1000 comics in 2013 book club

[Comicopolis]

A few books to catch up with:

 

Conan (Dark Horse) - #0-#50

Conan the Barbarian (Dark Horse) - #1 -#15

Conan the Cimmerian (Dark Horse) - #1-#25

Conan Road of Kings (Dark Horse) - #1-#12

Conan mini-series and one shots (Dark Horse) - 40 issues

 

Some really great books from Dark Horse, great writing and great art in the main.

 

Total: 1021

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Astro City #3

TWD #113

Abe Sapien #4-5

BPRD: Vampire #1-5

Escapists #1-6

Ultra #1-8

[miraclemet]

]Miraclemet's 1000 comics in 2013 Club

Totals: 946 books

 

January: 175 books Favorite: Elephantmen

February: 110 books Favorite: Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture

March: 150 books Favorite: Uncanny X-Force

April: 128 books Favorite:Two Faces of Tomorrow

May: 85 books Favorite: Daredevil by Waid

June: 64 books Favorite: Peter Panzerfaust

July: 120 books Favorite: 2001 Nights

 

August: 150 issues

August 1: Hawkeye TPB Vol 2 (5 issues):

August 3: 2001 Nights Vol 1 10 issues):

August 5: DCBS floppy order (12 issues):

August 8: 7 Against Chaos by Harlan Ellison (9 issues)

August ?: Lone Wolf & Cub Omnibus Vol 1 (32 issues)

August ?: Lone Wold & Cub 2100 (12 issues)

August ?: The Killer Vol 4 (6 issues)

 

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, Vol. 1- Activation (20 issues): was looking for a new Manga to read with Bakuman ending in a month. Not exactly hard sci-fi, but more social depth than just straight Gundam fighting. I'll pick up another volume and if its also good then this goes into the buy rotation.

Lone Wolf & Cub Omnibus Vol 2 (32 issues) : just as good as volume 1. Always interesting to see what angle Lone Wolf takes on a contract. Also interesting to see the backstory to his Origin in this volume.

Fantastic Four, Vol. 1 (Waid, Wieringo HC) 12 issues. My favorite modern take on F4. Better than Byrne, or Hickman who are also good. Maybe it Mike's slightly animated lines keeping things fun, maybe its Waid's take on these non-superheros.

[CANMACH]

Total: 965

 

Flash (2nd series) #201 - 230

Ion Guardian of the Universe #1 - 12

 

Total: 1007

[Comicopolis]

Avenging Spider-Man #21 – still a good read.

Captain America #7 – it’s like reading a Jack Kirby Cap book from the 70’s, it’s that bad.

Indestructable Hulk #8 – some ugly art distracts from an average story.

Morbius #5 – dull.

New Avengers #6 – more intersting than previous issues.

Savage Wolverine #5 – funny & awesome.

Venom #35 – school’s out and the book gets interesting again.

X-Men #1 – stupid.

All New X-Men #12 – excellent, a return to form.

Avengers #13 – I really don’t like this book.

Fearless Defenders #5 – Yawn!

Iron Man #11 – the revisionist origin of Tony Stark.

Red She Hulk #66 – a giant size Man Thing that talks!

Superior Spider-Man #11 – still a great read.

Thanos Rising #3 – Thanos sows his wild oats.

Thunderbolts #10 – boring.

Winter Soldier #19 – Cosmic Cube ! Shame how this book deteriorated in quality.

Alpha Big Time #5 – terrible art, terrible writing.

Avenging Spider-Man #22 – interesting.

Guardians of the Galaxy #3 – great book.

Savage Wolverine #6 – so bad it made my head hurt.

Thor God of Thunder #9 – still a great read.

Venom #36 – dull.

Wolverine #4 – disappointing.

 

Total: 1045

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A+X #9 – pointless stupidity.

Age of Ultron #10 – enjoyable.

Avengers #14 – yawn inducing.

Fantastic Four #9 – hard to tell what is worse, the art or the writing.

Indestructible Hulk #9 – another book that started off good but soon sunk into formulaic nonsense.

Morbius #6 – back on track after some duff issues.

New Avengers #7 – Hickman proves that he can write two variants of world ending nonsense.

Superior Spider-Man #12 – still interesting.

Thunderbolts #11 – dumb.

Uncanny Avengers #9 – why have one stupid Avengers book when you can have many. The art on this book is shocking.

