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I was never a BoP fan, especially not The Fake Huntress, so that bit of dialogue didn't bother me.

I picked up Dead @ 17 #1 a few weeks ago and finally read it today. I guess its the first issue of the latest miniseries and there have been others before it. I really didn't know anything about the series previously. My impressions were...it was "okay". I kind of got the jist of what was going on but didn't understand all of it and overall, the story was a little slow, and there wasn't that much bang for your book for a whole issue.

On the other hand, the lead characters seemed interesting and there certainly is a moody, dark feel to the series. It involves the force of hell trying to take over Earth and I've read a lot of those types of stories in my day, so I'll need something to make it different. They seem to do that with the two lead chararacters.

The art is also quite excellent, which is why I picked it up. Its cartoony but very dark & sexy, which makes it work on a cooler level. But there is actually more 'pin-up' type shots than I thought would be in there. Not over the top, but a little gratuitous.

Will I pick up another issue? Hm. Hard to say. I might not, but I'll browse in the store and if it seems to pick up a little maybe I will purchase afterall.

Anyone else ever hear of this comic or buy/read it?

I dropped Guardians of the Galaxy, too. It had become one of those "Why Do You Keep Buying It?" books that Cobie described earlier in this thread. Honestly, I think the only issue that fully lived up to the book's potential was # 7, and that was a long time ago. Sure, I'll miss some of the characters (especially Cosmo), but there's not enough of them that I really care that much about. It doesn't seem like Paul Pelletier is coming back anytime soon, which is a big minus, as is DnA's inconsistent tone (to give one example, I hated the way they wrote Maelstrom's dialogue.) Guess I'll just have to stick to re-reading my Dreadstar collection (I do seem to be re-reading a lot of old stuff lately.)

These days:


DC (incl. Vertigo and Wildstorm):
Wednesday Comics
Action Comics (will probably drop this soon)
Adventure Comics (trial basis)
Brave & The Bold
Superman
Supes:World of New Krypton
Detective Comics
Batman
Batman & Robin
Booster Gold
Doom Patrol
Secret Six
Flash:Rebirth
Green Lantern
Blackest Night
Justice League of America
JLA:Cry for Justice
Justice Society of America
JSA vs. Kobra
Power Girl (still undecided about keeping this)
Strange Adventures
R.E.B.E.L.S
The Authority (though I may leave with DnA)
The Spirit
Fables
Hellblazer
The Unwritten
Madame Xanadu
House of Mystery
Astro City
Ex-Machina

(Jack of Fables got dropped after the crossover. The Red Circle one shots have convinced me not to pick up the monthlies.)

Marvel:
Agents of Atlas
Official Handbooks

(I'll likely get the 70th anniversary stuff in trades. Still undecided about Marvels Project and Torch, though they look interesting. Otherwise, I find Marvel as annoying as usual.)

Other:
Hellboy/BPRD/Witchfinder
Atomic Robo
Jack Staff
Lone Ranger (when it arrives)
Buck Rogers (trial basis)
Madman Atomic Comics (one more issue)
Phonogram (bloody brilliant)
Castle Waiting
Irredeemable
Comic Book Comics
Mouse Guard
RASL
Tales Designed to Thrizzle
Zorro
Project:Superpowers

Hey! Welcome back, OM!

After taking off so many books, I added one: The Black Widow mini-series that starts in November. Natasha's been generally well-portrayed in recent years, and Paul Cornell and Tom Raney are a strong creative team.

DC
Adventure Comics
Batman and Robin
Blackest Night
Detective Comics
Doom Patrol
Green Lantern
Green Lantern Corps
JSA vs. Kobra: Engines of Faith
Justice League: Cry for Justice
Justice Society of America
R.E.B.E.L.S.
Secret Six
Superman
Wednesday Comics

Marvel
Agents of Atlas
Dark Avengers
Captain America
Fantastic Four
New Avengers
Uncanny X-Men

DC
Adventure Comics

PS No, I did not push the reply button before finishing this message. This is now the only book I buy.

