Post by shaxper on Dec 31, 2021 23:28:41 GMT -5
A community within a community, this is where interested participants log what they read each month so that we can examine each other's selections and discuss them. While there's a whole other thread in this forum for discussing classic comics you've read, the conversations here pertain more to other members inquiring about or commenting on what you are reading (and vice versa). More than anything else though, it's just darn fun to keep track of what you've read for a year and keep tabs on what your fellow classic comics posters are reading as well!
In previous years, the emphasis was placed on how many comics you read. This is still an interesting number to track for a variety of purposes, but the end goal shouldn't be quantity over quality. There are no "winners" in this thread. Heck, I read a lot less than most each year, and I still keep starting the darn thing up again every January.
The previous years' reading clubs: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014.
Guidelines
1) Please reserve a post in this thread where you will continue to update your list. Whenever you read something new, edit your original posts to reflect this change.
2) Do not post any other replies to this thread until January 5th. Let's give everyone a chance to reserve a post on the first page of the thread.
3) When calculating your total number of comics read for each month, a single comic book is generally considered to be a modern age 20-25 page comic book. Any book of a significantly longer length can be counted as such (i.e. a comic containing 70 pages of CONTENT, not including adds, could be counted as 3 issues).
4) Comic strips may be counted. I generally count 40 standard daily strips as 1 issue, but it's up to you to count them as you see fit. Obviously, Little Nemo's Adventures in Slumberland should be counted differently than Garfield.
5) Several of us counted comic-related novels and pulp stories in our lists in previous years. In the past, I have tended to count anywhere from 8 to 15 pages of text as a single comic book issue, depending upon text size and complexity.
6) Since this is more a community of readers than a simple sub-forum, you should feel free to record new comics you are reading as well, but, as a general rule, more than 50% of your recorded reads should probably fit the board's definition of "classic" comics (more than 10 years old)
Looking forward to seeing what you read! You may reserve your spots in the thread NOW!!
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January
Action Comics #1000
Armor #6
Batman #90-91, 354-366 w/ Amber*
Catwoman 80th Anniversary 100 Page Special
Criminal #2
Detective Comics #217-219, 520-533 w/ Amber*
Dollar Comics #13
Elric (Pacific) #1-6 w/ Amber*
Elric of Melnibone: While The Gods Laugh (Epic Illustrated) w/ Amber*
Fantastic Four #66-67
Marvel Graphic Novel #2 w Amber*
Marvel Premiere #1-2*
Street Wolf #2
Thor #165-166
Trinity #15
The Power of Warlock #1*,2-5
Wonder Woman #750
World's Finest Comics #75
*indicates an issue I have read previously
total read this month: 60
total reviewed this month: 6
Best comics I read this month: Batman #354*, 357*, 360*, Detective Comics #520*,524*,526*,529*, Elric (Pacific) #1-6*, Elric of Melnibone: While The Gods Laugh (Epic Illustrated)
Other highlights this month: Action Comics #1000, Batman #359*,361*,363*, Catwoman 80th Anniversary 100 Page Special, Detective Comics #527-528*,531-532*, Fantastic Four #66-67, Marvel Graphic Novel #2*, Marvel Premiere #1*, The Power of Warlock #1*,2-3, Thor #165-166, Wonder Woman #750
February
Batgirl (2011) #34
Batman #92, 367-373 w/ Amber*
Black Orchid (1993) #3
Daredevil (1964) #1*
Detective Comics #220-221, 534-539* w/ Amber
Flash (1987) #1
Lugosi: The Rise & Fall of Hollywood's Dracula
New Teen Titans #39* w/ Amber
New Warriors #1
Outcasts #5
The Power of Warlock #6-8
World's Finest Comics #76
*indicates an issue I have read previously
total read this month: 26
total reviewed this month: 4
Best comics I read this month: New Teen Titans #39* w/ Amber
