1000 books in 2015

[MRP]

-New Avengers #1-60, Annual 1-2 (2005-2009)
-New Avengers Illuminati Special, 1-5 (2006-2008)
-New52 Future's End Vol. 1 (including #0, 1-17; 2014-2015)
-New Gods #1 Millennium Edition (1971/2000)
-The New Wave #1-5 (1986)
-Nightworld: Midnight Sonata (including #1-4; 2014)
-Nova #1-15, Annual 1(2007-08)
-Occult Files of Dr. Spektor #11 (1974)
-Our Army at War #214, 221-223 (1970), 258 (1973)
-Our Fighting Forces #127 (1970)
-Outcast by Kirkman and Azaceta Vol. 1 (including #1-6)
-The Path Vol. 1 (including Prelude & #1-6) 2002
-The Phantom 1-4 (1988)
-The Phantom #1-13 (1989-1990)
-Point Blank #1-5 (2002)
-Power Man #17-35, 37-47, Annual 1 from Essential Luke Cage Power Man Vol. 1 & 2; 1974-'77)
-The Price OGN (1981)
-Princess Leia #1-3 (2015)
-Queen & Country Vol. 3 (including #8-12; 2002)
-Rachel Rising #1 (2014 Halloween Comicfest Edition); Vol. 1 (including #1-6; 2011-12)
-Rage of Ultron OGN (2015)
-Rawhide Kid #84 (1971)
-Red Sonja: Monster Isle (2006)
-Red Sonja: Vacant Shell (2007)
-Ribit! by Frank Thorne #1 (1989)
-Rip in Time #1-5 (1986-'87)
-Robin Plus Fang #2 (1997)
-Robo Hunter: Verdus (including material from 2000 AD Prog 76-82, 100-112; 1978-1979)
-Roots of the Swamp Thing #1-5 (1986; reprints Swamp Thing #1-10 from 1972-74 by Wein/Wrightson plus stories from House of Secrets #92, House of Mystery #191, 221)
-Sabre OGN (1978)
-Sabre #1-14 (1-2 reprint OGN in color, with new Morrigan Tales back ups by Lee &; Vess; 1982-83)
-Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch #20 (1974)
-Santa Claus: Private Eye Chapters 7-12 (Thrillbent; 2014)
-Savage Beauty #1 (2011)
-Savage Tales Vol. 2 #1 (1985)
-Scare Tactics #1-12 (1996-98)
-Scooby-Doo Team-Up #13 (2015/16)
-The Sculptor OGN (2015)
-Secret Invasion: Dark Reign #1 (2008)
-Secret War #1-5 (2004-2005)
-Secrets of Haunted House #29 (1980)
-Sgt. Fury &; the Howling Commandos #17, 21-22, 26, 32 (1965-66)
-Sgt. Rock #405 (1985); Annual #4 (1984)
-The Shadow Hero OGN (2014)
-Shadows #1-4 (2003)
-Shanna the She-Devil #1-5 (1972-'73)
-SHIELD #1 (2014)
-Showcase #4 (1955), 56 (1965), 60-61 (1966)
-Shuriken #1 (1985)
-Sisterhood of Steel #1-8 (1984-1986)
-The 6 Voyages of Lone Sloane (1972)
-The Sixth Gun Vol. 1 Cold Dead Fingers (including #1-6; 2010)
-The Sixth Gun Vol. 2 (including #7-11; 2010-2011)
-The Sixth Gun Vol. 3 (including #12-17; 2011)
-The Sixth Gun Vol. 4 (including #18-23)
-Skull the Slayer #1-8 (1975-'76)
-Slash Maraud #1-6 (1987-88)
-Sleeper Season One (including #1-12; 2003-04)
-Sleeper Season 2 (including #1-12; 2004-2005)
-Southern Bastards Vol. 1 (including #1-4; 2014)
-Southern Bastards Vol. 2 (including #5-8; 2014-2015)
