20 Years of Blogging, a Retrospective (Part Two)

Now that I’ve dispensed with the non-comics portion of my blogging history, let’s check out the comics portion of it, which will have to be split up over several posts. Up first: the “What I Bought” columns I posted over the years! I began doing these on my personal blog, but when I began writing for Comics Should Be Good in March 2005, I naturally moved them over there. For years, I put these up the day of, the day after, or at worst two days after I bought a bunch of single issues on Wednesday, and as I was collecting them, I was kind of amazed that I had the time to do it! I always liked writing these, and I especially liked going “off-script” with weird stuff – some of which were appreciated by the commenters, some of which were definitely not appreciated! I started using images a lot, which means that a lot of the links I found through the Wayback Machine are corrupted and the images don’t appear. I apologize for that, but there’s nothing I can do. I used the Wayback Machine links because, of course, the comments appear, and back in the day, CSBG had a great comment section. As I’ve noted before, I very much appreciate the commenters here, and it was similar over there, except on a far bigger scale because we were more popular. Of course, we also have jerks in the comments section, but I have never been all that bothered by jerks! For most of these, I will just list the comics I reviewed in the post and the date I posted them, but for some, I will mention special stuff about them. I won’t always mention when a comics creator left a comment, but I always appreciated that, as most of them were pretty cool (even if I didn’t love their books). I did this with very few interruptions for about eight-and-a-half years, from October 2004 to March 2013, and then I changed things up a bit. I picked one book a week for a while and did a bit more of a deep dive, I came back and did the traditional column from November 2013 through the end of 2015 (although I didn’t post every week), and I did some more focused posts, with the DCYou initiative and then the DC Rebirth thing taking the place of the regular column. The columns got later and later, and these days, I can’t even imagine posting all those reviews (and the links to the creators’ sites, too!) with such a quick turnaround. I’m so old!

As with the first post, I certainly don’t expect you to click any of these links, but if you’re feeling nostalgic, feel free to check some out!

13 October 2004: 303 #1, Astro City: A Visitor’s Guide, Ex Machina #5, Fables #30, Fallen Angel #16, Rex Mundi #12, Ultimate Nightmare #3, Ultimate X-Men #52, X-Men: The End Book One: Dreamers and Demons #4. (14 October 2004)
20 October 2004: 1000 Steps to World Domination, The Ballad of Sleeping Beauty #4, Human Target #15, Identity Crisis #5, Noble Causes #3, Ocean #1, Small Gods #4. (21 October 2004)
27 October 2004: Black Widow #2, Daredevil #66, Planetary #21, Singularity 7 #4, Solo #1, We3 #2. (27 October 2004)
3 November 2004: Catwoman: When in Rome #2, Fallen Angel #17, Hawaiian Dick: The Last Resort #2, The Intimates #1, JLA: Classified #1, The Question #1, Rising Stars #22. (4 November 2004)
10 November 2004: Angeltown #1, The Ballad of Sleeping Beauty #5, Fables #31, Forsaken #2-3, The Gift #8, Identity Crisis #6, Ocean #2, Strange Killings: Necromancer #1-6, X-Men: The End Book One: Dreamers and Demons #5. (12 November 2004)
17 November 2004: Ex Machina #6, Freaks of the Heartland #1-6, Human Target #16, The Pulse #6, Ultimate X-Men #53. (18 November 2004)
24 November 2004 (Part 1): Black Widow #3, Daredevil #67, Supreme Power #13, Waterloo Sunset #2. (24 November 2004)
24 November 2004 (Part 2): Fade from Grace #3, Frank Ironwine #1, Small Gods #5. (29 November 2004)
1 December 2004: Detective Comics #801, Fallen Angel #18, Hunter/Killer #0, The Intimates #2, Noble Causes #4, The Question #2, The Ultimates vol. 2 #1. (2 December 2004)
8 December 2004: Angeltown #2, Fables #32, Noble Causes #5, Rising Stars #23, Samurai: Heaven and Earth #1, X-Men: The End Book One: Dreamers and Demons #6. (10 December 2004)
15 December 2004: Captain Gravity and the Power of the Vril #1, Daredevil #68, Ex Machina #7, Human Target #17, Ocean #3, Trigger #1, Identity Crisis #7. (16 December 2004)
22 December 2004: Black Widow #4, Catwoman: When in Rome #3, JLA: Classified #2. (23 December 2004)
29 December 2004: 303 #2, Quit City #1, Supreme Power #14, Ultimate Nightmare #4. (31 December 2004)
5 January 2005: Captain Gravity and the Power of the Vril #2, Detective Comics #802, The Gift #9, The Incredible Hulk #77, The Intimates #3, Noble Causes #6, The Question #3, Ultimate X-Men #54. (6 January 2005)
12 January 2005: Angel Stomp Future #1, Angeltown #3, The Ballad of Sleeping Beauty #6, Fables #33, Hero Squared X-Tra Sized Special, The Pulse #7, Simon Specter #1, Two Bits #1, The Ultimates vol. 2 #2. (13 January 2005)
19 January 2005: Kingdom of the Wicked, Containment #1, Daredevil #69, Human Target #18, Pigtale #1, Samurai: Heaven and Earth #2, Small Gods #6, The Thief of Always #1, Trigger #2, Wanted #1-6, Waterloo Sunset #3, X-Men #166. (20 January 2005)
26 January 2005: Ascend, Black Widow #5, JLA: Classified #3, Planetary #22, Ultimate X-Men #55, We3 #3. (26 January 2005)
2 February 2005: Detective Comics #803, GrimJack: Killer Instinct #1, The Intimates #4, The Question #4, Supreme Power #15, The Twilight Experiment #1. (3 February 2005)
9 February 2005: Angeltown #4, Batman: The Man Who Laughs, Creep #1, Fables #34, The Gift #10, The Incredible Hulk #78, Ultimate X-Men #56, Vimanarama #1. (9 February 2005)
16 February 2005: 303 #3, The Ballad of Sleeping Beauty #7, Captain Gravity and the Power of the Vril #3, Catwoman: When in Rome #4, Daredevil #70, Ex Machina #8, Human Target #19, JLA: Classified #4, Livewires #1, Noble Causes #7, Ocean #4, Trigger #3. Plus, some ranting, just like you like it! (17 February 2005)
23 February 2005: Black Widow #6, Containment #2, Dr. Blink: Superhero Shrink #1, Fade from Grace #4, GrimJack: Killer Instinct #2, Seven Soldiers of Victory #0, Small Gods #7, Ultimate Nightmare #5, X-Men #167. (24 February 2005)
