Post by shaxper on May 4, 2014 23:37:15 GMT -5
Dredging up my totals from previous years (as I really don't want to lose these!)
2012
January
Batman #437
Battle for the Planet of the Apes (Power Records)
Boy Comics #59
Cerebus #0
Creepy #41 (counts as 2 issues)
Detective Comics #603
Eerie #60, 131 (each counts as 2 issues)
Fantastic Four #21
Doctor Solar (Dark Horse) #8
Justice League: Generation Lost #23, 24
Magnus: Robot Fighter (Dark Horse) #4
Mighty Samson (Dark Horse) #3
Planet of the Apes (Curtis/Marvel) #1-5
Sgt. Fury #9
Silver Surfer (1978 Fireside Graphic Novel, counting it as four issues)
Spectre (1988) #2
Strange Tales #4
Tales from the Crypt #28
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #176, 189, 194, 208, 211, 218
Jan Total: 36
Best comic I read in January: Silver Surfer (1978 Fireside Graphic Novel)
February
Batman #438-442, 710-713
Batman (vol. 2) #1
Batman and Robin #23-26
Batman Incorporated #4-5
Batmanga (tpb reprinting 16 issues)
Detective Comics #604-609, 876-881, Annual #2
Donald Duck #26
Four Color #429 (Pluto)
Legends of the Dark Knight #1
Mighty Samson (Dark Horse) #4
New Titans #60-61
Planet of the Apes (Curtis/Marvel) 6-12
Secret Origins Special #1
Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #10-13
Tintin: The Blue Lotus (counting it as four issues total)
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #223, 224, 226, 235, 237
Feb Total: 72
Best comic I read in February: Planet of the Apes (Curtis/Marvel) #8
March
Amazing Adventures #18-29 (Killraven)
Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth (counting it as 3 issues)
Batman #443
Batman Special (1983) #1
Creepy #1 (counts as 2 issues)
Detective Comics #610
Donald Duck #66, 67, 74
Dr. Strange (1974) #1
Electric Warrior #1-4
Four Color #203, 282 (Donald Duck)
Gotham by Gaslight (counting it as 2 issues)
Legends of the Dark Knight #2
Planet of the Apes (Curtis/Marvel) #13-23
Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #14-17
Sub-Mariner #12-13
Usagi Yojimbo #136-143
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #142
2000 AD #1731-1732 (counts as 2 issues each)
Mar Total: 62
Best comic I read in March: Planet of the Apes (Curtis/Marvel) #20
April
Amazing Adventures #30-39 (Killraven)
Creepy #2-6 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Eerie #2 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Electric Warrior #5-12
Marvel Graphic Novel #7 (counting this as 3 issues)
2000 A.D. #1733-1741 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Apr Total: 51
Best comic I read in April: Amazing Adventures #36
May
Creepy #7 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Electric Warrior #13-16
Legends of the Dark Knight #3
Life & Times of Scrooge McDuck #8B "The Prisoner of White Agony Creek" (double length), #8C "Hearts of the Yukon"
Planet of the Apes (Curtis/Marvel) #24, 26-29, 2 unpublished scripts
Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #18-20
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #68-69, 140, 152, 162, 181, 186, 192, 199, 200
X-O Manowar (current series) #1
2000 A.D. #1742-1754 (counting these as 2 issues each)
May Total: 57
Best comic I read in May: Life & Times of Scrooge McDuck #8B "The Prisoner of White Agony Creek"
June
Ape City #1-4
Batman #444
Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett) #114 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Captain Marvel Jr. #83 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Creepy #8 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Detective Comics #611
Electric Warrior #17, 18
Groo (Marvel) #103
Hansi, The Girl Who Loved the Swastika
Infinity Gauntlet #1
Life & Times of Scrooge McDuck #10B: The Sharpie of the Culabra Cut
Marvel Family #56 (counting this as 2 issues)
Master Comics #97
Planet of the Apes: "Journey to the Planet of the Apes" (unpublished script)
Planet of the Apes: "To Meet the Makers" (unpublished script for double sized story)
Planet of the Apes (Malibu/Adventure Comics) #1-9
Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #21
Strange Tales #135 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Superman: Victory by Computer (1981 Radio Shack give-away)
Uncle Scrooge #325 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #135, 201, 220, 227-228
2000 A.D. #1755-1757 (counting these as 2 issues each)
June Total: 50
Best comic I read in June: Strange Tales #135
July
Ape Nation #1-4
Batman, The Dailies: "The Missing Heir Dilemma"
Bloodshot (current series) #1
Complete Chronicles of Conan (the original Robert E. Howard stories):
*The Hyborean Age (essay, counting it as 2 issues)
*The Phoenix on the Sword (counting it as 2 issues)
*The Frost Giant's Daughter
*The God in the Bowl (counting it as 2 issues)
*The Tower of the Elephant (counting it as 2 issues)
Conan, The Barbarian (vol. 1) #1-11 (via The BWS Archives vol. 1)
Eerie #3 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Harbinger (current series) #1-2
Infinity Gauntlet #2-5
Planet of the Apes (Malibu/Adventure Comics) #10-24, Annual (double sized)
Planet of the Apes: Blood of the Apes #1-4
Planet of the Apes: Forbidden Zone #1, 2, 4
Planet of the Apes: Sins of the Father! (one-shot)
Planet of the Apes: Urchak's Folly #1-4
Revolution on the Planet of the Apes #1-3
Sgt. Fury And His Howling Commandos 22, Annual #1
Strange Tales #136
X-O Manowar (current series) #2
July Total: 70
Best comic I read in July: Conan, The Barbarian (vol. 1) #6: "Devil-Wings over Shadizar"
August
The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen (counting these as 1/2 issue each)
*"The Super-Brain of Jimmy Olsen" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #22)
*"The Human Skyscraper" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #28)
*"The E-L-A-S-T-I-C Lad" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #31)
*"The Jimmy Olsen from Jupiter" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #32)
*"The Human Flame Thrower" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #33)
*"The Human Octopus" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #41)
*"Jimmy the Genie" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #42)
*"The Werewolf of Metropolis" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #44)
Batman #445
The Batman Chronicles, Vol. 6
*Crime Takes a Holiday (World's Finest #5)
*Laugh, Town, Laugh (Detective Comics #62)
Batman: Earth One, Special Preview Edition
Bloodshot (current volume) #2
Brave and the Bold #59
Complete Chronicles of Conan (the original Robert E. Howard stories):
*The Scarlet Citadel (counting it as 4 issues)
*The Black Colossus (counting it as 2 issues)
*The Slithering Shadow (counting it as 3 issues)
*The Pool of the Black One (counting it as 2 issues)
*Rogues in the House (counting it as 2 issues)
*Shadows in the Moonlight (counting it as 3 issues)
*Queen of the Black Coast (counting it as 3 issues)
*The Devil in Iron (counting it as 3 issues)
*The People of the Black Circle (counting it as 6 issues)
*A Witch Shall Be Born (counting it as 4 issues)
*Jewels of Gwahlur (counting it as 4 issues)
*Beyond the Black River (counting it as 5 issues)
*Shadows in Zamboula (counting it as 3 issues)
*Red Nails (counting it as 7 issues)
Detective Comics #612
Eerie #4-7, 9-10 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Harbinger (current series) #3
Legends of the Dark Knight #4-5
Prequel to Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes (2011) #1-7
Revolution on the Planet of the Apes #4-6
Secret Origins tpb (1990) -- "The Man Who Falls"
Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #23
Strange Tales #137
August Total: 91
Best comic I read in August: "Red Nails" (Robert E. Howard Conan story)