Other highlights this month: Batman #368*,370*, and 372* w/ Amber, Black Orchid (1993) #3, Detective Comics #537* w/ Amber, Flash (1987) #1, Outcasts #5
March
Batman #374-375* (w/ Amber)
Daredevil (1964) #1*,2-5
Detective Comics #518*, 540-542* (w/ Amber)
Forbidden Worlds #73, 94, 110
Herbie #2,4
Incredible Hulk #141, 314-324
*indicates an issue I have read previously
total read this month: 27
total reviewed this month: 7
Best comics I read this month:
Other highlights this month: Forbidden Worlds #110, Herbie #2,4, Incredible Hulk #141,314
April
Amazing Spider-Man vs. the Prodigy
Batman #376* w/ Amber
Daredevil (1964) #6-7
Incredible Hulk #126,137,142-143,305,311,313,325-343, Annual #15
Questprobe #1
*indicates an issue I have read previously
total read this month: 30
total reviewed this month: 4
Best comics I read this month: Incredible Hulk #311,313,333
Other highlights this month: Incredible Hulk #142,334,339
May
Amazing Spider-Man #328
Batman #476 w/ Amber
Detective Comics #543* w/ Amber
Fantastic Four #320
Forbidden Worlds #116
Herbie #16
Incredible Hulk #344-359
Master of Kung Fu #22*
Web of Spider-Man #44
Wolverine (1988) #7-8
World's Finest Comics #77
*indicates an issue I have read previously
total read this month: 27
total reviewed this month: 3
Best comics I read this month: Forbidden Worlds #116, Incredible Hulk #344
Other highlights this month: Herbie #16, Incredible Hulk #345,347,348,351,353-354,Wolverine #8
June
Action Comics #673-674
Adventures of Superman #486-487
Batman #377* w/Amber
Detective Comics #544 (w/ Amber)*
Gotham Nights #2
Mickey Mouse: Trapped in the Shadow Dimension
Mickey Mouse: The World To Come*
Superman (1987) #63-65
Superman: The Man of Steel #7-9
Uncle Scrooge: The Terrible, Terrible, Triple-Dimensional Beagle Boys
*indicates an issue I have read previously
total read this month: 16
total reviewed this month: 11
Best comics I read this month: Mickey Mouse: The World To Come*, Superman (1987) #64, Superman: The Man of Steel #9
Other highlights this month: Action Comics #674, Adventures of Superman #487, Batman #377* w/Amber, Mickey Mouse: Trapped in The Shadow Dimension, Superman: The Man of Steel #7
July
Avengers #237-238
Donald Duck #37,43
Exalibur #1*, 2-28
Excalibur: The Sword is Drawn*
Incredible Hulk #360
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #119, 188
*indicates an issue I have read previously
total read this month: 36
total reviewed this month:
Best comics I read this month:
Other highlights this month: Avengers #237-238
August
Action Comics #675
Adventures of Superman #488
Avengers #239
Batman #378-380* w/Amber
Detective Comics #545-547* w/ Amber
Final Faction: First Impact #1
Incredible Hulk #361-375
The Orion Arm: Rah the Slayer*
The Orion Arm: Dagar and The Infinite*
*indicates an issue I have read previously
total read this month: 25
total reviewed this month: 2
Best comics I read this month: Detective Comics #546-547* w/ Amber, Incredible Hulk #369, The Orion Arm: Rah the Slayer*. The Orion Arm: Dagar and The Infinite*
Other highlights this month: Incredible Hulk #362-365,370
September
Batman #93-95, 381-383* w/Amber
Comics Feature #56
Detective Comics #222-225, 548-549* w/Amber
Dracula Lives! #1*
Eerie #20
Incredible Hulk #376,377*,378-384, Annual #16
Marvel Premiere #19
Werewolf By Night #23
World's Finest Comics #78-79
*indicates an issue I have read previously
total read this month: 28
total reviewed this month: 11
Best comics I read this month: Incredible Hulk #377*-378,384
Other highlights this month: Batman #93, Batman #381, Detective Comics #225, Incredible Hulk #376,380
October
Avengers #240-257
Batman #96, 384* w/ Amber
Chilling Adventures of Salem #1
Dark Shadows #6
Detective Comics #226-227, 551* w/Amber
Dracula Lives #9
Incredible Hulk #385-401
Tales to Astonish #62
World's Finest Comics #80
*indicates an issue I have read previously
total read this month: 45
total reviewed this month: 8
Best comics I read this month: Detective Comics #226, Incredible Hulk #387
Other highlights this month: Avengers #242-243,247,249,252,257, Chilling Adventures of Salem #1, Dracula Lives #9, Incredible Hulk #385,388,390
November
Avengers #258-273, Annual #14
Batman #97, 385-388* w/ Amber
