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[srezvan]

225 comics this year. This was a book club selection. Not something I would select on my own. If you like silly stories about hobos, then this is for you!

[ttfitz]

Continuing with Troy's 100 Back Issue a Week Challenge, finished off Week 2. 100 comics in a week takes a bit of time, so this will be brief:

Batman 301-324
Detective Comics 477-480
Brave and the Bold 149-173
Green Lantern 22-59
Adventure Comics 381-389

Just continued from where I left off last week with the Batman and Green Lantern titles, added in a few of Supergirl (debut in 1959 - 65th anniversary) run in Adventure Comics.

Yearly total - 500 issues

See you next week!

[srezvan]

235 comics so far this year.

Beta Ray Bill TPB: Very enjoyable read. This was a recommendation from my comic book club after we read the new Transformers TPB, both by Daniel Warren Johnson. Even though I've read very little about Thor and Beta Ray Bill over the years, this tells you everything you need to know about the characters and is a compelling read.

 

Reign of X TPB 1: This picks up after the lackluster X of Swords storyline. Similar in quality to the Dawn of X stories. Some high points (I really enjoyed the grittiness of Hellions) and some not as great (X-Factor).

[ttfitz]

Week 3 of Troy's 100 Back Issue a Week Challenge

Busy keeping up the pace, so another brief update. This past week I read the following:

Brave and the Bold 174-189
Batman 325-342
Green Lantern 60-89
Starman (1994) 0-27
Sandman Vol 6

A few different time periods covered in this week, as well as picking up again with my entire family reading Sandman. One point of note, for me anyway, was the first published work by a favorite of mine from the 70s/80s, Elliot S! Maggin.

Also, the word for the week is "serendipity" coming to us via a minor spoiler for Starman. Over the course of reading Brave and the Bold, Batman time travels via hypnosis (ah, those fun 60s and 70s plots!) to the Civil War, and teams up with Scalphunter, a character I was completely unfamiliar with. Later on, as I am reading Starman, the Shade refers to a long ago sheriff in Opal City who was "a white man raised in an indian tribe." I said to myself, "Self, could this be Scalphunter that he's talking about?" And yes, it was! Kinda strange, but fun at the same time.

Okay, so that brings me up to 600 issues for the year. Two more weeks to go in the Challenge. See you next week.

[rlextherobot]

