RayJr Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 Today’s reads 200/1000 Thor, Vol. 1 Issue 205- Story by Gerry Conway Cover art by Gil Kane Thor, Vol. 1 Issue 206- Story by Gerry Conway Cover art by John Buscema Thor, Vol. 1 Issue 207- Story by Gerry Conway Cover art by Gil Kane Thor, Vol. 1 Issue 209- Story by Gerry Conway Cover art by Gil Kane Thor, Vol. 1 Issue 211- Story by Gerry Conway Cover art by John Buscema Thor, Vol. 1 Issue 212- Story by Gerry Conway Cover art by Gil Kane Thor, Vol. 1 Issue 213- Story by Gerry Conway Cover art by Jim Starlin Thor, Vol. 1 Issue 214- Story by Gerry Conway Cover art by Rich Buckler Thor, Vol. 1 Issue 215- Story by Gerry Conway Cover art by John Buscema Thor, Vol. 1 Issue 216- Story by Gerry Conway Cover art by Gil Kane kccoig14 and Raze 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srezvan Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 179 comics so far this year. G.I. Joe Vol 3: I think this series is getting better as it goes on. I like the introduction of more familiar characters from the cartoon. Great character interaction and conflict within Cobra. The only goofy part was the introduction of the Dreadnoks and their attack on the military installation. I love the ongoing interaction between Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow and the glimpse into their past. Hawkeye Vol 6: After taking a short break after volume 4, I got through volumes 5 and 6 pretty quickly. At first, I thought the new team did a great job of of carrying on the great work from the first 4 volumes. The ending and plot of this storyline within the last 2 volumes turned out to be a bit of a dud. Spoiler Basically an alternative future within the comic, almost like a dream sequence. Completely unnecessary and difficult to follow, in my opinion. Raze, RayJr, kccoig14 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayJr Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 (edited) Friday’s reads 210/1000 Batman, Vol. 1 Issue 679- Story by Grant Morrison Cover art by Alex Ross Batman, Vol. 1 Issue 680- Story by Grant Morrison Cover art by Alex Ross Batman, Vol. 1 Issue 681- Story by Grant Morrison Cover art by Alex Ross Batman, Vol. 1 Issue 682- Story by Grant Morrison Cover art by Alex Ross Batman, Vol. 1 Issue 683- Story by Grant Morrison Cover art by Alex Ross Batman, Vol. 1 Issue 684- Story by Denny O'Neil Cover art by Alex Ross Batman, Vol. 1 Issue 685- Story by Paul Dini Cover art by Alex Ross Batman, Vol. 1 Issue 686- Story by Neil Gaiman Cover art by Alex Ross Batman, Vol. 1 Issue 687- Story by Judd Winick Cover art by Tony S. Daniel Batman, Vol. 1 Issue 688- Story by Judd Winick Cover art by Tony S. Daniel Edited May 15, 2022 by RayJr kccoig14, ttfitz and Raze 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayJr Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Saturday’s reads 220/1000 Batman, Vol. 1 Issue 689- Story by Judd Winick Cover art by Andy Kubert Batman, Vol. 1 Issue 690- Story by Judd Winick Cover art by Tony S. Daniel Batman, Vol. 1 Issue 691- Story by Judd Winick Cover art by Tony S. Daniel Batman, Vol. 1 Issue 692- Story by Tony S. Daniel Cover art by Tony S. Daniel Batman, Vol. 1 Issue 693- Story by Tony S. Daniel Cover art by Tony S. Daniel Batman, Vol. 1 Issue 694- Story by Tony S. Daniel Cover art by Tony S. Daniel Batman, Vol. 1 Issue 695- Story by Tony S. Daniel Cover art by Tony S. Daniel Batman, Vol. 1 Issue 696- Story by Tony S. Daniel Cover art by Tony S. Daniel Batman, Vol. 1 Issue 697- Story by Tony S. Daniel Cover art by Tony S. Daniel Batman, Vol. 1 Issue 698- Story by Tony S. Daniel Cover art by Tony S. Daniel Raze, ttfitz, sevans1979 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayJr Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Today’s reads 230/1000 Injustice Vs. Masters of the Universe Issue 1- Story by Tim Seeley Cover art by Freddie Williams II Injustice Vs. Masters of the Universe Issue 2- Story by Tim Seeley Cover art by Freddie Williams II