Detective Comics #223,228, 552-554* w/ Amber
Eerie #75
Herbie #3
*indicates an issue I have read previously
total read this month: 29
total reviewed this month: 3
Best comics I read this month: Avengers #267-268
Other highlights this month: Avengers #262,273, Batman #387* w/Amber, Detective Comics #223, #553* w/ Amber, Herbie #3
December
Avengers #274-300
Batman #389-391* w/ Amber, 426-428* w/ Amber
Detective Comics #526*, 555-558* w/ Amber
Disney Magazine (U.K.) #64 w/ Amber, 67, 70-73, 75-77, 79 w/ Amber, 80, 81, 83, 86, 88, 90, 92
Donald Duck #334
Mickey and Donald's Christmas Parade #4*
Monsters Unleashed (2017) #1
New Teen Titans #38*
To the Heart of the Storm*
Uncle Scrooge #336*,372*
Walt Disney Christmas Parade (1977) #1
Walt Disney's Christmas Parade(1988) #2*
Walt Disney's Christmas Parade(2003) #1-2*,3,4*
X-Men #138-140* w/Amber
*indicates an issue I have read previously
total read this month: 70
total reviewed this month: 21
Best comics I read this month: Avengers #276, Batman #390-391* w/ Amber, Batman #428* w/ Amber, Detective Comics #526*, 557-558* w/ Amber, Legion of Super-Heroes #290-291 w/ Amber, New Teen Titans #38*, To the Heart of the Storm, Uncle Scrooge #336*, Walt Disney Christmas Parade (1977) #1, Walt Disney's Christmas Parade(1988) #2*, Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (2003) #1*,3,4*
Other highlights this month: Avengers #274-275,278-280,284,296-297, Batman #427* w/ Amber, Detective Comics #555-556 w/ Amber*, Disney Magazine (U.K.) #64 w/ Amber, 67, 81, 89, 92, Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (2003) #2*
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2022 Total Read: 432
2022 Total Reviewed: 80
Platinum Age:
Golden Age: 1
Atom AGe: 43
Silver Age: 17
Bronze Age: 142
Copper Age: 208
Modern Age: 19
superhero: 357
humor: 39
science fiction: 11
fantasy/mythology: 8
horror/occult: 7
action/adventure: 5
biography/everyday life: 3
crime: 2
Industry news/fandom: 1
drama/romance/soap opera:
war:
other:
Marvel: 233
DC: 133
Egmont: 18
ACG: 8
Disney: 7
Pacific: 6
Gemstone: 6
Editions Roquefort: 2
Warren: 2
Archie: 1
Blackthorne: 1
Continuity: 1
Gladstone: 1
Gold Key: 1
Humanoids: 1
Icon: 1
IDW: 1
Kitchen Sink: 1
Western: 1
Other: 2
In previous years, the emphasis was placed on how many comics you read. This is still an interesting number to track for a variety of purposes, but the end goal shouldn't be quantity over quality. There are no "winners" in this thread. Heck, I read a lot less than most each year, and I still keep starting the darn thing up again every January.
The previous years' reading clubs: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014.
Guidelines
1) Please reserve a post in this thread where you will continue to update your list. Whenever you read something new, edit your original posts to reflect this change.
2) Do not post any other replies to this thread until January 5th. Let's give everyone a chance to reserve a post on the first page of the thread.
3) When calculating your total number of comics read for each month, a single comic book is generally considered to be a modern age 20-25 page comic book. Any book of a significantly longer length can be counted as such (i.e. a comic containing 70 pages of CONTENT, not including adds, could be counted as 3 issues).
4) Comic strips may be counted. I generally count 40 standard daily strips as 1 issue, but it's up to you to count them as you see fit. Obviously, Little Nemo's Adventures in Slumberland should be counted differently than Garfield.
5) Several of us counted comic-related novels and pulp stories in our lists in previous years. In the past, I have tended to count anywhere from 8 to 15 pages of text as a single comic book issue, depending upon text size and complexity.
6) Since this is more a community of readers than a simple sub-forum, you should feel free to record new comics you are reading as well, but, as a general rule, more than 50% of your recorded reads should probably fit the board's definition of "classic" comics (more than 10 years old)
Looking forward to seeing what you read! You may reserve your spots in the thread NOW!!