652.    Transformers (Image)    Vol. 1    #4
653.    Transformers (Image)    Vol. 1    #5
654.    Transformers (Image)    Vol. 1    #6
655.    Rogue Trooper: Blighty Valley HC        
656.    Fury MAX    Vol. 1    #1
657.    Fury MAX    Vol. 1    #2
658.    Fury MAX    Vol. 1    #3
659.    Fury MAX    Vol. 1    #4
660.    Fury MAX    Vol. 1    #5
661.    Fury MAX    Vol. 1    #6
662.    Fury MAX    Vol. 1    #7
663.    Fury MAX    Vol. 1    #8
664.    Fury MAX    Vol. 1    #9
665.    Fury MAX    Vol. 1    #10
666.    Fury MAX    Vol. 1    #11
667.    Fury MAX    Vol. 1    #12
668.    Fury MAX    Vol. 1    #13
669.    Get Fury    Vol. 1    #2
670.    Get Fury    Vol. 1    #3
671.    Fury: Peacemaker    Vol. 1    #1
672.    Fury: Peacemaker    Vol. 1    #2
673.    Fury: Peacemaker    Vol. 1    #3
674.    Fury: Peacemaker    Vol. 1    #4
675.    Fury: Peacemaker    Vol. 1    #5
676.    Fury: Peacemaker    Vol. 1    #6
677.    Punisher: The Platoon    Vol. 1    #1
678.    The Uncanny X-Men     Vol. 1    #158
679.    Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane    Vol. 1    #135
680.    Punisher: The Platoon    Vol. 1    #2
681.    Punisher: The Platoon    Vol. 1    #3
682.    Punisher: The Platoon    Vol. 1    #4
683.    Punisher: The Platoon    Vol. 1    #5
684.    Punisher: The Platoon    Vol. 1    #6
685.    War Is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle    Vol. 1    #1
686.    War Story: Nightingale    Vol. 1    #1
687.    S.H.I.E.L.D.     Vol. 1 (Marvel)    #1
688.    S.H.I.E.L.D.     Vol. 1 (Marvel)    #2
689.    War Story: Johann's Tiger    Vol. 1    #1
690.    War Story: The Reivers    Vol. 1    #1
691.    War Story: J for Jenny    Vol. 1    #1
692.    War Is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle    Vol. 1    #2
693.    War Story: The D-Day Dodgers    Vol. 1    #1
694.    War Story: Screaming Eagles    Vol. 1    #1
695.    Avengers Academy    Vol. 1    #21
696.    Avengers Academy    Vol. 1    #22
697.    S.H.I.E.L.D.     Vol. 1 (Marvel)    #3
698.    S.H.I.E.L.D.     Vol. 1 (Marvel)    #4
699.    Avengers Academy    Vol. 1    #23
700.    Avengers Academy    Vol. 1    #24
701.    Minor Threats: The Fastest Way Down    Vol. 1    #4
702.    Grendel     Vol. 2    #15
703.    S.H.I.E.L.D.     Vol. 1 (Marvel)    #6
704.    East of West    Vol. 1    #1
705.    East of West    Vol. 1    #2
706.    East of West    Vol. 1    #3
707.    East of West    Vol. 1    #4
708.    East of West    Vol. 1    #5
709.    East of West    Vol. 1    #6
710.    Hate Revisited    Vol. 1    #2
711.    Blood Hunt    Vol. 1    #5
712.    Local Man    Vol. 1    #12
713.    East of West    Vol. 1    #7
714.    East of West    Vol. 1    #8
715.    East of West    Vol. 1    #9
716.    East of West    Vol. 1    #12
717.    East of West    Vol. 1    #13
718.    East of West    Vol. 1    #14
719.    East of West    Vol. 1    #15
720.    East of West    Vol. 1    #16
721.    East of West    Vol. 1    #17
722.    East of West    Vol. 1    #18
723.    East of West    Vol. 1    #19
724.    Grendel Tales: Four Devils One Hell    Vol. 1    #1
725.    Grendel Tales: Four Devils One Hell    Vol. 1    #2
726.    Grendel Tales: Four Devils One Hell    Vol. 1    #3
727.    Grendel Tales: Four Devils One Hell    Vol. 1    #4
728.    Grendel Tales: Four Devils One Hell    Vol. 1    #5
729.    Grendel Tales: Four Devils One Hell    Vol. 1    #6
730.    Grendel Tales: Devils and Deaths    Vol. 1    #1
731.    Grendel Tales: Devils and Deaths    Vol. 1    #2
732.    Space Mullet TPB    Vol. 1    
733.    Sins Of The Salton Sea    Vol. 1    #1
734.    Sins Of The Salton Sea    Vol. 1    #2
735.    Sins Of The Salton Sea    Vol. 1    #3
736.    Sins Of The Salton Sea    Vol. 1    #4
737.    Sins Of The Salton Sea    Vol. 1    #5
738.    Bad Weekend HC        
739.    Public Domain    Vol. 1    #7
740.    East of West    Vol. 1    #20
741.    East of West    Vol. 1    #21
742.    East of West    Vol. 1    #22
743.    East of West    Vol. 1    #23
744.    East of West    Vol. 1    #24
745.    East of West    Vol. 1    #25
746.    East of West    Vol. 1    #26
747.    Uncanny X-Men     Vol. 6    #1
748.    Transformers (Image)    Vol. 1    #7
749.    Transformers (Image)    Vol. 1    #8
750.    Transformers (Image)    Vol. 1    #9
751.    Transformers (Image)    Vol. 1    #10
752.    East of West    Vol. 1    #27
753.    East of West    Vol. 1    #28
754.    East of West    Vol. 1    #29
755.    Captain America     Vol. 1    #130
756.    Captain America     Vol. 1    #168
757.    Transformers (Image)    Vol. 1    #11
758.    From the World of Minor Threats: Barfly    Vol. 1    #2
759.    East of West    Vol. 1    #30
760.    East of West    Vol. 1    #31
761.    East of West    Vol. 1    #32
762.    East of West    Vol. 1    #33
763.    X-Men     Vol. 6    #2
 

