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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2014 12:32:57 GMT -5
We usually just keep updating the post since there is no character limit in posts. Welcome to the fun.
-M
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2014 13:51:43 GMT -5
I've been counting everything I've read. So far I'm only reading about 1/3 classics.
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Post by wildfire2099 on May 31, 2014 16:47:19 GMT -5
Lots of volume for me this month, but I'm definitely mildly disappointed so far in the Starman and Hulk stuff. Vinland Saga was surprisingly good, as the story has caught up to the amazing art... looking forward to the next volume there.. that was probably the best read. I was also a bit surprised how much I enjoyed Daredevil (who I've never really got into)
On tap, I plan to continue to read Starman (in hopes it amuses me more), more silver age DC, and this months pulls (which should arrive Tuesday)
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Post by shaxper on May 31, 2014 20:17:57 GMT -5
Well this month clocks in as being my lowest yet. Only 72 issues read. Of course, I was a little busy building a small online community you may have heard of during that time, so I think it's understandable.
While I've been in the process of slowly rebuilding my old review threads, I largely took a break from reading new issues in those runs and instead set down to blaze through some old runs I'd been meaning to attend to. The bulk of my reading was finishing Life with Archie: The Married Life (or at least catching up to the current issues), finishing Strikeforce: Morituri, and reading through J.M. DeMatteis' Doctor Fate.
A pretty good month, all things considered, but also the first one in two years where I bought more issues than I read (convention season having started!). My office is FILLED with stacks of books that need to be sorted. Yikes.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2014 20:20:50 GMT -5
As May draws to a close, I have realized the new forums really cut into my comic reading time  I read 81, but close to 60 books were in the first week or so before the site really took off in earnest. I need to post less and read more (which will be a relief to y'all  ) Best of May... Waid's DD Fear Agent Vol. 2 Rosa Uncle Scrooge FCBD Edition first couple issues of Bone Vol. 2 of Gotham Central JL8 and the couple of Master of Kung Fu's I read... -M |
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Post by Action Ace on May 31, 2014 23:39:05 GMT -5
JUNE 2014
NEW
Action Comics #31
Adventures of Superman #13, 14
Aquaman #31, 32
Aquaman and the Others #3
Astro City #13
Batgirl #32
Batman #31, 32
Batman '66 #12
Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet #1
Batman and Ras al Ghul #32
Detective Comics #32
Earth 2 #24
Flash #31, 32
Green Lantern #32
Green Lantern Corps #32
Justice League #31
Justice League 3000 #7
Justice League United #2
Nightwing #30
Sinestro #3
Superboy #32
Supergirl #32
Superman #31, 32
Superman/ Wonder Woman #9
Tiny Titans: Return to the Clubhouse #1
Wonder Woman #32
Worlds' Finest #24
Star Wars #18
Star Wars: Rebel Heist #2
The Star Wars #8
Godzilla: Rulers of the Earth #12
Invincible #122
Flash Gordon #3
CLASSIC
Brave & the Bold #30
Batman 1-4 (counts for 12), 217, 219-222, 224-225, 286-294
Batman and the Mad Monk 1-6
Batman and the Monster Men 1-6
Batman: Black & White 1-4
Batman: Dark Detective 1-6
Detective 27-50 (counts for 12), 393-404, 465-487
JUNE 2014 TOTAL: 138
JULY 2014
NEW
Action Comics #33
Aquaman #33
Aquaman and the Others #4
Batgirl #33
Batman #33
Batman and Robin #33
Batman '66 #13
Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet #2
Batman/ Superman #12
Detective Comics #33
Earth 2 #25
Flash #33
Grayson #1
Green Lantern #33
Green Lantern Corps #33
Justice League 3000 #8
Justice League United #3
Robin Rises: Omaga #1
Superboy #33
Supergirl #33
Superman #33
Superman Unleashed #7
Superman/ Wonder Woman #10
Teen Titans #1
Tiny Titans: Return to the Treehouse #2
Wonder Woman #33
Worlds' Finest #25
Star Wars #19
Godzilla: Rulers of the Earth #14
CLASSIC
Batman Adventures Volume 1: 1-36, Annuals 1-2, Mad Love Special, Holiday Special and Mask of the Phantasm
Batman and Robin Adventures: 1-25, Annuals 1-2, Sub Zero Special
Batman Adv. Lost Years: 1-5
Batman Gotham Adventures: 1-60