September
The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen (counting these as 1/2 issue each)
*"The Fat Boy of Metropolis" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #49)
*"The Giant Turtle Man!" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #53)
*"Jimmy Olsen, Freak!" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #59)
*"The Human Porcupine!" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #65)
*"The World of Doomed Olsens!" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72)
*"The Colossus of Metropolis!" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #77)
*"Jimmy Olsen, The Bizarro Boy!" p.1 and p.2 (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #80)
*"The Adventures of Chameleon-Head Olsen!" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #85)
*"The World of 1,000 Olsens!" p.1 and p.2 (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #105)
*"Menace of the Micro-Monster!" p.1 and p.2 Superman Family #173)
Archer & Armstrong (current series) #1
Batman: Digital Justice (counting it as 4 issues)
Complete Chronicles of Conan (the original Robert E. Howard stories):
*The Hour of the Dragon (counting it as 16 issues)
*The Black Stranger (counting it as 7 issues)
Infinity Gauntlet #6
Planet of the Apes (Boom!) #8
Sandman (1989) #1 (double-sized), 2-13, 14 (double-sized), 15-17
Superman: The Dailies, strip#1-214 (counting it as 7 issues)
Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction #3 (counting it as 3 issues)
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #136, 139, 229
X-O Manowar (current Series) #3-4
September Total: 73
Best comic I read in September: Sandman (1989) #6, "24 Hours"
October
Complete Chronicles of Conan (the original Robert E. Howard stories):
*Drums of Tombulku (partially completed draft, counting it as 2 issues)
*The Vale of Lost Women (counting it as 1 issue)
*Wolves Beyond the Border (partially completed draft, counting it as 2 issues)
*The Snout in the Dark/The Hall of the Dead/The Hands of Nergal (assorted incomplete stories, counting them as 1 issue total)
The Hands of Fu Manchu (original dime novel) chapters 1-14 (counting it as 9 issues)
Sandman (1989) 18-35, 36 (double sized), 37-49, 50 (double sized), 51-54, Special #1 (double-sized)
Superman: The Dailies, strip 215-484 (counting it as 9 issues)
Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction #6 (counting it as 3 issues)
Vertigo Preview #1 (Sandman story only)
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #233, 236
October Total: 71
Best comic I read in October: Sandman (1989) #45: Brief Lives, Part 5
November
Batman #446
Bloodshot (2012) #3,4
Blue Beetle (1967) #1
Deathlok (1990) #1, 2 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Doctor Fate (1987) #1-4
Firestorm (vol. 1) #1
Harbinger (2012) #4,5
Hawkworld (1989) #1-3 (counting them as 2 issues each)
Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #1-4
Hellboy: Wake the Devil #1-5
Hercules Unbound #1,2
Kitty Pryde and Wolverine #1-6
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (vol. 1) #1
Man of Steel #1-6
Manhunter (Paul Kirk): The Special Edition (counting it as 3 issues)
Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft (the original pulp stories)
*Dagon (counting as .5 issues)
*The Statement of Randolph Carter (counting it as .5 issues)
*The Doom That Came to Sarnath (counting it as .5 issues)
*The Cats of Ulthar (counting it as .5 issues)
*The Nameless City (counting it as 1 issue)
*Herbert West: Reanimator (counting it as 2 issues)
*The Music of Erich Zann (counting it as 1 issue)
*The Lurking Death (counting it as 2 issues)
*The Hound (counting it as 1 issue)
*The Rats in the Walls (counting it as 2 issues)
Rai (vol. 1) #1
Ronin #1-3 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Sandman (1989) 55,56
Shadowman (2012) #1
Space Usagi (vol. 1) #1-3
Space Usagi (vol. 2) #1-3
Space Usagi (vol. 3) #1-3
Star Spangled Comics #65, 66
Strange Tales #138
Superman (vol. 2) #1
Superman: The Dailies, strip 485-672 (counting it as 6 issues)
Tales of the Zombie #3 (counting it as 3 issues)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (vol. 1) #1-6, Raphael one-shot, Michaelangelo one-shot
Tomb of Dracula (1979) #1 (counting it as 2 issues)
UNDERSEA Agent #1, 2 (counting them as 2 issues each)
Wolverine (1982) #1-4
X-O Manowar (2012) #5,6
November Total: 111
Best comic I read in November: Man of Steel #2
December
Adventures of Superman #424
Batman (1940) #1 (double-sized)
Blue Beetle (1967) #2
Coyote #1
Detective Comics (via The Batman Chronicles tpbs) #27-38 (Batman stories only, .5 issues each)
Hellboy (vol. 3): The Chained Coffin & Others (counting it as 5 issues)
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (vol. 1) #2, 3
Magik #1-4
Marvel Premiere #38 (Weirdworld), 41 (Seeker 3000!)
Marvel Super Action #1 (counting it as 3 issues)
Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft (the original pulp stories)
*Under the Pyramids (counting as 2 issues)
* The Unnamable (counting it as .5 issues)
* The Vault (counting it as .5 issues)
* The Outsider (counting it as .5 issues)
* The Horror at Red Hook (counting it as 2 issues)
* The Colour out of Space (counting it as 2 issues)
* Pickman's Model
* The Call of Cthullu (counting it as 3 issues)
Rai #2-4
Sandman (1989) 57-74, 75 (double sized)
Superman: The Dailies, strip 672-696 (counting it as 1 issue)
Tales of the Zombie #1, 2, 4, 5 (counting these as 3 issues each), 6-9 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (vol. 1) #7-20, Donatello and Leonardo one-shots
UNDERSEA Agent #3-6 (counting them as 2 issues each)
Untold Legend of the Batman #1-3
Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (vol. 1) #7 (counting this as 4 issues)
Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (2003) #1, 2, 4 (counting them as 3 issues each)
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #88, 89, 177, 180, 246
December Total: 127
Best comic I read in December: Sandman (1989) #64
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2012 Total: 872
2013
January
Action Comics #584-592
Adventures of Superman #425-432
Avengers #89-97
Betrayal of the Planet of the Apes #1-4
BPRD: Plague of Frogs #1-5
Conan, the Barbarian (vol. 1) #12-26
Detective Comics #613
Elric: The Dreaming City (counting it as 3 issues)
Epic Illustrated #9-17, 26-30 (counting the portions I read as 30 issues; these are 100 page comics)
Exile on the Planet of the Apes #1
Hellboy vol. 4: The Right Hand of Doom (counting it as 5 issues)
Hellboy vol. 5: The Conqueror Worm (counting it as 5 issues)
Jughead's Diner #1, 3, 4
Lois Lane (1986) #1 (double sized)
Marvel Fanfare #24-26
Marvel Super Special #11-13 (all double sized)
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (with my daughter) #1, 2
Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft:
-Cool Air (counting it as .5 issues)
-The Shunned House (counting it as 2 issues)
-The Silver Key
-The Dunwich Horror (counting it as 4 issues)
New Titans #65
Planet of the Apes (Boom!) #9-13
Sandman: Endless Nights (counting it as 7 issues)
Savage Tales (vol. 1) 2, 3
Superman (1987) #2-9, Annual 1 (double sized)
Superman: The Dailies, strip 697-840 (counting it as 3.5 issues)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (vol. 1) #21-37
Weird (Eerie publications vol. 4) #3 (counting it as 3 issues)
January Total: 166
Best story I read in January: Metamorphosis Odyssey: "Doomsday & Aftermath" (Epic Illustrated #9)
Other highlights this month:"Cerebus' First Fifth" (Epic Illustrated #26), Thomas/Russell's Elric of Melnibone (Epic Illustrated), Jughead's Diner #1 and #3, and "The Shunned House" (Lovecraft).
