1000 books in 2018

[ArkhamJamie]

update:

Nailbiter HC v1-2 (20) - Pretty entertaining read overall. I keep hearing the ending sucks, but I'm definitely in for one more collection, as it's been good thus far.

Supergirl (vol. 5) TP v3 (12) - Man, there's been some weird stuff going on in this series, along with tie-ins making it difficult to find a rhythm. By the end of this collection, the story seems to have all the past stuff sorted out, but it's a little surprising the series lasted as long as it did with it's unevenness up to this point. Maybe that speaks to the popularity of Kara as Supergirl more than anything.

Nightwing (Rebirth) HC v2 (13) - 28 issues in and the series continues to be middling. Apperances by Damian and Huntress propped the arcs up somewhat.


794 + 45 = 839 fty

Have you read Williamson's Flash Rebirth? If so, what'd you think? I'm super keen to try Nailbiter as the concept and art seem great, but I'm not a fan of his Flash, so I'm not sure what to expect.

Disappointing to hear that about Nightwing, really enjoyed the first hardcover.

[awayne83]

Have you read Williamson's Flash Rebirth? If so, what'd you think? I'm super keen to try Nailbiter as the concept and art seem great, but I'm not a fan of his Flash, so I'm not sure what to expect.

Disappointing to hear that about Nightwing, really enjoyed the first hardcover.

I read the first HC. Have the 2nd, but haven't gotten to it yet. I found it pretty meh as well, tbh. If you like the first Nightwing, you'll probably like the second, as it's really more of the same. Both Flash and Nightwing haven't really done anything for me since Rebirth, but they weren't horrible like JL and SS lol.

Williamson also writes Birthright for Image. I only read the first trade, but it was pretty solid as well. Maybe it's just his Flash?

[ArkhamJamie]

I read the first HC. Have the 2nd, but haven't gotten to it yet. I found it pretty meh as well, tbh. If you like the first Nightwing, you'll probably like the second, as it's really more of the same. Both Flash and Nightwing haven't really done anything for me since Rebirth, but they weren't horrible like JL and SS lol.

Williamson also writes Birthright for Image. I only read the first trade, but it was pretty solid as well. Maybe it's just his Flash?

Very cool, I’ll definitely give Nailbiter a try. Waiting until they (hopefully) solicit a third hardcover to dive in, though.

[Enigma]

Comics - 322
January: 94
February: 75
March: 46
April: 40
May: 67


Books - 12
January: 4
February: 2
March: 1
April: 2
May: 3



This Month
Comics - 67
Blankets
Local
5000km per Second
JB: Casino Royale
JB: Kill Chain
Charley's War III
Charley's War IV



Books - 3
Diablo The Sin War: Scales of the Serpent
JB: Diamonds are Forever
In Farleigh Field

[Mister Mets]

The Horror, The Horror: I'll count this as five 1950s issues. It's a decent analysis of the themes and background of the 1950s horror comics with some good work by the likes of Basil Wolverton and the great A. Nonymous.

Moon Knight (2016) #1-14: Lemire's run is a creative take on the superhero who thinks he's insane, a bit of an old trope, explored in more depth than ever before, but certainly fitting for the character.

Preacher- One Man's War: The Herr Starr spotlight might be Garth Ennis' finest hour, the rise of one of the best villains in comics.

Avengers #101-125, Defenders #8-11, Captain Marvel #33: The Bronze Age Marvel comics feature the tail end of Roy Thomas (including a decent apocalyptic Sentinels epic) and the kickoff of Englehart, who ratchets up the tension, although the quality of the villains/ challenges is a bit mixed.

Captain America #136-137: Decent Stan Lee/ Gene Colan tale from the perspective of a new villain.

Supervillain Classics #1: Seems to be a combination of flashbacks from the Lee/ Kirby Thor run on the origins of Galactus. Cosmic Marvel at its prime.

And some Spider-Man...