2 March 2005: The Ballad of Sleeping Beauty #1, Detective Comics #804, Fallen Angel #19, The Intimates #5, Rising Stars #24, The Twilight Experiment #2. (3 March 2005)
9 March 2005: Atomika #1, Fables #35, Samurai: Heaven and Earth #3, Shining Knight #1, Shiver in the Dark, Vimanarama #2. (10 March 2005)
16 March 2005: Angeltown #5, Ex Machina #9, The Human Race, Human Target #20, Incredible Hulk #79, Noble Causes #8, The Question #5, Ultimate X-Men #57. (16 March 2005)
23 March 2005: 303 #4, The Ballad of Sleeping Beauty #8, Daredevil #71, The Expatriate #1, JLA: Classified #5, Livewires #2, The Manhattan Guardian #1, The New West #1, Pigtale #2, Trigger #4, X-Men #168. (23 March 2005)
30 March 2005: Containment #3, GrimJack: Killer Instinct #3, Ocean #5, Otherworld #1, The Pulse #8, Rex Mundi #13, Ultimate Secret #1. (30 March 2005)
6 April 2005: Barbarossa and the Lost Corsairs #1, Detective Comics #805, Great Lakes Avengers #1, The Incredible Hulk #80, The Intimates #6, Sea of Red #1, The Twilight Experiment #3, Zatanna #1. Comments by: Tegan O’Neil and Bill Reed! (6 April 2005)
13 April 2005: The Atheist #1, Fables #36, Mnemovore #1, Noble Causes #1, Power Pack #1, Ultimate X-Men #58. (13 April 2005)
20 April 2005: Atomika #2, Billy the Kid’s Old Timey Oddities #1, Beowulf #1, Catwoman: When in Rome #5, Ex Machina #10, The Iron Ghost #1, JLA: Classified #6, Klarion #1, Livewires #3, The Question #6, Small Gods #8, Trigger #5, X-Men #169. (21 April 2005)
27 April 2005: Containment #4, Daredevil #72, Easy Way, Human Target #21, Jon Sable: Freelance #1, Otherworld #2, Supreme Power #16, Ultimate Secret #2. (28 April 2005)
4 May 2005: Batman: Dark Detective #1, Detective Comics #806, Fallen Angel #20, The Gift #11, The Intimates #7, Matador #1, Robin Hood of the 47 Samurai #1, Sea of Red #2, Shining Knight #2, The Twilight Experiment #4. Brian gets weird in the comments! (4 May 2005)
11 May 2005: Desolation Jones #1, Elsinore #1, Fables #37, GrimJack: Killer Instinct #4, Mnemovore #2. (12 May 2005)
18 May 2005: Batman: Dark Detective #2, Containment #5, Daredevil #73, Easy Way #4, Ex Machina #11, The Goon #12, JLA: Classified #7, Livewires #4, The Manhattan Guardian #2, Ultimate X-Men #59. That JLA comic is the one with Guy and Bea trying to get Tora out of Hell, and it guts me every time. Plus: I really loved The Goon? Plus: it’s a contest! (19 May 2005)
25 May 2005: Barbarossa and the Lost Corsairs #2, Billy the Kid’s Old-Timey Oddities #2, Common Foe #1, The Expatriate #2, Girls #1, The Incredible Hulk #81, The New West #2, Otherworld #3, X-Men #170. (26 May 2005)
2 June 2005: Atomika #3, Beowulf #2, Detective Comics #807, The Incredible Hulk #82, The Intimates #8, Matador #2, Noble Causes #10, Zatanna #2, Small Gods #9, Trigger #6, The Twilight Experiment #5, X-Men Unlimited #9. (5 June 2005)
8 June 2005: Action Philosophers! All-Sex Special, Batman: Dark Detective #3, Easy Way #3 (which writer Christopher Long sent to me, which was nice), Fables #38, Gravity #1, Holmes #1/Periphery #2 (it’s a flipbook!), The Pulse #9, The Stardust Kid #1, X-Men #171. Comments from Ryan Dunlavey and Omaha Perez! (9 June 2005)
15 June 2005: Batman: Dark Detective #4, The Black Diamond On Ramp, Captain Gravity of the Power of the Vril #5, Daredevil #74, Ex Machina #12, JLA: Classified #8, Mnemovore #3, Klarion #2, Trigger #7, Vimanarama #3. People explain why they’re not reading some comics I dig! (15 June 2005)
22 June 2005: Astro City: The Dark Age #1, Catwoman #44, Dream Police, The Gift #12, Girls #2, GrimJack: Killer Instinct #5, The Iron Ghost #2, Livewires #5, Noble Causes #11, Otherworld #4, Sea of Red #3, Supreme Power #17, Ultimate X-Men #60. (24 June 2005)
29 June 2005: Billy the Kid’s Old-Timey Oddities #3, Elsinore #2, JLA: Classified #9, Mr. T #1, Planetary #23, Shining Knight #3, Surrogates #1, X-Men #172. I dig the random angry anonymous comments the most! (30 June 2005)
7 July 2005: Batman: Dark Detective #5, Bonerest #1, The Intimates #9, Matador #3, Catwoman: When in Rome #6, Ocean #6, The Twilight Experiment #6. Angry Greg is Fun Greg, as I use one criterion – Does Stuff Happen? – and find the comics, sadly, lacking. (7 July 2005)
13 July 2005: All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder #1, Fables #39, Gravity #2, Desolation Jones #2, The Middle Man #1, Mnemovore #4, The Manhattan Guardian #3, Small Gods Special #1, Ultimate X-Men #61. Oh, ASBaR. You were so terrible. (14 July 2005)
20 July 2005: The Atheist #2, Billy the Kid’s Old-Timey Oddities #4, Captain Gravity and the Power of the Vril #4, Daredevil #75, Defenders #1, Detective Comics #808, Ex Machina #13, Girls #3, The Goon #13. (21 July 2005)
27 July 2005: Astro City: Dark Age #2, Batman: Dark Detective #6, Beowulf #3, Catwoman #45, Gødland #1, GrimJack: Killer Instinct #6, Hero Squared #1, JLA: Classified #10, Silent Dragon #1, Western Tales of Terror #5, X-Men #173. Whoo-hoo, Gødland begins! (28 July 2005)
3 August 2005: Common Foe #2, The Intimates #10, Matador #4, Trigger #8. (4 August 2005)
10 August 2005: Easy Way #4, Elk’s Run #3, Fables #40, Gravity #3, Mnemovore #5, Noble Causes #12, Samurai: Heaven and Earth #4, Zatanna #3, The Winter Men #1, X-Men #174. The long, strange trip of The Winter Men begins! (12 August 2005)
17 August 2005: Atomika #4, Bonerest #2, Defenders #2, G.I. Spy #1, Girls #4, Gødland #2, Livewires #6, Rex Libris #1, Klarion #3, Small Gods #10, Ultimate X-Men #62. Yay, Rex Libris arrives! (18 August 2005)
24 August 2005: Daredevil #76, The Iron Ghost #3, Jack Cross #1, The Middle Man #2, What Were They Thinking? #1. (25 August 2005)
31 August 2005: Astro City: The Dark Age Book One #3, Beowulf #4, Catwoman #46, Ex Machina #14, The Expatriate #3, Hero Squared #2, JLA: Classified #11, Shining Knight #4, Silent Dragon #2, Supreme Power #18, Wha … Huh? (1 September 2005)
8 September 2005: 303 #5, Detective Comics #811, Elsinore #3, Fell #1, The Intimates #11, Noble Causes #13, Of Bitter Souls #1, Rex Mundi #14, Sea of Red #4, The Manhattan Guardian #4, The Stardust Kid #2. (12 September 2005)
