1000 books in 2024

[FFJamie94]

Been a while since I've done one of these, and if I'm being honest, I've not read all that much.
Anyway, here's my updated list;

112. Ultimate Black Panther #1- I love the set-up of this issue. There's a lot of things going on with this new line that I really enjoy. I'm hoping the momentum can carry on into the next few issues.

113. Ultimate Spider-Man #2- Again, loved this issue. Some really cool Character moments and I like how each issue seems to represent a month. Shocker being the first Spider-Man villain is just a funny idea to me.

114. Fantastic Four #23- This was one of those weird 60's issues where Doom has a silly plan that nearly works, but then gets transported into Space. Kind of a confusing issue to be honest. I enjoy it for the cheesy charm and I do know it gets better, but if I were to go into this run only hearing it's one of the best comic runs, I would probably think you're mad.

115-116- Young Avengers & Runaway: Secret Invasion #2-3- This mini was fine. It's nowhere near as good as the YA stuff that has come before it. The fights were a little confusing and I'm not a huge fan of the art, but there were some nice fun character moments and it foreshadows ideas that will come out in the future. A fine mini, if a bit skippable.

117-118. Batman #15-16- Honestly, I'm liking King's run so far. These issues feel like a very Bendis way of storytelling, with it being a lot of smaller Character moments instead of anything grand and epic. There's actually detective work in this two-parter and it feels like a bit of breather after the "I am Suicide" arc.
Overall, a completely fine two parter.

[JPAR]

January: 140
February: 180

March:
Annihilation Conquest omnibus: 33
Guardians of the Galaxy by Abnett & Lanning omnibus: 41
Guardians of the Galaxy by Bendis omnibus 1: 48
Original Sin hc: 15
Black Vortex hc: 13
Sammy integraal 7: 9

Total: 477

[doolittle]

March

Afterlife With Archie 1-10
Ghost Machine 1
Alien: The Original Screenplay 1-5
Alien: The Original Years Omnibus
Ultimate X-Men 1
Weapon X-Men 1
Cobra Commander 2
Duke 3
Void Rivals 7
Ultimate Spider-Man 2
Transformers 6
Scalped 1-18

Month: 81
Year: 290

My reading fell off this month as I fell into a Civ 6 hole.

- Afterlife With Archie was great, especially for someone that has read a good bit of Archie comics. Shame it was never finished.

- I'm on board for all the Ghost Machine titles after Geiger. Really hoping they can stay on schedule.

- It was cool to see the original vision for the first Alien film. And the first 3/4 of the Omni was awesome, even if it was ultimately invalidated by Alien 3. It hit a wall at the end, including an almost word-for-word adaptation of Alien 3.

- Weapon X-Men is continuity deep cuts in the multiverse. I always like Christos Gage and liked this.

- Energon Universe comics are my favorite.

- Rereading Scalped and enjoying it a ton.

[Sapper_Unknown]

Finished March with 120 comics book read. I'm enjoying Southern Bastards. The latest run on Blade has been entertaining as well.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...57&single=true

Total comic books read for the year is at 465.

[MRP]

Reading Quest...

YTD Jan-Feb 233 comics

March Reads
Pathfinder Wake the Dead #5
Fire & Ice Teegra One-Shot
Boris Karloff: Gold Key Mysteries #2
Somna #2
Gone #2
Bat-Man: The First Knight #1
Birds of Prey (2023) #7
The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries (2024) #3
Shazam! (2023) #9
Helen of Wyndhorn #1
Ultimate X-Men (2024)#1
Doctor Strange (2023) #13
Batman (2016) #144-145
Savage Sword of Conan #49-50
Savage Red Sonja #5
Looney Tunes #277
Detective Comics #411 (Facsimile), 1083
Blue Book 1947 #2
The Agent #4
Action Comics #1063
Dungeons & Dragons: Fortune Finder #5
Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver #2
Batman: Brave & the Bold #10-11
Apre-Ril Special #1
Titans #9
Batman/Superman World’s Finest #25
Wonder Woman #7
Conan the Barbarian #9
Red Sonja #9
Newburn #16
Catwoman (2018) #63
Superman (2023) #12
Nightwing (2016) #112
X-Men ‘97 #1
Zorro: Man of the Dead #3
Hawkgirl #6
Superman: The Space Age #2-3
Batman '89 Echoes #2
Batman: The Dark Age #1
-Aquaman/Green Arrow: Deep Target (collects #1-7)
-Superman: The Warworld Saga (collects Action Comics #1030-1046, 2021 Annual, 2022 Annual#1, Batman/Superman:The Authority Special 1, Superman Warworld Apocalypse #1,
Future State Superman Worlds of War #1-2, Future State Superman: House of El #1)
-Detective Comics: Nocturne Vol. 1 Overture (collects 1062-1065)
-Green Arrow: Vol. 1 Reunion (collects 2023 series #1-6)
-Batman Beyond 25th Anniversary Compendium (collects Vol. 1 #1-6; Vol. 2 #1-5)
-Superman: Kal-El Returns (collects Action Comics #1047-1050, Superman: Son of Kal-El #16-18, Superman: Kal-El Returns Special #1)
-Justice Society of America Vol. 1: The New Golden Age (collects The New Golden Age #1; Justice Society of America #1-5)

for the equivalent of 110 comics for the month

new YTD total = 233 + 110= 343

On to April...

