creepy #49-51
Eerie #43-45
Justice League (1987) #3-6*, Annual #1
Justice League International #7-10
Last Day in Vietnam
Millennium #1-5
Nightmare #10, Annual #1*
Psycho #9, 11
Swords of Cerebus #2
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #7
Uncanny X-Men #294-297*
Usagi Yojimbo (1987) #1-5* (w/ my daughter)
Usagi Yojimbo (1996) #1-2*, 7-100*
Usagi Yojimbo Color Special #1-3*
Usagi Yojimbo Color Special: Green Persimmon*
Usagi Yojimbo Sketchbook #1-3*
X-Factor #84-86*
X-Force #16-18*
X-Men (vol. 2) #14-16*
*indicates an issue I have read previously
January ReviewsBatman:
Doug Moench: 7
Justice League: 13
Nick Fury:
Superman:
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents: 1
Series Overview: 1
total read this month: 159
total reviewed this month: 22
Best comics I read this month: "A Promise in the Snow" (Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo #8), "The Accursed Flower" (Bea, Creepy #49), "...And It Did Die..." (Hewetson/Dela Rosa, Psycho #11), "Bed of Roses" (Moench/Mas, Creepy #51), "Chanoyu" (Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo #93), "Crows" (Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo #57-59), "Grasscutter II" (Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo #39-45), "Grey Shadows" (Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo #23-30), "Hokashi, p.2" (Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo #75), "The Mound" (Sutton, Eerie #45), "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" (Sim, Anything Goes! #3), "When Wakes the Dreamer" (McGregor/Suso, Eerie #45)
Other highlights this month: "All the Ways and Means to Die" (Niven/Jones, Psycho #9), The Animated Cerebus, Anya's Ghost (Brosgol), "Bright Eyes" (Moench/Corben, Eerie #43), "Climbers of the Tower" (Brennan/Mas, Creepy #50), "Crazie Mazie" (Cochran/Sutton, Eerie #44), "Deja Vu" (Moench/Maroto, Creepy #51), "Demon Horn" (Sim, Sword of Cerebus #2), "The Doors" (Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo Color Special #2), "The Funeral Barge" (Hewetson/Xirinius, Nightmare #10), Justice League (1987) #3-5*, and International #7, 8, 10 (Giffen/Maguire/DeMatteis), Last Day in Vietnam (Eisner), "...Make Mephisto's Child Burn..." (Hewetson/Dela Rosa, Psycho #11), "Musical Chairs" (Skeates/Sutton, Eerie #43), "Ri, Master of Men" (Salvador/Turner, Eerie #45), "Samurai" (Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo #1-5), "The Slither-Slime Man" (Hewetson/Marcos, Psycho #9), "Someday" (Margopolous/Grandenetti, Eerie #43), "Thrill of the Hunt" (Moench/Salvador, Eerie #44), Usagi Yojimbo (1996) 1,2,7,9-61,63-74,76,81-89,96,97,99, "The X-Cutioner's Song" (Lobdell/David/Nicieza/Peterson/Lee/Kubert/Capullo)
FebruaryAll-Negro Comics #1
Cerebus #1-12*
Corto Maltese: Ballad of the Salt Sea (counting as 10 issues)*
Corto Maltese: Under the Sign of Capricorn (counting as 6 issues)*
Faith #1
The Incal (counting as 12 issues)
Justice League International #11-13
Mickey Mouse #315-317
Millennium #6-8
Space Usagi (1992) #1-3*
Space Usagi (1993) #1-3*
Space Usagi (1996) #1-3*
Usagi Yojimbo (1996) #101-144*, 145-152
Usagi Yojimbo Color Special: The Artist*
Usagi Yojimbo Dojo 20th Anniversary Special
Usagi Yojimbo: Senso #1-6*
Usagi Yojimbo Sketchbook #4-11*
Usagi Yojimbo: Yokai*
*indicates an issue I have read previously
February ReviewsBatman:
Doug Moench:
Justice League: 6
Nick Fury:
Superman:
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents:
Series Overview:
total read this month: 129
total reviewed this month: 6