Amazing Spider-Man Volume 4 #12-24
The Clone Conspiracy #1-5/ Omega
Marvel Team Up #15-17
Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #35-37
Silk #14-17

Total So Far: 572 Issues, Six from the Golden Age, 10 from the 1950s, 34 from the 1960s, 76 from the 1970s, 13 from the 1980s, 23 from the 1990s, 100 from the 2000s complete, 100 from the 2010s complete

Best of the batch: Preacher- One Man's War

[docgru]

2018 Week 23

Judge Dredd Complete Case Files 31 (288 pages, 13 issues)
Slaine 2 Time Killer (176 pages, 8 issues)
Gunnm Mars Chronicle 1 (198 pages, 9 issues)

Total for the week: 30
Total for the year: 792

[Taral-DLOS]

Age of X: Alpha (2011): one-shot
Age of X Universe (2011): 1-2
All-New Wolverine (2015): 33-35
Astonishing X-Men (2004): 1-43, Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men (counts as two)
Astonishing X-Men (2017): 10-12
Astonishing X-Men: Ghost Boxes (2008): 1-2
Cable (1993): 156-157
Dazzler: X-Song (2018): one-shot
Excalibur (1988): 42-44, The Possession (counts as 2)
Exiles (2018): 1-3
Hunt for Wolverine (2018): one-shot
Hunt for Wolverine: Claws of a Killer (2018): 1
Hunt for Wolverine: Mystery in Madripoor (2018): 1
Infinity Entity (2016): 1-4
Invincible (2003): 1-2
Mighty Thor (formerly “Journey into Mystery” and “Thor”, 1952): 706
Mighty Thor: At the Gates of Valhalla (2018): one-shot
New Mutants (2009): 22-28
New Mutants: Dead Souls (2018): 2-3
Rogue and Gambit (2018): 4-5
Star Trek: Waypoint (2016): 1-6
Star Wars: Darth Maul (2000): 1-4
Star Wars: Jedi Council: Acts of War (2000): 1-4
Star Wars: Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: Last Stand on Ord Mantell (2000): 1-3
Star Wars: Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: The Aurorient Express (2002): 1-2
Star Wars: Republic (formerly “Star Wars”, 1998): 1-6
Thanos vs. Hulk (2014): 1-4
Thanos: The Infinity Relativity (2015): original graphic novel (counts as 4)
Thanos: The Infinity Revelation (2014): original graphic novel (counts as 4)
Uncanny X-Men (formerly “X-Men”, 1963): 534.1, 535-539
Wolverine: Bloodlust (1990): original graphic novel (counts as 2)
Wolverine: The Jungle Adventure (1990): original graphic novel (counts as 2)
X-Force (1991): 5-7
X-Men: Blue (2017): 24-28
X-Men: Gold (2017): 25-29
X-Men: Legacy (formerly “X-Men” and “New X-Men”, 1991): 242-247
X-Men: Red (2018): 3-5, Annual 1
X-Men: Wedding Special (2018): one-shot


Total (29 March to 11 June): 160

Total (2018): 395

[DamianWayne1]

Haven’t read as much as I’d like these past few months, but here’s what I did read.

April-May - 30 Issues
Batgirl #13-21
Jeepers Creepers #1
New Challengers #1
Venom #1
Justice League: No Justice #1
Avengers #1
Marvel Rising #0
The Terrifics #1
Batman Volume 1: The Court of Owls
Hunt For Wolverine #1
Batman #33
Death of Wolverine: Life After Logan #1
Defenders #6-7
Uncanny X-Men #600

June - 23 Issues So Far
Batman: A Death in the Family
The Curse of Brimstone #1
Sideways #1
All-Star Batman Volume 1: My Own Worst Enemy
Nightwing #44

Total: 348

Thoughts:
Of the NAOH titles, I thought The Curse of Brimstone and Sideways were really good, The Terrifics was interesting and New Challengers was okay. Nightwing #44 had a really interesting villain that I thought was really cool and I’m looking forward to seeing how Percy uses Babs in his run.
My Own Worst Enemy was really cool and though the art wasn’t really up my alley I really dug the message and the overall storyline. Batman writers should really use Two-Face more and frankly if they’re going to give all these villains redemption arcs, where’s Harvey’s? The guy’s practically begging for one at this point. It would make for an interesting story at the very least.
I finally read A Death in the Family! I liked the actual A Death in the Family storyline but A Lonely Place of Living was just bad in my opinion. I think Tim Drake was supposed to come off as intelligent and resourceful but he kinda just seemed like a creepy stalker. I was waiting for Dick or Bruce to be like “leave strange child whose been taking pictures of us for years”. He’s like a deranged fan of some boy band that broke up years ago with his obsession with Batman and Robin. He literally said “Batman and Robin have meant everything to me” & “I wanted Batman and Robin back together the way they should be”. Like okay, buddy, I think you might need some therapy. I get that Tim Drake is relatable to a lot of people but he just came off very badly to me in this. Maybe someone can convince me otherwise. I’m reading Robin Volume 1: Reborn sometime this week, so maybe that’ll help me get past my first impression.