[paperheart]

#182- 194

Hellboy Winter Special (2019)

Ghosts

3 Story

Wolverine/Deadpool: The Decoy

Superman vs Lobo

Zombie Tales

JLA/Witchblade

Loaded & Reloaded

SubHuman #1-4

[ttfitz]

Week 4 of Troy's 100 Back Issue a Week Challenge ended successfully on Saturday, but I hadn't had time to post an update, so this is short and sweet. This week I read:

Starman 28-53
Power of Shazam 35-36 (crossover with Starman)
Green Lantern 90-118
Brave and the Bold 190-196
Batman - Legends of the Dark Knight 1-18
Batman - Shadow of the Bat 1-15
Sandman Vol 7 1-3

Nothing much to say, beyond Sandman being a delight as always.

So, as they say near the end of the Kentucky Derby, and down the stretch they go!  Only one week left, and I can get back to my life!

Total for the year now reaches 700 read.

[paperheart]

#195-213

Grimjack: Manx Cat #1-6

Deadpool Killustrated #1-4

Deadpool Kills Deadpool #1-4

Deadpool vs Punisher #1-5

[ttfitz]

On 9/1/2024 at 5:53 PM, paperheart said:

Grimjack: Manx Cat #1-6

Big GrimJack fan, one of my favorite books all time. Don't think I've gotten to this one, though, waiting on my daughter to get caught up. So, good stuff?

[ttfitz]

Week 5 of Troy's 100 Back Issue a Week Challenge, and it has been completed!

So, this week I read:

Adventure Comics 391-393
Batman - Legends of the Dark Knight 19-23, 37-54
Checked my collection and realized I had read the first 36 issues when it first came out, so I skipped ahead.

Green Lantern 119-163
Some great writers on this run (Wolfman, Barr, others), not always at their best, though, IMO. But one noteworthy thing - first published work by one of my favorites, Kurt Busiek!

Starman 54-80, 1million
Finished off this excellent series, recommended.

Sandman Vol 7 4
The search for  continues!

Well, that's it, another 100 issues down this week, and the madness comes to an end. Back to a more reasonable pace for the rest of the year. This brings me to 800 read for the year.

[paperheart]

#214-227

Incredible Hulk: Planet Hulk #92-105

[chromium]

Total of 1086 comics read in 2024

 

July 59
Heartpiercer 1
Gun Honey 4 Heatseeker
Ice Cream Man 39
Invincible Iron Man 18
James Bond 007 - Your Cold cold Heart 5
John Constantine, Hellblazer - Dead in America 05
lester of the Lesser Gods 1 
Little Black Book 3
Local Man 10
Midstate 3
Morning Star 2
My Bad 1
The Nasty 7-8
Nottingham 11-12
Once upon the end of the world 15
The One hand 4
The Penguin 9-10
Pine & Merrimac 4-5
Predator - The Last Hunt 04
Punk Mambo - The Punk witch Project (2 comics)
Raise Hell 1
Red Sonja 10-11
Redcoat 2
Sanction 1
Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver 04
Sensational She-hulk (2024) 8
The Sentry 4
The Six Fingers 3
Star Wars 46
Star Wars - Darth Vader 46
Star Wars - Jango Fett 3
Star Wars - Mace Windu 04
Suicide Squad Kill Arkham Assylum 4
Sunshine Patriots 1-4
Trace of Madness (5 comics)
U & I 4
Ultimate Black Panther 4
Union Jack the ripper 1
Uncanny Valley 1
Unnatural Order 4
Vengeance Of The Moon Knight 5
The Walking Dead Deluxe 88-89
Wesley Dodds - The Sandman 6
William of Newbury 1
X-O Manowar - Invictus 1