14 September 2005: Desolation Jones #3, Fables #41, Gravity #4, Matador #5, Of Bitter Souls #2, Ultimate X-Men #63, The Winter Men #2. (14 September 2005)
21 September 2005: Dr. Blink, Superhero Shrink #2, Girls #5, Gødland #3, The Goon #14, Mister Miracle #1, Supreme Power: Hyperion #1. My first gimmicky post, as I wrote the reviews in the style of Frank Miller writing ASBaR. (22 September 2005)
28 September 2005: Action Philosophers! #1 and #3, Black Panther #8, Black Widow: The Things They Say About Her #1, Captain Gravity and the Power of the Vril #6, Catwoman #47, Daredevil #77, Defenders #3, The Gift #13, Jack Cross #3, JLA: Classified #12, Silent Dragon #3, Ultimate Secret #3. (29 September 2005)
5 October 2005: Batman: Gotham County Line #1, Detective Comics #812, Elk’s Run Bumper Edition, Fell #2, Supreme Power: Nighthawk #1 and #2. (6 October 2005)
12 October 2005: Bonerest #4, Ex Machina #15, Fables #42, Gødland #4, The Goon 25 Cent Edition, Gravity #5, The Iron Ghost #4, The Keep #1, The Middleman #3, Of Bitter Souls #3, Ultimate X-Men #64. (12 October 2005)
19 October 2005: 303 #6, Astro City: The Dark Age Book One #4, Common Foe #3, The Intimates #12, Klarion #4, She-Hulk #1, Supreme Power: Hyperion #2, X-Men #176. Lots of debating about the Red Ghost in the comments! (20 October 2005)
26 October 2005: The Book of Lost Souls #1, Girls #6, Jack Cross #3, Loveless #1, Noble Causes #14, Silent Dragon #4, Small Gods #11, The Stardust Kid #3, Strangers in Paradise #77, Surrogates #2. This was in response to my comics-buying challenge, about which you can read here. (27 October 2005)
2 November 2005: Black Panther #9, Black Widow: The Things They Say About Her #2, Catwoman #48, Daredevil #78, Defenders #4, JLA: Classified #13, Solo #7, Ultimate Secret #4, Batman: Gotham County Line #2, Beowulf #5, Desolation Jones #4, Detective Comics #813, Jonah Hex #1, Bulleteer #1, Supreme Power: Nighthawk #3, The Winter Men #3. Another gimmicky one, as the first batch (for books from the previous week) are all reviewed with nothing but questions! (4 November 2005)
9 November 2005: The Book of Lost Souls #2, DMZ #1, Rex Mundi #15. (9 November 2005)
16 November 2005: Batman & the Monster Men #1, Fables #43, Hero Squared #3, Local #1, All Star Superman #1, X-Men #177. (16 November 2005)
23 November 2005: Black Widow: The Things They Say About Her #3, Catwoman #49, Daredevil #79, Down #1, Ex Machina #16, Girls #7, Gødland #5, Jack Cross #4, Perhapanauts #1, Zatanna #4, Frankenstein #1, She-Hulk #2, Ultimate X-Men #65, Waterloo Sunset #4. (24 November 2005)
30 November 2005: The Expatriate #4, Fell #3, JLA: Classified #14, The Keep #2, The Middleman #4, Silent Dragon #5, X-Men #178. (1 December 2005)
7 December 2005: Batman & the Monster Men #2, Detective Comics #814, Down #2, Hard Time vol. 2 #1, Hatter M: The Looking Glass Wars #1, Jonah Hex #2, The Maze Agency #1, Robotika #1, Mister Miracle #2, Spider-Man and the Black Cat: The Evil That Men Do #4, Supreme Power: Nighthawk #4, Surrogates #3, Team Zero #1. Yes, Spider-Man and the Black Cat. After a three-year hiatus. Good times! (8 December 2005)
15 December 2005: Atomika #5, Bad Planet #1, Batman: Gotham County Line #3, DMZ #2, Fables #44, Free Fall #1, Hawaiian Dick: The Last Resort #3, Local #2, Noble Causes #15, Samurai: Heaven and Earth #5, Uncanny X-Men #467, X-Factor #1, X-Men #179. I was a bit obsessed with boobs in this post. (16 December 2005)
21 December 2005: The Book of Lost Souls #3, Elk’s Run #4, The Goon #15, Bulleteer #2, Supreme Power: Hyperion #3. Jason Fialkov stops by! (22 December 2005)
29 December 2005: 10, Black Widow: The Things They Say About Her #4, Catwoman #50, Daredevil #80, Fallen Angel #1, JLA: Classified #15, The Keep #3, The Perhapanauts #2, Rex Libris #2, She-Hulk #3, Silent Dragon #6, Spider-Man and the Black Cat: The Evil That Men Do #5, X-Factor #2, X-Men #180. (31 December 2005)
5 January 2006: Batman & the Monster Men #3, Down #3, The Exterminators #1, Gødland #6, Hard Time #2, Jonah Hex #3, Marlene, Frankenstein #2, Supreme Power: Nighthawk #5, Team Zero #2. (6 January 2006)
11 January 2006: DMZ #3, Daughters of the Dragon #1, Desolation Jones #5, Fables #45, She-Hulk #4, Small Gods #12, Ultimate Extinction #1, Ultimate X-Men #66. Lot of ranting about DotD in this post! And a lot of comments about my ranting about DotD! (11 January 2006)
18 January 2006: Ex Machina #17, The Iron Ghost #5, The Maze Agency #2, Noble Causes #16, Planetary #24, Rex Mundi #16, Mister Miracle #3, All Star Superman #2, Deadgirl #1. (19 January 2006)
25 January 2006: Atomika #6, Catwoman #51, Daredevil #81, Fallen Angel #2, Gødland #7, Local #3, Nextwave #1, Spider-Man and the Black Cat #6, Surrogates #4, X-Men #181. (26 January 2006)
1 February 2006: Beowulf #6, Hard Time #3, Supreme Power: Nighthawk #6, X-Factor #3, Batman & the Monster Men #4, Perhapanauts #3, Bulleteer #3, Team Zero #3. I didn’t read the last four, as they were mini-series in the middle of the story. (1 February 2006)
8 February 2006: Action Philosophers! #4, Bomb Queen #1, DMZ #4, Fables #46, Jonah Hex #4, Legends of the Dark Knight #200, The Middleman vol. 2 #1, Tales Designed to Thrizzle #2, Ultimate X-Men #67, X-Men #182, Black Widow: The Things They Say About Her #5, Ultimate Extinction #2. (9 February 2006)
15 February 2006: Daredevil #82, Noble Causes #17, Planetary Brigade #1, She-Hulk #5, Supermarket #1, The Keep #4, Deadgirl #2. (16 February 2006)
22 February 2006: The American Way #1, Black Widow: The Things They Say About Her #6, Catwoman #52, Mouse Guard #1, Supreme Power: Hyperion #4, The Warlord #1, X-Men #183, Robotika #2. (23 February 2006)
1 March 2006: Batman: Secrets #1, Detective Comics #817, Elsinore #4, Ex Machina #18, Fallen Angel #3, Gødland #8, Local #4, Nextwave #2, X-Factor #4, Team Zero #4. (2 March 2006)
8 March 2006: Down #4, Fables #47, Fell #4, Hard Time #4, Hysteria: One Man Gang #1, Matador #6, Sky Ape: King of Girls, Batman & the Monster Men #5, Bomb Queen #2, Frankenstein #3, Mister Miracle #4. (9 March 2006)