Injustice Vs. Masters of the Universe Issue 3- Story by Tim Seeley Cover art by Freddie Williams II Injustice Vs. Masters of the Universe Issue 4- Story by Tim Seeley Cover art by Freddie Williams II Injustice Vs. Masters of the Universe Issue 5- Story by Tim Seeley Cover art by Freddie Williams II Injustice Vs. Masters of the Universe Issue 6- Story by Tim Seeley Cover art by Freddie Williams II Super Powers, Vol. 2 Issue 2- Story by Paul Kupperberg Cover art by Greg Theakston Super Powers, Vol. 2 Issue 3- Story by Paul Kupperberg Cover art by Greg Theakston Super Powers, Vol. 2 Issue 4- Story by Paul Kupperberg Cover art by Greg Theakston Super Powers, Vol. 2 Issue 5- Story by Paul Kupperberg Cover art by Greg Theakston kccoig14, Raze, F For Fake and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post F For Fake Posted May 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 18, 2022 Boy, I'm a lot better at buying comics than I am reading them! I am woefully far behind in reading. 2022 has been a super busy year, seems like every night and weekend something is going on. About the only time I get to just sit and read is if we head down to the lake, which I did last weekend. I managed to get through these. new books: Alien 9,10,11 - I think this title is improving, but I still wouldn't say it's "good". I am definitely enjoying this storyline more than the first ,but there's still not much here. The biggest knock is the artwork by Larroca, which is really terrible. Not sure how many more issues of this I can read if he's just going to pose NECA action figures and then photoshop them. It's really embarrassingly bad. Blue and Gold 6,7,8 - My two favorite DC characters, and yet, I am relieved that this has concluded. It wasn't the worst thing I've ever read, but our boys definitely deserve better than this uninspired stuff. Human Target 5, 6 -Wow. Really loving this. Smallwood's art really knocks me out. Early on I felt like it was a little too similar to Phil Noto's style, but he's clearly doing his own thing here. This pairs up well with Hard Case Crime novels, if you're a fan. The ending of #6 really took my breath away. Disturbing stuff. I hate that there's going to be a big pause in the middle of this storyline, but I'm fully invested. Elvira Meets Vincent Price - ok, look, this really is more about my love of the titular "characters" than anything else. These aren't great books, but if you love Vinnie P and the Mistress of the D, there are usually enough corny jokes to help the time pass. Otherwise, I can't imagine there'd be much here for a casual reader. old random books: The Last Avengers 1 & 2 - These were in a collection I picked up, and I realized that I'd never read them before. I generally enjoy these downbeat, the future is scary sort of what if/elseworlds tales, and for the most part, I found the story entertaining, if slight. But the art, ugh. I'm all for heavily stylized art, but this stuff was just ugly. Worth the approximate 22 cents I paid for the set. FCBD pickups: Grabbed these at the shop on Friday. I don't usually care about FCBD offerings, but hey, they were free, and they had tons of them, so why not? TMNT - I didn't know what was happening here, and I didn't care. Marvel's Judgment Thingie - I didn't know what was happening here, and I didn't care. Dark Crisis - I figured out what was happening here, but didn't really care. I am a guppy for DC event stuff, but they are so samey-feeling anymore, this doesn't really mean anything to me. Will probably read a collected edition at some point. Donald Duck - he wears no pants! Collections Baltimore Omnibus 1 & 2 NOW we're talking! I'm a total sucker for all of the Mignola Hellboy-verse and Outerverse stuff. I remember reading most of these as they came out, but they didn't make a huge impression at the time. However, in collected form, all in one go, it really made an impact. I really loved this series. The ending seems a little rushed, given the scale of the story, but all in all I still