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[Raze]

336-349

Batman Under the Red Hood tpb

Contents 

Batman 635-641, 645-650 Annual 25

This was the first time reading this and it was Great! I knew who the red hod was but I never knew the origin. I’m not sure if I liked the way he came back but everything else about the character seemed pretty cool and something I could definitely see myself reading more of.

 

 

Edited August 26, 2020 by Raze

[DavidTheDavid]

I've lost count as the omnibus doesn't have a table of contents to make counting easy. But I've read a good bit more of the X-Statix collection and have started on a newly released DC Goes To War compilation.

[Raze]

@DavidTheDavid don't you read Hawkman? I heard its cancelled at the end of the year. Alsois that DC War book new?

[DavidTheDavid]

37 minutes ago, Raze said:

@DavidTheDavid don't you read Hawkman? I heard its cancelled at the end of the year. Alsois that DC War book new?

Yes, I still read the current Hawkman series, and it’s getting axed. The DC war book came out six-ish weeks ago.

[RayJr]

Tonight’s read

The Mighty Thor vol 2 #700 (Fried Pie Exclusive Variant) 

11/1000

[RayJr]

Today’s reads

Astonishing Thor #2, #3 & #4

Ultimate Fallout #4

The Mighty Thor vol 1 #3C

16/1000

[ttfitz]

On 8/1/2020 at 1:50 AM, ttfitz said:

My local comic shop manager has a thing he does every August, the Troy-David 100 Back Issue a Week Challenge. Each week in August (along with an extra 4 says of September to make an even 5 weeks) you try to read 100 of your back issues. I've done it the last 3 years, and was getting ready to do it again this year when I saw this thread. So I said to myself, Self, 2 birds.

Week 4 completed. 

Continuing from last week, my whole family continues reading Sandman, finishing The Doll's House with 14-16, and going back to read issues 1-7.

Also with my daughter, we finished STTNG Through the Mirror with issues 4-5, and started STTNG Terra Incognito, reading  1-4.

I continued with Captain Marvel, finishing off his own series with 55-62, and his run in Marvel Spotlight issues 1-4, 8

Keeping with the Bronze Age Marvel, in particular the good Captain, and I read the run of Ms Marvel 1-25.

Finally, as they debuted in 1960, I decided to make a run through the Justice League of America, with Brave and the Bold 28-30 and JLA 1-38, 40-44 (#39 was a reprint collection).

That gets me to 596 for the year, one week left in the Challenge, then a much more reasonable schedule to get to 1000 for the year. 

[Raze]

350-352

Detective 1026

I really like Rocaforts art. The story was cool as well...but I dont see how it fits into Joker War?!?! The last 2 Detective books have been one shots but they involve Batman and in the main Batman book he CANT be doing whats in the last 2 books. Unless these take place before the War and by the subtitle of collateral damage it doesnt seem thats the case.

 

Red Hood 48

First time reading Red Hood in his own title and Booth KILLED the art (Im adding a great splash page as a Hidden spoiler)! This story takes place during Nightwing 73. But so far Nightwing doesnt fit in the War yet ether.

 

Batgirl 48

This and last issue is the first time Ive read Batgirl. The art is Good but the story doesn’t fit the narrative of Nightwing which is weird because of what happened to her in Nightwing.

hopefully all these books Tie In or I’ll be pretty annoyed for spending the money. I chose to read all of the Tie ins for Joker War instead of all of the Tie Ins for Dark Knights Death metal.

Spoiler

 

Edited September 1, 2020 by Raze
Spoiler

[Raze]

353-358 

Plunge 1-6

I recommend this for horror/scifi fans. The story and art was great! It’s body snatchers/abyss/ghost stories/aliens and math...yes math was involved but not by us readers.

The last book did seem a bit rushed to an extent but it still works out. There was one part in the book that didn’t quite make a lot of sense but it’s so minuscule that it doesn’t really matter.

I really enjoyed all of the Hill House books. The last thing to read from the Hill House books is Sea Dogs which takes place at the last page or two of every hill house book I’m going to read that tonight.

[Raze]

359

Sea Dogs 1-30

This is a 2 page story at the end of each Hill House Comic. Its Pirates and Werewolfves on a ship. It had gore and a decent plot.

[Raze]

360

Marvel Tales Annual 1

This was a fun read considering Ive never read the origins before of these characters. 
 

Thor has me confused though when did he stop with the cane?

[Raze]

361

It Came Out on a Wednesday 12

I didnt really like a 3 of these I read so I wont get anymore. At least some publisher is trying something different.

[DavidTheDavid]

20 minutes ago, Raze said:

360

Marvel Tales Annual 1

This was a fun read considering Ive never read the origins before of these characters. 
 

Thor has me confused though when did he stop with the cane?

Thor's origin story, blech. But still a fun read! 

[Raze]

1 minute ago, DavidTheDavid said:

Thor's origin story, blech. But still a fun read! 

Ive read a few SA Thor but I don't know when his origin changed?