Best comics I read this month: Corto Maltese: Ballad of the Salt Sea (Pratt)*, "The Fortress" (Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo #115)*, Space Usagi (1992) (Sakai), Space Usagi (1993) (Sakai), "Taiko" (Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo #132-133), "Teru Teru Bozu" (Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo #128), "Those Who Tread on The Scorpion's Tail" (Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo #136-138), "Traitors of The Earth" (Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo #116-120)*
Other highlights this month: Cerebus #5-12*, Corto Maltese: Under the Sign of Capricorn (Pratt)*, The Incal (Jodorowsky/Moebius), Justice League International #13 (Giffen/DeMatteis), Space Usagi (1996) (Sakai), Usagi Yojimbo #113-114,124-127,131,135,139-140, 142-152 (Sakai)*, Usagi Yojimbo: Senso (Sakai)*
MarchAmethyst Princess of Gemworld (1983) #1 (w/ Lucy)*
The Building (counting as 3 issues)
Cerebus #13-18*
City People Notebook (counting as 3 issues)
A Contract with God (counting as 4 issues)*
Corto Maltese: Beyond the Windy Isles (counting as 5 issues)*
Corto Maltese: Celtic Tales (counting as 6 issues)
DC Comics Presents #26 (New Teen Titans insert, w/Ellie)*
Detective Comics #630*
The Dreamer (counting as 2 issues)
Dropsie Avenue: The Neighborhood (counting as 8 issues)
Dynamo #1
Fagin the Jew (counting as 6 issues)
Faith #2
A Family Matter (counting as 3 issues)
Invisible People (counting as 4 issues)
Justice League International #14
Last Day in Vietnam (counting as 3 issues)*
A Life Force (counting as 6 issues)
Life on Another Planet (counting as 5 issues)
Mickey Mouse #319
Minor Miracles (counting as 4 issues)
The Name of the Game (counting as 6 issues)
New Teen Titans #1-2* (w/ Ellie)
New York: The Big City (counting as 5 issues)
The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion (counting as 5 issues)
Strange tales #145*
Suicide Squad #13
Superman (1987) #36
Tales of the New Teen Titans #2 (w/ Ellie)
To the Heart of the Storm (counting as 8 issues)
Usagi Yojimbo (1996) #153
Will Eisner Reader (counting as 4 issues)
*indicates an issue I have read previously
March ReviewsBatman: 1
Corto Maltese: 4
Doug Moench: 1
Justice League: 2
Nick Fury: 1
Superman: 1
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents: 1
Will Eisner: 17
total read this month: 110
total reviewed this month: 28
Best comics I read this month: A Contract with God (Eisner)*, Dropsie Avenue: The Neighborhood (Eisner), Life on Another Planet (Eisner), The Name of the Game (Eisner), New York: The Big City (Eisner), To the Heart of the Storm (Eisner)
Other highlights this month: The Building (Eisner), Cerebus #13-15*, Corto Maltese: Beyond the Windy Isles (Pratt)*, Corto Maltese: Celtic Tales (Pratt), Dynamo #1, "The Executioner Wore Stiletto Heels" (Milligan/Aparo, Detective Comics #630)*, Faith #2, A Family Matter (Eisner), First Night of Terror (Moench/Alcazar, Eerie #53), Invisible People (Eisner), Justice League International #14, Last Day in Vietnam (Eisner)*, A Life Force (Eisner)*, "Shadow of the Colossus" (Castellan, Mickey Mouse #319), Suicide Squad #13, Will Eisner Reader (Eisner)
AprilAvengers #87
Cerebus #19-21*
Grendel (1986) #16-17
Jungle Action (1973) #5-7*, 8-16
Justice League International #15-17
Love and Rockets: Music for Mechanics (counting as 6 issues)
Silver Surfer (2014) #1
Tales of Suspense #78
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #8
UNDERSEA Agent #4*
*indicates an issue I have read previously
April ReviewsBatman:
Doug Moench: 4
Justice League: 3
Nick Fury: 1
Superman:
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents: 2
total read this month: 31
total reviewed this month: 10
