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Here is the list of comics I read from last Sunday to Monday. For those that care my thoughts on them are posted on my blog.
Weekly Reading
Adventure Comics - 12
Flash - 7
Lois Lane - 2
Master Comics - 3
More Fun Comics -11
Nickel Comics - 8
Wiz Comics - 11
Hawkeye Freefall - 1
Weekly Total - 55
Yearly Total - 1188
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My weekly list.
Weekly Reading
Batman - 3
Blue Beetle - 3
Flash - 5
Superman - 4
Captain America - 12
Daring Comics - 1
Deadpool The Circle Chase - 4
Deadpool Sins of the Past - 4
Giant Sized Old Man Logan - 1
Human Torch - 3
Marvel Mystery Comics - 3
Old Man Logan - 5
The New Mutants - 1
USA Comics - 1
Wolverine - 7
Raphael - 1
Teenage Mutant Nija Turtles - 5
Something is Killing The Children - 1
Weekly Total - 64
Yearly Total - 1252
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May = 141
13 Coins #1-3
Berserk Deluxe Vol.1 (35 issues)
The Campbells Book 1-2 ( 6 issues)
Catwoman #14-21
Conan The Barbarian #13
Daredevil #1-19
Dr Strange: Surgeon Supreme #2-3
Ghost Rider #3
Hawkman #14-21
House of Penance #1-6
Isola #1-10
Killing Red Sonja #1
The Light & Darkness War #1-3
Matteo Book One (3 issues)
Morbius The Living Vampire #2-3
Red Sonja: The Ballad of the Red Goddess (2 issues)
Red Sonja/Vampirella #1-6
Savage Sword of Conan #9-12
Strange Academy #1
Superior #1-7
The Third Testament Book 1-4 (9 issues)
Un/Sacred #3-4
Vengeance of Vampirella #2-3
Total = 568
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[B]May[/B]
Fullmetal Alchemist 5 - 8 (24)
Fear Agent TPB 1 - 4 (40)
Pluto 1 - 8 (32)
Parker Martini Edition (12)
Omega Men (12)
American Vampire omnibus (37)
DMZ deluxe 1-2 (28)
Jack of Fables 1 (16)
[B]
Total for month: 201 issues
Total so far: 1104 issues[/B]
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Time for the May tally...
YTD trough April-470
[B][U]May[/U][/B]
Batman Giant #3 (DC; 2020)
Flash Giant #3 (DC; 2020)
All American Comics #16 (DC; 1940)
Green Lantern #10 (1943)
All Star Comics #3 (DC; 1940)
Sensation Comics #1 (Wonder Woman only; DC; 1942)
Batman Eternal #31-37 (DC; 2015)
Epic Illustrated #1-6 (Marvel/Epic; 1980-1981)
The Dreaming #15-19 (DC/Vertigo/Black Label; 2020)
House of Whispers #17-19 (DC/Vertigo/Black Label; 2020)
Swamp Thing Giant #3 (DC; 2020)
Wonder Woman Giant #3 (DC; 2020)
Aquaman Giant #3 (DC; 2020)
Eerie #1 (Ashcan edition)-5 (Warren; 1965-1966)
Conan the Barbarian #1-14 (Marvel; 2019-2020)
Conan the Barbarian: Exodus #1 (Marvel; 2019)
Savage Sword of Conan #1-12 (Marvel; 2019-2020)
Age of Conan: Valeria #1-5 (Marvel; 2019-2020)
Conan: Serpent War #1-4 (Marvel; 2020)
Section Zero #1-6 (Image 2000/2019)
Red Sonja: Lord of Fools #1 (Dynamite; 2019)
Red Sonja #7-12 (Dynamite; 2019-2020)
Dynamite: Birth of a She-Devil #3-4 (Dynamite; 2019)
Criminal #7-12 (Image; 2019)
Daredevil #82-93 (Marvel; 2006)
The Woods #29-36 (BOOM!; 2017)
Planetary Vol. 1 All Over the World and Other Stories (includes #1-6 + Preview story; Wildstorm/DC; 1999)
Crimebusters #2 (self-published, 2020)
a lot of those were 100+ page issues (Giants, Epic Illustrated, Eerie, etc.) so counting those as 4 issues
May total the equivalent of 168 issues
new YTD total for Jan-May=638
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[B]Thor (2018) #1-16/ King Thor #1-4/ War of the Realms #1-6, Omega:[/B] The conclusion to Jason Aaron's Thor saga is a worthy ending to one of the top high fantasy comics epics, with an insane rosters of artists.
