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Silver Agent 1
Thanos Imperative 2
Mystery Society 2
Batgirl 12
Superman 701
REBELS 18
JL: Generation Lost 5
Brave & the Bold 35
Chew 12
Adventure 516

Had a nagging feeling something was missing while I was at the store. Turns out it was Birds of Prey 3! I emailed my comic guy--hope he has one left to hold for me! Can't remember for the life of me if I saw it on the stands there. It was definitely supposed to be in my pull bag.

^Whoa! Apparently, NONE of the stores serviced by our local Diamond distributor got BoP 3, according to my comics guy! A printing error or somesuch. We may not get BoP 3 for another coupla weeks!

F#$%! While my BoP 3 was waiting for me this week, my CBS was completely shorted on Walking Dead 75 this week by Diamond!!!

Stupid Diamond!!!

JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #121-122

These are exactly the kind of comics that used to annoy my best friend Jim when he was a kid. Instead of complete stories, or a 2-parter, each book contains (approx.) part 6 & 7 of 9-part stories. You read the first 16-pager, it's continued next issue. The 5-page back-up, ditto. Then, you get the NEXT issue. SAME DAMN THING! it's a good thing I bought JIM #123 about 20 years ago... but I'm not gonna dig it out just so I can re-read it now. (Until this weekend, I had NEVER read these 2 comics before!)


SUNSET CARSON #1 (1991)

AC Comics tribute to "The King of the Action Cowboys", a guy whose western films apparently featured more action than any other western films ever made-- and he did all his own stunts! The book, which contains 2 brand-new comics stories, came about about a year after Carson passed away, with an intro written by his wife. Of the 2 comics stories (both in color), one contains somewhat realistic art, while the other was drawn by Dick Ayers, and features a guest-appearance by THE HAUNTED HORSEMAN!

What cracked me up was the plot was slightly similar to a ROUGH RIDERS films I watched a few weeks ago, "GHOST TOWN LAW", in which U.S. Marshals from different areas converge on a ghost town to uncover criminal activity. In this case, Carson expects to meet Marshall Rex Fury, but instead, Fury shows up in his "spectral" identity. (I'm surprised Carson didn't put two-and-two together from the story's ending and figure out who the HH really is!)

Gail explained on her Facebook fansite that BoP 3 only made it to certain parts of the USA. It will hit the remainder soon!

meanwhile, I'm very excited... have saved $50 to hit the CBS with tomorrow... feel like I haven't been in a long time!

Oh, I see you got BoP already now. But shorting TWD is unforgiveable!!!!

Darkwing Duck #2
Legion #3
Grimm Fairy Tales #49
Neverland #4
Welcome To Tranquility: One Foot In The Grave #1
Tiny Titans #30

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Early this week I bought a copy of Batwoman: Elegy for my friend Professor Thompson as a gift, and today I bought her Girl Comics #3. I also bought Batman: The Cult as a gift for Nei Ruffino's birthday in September, since I won't see her till October. I'm thinking of also finding for her the Wonder Woman issue with the kinky lesbian trio THEM!

Black Widow #4
Marvel Her-oes #4
Legion of Super-Heroes #3
Power Girl #14
Supergirl #54
Meta 4 #2

Ended up spending $76 and *still* left a bagful in my pull!

Got:

The SUPER-SONS tpb, which I expect to be a hoot. I ***barely*** remember a couple of Super-Sons stories from back in my wee-dom, I remember I liked them. We shall see if they hold up. I have high hopes.

Also:

GIANT SIZE X-MEN FOREVER (Grell on Imperial Guard)

WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY 1

LEGACIES 3

LSH 3

(Young) AVENGERS CHILDREN'S CRUSADE 1

THE WALKING DEAD 74 *and* 75 (YAY!!!!!!)