Batman Adventures Volume 2: 1-17
JULY 2014 TOTAL: 180
AUGUST 2014
NEW
Action Comics #34
Action Comics Annual #3
Adventures of Superman #15
Aquaman Annual #2
Aquaman and the Others #5
Astro City #14
Batgirl #34
Batman #34
Batman & Robin #34
Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet #3
Detective Comics #34
Detective Comics Annual #3
Earth 2 #26
Grayson #2
Green Lantern #34
Green Lantern Corps #34
Justice League #32
Justice League 3000 #9
Justice League United #4
Multiversity #1
Sensation Comics #1
Sinestro #4
Superboy #34
Supergirl #34
Superman/ Wonder Woman #11
Superman/ Wonder Woman Annual #1
Teen Titans #2
Tiny Titans: Return to the Treehouse #3
Worlds' Finest #26
Flash Gordon #4
Godzilla: Cataclysm #1
Invincible #113
Star Wars #20
Star Wars: Rebel Heist #4
CLASSIC
Justice League of America 100-115
AUGUST 2014 TOTAL: 50
SEPTEMBER 2014
NEW
Adventures of Superman #16
Aquaman #34
Astro City #15
Batman '66 #14
Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet #4
Batman/ Superman #13
Flash #34
Flash Gordon #5
Godzilla: Rulers of the Earth #15
Invincible #114
Justice League #33
Sinestro #5
Superman #34
Superman Unchained #8
Tiny Titans: Return to the Treehouse #4
CLASSIC
Justice League of America 116-130
SEPTEMBER 2014 TOTAL: 30
OCTOBER 2014
NEW
Action Comics #35
Adventures of Superman #17
Aquaman #35
Aquaman and the Others #6
Astro City #16
Batgirl #35
Batman #35
Batman and Robin #35
Batman '66 #15, 16
Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet #5
Batman/ Superman #14, 15
Detective Comics #35
Earth 2 #27
Earth 2: World's End #1,2,3
Flash #35
Flash: Season Zero #1
Flash Gordon #6
Godzilla: Cataclysm #2, 3
Godzilla: Rulers of the Earth #16, 17
Grayson #3
Green Lantern #35
Green Lantern Corps #35
Justice League #34, 35
Justice League 3000 #10
Justice League United #5
Multiversity: Secret Society of Super Heroes #1
Multiversity: The Just #1
Sensation Comics #2
Supergirl #35
Superman #35
Superman Dooooooooooooooooooooooooomed #2
Superman/ Wonder Woman #12
Teen Titans #3
Tiny Titans: Return to the Treehouse #5
Wonder Woman #34
Worlds' Finest #27
CLASSIC
Justice League of America 131-139
OCTOBER 2014 TOTAL: 52
NOVEMBER 2014
NEW
Action Comics #36
Aquaman and the Others #7
Astro City #17
Batgirl #36
Batman #36
Batman and Robin #36
Batman/ Superman #16
Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet #6
Batman '66: The Lost Episode #1
Detective Comics #36
Earth 2 #28
Earth 2: World's End #4,5,6,7
Flash: Season Zero #2
Godzilla: Cataclysm #4
Grayson #4
Green Lantern #36
Green Lantern Corps #36
Invincible #115
Justice League #36
Justice League 3000 #11
Justice League United #6
Justice League United Annual #1
Multiversity: Pax Americana #1
Sensation Comics #3, 4
Sinestro #6
Supergirl #36
Superman Unchained #9
Superman/ Wonder Woman #13
Teen Titans #4
Tiny Titans: Return to the Treehouse #6
Wonder Woman #35, 36
Worlds' Finest #28
CLASSIC
Justice League of America 140-146
NOVEMBER 2014 TOTAL: 44
DECEMBER 2014
NEW
Action Comics #37
Aquaman #36, 37
Aquaman and the Others #8
Astro City #18
Batgirl #37
Batman #37
Batman Annual #3
Batman and Robin #37
Batman '66 #17, 18
Batman/ Superman #17
Detective Comics #37
Earth 2 #29
Earth 2: World's End #8,9,10,11,12
Flash #36, 37
Flash: Season Zero #3
Flash Gordon #7
Godzilla: Cataclysm #5
Godzilla: Rulers of the Earth #18, 19
Grayson #5
Green Lantern #37
Green Lantern Annual #3
Green Lantern Corps #37
Justice League #37
Justice League 3000 #12
Justice League United #7
Multiversity: Thunderworld #1
Robin Rises: Alpha #1
Sensation Comics #5
Sinestro #7, 8
Super Dinosaur #23
Supergirl #37
Superman #36, 37
Superman/ Wonder Woman #14
Teen Titans #5
Wonder Woman #37
Worlds' Finest #29
CLASSIC
Justice League of America 147-152
DECEMBER 2014 TOTAL: 52
TOTAL for 2014 (June-Dec): 546
NOTE: all my classic comics have been read before at this point
ERAS (with a very DC bent)
Golden (1938-1955): 24
Silver (1956-1969): 1
Bronze (1970-1985): 104
Post-Crisis (1986-2011): 173
New 52 (2011-): 244
GENRES
super hero: 521
sci-fi: 25
PUBLISHERS
DC: 513
Marvel: 0
Image: 5
Dark Horse: 7
IDW: 13
Dynamite: 8
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2014 4:02:43 GMT -5
I have finished the month with 173 issues, which adds up to nearly as much as I've read the four prior months combined. Hard to pick a favorite, I really liked a lot of what I have read. Easier to pick what I didn't like.