[Raze]

361-365

Wolverine 1-5

I saw the cover for number four and it looked cool. So I flipped through the comic and saw the last panel and I had to buy them all. I am not the biggest marvel fan but I am now reading Thor and wolverine and I have enjoyed both of them so far but if I have to choose one I really like wolverine.

[ttfitz]

On 8/1/2020 at 1:50 AM, ttfitz said:

My local comic shop manager has a thing he does every August, the Troy-David 100 Back Issue a Week Challenge. Each week in August (along with an extra 4 says of September to make an even 5 weeks) you try to read 100 of your back issues. I've done it the last 3 years, and was getting ready to do it again this year when I saw this thread. So I said to myself, Self, 2 birds.

Final week ended on Friday, Challenge completed! 500 books over 5 weeks is not a simple task, let me tell you.

So, this week was as follows:

 

Continued with the Star Trek with my daughter, we finished off STTNG Terra Incognito, reading issues 5-6, and started in on Star Trek Year Five, reading issues 1-6.

My son and I continued with the next TPB of Fables, reading issues 22, 28-29.

The entire family continued on with Sandman, finishing Dream Country and starting on Season of Mists, reading issues 17-24.

And I finished off the 100 issue for the week by continuing where I had left off on Defenders, with issues 45-68, and Justice League of America (Vol 1), reading 45-47,49-57,59-66,68-75,77-84, 86-106  (skipped issues were reprint Giants).

So, I finish the Challenge reaching a total of 696 books for the year.

Next report will have a whole lot less books on it. 

[Ken Aldred]

9 hours ago, ttfitz said:

Final week ended on Friday, Challenge completed! 500 books over 5 weeks is not a simple task, let me tell you.

Congrats !

It’s not been a simple task, but you’re well below the ‘5000 comics in a single sitting’ level at which serious damage occurs.

Glad that you’ve been reading safely as well.

Edited September 6, 2020 by Ken Aldred

[ttfitz]

17 hours ago, Ken Aldred said:

Congrats !

It’s not been a simple task, but you’re well below the ‘5000 comics in a single sitting’ level at which serious damage occurs.

Glad that you’ve been reading safely as well.

Thanks. This year was both harder and more fun than previous years, because I had various family members reading some stuff along with me. That made it more fun, but also harder to get through the required number - a little over 14 a day - because we would discuss via text the stuff we were reading.

[Ken Aldred]

 

264 to 286

Prelude to Secret Wars Part 3

Avengers 24 to 34 and 34.1  (12)

New Avengers 13 to 23 (11)

(23 in total)

 

In the Avengers title…

An ingenious way to protect Earth 616, meddling by AIM, evil parallel earth Avengers, and the introduction of The Mapmakers.

An interesting time travel storyline, in which the team goes further and further into the future, chasing the surviving Infinity Gem.

A solid one-shot issue, 34.1, by Al Ewing and Dale Keown, featuring Hyperion.

 

In the New Avengers title…

So far, 616 has been protected by the Illuminati basically nuking the other incursive world, and consequently its universe, out of existence.

But, the team is beginning to fragment as some have terrible guilt about this, and others couldn't care less.

In this section of the saga, we start to have much more opposition from the super-teams of these universes and also groups from in between universes; The Black Priests, The Mapmakers, The DC-like Great Society, and, finally, the rise of The Cabal / Dark Illuminati - 616's ruthless planet and universe destroyers.

 

Great work from one of my favourite writers. Again.

 

Edited September 8, 2020 by Ken Aldred

[F For Fake]

Finally got back on track and continued my hardcover tour through the X-universe this weekend. Age of Apocalypse Omnibus, Companion Omni, and X-Men vs Apocalypse The Twelve.

I haven't revisited any of these since I read them upon their initial publication. My general recollection of my X-Men reading was that the period between Claremont and then Lee leaving the books, and Grant Morrison starting his run was generally fallow, with the Age of Apocalypse being a rare highlight.

Reading them now, 20 years or whatever later, the AOA stuff...ain't great. It's fine. It's definitely an improvement over what preceded it, but maybe wasn't as exciting as I'd recalled. The early Joe Mad art still has some sizzle for sure, but all in all I thought it was fine. The material in the companion volume was a bit of a slog to get through.

I didn't recall much of The Twelve storyline, so after my relative disappointment with my revisit of AoA, expectations were low. I was surprised to find that when you cut away the needless fat (I.e any issue of X-Man and Cable that is included here), the main storyline was pretty engaging. This is helped enormously by the occasional Alan Davis appearances on art duties. He's the primary plotter for most of this book, and its fine, but on the occasions where he does the art as well, it really sings. Man, I love Alan Davis. And in this volume especially, his art is a cooling balm for my eyes after being assaulted by the Rob Liefeld art also included herein. That's a cruel trick to pull!

Oh, I also read the first two issues of Alien the Original Screenplay. I don't really get the point of this series, but it's Alien, so I'm powerless. Into the collection it goes. 

 

This should bring my 2020 total up to about 575. Better than halfway there!