February
Action Comics #593-596, Annual #1 (double sized)
Adventures of Superman #433-436, Annual #1 (double sized)
Cerebus World Tour Book 1995 (counting it as 3 issues)
Conan, the Barbarian (vol. 1) #27, 28
Exile on the Planet of the Apes #2-4
Jughead's Diner #6
Marvel Preview #22 (counting it as 3 issues)
Marvels #1-4 (all double sized)
More Fun Comics #73 (counting it as 2 issues)
OMAC (vol. 1) #1-8
Phantom Zone #1-4
Planet of the Apes (Boom!) #14-16, Annual 1
Planet of the Apes: Cataclysm #1
Prez #1-4
Spectacular Spider-Man #107-110
Superman (1987) #10-14
Superman: The Dailies, strip 841-966 (counting it as 3 issues)
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (vol. 2) #70
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (vol. 1) #38-62
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #120, 154, 158, 247, 250, 251, 261
World of Krypton (1987) #1, 2
February Total: 101
Best story I read in February: "City at War" (TMNT vol. 1 #48-62)
Other highlights this month: "A Night on the Town" (from Cerebus World Tour Book 1995), Marvels, Spectacular Spider-Man #107-110 ("The Death of Jean DeWolffe"), Superman: The Dailies, strips #675-888 ("The Scientists of Sudden Death"), Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (vol. 2) #70 ("Return to New York" chapter 1.5), World of Krypton (1987) #2
March
Action Comics #597
Adventures of Superman #437
Avengers West Coast #48, 49, 64
Batman: The Dailies strip #313-391 (counting them as 2 issues)
Combat Kelly and his Deadly Dozen #9
Conan, The Barbarian #29-45
Creepy #32, 40, 51, 58, 62, 64, 67 (counting these as 3 issues each), 65 (counting it as 5 issues)
Donald Duck #28, 32, 35, 40, 41, 42, 45-48, 54
Eerie #26, 29, 30, 40, 58 (counting them as 3 issues each)
Epic Illustrated #22, 23, 31-34 (counting the portions I read as 13 issues)
Haunt of Horrors #2 (counting it as 2 issues)
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (with my daughter) #3
Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft:
- The Whisperer in Darkness (counting it as 5 issues)
- The Strange High House in the Mist
- The Dreams in the Witch-House (counting it as 3 issues)
New Teen Titans: Games (counting it as 7 issues)
Planet of the Apes: Cataclysm #2-7
Planet of the Apes Special #1
Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #24, 25
Strange Tales #139
Superboy #182
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (vol. 2) #1
Vampirella #1, 38 (counting these as 3 issues each), 37 (counting it as 5 issues)
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #266, 268, 271, 280-283, 288, 308, 312
West Coast Avengers #46
March Total: 144
Best story I read in March: New Teen Titans: Games, and "Gran'ma Died Last Year" (from Haunt of Horror #2)
Other highlights this month: "Beyond Legend" (from Epic Illustrated #31), "Beware the Hyrkanians Bearing Gifts" (from Conan #36), "Donald Duck Meets Robert the Robot" (from Donald Duck #28), "Excerpts from Year 5" (From Creepy #67), Strange Tales #139, "The 3:14 is Right on Time" (from Creepy #32), "The Whisperer in Darkness" (Lovecraft)
April
Amazing Heroes #2
Batman #96-98, 447, 448
Batman: The Dailies strip #392-649 (counting them as 6.5 issues)
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #6, 7
Conan, The Barbarian #46-49
Creepy #68 (counting it as 3 issues)
Detective Comics #271, 614
Donald Duck #61, 63, 65, 69, 75
Eerie #62 (counting it as 3 issues)
Four Color #291
Frankenstein (1945) #1, 2 (all double sized)
Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft:
- From Beyond (counting it as 0.5 issues)
- Through the Gate of the Silver Key (counting it as 3 issues)
- At the Mountains of Madness (counting it as 8 issues)
The Story of Superman (Random House children's book collection from 1980)
April total: 49
Best story I read in April: "The Christmas Gnome of Timothy Brayle!" (Creepy #68)
Other highlights this month: "At the Mountains of Madness" (Lovecraft), "Bliss House Ain't the Same" (Batman: The Dailies), Frankenstein (1945) #1, "From Beyond" (Lovecraft), "The Magic Hour Glass" (from Four Color #291), The Story of Superman
May
Adventures of Superman #438
Amazing Heroes #12
Conan, The Barbarian #50-59
Creepy #70 (counting it as 3 issues)
Eerie #63, 64 (counting them as 3 issues each)
Four Color #300, 308, 328 (counting them as 3 issues each)
Superman (1987) #15
Uncle Scrooge Goes to Disneyland #1 (counting it as 4 issues)
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #78, 80, 95, 97, 109, 121, 124, 128, 131, 137, 143, 148
May total: 47
Best story I read in May: "Apocalypse: The Plague" (Eerie #64), and "Fantastic River Race" (Uncle Scrooge Goes to Disneyland #1)
Other highlights this month: "The Black Shadow God" story arc (Conan, the Barbarian #52-55)
June
Action Comics #598
Conan, the Barbarian #60-63, 65, 69
Creepy #72, 73, 77, 78, 80 (counting them as 3 issues each)
Eerie #65-69, 72 (counting them as 3 issues each)
Haunt of Horror (v2) #1, 3-5 (counting them as 3 issues each)
Superman (v.1) #149*, 161
Vampirella #48 (counting it as 3 issues)
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #150, 151, 155-157, 161, 172, 182, 183, 185, 196
* indicates an issue/story that I have read previously
June total: 68
Best story I read in June: "Once Upon a Miracle" (from Creepy #77)
Other highlights this month: "Clarice" (from Creepy #77), "The Death of Superman" (from Superman vol. 1 #149; Yes, I've read this one before), "El Cid: The Seven Trials" (from Eerie #66), "The Final Christmas" (from Creepy #77), "First Snow, Magic Snow" (from Creepy #77), "Godeye" (from Eerie #68), "Heartstop" (from Haunt of Horror #1), "The Imagineers" (from Creepy #80), "The Incredible People Making Machines" (from Eerie #72), "Last Light of the Universe" (from Creepy #73), "The Man Named Gold" (from Eerie #67), "The Master Rainmaker" (from Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #156), "The Muck Monster" (from Eerie #68), "Search for the Cuspidora" (from Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #172), "Starbright Lantern 909" (from Vampirella #48), "Statues of Limitations" (from Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #196), "The Unorthodox Ox" (from Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #182), "The Wonderworld of Ambergris, Kato, and Tonto, too!" (from Vampirella #48).
July
Batman: The Dailies strip #650-812 (counting them as 4 issues)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (Power Records film adaptation)
The Complete Chronicles of Conan, by Robert E. Howard*
- The Phoenix on the Sword (counting it as 2 issues)*
- The Frost Giant's Daughter*
- The God in the Bowl (counting it as 2 issues)*
- The Tower of the Elephant (counting it as 2 issues)*
- The Scarlet Citadel (counting it as 4 issues)*
-Queen of the Black Coast (counting it as 3 issues)*
- The Black Colossus (counting it as 2 issues)*
Conan, the Barbarian #70-76
"Death of the Dreammaster" (Batman short story), by Robert Sheckley (counting it as 3 issues)
Eerie #76 (counting it as 3 issues)
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (Power Records film adaptation)
Four Color #199 (counting it as 3 issues)
Planet of the Apes (Power Records film adaptation)
"The Shadow Over Innsmouth," by HP Lovecraft (counting it as 5 issues)
Space Patrol (1950s radio drama - 4 episodes)
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: N-Vector #1-4 (DS9 Relaunch #0)
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Avatar Book I, by S.D. Perry (counting it as 14 issues) (DS9 Relaunch #1)
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Avatar Book II, by S.D. Perry (counting it as 12 issues) (DS9 Relaunch #2)
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Abyss, by David Weddle and Jeffrey Lang (counting it as 14 issues) (DS9 Relaunch #3)
Star Trek: Divided We Fall #1-4 (DS9 Relaunch #4)
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #200*, 209
X-Factor #70*
X-Men #98*, 280*
* indicates an issue/story that I have read previously
July total: 101
Best story I read in July: Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Avatar Books I and II, by S.D. Perry