TMNT #30 is a tough read, and if it was anyone's first impression to the Turtles it would likely be their last as well.
Grips is not nearly as cool as it was when I was a kid. I got a laugh out of how bad it is.
Wasteland struggled with keeping an artist about halfway through the series, which creates this awful problem where you can't recognize anybody from issue to issue, but it's about to end and the writing remained good the entire time.
Reading DKR for the first time, I can see why people didn't like the art. I still like a lot of Miller's illustration in the book, but I think it was all done on a Wacom with old technology so it's all pixelated. There was only a couple panels where I thought "Wow, can't believe that made it to print." For the most part I think they were trying to make it look futuristic, and it ended up looking like an old game on a Tandy machine running DOS.
It seems like Elfquest has just been a wreck since Kings Of The Broken Wheel ended. The 90's even crapped up the non superhero comics. I'll slug it out though. Mostly because I have most of them and those I don't have are free to read at elfquest.com.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 1, 2014 5:38:35 GMT -5
In the Month of May I read the lowest amount of comics in 2 years at 62. I did spend more time in this forum than I ever have in CBr so that's part of it but personal obligations were a factor as well.
Favorites:
Fantastic Four 107-133. This was the run that started my comic book reading as a youth. The Great combo of Lee/Buscema will always have a place in my mind as one of my all time favorite runs.
Planetary #7. Every time I read a Planetary comic I always go away with the wow factor. Either from the story or the Artwork or both.
Bad reads:
The newer comics are a drawn out mess.
New Avengers. I read 4 of this years books(15-18) and I don't think the storyline with the incursions was advanced at all.
Infinite Crisis#1. This was a poorly thought out idea, to bring back the further adventures of the Golden age Superman and making Superboy Prime into a pyscho killer. Sometimes you just have to leave well enough alone.
Didn't hold up:
Batman and Captain America.
I don't remember the Artwork being so cartoony the first time I read it. The story wasn't bad but I guess this is when Byrne started to lose the appeal of his fans.
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Post by The Captain on Jun 1, 2014 18:59:50 GMT -5
Little bit of a slow month for me, as I only read 85 books this month. Part of that was due to a lot of travel for work, while another factor was a weeklong trip to Disney World with the wife and daughters; I took some Essentials and Masterworks along with me on my trips, but did not have any sustained reading time for the most part.
Only 4 "new" comics this month, with the others all counting as classics under the board rules. Didn't make any progress on my read through Uncanny X-Men, probably because I've reached a point where I've already read the issues once and wasn't thrilled with pushing on further, although the lack of portability of all those floppies played into it also.
Read a decent amount of Marvel Team-Up this month (about 35 issues or so), which was my first time reading any of those books. A big portion of it was the Claremont/Byrne run before they took over X-Men, and these issues were really good. Also read the last five Journey Into Mystery issues before it became Thor, along with the first five Thor issues.
Worst thing I read all month was probably Moon Knight #3; I probably like Warren Ellis as much or more than any other writer, but this series has been profoundly disappointing. I'll keep buying it because he's the type of guy who will just put something amazing out there when you least expect it, but I'm starting to wonder when, or if, that will happen with this series.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jun 2, 2014 21:23:29 GMT -5
I finally got to read Rampaging Hulk and the Hulk! and I was pretty entertained.
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Post by shaxper on Jun 3, 2014 21:41:21 GMT -5
I finally got to read Rampaging Hulk and the Hulk! and I was pretty entertained. Very high on my "To Read" list! |
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<abbr>Whoops, hit quote instead of edit yesterday
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jun 6, 2014 8:55:23 GMT -5
I finally got to read Rampaging Hulk and the Hulk! and I was pretty entertained. Very high on my "To Read" list! The quality is slightly uneven but it was mostly fun and the collected edition I grabbed was pretty cheap. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jun 6, 2014 21:49:10 GMT -5
I just finished Usagi Yojimbo: the wrath of the tangled skein and I have to say it had one of the coolest looking monsters I've ever seen. It was down right scary but at the same time it still fit in with the usual cartoony style that Sakai does so well.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2014 22:08:58 GMT -5
I don't have the early Dark Horse issues. I stopped reading comics right when Usagi went to Mirage I think. So I missed most of the Mirage run and all of the Dark Horse run until I got back into comics. I've bought a ton of back issues, at least 50, maybe 100, but am still missing a lot. Especially from within the first 50 issues or so.
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