1000 books in 2019

[docgru]

2019 Week 27

To Love Ru 11-14 (192 pages, 36 issues)
Ms. Marvel Epic Collection 1 This Woman, This Warrior (17 issues)

Total for the week: 53
Total for the year: 1485

[docgru]

2019 Week 28

To Love Ru 15-18 (192 pages, 36 issues)
Gunnm Last Order 6 (336 pages, 15 issues)

Total for the week: 51
Total for the year: 1536

[Fromper]

Previous read count: 284

Flash Annual #3 (1) – Quite possibly the worst comic book art I’ve ever seen. Main story was mediocre, but important, plot-wise. Backup story was worse.
Flash #29-39 (11) – After mediocre fill-in issue 29, the series finally starts to settle down, and turn towards what will become the status quo, with Wally getting better acquainted with Pied Piper and Linda Park, moving to Keystone City, and facing some long forgotten foes of the two previous Flashes.
Flash Special #1 (1) – Nice tribute to all 3 Flashes, and introduction of a 4th (not THE 4th), 27th century Flash. Also Mark Waid’s first time writing for Flash, I think.
Suicide Squad #13-15 (3) – #13 is SS vs Justice League International. Since I don’t have the JLI issue that goes with this, and some of it ties into stuff in other comics (Captain Atom’s solo series, apparently), I missed part of the story. Issues 14-15 are the first two parts of the three parter that seems to have inspired much of the plot of the SS movie. I don’t have the third part. Overall, this series is kind of hit or miss for me, and I wasn’t overly impressed with these three issues, which are the last that I own. I haven’t decided if I want to buy the back issues to keep reading this series.
Superman: Time and Time Again TPB (10) – Superman accidentally bounces around in time, meeting 3 different time periods of the Legion of Super-Heroes, FDR, dinosaurs, and Merlin in Camelot. An ok story, but I’m not really a huge Supes fan, and it’s not particularly special or anything.
Wonder Woman 10-13 (4) – Challenge of the Gods.

Read since last update: 30
Read so far this year: 314

[Fromper]

So apparently, I've had a lot of free time this week.

Previous read count: 314

Wonder Woman #20 (1) – “Who Killed Myndi Mayer?” – Surprisingly good single issue story.
Wonder Woman Annual #2 (1) – Flashbacks and short stories. Nothing special.
Superman #44, Adventures of Superman #467, Action #654 (3) – Dark Knight over Metropolis – Three parter - Batman and Superman investigate an enemy who found out Superman’s secret identity and stole Lex Luthor’s kryptonite ring.
Flash #40-44 (5) – This series just continued to get better as it progressed.
Wonder Woman #42, 55, 71 (3) – Random issues I picked up at some point. Since they’re part of larger stories that I’m mostly missing, they were mostly just confusing. Only read them now because I’m trying to be a completionist in rereading every comic I own. Eventually, I’d like to go back and pick up the rest of this run, so I have all the issues that go with these, and can read them in context.
The Death of Superman TPB (7) – One gigantic action sequence, with nothing even remotely resembling a plot.
World Without a Superman TPB (9) – Superman’s funeral and setup for Reign of the Supermen. Much better than the death story.
The Return of Superman TPB (22) - Surprisingly good, given that it comes from the weak "death" story.
Flash #45-47 (3) – Continuing William Messner-Loebs’ run, which got better and better the longer it went.

Read since last update: 54
Read so far this year: 368

[docgru]

2019 Week 29

3x3 Eyes 2 (400 pages, 18 issues)
Fist of the North Star 2 (300 pages, 14 issues)

Total for the week: 32
Total for the year: 1568

[docgru]

2019 Week 30

Ms. Marvel Epic Collection 2 The Woman Who Fell to Earth (17 issues)
To Love Ru Darkness 2-4 (200 pages, 27 issues)

Total for the week: 44
Total for the year: 1612

[docgru]

2019 Week 31

To Love Ru Darkness 5-7 (200 pages, 27 issues)

Total for the week: 27
Total for the year: 1639

[comicscollector]

Last Readings:

Amazing Spider-Man (2018)#3,4,5,6,7 (5).
Amazing Spider-Man Annual (2018)
Avengers#675-678(5)
Avengers (2018) #7-12 (7)
Conan.The Barbarian#3 (2018)
Doctor Strange (2018) #7-9 (4)
Immortal Hulk #16-20(5)
Marvel Fanfare#15.
Marvels Annotated #4 (5)
Merry X-Men.Holliday Special #1 (2)
Peter Parker.The Spectacular Spider-Man#107-110,134-137,298-300 (11)
Secret Avengers#16-21 (Including the Point one story) (7)
Tony Stark:Iron Man#1-7 (7)
Wolverine.Exit Wounds (2)

Total:379.