-Spider-Woman: Origin 1-5 (2005)
-The Stainless Steel Rat #1 (1985)
-Starfire #1-8 (1976-'77)
-Star Hunters #1-7 (1977-'78)
-Starlord #1-3 (1996)
-Star Spangled Comics #82, 86 (1948), 103 (1950); (from Robin: A Celebration of 75 Years)
-The Star Wars (Lucas Draft) #1-8 (1974/2013-2014)
-Star Wars #1 (1977)
-Star Wars #1-6 (2015)
-Star Wars: Dark Empire #1-6 (1991-1992)
-Star Wars: Kanan the Last Padawan #1-2 (2015)
-Star Wars: Shattered Empire #1-4 (2015)
-Stiletto Chapter 1 (Thrillbent; 2015)
-Strange Kiss #1-3 (1999-2000)
-Strange Tales #147-168; Dr. Strange stories from Essential Dr. Strange Vol. 1; 1966-'67)
-Strange Tales #135-168 (Nick Fury stories; 1965-68)
-Sub-Mariner Comics #1-4; (from Golden Age Sub-Mariner Masterworks; 1941)
-Sub-Mariner 22 (in Essential Dr. Strange Vol. 2; 1970)
-Superboy Plus Slither #2 (1997)
-Superman 2-3 (1939); 199 (1967); 236, 240 (1971)
-Superman: Blood of My Ancestors OGN (2003)
-Superman: War of the Worlds Elseworlds 1-shot (1998)
-Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane #105 (1970)
-Swamp Thing #7 (1973)
-Tales of Suspense #39-53 (Iron Man only; 1964)
-Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #14 (1985)
-Tangent: Secret Six #1 (1997)
-Tarzan #45 (1953), 159-161 (1966), 179 (1968), 196 (1970); 204 (1971)
-Teen Titans #34 (1971)
-Teen Titans Earth One Vol. 1 OGN (2014)
-Texas Rangers in Action#76 (1970)
-Thanos: The Infinity Relativity OGN (2015)
-Tomahawk #93 (1964)
-Tomb of Dracula #44-45 (1976)
-True Spy Stories #1 (1991; Tome Press/Caliber)
-The Twilight Children #1 (2015)
-The Twisted Tales of Bruce Jones #1-4 (1986)
-Uncanny X-Men #94-124; 1975-79)
-Unexpected #178 (1977)
-Unknown Worlds #24 (1963)
-Valentine Chapters 39-54 (Thrillbent; 2014-'15)
-The Valiant #1-4 (2014-15)
-Vampirella #1 (IPC UK Edition; 1975)
-Velvet Vol. 1 (including #1-5; 2013-2014)
-Velvet Vol. 2 (including #6-10; 2015)
-Viking Prince: Viking Glory HC OGN (1991)
-Wacky Races #4 (1971)
-Walt Disney Productions: The Adventures of Robin Hood #4 (1974)
-Warlord #1-80, Annual 1-2 (1976-84)
-Weird Science #1 (Gladstone; 1990; reprints Weird Science #22 (1953) & Weird Fantasy #1 (1950) )
-Weird Worlds 8-10 from Ironwolf #1; 1973-74)
-What If #8 (1978-What if the world knew DD was blind?); #10 (What If Jane Foster had found Mjolnir)
-Where Creatures Roam #2 (1970)
-Witching Hour #9 (1970)
-Wolverine #1-3 (1988-89)
-Womanthology: Heroic (stories 1-3; 2011)
-Wonder Woman #196 (1971)
-World War Hulk Prologue #1; #1-6 (2007)
-World's Finest #198 (1970)
-Wytches Vol. 1 (including #1-6; 2014-2015)
-Yossel: April 19, 1943-A Story of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (OGN; 2003)