Adventure Comics

Flash: Rebirth

The Walking Dead

I read Green Lantern in trades thanks to the Library. Or else I'd probably try to shoehorn that in as well.

My pull list is down to:

Buffy
Adventure (which I read just for the Legion storyette)

Buffy - Season 8 is supposed to go for about another year. I'll have to see if Legion alone is enough to get me to go to the CBS after that.

DC:

Adventure Comics
R.E.B.E.L.S.
Booster Gold
The Brave and the Bold
Superman: Secret Origin
First Wave (upcoming)

Not DC:

Captain Blood (limited series)
The Incredibles
Groo (whenever there's anything)
Anne Steelyard
Wild Cards: The Hard Fall (if it ever comes out again!)

Waiting for Trade:

Secret Six
Guardians of the Galaxy

Picked up a nice batch of TPBs yesterday and I'll review once I read:

Air Vol 1 & 2
Scalped Vol 2-4
Invincible 3-4
Cooke's The Hunter

And I followed Sarcasm Kid's advice and got the rest of the Walking Dead's I need online.

Should be a great January for reading comics...

(And I'll repost my pull list soon--its basically everything these days )

Well, I recently did a revised pull list for my Dad and I to go over so I figured I’d post it here. For those who don’t know, my father and I collect these titles together and split the cost. Sometimes my brother will join us in this venture, but usually not. I *think* I’ve got them all, but its hard to keep track of.

DC
Action Comics
Adventure Comics
Batman
Batman & Robin
Blackest Night
Booster Gold
Brave & Bold
Detective Comics
Doom Patrol
Flash
Green Arrow & Black Canary Green Lantern
Green Lantern Corps
Jonah Hex
JSA: All-Stars
Justice League of America
Justice Society of America
Outsiders
R.E.B.E.L.S.
Secret Six
Supergirl
Superman
Superman/Batman
Superman: Origins
Teen Titans
The Shield – in danger of cancellation by me
The Web – in danger of cancellation by me
Warlord
Wonder Woman
World of New Krypton

Vertigo
Air – TPB
Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love
Daytripper – trying out
Fables
House of Mystery
Madame Xanadu
Scalped – TPB
Unknown Soldier
Unwritten

Wildstorm
Astro City

Marvel
Agents of Atlas
Amazing Spider-Man
Captain America
Daredevil
Dark Tower
Doctor Voodoo about to be cancelled by Marvel
Fantastic Four
Guardians of the Galaxy
Hulk
Imperial Guard
Incredible Hercules
Incredible Hulk
Inhumans
Invincible Iron Man
Mighty Avengers – my father only
New Avengers
New Mutants
Nova
Siege
Spider-Woman
Thor
Thunderbolts
Ultimate Spider-Man
Uncanny X-Men
Web of Spider-Man
X-Factor
X-Men: Legacy

Icon (Marvel)
Criminal
Powers

Red 5
Atomic Robo

Image
Chew
Four Eyes
Image United
Invincible – TPB
Mice Templar
The Haunt
The Walking Dead

Boom! Studios
Unknown

Dark Horse
Umbrella Academy

Dynamite
Battlefields
Green Hornet – will be beginning shortly

IDW
Fallen Angel
John Sable, Freelance
Darwyn Cooke’s “The Hunter” – basically any adaptation Cooke does I’ll collect

Misc.
Comic Book Buyer’s Guide (Magazine)

Will Add or Currently Considering
I try out a lot of different titles on my own and sometimes they make it to the main list.
Incorruptible (Boom!)
Dark Avengers (Marvel)
Kid Flash (DC)
Buck Rogers (Dynamite)
Sherlock Holmes (Dynamite)
Joe the Barbarian (Vertigo)
Nemesis (Icon)
Stumptown (Oni) – If I can ever find a store that has a copy
Locke & Key (IDW)
Hellboy / B.P.R.D. (Dark Horse) – really on the fence about starting
Madman (Image) - should it resume, I’d consider but I’m also no the fence here
Murderer (Top Cow) – if this wins the contest
First Wave – only if there are huge rave reviews from people whose opinions I respect
Sparta USA (Wildstorm)
Birds of Prey
New Avengers: Luke Cage
Legion of Super-Heroes

Cobie I have to make a couple of suggestions:

The Web is getting a new writer soon- Matt Sturgis. I recommend giving him a few issues, he's always brings a little excitement to a title. And you know you loved him on House of Mystery and the tail end of Blue Beetle.