-M

[Optimus]

I'm at 440 comics read so far. My primary goal has been to read one omni a month, which I have been doing (and is helping me with my total)

Invincible Iron Man (2022) #10-13
Ultimate Invasion # 4
Ms Marvel the New Mutant #2-4
Amazing Spider-Man Masterworks Volume 25
Doctor Strange and Doctor Doom: Tragedy and Triumph
X-Men (2021) #27-26
Doctor Strange (1974) 47-50
Immortal X-Men (2022) 16-18
Guardians of the Galaxy (2023) 1-7
Guardians of the Galaxy by Bendis Omnibus
Uncanny X-Men 462-474
Uncanny Spider-Man 1-4
Immortal Thor 1-5
Sensational She Hulk (2023) 1-3
All-Out Avengers 1-5
X-Men Red 16-17
Scarlet Witch 6-10
Emperor Doom
Amazing Spider-Man 35-41
Wonder Woman Blood and Guts Deluxe Edition
Ultimate Universe 1
New Mutants Volume 1 Omnibus
Fantastic Four 12-14
Wolverine (Percy) 1-5, 8-18
Miles Morales Spider-Man 13-14
Amazing Spider-Man Gang War: First Strike 1
Daredevil (2022) 1-4
Daredevil: Gang War 1
Ultimate X-Men 46-100
Thor by JMS and Gillen Omnibus
Strange Adademy 1-9
New Avengers: Illuminati 0-4
Jean Grey 1-2
X-Men: Kitty Pryde: Shadow and Flame 1-5
Phoenix Endsong 1-5
Dark X-Men 2-5
Hulk (1999) 34-82
Star Wars: Dark Droids 1-5
Uncanny X-Men 141-142
Spider-Gwen: Smash 1
Catwoman of East End Omnibus

[JPAR]

January: 140
February: 180
March: 157

April:
Thunderbolts Red omnibus: 33
Thor by Straczynski & Gillen omnibus:40
Thor by Fraction omnibus: 51
Loki: Journey into Mystery omnibus: 31
Manifest Destiny book 1: 24

Total: 656

[FFJamie94]

119- Ultimate Spider-Man (2024) #3- Another great issue, it seems my fears on this book are starting to go. Kudos Hickman

120-125- Ultimate Spider-Man (2009) 1-6- I read volume 1 a while back, and so I thought I may try and get through volume 2 so I can get to the Miles stuff. This arc was pretty good, it feels like a nice change of pace compared to the other books I'm reading at the moment. Yeah, still my favourite comic.

126-127- Batman vs Aliens 1-2- Honestly, I just like that this is a silly little Aliens story with Batman in it. I liked this issue even through I admit it wasn't all that great.

128- Spider-Man: House of M #1- I really liked this era of Marvel, and this HoM mini I remember enjoying a lot. It doesn't exactly add up with the main event, but I liked this issue as a "What could have been" instead.

129- JLA Avengers #1- I just felt like reading the first issue rather randomly, I enjoyed this one a lot. Perez is great on art. Honestly, may be my favourite crossover.

130-131- Marvel Team-Up #60-61
131- Marvel Team-Up #50
I loved this issues, Bryne is a really good Thing artist.

132- Fantastic Four 204- Was going to read the Search of Galactus, but decided to skip it instead going into Bryne's work on FF.

133- Fantastic Four 219- I consider this the unofficial start to Bryne's run. I liked this issue a lot too, it seems like a nice prologue for when going into his run proper.

134- X-Men #1- The original Stan Lee and Jack Kirby issue, yeah, this was fine. Seems like the comic has all the major themes lined out, even if they aren't really explored.

135-138- Avengers (1998) 7, Captain America 8, Iron Man 7, Quicksiler 10- This was a fun crossover where we see Carol Danvers go on full blast. I actually like the Character moments between her and Iron-Man a lot. The overall event was pretty good. I enjoyed it a lot more than I though.

139- Avengers 8- Now we are past the Kree crossover, this was back on for being one of those truly great Avengers gems. Liked this issue a lot, even if the panel layout was a little confusing at times.

140- Avengers/ Squadron Supreme annual '98- This annual wraps up plot points from a prior Avengers arc. I liked this issue a lot, was a very quick read considering Busiek is usually rather dense with his storytelling. Overall, a fun one-off annual.