August 172
A for Effort (10 comics)
What if Aliens 4
All the things we didn't do last night 1
Anansi Boys 1
Avengers 15-16
Batman Dark Age 3
Batman - Gotham by Gaslight - The Kryptonian Age 1
Beyond the Pale 1
Black Widow & Hawkeye 4
Blow Away 2-3
Blue Book - 1947 05
Brownstone (15 comics)
Crocodile Black 1
Daredevil 10-11
Deadweights 3-4
Department of Truth 23
Destro 1
The Deviant 6
The Domain 1
Dracula after Man 1-2
Endless 1
Fantastic Four 21
Free Agents 1
G.O.D.S 8
Galaxy of Madness 1
Geiger 3-4
Giant Sized Daredevil (2024) (2 comics)
Giant Sized Silver Surfer (2024) (2 comics)
The Gun Hand 1
Hate Revisited 1
Ice Cream Man 40
The Incredible Hulk Bloodhunt 1
Infernals 4
Invincible Iron Man 19
James Bond 007 - Your Cold cold Heart 6
John Constantine, Hellblazer - Dead in America 06
Kill all Immortals 1
Kneel before Zod 5-7
Lawful 1
lester of the Lesser Gods 2
Life of Wolverine 1
Little Black book 4
Local Man 11
Love Everlasting 15
The Mammoth 1
Midstate 4
Misery 1
Moonknight Fist of Khonshu 0
Morning Star 2-3
Mortal Terror 4
My Bad – Escape from Peculiar Island #2
Nottingham 12-13
The One hand 5
The Pale queen (11 comics)
The Penguin 11
Pentagram of Horror 1
Precious Metal 1-2
Profane 1-2
Public Domain 6
Rat City 3-4
Red Sonja  Empire of the damned 2-4
Red Winter (4 comics)
Remote Space 1
Resident Alien - The Book of Life 1
Rifters 1
Rivers of London Stray Cat Blues 1-2
Sam & Twitch - Case Files 3-4
Sanction 2
Scarlett 1
Self help 1
Sensational She-hulk (2024) 9
She's running on fumes 2-6
The Six Fingers 4
Star Wars 47
Star Wars - Ahsoka 1
Star Wars - Darth Maul BRW 2-3
Star Wars - Darth Vader 47
Star Wars Inquisitors 1
Star Wars - Jango Fett 4
Suicide Squad Dream Team 2-4
Suicide Squad Kill Arkham Asylum 5
Tender (7 comics)
Thanos & The Infinity Watch 1
Torpedo 1972 3-4
U&I 5
Ultimate Black Panther 5
Ultimates (2024) 1-2
Uncanny Valley 2-3
Union Jack the ripper 2-3
Unnatural Order 4
Vengeance Of The Moon Knight 6
W0rldtr33 10-11
The Walking Dead Deluxe 90-92
William of Newbury 2
Wolverine Deep Cut 1
The Writer 1
X-man (2024) 1
X-O Manowar - Invictus 2

 

[paperheart]

#228-239

Heroes for Hire #1-12 (Abnett/Lanning)

[Ken Aldred]

Decided to pull out my Thanos trade paperbacks and have a reading marathon, Bronze Age through to 2010s.

Iron Man 55

Captain Marvel (1968) 25 to 33

Marvel Feature (1971) 12

Daredevil 105 to 107

Avengers 125

Warlock 9 to 11, 15

Avengers Annual 7

Marvel Two-in-One Annual 2

Thanos Quest 1 and 2

Infinity Gauntlet 1 to 6

Infinity War 1 to 6

Marvel Comics Presents 108 to 111 (short stories, equivalent to one full book)

Warlock and the Infinity Watch 7 to 17

Silver Surfer / Warlock : Resurrection 1 to 4

Quasar 41 to 43

Thanos (2003) 1 to 6

Thanos Annual 1

Thanos : The Infinity Revelation

Thanos vs Hulk 1 to 4

Thanos : The Infinity Relativity

Infinity Entity 1 to 4

Thanos : The Infinity Finale

Guardians of the Galaxy : Mother Entropy 1 to 5

Thanos : The Infinity Siblings

Thanos : The Infinity Conflict

Thanos The Infinity Ending 

 

And that’s still missing out a lot of material that I couldn’t find.
 

Becomes, unsurprisingly, more-and-more ridiculously cosmic and overblown. If you aren’t a big fan of Thanos and Warlock, best taken in small doses. But, for me, an interesting read.

I like that there’s a book called Finale, and then, a later one called Ending. I wonder what’s next? 

80 comics

2024 total = 431

 

Edited yesterday at 07:03 PM by Ken Aldred

[Ken Aldred]

Look like I’m managing around 500 or so a year.