[B]Batman #608-619:[/B] I didn't care for "Hush" as much when it first came out. There are still flaws, but Jim Lee's art is astounding, and this is a story of Batman pushed to his limits more than we're used to.
[B]JSA #52-75/ Hawkman #23-25:[/B] A solid superhero team title, with some ambitious storylines that give the sense of payoff to decades of adventures.
[B]Letter 44 #14-35:[/B] Maybe a little padded, with some uneven characterization, but it gives a sense of a human reaction to major events, starting with first contact and ending with the apocalypse.
[B]Birds of Prey #1-25/ Nightwing #45-46:[/B] Decent superhero stories that seem to pave the way for the 2000s cinematic age, with some great artists (Jackson Guice, Greg Land) and a good partner dynamic.
[B]Transformers: Megatron Origin #14, Spotlight: Blurr, Spotlight: Cliffjumper, Spotlight: Shockwave, Spotlight: Nightbeat, Spotlight: Hotrod, Spotlight: Soundwave, and Infiltration #06:[/B] The earliest IDW Transformers stories are a bit uneven, with some good ideas, but padded longer arcs.
[B]Maxwell's Demons #1-4:[/B] It might be the best comic book I've read that's come out in the last few years. It's an astounding take on the development and potential end of a comic book genius. God, I hope there's more of this.
[B]East of West #1-45/ The World:[/B] This might be the most Hickman comic ever, an epic about an alternate future conflicts between seven kingdoms and the four horsemen of the apocalypse. Great worldbuilding and cast of characters.
Comics So Far: 504
Best of the batch: Maxwell's Demons
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YTD through April: 1141
May:
Transformers 7-31 (25)
Transformers: Ironhide 1-4 (4)
Transformers: Heart of Darkness 1-4 (4)
Transformers: Death of Optimus Prime 1
Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye 1-57 (57)
Transformers: Robots in Disguise 1-57 (57)
Transformers: Autocracy 1-12 (12)
Transformers Spotlight: Trailcutter 1
Transformers Spotlight: Hoist 1
Transformers Spotlight: Orion Pax 1
Transformers Spotlight: Thundercracker 1
Transformers Spotlight: Bumblebee 1
Transformers Spotlight: Megatron 1
Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye Annual 1
Transformers: Robots in Disguise Annual 1
Transformers: Monstrosity 1-12 (12)
Transformers: Primacy 1-4 (4)
Transformers: Dark Cybertron 1
Transformers: Dark Cybertron Finale 1
Transformers: Windblade 1-5 (5)
Transformers: Punishment 1
Transformers: Drift - Empire of Stone 1-4 (4)
Transformers: Windblade (vol 2) 1-7 (7)
Transformers: Combiner Hunters 1
Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers 1-5 (5)
Transformers Holiday Special (2015) 1
Transformers: Redemption 1
Transformers: Till All Are One 1-12 (12)
Transformers: Titans Return 1
Revolution 1-5 (5)
Transformers: Till All Are One: Revolution 1
Transformers: Revolution 1-5 (5)
Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye: Revolution 1
Revolutionaries 1
Optimus Prime 1-14 (14)
Transformers: Lost Light 1-13 (13)
Transformers Annual 1
Transformers: Salvation 1
Transformers: Till All Are One Annual 1
The Flash (2016) 753-754 (2)
Flash: Fastest Man Alive (2020) 2-5 (4)
Swamp Thing: New Roots 2-4 (3)
Lois Lane 10
Batman: Gotham Nights (2020) 4-6 (3)
Birds of Prey: Sirens of Justice 1
Marauders 10
May total: 283
YTD total: 1424
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Αmazing Spider-Man # 415
Avengers # 402
Blade of the Immortal #'s 1 - 6 (9 issues)
Batman Beyond: Rebirth (2016) # 1
Batman Beyond (Vol. 6) (2016) # 1 - 30
(31 issues)
Cable # 35 ( 1 issue)
Fantastic Four # 416
Harleen (2019) # 2 - 3 (6 issues)
Hellsing # 1 - 2 (2 issues)
The Incredible Hulk # 445
The invincible Iron Man # 332
Spider-Man # 72
Superman Up in the Sky (2019) # 1 - 6 (6 issues)
The Stand : Captain Trips (2008) # 1 - 5 (5 issues)
The Stand: American Nightmares (2009) # 1 - 5
(5 issues)
The Stand: Soul Survivors (2009) # 1 - 5
(5 issues)
The Stand: Hardcases (2010) # 1 - 5 (5 issues)
The Stand: No Man's Land (2011) # 1 - 5
(5 issues)
The Stand: Night Has Come (2011) # 1 - 6
(6 issues)
X-Man # 19
X-Men # 56
Uncanny X - Men # 336 , X - Men # 55 (2 issues)
X-Factor # 126
Issues read this month : 98
Issues read this year: 328
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Here is my list for the month of May. It was a pretty good month. I read several golden age titles and some other things to help me from being burnt out. I finished the Walking Dead and started the 1980 Black and White Ninja Turtles.