Other highlights this month: "The Black Colossus" (R.E. Howard), "Day of Decision" (X-Factor #70), "Donald's Pet Service" (WDC&S #200), "Merry Christmas, X-Men..." (X-Men #98), "The Persistent Postman" (WDC&S #209), "The Phoenix on the Sword" (R.E. Howard), "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" (Lovecraft), "Sheriff of Bullet Valley" (Four Color #199), and "Vengeance in Asgalun" (Conan #72)
August
Action Comics #598*, 599 (counting it as 2 issues), and 600 (counting it as 4 issues)
Action Comics Weekly #601-604 (counting them as 2 issues each)
Adventures of Superman #439-442
Batman #448*, 449
Batman: The Dailies strip #813-867 (counting them as 1 issue)
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #8
Brother Power the Geek #1
Conan (vol. 1) #77, 79-81
Creepy # 84, 86 (counting them as 3 issues each)
Detective Comics #615, 616
Jughead's Diner #5 (thanks to Scott Harris)
Planet of the Apes: Cataclysm #8-12
Planet of the Apes Spectacular #1
"The Shadow out of Time," by HP Lovecraft (counting it as 5 issues)
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Demons of Air & Darkness, by Keith R.A. Decandido (counting it as 14 issues) (DS9 Relaunch #5)
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: "Horn and Ivory," by Keith R.A. Decandido (counting it as 4 issues) (DS9 Relaunch #6)
Superman (1987) #16-19, Annual 2 (counting it as 2 issues)
Superman: The Earth Stealers (counting it as 2 issues)
Thor #303-305
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #217, 221, 222, 225
World of Krypton #3, 4
World of Smallville #1-4
* indicates an issue/story that I have read previously
August total: 86
Best story I read in August: Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Demons of Air & Darkness
Other highlights this month: "Dick Swift's Power Ring" (Creepy #86), Jughead's Diner #5, "The Miracle of Storms" (Thor #303), "The Mummy's Victory" (Creepy #84), The Shadow out of Time, "Tracking Sandy" (WDC&S #221), World of Smallville #1 and 2
September
Action Comics Weekly #605-609 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Adventures of Superman #443
Brother Power the Geek #2
Conan #82
Journey Into Mystery #122
Jughead's Diner #2 (thanks to Scott Harris)
Phantom Stranger (1987) #1-4
Planet of the Apes Giant #1 (double sized)
Saved By the Bell #1 (thanks to Scott Harris)
Six from Sirius #1-4
Six from Sirius 2 #1-4
Superman (1987) #20, 21
Thor #134, 135, 306-313
World of Metropolis #1, 2
September total: 44
Best story I read in September: "The People Breeders" (Thor #134)
Other highlights this month: "Grief More Than A God May Bare" (Thor #311), "The Maelstrom to Mephisto" (Thor #310), Planet of the Apes Giant #1, Six from Sirius 2, "...'Till Death Do Us Part" (Thor #306), "Where Mortals Fear to Tread" (Journey into Mystery #122)
October
Adventures of Superman #444
Conan #83, 84
Epic Illustrated #1-7 (counting them as 4 issues each)
The Price, by Jim Starlin (counting it as 2 issues)
Superman (vol. 1) #165
The Star Wars (George Lucus Draft, 2013) #1-2
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #230
October total: 37
Best story I read in October: "Life Hutch" (Epic Illustrated #6), "Metamorphosis Odyssey" (from Epic Illustrated #1-9), "Midsummer's Night Dream" (from Epic Illustrated #3), and The Price
Other highlights this month: "Because it's There" (Epic Illustrated #5), "My Room" (from Epic Illustrated #3), "Tomb Stones" (from Epic Illustrated #3), "Worker in the City" (from Epic Illustrated #3)
November
Action Comics Weekly #610, 611 (counting them as 2 issues each)
Amethyst: Princess of Gem World #1, 2
Batman #450
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #9
Conan, The Barbarian #85, 86, 88-91, 93-95
Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea (counting it as 12 issues)
Detective Comics #617
Epic Illustrated #8 (counting it as 4 issues)
Marvel Graphic Novel #3 (counting it as 2 issues)
Pep #322
Saved by the Bell #2
Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #26
Strange Tales #140
Superman #22
Thor #133, 138, 144, 149, 151, 165, 314-328, 337-340
World of Metropolis #3
November total: 67
Best story I read in November: Corto Maltese: "The Ballad of the Salt Sea"
Other highlights this month:"The Birthright" (Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld #1), "Dreadstar" (Marvel Graphic Novel #3), "Though Hel Should Bar the Way" (Thor #340), "To Rise Again" (Thor #151)
December
Action Comics Weekly #612 (counting it as 2 issues)
Adventures of Superman #445
Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld #3. 4
Archie #102, 600-607
Batman #451
Conan, The Barbarian #96-100
Creepy #94 (counting it as 3 issues)
Dark Horse Presents (vol. 2) #30 (counting it as 4 issues)
Detective Comics #618
Gods' Man, by Lynd Ward
Eerie #83, 88 (counting them as 3 issues each)
I Kill Giants #1-7
Iron Fist #15
Jughead's Diner #7 (thanks to Scott Harris!)
Life with Archie: The Married Life #1 (counting it as 2 issues)
Marvel Graphic Novel #38 (Silver Surfer: Judgment Day, counting it as 3 issues)
Maus I (counting it as 8 issues)
Maus II (counting it as 7 issues)
Mickey Mouse (Gottfredson daily strips) strip #1-186 (counting as 4 issues)
Road to Perdition (counting it as 8 issues)
Secret Origins (vol. 2) #6 (Golden Age Batman story only)
Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #27
Star Trek: Federation, by David A. Goodman (counting it as 8 issues)
Strange Tales #141
Tales of Asgard (1983) #1 (counting it as 2 issues)
Thor #341-344
Uncanny X-Men at the State Fair of Texas
Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (vol. 2) #1, 2* (counting them as 4 issues each)
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #232, 240, 257, 263, 265, 269, 273, 277, 278
World of Metropolis #4
*A story I have read previously
December total: 112
Best stories I read in December: I Kill Giants, "Minnie's Christmas Tree" (Walt Disney's Christmas Parade Vol. 2 #1), and Road to Perdition
Other highlights this month: "Bar None Ranch" (WDC&S #231-233), "The Candy Kid" (WDC&S #263), "Enter the X-Men" (Iron Fist #15), "The Fraidy Falcon" (WDC&S #240), Gods' Man, "Headhunter" (Adventures of Superman #445), "If I Should Die Before I Wake" (Thor #343), Life with Archie: The Married Life #1, Maus I, Maus II, "Under the Polar Ice" (WDC&S #232), Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (vol. 2) #1 and 2
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2013 Total comics read: 1,015
Approx total time spent reading comics and related books this year: 14.097 days (approx 20 minutes average per issue)
Eras
Platinum Age: 54 (5%)
Golden Age: 38 (4%)
Atom Age: 100 (10%)
Silver Age: 36 (4%)
Bronze Age: 364 (36%)
Copper Age: 235 (23%)
Modern Age: 177 (18%)
Genres
superhero: 252 (25%)
science fiction: 220 (22%)
horror/occult: 178 (18%)
fantasy: 169 (17%)
humor: 105 (10%)
action/adventure: 26 (3%)
romance/soap opera: 12 (1%)
crime/detective: 8 (1%)
war: 5 (>1%)
other: 37 (4%)
Publishers
DC: 194 (19%)
Marvel: 174 (17%)
Warren: 121 (12%)
Marvel/Epic: 106 (10%)
Dell/Gold Key: 97 (10%)
Mirage: 44 (4%)
Boom!: 32 (3%)
Dark Horse: 21 (2%)
Archie: 19 (2%)
Marvel/Curtis: 16 (2%)
DC/Vertigo: 7 (>1%)
Image: 7 (>1%)
Other/independent: 65 (6%)
(Books/novels): 117 (11%)
Highlights from the year
Cerebus: "Cerebus' First Fifth" (Epic Illustrated #26)
Cerebus: "A Night on the Town" (from Cerebus World Tour Book 1995)
Chronicles of Conan volumes 4-8 (9 thru 12 didn't quite do as much for me)
Corto Maltese: "The Ballad of the Salt Sea"
"Gran'ma Died Last Year" (Doug Moench story from Haunt of Horror #2)
Elric of Melnibone (Thomas/Russell)
Road to Perdition
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Avatar Books I and II, by S.D. Perry
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: "City at War" (TMNT vol. 1 #48-62)
Thor #311: "Grief More Than A God May Bare," #340: "Though Hel Should Bar the Way!"
Uncle Scrooge Goes to Disneyland
Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (vol. 2) #1-2
Best story I read this year: Corto Maltese: "The Ballad of the Salt Sea"
Thoughts on 2013
I like the diversity I see in my reading, both in genres and in publishers. Not at all surprised to see the copper and bronze ages dominating in the eras section. This is most likely the largest amount of comics I will EVER read in a single year. Don't know how I pulled it off!