15 March 2006: The Atheist #3, The Perhapanauts #4, Ultimate X-Men #68, Hatter M: The Looking Glass Wars #2, Bulleteer #4, Ultimate Extinction #3. (16 March 2006)
22 March 2006: The American Way #2, Batman #651, Catwoman #53, Daredevil #83, The Iron Ghost #6, Nextwave #3, Noble Causes #18, Planetary Brigade #2, Rex Mundi #17, She-Hulk #6, Supreme Power: Hyperion #5, Squadron Supreme #1, Supermarket #2, X-Factor #5, X-Men #184. (24 March 2006)
29 March 2006: Fallen Angel #4, Gødland #9, All Star Superman #3, Surrogates #5, Hysteria: One Man Gang #2, The Middleman vol. 2 #2, Deadgirl #3. (29 March 2006)
5 April 2006: Batman & the Monster Men #6, Detective Comics #818, Ex Machina #19, Hard Time #5, The Keep #5, Moon Knight #1, Planetary #25, Ultimate X-Men #69, Batman: Secrets #2, Bomb Queen #3, Team Zero #5, Winter Men #4. (6 April 2006)
12 April 2006: Desolation Jones #6, Fables #48, Noble Causes #19, Ultimate Extinction #4. Man, I really did not like the final issue of Desolation Jones! (12 April 2006)
19 April 2006: Daredevil #84, Ex Machina Special #1, Nextwave #4, Squadron Supreme #2, X-Men #185, Deadgirl #4. (20 April 2006)
26 April 2006: Batman #652, Catwoman #54, Checkmate #1, Gødland #10, X-Factor #6, American Way #3, Frankenstein #4. Long tangent about punching Dan DiDio in the brain, if that’s what you’re into! (26 April 2006)
3 May 2006: Detective Comics #819, Hard Time #6, Team Zero #6, Atomika #7, Elsinore #5, The Middleman vol. 2 #3, Mouse Guard #2, Rex Libris #4, Robotika #3. I explain why you should buy these comics instead of Infinite Crisis #7 and/or Civil War #1. (4 May 2006)
10 May 2006: Ex Machina #20, Fables #49, She-Hulk #7, Wolfskin #1, Batman: Secrets #3. (11 May 2006)
17 May 2006: Bomb Queen #4, Fallen Angel #5, Fell #5, Moon Knight #2, Rex Mundi #18, Ultimate X-Men #70, X-Men #186. In the comments, I claim Paul Pope’s art is ugly. You must forgive almost 35-year-old me, I knew not what I said! (18 May 2006)
24 May 2006: Batman #653, Catwoman #55, Checkmate #2, Daredevil #85, Nextwave #5, She-Hulk #8, Squadron Supreme #3, X-Factor #7, Deadgirl #5, The American Way #4, The Black Coat #2. And here’s the post at CBR, where the first comment (the first!) is by someone who wonders why I buy comics I don’t seem to like. It started early! (25 May 2006)
1 June 2006: Emissary #1, Gødland #11, Hero Squared #1, Local #5, The Middleman vol. 2 #4, My Inner Bimbo #1, Robotika #4, Ultimate Extinction #5, Mouse Guard #3. (2 June 2006)
7 June 2006: Detective Comics #820, Hard Time #7, Manifest Eternity #1, Noble Causes #20, Batman: Secrets #4. (7 June 2006)
14 June 2006: Checkmate #3, Ex Machina Special #2, Fables #50, JLA: Classified #22, Legends of the Dark Knight #207, Squadron Supreme #4, Ultimate X-Men #71, Umbra #1, Supermarket #3. Was this the first time I saw Ariel Olivetti’s “new style” and became a total hater of his art? Possibly? (15 June 2006)
21 June 2006: Casanova #1, Dr. Blink, Superhero Shrink #3, Eternals #1, Ex Machina #21, Fallen Angel #6, Nobles Causes #21, All Star Superman #4, X Isle #1, Free Fall #3, The Stardust Kid #4. (21 June 2006)
28 June 2006: Batman #654, Catwoman #56, Daredevil #86, JLA: Classified #23 (with a special guest panel of Vibe breakdancing!), Moon Knight #3, Nextwave #6, Solo #11 (I wrote, “This is not the way to do an anthology, DC,” which, you know, shows you what the hell I know!), X-Factor #8, X-Men #187, American Way #5. (29 June 2006)
6 July 2006: Batman: Secrets #5, Battler Britton #1, Detective Comics #821, Manifest Eternity #2, Midnight Sun #1, Uncanny X-Men #475, Free Fall #2, Umbra #2. (7 July 2006)
12 July 2006: Fables #51, Hawaiian Dick: The Last Resort #4, Hero Squared #2, JLA: Classified #24, The Next #1, Scarlet Traces: The Great Game #1, Squadron Supreme #5, Wasteland #1, X-Men #188, (13 July 2006)
19 July 2006: Casanova #2, Catwoman #57, Checkmate #4, Elephantmen #1, Eternals #2, Rush City #1, She-Hulk #9, Ultimate X-Men #72, Uncanny X-Men #476, X-Factor #9. Hey, there was a time when I didn’t unequivocally love Casanova! That time soon passed! (20 July 2006)
26 July 2006: Astro City Special #1, Batman #655 (the first God of All Comics issue!), Daredevil #87, Gødland #12, Jack of Fables #1, JLA: Classified #25, SHARK-MAAAAANNNNNNNNN!!!!!! #1, X-Men #189, American Way #6. I award Cool Points! Remember Cool Points?!?!? (27 July 2006)
2 August 2006: Agents of Atlas #1, The Creeper #1, Detective Comics #822 (the origin of E. Nigma, Consulting Detective, which I still think it a SUPERB idea), A Dummy’s Guide to Danger #1, Emissary #2, Ex Machina #22, Fallen Angel #7, Manifest Eternity #3, Moon Knight #4, Noble Causes #22, Of Bitter Souls #1, Uncanny X-Men #477, Mouse Guard #4. (3 August 2006)
9 August 2006: Emissary #3, Fables #52, The Next #2, She-Hulk #10, Squadron Supreme #6, Ultimate X-Men #73, The Black Coat #4, Scarlet Traces: The Great Game #2. Another gimmick, as I wrote all my reviews as poems! (10 August 2006)
16 August 2006: The Boys #1, Casanova #3, Catwoman #58, Checkmate #5, Deadman #1, Nextwave #7, Phonogram #1, Rex Mundi #1. Man, good week of comics. And hey, I didn’t like The Boys from the get-go! (17 August 2006)
23 August 2006: Action Philosophers! #6, Batman #656, Batman and the Mad Monk #1, The Black Coat: A Call to Arms #1-4, Elephantmen #2 (where I think Mortitat is Ian Churchill for some reason lost to the sands of time, but good ol’ Jog corrects me!), Heroes for Hire #1, Jack of Fables #2, Supermarket #1-4, Wasteland #2, Eternals #3, Rex Libris #5. Ryan Dunlavey stops by! Tony Akins stops by! (24 August 2006)
30 August 2006: The Boys #2, Daredevil #88, Fallen Angel #8, She-Hulk #11, All Star Superman #5, Ultimate X-Men Annual #2, X-Factor #10, X Isle #2, X-Men #190, American Way #7. (31 August 2006)
7 September 2006: The Creeper #2, Detective Comics #823, Emissary #4, Fell #6, Hero Squared #3, Local #6, The Lone Ranger #1, Manifest Eternity #4, Mystery in Space #1, Noble Causes #23, Uncanny X-Men #478, Agents of Atlas #2, The Next #3, Rush City #2. (8 September 2006) (As scans are a bit important in this one, here’s the CBR version.)