got a kick out of it. Mignola knows what makes me tick; occult, monsters, WW1, all of that great stuff. If you know you know. So that made for 56 comics, bringing my 2022 total to...213! eGad! That is NOT going to get it done! RayJr, deadleg, kccoig14 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayJr Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Monday’s reads 240/1000 Hulk, Vol. 2 Issue 1- Story by Mark Waid Cover art by Jerome Opeña Hulk, Vol. 2 Issue 2- Story by Mark Waid Cover art by Jerome Opeña Indestructible Hulk Issue 19- Story by Mark Waid Cover art by Mahmud A. Asrar Indestructible Hulk Issue 20- Story by Mark Waid Cover art by Mahmud A. Asrar Kull The Conqueror, Vol. 3 Issue 6- Story by Alan Zelenetz Cover art by Michael Golden Kull The Conqueror, Vol. 3 Issue 8- Story by Alan Zelenetz Cover art by Michael Golden Justice Society of America, Vol. 3 Issue 18- Story by Geoff Johns Cover art by Alex Ross Justice Society of America, Vol. 3 Issue 19- Story by Geoff Johns Cover art by Alex Ross Justice Society of America, Vol. 3 Issue 21- Story by Geoff Johns Cover art by Alex Ross Justice Society of America, Vol. 3 Issue 22- Story by Geoff Johns Cover art by Alex Ross Raze and kccoig14 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sevans1979 Posted May 19, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 19, 2022 Numbers update 5/19 29-38 Cat woman Vol 5 (Ram V). Decent story, nothing to write home about. Art was pretty good. I liked it, stopping there at 38 as the writer and arc is changing and I only wanted to read it for Ram V. Batman vol 3 109-123 I really liked the art. The story was pretty good imo. 1036-1059. Batman Detective Comics Vol 3. They changed artist mid way through this batch to Viktor Bogdanovic and wasn’t a fan. They keep changing the artist every couple of issues which is annoying but ,most where good. The story was okay. Typical modern story, nothing that wowed me but it was effective. Swamp Thing Vol 7 (Ram V) #1-12 Spider-Man Life Story annual 1 Moon knight vol 9 #1-10 House of slaughter #1 Batman The Long Halloween Special One Shot (2021) Fantastic Four Life story #2 Flash Vol 5 #777-781 This series is getting kinda of boring might drop from pull file Ice cream man #27-29 Loving this series so weird yet each issue pulls me in. Defenders vol 6 #1-5 5 issue mini Meh glad it’s over Death of dr strange #1-5. Not a bad 5 issue mini Hulk vol 3 #1-6 Still on the fence with this. Venom vol 5 1-7 same as the hulk not hooked yet, might drop this series Saga #55-58 it’s Saga, what more can you say great double size issue after a crazy three year break love this book. BKV said in the letter section this will go to 108 issues! Newburn #1-6 Not a bad little crime book I like Chip Zdarskys work but I’m not 100% sold on this one yet Nocterra #1-9 Love the art (Tony S Daniel) and I like most stuff by Scott Snyder. Great book Department of truth 1-17 Swamp Thing Green Hell #1 Nice House on the Lake 1-8 Ghost Rider Vol 9 #1-2 Strange #1-2 didnt really like this one 155/1000 Digital Comics (Not sure if we count these so I won’t) Amazing Spider-Man #1 Raze, kccoig14, ttfitz and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayJr Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Tuesday’s reads 250/1000 Justice Society of America, Vol. 3 Issue 23- Story by Jerry Ordway Cover art by Alex Ross Justice Society of America, Vol. 3 Issue 24- Story by Jerry Ordway Cover art by Alex Ross Justice Society of America, Vol. 3 Issue 25- Story by Jerry Ordway Cover art by Alex Ross Justice Society of America, Vol. 3 Issue 26- Story by Geoff Johns Cover art by Alex Ross Secret Six, Vol. 4 Issue 1- Story by Gail Simone Cover art by Dale Eaglesham Secret Six, Vol. 4 Issue 2- Story by Gail Simone Cover art by Dale Eaglesham Secret Six, Vol. 4 Issue 4- Story by Gail Simone Cover art by Dale Eaglesham Secret Six, Vol. 4 Issue 5- Story by Gail Simone Cover art by Dale Eaglesham Secret Six, Vol. 4 Issue 6- Story by Gail Simone Cover art by Dale