2012
January
Batman #437
Battle for the Planet of the Apes (Power Records)
Boy Comics #59
Cerebus #0
Creepy #41 (counts as 2 issues)
Detective Comics #603
Eerie #60, 131 (each counts as 2 issues)
Fantastic Four #21
Doctor Solar (Dark Horse) #8
Justice League: Generation Lost #23, 24
Magnus: Robot Fighter (Dark Horse) #4
Mighty Samson (Dark Horse) #3
Planet of the Apes (Curtis/Marvel) #1-5
Sgt. Fury #9
Silver Surfer (1978 Fireside Graphic Novel, counting it as four issues)
Spectre (1988) #2
Strange Tales #4
Tales from the Crypt #28
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #176, 189, 194, 208, 211, 218
Jan Total: 36
Best comic I read in January: Silver Surfer (1978 Fireside Graphic Novel)
February
Batman #438-442, 710-713
Batman (vol. 2) #1
Batman and Robin #23-26
Batman Incorporated #4-5
Batmanga (tpb reprinting 16 issues)
Detective Comics #604-609, 876-881, Annual #2
Donald Duck #26
Four Color #429 (Pluto)
Legends of the Dark Knight #1
Mighty Samson (Dark Horse) #4
New Titans #60-61
Planet of the Apes (Curtis/Marvel) 6-12
Secret Origins Special #1
Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #10-13
Tintin: The Blue Lotus (counting it as four issues total)
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #223, 224, 226, 235, 237
Feb Total: 72
Best comic I read in February: Planet of the Apes (Curtis/Marvel) #8
March
Amazing Adventures #18-29 (Killraven)
Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth (counting it as 3 issues)
Batman #443
Batman Special (1983) #1
Creepy #1 (counts as 2 issues)
Detective Comics #610
Donald Duck #66, 67, 74
Dr. Strange (1974) #1
Electric Warrior #1-4
Four Color #203, 282 (Donald Duck)
Gotham by Gaslight (counting it as 2 issues)
Legends of the Dark Knight #2
Planet of the Apes (Curtis/Marvel) #13-23
Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #14-17
Sub-Mariner #12-13
Usagi Yojimbo #136-143
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #142
2000 AD #1731-1732 (counts as 2 issues each)
Mar Total: 62
Best comic I read in March: Planet of the Apes (Curtis/Marvel) #20
April
Amazing Adventures #30-39 (Killraven)
Creepy #2-6 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Eerie #2 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Electric Warrior #5-12
Marvel Graphic Novel #7 (counting this as 3 issues)
2000 A.D. #1733-1741 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Apr Total: 51
Best comic I read in April: Amazing Adventures #36
May
Creepy #7 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Electric Warrior #13-16
Legends of the Dark Knight #3
Life & Times of Scrooge McDuck #8B "The Prisoner of White Agony Creek" (double length), #8C "Hearts of the Yukon"
Planet of the Apes (Curtis/Marvel) #24, 26-29, 2 unpublished scripts
Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #18-20
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #68-69, 140, 152, 162, 181, 186, 192, 199, 200
X-O Manowar (current series) #1
2000 A.D. #1742-1754 (counting these as 2 issues each)
May Total: 57
Best comic I read in May: Life & Times of Scrooge McDuck #8B "The Prisoner of White Agony Creek"
June
Ape City #1-4
Batman #444
Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett) #114 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Captain Marvel Jr. #83 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Creepy #8 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Detective Comics #611
Electric Warrior #17, 18
Groo (Marvel) #103
Hansi, The Girl Who Loved the Swastika
Infinity Gauntlet #1
Life & Times of Scrooge McDuck #10B: The Sharpie of the Culabra Cut
Marvel Family #56 (counting this as 2 issues)
Master Comics #97
Planet of the Apes: "Journey to the Planet of the Apes" (unpublished script)
Planet of the Apes: "To Meet the Makers" (unpublished script for double sized story)
Planet of the Apes (Malibu/Adventure Comics) #1-9
Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #21
Strange Tales #135 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Superman: Victory by Computer (1981 Radio Shack give-away)
Uncle Scrooge #325 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #135, 201, 220, 227-228
2000 A.D. #1755-1757 (counting these as 2 issues each)
June Total: 50
Best comic I read in June: Strange Tales #135
July
Ape Nation #1-4
Batman, The Dailies: "The Missing Heir Dilemma"
Bloodshot (current series) #1
Complete Chronicles of Conan (the original Robert E. Howard stories):
*The Hyborean Age (essay, counting it as 2 issues)
*The Phoenix on the Sword (counting it as 2 issues)
*The Frost Giant's Daughter
*The God in the Bowl (counting it as 2 issues)
*The Tower of the Elephant (counting it as 2 issues)
Conan, The Barbarian (vol. 1) #1-11 (via The BWS Archives vol. 1)
Eerie #3 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Harbinger (current series) #1-2
Infinity Gauntlet #2-5
Planet of the Apes (Malibu/Adventure Comics) #10-24, Annual (double sized)
Planet of the Apes: Blood of the Apes #1-4
Planet of the Apes: Forbidden Zone #1, 2, 4
Planet of the Apes: Sins of the Father! (one-shot)
Planet of the Apes: Urchak's Folly #1-4
Revolution on the Planet of the Apes #1-3
Sgt. Fury And His Howling Commandos 22, Annual #1
Strange Tales #136
X-O Manowar (current series) #2
July Total: 70
Best comic I read in July: Conan, The Barbarian (vol. 1) #6: "Devil-Wings over Shadizar"
August
The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen (counting these as 1/2 issue each)
*"The Super-Brain of Jimmy Olsen" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #22)
*"The Human Skyscraper" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #28)
*"The E-L-A-S-T-I-C Lad" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #31)
*"The Jimmy Olsen from Jupiter" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #32)
*"The Human Flame Thrower" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #33)
*"The Human Octopus" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #41)
*"Jimmy the Genie" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #42)
*"The Werewolf of Metropolis" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #44)
Batman #445
The Batman Chronicles, Vol. 6
*Crime Takes a Holiday (World's Finest #5)
*Laugh, Town, Laugh (Detective Comics #62)
Batman: Earth One, Special Preview Edition
Bloodshot (current volume) #2
Brave and the Bold #59
Complete Chronicles of Conan (the original Robert E. Howard stories):
*The Scarlet Citadel (counting it as 4 issues)
*The Black Colossus (counting it as 2 issues)
*The Slithering Shadow (counting it as 3 issues)
*The Pool of the Black One (counting it as 2 issues)
*Rogues in the House (counting it as 2 issues)
*Shadows in the Moonlight (counting it as 3 issues)
*Queen of the Black Coast (counting it as 3 issues)
*The Devil in Iron (counting it as 3 issues)
*The People of the Black Circle (counting it as 6 issues)
*A Witch Shall Be Born (counting it as 4 issues)
*Jewels of Gwahlur (counting it as 4 issues)
*Beyond the Black River (counting it as 5 issues)
*Shadows in Zamboula (counting it as 3 issues)
*Red Nails (counting it as 7 issues)
Detective Comics #612
Eerie #4-7, 9-10 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Harbinger (current series) #3
Legends of the Dark Knight #4-5
Prequel to Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes (2011) #1-7
Revolution on the Planet of the Apes #4-6
Secret Origins tpb (1990) -- "The Man Who Falls"
Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #23
Strange Tales #137
August Total: 91
Best comic I read in August: "Red Nails" (Robert E. Howard Conan story)
September