13 September 2006: Casanova #4, Ex Machina #23, Fables #53, Phonogram #2, Sam Noir: Samurai Detective #1, Ultimate X-Men #74, Wasteland #3, Scarlet Traces: The Great Game #3. Only four comments? What the heck? (14 September 2006)
20 September 2006: Catwoman #59, Checkmate #6, Deadman #2, Moon Knight #5, Nextwave #8, Union Jack #1, Wetworks #1, X-Factor #11, Hatter M: The Looking Glass Wars #3. (21 September 2006)
27 September 2006: The American Way #1-8, Batman #657, Daredevil #89, Jack of Fables #3, She-Hulk #12, X-Men #191, Batman and the Mad Monk #2, Eternals #4. (28 September 2006)
4 October 2006: Irredeemable Ant-Man #1, The Boys #3, Criminal #1, Detective Comics #824, Doctor Strange: The Oath #1, Eight Way Bandits #1, Empty Chamber #1, Fallen Angel #9, Manifest Eternity #5, Mystery in Space #2, Of Bitter Souls #2, The Other Side #1, Pistolfist: Revolutionary Warrior #1, True Story Swear to God #1, Agents of Atlas #3, A Dummy’s Guide to Danger #2, Winter Men #5. Oh, the famous TSSTG review. Tom Beland REALLY didn’t like it. He actually called Jonah and tried to get me “fired” (I didn’t really work for Jonah, not really), and I had a nice long phone conversation with Jonah about it (Jonah always had our backs, because Jonah was awesome). Read the comments to this post – they’re very entertaining! (And Beland did apologize to me the following summer at San Diego, so the last time I checked, we were good.) (6 October 2006)
11 October 2006: Emissary #5, Fables #54, Scarlet Traces: The Great Game #1-4, Ultimate X-Men #75, Umbra #1-3, Uncanny X-Men #479, The Next #4, Sam Noir: Samurai Detective #2, X Isle #3. (12 October 2006)
18 October 2006: The Authority #1, Casanova #5, Catwoman #60, Checkmate #7, The Damned #1, Deadman #3, The Lone Ranger #2, Noble Causes #24, Omega Men #1, Rex Mundi #2, John Woo’s 7 Brothers, Union Jack #2, Wasteland #4, WildCats #1, X-Factor #12, Batman and the Mad Monk #3. Remember when Grant Morrison wrote two WildStorm books at the same time, and Jim Lee drew one of them? Good times! And hey, Ed Brubaker stops by! (19 October 2006)
25 October 2006: Action Figure #1, The Boys #4, Daredevil #90, Gødland #13, Jack of Fables #4, Nextwave #9, Planetary #26, Wetworks #2, X-Men #192, Common Foe #4, Seven Soldiers #1. (26 October 2006)
1 November 2006: Irredeemable Ant-Man #2, Criminal #2, Elephantmen #4, Ex Machina #24, Fallen Angel #10, Fantastic Four: The End #1, The Killer #1, Local #7, Manifest Eternity #6, The Nightly News #1, She-Hulk #13, Uncanny X-Men #480, Agents of Atlas #4, Mouse Guard #5, Mystery in Space #3, The Next #5, The Other Side #2. (2 November 2006)
22 November 2006: The Boys #5, Daredevil #91, Enigma Cipher #1, Gødland #14, Hatter M: The Looking Glass Wars #1-4, Jack of Fables #5, Noble Causes #25, Planetary Brigade: Origins #1, Sam Noir: Samurai Detective #1-3, Samurai: Heaven and Earth vol. 2 #1, 7 Brothers #2, Turistas: The Other Side of Paradise, X-Factor #13, Union Jack #3, Batman and the Mad Monk #4, The Damned #2, Omega Men #2, Phonogram #2, Rex Libris #6. I was in Egypt, so I have very brief thoughts about the previous two weeks of comics: Action Philosophers! #7, Astro City: The Dark Age Book Two #1, Batman #658, Bullet Points #1, Catwoman #61, Checkmate #8, Fables #55, Midnight Sun #2, Squadron Supreme #7, Ultimate X-Men #76. (23 November 2006)
29 November 2006: Batman #659, Emissary #6, Hero Street #1, Nextwave #10, Perfect Storm #1, Wetworks #3, Whisper #1, X-Men #193, A Dummy’s Guide to Danger #3, Rush City #3. Once again, I foolishly proclaim my dislike for Paul Pope. I wonder when I came around? (30 November 2006)
6 December 2006: Irredeemable Ant-Man #3, Casanova #6, Detective Comics #826, Elephantmen #0, Hero Squared #4, Meltdown #1, Moon Knight #6, Newuniversal #1, The Next #1-6, Revisionary #1-2, Uncanny X-Men #481, Welcome to Tranquility #1, Agents of Atlas #5, Doctor Strange: The Oath #3, Mystery in Space #4, The Nightly News #2, The Other Side #3. (9 December 2006)
13 December 2006: Batman #660, Ex Machina #25, Fallen Angel #11, The Spirit #1, Ultimate X-Men #77, X-Factor #14, Bullet Points #2, The Damned #3. (13 December 2006)
20 December 2006: Catwoman #62, Checkmate #9, Criminal #3, Elephantmen #5, Fables #56, Hard-Boiled Comics #2, She-Hulk #14, Rex Mundi #3, Union Jack #4, Wasteland #5, The Lone Ranger #3, Omega Men #3, 7 Brothers #3. (22 December 2006)
28 December 2006: Daredevil #92, Detective Comics #827, The Killer #2, Nextwave #11, Of Bitter Souls #3, X-Men #194, Batman and the Mad Monk #5, Wolfskin #2. (28 December 2006)
4 January 2007: Batman #661, The Boys #6, All Star Superman #6, Uncanny X-Men #482, Bullet Points #3, The Other Side #4, X Isle #4. (4 January 2007)
10 January 2007: Agents of Atlas #1-6, Irredeemable Ant-Man #4, Batman #662, Gødland #15, Meltdown #2, Welcome to Tranquility #2, Rush City #4. (11 January 2007)
17 January 2007: Catwoman #63, JLA: Classified #32, She-Hulk #15, The Stardust Kid #1-5, Ultimate X-Men #78, The Nightly News #3, Omega Men #4, Phonogram #4. (18 January 2007)
24 January 2007: Checkmate #10, Criminal #4, A Dummy’s Guide to Danger #1-4, Fables #57, Fallen Angel #12, Moon Knight #7, Mouse Guard #1-6, Noble Causes #26, Okko: The Cycle of Water #1, X-Factor #15, The Damned #4, Doctor Strange: The Oath #4, Eternals #6, Mystery in Space #5, Samurai: Heaven and Earth vol. 2 #2, 7 Brothers #4. (25 January 2007)
31 January 2007: Batman and the Mad Monk #1-6, Chronicles of Wormwood #1, Daredevil #93, Elephantmen #6, Ex Machina #26, Wasteland #6, X-Men #195. (1 February 2007)
7 February 2007: Irredeemable Ant-Man #7, Detective Comics #828, Fell #7, The Other Side #1-5, Sam Noir: Ronin Holiday #1, Uncanny X-Men #483, Welcome to Tranquility #3, X-Men Annual #1, Astro City: The Dark Age Book Two #2, Bullet Points #4, The Lone Ranger #4, Mystery in Space #6. (8 February 2007)
14 February 2007: Casanova #7, Gødland #16, Marvel Adventures #9, Nextwave #12, Midnight Sun #3. (14 February 2007)
21 February 2007: Catwoman #64, Checkmate #11, Rex Mundi #4, She-Hulk #16, The Spirit #3, Wasteland #7, Local #8, The Nightly News #4, Omega Men #5, Rush City #5. Sorry, the CSBG version isn’t accessible, so this is the CBR version, which is decidedly worse. (22 February 2007)