Monthly Reading
Action Comics - 12
Adventure Comics - 12
All American Comics - 6
Batman - 3
Blue Beetle - 3
Detective Comics - 12
Flash - 12
Lois Lane - 2
Master Comics - 3
More Fun Comics - 11
Nickel Comics - 8
Superman - 4
Wiz Comics - 11
All Winners Comics - 3
Captain America - 16
Daring Comics - 1
Deadpool The Circle Chase - 4
Deadpool Sins of the Past - 4
Giant Sized Old Man Logan - 1
Hawkeye Freefall - 5
Human Torch - 7
Marvel Mysyery Comics - 24
Old Man Logan - 5
Sub Mariner - 7
The New Mutants - 1
Ultimates - 3
Ultimate Six - 3
Ultimate Spiderman - 12
Ultimate Xmen - 10
USA Comics - 1
Wolverine - 7
Raphael - 1
Teenage Mutant Nija Turtles - 5
Something is Killing The Children - 1
The Walking Dead - 39
Monthly Total -253
Yearly Total - 1264
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A so-so month.
[B][COLOR="#FF0000"]Goals[/COLOR][/B]
Comics - 1000
Books - 30
[COLOR="#00FF00"][B]This Month[/B][/COLOR]
[U]Comics - 121[/U]
TWD: Book VII to XVI - 121
[U]Books - 3[/U]
James Bond: Goldfinger
Carrie
The Starling & Other Stories
[COLOR="#FFA500"][B]Overall[/B][/COLOR]
[U]Comics - 610[/U]
January: 181
February: 128
March: 48
April: 132
May: 121
June:
July:
August:
September:
October:
November:
December:
[U]Books - 19[/U]
January: 5
February: 2
March: 2
April: 7
May: 3
June:
July:
August:
September:
October:
November:
December:
[B][COLOR="#0000CD"]Complete Reading Record 2020[/COLOR][/B]
[U]Comics[/U]
An Inspector Calls - 6
Batman: Venom - 5
Black 47 - 4
Bloodthirsty: One Nation Under Water - 5
Chew - 64
Doctor Who Tenth Doctor Year One - 15
Ether V1 - 5
Green Valley - 9
Hacktivists - 4
I Kill Giants - 7
Kingdom of the Wicked - 4
Midas - 8
My Friend Dahmer - 10
Negation - 37
Ordinary - 3
Outlaw: The Legend of Robin Hood - 7
Pride of Baghdad - 6
Sabrina - 9
Sally Heathcote: Suffragette - 8
Secret - 7
Tex: The Lonesome Rider - 10
The Clock #1-2 - 2
The Facts of Life - 10
The Fade Out - 12
The Last Days of American Crime - 3
The Underwater Welder - 10
To End All Wars - 15
The Walking Dead: Book I to XVI - 193
Violent Cases - 2
Virgil - 4
Water Baby - 7
WW: Deodato/Messner-Loebs - 15
WW: Gail Simone - 34
WW: John Byrne - 39
WW: Phil Jimenez - 31
[U]Books[/U]
Barnaby: Death in Disguise
Beauty and the Brooding Boss
Diablo: Storm of Light
Doctor Who: The Stealers of Dreams
Gerritsen: Girl Missing
Gerritsen: In Their Footsteps
Gerritsen: Presumed Guilty
James Bond: Goldfinger
James Bond: Solo
King: Salems Lot
King: Carrie
Languedoc Trilogy: Sepulchre
Morse: Service of all the Dead
Morse: The Dead of Jericho
The Starling & Other Stories
TWD: The Rise of the Governor
TWD: The Road to Woodbury
TWD: The Fall of the Governor I
TWD: The Fall of the Governor II[/QUOTE]
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[B]May[/B]
Slow month
[B]Hellblazer[/B] #2 - #6 (5) - Deserves more time than I'm giving it. Unapologetic but in a refreshing way.