The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen (counting these as 1/2 issue each)
*"The Fat Boy of Metropolis" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #49)
*"The Giant Turtle Man!" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #53)
*"Jimmy Olsen, Freak!" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #59)
*"The Human Porcupine!" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #65)
*"The World of Doomed Olsens!" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72)
*"The Colossus of Metropolis!" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #77)
*"Jimmy Olsen, The Bizarro Boy!" p.1 and p.2 (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #80)
*"The Adventures of Chameleon-Head Olsen!" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #85)
*"The World of 1,000 Olsens!" p.1 and p.2 (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #105)
*"Menace of the Micro-Monster!" p.1 and p.2 Superman Family #173)
Archer & Armstrong (current series) #1
Batman: Digital Justice (counting it as 4 issues)
Complete Chronicles of Conan (the original Robert E. Howard stories):
*The Hour of the Dragon (counting it as 16 issues)
*The Black Stranger (counting it as 7 issues)
Infinity Gauntlet #6
Planet of the Apes (Boom!) #8
Sandman (1989) #1 (double-sized), 2-13, 14 (double-sized), 15-17
Superman: The Dailies, strip#1-214 (counting it as 7 issues)
Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction #3 (counting it as 3 issues)
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #136, 139, 229
X-O Manowar (current Series) #3-4
September Total: 73
Best comic I read in September: Sandman (1989) #6, "24 Hours"
October
Complete Chronicles of Conan (the original Robert E. Howard stories):
*Drums of Tombulku (partially completed draft, counting it as 2 issues)
*The Vale of Lost Women (counting it as 1 issue)
*Wolves Beyond the Border (partially completed draft, counting it as 2 issues)
*The Snout in the Dark/The Hall of the Dead/The Hands of Nergal (assorted incomplete stories, counting them as 1 issue total)
The Hands of Fu Manchu (original dime novel) chapters 1-14 (counting it as 9 issues)
Sandman (1989) 18-35, 36 (double sized), 37-49, 50 (double sized), 51-54, Special #1 (double-sized)
Superman: The Dailies, strip 215-484 (counting it as 9 issues)
Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction #6 (counting it as 3 issues)
Vertigo Preview #1 (Sandman story only)
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #233, 236
October Total: 71
Best comic I read in October: Sandman (1989) #45: Brief Lives, Part 5
November
Batman #446
Bloodshot (2012) #3,4
Blue Beetle (1967) #1
Deathlok (1990) #1, 2 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Doctor Fate (1987) #1-4
Firestorm (vol. 1) #1
Harbinger (2012) #4,5
Hawkworld (1989) #1-3 (counting them as 2 issues each)
Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #1-4
Hellboy: Wake the Devil #1-5
Hercules Unbound #1,2
Kitty Pryde and Wolverine #1-6
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (vol. 1) #1
Man of Steel #1-6
Manhunter (Paul Kirk): The Special Edition (counting it as 3 issues)
Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft (the original pulp stories)
*Dagon (counting as .5 issues)
*The Statement of Randolph Carter (counting it as .5 issues)
*The Doom That Came to Sarnath (counting it as .5 issues)
*The Cats of Ulthar (counting it as .5 issues)
*The Nameless City (counting it as 1 issue)
*Herbert West: Reanimator (counting it as 2 issues)
*The Music of Erich Zann (counting it as 1 issue)
*The Lurking Death (counting it as 2 issues)
*The Hound (counting it as 1 issue)
*The Rats in the Walls (counting it as 2 issues)
Rai (vol. 1) #1
Ronin #1-3 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Sandman (1989) 55,56
Shadowman (2012) #1
Space Usagi (vol. 1) #1-3
Space Usagi (vol. 2) #1-3
Space Usagi (vol. 3) #1-3
Star Spangled Comics #65, 66
Strange Tales #138
Superman (vol. 2) #1
Superman: The Dailies, strip 485-672 (counting it as 6 issues)
Tales of the Zombie #3 (counting it as 3 issues)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (vol. 1) #1-6, Raphael one-shot, Michaelangelo one-shot
Tomb of Dracula (1979) #1 (counting it as 2 issues)
UNDERSEA Agent #1, 2 (counting them as 2 issues each)
Wolverine (1982) #1-4
X-O Manowar (2012) #5,6
November Total: 111
Best comic I read in November: Man of Steel #2
December
Adventures of Superman #424
Batman (1940) #1 (double-sized)
Blue Beetle (1967) #2
Coyote #1
Detective Comics (via The Batman Chronicles tpbs) #27-38 (Batman stories only, .5 issues each)
Hellboy (vol. 3): The Chained Coffin & Others (counting it as 5 issues)
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (vol. 1) #2, 3
Magik #1-4
Marvel Premiere #38 (Weirdworld), 41 (Seeker 3000!)
Marvel Super Action #1 (counting it as 3 issues)
Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft (the original pulp stories)
*Under the Pyramids (counting as 2 issues)
* The Unnamable (counting it as .5 issues)
* The Vault (counting it as .5 issues)
* The Outsider (counting it as .5 issues)
* The Horror at Red Hook (counting it as 2 issues)
* The Colour out of Space (counting it as 2 issues)
* Pickman's Model
* The Call of Cthullu (counting it as 3 issues)
Rai #2-4
Sandman (1989) 57-74, 75 (double sized)
Superman: The Dailies, strip 672-696 (counting it as 1 issue)
Tales of the Zombie #1, 2, 4, 5 (counting these as 3 issues each), 6-9 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (vol. 1) #7-20, Donatello and Leonardo one-shots
UNDERSEA Agent #3-6 (counting them as 2 issues each)
Untold Legend of the Batman #1-3
Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (vol. 1) #7 (counting this as 4 issues)
Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (2003) #1, 2, 4 (counting them as 3 issues each)
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #88, 89, 177, 180, 246
December Total: 127
Best comic I read in December: Sandman (1989) #64
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2012 Total: 872
2013
January
Action Comics #584-592
Adventures of Superman #425-432
Avengers #89-97
Betrayal of the Planet of the Apes #1-4
BPRD: Plague of Frogs #1-5
Conan, the Barbarian (vol. 1) #12-26
Detective Comics #613
Elric: The Dreaming City (counting it as 3 issues)
Epic Illustrated #9-17, 26-30 (counting the portions I read as 30 issues; these are 100 page comics)
Exile on the Planet of the Apes #1
Hellboy vol. 4: The Right Hand of Doom (counting it as 5 issues)
Hellboy vol. 5: The Conqueror Worm (counting it as 5 issues)
Jughead's Diner #1, 3, 4
Lois Lane (1986) #1 (double sized)
Marvel Fanfare #24-26
Marvel Super Special #11-13 (all double sized)
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (with my daughter) #1, 2
Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft:
-Cool Air (counting it as .5 issues)
-The Shunned House (counting it as 2 issues)
-The Silver Key
-The Dunwich Horror (counting it as 4 issues)
New Titans #65
Planet of the Apes (Boom!) #9-13
Sandman: Endless Nights (counting it as 7 issues)
Savage Tales (vol. 1) 2, 3
Superman (1987) #2-9, Annual 1 (double sized)
Superman: The Dailies, strip 697-840 (counting it as 3.5 issues)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (vol. 1) #21-37
Weird (Eerie publications vol. 4) #3 (counting it as 3 issues)
January Total: 166
Best story I read in January: Metamorphosis Odyssey: "Doomsday & Aftermath" (Epic Illustrated #9)
Other highlights this month:"Cerebus' First Fifth" (Epic Illustrated #26), Thomas/Russell's Elric of Melnibone (Epic Illustrated), Jughead's Diner #1 and #3, and "The Shunned House" (Lovecraft).