28 February 2007: Action Philosophers! #8, Daredevil #94, Doctor Strange: The Oath #1-5, Eternals #1-7, Fallen Angel #13, Hero Squared #5, The Killer #3, Noble Causes #27, The Secret History #1, 7 Brothers #1-5, X-Factor #16, X-Men #196, Samurai: Heaven and Earth vol. 2 #3. And I make a reference to Jim and his archery knowledge!(1 March 2007)
7 March 2007: Bullets Points #1-5, Criminal #5, Dynamo 5 #1, Elephantmen #7, Uncanny X-Men #484, Welcome to Tranquility #4, Phonogram #5, Planetary Brigade: Origins #2. Arguments about my tactlessness? Of course! (8 March 2007)
14 March 2007: Irredeemable Ant-Man #6, Chronicles of Wormwood #2, The Damned #1-5, Fables #58, Franklin Richards, Son of a Genius: March Madness, Hard-Bullied Comics #3, Moon Knight #8, Sam Noir: Ronin Holiday #2, The Lone Ranger #5, Mystery in Space #7. (15 March 2007)
21 March 2007: After the Cape #1, Army @ Love #1, Checkmate #12, Death Comes to Dillinger, Noble Causes #28, Omega Men #1-6, The Spirit #4, X-Factor #17, X-Men #197. (22 March 2007)
28 March 2007: Batman #664, Catwoman #65, Daredevil #95, Fables #59, Gamekeeper #1, Gødland #17, Sam Noir: Ronin Holiday #3, Unique #1, Usagi Yojimbo #101, Virulents. (29 March 2007)
4 April 2007: Irredeemable Ant-Man #7, Detective Comics #831, Fallen Angel #14, Iron Fist #4, Madman Atomic Comics #1, Welcome to Tranquility #5. (5 April 2007)
11 April 2007: After the Cape #2, Dynamo 5 #2, Elephantmen #8, Fables #60, Fell #8, JLA: Classified #37, Mr. Stuffins #1, Rush City #1-6, She-Hulk #17, Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four #1, All Star Superman #7, 2 Guns #1, Uncanny X-Men #485, Wasteland #8, Wolfskin #1-3, The Nightly News #5. Some of these I can’t retrive from the Wayback Machine. This is one, so no comments. Sorry! (14 April 2007)
18 April 2007: Birds of Prey #105, Ex Machina #27, Fallen Angel #15, Moon Knight #9, The Spirit #5, X-Factor #18, X-Men #198. Unfortunately, this is another I can’t access on the Wayback Machine, so no comments, which is a shame, as I defend Moon Knight pretty vigorously and would have liked to see if anyone responded. (19 April 2007)
25 April 2007: Blue Beetle #14, Catwoman #66, Daredevil #96, Okko: The Cycle of Water #2, Planetary Brigade: Origins #3, PS238 #22, Rex Mundi #5, Unique #2, Usagi Yojimbo #102, Walk In #5, Astro City: The Dark Age Book Two #3. (27 April 2007)
2 May 2007: Checkmate #13, Hellboy: Darkness Calls #1, Sensational Spider-Man Annual #1, Welcome to Tranquility #6, X Isle #1-5. (3 May 2007)
9 May 2007: 52 #52, Chronicles of Wormwood #3, Cover Girl #1, Gamekeeper #2, Incredible Hulk #106 and World War Hulk: Prologue, JLA: Classified #38, The Killer #4, Mystery in Space #1-8, Noble Causes #29, Outsiders #47, Phonogram #1-6, Rex Libris #8, The Secret History #2, Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four #2, Star Wars: Legacy #11, Two Guns #2, Samurai: Heaven and Earth vol. 2 #4. (11 May 2007)
16 May 2007: After the Cape #3, Batman #665, Cable & Deadpool #40, Catwoman #67, Checkmate #14, Ex Machina #28, Fables #61, General Jack Cosmo Presents #1, Hero Squared #6, Moon Knight #10, Uncanny X-Men #486, Wasteland #9, X-Factor #19, X-Men First Class Special #1, Local #9. Annoyingly, another post I can’t get to on the old-school blog, so this is the CBR link. Apologies! (18 May 2007)
23 May 2007: Ant-Man #8, Cover Girl #2, Criminal #6, Dynamo 5 #3, Elephantmen #9, Fantastic Four #546, Gødland #18, Gutsville #1, Madman Atomic Comics #2, She-Hulk #18, The Spirit #6, Star Wars: Legacy #12, Unique #3, X-Men #199. Once again, no Wayback Machine link. So annoying! (24 May 2007)
31 May 2007: The Black Coat: “… Or Give Me Death” #1, Blue Beetle #15, Daredevil #97, Fall of Cthulhu #3, Fallen Angel #16, Hard-Bullied Comics #4, Left on Mission #2. Whoo-hoo! Back to the old-school blog, so comments! (1 June 2007)
6 June 2007: Ant-Man #9, Black Summer #0, Death and the Man Who Would Not Die #1, Detective Comics #833, Dynamo 5 #4, The Lone Ranger #1-6, Outsiders #48, Uncanny X-Men #487, Welcome to Tranquility #7. (8 June 2007)
13 June 2007: The Black Diamond #1, Fables #62, World War Hulk #1, JLA: Classified #39, Noble Causes #30, Star Wars: Legacy #13. (13 June 2007)
20 June 2007: Catwoman #68, Checkmate #15, Chronicles of Wormwood #4, Ex Machina #29, The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #13, Gamekeeper #3, Incredible Hulk #107, Moon Knight #11, Repo #1, Rex Mundi #6, Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four #3, The Spirit #7, Warhammer 40,000: Damnation Crusade #5, Warhammer: Forge of War #1, Wasteland #10, The Weapon #1, X-Men: Endangered Species One-Shot. (22 June 2007)
27 June 2007: Blue Beetle #16, Criminal #7, Daredevil #98, Elephantmen Pilot, Fallen Angel #17, The Nightly News #1-6, She-Hulk #19, Streets of Glory Preview, Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes #31, X-Factor #20, X-Men #200. (28 June 2007)
5 July 2007: Ant-Man #10, All-New Atom #13, Black Canary #1, Chronicles of Wormwood #5, Detective Comics #834, Dynamo 5 #5, Empty Chamber #2, Faker #1, Final Girl #3, G.I. Joe #25, Into the Dust #1, Outsiders #49, All Star Superman #8, Thor #1, Uncanny X-Men #488, Welcome to Tranquility #8. (7 July 2007)
11 July 2007: Annihilation: Conquest – The Wraith, Banzai Girls – The New Adventures of Jinky Coronado #2, Deadpool/GLI – Summer Fun Spectacular, Fables #63, JLA: Classified #40, Left on Mission #3, Madman Atomic Comics #3, New Avengers #32, Spawn #169, Star Wars: Legacy #14, X-Factor #21. That Banzai Girls comic – that was something. (12 July 2007)
18 July 2007: Annihilation: Conquest – Quasar #1, Birds of Prey #108, Catwoman #69, Checkmate #16, Cover Girl #3, Dominion #2, Gødland #19, World War Hulk #2, The Lone Ranger #7, The Order #1, The Programme #1, Repo #2, Samurai: Heaven and Earth vol. 2 #1-5, The Spirit #8, Super-Villain Team-Up: M.O.D.O.K.’s 11 #1, Tag: Cursed #5, The Weapon #2, Zero Killer #1. Lots of fun comments defending Gail Simone and Darwyn Cooke! (19 July 2007)
25 July 2007. N/A. This one is weird. I can’t get to it on the Wayback Machine, and the CBR version simply doesn’t exist. Why not? What horrific thing did I write? Did I say that Our Former Dread Lord and Master wasn’t the greatest comics expert in the universe and he had it purged from the records? WE MAY NEVER KNOW!!!!