continued...

-M

[MRP]

and the rest...

Novels
-Aftermath: A Star Wars Journey to Force Awakens novel by Chuck Wendig (2015)
-The Eternal Champion by Michael Moorcock (1970)
-The Hour of the Dragon by REH (1935)
-Tarzan of the Apes by ERB (1912/1918; novel)
-The Return of Tarzan (Tarzan #2) by ERB (1915/novel)
-Star Wars: Smuggler's Run: A Journey to Force Awakens novel by Greg Rucka (w/illustrations by Phil Noto; 2015)
-Star Wars: The Weapon of a Jedi: A Journey to Force Awakens novel by Jason Fry (w/illustrations by Phil Noto; 2015)

Non-Fiction
-Our Gods Wear Spandex by Christopher Knowles w/illustrations by Joe Linsner (2007; comic commentary)
-The Secret History of Rock and Roll (2010) by Christopher Knowles

Short Stories/Essays
-Bat/rachian-An Introduction to The Tsathoggua Cycle by Robert M. Price (essay; 2005; compares HPL vs. CAS versions of the toad entity)
-Beyond the Black River by REH (1935)
-Black Colossus by REH (1933)
-The Black Stranger by REH (1st published in original form in 1987)
-The Bloodstained God by L. Sprague de Camp & Robert Howard (1969; in Conan of Cimmeria)
-The Bloody Crown of Conan Foreword by Gary Gianni (essay; 2003)
-The Bloody Crown of Conan Introduction by Rusty Burke (essay; 2003)
-City of Skulls (from Ace Conan #1, by de Camp & Carter; 1967)
-The Colour out of Space by HP Lovecraft (1927)
-Conan of Cimmeria Introduction by L. Sprague de Camp (essay; 1969)
-The Curse of the Monolith by de Camp & Howard (1969; in Conan of Cimmeria)
-The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce (1893; in The World's Greatest Horror Stories)
-Dagon by HP Lovecraft (1919)
-The Demoness by Tanith Lee (from The Years Best Fantasy 2; 1976)
-The Devil in Iron by REH (1934)
-The Dust of Death-A Tale of the Aeon Society by Greg Stolze (2001)
-Farewell my Rocketeer by Gregory Frost (Rocketeer story in Rocketeer: Jet Pack Adventures; IDW; 2014)
-The Fearsome Touch of Death by Robert Howard (1930)
-From the Parchments of Pnom by Clark Ashton Smith (a theogony of the Elder Gods; 1934)
-The Frost Giant's Daughter by REH (1932/1976)
-The God in the Bowl by REH (written circa 1932/33, unpublished until 1952; original REH version first published 2002)
-The Green Room: A Story of the Strike Force Universe by Aaron Allston (in Heroes! The Origins Game Fair Fiction Anthology; 2013)
-Hall of the Dead (from Ace Conan #1; 1967; by De Camp & Howard)
-The Hand of Nergal (from Ace Conan #1, by Howard & Lin Carter; 1967)
-Heroes Final Walk by Timothy Zahn (in Heroes! The Origins Game Fair Fiction Anthology; 2013)
-The Hyena by REH (1928)
-Man-Eaters of Zamboula by REH (1935)
-Nazis in Paradise by Don Webb (Rocketeer story in Rocketeer: Jet Pack Adventures; IDW; 2014)
-The People of the Black Circle by REH (1934)
-People of the Dark by REH (1932)
-The Phoenix on the Sword by REH (1932)
-The Pool of the Black One by REH (1933)
-The Queen of the Black Coast by REH (1934)
-Rattle of Bones by Robert E. Howard (Solomon Kane; 1929)
-The Raven by Maxwell Alexander Drake (in Heroes! The Origins Game Fair Fiction Anthology; 2013)
-Red Nails by REH (1936)
-Red Shadows by REH (Solomon Kane; 1928)
-Red, White and Grey by Yvonne Navarro (Rocketeer story from Jet Pack Adventures Anthology; 2014)
-Rogues in the House by REH (1934)
-The Scarlet Citadel by REH (1933)
-The Sea Curse by Robert E. Howard (1928)
-The Servants of Bit-Yakin (a.k.a. The Jewels of Gwalhur) by REH (1935)
-The Seven Geases by Clark Ashton Smith (tale of Hyperborea, in the Tsathoggua cycle; 1934)
-Seven Stars: Prologue: In Egypt's Land by Kim Newman (2000)
-The Signalman by Charles Dickens (1866; in The World's Greatest Horror Stories)
-Skull-Face by Robert Howard (1929)
-Skulls in the Stars by REH (Solomon Kane; 1929)
-The Spider by Hanns Heinz Ewers (1915; collected in HP Lovecraft's Book of Horrors)
-The Testament of Athammaus by Clark Ashton Smith (tale of Hyperborea, in the Tsathoggua cycle; 1932)
-The Thing in the Crypt (from Ace Conan #1; 1967; by de Camp & Carter)
-The Tower of the Elephant by REH (1932)
-Troll Bridge by Terry Pratchett (1992)
-Under the Moon-A Tale of the Aeon Society by Warren Ellis (2001)
-The Vale of Lost Women by REH (first published posthumously in 1967)
-The Voice of El-Lil by REH (1930)
-Winged Death by HPL and Hazel Heald (HPL was ghost writer; 1934)
-A Witch Shall Be Born by REH (1934)
-Xuthal of the Dusk (a.k.a. The Slithering Shadow) by REH (1933)