Eaglesham Secret Six, Vol. 4 Issue 7- Story by Gail Simone Cover art by Dale Eaglesham Raze, kccoig14 and sevans1979 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayJr Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Wednesday’s reads 260/1000 Secret Six, Vol. 4 Issue 8- Story by Gail Simone Cover art by Dale Eaglesham Hercules, Vol. 1 Issue 1- Story by JBob Layton Cover art by Bob Layton Hercules, Vol. 1 Issue 2- Story by Bob Layton Cover art by Bob Layton Hercules, Vol. 1 Issue 3- Story by Bob Layton Cover art by Bob Layton Hercules, Vol. 1 Issue 4- Story by Bob Layton Cover art by Bob Layton Superman / Wonder Woman Issue 1- Story by Charles Soule Cover art by Tony S. Daniel Superman / Wonder Woman Issue 2- Story by Charles Soule Cover art by Tony S. Daniel Superman / Wonder Woman Issue 3- Story by Charles Soule Cover art by Tony S. Daniel Superman / Wonder Woman Issue 4- Story by Charles Soule Cover art by Tony S. Daniel Superman / Wonder Woman Issue 5- Story by Charles Soule Cover art by Tony S. Daniel kccoig14 and Raze 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttfitz Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 Long time since the last update, thinking I've fallen further behind, but let's see... Last count I was at 60 for the year. Black Hammer Reborn #10-12 The Quantum Age #1-6 Black Hammer, IMO, works best when it sticks fairly well to the Golden and Silver Age pastiche that Jeff Lemire started with, and it works quite well in these two series. Well, except for the stupid cliffhanger endings of BOTH series. Looking forward to The End of Black Hammer or whatever he's calling the one next year. Knighted #1-5 First series from AWA that I've bought that hasn't been a name I was already familiar with, like J. Michael Straczynski or Garth Ennis. Pretty good, I thought. Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone: Walking Distance, The After Hours, The Midnight Sun I wasn't familiar with these books, but my daughter ran across them at a second-hand bookstore, and gave them to me. Comic adaptations of actual episodes of the show. Great source material, so well worth a read. Midnight Rose One Shot Not Jim Starlin's best work, by any stretch of the imagination, but still a decent read. Nameless #1-6 Grant Morrison, so what else can I say? Love them or hate them, it always makes you think. Quarry's War #1-4 Another Max Allan Collins selection from the Hard Cases Crime series. Good stuff, makes me want to check out the regular books. Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini #1-4 Looked really interesting, and I'd enjoyed the Hard Cases Crime books I read before. This one, not so much. I think if it hadn't purported to be based on some real stories, I might have liked it better. Not All Robots #1-5 A suggested title from my LCS manager. I enjoyed this - but I wish I had read the description of this being Spoiler an allegory on toxic masculinity AFTER I had read all the issues. I kept looking for the parallels, and it distracted from the story. King of Spies #1-4 Another recommended title by the guy who recommended Seven Secrets. Not nearly as good, but still a decent read. Strangers in Paradise Vol 3 #6-24 Continuing from last month, my rereading of the series covers the last of the Image issues, and the return to self-publishing. Terry Moore as always delivers. If you haven't read this book, what's wrong with you, dude? (Imma gonna keep saying it until you all join in, ) Seven Secrets #13-17 As I said last time, this one has it all - ancient secret societies, forbidden love, sword fights, doomsday weapons, intrigue and betrayal, battle royales and combat by trial, snappy dialogue and huge cliches that somehow work. I'm really hooked, and am looking forward to seeing how this storyline comes to a close (I assume) in the next issue. So if I did the math correctly, that puts me at 129 for the year. Yeah, definitely behind. Oh, and @RayJr, just wanted to say, for a while there you were all over the place, which was