Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION Dr. Gym'll's Cultural Rarities Your Current Pull List

Marvel: X-FACTOR, Champions (upcoming), Cable & Deadpool, Captain America, Uncanny X-Men, Adjectiveless X-Men (last three in danger of being dropped.)

DC: Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps, Legion of Super-Heroes.

IDW: Fallen Angel

Dark Horse: Conan (ongoing book only)

Well, as I've said, I split a large comic book collection with my father and brother, so although I have the power to drop titles usually, there are cases where my dad or brother wants to keep collecting so we don’t. But I do stop reading. So here’s the ones I’ve stopped buying, or just reading:

Flash – I hate this comic more than anything else right now.
Nightwing
Robin
Outsiders
Batman Confidential
Hawkgirl – ending
Firestorm – ending
Mystery in Space – ending
Tales of the Unexpected - ending

Ms. Marvel – dropped
Wolverine: Origins – dropped
Ant-Man – dropped
Heroes for Hire – dropped

For me:
After the recent drop of a few:

Here’s basically what my pull list would look like
DC
52  Countdown
Detective Comics
Batman
Catwoman
Superman/Batman
Superman
Action Comics
Supergirl
Supergirl & the Legion of Super-Heroes
Wonder Woman
Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis
Green Lantern
Green Lantern Corps
Green Arrow
Birds of Prey
Atom
Blue Beetle
Justice League of America
Justice Society of America
JSA Classified
Teen Titans
Outsiders
Shadowpact
Checkmate
All-Star Superman
All-Star Batman & Robin the Boy Wonder
Jonah Hex
The Spirit
Dr. Fate – will get
Booster Gold – will get

Marvel
Fantastic Four
Captain America
Iron Man
Amazing Spider-Man
Sensational Spider-Man
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
Daredevil
She-Hulk
Hulk
Black Panther
New Avengers
Mighty Avengers
Avengers: Initiative
Young Avengers
Runaways
Thunderbolts
Astonishing X-Men
Uncanny X-Men
X-Men
X-Factor
Nova
Ultimate Fantastic Four
Ultimate Spider-Man
Ultimates 2
Thor – will get
Starlord – will get

Independents
Fallen Angel
Powers
Kurt Busiek's Astro City (when its published)

Vertigo
Fables
Y: the Last Man

Meaning to pick up
Walking Dead – now that Scott has given me the first trade to read
Cable/Deadpool – because I feel I owe it to Reboot at this point
Lone Ranger – looks cool

I probably left something out, as just as I was typing this, work went into crisis mode…

Time to revise my list too I guess
Countdown
Flash
JLA
JSA
Shadowpact
Supergirl and the Legion of Super-heroes
Wonder Woman
City of Heroes
Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century
Omega Flight
Fables
The Walking Dead

My current list:

DC
ALL NEW BOOSTER GOLD
BIRDS OF PREY
CATWOMAN
COUNTDOWN
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES IN THE 31ST CENTURY
MANHUNTER
SUPERGIRL
SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION OF SUPER HEROES
EX MACHINA
FABLES

Independents
ATOMIC ROBO
FALLEN ANGEL IDW
FELL
INVINCIBLE
KABUKI
KILLING GIRL
MOUSE GUARD
ROCKETO (Hope Killing Girl doesn't delay the next arc...)
UMBRELLA ACADEMY APOCALYPSE SUITE(Rumor has it... I'll love this!)

ASTONISHING X-MEN
CAPTAIN AMERICA
NEXTWAVE(Hopehopehope they do another series-- this RAWKED!)
RUNAWAYS
SHANNA SHE-DEVIL SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST (with GrayPal & Khari Evans, the team from the DoD mini)
SHE-HULK
X-FACTOR
YOUNG AVENGERS

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...that's my automatic pulls. Exiles was just dropped, while Countdown, Supergirl, Shanna, Atomic Robo, Killing Girl and Umbrella Academy were added. Then I go thru the specials and the Previews listing for stuff I don't necessarily order regularly.

