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Trimming a bit. Lone Ranger will be trades at this point. I'll wait patiently for them.

DC Comics
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Legion of Super Heroes
Legion Lost
The Flash
Animal Man
Swamp Thing
Worlds Finest
Earth 2

Finishing Shade as well.

Image
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The Walking Dead
Chew


IDW
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Ghostbusters

Cut a bunch of the New (now old) 52 books. I'm sick of The Joker, so Batman got cut in anticipation and I was on a roll so got rid of Batwoman, Catwoman, Aquaman, Wonder Woman. I'll keep Green Arrow for a few more issues just because Nocenti's stories have been sort of interesting, although I find the lead character totally uninteresting at this point.

There just didn't seem to be much going on in each issue compared to how these books started out.

That leaves:

Legion of Super Heroes
Legion Lost (don't love it, but sticking with it)
Stormwatch
Demon Knights
The Hypernaturals
The Massive (only 1 more issue)
Fables (getting iffy)
Fairest (also getting iffy)
20th Century Boys (manga)

in trades:
Chew
ordered Saucer Country and Saga

So that frees up some $ for something new and individual graphic novels.

I'm sort of disappointed with the New 52. There was a lot of variety at the start, but the stories seem to be falling into the standard superhero over-extended battles.

Up to six titles, idly considering adding one or two if something interesting catches my eye. (I'm thinking about taking another look at Red Hood & the Outlaws, to see if it's gotten better, for instance, and depending on how this new Cyberforce relaunch works, checking it out.)

Legion of Super-Heroes
Legion Lost (which I'm buying out of sheer stubborness, since it feels like it's been circling the drain since day one, and just refuses to fall away)
X-Factor
Avengers Academy
Teen Titans (which, at this point, I'm buying mainly for the art, 'cause I'm shallow)
Hypernaturals

I forgot, I'm also keeping Red Hood & the Outlaws. I love its classic comicy outlandish action and the feel-good devotion of the three to one another.

Fat Cramer pushed me over the edge and I picked up the last two issues of Red Hood & the Outlaws. It's pretty cool, and I think I'll keep grabbing it for awhile! Thanks FC!

Due to some circumstances, I no longer have an official pull list. I have a lot of comics to catch up on in my current box, and I will continue with a handful of series. But overall, I am pretty much done with comics. Focusing what little money I have for fun on movies and stuff for the kids.

^ Another one bites the dust.

As a die hard Legion fan, my pull list only has two titles on it:

Legion of Super Heroes
Legion Lost

Although I must admit I pull out my old Atari Force collection from the mid 1980's for a great sci-Fi read.

Despite my growing dissatisfaction, my list hasn't shrunk much, although I did find my self hoping Legion Lost and Frankenstein get canned in the next round, which is probably a sign I should do it myself. Swamp Thing and Animal are also dangerously close to the chopping block too. Stormwatch bought itself a reprieve with a few good issues but Milligan really needs to get a handle on what he wants to do with Red Lanterns (though the zero issue was decent). Most of the others I'm still enjoying, although Demon Knights is still hit or miss.

Action Comics
Happy
Batman Inc.
Hellblazer
Stormwatch
Red Lanterns
Legion of Super-Heroes
Legion Lost
World's Finest
Dial H
Demon Knights
Frankenstein Agent of SHADE
Animal Man
Swamp Thing

And the kids get:

Superman Family Adventures
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic Universe

Okay...got a new list.

The Walking Dead
Saga
Ghostbusters
Threshold
The Shadow: Year One
FF (maybe F4)
LSH

I may also check into Journey into Mystery for the Sif story to see if it's appropriate for Hannah. She liked her in the movie Thor.

Chew gone again?

Way behind on it right now. I may fill in and then go the trade route. Depends. I will catch up with it sooner or later.

Here's what I gave to my comic book guy this week:

Avatar Press
 Fashion Beast

Dark Horse
• Angel & Faith
• Billy the Kids Oddities
• Buffy
• Colder
• Conan the Barbarian
• Creep
• Massive
• Star Wars (new Brian Wood series)

Dynamite Entertainment
 Lone Ranger
 The Lone Ranger: Snake of Iron

IDW
 High Ways (John Byrne)

Image
 America's Got Powers
 Bedlam
 Black Kiss II
 Change
 Chew
 Clone
 Comeback
 Fatale
 Great Pacific
 Happy
 Invincible
 Mara
 Mind the Gap
 Morning Glories
 Peter Panzerfaust
 Revival
 Saga
 Storm Dogs
 Thief of Thieves
 Walking Dead
 Where is Jake Ellis

Oni Press
 Stumptown V2

DC Comics
 American Vampire
 Batman
 Before Watchmen: Minute Men
 Detective Comics
 Fables
 Legion of Superheroes
 Punk Rock Jesus

Marvel
 Amazing Spider-Man
 Daredevil
 Hawkeye


***Should cover from now thru February. Lots of speculating on the new Image relaunches. A couple of the solicits, like Nowhere Men, didn't interest me enough to reserve.