[Fromper]

Previous read count: 368

Ambush Bug Nothing Special (1) – Frankly, I’m embarrassed to own this. I think I got it from a quarter discount bin in the mid-90s, because the cover looked mildly amusing. Definitely going in my “sell” pile.
Flash #48-52 (5) – You know how I keep saying that Messner-Loebs’ run kept getting better as it progressed? Well, that didn’t hold up over the long run. These weren’t quite as good as the issues that came before. Not terrible, but a definite decrease in quality of pacing and storytelling.
Flash Annual #4 (1) – Eh, not terrible, but nothing special.
Flash #53-61 (9) – The last, and best, issues of William Messner-Loebs’ run. #53 is an important issue, historically, while #54 was my absolute favorite of M-L’s run.
Flash #62-68 (7) – Mark Waid’s run writing the series starts with the fun Flash: Year One, showing the summer Wally became Kid Flash at 10 years old. The Aquaman crossover in #66 had a great cover, but was probably Waid’s worst issue. Following that was a pretty good two parter featuring old villain Abra Kadabra.
Flash Annual #5 (1) – Confusing Eclipso crossover, weird art.
Green Lantern #30-31, Flash #69-72 (6) – “Gorilla Warfare” crossover, where Flash and GL team up to face Hector Hammond and Gorilla Grodd, followed by the intro of a new Dr. Alchemy.
Flash #73-76, Green Lantern #40, Flash #77-79 (8) – The Return of Barry Allen! IMHO, the greatest Flash story ever, possibly even the greatest superhero story ever. I wondered if I would still feel that way rereading it all these years later, but it holds up. It really is that good.
Flash Annual #6 (1) – Not bad. Bloodlines Annual introduced new hero, Argus
Flash #80-83 (4) – Wally visited by his old Titans buddies

Read since last update: 43
Read so far this year: 411

[MRP]

Since my last update...

Descender Vol. 6 Machine War (Image; collecting #27-32; 2018)
Creatures on the Loose #16-21 (Marvel; 1972-1973)
Camelot 3000 #1-12 (DC; 1982-1985)
House of X #1 (Marvel; 2019)
History of the Marvel Universe #1 (Marvel; 2019)
Superman Year One Book One (DC; 2019)
Savage Sword of Conan #1-7 (Marvel; 2019)
Criminal #3-6 (Image; 2019)
Age of Conan: Belit: #1-5 (Marvel; 2019)
Dungeons & Dragons: A Darkened Wish #1-2 (IDW; 2019)
Gogor #2-3 (Image; 2019)

# since last update 57, ytd 741.

-M

[babyblob]

Here is my list for the year.

Brave and the Bold - 54
Gotham Central - 40
Green Lantern -33
Justice League - 84
Kingdom Come - 4
Lois Lane - 1
Superman Red Son - 3
Superman Up In The Sky - 1
Amazing Spiderman - 121
Daredevil - 96
Fantastic Four - 20
Savage Avengers - 3
Superior Spiderman - 33
West Coast Avengers - 26
X - Force - 6
The Walking Dead - 72


Total for the month - 149
Total for the year - 597

[Enigma]

I won't be making my comics target this year


Goals
Comics - 339/1000
Books - 23/30


This Month

Comics - 4
• Stranger Things V1





Books - 5
• Pet Semetary
• Crimson Empire: A War in Crimson Embers
• Almost Perfect
• Diablo: The Black Road
• All Quiet on the Western Front






Overall

Comics - 339
January: 116
February: 13
March: 40
April: 37
May: 69
June: 60
July: 4
August:
September:
October:
November:
December:


Books - 23
January: 9
February: 2
March: 1
April: 0
May: 4
June: 2
July: 5
August:
September:
October:
November:
December:




Complete Reading Record 2019

Comics
• Batman: Sword of Azrael
• Batman: Knightfall Omnibus V1
• Batman: Knightfall Omnibus V2
• Batman: Knightfall Omnibus V3
• IDW TMNT V4
• IDW TMNT V5
• IDW TMNT V6
• IDW TMNT V7
• JB: VARGR - 6
• JB: Eidolon - 6
• JB: Black Box - 6
• JB: Hammerhead - 6
• JB: Felix Leiter - 6
• JB: Kill Chain - 6
• Pokemon Adventures V1
• Pokemon Adventures V2
• Pokemon Adventures V3
• Pokemon Adventures V4
• Pokemon Adventures V5
• Stranger Things V1
• Winterworld/Wintersea
• Y: The Last Man DE V1
• Y: The Last Man DE V2
• Y: The Last Man DE V3
• Y: The Last Man DE V4
• Y: The Last Man DE V5



