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The Legion of Super Heroes
Adventure Comics
Green Lantern
Emerald Warriors
Booster Gold
The Flash
JL:Generation Lost
Chew
The Walking Dead
Zatanna
American Vampire
Darkwing Duck
I...Zombie
Detective Comics

I'll be getting the Flashpoint thing, and maybe a few of the mini's...depending on if they interest me or not.

Actually curious about the new Venom series...maybe grab the first issue.

Went back through this thread and it's nearly exactly a year since I last updated my pull-list.

Here's what I'm buying now -

ONGOINGS:

* Adventure Comics - Phil Jiminez and the Legion Academy saved this book from getting dropped.
* Legion of Super-Heroes - Still enjoying this book and team a lot... but there's room for improvement.
* Green Lantern - Starting to tire of the very cluttered GL-verse. Johns needs to go back to telling more focused, smaller-scale stories here IMO.
* Batman Inc. - Morrison's Batman-opus continues to be amazingly good. The delay between issues is starting to hurt though.
* Detective Comics - Snyder and Jock's tales here remind me a bit of Peter Milligan's run in the early 90s. That's high praise.
* Batwoman - Really liked Williams' #0 issue and hoping he makes me like Kate Kane more than Rucka did.
* Brave and Bold - If it ever comes back. I miss you B&B.

MINIS:

* DCU Legacies - Lost some of its quality since it's start but it's only got one issue left now so I'm gonna finish it.
* Brightest Day - The action is heating up now. I can honestly say I have no idea how this series is going to end too so that's kinda exciting.

TRADES:

*Walking Dead - still addicted.

So, not very many comics obviously. And there aren't many on the horizon which interest me much either. I've decided to sit out the whole Flashpoint event since I'm not reading Flash or care much about alternate universes - which would make this the first DC event since (I think) Genesis that I've skipped.

That's gonna be weird, but DC just don't have many creative teams telling stories that interest me at the moment. I want new blood at that company SO bad - starting at the top with their editors.

Also on the radar as a possible...the new Moon Knight series by Bendis and Maleev. Here's a confession...I read the trades (thank you library) of their Daredevil run and really enjoyed them for the most part. I've always like Moon Knight, and I think Bendis does his best stuff at the street level characters.

Maleev is beyond awesome! I wasn't gonna buy Scarlet just for him, though. sampled the first issue and was more annoyed than impressed with Bendis's choices. But yeah, the two were awesome on DD. I've never been into Moon Knight but might give this a look.

Maleev is awesome. I personally put him along with Bill Senkannotspellhisnamewich as a totally different level of artist.

Sienkiewicz.

I know...it's just nmore fun to post crap like that...kinda like calling Shamalan M Night Shamalamadingdong.

What? You mean it's NOT "Shamalamadingdong"?!?!?

Shamalaoprahwinfrey.

Given his more current movies...it is.

Chalk me up as another big Maleev fan! I loved what he did on Daredevil, as well as Spider Woman.

You'll note in my pull list I'm buying Scarlet now but it's on the fence. I initially liked what Bendis was doing narrative-wise, but the overall story (a revolution) just isn't working for me. I've kind of just been buying it for Maleev's gorgeous work.

I'll definitely be getting Moon Knight. These two work great together and Maleev's art should be fantastic with Moon Knight's awesome look. Bendis usually does a good job writing--he's exactly like Geoff Johns, but Marvel's version. Great writer who does a lot of things right but also has some really annoying habits. Also has perhaps too much control of his universe (like Geoff) and is also the darling of fandom (like Geoff).

Dev, would love to hear your opinions on the DD trades you read over in that thread!

I'll have to get them again and reread...not a bad chore at all there. Hopefully in the next week or so I can start going through them again. I will say this...I'll be gushing about the art the whole way through.

I have to drop a few things until I get another job, considering I was being paid to look after my grandmother and aunt.