1 August 2007: Awakening #1, Chronicles of Wormwood #6, Elephantmen #10, Faker #2, World War Hulk #3, Killing Pickman #1, Metal Men #1, Ms. Marvel #18, Punisher #50, Red Star: Sword of Lies #2, Shark-Man #2, She-Hulk #20, Uncanny X-Men #489, Welcome to Tranquility #9. (2 August 2007)
8 August 2007: Annihilation: Conquest – The Wraith #2, Ant-Man #11, Bad Planet #2, Batman #667, Casanova #8, Cover Girl #4, Criminal #8, Daredevil #99, Dynamo 5 #6, Fables #64, Ghosting #1, Green Lantern #22, Incredible Hulk #109, JLA: Classified #41, New Avengers #33, Star Wars: Legacy #15, Un-Men #1, X-Factor #22. (10 August 2007)
15 August 2007: The Brave and the Bold #6, Catwoman #70, Checkmate #17, Hellblazer #235, The Programme #2, Rex Mundi #7, Super-Villain Team-Up: M.O.D.O.K.’s 11 #2, Terror, Inc. #1. (17 August 2007)
22 August 2007: Astonishing X-Men #22, Batman #668, Black Summer #2, Blue Beetle #18, Bonds #1, Iron Fist #8, Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 #1, The Order #2, Repo #3, The Weapon #3, X-Men #202. Hey, Warren Ellis stops by and says something that, in retrospect, is … maybe not him lying, but probably not being entirely truthful, either. I do have a nice exchange with him a bit later, and there are a lot of comments because I dare denigrate Astonishing X-Men and I make comments about other countries’ political situations, which, as a mouth-breathing ‘Murican, I couldn’t possibly know anything about, so the comments are kind of fun! (23 August 2007)
29 August 2007: Batman Annual #1, Enigma Cipher #2, Ex Machina Masquerade Special, Fallen Angel #19, The Last Fantastic Four Story, Mice Templar #1, Local #10. Surprisingly, lots of comments about Australian slang! (30 August 2007)
6 September 2007: Action Philosophers! #9, All-New Atom #15, Captain America: The Chosen #1, Doktor Sleepless #2, Faker #3, Gamekeeper #4, Groove Junction #1, Incredible Hulk #110, Infinity, Inc. #1, Iron and the Maiden #2, Iron Man: Enter the Mandarin #1, She-Hulk #21, Super-Villain Team-Up: M.O.D.O.K.’s 11 #3, Uncanny X-Men #490. I take a cheap shot at Francis Manapul, who stops by to rebut very politely, and I apologize. I really didn’t like his art on Iron and the Maiden, but some people showed some of his stuff from his web site, which was much better, and of course, he got a LOT better over the years (plus, the art on that book was supposed to be in a certain style, so I guess he nailed it, even though it’s not very good). I suck sometimes, but you already knew that! (7 September 2007)
12 September 2007: Bad Planet #3, Casanova #9, Cover Girl #5, Daredevil #100, Fables #65, Justice League of America Wedding Special, Lone Ranger #8, Moon Knight #12, Parade (With Fireworks) #1, Potter’s Field #1, Suicide Squad: Raise the Flag #1, Welcome to Tranquility #10, The Witness #1, X-Factor #23. (13 September 2007)
19 September 2007: 30 Days of Night: Beyond Barrow #1, Abandoned, Ant-Man #12, Catwoman #71, Checkmate #18, Countdown to Mystery #1, Dynamo 5 #7, Ex Machina #30, Ghosting #2, Green Arrow and Black Canary Wedding Special, Gutsville #2, World War Hulk #4, JLA/Hitman #1, Madman Atomic Comics #4, Marvel Comics Presents #1, New X-Men #42, The Programme #3, Repo #4, Terror, Inc. #2, The Umbrella Academy: The Apocalypse Suite #1, Wasteland #12, Zero Killer #2. Patrick Zircher stops by, and I rant about Colin Cowherd, because he’s kind of a tool! (21 September 2007)
26 September 2007: Astro City: The Dark Age Book Two #4, Batman #669, Blue Beetle #19, Cable & Deadpool #45, Criminal #9, Iron Fist #9, Iron Fist Annual #1, Justice League of America #13, Left on Mission #4, The Order #3, Punisher Annual #1, Speak of the Devil #2, X-Men #203. (28 September 2007)
3 October 2007: Black Diamond #4, Detective Comics #837, Faker #4, Fallen Angel #20, Gamekeeper #5, Howard the Duck #1, Infinity, Inc. #2, Jonah Hex #24, JLA/Hitman #2, Omega the Unknown #1, Parade (with Fireworks) #2, Super-Villain Team-Up: M.O.D.O.K.’s 11 #4, Uncanny X-Men #491, The Vinyl Underground #1, The Weapon #4, Welcome to Tranquility #11. (5 October 2007)
10 October 2007: Black Summer #3, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #24, Simon Dark #1, StormWatch: Post Human Division #12, Suicide Squad: Raise the Flag #2, X-Factor #24. Sadly, no Wayback Machine link, so no comments! (11 October 2007)
17 October 2007. (18 October 2007) As the Wayback Machine is often wonky, this is what happens when you click on the link for this week’s post:

This sucks, but it happens. The post is supposed to be there, as this is what you see when you search under the “What I Bought” category:

See? There it is! I bring this up because usually, when you see a CBR link, it’s almost always because I get that first error message. However … for this post, there is no CBR link! What the heck? What happened? Beats me, but the CBR page skips right over it:

Which is annoying, because I have no idea what I bought that week. Plus, as you can see, someone left a snarky comment, presumably on the previous week’s entry (which also gave me that error message, hence the CBR link), and snarky comments are always fun, but we don’t get to see anything else about it. Plus, it looks like I very much enjoyed the comics, and there were a lot of comments! Grrr. Oh well. Let’s carry on!
