1000 Books in 2023

[babyblob]

My list for the last two months
MONTHLY READ LIST

DC
Batman/Superman(2022) 1-14
GCPD Blue Wall 1-6
Justice Society Of America (2023) 1-3

MARVEL

Amazing Spiderman (1963) 167-183
Amazing Spiderman(2018) 16-18, 16.1-18.1
Amazing Spiderman (2022) 1-15
Peter Parker The Spectacular Spiderman (1976) - 3-5, 7-


Total - 65

YTD - 186

[Reviresco]

May: 15 comics
Total: 137 comics

Pitiful total. Need to turn off the TV and do some reading.

MAY
Doctor Strange 3 01 01
Sirens of the Norse Sea v4 03 04
Sleepless v1 06 10
Sleepless v2 05 15

[Sapper_Unknown]

91 books read this month bringing me to an even 700. May's details can be found in the link below.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...86&single=true

[babyblob]

May: Pitiful total. Need to turn off the TV and do some reading.

I am in the same boat on slacking with my comic book reading. But for me it is me doing my writing. I have been doing so much writing my other hobbies have taken a huge back seat.

[MRP]

June wanes and July waxes, so it's time to tally...

YTD Jan-May=726

June
Conan the Barbarian #136-150 (Marvel; 1982-1983)
Titans #1 (DC; 2023)
Scarlet Witch #5 (Marvel; 2023)
Avengers #1 (Marvel; 2023)
Batman: The Brave & The Bold #1 (DC; 2023)
Batman/Superman: World's Finest #15 (DC; 2023)
Marvel Feature #1-7 (Marvel; 1975-1976)
Kull and the Barbarians #1-3 (Marvel; 1975)
Doctor Strange #3 (Marvel; 2023)
Sanjulian's Queens of the Lost World #1 (Opus; 2023)
Pathfinder: Wake the Dead #1 (Dynamite; 2023)
TMNT-Usagi Yojimbo: Wherewhen #3 (IDW; 2023)
Dead Romans #3 (Image; 2023)
Blue Book #4 (Dark Horse; 2023)
Frank Frazetta's Dawn Attack #4 (Opus; 2023)
Green Arrow #2 (DC; 2023)
Frank Frazetta's Death Dealer #13 (Opus; 2023)
Shazam! #2 (DC; 2023)
Scooby Doo! Where Are You? #122 (DC; 2023)
Red Sonja #1-5 (Marvel; 1977)
Savage Sword of Conan #26 (Marvel; 1977)
Saga #65 (Image; 2023)
The Mighty Barbarians #3 (Ablaze; 2023)
Prince Valiant Vol. 1 1937-1938 (collecting strips from 2/13/37-12/25/38; 120 pp; Fantagraphics; 1937-1938)
Hellboy Omnibus Vol. 2: Strange Places (collecting Dark Horse Presents Annual 1998, Box Full of Evil #1-2, Being Human #1, Conqueror Worm #1-5, Third Wish #1-2, The Island #1-2, Into the Silent Sea #1; Dark Horse; 1998-2017)
Friday Foster: The Sunday Strips (collects 1/18/70-6/14/70; Ablaze)
Lone Wolf & Cub Vol. 1: The Assassin's Road (303 pp; Dark Horse 1970/2000)
The Incal: Dying Star (128 pp; Humanoids; 2023)
Black Science Compendium (collects #1)

for the equivalent of 91 comics for the month, a slower month for me.

new YTD total: 726 + 91=817 for the year.

-M

[babyblob]

@MRP How was Lone Wolf and The Cub? I have heard some things about it. But havnt seen anyone that personal read it.

[babyblob]

Here is my list for June. I got back into reading heavy and was very happy with my output last month. I read a lot of The Ultimate Line to get ready for Ultimate Invasion.