Best comics I read this month: Jungle Action #11-13,15-16, "Mechanics" (J. Hernandez, Love and Rockets: Music for Mechanics)
Other highlights this month: Avengers #87, Cerebus #20-21*, Grendel #16-17, Jungle Action #10, Justice League International #15, Schreck: "Bright Eyes" (Moench/Alcazar, Eerie #54), Tales of Suspense #78
MayAdventures of Superman #459
Archie (2015) #1
Black Panther (1976) #1-13
Cerebus #22-51*
DP7 #1-9
Le Bras d'Orion vol. 1: Rah Le Tueur (counting as 2 issues)
Jungle Action #17-24
Justice League International Annual #2
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #133
*indicates an issue I have read previously
May ReviewsBatman:
Doug Moench: 1
Justice League: 1
Nick Fury:
Superman: 1
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents:
Le Bras d'Orion: 1
Series Overviews: 1
total read this month: 66
total reviewed this month: 5
Best comics I read this month: DP7 #5-8, "High Society" (Sim)*, Le Bras D'Orion vol. 1 (LeBlanc), "Death Riders on the Horizon" (McGregor/Buckler, Jungle Action #22)
Other highlights this month: Black Panther (1976) #2-3. Cerebus #22-25*, DP7 #1-4,9, Jungle Action #17-21, 23-24, Justice League International Annual #2, Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #133
June2001: A Space Odyssey #1*, 2-7
Action Comics #646-652
Adventures of Superman #460-465
Attack on Titan #1*,2
Captain Victory #1-4
Cerebus #52-68*
D.P.7 #10-15, Annual 1
Justice League International #18
Psi-Force #1-6
Silver Star #1-6*
Superman (1987) #37-42
*indicates an issue I have read previously
June ReviewsBatman:
Doug Moench:
Justice League: 1
Nick Fury:
Superman: 18
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents:
Le Bras d'Orion:
Series Overviews:
total read this month: 68
total reviewed this month: 19
Best comics I read this month: Captain Victory #1,4, Cerebus #52-68*
Other highlights this month: 2001: A Space Odyssey #2,5,6, Action Comics #646,647,650,651, Adventures of Superman #461,463, Captain Victory #2-3, D.P.7 #15, Justice League International #18, Silver Star #1-2*, Superman (1987) #41
JulyAction Comics #653,654*
Adventures of Superman #466,467*
Brave and the Bold #54*,60*
Captain Victory #5-9
Cerebus #69-80*
Creepy #52-54,56
Doom Patrol #100*
Eerie #47,50
Justice League International #19
Nightmare #12,14
Psycho #13
Showcase #59*
Silver Surfer (2014) #2-5
Superman (1987) #43,44*,45
Teen Titans (1966) #1-6*
*indicates an issue I have read previously
July ReviewsBatman:
Doug Moench: 12
Justice League: 1
Nick Fury:
Superman: 7
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents:
Teen Titans: 9
Series Overviews:
total read this month: 48
total reviewed this month: 29
Best comics I read this month: "Church & State" (Sim, Cerebus #52-80)*
Other highlights this month: Captain Victory #5-6, "Consumed by Ambition" (Butterworth/Savador, from Creepy #56), Justice League International #19, Silver Surfer (2014) #2-5, Teen Titans (1965) #4*
AugustAvengers #125, Annual #7
Captain Marvel (1968) #1-3*, 4-7, 10, 25-34, 43
Captain Victory #10-13, Special #1
Cerebus #81-86*
Daredevil #105-107
Death of Captain Marvel*
Faith (limited) #3-4
Faith (ongoing) #1-2
Gold Key Alliance (2016) #1-5
Green Lantern (1960) #1*
Incredible Hulk #176-178*
Infinity Gauntlet #1-6*
Iron Man #35,55
Journey into Mystery #115-116
Le bras d'Orion vol. 2 (counting as 3 issues)
Love & Rockets vol. 2 (counting as 6 issues)
Man-Thing (1974) #1*, 2-4
Marvel Feature #12
Marvel Premiere #1-2
Marvel Super-Heroes #12-13*
Marvel Team-Up #55
Marvel Two-in-One Annual #2
Mickey Mouse #320-322
Night Music #2-3
Showcase #22-24*
Silver Surfer (1987) #34-38*, 44-50