B.P.R.D. is a great horror comic without being all gothy or gory. Mignola and Arcudi are telling long form stories like Bendis and Johns, with individual arcs having a complete feel to them. You're welcome to trade trades sometime and let me know what ya think.

The recent run of reviews has me looking at my own pull list. There's been a few titles- Chew, Warlord, Scalped- I've been considering since seeing all the buzz here on LegionWorld. It may be time to pad the list a bit.

DC
Adventure Comics
Batman
Batman & Robin
Batgirl (on the fence)
Detective
Gotham Sirens
The Great Ten
Green Arrow/Black Canary
Green Lantern Corps
JSA All Stars
Jonah Hex
<strike>Outisiders</strike>
Power Girl
R.E.B.E.L.S
Secret Six
Streets of Gotham
The Web
Wonder Woman

Vertigo
Daytripper
House of Mystery
Madame Xanadu
Fables (in trade)

Marvel
<strike>Captain America</strike>
Guardians of the Galaxy
X-Factor

Image
Mice Templar
The Walking Dead (in trade)

Dark Horse
Age of Reptiles
Beasts of Burden
B.P.R.D.
Grendel (whenever it comes out)
Umbrella Academy

Misc
Fallen Angel
Mouse Guard

Ceej, can't wait to see your reviews of everything you haven't gotten to yet, particularly the Dark Horse titles.

For the Web, I'm sticking around until Sturges comes on and seeing what he does with the title. I like his quirky writing style. I might just not pick up #3 and #4 until he gets there.

B.P.R.D. is something I might hit up in trades (Hellboy too). We had talked about this a year ago--there's a thread for it on LW if you search under "Hellboy", so I'll be awaiting any reviews you might give on it. Hellboy / B.P.R.D. is one of those rare instances where the movie was so damn awesome I felt like I needed to check out the comic.

Batgirl's been sitting there for me also since I started picking it up, Ceej, but last month's issue may have saved it for me by showing me how good it can potentially be. Please post your latest thoughts about that series on its thread when you have time! (It's currently on page 2 of this forum)

Adventure Comics

Flash: Rebirth

The Walking Dead

The Brave and the Bold

Chew

Blackest Night (as well as the BN: Flash mini

So the May solicits are out and that means it's time for me to think about what I'm going to feed my addiction with that month.

A combination of starting a new Law degree (and all the time and money that entails) and a general dis-satisfaction with where comics are going (price-wise and content-wise) has me buying fewer books than ever though.

For the first time since I got back into comics in my early 20s I truly wonder whether I'll still be reading them this time next year.

Anyhoo, here are my picks -

CURRENT BOOKS

1. The Brave and the Bold ... without a doubt my favourite book. All those people who complain about the "modern, post-Identity Crisis" DCU should read this book!
2. Green Lantern ... Geoff Johns has created a movement with this book.
3. Adventure Comics ... have enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would but its glory days are just around the corner (I hope).
4. Batman and Robin ... Morrison's Dick-as-Batman tales have not been anywhere near as good as his Bruce-as-Batman ones (IMO) but there is still a creativity and energy in this title that most other books lack.
5. Madame Xanadu ... still loving this blend of Vertigo and the DCU.

6. The Walking Dead (in TPB) ... the most addictive thing I've ever read! Even though I *despise* certain characters and story choices I MUST. KEEP. COMING. BACK. FOR. MORE.

UPCOMING BOOKS

1. Brightest Day ... I LOVE the Aqua-verse! This book is a lock!
2. Legion of Super-Heroes ... as is this one.
3. Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne ... Grant Morrison's foray into the Bat-verse has started to show some wear but I've come with him this far, I may as well go all the way.