The new list, one year to the day:

DC, Vertigo, Wildstorm
CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY
COUNTDOWN
EX MACHINA
FABLES
JACK OF FABLES (might be dropping)
JSA (might drop at the end of the Lightning Saga)
JLA (dropping at the end of the Lightning Saga)
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES IN THE 31ST CENTURY
LOONEY TUNES
SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION OF SUPER HEROES
TEEN TITANS (kept it last year, in danger again)
TEEN TITANS GO (may be getting canceled)
WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY


Marvel, Icon
ULTIMATE POWER

Other
DOROTHY
FALLEN ANGEL
WALKING DEAD tpbs

If they ever come out again...
SQUADRON SUPREME
YOUNG AVENGERS (early 2008?)

Might add?
THE ORDER (will check out the first couple of issues)

I had a lot of mini-series ended during the year. That helped my budget.

ONGOING

1. Supergirl & the Legion of Super-Heroes
2. The Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century
3. The Authority - heck, when it comes out that is...

LIMITED RUNS OF ONGOINGS

1. The Brave and the Bold - 2 issues to go (for me)!


LIMITED SERIES

1. Countdown - tho' i'm looking at cutting this out already & trade-wait
2. All-Star Superman - the only Supes comic I can stand right now
3. Amazons Attack - completist that I am I'll get it til #6, but the story's so-so

HCs/TPBs
1. Jack of Fables vol 2
2. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier - when it finally comes out :-/
3. Absolute Sandman vol 2 - coming this October!!!!
4. Any new "Y-The Last Man" TPs
5. Any new "Fables" TPs

I've cut back a lot from 1 year ago. Guess I've already gotten mainstream DCU fatigue with the crossovers and the event minis.

Up till about a month ago I only read Marvel, but I have gotten severly tired of it (I use to read DC but went back to Marvel after Morrison's run ended on New X-Men)

So I have gotten rid of alot of the titles I usually get and now I am only getting...

X-Men
New X-Men
Astonishing X-Men (when it comes out)
Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes (I just started 2 days ago so I have to #11 and getting the rest of the series tomorrow)

I want to start collecting more DC titles so I am thinking I might get

Teen Titans and the Justice League, are there any really good series that I should get?

Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps are both excellent. And be sure to also pick up the Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps special, a good jumping-on point for a newcomer.

thanks I will make sure to check them out

ok, i'm done lurking around for now, so here is my current list:

Marvel:
1. The Mighty Avengers
2. The New Avengers
3. Avengers: The Initiative
4. New Warriors
5. Thor
6. The Amazing Spider-Girl
7. Ghost Rider

DC:
8. The Justice League of America
9. The Justice Society of America
10. Green Lantern
11. Green Lantern Corps
12. The Legion of Super-Heroes
13. Countdown
14. Countdown to Adventure
15. The Flash
16. Booster Gold
17. Action Comics #858 – onwards (i.e. the Legion thing)
18. Green Lantern/Sinestro Corps Secret Files (One-shot)
19. Tales of the Sinestro Corps (All four One-shots)

DC/Wildstorm:
20. Wetworks

Red 5:
21. Abyss
22. Atomic Robo
23. Afterburn

Dynamite:
24. Painkiller Jane
25. Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero
26. Witchblade: Shades of Gray
27. Jungle Girl

Dark Horse:
28. The End League

Image:
29. The Circle
30. Mice Templar

Whats everyone currently getting?

For me, its easier to ask me which DC titles I don't collect. I think that may be like 4. I need some titles to be canceled really quick before I start with a bunch of new ones.

Right now my reading list is sparse. I got back into comics six months ago and within three months from that ended up dropping 2/3rds of the books. I just couldn't get behind a lot of the new directions (and it's a shame so many series DID have new directions after only two years gone).

I'm reading LSH, LSH in the 31st Century, and Action Comics or whichever Legion related guest spot is out. My only other books are Booster Gold, Tiny Titans (though I'm not sure how long I'll stick with it), and Transformers Spotlight. I'm enjoying IDW's spotlight books better than the actual Transformers series they're supposed to compliment.