Poetry
-Cimmeria by REH (written circa 1932, unpublished until 1965)
-Crete by REH (1929)
-Dead Man's Hate by REH (1930)
-Easter Island by REH (1928)
-Forbidden Magic by REH (1929)
-The Gates of Nineveh by Robert E. Howard (1928)
-The Harp of Alfred by REH (1928)
-Moon Mockery by REH (1929)
-The Moor Ghost by Robert E. Howard (1929)
-Red Thunderer by REH (1929)
-Remembrance by Robert E. Howard (1928)

Comic Strips
-Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon Vol. 2 (Checker edition) (April 21, 1935-Oct 18, 1936)
-Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon Vol. 6 (Checker Edition) (Aug 31 1941-May 9 1943)
-Conan The Newspaper Strips Vol. 1 (including Dailies and Sundays from Sept 1978-Dec 1979)
-The Phantom Sundays by Graham Nolan Vol. 1 (including Sundays from Oct 14, 2001-Sept 29, 2002 and April 6 2003-March 28, 2004)
-The Spirit Archives Vol. 1 (including Spirit weeklies for June 2-June 30, 1940)
-Steve Canyon Vol. 3 1949 Dailies from 2/9/49-6/2/49

Magazines About Comics
-Four Color Magazine #1 (1986/1987)

-M

[Dark-Flux]

Update

Jan '15 = 63
Feb '15= 79
Mar '15 = 61
Apr '15 = 88
May '15 = 75
June '15 = 87
July '15 = 40
August '15 = 85
Sep '15 = 51
Oct '15 = 101
Nov '15 = 69

Total = 834

8House #5
Axend #1
Batman #46
The Beauty #1
The Black Hood #6
Black Knight #1
Black Magick #1
Bloodshot Reborn 8
Book of Death #4
Book of Death: The Fall of X-O Manowar
Codename Baboushka #1
Conan: The Avenger #19
Critter #4
Doctor Strange #1
Fathom: Blue #4
Fistful of Blood #1
The Hangman #1
Harrow County #1-2
Hercules #1
Imperium #10
Ivar, Timewalker #10
IXth Generation #6
James Bond 007 #1
Jirni #3-4
John Carter: Warlord of Mars #12
Judge Dredd Case Files Vol. 5 (306 pages = 15 issues)
Mercury Heat #5
Ninjak #8-9
Oniba #0
The Pastaways #1
Plutona #1
Rai #11
Rebels #1
Red Sonja/ Conan #4
Rumble #1
Savage Dragon #208
The Shadow #3-4
The Shield #1
Spawn #257-258
Star Wars #3-4
Star Wars: Darth Vader #1
Vampirella #1969
Unity #24
Velvet #1-2
Will Eisners The Spirit #4
Wonder Woman #45
Wrath of the Eternal Warrior #1
XO Manowar #41

Ah man, im not gonna make. Need to read 166 comics in a month. Way more than my average.