Books
• Almost Perfect
• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Crimson Empire: A Crown for Cold Silver
• Crimson Empire: A Blade of Black Steel
• Crimson Empire: A War in Crimson Embers
• Diablo: Legacy of Blood
• Diablo: Heroes Rise, Darkness Falls
• Diablo: Morbed
• Diablo: The Black Road
• Doctor Who: The Good Doctor
• Doctor Who: Molten Heart
• Doctor Who: Combat Magicks
• Drenai: The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend
• Fingersmith
• Gerritsen: Call After Midnight
• Gerritsen: Under the Knife
• Gerritsen - Never Say Die
• Gotham: City of Monsters
• JB: From Russia with Love
• JB: Forever and a Day
• JB: Trigger Mortis
• Morse: Last Seen Wearing
• Pet Semetary
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[Grapefruit]

July:
Sixth Gun: (50)
I Kill Giants: (7)
Two Brothers: (11)
Seconds: (7)
Ayako: (16...) I'm struggling to get through this. 3 chapters left... ugh.
Y: The Last Man: (60)
Dramacon: (20)
Paper Girls 30 (1) Great ending
Lazarus Risen 2 (1) Time to drop series.

[MRP]

Since my last update, to finish off July...

Red Sonja #2-6 (Dynamite; 2019)
Red Sonja: Birth of a She-Devil #1-2 (Dynamite; 2019)
Die #4-5 (Image; 2019)

+9 since last update, making 750 on the year so far.

-M

[Fromper]

Previous read count: 411

Aquaman: Time and Tide #1-4 (4) – I had forgotten how intense and dark this series is. But thanks to Peter David’s writing, there’s humor, as well.
Flash #84-91 (8) – Continuing Mark Waid’s great run
Superboy #1-2, 4 (3) – Apparently, my tastes have matured. Back then, I found this series amusing. Now, it’s going straight on my “sell” pile. The weird part is that I stuck with it for around 30 issues, which I’ll read eventually, since I’m being a completionist about rereading my whole collection.
Flash Annual #7 (1) – Year of the Elseworlds annuals. I don’t mind the occasional Elseworlds story if it’s an interesting sounding idea that I want to check out. But forcing every series to have one as an annual that year just led to some mediocre ideas. This is one of those. I only own it because I decided to be a completionist about owning the ENTIRE Flash series, including annuals and related specials.
Flash #92-94 (3) – The return of Iris Allen, and introduction of Bart “Impulse” Allen!
Zero Hour TPB (7) – When I was first getting into comics, I read my friends’ copies of this as single issues, and had no idea who most of the characters were. Now that I’ve read a LOT more DC comics and know the characters and everything, it made a lot more sense. I’m still not a huge fan of these mega-crossovers, though.
Flash #0 (1) – The aftermath of Flash “dying” in Zero Hour #4. This one holds a special place in my heart, as it was the first Flash issue I ever bought. In fact, it may even be the first comic book I ever bought myself. Previously, I had maybe half a dozen random comics that my parents bought me as a kid. But I started collecting comics seriously during DC’s “Zero Month”, when all their series had #0 issues that were supposed to be good introductions for new readers, and this was published in that first week of Zero Month.
Flash #95-100 (6) – Terminal Velocity. I always liked this story, even if the Speed Force it introduced (technically, it was mentioned a few issues before this) always seemed hokie.
Who’s Who in the DC Universe #12 (1) – I actually forgot I own this, since it’s not normal comic size, so I had it off to the side. Wanted to read it now for the cover story on Aquaman, since I’m about to start reading his ongoing series that started in 1994. Speaking of which…
Aquaman #1-2, 0 (3) – Start of Peter David’s run. I didn’t stick with this one very long at the time, but if it’s good, maybe I’ll pick up back issues/trade paperbacks to read the rest.

Read since last update: 37
Read so far this year: 448

Up next: I have a ton of post-Zero Hour DC, so I'll be jumping around from series to series a lot more, while still continuing the extended run of Flash. But I'll put the Legion and Bat-books aside and tackle them as independent from the rest at a later time.