This is the first time ever I'm collecting comics that I don't have a Marvel title (or specifically, an X-title) I'm picking up. Though I hear X-Force is good and I'm sure X-Factor still is, Messiah Complex and the negative statuo quo that it left behind killed my X-Men drive for right now.

Currently following (excluding just-ended miniseries, in rough order of goodness from best to least):
Incredible Hercules
Nova
Captain America
X-Men: First Class
Marvel Adventures Avengers
Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius (quarterly)
X-Factor
She-Hulk
Thor

On the bubble or going:
Thunderbolts - will drop when Ellis leaves & Gage takes over
Transformers - I'll probably continue to follow Furman's Spotlights, etc, but I've jumped off the main series since All Hail Megatron looks crap
New Warriors - it's been technically bad, but fun for a while. The fun's dissipating

Likely adds:
Captain Britain & MI:13
Guardians of the Galaxy

I just dropped a bunch of Marvel and DC's. Here's where I'm at (please keep in mind I share this with my father, so I only pay half the cost at an already 25% off, and he may want some that I don't and vice versa).

Captain America
Daredevil
Fantastic Four
Amazing Spider-Man
Thor
Iron Man
Incredible Hercules
Nova
Guardians & the Galaxy
Runaways
Thunderbolts (not safe post-Ellis)
New Avengers
Mighty Avengers
Avengers: Classic
Avengers: the Initiative (not safe)
Uncanny X-Men
X-Men: Legacy
Astonishing X-Men
X-Factor
Ultimate Spider-Man
Hulk* (* = father wants, I don't read)

Superman
Action Comics
Batman
Detective Comics
Superman/Batman*
Nightwing
Robin
Supergirl*
Wonder Woman
Flash
Green Lantern
Green Lantern Corps
Green Arrow/Black Canary
The All-New Atom
Blue Beetle
Booster Gold
Brave & Bold
Justice League of America
Justice League (when it comes out)
Justice Society of America
Teen Titans
Batman & the Outsiders
Legion of Super-Heroes
Shadowpact
Uncle Sam & the Freedom Fighters (latest mini may have lost me forever)
Checkmate
All-Star Superman
All-Star Batman & Robin (I get this because its so awful I can't help it)
Jonah Hex
The Spirit

Trinity - will give it a chance
Final Crisis
Legion of 3 Worlds

Powers
Fallen Angel
Fables
Mice Templar
Umbrella Academy
Dan Dare (just picked up, will review and decide)
various others I've just picked up that I'll review and decide

Because I just dropped a bunch of titles, I've put a hold on getting anything new from DC or Marvel unless it looks spectacular or someone personally reccomends it to me. They've just let me down too often. And mini-series especially won't be added unless I hear rumors its the greatest thing since 1930's the Shadow #1.

I may have left one or two out, this is by memory...

As far as monthly series...

Nothing.

Hm. I may have to start reccomending you single issue stories each month to keep you aware of all good comics, Eryk!

Actually I'm thinking about focusing on TPBs and catching up on my Showcase reading!

My comics buying habit is always a great reflection of my financial stability. If I'm buying lots of comics - times are good. If I'm not - they're not.

Now's one of the bad times so I'm trying to keep it down to around 10 books a month or so (give or take a few what with minis and cancellations and so on).

Here's how things are looking for me at the mo...