DC

Superman/Batman (2003) 1,2
MARVEL

All New Ultimates 1-12
Amazing Spiderman(2018) 19-31, 20HU
Avengers Four - 1.1-1.5
Cataclysm 0.1
Cataclysm Spiderman 1-3
Cataclysm The Ultimates Last Stand 1-5
Cataclysm Ultimates 1-3
Cataclysm Xmen 1-3
Hunger 1-5
Miles Morales Ultimate Spiderman (2014) 1-12
Ultimate Comics All New Spiderman (2011) - 13-28, 200
Ultimate Comics Ultimates (2011) - 1-30, 18.1
Ultimate Fantastic Four (2014) 1-6
Ultimate Comics Xmen (2011) - 1-33
Ultimate Invasion - 1

June Total - 152

Year to date - 267

Total since I started keeping track in 2021 - 3885

[MRP]

@MRP How was Lone Wolf and The Cub? I have heard some things about it. But havnt seen anyone that personal read it.

I quite enjoyed it, but it reads quite differently from traditional American super-hero comics, not just because it's manga or not super-heroes, but the pacing, reliance on visuals to carry the narrative rather than captions or dialogue, leaving some things vague and letting the reader fill in the blanks while being quite graphic in others takes some adjustment if you haven't read a lot outside mainstream super-hero comics of any era. I know quite a few folks who have no liked it for those reasons. This was a bit of a reread for me, I read the first handful of issues in English when First put them out with Frank Miller covers in the 80s, and most fo the first digest volume when Dark Horse started releasing them, but due to circumstances beyond my actual enjoyment of it, never got further than that. Now with hoopla offering them, I am taking the time to dive into the series fully.

-M

[MacrossPlus]

My current Comic Book Tally, atm, stands at 830
The comics I just purchased over the past couple of days are:
Fathom(vol.1) #2, #7
Fear Effect #1
Iron Man(Vol.3) #12, #26, #29, #54, #62
Incredible Hulk(Vol.2) #71, #75
Long Hot Summer #1
Blood Syndicate (vol.1) #17
Static(Vol.1) #14
Gen 13(vol.1) #3, #4
Soul Saga #1
Captain America(Vol.3) #20

[MRP]

Don't think I am going to read anything else in the last 15 minutes of July, so time to tall the month...

YTD Jan-June=817

July
Red Sonja (Marvel; ‘70s) #6-15
Tales of Asunda #1
Weird Work #1
TMNT/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen #4
The Batman & Scooby Doo Mysteries #9-10
Red Sonja (Marvel ‘83) #1-2
Black Panther (2023) #1-2
Avengers (2023) #2
Dead Romans #4-5
Blue Book #5
Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer (Opus) #8, 15
Frank Frazetta’s Mothman #1
Titans (2023) #2
Green Arrow (2023) #3
Batman-Superman: World’s Finest #16-17
Batman: The Brave & The Bold #2-3
Doctor Strange (2023) #4-5
Scarlet Witch #6, Annual 1
Savage Sword of Conan #27
Red Sonja (2023) #1
Groo in the Wild #1
Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor #1
World’s Finest: Teen Titans #1
The Hunger and the Dusk #1
Parker Girls #8
Count Dante:The Unauthorized [But Sort Of True] Story of the Deadliest Man Who Ever Lived#2
Hawkgirl #1
Frank Frazetta’s Tales of Science Fantasy #2
The Mighty Kaaw: Crowmagnon #1
Cherubim #1-2
The Mighty Barbarians #4
Black Science Compendium (Collects #2-17)
Night Fever OGN (120 pp)
Chivalry (78 pp)
Hillbilly Vol. 1 (Collects #1-4 + Comixology original short story)

for the equivalent of 81 comics.

New YTD total 817+81=898 for the year

-M

[MRP]

The calendar has turned to September, so time to tally another month.