 

Total: 1055

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Ten Grand #1

Animal Man #23

Lobster Johnson #14-15

Action (New 52) #1-5

Black Lamb #1-6

Brain Banx #1-6

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All New X-Men #13 – more excellence.

Daredevil #27 – still a great book.

FF #8 – dull.

Guardians of the Galaxy #4 – Tony Stark in bedroom failure shock.

Hawkeye #11 – a shaggy dog story. The worst issue so far.

JIM #83 – super.

Nova #5 – dire.

Scarlet Spider #18 – poor.

Uncanny X-Men #7 – great writing, great art.

Wolverine #5 – not bad.

X-Men #2 – much better.

Young Avengers #6 – interesting.

 

Total: 1067

[Phileas]

Star Wars Dark Times A Spark Remains 1

Scarlet 7

Morning Glories 21-29

Ghost 1-2

America's Got Powers 3-6

Whispers 4-5

Mind the Gap 4-11

Green Hornet Legacy 39

Rogues! 3

The Massive 14

The Sixth Gun Sons of the Gun 5

Non-Humans 4

The Shadow Year One 4

Star Wars Legacy 5

Five Ghosts 5

Fearless Defenders 7

Judge Dredd Year One 4

Dream Merchant 3

Avengers 1-2 (g)

All-New X-Men 3-4 (g)

Iron Man 2 (g)

Indestructible Hulk 2 (g)

Justice League 15 (g)

Aquaman 15 (g)

Teen Titans 14 (g)

Aquaman TPB 2 (contains 7-13 & 0) (g)

Avengers Forever HC 2 (issues 7-12) (g)

March Book One (count as 5 issues)

Lanternjack (count it as 2 issues) (g)

Les Épées de verre 3 (counting as 2 issues) (g)

 

Total 934

 

(g) Read the German edition

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Avengers #15 – dull.

Avengers A.I #1 – intriguing.

Iron Man #12 – science friction.

Red She Hulk #67 – formulaic.

The Superior Foes of Spider Man #1 – funny stuff.

Thunderbolts #12 – dull.

Venom #37 – OK.

Daredevil #28 – another fantastic issue, which even has a panel flashback to one of my favourite bronze age Defenders issue.

Fearless Defenders #6 – a decent read.

Hawkeye #12 – back on form.

Indestructible #10 – hard to believe that Mark Waid is writing this nonsense.

Secret Avengers #6 – another crappy Avengers book.

Superior Spider Man #13 – still great.

Uncanny X-Men #8 – back to being terrible with crappy art. Shame.

Wolverine #6 – not bad again.

Young Avengers #7 – a book with cool music references.

 

Total: 1083

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Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgment on Gotham, Vendetta in Gotham, Ultimate Riddle

Cyberella #1-12

Hard Looks

 

[chromium]

Here's the August batch.. read 155 comics this month.

 

Astonishing x-men xenogenesis 1-5

Astonishing x-men 25-50

100 bullets brother lono 2

Archer & Armstrong 11

Animal man annual 2

Aquaman 22

The Walking Dead 112

BPRD vampire 5

Earth 2 annual 1 + 12 13 14

Bedlam 7 8

Captain America 9

Constantine 5

Crossed badlands 33

Crossed wish you were here v3 #9

Daredevil 29

East of West 3-4

Demon knights 20-22

Fantastic four 7-9

Guardians of the galaxy (2013) 1-5

Hawkeye annual 1

Locke & Key omega 5

Manhattan projects 11-12

Peter Bagge's Reset 1-4

Ten grand 3

Wonder Woman 22

Judge dredd year one 2-4

Hoax hunters 9

Five weapons 3-5

Fury max 11-13

Legends of the Dark Knight 46 - 60

Harbinger 11-14

Harbinger Wars 2-3

Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere 1-9

Masks 6-8

Lost Vegas 2

Lobster Johnson a scent of Lotus 1

Red hood & the outlaws 19-21 + annual 1

Quantum & Woody 1

Rachel rising 18

Punch drunk 2-3

Peter panzerfaust 11-12

Phantom Stranger 8-10

Powers The bureau 5

Revival 9-11

Shadowman 6-8

Star Wars 5-7

Stormwatch 20-22

Suicide Squad 20-22

Swamp Thing 20-22

The Massive 11-14

The Legend of Luther Strode 5

The Sixth Gun 30-32

 

Which brings the total to 1633 comics read in 2013

[Comicopolis]

Some bronze age goodness recently read.

 

Champions 1-17 - would like to see a modern take on this series.