Strange Tales #178-181
Tales to Astonish #96
Thanos Quest #1-2
Teen Titans (1966) #7-11
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #90, 100, 119, 123, 146
Warlock #1, 9-15
World of Krypton (1979) #1
*indicates an issue I have read previously
August ReviewsBatman:
Doug Moench: 5
Justice League:
Le bras d'Orion: 1
Nick Fury:
Superman:
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents:
Teen Titans: 5
Series Overviews:
total read this month: 125
total reviewed this month: 11
Best comics I read this month: Captain Marvel (1968) #31-33, Cerebus #81-85*, The Death of Captain Marvel*, Le bras d'Orion vol. 2, Love & Rockets vol. 2, Man_Thing (1974) #1*, 2, Marvel Premiere #1-2, Marvel Two-in-One Annual #2, Silver Surfer (1987) #44-47, Thanos Quest #1-2, Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #146
Other highlights this month: "Ain't it Just Like the Night" (MoenchSalvador, from Creepy #80), Avengers #125, Annual #7, Captain Marvel (1968) #4-5, 25-30, Incredible Hulk #176-178*, Infinity Gauntlet #1-3*, Iron Man #55, "The King's Ankus" (Russell, from Night Music #3), Man-Thing #1-4, Marvel Team-Up #55, "Mickey Mouse and the Shadow of the Colossus" (Castellan, Mickey Mouse #319-320), Showcase #22*, Silver Surfer #35*, Strange Tales #181, Tales to Astonish #96, "A Thin Dime of Pain" (Moench/Sanchez, from Eerie #72, February 1976), Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #119,123, Warlock #1, 9-10, 15, World of Krypton (1979) #1, "Your Epitaph is Only A Birthday Card" (Moench/Reyes, from House of Mystery #244)
SeptemberAction Comics #655
Cerebus #87-111*
Chamber of Chills #7
Justice League International #20-21
Love & Rockets vol. 3 (counting as 6 issues)
Man-Thing #6-22
Giant-Size Man-Thing #1-5
Groo (1985) #1-2*
More Fun Comics #74*
Saga of the Swamp thing #20, 21*, 22-30
Secret Origins (1986) #32-35
Swamp Thing #1-10*
Swamp Thing (vol. 2) #31
Teen Titans #12*
Uncle Scrooge #3*
Usagi Yojimbo #154-157
*indicates an issue I have read previously
September ReviewsBatman:
Doug Moench: 4
Justice League: 4
Nick Fury:
Superman: 1
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents:
Teen Titans: 2
Series Overviews:
total read this month: 92
total reviewed this month: 11
Best comics I read this month: Cerebus #96-102, Giant-Size Man-Thing #4, Saga of the Swamp Thing #29-30, Swamp Thing (vol. 2) #31
Other highlights this month: Cerebus #88, Giant-Size Man-Thing #1-2,5, Uncle Scrooge #3*, Love & Rockets vol. 3, Man-Thing #7-10,15,18, Saga of the Swamp Thing #21*,24-28, Secret Origins (1986) #32, Usagi Yojimbo #155
OctoberAmazing Spider-Man #78,79,93
Astonishing Tales #25*
Corto Maltese: The Ethiopian (counting as 4 issues)
Creatures on the Loose #30
Creepy #57,59,64,66,71,76,88
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #3
Dracula Lives! #3-5
Eerie #53-54,57
Ghost Rider (1973) #5
Groo (1985) #3-22*
Haunt of Horror #2*
Hot Stuf' #1
House of Mystery #244
Monsters Unleashed #6
Psycho #16,22
Shade The Changing Girl #1
Sub-Mariner #33
Swamp Thing (1984) #32
Tarzan on the Planet of the Apes #1
Teen Titans #13
Vampire Tales #4-5
Vampirella #34,39
Wonder Woman #287
*indicates an issue I have read previously
October ReviewsBatman:
Doug Moench: 15
Justice League:
Nick Fury:
Planet of the Apes: 1
Superman:
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents:
Teen Titans: 1
Series Overviews:
total read this month: 60
total reviewed this month: 17
Best comics I read this month: Astonishing Tales #25, Creepy #64, Haunt of Horror #2*