fun, but then you took a huge swath out of them there Thor issues! Man, respect. srezvan, kccoig14, F For Fake and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post F For Fake Posted May 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2022 On 5/28/2022 at 3:09 AM, ttfitz said: Nameless #1-6 Grant Morrison, so what else can I say? Love them or hate them, it always makes you think. I really got a kick out of this one, but outer space horror is definitely my bag, especially when you throw in a little Lovecraft flavoring. We did a little Memorial Day weekend getaway, so I was able to sneak in a little reading. I got through... Love and Rockets 11 - this never lets me down. I've been enjoying Xaime's focus on Tonta lately, and I am looking forward to what comes out of the recent Vivian/Frogmouth reveal. Also, I feel like Gilbert's recent story is finally, at long last, snapping into focus. I have to admit, it hadn't really grabbed me in this volume, and I felt like he was doing his best recent work in the extra-curricular titles (Blubber, Psychodrama Illustrated, etc.) I feel like I'm finding the rhythm on these new Fritz stories, at last. Vampiress Carmilla 8.9. and annual 2023 - You know what you're getting here. The quality of the stories varies wildly, but I get that nostalgic Warren-style charge out of these books. God Hates Astronauts Omni-Mega-Bus - It's been a few years since I read all of this stuff, so it's nice to have every single bit under one roof. This is a beautifully made book full of bells and whistles. Ryan Browne's willfully odd, explosively violent, and gleefully profane exploration of dadaist superheroism is still a real blast. Enjoyed the revisit. Still woefully far behind for 2022, this should put me a 236 on the year. Yikes! ttfitz, kccoig14, srezvan and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srezvan Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 190 comics so far this year. GI Joe Volume 4: Another great volume of GI Joe goodness. Issue #34 (Shakedown) was a standout issue, especially the ending. I also liked the storyline around Cobra Island - absurd and realistic at the same time. kccoig14, F For Fake, RayJr and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kccoig14 Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 (edited) It's been a couple months since I last posted. Here's my readings for the months of April and May. The best out of this list have got to be Barbaric, Night of the Ghoul and the entire Locke and Key series. Man, I really slept on Locke and Key, don't know why it took me so long to finally read it. Barbaric is just good violent fun and Night of the Ghoul was also a fun and interesting read. 4/1/22 - 5/31/22 MARVEL -Venom #7 -Captain America #0 -What if Venom Possessed Deadpool -Carnage #2 -Alien #11 -Venom: The Madness #1-3 -Thor #750 -Amazing Spider-Man #1/895 -Venom: Lethal Protector #2 11 DC -Arkham City: Order of the World #4-6 -Detective Comics #1051-1058 -The Swamp Thing #1-8 -Batman: Killing Time #2-3 -Suicide Squad: Blaze #2 -Flashpoint Beyond #0 -Batman/Catwoman #11 -Green Lantern/ Superman: Legend of the Green Flame -Rogues #2 -Batman: Beyond the White Knight #2 -Suicide Squad: Get Joker #3 28 INDIE/VINTAGE -The Goon (2019) -Hillbilly #5-12 -Hillbilly: Red-Eyed Witchery from Beyond #1-2 -Last Train to Deadsville #3-4 -Criminal Macabre: Feat of Clay #1 -Criminal Macabre: Two Red Eyes #1-5 -Criminal Macabre: The Trouble with Brains -Criminal Macabre: The Creepy Tree -Captain Marvel Jr. (1948) #68 -Blue Bolt (1948) vol.9 #6 -Magic #13-14 -West of Sundown #1 -Zombie Terrors #1-3 -Zombie Tales #1-2 -Spawn #328 -The Scorched #4 -Fubar: Guts and Glory #1 -Clive Barker's Hellraiser (2011) #1 -Fubar: FCBD -Gun Honey #1 -Eerie Comics (1947) #1 -A Town Called Terror #1 -Dakkon Blackblade: A Magic the Gathering Legend -Barbaric #1-3 -The Rush #3-4 -He Who Fights With Monsters #1-3 -Clive Barker's Hellraiser (1989) #1-2, 12, 13 -The Sword of Hyperborea #4 -Radio Spaceman #2 -The Plot #1-2 -Human Remains #1-2 -Vampire The Masquerade: Winter's Teeth #1 -Nemesis #1-4 -Magic: The Hidden Planeswalker #1-2 -Night of the Ghoul #1-6 -Legend of Jedit Ojanen #1 -Frank Frazetta's Freedom #1 -Frank Frazetta's Dracula Meets the WolfMan #1 -Milo's World #1 -Blood and Dust #1 -Grendel: Devil by the Deed -Grendel: Black, White and Red #1-2 -British Paranormal Society: Time Out of Mind #1-2 -Saga #58 -Locke & Key #1-6 -Locke & Key: Head Games #1-6 -Locke & Key: Crown of Shadows #1-6 -Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #1-6 -Locke & Key: Clockworks #1-5 -Locke & Key: Omega #1-4 -Locke & Key: Alpha #1-2 -Joe R. Lansdale's By Bizzare Hands #1-2 -Night of the Living Dead: Death Valley #1 -Blood Stained Teeth #1 -Bone #1-11 -Twig #1 -TMNT: The Last Ronin #1 -Zombie World: Winter's Dregs #1-4 -Zombie World: Eat Your Heart Out 1 -Zombie World: Home for the Holidays #1 -Zombie World: Tree of Death #1 -Aliens: Havoc #1-2 -Nancy in Hell #1-2 -Nancy in Hell on Earth #1 ‐Red Room: Trigger Warnings #1-3 -Crossed: Psychopath #1-7 -Shudder #5 -Crossed: Badlands #1-4 -Hellboy and the BPRD: Night of the Cyclops #1 162 TPBs/GRAPHIC NOVELS -E.C. Archives: Weird Science vol. 1 (#15, 5-6) 2 -E.C. Archives: Tales From the Crypt vol. 1 (#18-22) 5 -E.C. Archives: Tales From The Crypt Vol. 2 (#23) -Reckless: The Ghost In You -Cut -Random Acts of Violence -Creepy Presents Berni Wrightson -Alan Moore's Monster -Seven Block -Batman: Bloodstorm -Amulet -Chronicles of Hate vol.1-2 -Mike Mignola's Hellboy in Hell and Other Stories Artisan Edition 19 TOTAL: 220 2022 TOTAL: 405 Edit: Forgot to add this lists' total to the year total so the correct total of books read so far is 625. Edited June 7, 2022 by kccoig14 Memory loss RayJr, ttfitz, F For Fake and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post F For Fake Posted June 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2022 Finished up the Thor by Jason Aaron Omnibus this week, having just started it last Saturday. For me, that's a speedy read! I usually only have a little time to read, like an hour or so before bed, so an omnibus can last me weeks, or months. But I blew through this sucker! Thanks to @piperand the rest who recommended it, I really loved it. For me, with Thor, there's the Kirby stuff, and the Simonson stuff, and...that's where it ends. No other runs have really made an impact on me. But I'll happily add this one to the list! Great book. I love the span of time covered in that initial 25 issue run, as the stories jumps back and forth through different eras. Really big, epic storytelling. Terrific comics. The whole thing loses a bit of momentum in the middle, due to, from what I can understand, is a brief diversion into something called "Original Sin", and then some sort of "Battleworld" spin-off of Secret Wars (?) That kind of thing throws a monkey wrench into the proceedings, interrupting what had been, up until that point, a delightful self contained universe. I realize that crossovers are Marvel's bread and butter, but I haven't kept up with Marvel in many years, and have no desire to delve into those stories. Fortunately it doesn't last long, and the back half involves the Jane Foster Thor. I enjoyed this run as well, though not as much as the initial 25 issues. I have no problem with the Jane Foster Thor character, I just don't find the Dario Agger storyline as interesting as I found the Gorr arc, I guess. Regardless, it's still great, and I am eager to see what's next. What's odd is that, to my mind, these stories are "new", but looking at it, it seems like they started at least 10 years ago! Wow, am I out of touch. I'm eager to see where the story goes, and have considered picking up whatever trades/hc's I need to continue the story. However, it makes sense that a volume 2 omnibus would be coming soon, so I guess I'll wait it out. I certainly have enough reading to keep me occupied in the meantime. Anyway, that should bring my total to around 286. Slowly but surely! srezvan, kccoig14, piper