Ms Marvel 1-25 - I prefer this to the current title.

Savage She-Hulk 1-25 - when Jen Walters was likeable.

 

Total: 1150

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A+X #10 – some terrible art in this book.

All New X-Men #14 – still good.

Avengers # 16 – more New Universe rubbish.

Fantastic Four #10 – the best issue in a while, Skrulls turned into cows and a history lesson about Thomas Jefferson.

FF #9 – yawn.

Iron Man #13 – cosmic.

Morbius #7 + #8 – good stuff.

Nova #6 – different writer, same tosh.

Savage Wolverine #7 – banal.

Superior Carnage #1 – bloody.

Thanos Rising #4 – plodding on.

Thor God of Thunder #10 – dragging on now.

Thunderbolts #13 – no mercy. Finally an issue I like.

Captain America #9 – simply awful.

Hawkeye Annual #1 – cool.

Hunger #1 – somewhat stupid.

JIM #654 – pretty good.

New Avengers #8 – still ponderous.

Scarlet Spider #19 – silly.

Superior Spiderman #14 – still a good read.

Superior Spiderman Team Up #1 – a decent read.

Uncanny Avengers #10 – some of the worst dialogue I’ve ever read in a comic book and the artwork makes my eyes bleed.

Wolverine #7 – interesting.

Young Avengers #8 – a Sliders experience, and a pretty good one at that.

 

Total: 1175

[Ares]

Gave up on the couting. Enjoying books more now that I dont have to count them

[CANMACH]

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Total: 965

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Flash (2nd series) #201 - 230

Ion Guardian of the Universe #1 - 12

 

Total: 1007

 

Invincible TPB #18 (97 - 102)

Superman Unchained #2, 3

Action Comics #21 - 23

Superior Spider-Man #16

Superior Spider-Man Team Up #1, 2

Emperor Joker #1

Action Comics #769, 770

Superman #160, 161

Adventures of Superman #582, 583

Superman Man of Steel #104, 105

Bloodshot #0, 12, 13

Harbinger #13 - 15

Shadowman #7 - 9

X-O Manowar #14 - 16

DC Universe Online Legends #1 - 26

Scarlet Spider #20

Harbinger Wars #3, 4

Flash Annual #2

Flash #22, 23

Batman #23

Justice League of America #7

Justice League Dark #23

Justice League #23

Batman Dark Knight #21 - 23

Batman Dark Knight Annual #2

Batman & Robin #21 - 23

Superman #21 - 23

Superman Annual #2

Animal Man #23

Green Lantern #23

Aquaman #22, 23

Teen Titans #22, 23

Batman Superman #2, 3

Green Arrow #21 - 23

Talon #11

Red Hood & The Outlaws #0, 21 - 23

Red Hood & The Outlaws Annual #1

Batgirl #21 - 23

Nightwing #21 - 23

Batwing #21 - 23

 

TOTAL - 1114

 

 

 

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Fables #125-130

Dead Corps(e) #1-4

Gemini Blood #1-9

Any Empire

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Buffy #20 - #24 – magical.

Angel & Faith #20 - #24 – super.

Astro City (volume 4) #1 - #3 – an excellent return for this great series.

Constantine #1 - #5 – terrible stuff.

 

Total: 1193

[Comicopolis]

Gave up on the couting. Enjoying books more now that I dont have to count them

 

Totally agree - next year we should do something different.

[miraclemet]

Miraclemet's 1000 comics in 2013 Club

Totals: 1038 books

 

January: 175 books Favorite: Elephantmen

February: 110 books Favorite: Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture

March: 150 books Favorite: Uncanny X-Force

April: 128 books Favorite:Two Faces of Tomorrow

May: 85 books Favorite: Daredevil by Waid

June: 64 books Favorite: Peter Panzerfaust

July: 120 books Favorite: 2001 Nights

August: 150 issues Favorite: Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Vol 2

 

September: 56 issues

September 2: Bakuman Vol 20 (8 issues). And here is the end. Picked up Bakuman a few years ago when they were only 2-3 volumes in and immediately loved it. Felt a little treadmilly on the back 8, but all in all a VERY enjoyable slice of life read where I got to glimpse at the Manga industry from the inside!

Sept 9: Invincible Compendium Vol 2 (48 issues). For $40 bucks or whatever I pre-ordered it for this was a big brick of reading. Love the soap-operay sci-fi-ness of this title. More be-headings & disembowelment than any other title this side of Conan.