Action Comics (Need to play catch up)
All-New Batman: Brave and the Bold
Avengers: The Children’s Crusade
Brave and the Bold (Well, when exactly is the next issue happening)
Knight and Squire (It IS down to the last issue)
Magnus
New Mutants (I can miss Age of X)
The Stand
Thunderstrike

As of right now, before seeing Solicits for Sept, this is where I stand:

Chew
The Walking Dead
Darkwing Duck
Green Hornet: Year One (Being added)
American Vampire
I...Zombie
Moon Knight
Alpha Flight

Maybe I might:

Legion Lost
JLI
The Flash

Current List:

Adventure Comics
Batman and Robin
Batman Inc.
Brightest Day Aftermath: Search for Swamp Thing
Flashpoint: Secret Seven
Flashpoint: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown
Hellblazer
Izombie
Legion of Super-Heroes
Power Girl
Secret Six
Xombi

After much debate and fighting with myself...this is my pull list as of September:

AMERICAN VAMPIRE
iZOMBIE
CHEW
THE WALKING DEAD
GREEN HORNET: YEAR ONE
MOON KNIGHT
ALPHA FLIGHT

My annual June 16 pull list update, one year and 4 days later...

DC, Vertigo, Wildstorm
ADVENTURE COMICS (up until Legion content stops)
CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY
FABLES
LEGION LOST
LEGION MINI (penciled by Chris Batista)
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES
LOONEY TUNES
XOMBI (hoping it survives after August)

Marvel
YOUNG AVENGERS: CHILDREN'S CRUSADE (8 issue mini)

Other
MORNING GLORIES

Trade Paperbacks
HOUSE OF MYSTERY
WALKING DEAD

Lots of cool creator-owned projects being announced at CCI!

"Saga" by BKV and Fiona Staples is one I'll certainly check out! I miss having a monthly Vaughn title like Y or Runaways.

"Thief of Thieves" has a great premise and approach creatively with a rotating writer team. Especially since my faves Nick Spencer and Robert Kirkman are involved. I'm looking for 'different approaches' to comics structurally so this could be fun.

Also, is anyone picking up Witchdoctor? The preview story in WD was good but it might not be my cup of tea.

Matt Wagner and Simon Bisley, working together for the first time on The Tower Chronicles!! I am SOOOOOOO there!!!

AMERICAN VAMPIRE
iZOMBIE
CHEW
THE WALKING DEAD
GREEN HORNET: YEAR ONE
MOON KNIGHT
ALPHA FLIGHT
CAPTAIN AMERICA
DAREDEVIL
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES
LEGION LOST
LEGION:SECRET ORIGIN
STAR TREK/LEGION OF SUPER HEROES
THE SHADE

Possibles at this point:

BIONIC MAN
PLANET OF THE APES

Dev, I know you love AmVamp, so you should really be checking out Snyder's other books! His run on Detective (soon to transfer over to DCnU Batman) has been EFFIN' AWESOME! He's also got a book with Image beginning next week called Severed which looks to have a horror bent to it like AmVamp. I'm also planning to pick up Swamp Thing just because he's writing it.

Also...I assume it's non-listing is an oversight, but you ARE getting the AmVamp: Survival of the Fittest mini, right?

If Snyder keeps this quality up, he may earn fave writer status with this poster!

Have not actually bought that (AV:SotF), but yeah, it's in the pull box.

I will probably get his Severed. Enjoying Detective, but with one issue to go, I left it off. Who knows on the others...I may break down and grab them when I see them...but I am planning on skipping most of the DCnU.

Severed actually seems very cool, more psychological horror than gore.

I accidentally bought the AmVamp spin off mini #2 twice--so if someone wants a copy let me know! I did the same with Cinderella #3. I need to move closer to my CBS so I can go more often.

I get what you mean on not bothering to wrap up some DC series before the #1's. I did the same with Zatanna and JSA.

I know the DCnU is turning you off, Dev, but I can't see how it would stop you from picking up Snyder's Batman, at least, since you're enjoying 'Tec. (If Swamp Thing ain't yer bag, I can see that one.)

So...are you two really elevating Marvel above DC lately? REALLY?!? True, just as with DC, there are quality Marvel books to be found, but don't forget you're paying that extra buck for many of the ones that are worth getting. I'm trade-waiting the new Cap run for that very reason, plus I'm skeptical that with McNiven on art that the book will ship in a timely manner or without subpar guest artists.

IMO, I'd put Marvel and DC about on the same level of quality but give DC the edge because of the price point and the comparative number of books I find *excellent* rather than *very good.* (Yes, I include the Vertigo books, there.)

Of course, Image and Dynamite kick both Marvel's and DC's asses on a regular basis....