______________________________________________________
January
Action Comics #1000
Armor #6
Batman #90-91, 354-366 w/ Amber*
Catwoman 80th Anniversary 100 Page Special
Criminal #2
Detective Comics #217-219, 520-533 w/ Amber*
Dollar Comics #13
Elric (Pacific) #1-6 w/ Amber*
Elric of Melnibone: While The Gods Laugh (Epic Illustrated) w/ Amber*
Fantastic Four #66-67
Marvel Graphic Novel #2 w Amber*
Marvel Premiere #1-2*
Street Wolf #2
Thor #165-166
Trinity #15
The Power of Warlock #1*,2-5
Wonder Woman #750
World's Finest Comics #75
*indicates an issue I have read previously
total read this month: 60
total reviewed this month: 6
Best comics I read this month: Batman #354*, 357*, 360*, Detective Comics #520*,524*,526*,529*, Elric (Pacific) #1-6*, Elric of Melnibone: While The Gods Laugh (Epic Illustrated)
Other highlights this month: Action Comics #1000, Batman #359*,361*,363*, Catwoman 80th Anniversary 100 Page Special, Detective Comics #527-528*,531-532*, Fantastic Four #66-67, Marvel Graphic Novel #2*, Marvel Premiere #1*, The Power of Warlock #1*,2-3, Thor #165-166, Wonder Woman #750
February
Batgirl (2011) #34
Batman #92, 367-373 w/ Amber*
Black Orchid (1993) #3
Daredevil (1964) #1*
Detective Comics #220-221, 534-539* w/ Amber
Flash (1987) #1
Lugosi: The Rise & Fall of Hollywood's Dracula
New Teen Titans #39* w/ Amber
New Warriors #1
Outcasts #5
The Power of Warlock #6-8
World's Finest Comics #76
*indicates an issue I have read previously
total read this month: 26
total reviewed this month: 4
Best comics I read this month: New Teen Titans #39* w/ Amber
Other highlights this month: Batman #368*,370*, and 372* w/ Amber, Black Orchid (1993) #3, Detective Comics #537* w/ Amber, Flash (1987) #1, Outcasts #5
March
Batman #374-375* (w/ Amber)
Daredevil (1964) #1*,2-5
Detective Comics #518*, 540-542* (w/ Amber)
Forbidden Worlds #73, 94, 110
Herbie #2,4
Incredible Hulk #141, 314-324
*indicates an issue I have read previously
total read this month: 27
total reviewed this month: 7
Best comics I read this month:
Other highlights this month: Forbidden Worlds #110, Herbie #2,4, Incredible Hulk #141,314
April
Amazing Spider-Man vs. the Prodigy
Batman #376* w/ Amber
Daredevil (1964) #6-7
Incredible Hulk #126,137,142-143,305,311,313,325-343, Annual #15
Questprobe #1
*indicates an issue I have read previously
total read this month: 30
total reviewed this month: 4
Best comics I read this month: Incredible Hulk #311,313,333
Other highlights this month: Incredible Hulk #142,334,339
May
Amazing Spider-Man #328
Batman #476 w/ Amber
Detective Comics #543* w/ Amber
Fantastic Four #320
Forbidden Worlds #116
Herbie #16
Incredible Hulk #344-359
Master of Kung Fu #22*
Web of Spider-Man #44
Wolverine (1988) #7-8
World's Finest Comics #77
*indicates an issue I have read previously
total read this month: 27
total reviewed this month: 3
Best comics I read this month: Forbidden Worlds #116, Incredible Hulk #344
Other highlights this month: Herbie #16, Incredible Hulk #345,347,348,351,353-354,Wolverine #8
June
Action Comics #673-674
Adventures of Superman #486-487
Batman #377* w/Amber
Detective Comics #544 (w/ Amber)*
Gotham Nights #2
Mickey Mouse: Trapped in the Shadow Dimension
Mickey Mouse: The World To Come*
Superman (1987) #63-65
Superman: The Man of Steel #7-9
Uncle Scrooge: The Terrible, Terrible, Triple-Dimensional Beagle Boys
*indicates an issue I have read previously
total read this month: 16
total reviewed this month: 11
Best comics I read this month: Mickey Mouse: The World To Come*, Superman (1987) #64, Superman: The Man of Steel #9
Other highlights this month: Action Comics #674, Adventures of Superman #487, Batman #377* w/Amber, Mickey Mouse: Trapped in The Shadow Dimension, Superman: The Man of Steel #7
July
Avengers #237-238
Donald Duck #37,43
Exalibur #1*, 2-28
Excalibur: The Sword is Drawn*
Incredible Hulk #360
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #119, 188
*indicates an issue I have read previously
total read this month: 36
total reviewed this month:
Best comics I read this month:
Other highlights this month: Avengers #237-238
August
Action Comics #675
Adventures of Superman #488
Avengers #239
Batman #378-380* w/Amber
Detective Comics #545-547* w/ Amber
Final Faction: First Impact #1
Incredible Hulk #361-375
The Orion Arm: Rah the Slayer*
The Orion Arm: Dagar and The Infinite*
*indicates an issue I have read previously
total read this month: 25
total reviewed this month: 2
Best comics I read this month: Detective Comics #546-547* w/ Amber, Incredible Hulk #369, The Orion Arm: Rah the Slayer*. The Orion Arm: Dagar and The Infinite*
Other highlights this month: Incredible Hulk #362-365,370
September
Batman #93-95, 381-383* w/Amber
Comics Feature #56
Detective Comics #222-225, 548-549* w/Amber
Dracula Lives! #1*
Eerie #20
Incredible Hulk #376,377*,378-384, Annual #16
Marvel Premiere #19
Werewolf By Night #23
World's Finest Comics #78-79
*indicates an issue I have read previously
total read this month: 28
total reviewed this month: 11
Best comics I read this month: Incredible Hulk #377*-378,384
Other highlights this month: Batman #93, Batman #381, Detective Comics #225, Incredible Hulk #376,380
October
Avengers #240-257
Batman #96, 384* w/ Amber
Chilling Adventures of Salem #1
Dark Shadows #6
Detective Comics #226-227, 551* w/Amber
Dracula Lives #9
Incredible Hulk #385-401
Tales to Astonish #62
World's Finest Comics #80
*indicates an issue I have read previously
total read this month: 45
total reviewed this month: 8
Best comics I read this month: Detective Comics #226, Incredible Hulk #387
Other highlights this month: Avengers #242-243,247,249,252,257, Chilling Adventures of Salem #1, Dracula Lives #9, Incredible Hulk #385,388,390
November
Avengers #258-273, Annual #14
Batman #97, 385-388* w/ Amber
Detective Comics #223,228, 552-554* w/ Amber
Eerie #75
Herbie #3
*indicates an issue I have read previously
total read this month: 29
total reviewed this month: 3
Best comics I read this month: Avengers #267-268
Other highlights this month: Avengers #262,273, Batman #387* w/Amber, Detective Comics #223, #553* w/ Amber, Herbie #3
December
Avengers #274-300
Batman #389-391* w/ Amber, 426-428* w/ Amber
Detective Comics #526*, 555-558* w/ Amber
Disney Magazine (U.K.) #64 w/ Amber, 67, 70-73, 75-77, 79 w/ Amber, 80, 81, 83, 86, 88, 90, 92
Donald Duck #334
Mickey and Donald's Christmas Parade #4*
Monsters Unleashed (2017) #1
New Teen Titans #38*
To the Heart of the Storm*
Uncle Scrooge #336*,372*
Walt Disney Christmas Parade (1977) #1
Walt Disney's Christmas Parade(1988) #2*
Walt Disney's Christmas Parade(2003) #1-2*,3,4*
X-Men #138-140* w/Amber
*indicates an issue I have read previously
total read this month: 70
total reviewed this month: 21
Best comics I read this month: Avengers #276, Batman #390-391* w/ Amber, Batman #428* w/ Amber, Detective Comics #526*, 557-558* w/ Amber, Legion of Super-Heroes #290-291 w/ Amber, New Teen Titans #38*, To the Heart of the Storm, Uncle Scrooge #336*, Walt Disney Christmas Parade (1977) #1, Walt Disney's Christmas Parade(1988) #2*, Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (2003) #1*,3,4*
Other highlights this month: Avengers #274-275,278-280,284,296-297, Batman #427* w/ Amber, Detective Comics #555-556 w/ Amber*, Disney Magazine (U.K.) #64 w/ Amber, 67, 81, 89, 92, Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (2003) #2*
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
2022 Total Read: 432
2022 Total Reviewed: 80
Platinum Age:
Golden Age: 1
Atom AGe: 43
Silver Age: 17
Bronze Age: 142
Copper Age: 208
Modern Age: 19
superhero: 357
humor: 39
science fiction: 11
fantasy/mythology: 8
horror/occult: 7
action/adventure: 5
biography/everyday life: 3
crime: 2
Industry news/fandom: 1
drama/romance/soap opera:
war:
other:
Marvel: 233
DC: 133
Egmont: 18
ACG: 8
Disney: 7
Pacific: 6
Gemstone: 6
Editions Roquefort: 2
Warren: 2
Archie: 1
Blackthorne: 1
Continuity: 1
Gladstone: 1
Gold Key: 1
Humanoids: 1
Icon: 1
IDW: 1
Kitchen Sink: 1
Western: 1
Other: 2