Buying -

Action Comics (dropped if Supergirl becomes an integral book)
All Star Superman (will probably leave when Morrison does though)
Batman
Brave and Bold
Green Lantern
Justice League of America
Justice Society of America (on the bubble)
Superman (dropped if Supergirl becomes an integral book)

Final Crisis (when it starts)
Final Crisis : Legion of 3 Worlds (when it starts)
Final Crisis : Rogues Revenge (when it starts)
Justice League (when it starts - maybe, don't like what I've heard so far)
Madame Xanadu (when it starts)

House of Mystery (in TPB - maybe, will wait and see how the reviews go)
Scalped (in TPB - great book, people should check it out)
Walking Dead (in TPB - great book, people should check it out)

Dropped for Financial reasons -

Astro City
Batman & the Outsiders
Blue Beetle
Booster Gold
Checkmate
Fables (though I was also tiring of this book anyway)
Green Lantern Corps
Jack of Fables
Jonah Hex
Wonder Woman

(though I would start picking up any or all of the above again if my money problems improved or they got killer new storylines)

Dropped for Hatred reasons -

Green Arrow & Black Canary
Teen Titans

(change the creative teams on those books and on Titans and I might start buying them again though)

Of the books I'm currently reading I'd say Walking Dead, Scalped, All Star Superman, Brave & Bold and Action Comics are probably the best and I urge everyone who hasn't to check them out.

My CBS requires ten titles to have a pull list.

Monthlies:
LSH
LSH 31
Justice League of America
JLU
Justice Society of America
Narcopolis
DC/Wildstorm Dreamwar

iffy monthly list
Brave and Bold
Green Lantern
Nightwing
Tangent Universe: Superman's Reign
Project Superpowers

TPBs:
The last TPB of Y: the last man
Ex Machina
Invincible

Recent deletions:
The Order (end of series)
Midnighter (end of series)
The Flash ("can't stand it any longer")

The new list, one year and 5 days later...

DC, Vertigo, Wildstorm
ALL STAR SUPERMAN (dropping with #12)
CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY
DC/WILDSTORM DREAMWAR (6 issue mini)
FABLES
FINAL CRISIS (7 issue mini)
FINAL CRISIS: LEGION OF THREE WORLDS (5 issue mini)
JSA (might drop. not liking the Gog storyline too much)
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES IN THE 31ST CENTURY
LOONEY TUNES
TEEN TITANS GO

Marvel
SECRET INVASION (7 issue mini)
SECRET INVASION: YOUNG AVENGER/RUNAWAYS (3 issue mini)
YOUNG AVENGERS PRESENTS (6 issue mini)

Trade Paperbacks
MANHUNTER
WALKING DEAD

If they ever come out again...
DOROTHY
SQUADRON SUPREME (will check out Chaykin's run)
WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY
YOUNG AVENGERS
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Down to 14 books and 2 trades. By December, if I don't pick up anything else, I'll be down to 6 or 7 books and 2 trades. Of those, only 3 books and 1 trade are for me. The rest are for the wife and kids. Wow, times change!

I recenty spend a whopping $40 for two months books, and wondered why. It's time to weed down my list. JSA and LSH v5 are on the short-list to get the heave-ho.

Doldrums... I don't think I've been collecting this few titles since my first year in college.

Right now my list is just LSH, JSA, All-Star Superman, and Final Crisis... plus Legion of Three Worlds when it starts next month. I've also been getting the intermittent Power Pack minis from Marvel. I was previously collecting All-New Atom (which got cancelled) and Blue Beetle (which I decided to drop, although not because I stopped liking the title). I'll probably drop JSA after the Gog storyline, too.

I'm really looking forward to the Agents of Atlas ongoing, though!

As of right now I am picking up.

Legion of Super-Heroes
Wonder Woman
Justice League of America
Justice Soceity of America
Action Comics
Green Lantern Corps
Green Lantern
Booster Gold
Birds of Prey
Uncanny X-Men
Astonishing X-Men
Mighty Avengers
Green Arrow & Black Canary

I dropped Titans, Teen Titans, Young X-Men, and X-Factor, not to long ago. But I might be interested in getting Teen Titans once again.

Legion of Super-Heroes
Wonder Woman
Batman
All Star Superman
Action
Simon Dark
Walking Dead
Narcopolis
Guy Richie's Gamekeeper

The Walking Dead
Justice Society
Legion of Super Heroes
FC: Legion of Three Worlds
Flash
Booster Gold

Wanted to get Rogues Revenge, but I missed the first issue.