[Balakin]

Update

Ah man, im not gonna make. Need to read 166 comics in a month. Way more than my average.

You can do it! Just read stuff that's not so wordy and flows well.

[awayne83]

update:

Dark Knight Saga HC (7) - First time reading this and really enjoyed it. Returns really holds up well considering its age, and Strikes Again wasn't nearly the stinker some say. In fact, even though miller definitely ratchets up the wacky a few notches, the overall theme/story felt like a logical continuation of the original. And talk about dense! Usually sticking to modern books, it felt like i read a small omni lol. In a good way, not the silver age or clarmontian way of over-narrating everything

Multiversity HC (10) - Really enjoyed this, and look forward to reading through it again soon to soak it all in. I already flipped back through a few issues to clear up some things as i moved forward. Morrison is really hit or miss for me, so this was nice after a few of the latter. I believe all these issues were oversized as well. I'll have to find some easy reads if i want to get my total up!

1098 + 17 = 1115 for the year.

I was thinking it would be a fun idea to do some end of the year superlatives for the stuff that got read this year. Best story, biggest surprise, biggest disappointment, best art.....whatever! Have fun with it. I have a few more things i want to get to first, so i'll wait a couple weeks to post mine.

[Balakin]

update:

Dark Knight Saga HC (7) - First time reading this and really enjoyed it. Returns really holds up well considering its age, and Strikes Again wasn't nearly the stinker some say. In fact, even though miller definitely ratchets up the wacky a few notches, the overall theme/story felt like a logical continuation of the original. And talk about dense! Usually sticking to modern books, it felt like i read a small omni lol. In a good way, not the silver age or clarmontian way of over-narrating everything

Multiversity HC (10) - Really enjoyed this, and look forward to reading through it again soon to soak it all in. I already flipped back through a few issues to clear up some things as i moved forward. Morrison is really hit or miss for me, so this was nice after a few of the latter. I believe all these issues were oversized as well. I'll have to find some easy reads if i want to get my total up!

1098 + 17 = 1115 for the year.

I was thinking it would be a fun idea to do some end of the year superlatives for the stuff that got read this year. Best story, biggest surprise, biggest disappointment, best art.....whatever! Have fun with it. I have a few more things i want to get to first, so i'll wait a couple weeks to post mine.

good idea, gonna post some "best something" around Christmas. For quick read I would suggest Usagi Yojimbo if you haven't read it yet.

[Taral-DLOS]

good idea, gonna post some "best something" around Christmas. For quick read I would suggest Usagi Yojimbo if you haven't read it yet.

Yea, around new year's I was planning on doing a report (major things I read, like complete runs, full events, best and worst, etc.)

And then, of course, start it all over again for 2016. This was fun!

[Mister Mets]

We Stand on Guard #1-6: Come for clever characterization by BKV and mechs by Skroce. Stay for the insight on war and power.

The Adventures of Barry Ween Boy Genius #4-6: Probably the most obscure of my favorite comic books, but definitely in my top ten. The longest story of the series keeps the humor, and ups the challenges, building on many previous stories for what ended up being the grand finale to the best MA animated series never done (yet.)

Harbinger #1-7: I can see why it's so popular. The runaway heroes are flawed and believable in their screw-ups. It's been imitated (Gen 13, Runaways, the relaunch) but I'm not sure it's ever been topped.

The Invisibles #1-16: Excellent storytelling, but often very, very weird book.

Shadowman #1-3: Solid street-level borderline horror comic that makes interesting use of New Orleans culture. Shows how Valiant went for diverse genres (kinda like a proto MCU.)

XO Man of War #1-4: It's a fun series, although they did make a big mistake in keeping Adric's background so mysterious. The story's much better if you've read #0 (or the remake.)

Loki Blood Brothers #1-4: Beautiful art by Ribic. Great story as Loki deals with the aftermath of victory, and realizes some dark truths.