YTD Jan-July= 898

August
Red Sonja (‘83) #1-13
Conan the Barbarian (Titan) #1
Fire & Ice #1
Frank Frazetta’s The Mothman #2
Punch Comics #12 Facsimile Edition
Avengers (2023) #3
Ghost Manor (1968 series) #2
Usagi Yojimbo/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Wherewhen #5
Parker Girls #9
Black Cloak #6
Tales of Asunda #2
Newburn #9
Scooby Doo Where Are You? #123
Pathfinder Wake the Dead #2
Scarlet Witch #7
Scarlet Couture: The Munich File #1
Sanjulian’s Queens of the Lost World #2
Doctor Strange #6
World’s Finest: Teen Titans #2
The Batman & Scooby Doo! Mysteries #11
Avengers (2023) #4
Red Sonja (2023) #2
Groo: In the Wild #2
Savage Sword of Conan #28-31
Black Hood (‘83) 1-3
Fear #10-19
Hillbilly Vol. 2 (Collects #5-8)
Harrow County Omnibus Vol. 1 (Collects #1-16)
All New Batman: The Brave and the Bold Vol. 1 (collects #1-6)
Hillbilly Vol. 3 (collects #9-12)

for the equivalent of 82 comics

New YTD total 898+ 82=980 for the year.

Onwards to September.

-M

[Sapper_Unknown]

Haven't posted in a few months, but that hasn't stopped me from reading.

In June, I finished with 110 books read. In July, I read 104 books. In August, I read 124 books.

Leaving me with 1038 books read to date.

[MRP]

September drawing to a close, time to wrap it up and tally.

YTD Jan-Aug=980

September
Conan the Barbarian (Titan) #2-3
Batman-Superman: World’s Finest #18
Batman: The Brave & The Bold #4
Hawkgirl #2-3
Cosmic Sorcery #1
Plastic Man (‘04) #1-6
Quest #1 (self-published; SHK)
Newburn #10
Dead Romans #6
Devil’s Cut #1
Birds of Prey (2023) #1
Wonder Woman (2023) #1
Parker Girls #10
Harriet Tubman: Demon Slayer #1
Crusader #1
Batman/Catwoman: Gotham War Prelude Special Batman Day Edition
Batman & The Joker: Deadly Duo Special Batman Day Edition
Tales of Asunda #3
Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #19
TheBatman& Scooby Doo! Mysteries #12
Sabrina: The Teenage Witch Annual Spectacular #1
World’s Finest Teen Titans #3
Doctor Strange #7
Scarlet Witch #8
Lost Continent #1
Knight Terrors: Shazam #1-2
KnightTerrors: Titans #1-2
Jack Kirby’s Starr Warriors Featuring Adam Starr #1
Titans #3
Shazam #3
Mighty Barbarians #5
Saga #66
The Shadows of Thule (144 pp)
Scarlett Couture Vol. 1 (collects #1-4)
In Search of Gil Scott-Heron OGN (224 pp)
Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths (collects JL #75, Dark Crisis FCBD, #1-7)
Red Sonja: Ballad of the Red Goddess OGN (80 pp)
Katana: The Sorcerer of Bluetop OGN (58 pp)
Kingsway West tpb (Collects #1-4)

for the equivalent of 84 comics for the month (just beating last month's total)

New YTD total 980 + 84=1064, so I broke the 1K milestone with 3months to spare. Going to be tough to hit 1500, let alone surpass last years total of 1749, but we will see what happens.

-M

[Sapper_Unknown]

Finished the month of September with 64 comics read. My total so far this year is now at 1102.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...03&single=true

[SavageJudgeDredd]

Savage Dragon 263

Savage Dragon 264

Savage Dragon 265

Street Fighter 0

Street Fighter 01

Street Fighter 02

Street Fighter 03

Savage Dragon 266

Street Fighter 04 (#16 for the year)

Jumping back in, fell way off the reading train. Just this past week I read more comics than I had in the year so far. But I'm back at it, ready for a comeback in these last months.

My initial goal was 400 comics, now I'm aiming to get to hit 100. So about 85 comics in the next 60 days or so. And I'll shoot for 400 again next year, getting warmed up. And posting here keeps me accountable, making it a habit. Gotta love comics.