February
Action Comics #593-596, Annual #1 (double sized)
Adventures of Superman #433-436, Annual #1 (double sized)
Cerebus World Tour Book 1995 (counting it as 3 issues)
Conan, the Barbarian (vol. 1) #27, 28
Exile on the Planet of the Apes #2-4
Jughead's Diner #6
Marvel Preview #22 (counting it as 3 issues)
Marvels #1-4 (all double sized)
More Fun Comics #73 (counting it as 2 issues)
OMAC (vol. 1) #1-8
Phantom Zone #1-4
Planet of the Apes (Boom!) #14-16, Annual 1
Planet of the Apes: Cataclysm #1
Prez #1-4
Spectacular Spider-Man #107-110
Superman (1987) #10-14
Superman: The Dailies, strip 841-966 (counting it as 3 issues)
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (vol. 2) #70
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (vol. 1) #38-62
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #120, 154, 158, 247, 250, 251, 261
World of Krypton (1987) #1, 2
February Total: 101
Best story I read in February: "City at War" (TMNT vol. 1 #48-62)
Other highlights this month: "A Night on the Town" (from Cerebus World Tour Book 1995), Marvels, Spectacular Spider-Man #107-110 ("The Death of Jean DeWolffe"), Superman: The Dailies, strips #675-888 ("The Scientists of Sudden Death"), Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (vol. 2) #70 ("Return to New York" chapter 1.5), World of Krypton (1987) #2
March
Action Comics #597
Adventures of Superman #437
Avengers West Coast #48, 49, 64
Batman: The Dailies strip #313-391 (counting them as 2 issues)
Combat Kelly and his Deadly Dozen #9
Conan, The Barbarian #29-45
Creepy #32, 40, 51, 58, 62, 64, 67 (counting these as 3 issues each), 65 (counting it as 5 issues)
Donald Duck #28, 32, 35, 40, 41, 42, 45-48, 54
Eerie #26, 29, 30, 40, 58 (counting them as 3 issues each)
Epic Illustrated #22, 23, 31-34 (counting the portions I read as 13 issues)
Haunt of Horrors #2 (counting it as 2 issues)
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (with my daughter) #3
Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft:
- The Whisperer in Darkness (counting it as 5 issues)
- The Strange High House in the Mist
- The Dreams in the Witch-House (counting it as 3 issues)
New Teen Titans: Games (counting it as 7 issues)
Planet of the Apes: Cataclysm #2-7
Planet of the Apes Special #1
Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #24, 25
Strange Tales #139
Superboy #182
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (vol. 2) #1
Vampirella #1, 38 (counting these as 3 issues each), 37 (counting it as 5 issues)
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #266, 268, 271, 280-283, 288, 308, 312
West Coast Avengers #46
March Total: 144
Best story I read in March: New Teen Titans: Games, and "Gran'ma Died Last Year" (from Haunt of Horror #2)
Other highlights this month: "Beyond Legend" (from Epic Illustrated #31), "Beware the Hyrkanians Bearing Gifts" (from Conan #36), "Donald Duck Meets Robert the Robot" (from Donald Duck #28), "Excerpts from Year 5" (From Creepy #67), Strange Tales #139, "The 3:14 is Right on Time" (from Creepy #32), "The Whisperer in Darkness" (Lovecraft)
April
Amazing Heroes #2
Batman #96-98, 447, 448
Batman: The Dailies strip #392-649 (counting them as 6.5 issues)
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #6, 7
Conan, The Barbarian #46-49
Creepy #68 (counting it as 3 issues)
Detective Comics #271, 614
Donald Duck #61, 63, 65, 69, 75
Eerie #62 (counting it as 3 issues)
Four Color #291
Frankenstein (1945) #1, 2 (all double sized)
Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft:
- From Beyond (counting it as 0.5 issues)
- Through the Gate of the Silver Key (counting it as 3 issues)
- At the Mountains of Madness (counting it as 8 issues)
The Story of Superman (Random House children's book collection from 1980)
April total: 49
Best story I read in April: "The Christmas Gnome of Timothy Brayle!" (Creepy #68)
Other highlights this month: "At the Mountains of Madness" (Lovecraft), "Bliss House Ain't the Same" (Batman: The Dailies), Frankenstein (1945) #1, "From Beyond" (Lovecraft), "The Magic Hour Glass" (from Four Color #291), The Story of Superman
May
Adventures of Superman #438
Amazing Heroes #12
Conan, The Barbarian #50-59
Creepy #70 (counting it as 3 issues)
Eerie #63, 64 (counting them as 3 issues each)
Four Color #300, 308, 328 (counting them as 3 issues each)
Superman (1987) #15
Uncle Scrooge Goes to Disneyland #1 (counting it as 4 issues)
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #78, 80, 95, 97, 109, 121, 124, 128, 131, 137, 143, 148
May total: 47
Best story I read in May: "Apocalypse: The Plague" (Eerie #64), and "Fantastic River Race" (Uncle Scrooge Goes to Disneyland #1)
Other highlights this month: "The Black Shadow God" story arc (Conan, the Barbarian #52-55)
June
Action Comics #598
Conan, the Barbarian #60-63, 65, 69
Creepy #72, 73, 77, 78, 80 (counting them as 3 issues each)
Eerie #65-69, 72 (counting them as 3 issues each)
Haunt of Horror (v2) #1, 3-5 (counting them as 3 issues each)
Superman (v.1) #149*, 161
Vampirella #48 (counting it as 3 issues)
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #150, 151, 155-157, 161, 172, 182, 183, 185, 196
* indicates an issue/story that I have read previously
June total: 68
Best story I read in June: "Once Upon a Miracle" (from Creepy #77)
Other highlights this month: "Clarice" (from Creepy #77), "The Death of Superman" (from Superman vol. 1 #149; Yes, I've read this one before), "El Cid: The Seven Trials" (from Eerie #66), "The Final Christmas" (from Creepy #77), "First Snow, Magic Snow" (from Creepy #77), "Godeye" (from Eerie #68), "Heartstop" (from Haunt of Horror #1), "The Imagineers" (from Creepy #80), "The Incredible People Making Machines" (from Eerie #72), "Last Light of the Universe" (from Creepy #73), "The Man Named Gold" (from Eerie #67), "The Master Rainmaker" (from Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #156), "The Muck Monster" (from Eerie #68), "Search for the Cuspidora" (from Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #172), "Starbright Lantern 909" (from Vampirella #48), "Statues of Limitations" (from Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #196), "The Unorthodox Ox" (from Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #182), "The Wonderworld of Ambergris, Kato, and Tonto, too!" (from Vampirella #48).
July
Batman: The Dailies strip #650-812 (counting them as 4 issues)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (Power Records film adaptation)
The Complete Chronicles of Conan, by Robert E. Howard*
- The Phoenix on the Sword (counting it as 2 issues)*
- The Frost Giant's Daughter*
- The God in the Bowl (counting it as 2 issues)*
- The Tower of the Elephant (counting it as 2 issues)*
- The Scarlet Citadel (counting it as 4 issues)*
-Queen of the Black Coast (counting it as 3 issues)*
- The Black Colossus (counting it as 2 issues)*
Conan, the Barbarian #70-76
"Death of the Dreammaster" (Batman short story), by Robert Sheckley (counting it as 3 issues)
Eerie #76 (counting it as 3 issues)
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (Power Records film adaptation)
Four Color #199 (counting it as 3 issues)
Planet of the Apes (Power Records film adaptation)
"The Shadow Over Innsmouth," by HP Lovecraft (counting it as 5 issues)
Space Patrol (1950s radio drama - 4 episodes)
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: N-Vector #1-4 (DS9 Relaunch #0)
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Avatar Book I, by S.D. Perry (counting it as 14 issues) (DS9 Relaunch #1)
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Avatar Book II, by S.D. Perry (counting it as 12 issues) (DS9 Relaunch #2)
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Abyss, by David Weddle and Jeffrey Lang (counting it as 14 issues) (DS9 Relaunch #3)
Star Trek: Divided We Fall #1-4 (DS9 Relaunch #4)
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #200*, 209
X-Factor #70*
X-Men #98*, 280*
* indicates an issue/story that I have read previously
July total: 101
Best story I read in July: Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Avatar Books I and II, by S.D. Perry