[General Woundwart]

It's been a long time since I've posted. My comic reading has been pretty sporadic since February. We bought a haouse and moved in in March, but I still found some time to keep up with some of my pull list. I left off with 67 comics read. Anyway here's what I've read from March until now:

68-75. Amazing Spiderman 794-800
76-88 Avengers 678-690
89. Avengers (2018) 1
90. Avengers 2
91-93. Captain America 698-700
94-96 Doomsday Clock 3-5
97-106 Flash 39-48
107-110 Marvel 2 in 1 3-6
111. Marvel 2 in 1 Annual 1
112-114 Mister Miracle 7-9
115-122 Peter Parker 299-205
123. Terrifics 1
124. Thor 1
125. Immortal Hulk 1
126. Hawkman 1
127-132 Saga 7-12

I really like the new marvel and dc #1's. Who knows how long a Hawkman series can last, but I really like this version of Carter and hope it lasts a little while.

So that's 132 down and 868 to go. I have a lot to catch up on to make our goal!

[TomSlick]

Weapon X: The Return omnibus (55)
Batman: Knightfall/Knightsend omnibus vol. 3 (38)
Black Science Deluxe vol. 1-2 (30)
Fables Deluxe Edition vol. 13-14 (27)
Y: Last Man deluxe edition vol. 4-5 (24)
COWL tpb vol. 1-2 (11)
Hadrian's Wall tpb (8)
Amazing Spider-Man 799-801 (6)
TWD 178-180 (3)
Star Wars 48-49, annual 4 (3)
Daredevil 601-603 (3)
Man of Steel 1-3 (3)
Old Man Logan 39-41 (3)
Detective 980-982 (4)
Darth Vader 16-17 (2)
Mage: Hero Denied 9 (1)
Batman Creature of the Night 3 (1)
Peter Parker: TSSM 1 (1)
Amazing Spider-Man: FCBD (1)
Iron Man 600 (1)
Moon Knight 195 (1)
Super Sons 16 (1)
Incredible Hulk 717 (1)
Immortal Hulk 1 (1)
Royal City 11 (1)
FCBD: Star Wars Adventures (1)
FCBD:The Metabaron (1)
FCBD: Strangers in Paradise (1)
FCBD: Shadow Roads (1)
FCBD: Invasion (1)
FCBD: Barrier (1)
FCBD:: Earth's Mightiest Avengers (1)
FCBD: James Bond (1)
FCBD: Dark Knights Metal (1)

TOTAL: 239
OVERALL TOTAL: 1,193

[docgru]

2018 Week 24

Slaine 3 The King (256 pages, 12 issues)
Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection 3 Spider-Man No More (19 issues)

Total for the week: 31
Total for the year: 823

[CJStriker]

I will be giving my Updates to my list within the next month or 2 but I had a questions;

Can we include Manga into the constest and 1 manga chapter = 1 Comic book issue likely?!

Just wanted to know.

[JPAR]

January: 149
February: 108
March: 69
April: 111
May/June:

Descender deluxe 1 (16)
Ninjak deluxe 2 (16)
TMNT IDW collection 6 (15)
Nailbiter deluxe 1 & 2 (20)
Joe the Barbarian (8)
Sandman (28)
Black Science the luxe 1 & 2 (30)
JSA omnibus 1 (46)

Total 2018: 615

[Enigma]

I will be giving my Updates to my list within the next month or 2 but I had a questions;

Can we include Manga into the constest and 1 manga chapter = 1 Comic book issue likely?!

Just wanted to know.

Personally, I include manga and novels etc in my list. Nobody (except for that damned Balakin!) has raised any issue with it. At least, not to my face - this forum is full of nefarious characters...

[Balakin]

Personally, I include manga and novels etc in my list. Nobody (except for that damned Balakin!) has raised any issue with it. At least, not to my face - this forum is full of nefarious characters...

When did I objected to manga ?
Novels yeah cause that's not comics but anything else that's considered comics anywhere be it manga, fumetti, bande desinee or whatever is fair game.