MAYBES

1. Green Lantern Corps ... for a long-story reason I haven't read this book in a while - even though I've been buying it. Wondering if I should just stop buying until I catch up on my reading?
2. Birds of Prey ... the internet excitement about Simone's return has rubbed off on me - even though I didn't particularly love her last sojourn with this team.
3. Zatanna ... a long-time fave character but Paul Dini's last Vertigo one-shot with her was nothing special and I *cannot stand* her stripper boots! The artist is fantastic though.
4. DC Universe: Legacies ... I am a sucker for this type of project but when I'm tightening my belt I wonder if I really need it? Especially at that price!

5. Air (in TPB) ... I want the time and money to read this!
6. Scalped (in TPB) ... as above.
7. The Unwritten (in TPB) ... ditto.

RECENTLY DROPPED

1. Detective Comics ... I've come to the decision that I just do not like Greg Rucka's style of writing - and the Question back-up was the biggest snooze that ever snoozed!
2. Doom Patrol ... there were some Ups but far too many Downs in this very uneven and disappointing book.
3. Superman: Secret Origin ... started off with a bang but then very quickly fell away. Between this and the awful Flash: Rebirth has Geoff Johns begun to lose his lustre?

This will be my list (as the titles start...)

Legion of Super Heroes
Adventure Comics
Flash
The Walking Dead
The Brave and the Bold
Chew
Green Lantern
Secret Six

Time for an update.

Since I posted last (it's on page 7, if you care), a number of minis have run their course and some other got dropped, so now we're at:

DC (incl. Vertigo and Wildstorm):
Adventure Comics (decided to keep it. I'll miss Krypto)
Brave & The Bold (One of the best books you aren't buying)
Brightest Day
Superman
War of the Supermen
Detective Comics
Batman
Batman & Robin (I've really enjoyed this)
Batman:Streets of Gotham
Doom Patrol
Secret Six
Flash
Green Lantern
Justice League of America
Justice Society of America
JSA All-Stars (because it's the JSA, and things may get better with Magog gone)
Power Girl (not sure if I'll keep this; I have no interest in Generation Lost)
R.E.B.E.L.S
First Wave
Doc Savage
The Spirit
Fables
Hellblazer
The Unwritten
Authority:The Lost Year
Joe the Barbarian
Madame Xanadu
House of Mystery
Astro City (will be interesting to see if it can maintain quality as a monthly)
Ex-Machina (winding up soon)

Upcoming: Zatanna, LSH, DCU:Legacies, Return of Bruce Wayne

Action Comics was dropped last August, but Paul Cornell is enough to convince me to check it out again. Authority and Booster Gold were both dropped recently.

Marvel:
Official Handbooks

(Marvel is trade only these days, and on rare occasions at that.)

Other:
Hellboy/BPRD
Atomic Robo
Weird World of Jack Staff
Lone Ranger
Castle Waiting (when it appears)
Irredeemable
Incorruptible
Comic Book Comics (if it's still being published)
Green Hornet
Green Hornet:Year One (they launched too much too quickly. I'm not sure I'll stick around after these minis and I'm not getting the others)
Mouse Guard
RASL
Tales Designed to Thrizzle
Zorro
Okko: Cycle of Air
Black Terror
Project:Superpowers[/QB][/QUOTE]

Buck Rogers was recently dropped.

Looks like you omitted Walking Dead, OM.

OM, What do you think of RASL?

Actually, that's one that I'm slowly catching up on in trades. I did happen to glance at the most recent issue, though.

I like it, and I think it's a good change of pace for Smith after BONE. In fact I'd say it's a brave thing for Smith to try, since it's different enough that he risks losing his audience.

I'm very impressed with how well he does ugly and gritty art-wise, especially since even the Rat Creatures in BONE looked cute.

The early issues of RASL weren't altogether exciting, and the combination of a slow pace and a slow release schedule really hurt the book early on. But I think it's on track now.

I only have the last two issues, and thought they were pretty good. Interesting concept, I love that parts of it take place in Tucson, my current hometown.