and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raze Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 95-113 TFTC 44 Weird Science Fantasy 27 Weird Science 15 Mysterious Adventures 7 Unseen 8 This Magazine is Huanted 4 War against Crime 9 Fantastic Four 51 Weird Science 13 Tomb of Terror 11 Journey into Fear 21 Menace 10 Two Fisted tales 24 Worlds Finest 126 and 128 Batman 189 Unknown Worlds 36 Gunfighters 6 and 8 RayJr, ttfitz and F For Fake 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srezvan Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 216 comics this year. Inking by Bob McLeod. I picked this up from him at a recent show. Magazine sized, showing before and after pictures of some of his work. It was really interesting and gave a great perspective into how the work gets done. He gave commentary on most pages about what he did. GI Joe Volume 5: This series continues to be very strong. My biggest complaint is about how they rushed the origin of Serpentor. It's been a while, but there was so much more detain in the cartoon about who Cobra grabbed and why to make Serpentor. This was just glossed over in the comics. However, seeing Serpentor in action, leading Cobra, was very well done and provided a great contrast to Cobra Commander. I also found it interesting that they switched Dr. Mindbender's name halfway through his first appearance. Destro and Baroness call him Dr. Brain-Wave twice before switching to Dr. Mindbender, then one more mention of Brain-Wave at the end. Seems like a really obvious thing to catch while reviewing the -script? Raze, F For Fake and RayJr 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexH Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Good to see this is still on-going for folks. While I haven't been keeping track this year, maybe I should start from this point and shoot for 500. Let's see how that goes. s-man, F For Fake and Raze 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgcsketcherz Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Late to the game as usual, we will see. I enjoy seeing what others are reading, it lets you know what type of books are out there! I had to do screenshots from online as these three issues are currently with facilitators getting signed before their vacation at CGC. #1: Green Lantern #11 Going to be signed by Joe Giella & Signed/remarked by Joe Staton (Joe Staton was 14 that year and had a fan letter published in the book.) #2: Batman #190 Going to be signed by Joe Giella #3: Sonic the Hedgehog #57 Going to be signed and remarked by Jim Amash Raze, ttfitz and F For Fake 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srezvan Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 (edited) 230 comics so far this year. GI Joe Vol 6: One of the biggest criticisms I've heard from this series is that the story gets kinda silly as they had to add more characters from the cartoon. I really felt that in this volume, with new characters in almost every issue. That's not necessarily bad, but you just get so many so fast without much character development. I also think the storyline with Cobra Commander's son is completely unnecessary. It's also disappointing that the editors didn't bother to clean up some of the lettering - there are pages with missing or partially missing letters, which doesn't make any sense to me. Why not fix that for the compiled edition? Berserk Vol. 1: I'm finally getting around to reading this masterpiece. I watched the anime probably 20 years ago. Very dark and gruesome, but very entertaining. Great artwork and story so far. It's an English translation, but none of the sounds are translated, which takes away from the scenes. Not sure what can be done about that, though. First volume done, about 30 more to go! Uncanny X-Men 100 Project: 100 sketch covers compiled by the Hero Initiative. No words...but it still counts! Edited June 28, 2022 by srezvan F For Fake, cgcsketcherz, RayJr and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...