Other highlights this month: "The Black Colossus" (R.E. Howard), "Day of Decision" (X-Factor #70), "Donald's Pet Service" (WDC&S #200), "Merry Christmas, X-Men..." (X-Men #98), "The Persistent Postman" (WDC&S #209), "The Phoenix on the Sword" (R.E. Howard), "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" (Lovecraft), "Sheriff of Bullet Valley" (Four Color #199), and "Vengeance in Asgalun" (Conan #72)
August
Action Comics #598*, 599 (counting it as 2 issues), and 600 (counting it as 4 issues)
Action Comics Weekly #601-604 (counting them as 2 issues each)
Adventures of Superman #439-442
Batman #448*, 449
Batman: The Dailies strip #813-867 (counting them as 1 issue)
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #8
Brother Power the Geek #1
Conan (vol. 1) #77, 79-81
Creepy # 84, 86 (counting them as 3 issues each)
Detective Comics #615, 616
Jughead's Diner #5 (thanks to Scott Harris)
Planet of the Apes: Cataclysm #8-12
Planet of the Apes Spectacular #1
"The Shadow out of Time," by HP Lovecraft (counting it as 5 issues)
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Demons of Air & Darkness, by Keith R.A. Decandido (counting it as 14 issues) (DS9 Relaunch #5)
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: "Horn and Ivory," by Keith R.A. Decandido (counting it as 4 issues) (DS9 Relaunch #6)
Superman (1987) #16-19, Annual 2 (counting it as 2 issues)
Superman: The Earth Stealers (counting it as 2 issues)
Thor #303-305
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #217, 221, 222, 225
World of Krypton #3, 4
World of Smallville #1-4
* indicates an issue/story that I have read previously
August total: 86
Best story I read in August: Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Demons of Air & Darkness
Other highlights this month: "Dick Swift's Power Ring" (Creepy #86), Jughead's Diner #5, "The Miracle of Storms" (Thor #303), "The Mummy's Victory" (Creepy #84), The Shadow out of Time, "Tracking Sandy" (WDC&S #221), World of Smallville #1 and 2
September
Action Comics Weekly #605-609 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Adventures of Superman #443
Brother Power the Geek #2
Conan #82
Journey Into Mystery #122
Jughead's Diner #2 (thanks to Scott Harris)
Phantom Stranger (1987) #1-4
Planet of the Apes Giant #1 (double sized)
Saved By the Bell #1 (thanks to Scott Harris)
Six from Sirius #1-4
Six from Sirius 2 #1-4
Superman (1987) #20, 21
Thor #134, 135, 306-313
World of Metropolis #1, 2
September total: 44
Best story I read in September: "The People Breeders" (Thor #134)
Other highlights this month: "Grief More Than A God May Bare" (Thor #311), "The Maelstrom to Mephisto" (Thor #310), Planet of the Apes Giant #1, Six from Sirius 2, "...'Till Death Do Us Part" (Thor #306), "Where Mortals Fear to Tread" (Journey into Mystery #122)
October
Adventures of Superman #444
Conan #83, 84
Epic Illustrated #1-7 (counting them as 4 issues each)
The Price, by Jim Starlin (counting it as 2 issues)
Superman (vol. 1) #165
The Star Wars (George Lucus Draft, 2013) #1-2
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #230
October total: 37
Best story I read in October: "Life Hutch" (Epic Illustrated #6), "Metamorphosis Odyssey" (from Epic Illustrated #1-9), "Midsummer's Night Dream" (from Epic Illustrated #3), and The Price
Other highlights this month: "Because it's There" (Epic Illustrated #5), "My Room" (from Epic Illustrated #3), "Tomb Stones" (from Epic Illustrated #3), "Worker in the City" (from Epic Illustrated #3)
November
Action Comics Weekly #610, 611 (counting them as 2 issues each)
Amethyst: Princess of Gem World #1, 2
Batman #450
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #9
Conan, The Barbarian #85, 86, 88-91, 93-95
Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea (counting it as 12 issues)
Detective Comics #617
Epic Illustrated #8 (counting it as 4 issues)
Marvel Graphic Novel #3 (counting it as 2 issues)
Pep #322
Saved by the Bell #2
Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #26
Strange Tales #140
Superman #22
Thor #133, 138, 144, 149, 151, 165, 314-328, 337-340
World of Metropolis #3
November total: 67
Best story I read in November: Corto Maltese: "The Ballad of the Salt Sea"
Other highlights this month:"The Birthright" (Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld #1), "Dreadstar" (Marvel Graphic Novel #3), "Though Hel Should Bar the Way" (Thor #340), "To Rise Again" (Thor #151)
December
Action Comics Weekly #612 (counting it as 2 issues)
Adventures of Superman #445
Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld #3. 4
Archie #102, 600-607
Batman #451
Conan, The Barbarian #96-100
Creepy #94 (counting it as 3 issues)
Dark Horse Presents (vol. 2) #30 (counting it as 4 issues)
Detective Comics #618
Gods' Man, by Lynd Ward
Eerie #83, 88 (counting them as 3 issues each)
I Kill Giants #1-7
Iron Fist #15
Jughead's Diner #7 (thanks to Scott Harris!)
Life with Archie: The Married Life #1 (counting it as 2 issues)
Marvel Graphic Novel #38 (Silver Surfer: Judgment Day, counting it as 3 issues)
Maus I (counting it as 8 issues)
Maus II (counting it as 7 issues)
Mickey Mouse (Gottfredson daily strips) strip #1-186 (counting as 4 issues)
Road to Perdition (counting it as 8 issues)
Secret Origins (vol. 2) #6 (Golden Age Batman story only)
Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #27
Star Trek: Federation, by David A. Goodman (counting it as 8 issues)
Strange Tales #141
Tales of Asgard (1983) #1 (counting it as 2 issues)
Thor #341-344
Uncanny X-Men at the State Fair of Texas
Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (vol. 2) #1, 2* (counting them as 4 issues each)
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #232, 240, 257, 263, 265, 269, 273, 277, 278
World of Metropolis #4
*A story I have read previously
December total: 112
Best stories I read in December: I Kill Giants, "Minnie's Christmas Tree" (Walt Disney's Christmas Parade Vol. 2 #1), and Road to Perdition
Other highlights this month: "Bar None Ranch" (WDC&S #231-233), "The Candy Kid" (WDC&S #263), "Enter the X-Men" (Iron Fist #15), "The Fraidy Falcon" (WDC&S #240), Gods' Man, "Headhunter" (Adventures of Superman #445), "If I Should Die Before I Wake" (Thor #343), Life with Archie: The Married Life #1, Maus I, Maus II, "Under the Polar Ice" (WDC&S #232), Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (vol. 2) #1 and 2
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2013 Total comics read: 1,015
Approx total time spent reading comics and related books this year: 14.097 days (approx 20 minutes average per issue)
Eras
Platinum Age: 54 (5%)
Golden Age: 38 (4%)
Atom Age: 100 (10%)
Silver Age: 36 (4%)
Bronze Age: 364 (36%)
Copper Age: 235 (23%)
Modern Age: 177 (18%)
Genres
superhero: 252 (25%)
science fiction: 220 (22%)
horror/occult: 178 (18%)
fantasy: 169 (17%)
humor: 105 (10%)
action/adventure: 26 (3%)
romance/soap opera: 12 (1%)
crime/detective: 8 (1%)
war: 5 (>1%)
other: 37 (4%)
Publishers
DC: 194 (19%)
Marvel: 174 (17%)
Warren: 121 (12%)
Marvel/Epic: 106 (10%)
Dell/Gold Key: 97 (10%)
Mirage: 44 (4%)
Boom!: 32 (3%)
Dark Horse: 21 (2%)
Archie: 19 (2%)
Marvel/Curtis: 16 (2%)
DC/Vertigo: 7 (>1%)
Image: 7 (>1%)
Other/independent: 65 (6%)
(Books/novels): 117 (11%)
Highlights from the year
Cerebus: "Cerebus' First Fifth" (Epic Illustrated #26)
Cerebus: "A Night on the Town" (from Cerebus World Tour Book 1995)
Chronicles of Conan volumes 4-8 (9 thru 12 didn't quite do as much for me)
Corto Maltese: "The Ballad of the Salt Sea"
"Gran'ma Died Last Year" (Doug Moench story from Haunt of Horror #2)
Elric of Melnibone (Thomas/Russell)
Road to Perdition
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Avatar Books I and II, by S.D. Perry
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: "City at War" (TMNT vol. 1 #48-62)
Thor #311: "Grief More Than A God May Bare," #340: "Though Hel Should Bar the Way!"
Uncle Scrooge Goes to Disneyland
Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (vol. 2) #1-2
Best story I read this year: Corto Maltese: "The Ballad of the Salt Sea"
Thoughts on 2013
I like the diversity I see in my reading, both in genres and in publishers. Not at all surprised to see the copper and bronze ages dominating in the eras section. This is most likely the largest amount of comics I will EVER read in a single year. Don't know how I pulled it off!