[B]Joker: Dark Knight[/B] #1 - #4 (4) - Making sense of insanity. Art is great.
[B]Locke & Key[/B] #1 - #37 (37) - Strong ending that makes up for a meandering middle. Payoff is there and worth the read.
[B]Total for May[/B] = 46
[B]Total for Year[/B] = 593
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January: 62
Feb / March: 295
April: 32
May: 92
June:
Natasja Integraal (Dutch) 2, 3, 4: 32
Gilles de Geus Integraal (Dutch) 1: 12
Marshal Blueberry integraal (Dutch): 8
Stumptown deluxe 1, 2, 3, 4: 19
Lucifer omnibus 1: 39
Postal complete edition: 28
Baltimore omnibus 1 & 2: 42
Total: 661
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Here is my list for the week. Am loving the Ultimate Line, And finished the year Marvel 1942
Weekly Reading
All Winners Squad - 3
Marvel Mystery Comics - 9
Sub Mariner - 4
Ultimate Fantastic Four - 4
Ultimate Six - 4
Ultimate Spiderman - 5
Ultimate Xmen - 4
USA Comics - 1
Weekly Total - 34
Yearly Total - 1286
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I finished 371 issues last month. This is June's update.
1.Batman: The Long Halloween 13 issues
2.Batman: 452-453 3 issues
3.Action Comics 775 1 issue
4.Batman Vol 3 068-069 2 issues
5.Justice League America: 34-40 7 issues
6.Justice League Europe: 14-20 7 issues
7.JSA 001-010 10 issues
8.100 Bullets 004-010 7 issues
9.DMZ 001-015 15 issues
10.East of West 024-032 9 issues
11.X-Factor 001-011 11 issues
12.Fantastic Four: 570-579 10 issues
13.Uncanny X-Men 175-179 5 issues
Yearly Total: 471 issues
Monthly Totally: 79 issues.
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June update.
[B]The Flash: Rebirth/ #1-20:[/B] Decent, somewhat generic superhero comics.
[B]Birds of Prey #26-46/ Ravens:[/B]
[B]Transformers: Stormbringer #1-4:[/B]
[B]Spawn #12-25:[/B] The first year of the book wasn't that great, but I could see why it was popular. The second year drags.
[B]Something is Killing the Children #1-5:[/B] Excellent dynamic for a horror series with its own mythology and an excellent audience surrogate in a kid blamed for the death of friends killed by a weird monster.
[B]Darkhawk #16-25/ Sleepwalker #17:[/B]
[B]άber: Invasion #1-17:[/B] The story about how super-powers would have affected World War 2 takes the fighting to the US, with some great twists and some of the most vicious fight scenes ever.
[B]The Boys #44-51/ Highland Laddie #1-6:[/B] It is sometimes a bit padded, but Hughie's discovery of a long-held secret makes for an excellent character arc.
[B]Umbrella Academy #1-6/ Free Comic Book Day Special/ Dallas #1-6/ Hotel Oblivion #1-7:[/B] Fun weird superhero series. "Dallas" is a highlight with some great takes on time travel, and some twisted antagonists.
[B]Doom Patrol #19-34:[/B] Morrison leans into the curve on the Doom Patrol as the superheroes who handle stuff that's too weird for everyone else.
[B]Dark Ark #1-15:[/B] Not sure it needed to be 15 issues, but this is a decent fantasy epic about a sorcerer and monster making some sacrifices to survive the great flood.
[B]Batman Universe #1-6:[/B] Bendis finally gets Batman, and turns into a roller coaster team-up. It's a lot of fun.
Comics So Far: 669
Best of the batch: Something is Killing the Children.