Impressive list, sir! As usual, you've got your finger on the pulse of the very best of what's going on in comics.

A few random thoughts:

Also grabbing Change myself from Image. Ales Kot impressed me with Wild Children and I think he's going to be a real fresh voice in comics.

I actually *am* getting Nowhere Men (Image). The visual design that I've seen so far was very good, and I just really like Eric Stephenson 'the person'. We'll see if I like him as a writer.

Like you, I'm full time collecting Punk Rock Jesus (Vertigo) which has been too awesome for words.

How's the Creep from Dark Horse been? This was one I hemmed and hawwed about in the CBS but ultimately passed on. I do like Arcudi.

Byrne's art for High Ways (IDW) looks mesmerizing.

Glad you're grabbing Where is Jake Ellis! I'm also definitely grabbing Mara, Great Pacific, Storm Dogs and Bedlam. I was leaving Clone as a 'decide on the spot buy'.

I considered Multiple Warheads from Image but didn't reserve it. I haven't been to the CBS in over a month. So now I probably missed the small window to get it (if my CBS even ordered it) and ultimately will just pass.

How's Fashion Beast?

No Free Cyberforce issues? I'm grabbing them because their free and will give them the chance to draw me in. I would never think of getting it if it wasn't free though.

I eventually picked up the free Cyberforce issue because the price couldn't be beat (right? )and because you said some kind words about it. Haven't read yet but will eventually.

I may still pick up Nowhere Men if the reviews are good but having Stephenson writing it was the main reason to not have it in the pull. He's a great comics exec, but I'm skeptical about him as a writer. Seems he scripted some of those early Liefeld abominations for Image, too, so that's a minus if I'm right.

Many of those other upcoming Image books seem worth a look for one reason or another, even if some of their creative teams are unfamiliar. I don't want to miss the next big thing from Image!

Haven't read the first Fashion Beast issue yet, but it IS Alan frickin' Moore, and the reviews have been VERY good! It's based on an unproduced movie script he wrote. So while he didn't script it for this adaptation, it's apparently very faithful. the art looks great, too.

(Fuck! I just realized I left Saucer Country off the list! Still grabbing that one and still enjoying. The first of a two-parter I just read in which Cornell details some stuff about America's UFO/alien abduction thru one of the characters is eye-opening!)

I read Creep #0 the other day. So far...so good! Kind of a noirish book that really drew me in. When I read another issue, I'll give a deeper analysis.

With the pending cancellations and title changes, my list will look something like this:

EDIT given this week's announcements:

Sauncer Country
Batman Inc.
Stormwatch
Red Lanterns
Legion of Super-Heroes
World's Finest
Dial H
Demon Knights (I'll give the new guy a chance)
Animal Man
Swamp Thing

And the kids still get:

Superman Family Adventures
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic Universe

I've dropped all titles.

I may still get my sequential fix through trades but right now the money is better spent elsewhere

You know, at the end of last year I was lamenting having too many titles on my pull list. How kind of DC to take care of that for me.

Given recent cancellations and/or creative changes:

Sauncer Country
Batman Inc.
Stormwatch
Red Lanterns
Legion of Super-Heroes
World's Finest
Dial H
Demon Knights
Animal Man
Swamp Thing

And the kids still get:

Superman Family Adventures
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic Universe
Mega Man (for the Sonic crossover)
My Little Pony


Come September my kids will be buying more books than me.

Looking at your kids list, I wanted to mention I bought Sesame Street #1 yesterday for my son, and he loved it. There's a two page Cookie Monster story inside that is really brilliant. He's too young to collect anything regularly, so I just buy him random comics every now and again (which I know will soon be in "poor" condition :)).

I admit to buying the My Little Pony comics. They're freakin' adorable. I take solace in knowing that there are hundreds of grown ass men doing the same thing every month.

My July pre-order includes the following:

DC Comics
Aquaman 22
Astro City 2
Batman 22
Batman Annual 2
Batman/Superman 2
Earth-2 14
Flash 22
Green Arrow 22
Green Team: Teen Trillionaires 3
Justice League 22
Justice League Dark 22 (I admit, I came on board with the crossover)
Justice League of America 6
Justice League of America's Vibe 6
Larfleeze 2
Legion of Super-Heroes 22
The Movement 3 (Didn't care for #1, so will drop it here)
Smallville Season 11 15 (Dropped here, was only on board for the Legion)
Superman Unchained 2
Talon 10
Tom Strong and the Planet of Peril 1
The Wake 3
World's Finest 14

Marvel Comics
Age of Ultron 10UC (last ish?)
All-New X-Men 14
Fantastic Four 10
Fearless Defenders 6-7
Superior Spider-Man 13-14
Thor: God of Thunder 10

Image Comics
Fatale 16
Jupiter's Legacy 4

IDW Publishing
The Rocketeer/The Spirit: Pulp Friction! 1
Doomsday.1 3

Jeepers! Why was I not informed of this Rocketeer/Spirit thing?

Must buy!

It looks really great!

Pulp Friction? Wasn't that a porno?