Star Trek The Next Generation Doctor Who Assimiliation: A crossover that can only be done in comic book form. Enjoyable at first, but drags a bit. Good sense of character.

King #1-3: Ho Che Anderson's interpretive biography. Insights into the controversies, compromises and disagrees as well as the horrors that necessitated the protests. The experimental is sometimes uneven.

And Spidey comics...
Ultimate Spider-Man #1-7
Avenging Spider-Man #1-5

That brings my total to 2015, my goal for the year.

I also read graphic novels Little Nemo in Slumberland: So Many Splended Sundays (Good lord is it beautiful to see the art reproduced in its original size) and the first Usagi Yojimbo collection (with appearances of the character from various anthologies) which was a fun take on the ethos and style of Lone Wolf & Cub.

I'll probably read more comics, but I'm unlikely to write about those. I'll do a bigger end of the year tally at some point.

The best of this bunch was Barry Ween Monkey Tales 4-6.

[Balakin]

[B]
Star Trek The Next Generation Doctor Who Assimiliation: A crossover that can only be done in comic book form.

shame the art was quite awful sometimes, otherwise really liked it but could have been better with a different artist.

[Mister Mets]

shame the art was quite awful sometimes, otherwise really liked it but could have been better with a different artist.

I think the quality of the art seemed to suffer as the series went on. Maybe it got rushed in the second half.

[Balakin]

I think the quality of the art seemed to suffer as the series went on. Maybe it got rushed in the second half.

probably, there were really nice images so he is a capable artist, wish he had more time (or just give the whole thing to Marc Buckingham, he is so far my favourite modern artist on DW along with Matthew Dow Smith).
If you like DW I would recommend the IDW 11th Doctor series, Titan just collected it to paperbacks. I've read it in the IDW deluxes and it was lots of fun. The 10th Doctor series is good as well especially because the 3 arcs tell a bigger story.

[John Aston]

Is it cheating to reread the G.I. Joe silent issue 1,000 times?

[awayne83]

update:

Fatale HC vol. 1 & 2 (24) - Really solid work from a team who never seems to disappoint. This, for me, was up there with Criminal and Sleeper in terms of quality. I disagree with those who say the story became repetitive and shouldn't have ran as long. I thought the latter tales, though similar, managed to bring something fresh and interesting to the overall lore. And i especially enjoyed the one-offs.

About half-way through the Goon, enjoying that as well. Hopefully will be able to finish that up this week, among others.

1115 + 24 = 1139 for the year.

[Balakin]

update:

Fatale HC vol. 1 & 2 (24) - Really solid work from a team who never seems to disappoint. This, for me, was up there with Criminal and Sleeper in terms of quality. I disagree with those who say the story became repetitive and shouldn't have ran as long. I thought the latter tales, though similar, managed to bring something fresh and interesting to the overall lore. And i especially enjoyed the one-offs.

About half-way through the Goon, enjoying that as well. Hopefully will be able to finish that up this week, among others.

1115 + 24 +1139 for the year.

the goon is just gonna get better and better as it goes on. Probably will buy Fatale vol 2 this month but vol 1, while it was good, didn't blow me away.

[awayne83]

update:

Chew HC vol. 5 (11) - Another solid volume. If you've read this far, you pretty much know what to expect, as the quality of this book has remained consistent throughout. I do feel, however, that the series (with 10 issues to go) could have probably been wrapped up 15 to 20 issues earlier w/o really losing too much, other than the extra entertainment

Batman: Gothic HC (5) - Morrison's second work on batman i believe. Good story, not sure it deserved the deluxe treatment though. Well, other than being by Morrison.

Sandman Overture HC (6) - So happy for another Gaiman Sandman tale. Enjoyed this immensely. This story, and the Sandman series in general, is quite different from my usual interests. Just goes to show that a well written story can find an audience anywhere. Hope this isn't the last Sandman we see from Gaiman, but thankful for what we've gotten over the years

1139 + 22 = 1161 for the year