Other highlights this month: Amazing Spider-Man #78,79,93, Corto Maltese: The Ethiopian, Creepy #66,76, Dracula Lives! #3-5, Eerie #57, Groo (1985) #3*,12, House of Mystery #244, Psycho #22, Tarzan on the Planet of the Apes #1, Swamp Thing (1984) #32, Vampires #39
NovemberBatman #464-467*
Batman: Full Circle
Cerebus #114*
Creepy #139
Detective Comics #631-634*
Dynamo #2
Eerie #120,133
Groo (1985) #23-35
Harbinger Renegade #1
Invasion! #1-2
Justice League International #22-23
Mickey Mouse #323
Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #31
Swamp Thing (1984) #33-55, Annual #1-2
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #9
Tarzan on the Planet of the Apes #2
Teen Titans #14*
Usagi Yojimbo #158-159
Vampire Tales #6
Wonder woman (1987) #25*
*indicates an issue I have read previously
November ReviewsThe Complete Batman: 9
Writer's Spotlight: Doug Moench: 1
Justice League in the Post-Crisis Era: 5
Nick Fury in the Silver Age: 1
Planet of the Apes from the Beginning: 1
Superman in the Post-Crisis Era T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents at Tower Comics: 2
Teen Titans from the Beginning: 1
total read this month: 66
total reviewed this month: 20
Best comics I read this month: Cerebus #114, Invasion! #2, Justice League International #23, Swamp Thing #37-38,43,48-49,53, Teen Titans #14*, Usagi Yojimbo #158
Other highlights this month: Batman #465-466*, Creepy #139, Groo #30,35, Mickey Mouse #323, Swamp Thing #33,36,39-42,46-47,50-52,54-55, Annual #2, Vampire Tales #6
DecemberBatman #468*
Black Orchid #1-3
Cerebus #115-136, 139-150*
Groo (1985) #36-55
Harbinger Renegade #2
Mickey Mouse #324
Micronauts #1-4
Monsters Unleashed #7
NoMan #1
Sandman: Overture #1-6
Savage Sword of Conan #4-7
Sgt Fury #32
Strange Tales #147*
Superman (1987) #46*
Swamp Thing (1984) #56-64
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #10
UNDERSEA Agent #5*
Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (2003) #1-2*
Werewolf by Night #20
World's Finest (1990) #1*
*indicates an issue I have read previously
December ReviewsThe Complete Batman: 1
Writer's Spotlight: Doug Moench: 2
Justice League in the Post-Crisis Era:
Nick Fury in the Silver Age: 2
Planet of the Apes from the Beginning:
Superman in the Post-Crisis Era 2
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents at Tower Comics: 3
Teen Titans from the Beginning:
total read this month: 92
total reviewed this month: 10
Best comics I read this month: Cerebus #115-131*, Groo #50-51, Walt Disney'so Christmas Parade (2003) #1*
Other highlights this month: Black Orchid #1-3, Cerebus #132-136, 139-144*, Groo #45,48,52-55, Harbinger Renegade #2, Micronauts #1-3, Savage Sword of Conan #4-5, Strange Tales #147, Swamp Thing (1984) #56-57, Walt Disney'a Christmas Parade (2003) #2*, World's Finest (1990) #1*
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2016 Total Read: 1049
2016 Total Reviewed: 186
Platinum Age:
Golden Age: 1
Atom Age: 9
Silver Age: 63
Bronze Age: 284
Copper Age: 370
Modern Age: 306
action/adventure: 326
superhero: 262
horror/occult: 134
science fiction: 69
Fantasy/Sword & Sorcery: 64
biography/everyday life: 62
humor: 59
drama/romance/soap opera: 51
war: 6
scholarly research: 5
crime/detective : 2
Spy/Espionage: 2
fandom/trade publication:
other: 6
Marvel: 263
DC: 180
Dark Horse: 168
Aardvark Vanaheim: 148
Will Eisner: 75
Warren: 28
Fantagraph: 26
Cong S.A.: 21
Pacific Comics: 20
Humanoids: 12
Stan Sakai: 11
Ivaldi: 10
First Second: 9
IDW: 9
Tower: 9
Valiant: 8
Dell: 6
Mirage: 6
Skywald: 6
Dynamite: 5
Editions Roquefort: 5
Baronet Press: 4
Boom!: 2
Comico: 2
Eclipse: 2
Gemstone: 2
Kodansha Comics: 2
All-Negro Comics, Inc. 1
Archie: 1
Sal Quartuccio: 1
Usagi Yojimbo Dojo: 1