ADVENTURE 516

SECRET SIX 23

I ZOMBIE 3

DOOM PATROL 12

JL GEN LOST 5

BRAVE & BOLD 35

BOOSTER GOLD 34

BRIGHTEST DAY 4 & 5


***I'm planning to hermitize the weekend and do a lot of reading (and posting!).

Earth Man and the Legion of Superheroes #3
I Zombie #3 (finally!)
Power Girl #14 (not as good with winnick but still not bad)
Black Widow #4 (pretty cool)
New Ultimates #3 (feeling pretty over it)
The New Avengers #2 (still funny!)
Avengers #3 (lagged a bit)

I checked and I am 6 weeks behind in my comic reading! J-j-jeepers! I'm going tomorrow morning and it's going to be killer on my wallet and takes weeks to get through.

One thing I'm concerned about: I know Bendis' Scarlett sold out everywhere. I checked the CBS nearby me to see if they had a copy and they didn't. I wonder if I missed the boat? Damn me for not reserving a copy.

I bought Scarlet but haven't gotten to it yet. The reviews have been all over the place in terms of its quality. All the way from terrible to a home run. A lot of the controversy centers on how it apparently breaks the fourth wall and how it's executed. I guess I'll know when I read it.

Saturday's haul will/should be:

Batman Streets Of Gotham #14,
Brightest Day #6
DC Universe Legacies #3
Hellblazer #269
Justice Society Of America #41
Legion Of Super-Heroes #3
Power Girl #14
Spirit #4
Welcome To Tranquility One Foot In The Grave #1
Zatanna #3
Green Hornet #6
Red Mass For Mars #4 (Finally!)
Atlas #3

Maybe Alter Ego and Time Masters, plus everything I didn't pick up from last week. I'd better bring a credit card this week.

What I did get:

LSH 3
Superman/Batman 74
DCU Legacies 3
Prince of Power 3
Time Masters: Vanishing Point 1
Supergirl 54
Zatanna 3
Brightest Day 6
Birds of Prey 3

Five number 3s this week. Weird!

I picked up the comics on Friday morning and got 6 weeks worth. Oh Boy. It's a lot of comics...will take me a long time to get through. Began with 3 issues of Walking Dead, then some Avengers comics and now issues #2 and #3 of the Legion.

I've been busy--feel like I haven't been on LW much! Over the next few weeks I'll review every comic known to man.

Bought New Mutants Classic Vol.1 at Barnes & Noble.

I just realized I missed the last two issues of the new series.

This week's haul;
Legion of Super-Heroes 3
X-Factor 207

I was this close to taking X-Factor off of my already anemic pull-list (having already yanked Guardians of the Galaxy and now Agents of Atlas, with some agonizing, as those titles have begun to fall down), but this issue stuck a hook in my cheek and dragged me back in.

Peter David sucks at super-heroes stories, I've decided. His strength is in characterization and drama. As long as the book is dealing with the various personalities and their issues, it sings. When he attempts an action sequence or actual super-hero storyline, wow, does he disappoint with the limp non-resolutions...

Awesome exchange of the day;

"What you obviously want is an open relationship!"

"No I don't!"

"You want to sleep with whomever you want."

"Oh. Well, then, yes, I guess I do..."

Black Cat #2
Captain America 1940's Newspaper Strip #2
X-Factor Forever #5
Action Comics #891
American Vampire #5
Madame Xanadu #25 (Only a few issues left)
Incorruptible #8

not much, i missed madame xanadu?? or they were sold out. good for her.

outsiders - thought i'd try it
authority the lost year

No it has been cancelled

First Wave #3 (With a horrifying lack of Rima)
New Mutants #15
American Vampire #5
Warlord #16 (The end )
X-Campus #2

And I've started on Ultimate X with #2.

sad face

Very sad face.

Though I think it is likely she'll be relaunched in the DCU proper.

If things go well this week, I will get:

Incorruptible #8
Rasl #8
Abe Sapien The Abyssal Plain #2
Authority The Lost Year #11
Batman The Return Of Bruce Wayne #4
Detective Comics #867
First Wave #3 (The ball has been well and truly dropped on this)
Flash #4
Green Lantern #56
Justice League Of America #47
Madame Xanadu #25 (sigh)

Maybe some other stuff like Wonder Woman and Time Lincoln (I'll check 'em out in the store) and the Eaglemoss Dr. Fate (if my shop gets it in).

I hope so. CJ broke the news to me today about this. It's a damn shame if the series is truly gone. It's been the surprise delight of the last 2 years.