24 October 2007: Blue Beetle #20, Casanova #10, Daredevil #101, Doktor Sleepless #3, Dominatrix #3, Foolkiller #1, Green Lantern Corps #17, Hack/Slash #5, Into the Dust #2, The Killer #5-6, Kong: King of Skull Island #0, The Lone Ranger #9, Moon Knight #13, Potter’s Field #2, She-Hulk #22, Thunderbolts #117, Velocity: Pilot Season #1, X-Men #204. Hey, Ed Brubaker thinks his Daredevil issue was very clear and that I’m not too smart! He may be right! But we have a nice discussion (what? on the internet?) and hash it out. I’ve never met Brubaker, but I’d like to, because he seems like an all right fellow. (26 October 2007)
31 October 2007. Action Comics #858, Crime Bible: Five Lessons of Blood #1, Daredevil Annual #1, Dynamo 5 #8, Infinite Halloween Special, Mouse Guard #2, The Secret History #3, Special Forces #1 (with the weird tale of my weird copy), True Story Swear to God #9 (yes, indeed!), Wasteland #13, X-Men: Messiah Complex #1. Tom Beland shows up! Kyle Baker clears something up! Edward Gauvin says hello! (2 November 2007)
7 November 2007: Annihilation: Conquest #1, Astonishing X-Men #23, Criminal #10, Estrus Comics #4-5, Fallen Angel #21, Fearless #1, Ghosting #3, Infinity, Inc. #3, Iron Fist #10, Lucha Libre #2, The Order #4, Se7en #7, Super-Villain Team-Up: M.O.D.O.K.’s 11 #5, Two Guns #3, Uncanny X-Men #492. (9 November 2007)
14 November 2007: The Atheist #4, Batman and the Outsiders #1, Black Adam: The Dark Age #4, The Black Diamond #5, Booster Gold #4, The Circle #1, Fables #67, World War Hulk #5, Marvel Comics Presents #3, Strange Detective Tales #1-3, Suicide Squad: Raise the Flag #3, All Star Superman #9, Welcome to Tranquility #12, Wonder Woman #14, X-Factor #25. (16 November 2007)
21 November 2007: Angel: After the Fall #1, Catwoman #73, Checkmate #20, Ex Machina #32, G.I. Joe #29, Gødland #20, Grendel: Behold the Devil #1, Hawaiian Dick: Screaming Black Thunder #1, The Incredible Hulk #111, Iron Man Annual #1, Left on Mission #5, The Lone Ranger #10, New X-Men #44, The Programme #5, Rex Libris #9, The Scream #1, She-Hulk #23, The Umbrella Academy #3, Zero Killer #3. (23 November 2007)
29 November 2007: Bad Planet #4, All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder #8, Blue Beetle #21, Casanova #11, Dan Dare #1, Daredevil #102, Doc Frankenstein #6, Faker #5, Hack/Slash #6, Madman Atomic Comics #5, X-Men #205. (30 November 2007)
5 December 2007: 30 Days of Night: Beyond Barrow #2, Atomic Robo #3, Brawl #2, Countdown: Arena #1, Dynamo 5 #9, Fearless #2, The Infinite Horizon #1, Infinity, Inc. #4, Justice Society of America #11, Lazarus #2, Northlanders #1, The Order #5, Suburban Glamour #2, Two Guns #4, Ultimates 3 #1, Uncanny X-Men #493. Brian Wood, Brian Clevinger, Jamie McKelvie, and Scott Wegener stop by! (7 December 2007)
12 December 2007: Bat Lash #1, DMZ #26, The Engineer #1, Fables #68, Fallen Angel #22, Green Lantern #25, Marvel Comics Presents #4, Nexus: The Origin, Potter’s Field #3, Suicide Squad: Raise the Flag #4, Wonder Woman #15, Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, X-Factor #26. (13 December 2007)
19 December 2007: Birds of Prey #113, Catwoman #74, Checkmate #21, The Circle #2, Ex Machina #33, G.I. Joe #30, Grendel: Behold the Devil #2, The Incredible Hulk #112, The Immortal Iron Fist #11, The Long Count #1, Madame Mirage #4, The Mighty Avengers #6, New X-Men #45, The Order #6, The Programme #6, Rex Mundi #9, Robotika: For a Few Rubles More #1 (the actual review for this is here), The Scream #2, She-Hulk #24, Simpsons Comics #137, Some New Kind of Slaughter #1, Special Forces #2, The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite #4. Marvin Mann and Jason Blair swing by! (21 December 2007)
28 December 2007: Batman #672, Blue Beetle #22, Daredevil #103, Elephantmen: War Toys #1, Fantastic Four: ¡Isla de la Muerte!, Giant-Size Avengers #1, Legion of Super-Heroes #37, Pax Romana #1, Punks the Comic: The Christacular Special #1, Repo #5, X-Men #206, My Inner Bimbo #3. (29 December 2007)
4 January 2008: The Black Diamond #6, Detective Comics #840, Doktor Sleepless #4, Dynamo 5 #10, Fearless #3, Gravel #0, Moon Knight #14, Northlanders #2, Uncanny X-Men #494. (5 January 2008)
9 January 2008: Amazing Spider-Man #546, Hulk #1, The Infinite Horizon #2, Infinity, Inc. #5, Killing Pickman #2, Suicide Squad: Raise the Flag #5, Teen Titans Lost Annual #1, The Twelve #1, X-Factor #27. (10 January 2008)
16 January 2008: 76 #1, Atomic Robo #4, Catwoman #75, Checkmate #22, Fallen Angel #23, Fell #9, Grendel: Behold the Devil #3, Hawaiian Dick: Screaming Black Thunder #2, The Incredible Hercules #113, The Hunter #1, The Immortal Iron Fist #12, Marvel Comics Presents #5, New X-Men #46, The Programme #7, Strange Embrace #1-8, The Sword #4, Two Guns #5, The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite #5, Zombies vs. Robots vs. Amazons #2. (20 January 2008)
23 January 2008: Amazing Spider-Man #548, Astonishing X-Men #24, Blue Beetle #23, Faker #6, Ghosting #4, G.I. Joe #31, The Order #7, She-Hulk #25, The Scream #3, Wonder Woman #16, X-Men #207. It’s the all-poetry edition! Lots of kudos and complaints! (24 January 2008)
30 January 2008: Batman #673, The Blackbeard Legacy #4, Daredevil #104, The Mighty Avengers #8, Narcopolis #1, The New Avengers Annual #2, Suburban Glamour #3. (31 January 2008)
6 February 2008: Abe Sapien: The Drowning #1, Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures #8, The Circle #3, ClanDestine #1, The Darkness #2, Detective Comics #841, Fables #69, Moon Knight #15, Northlanders #3, Okko: The Cycle of Water #1-4, Reich #1, Scud the Disposable Assassin #21, Uncanny X-Men #495, Wasteland #14. (8 February 2008)
13 February 2008: 30 Days of Night: Beyond Barrow #3, Astro City Special: Beautie #1, Booster Gold #0, The Evil Dead #2, Fantastic Comics #24, Fantastic Four #554, Marvel Comics Presents #6, Suicide Squad: Raise the Flag #6, Tiny Titans #1, X-Factor #28. (14 February 2008)
20 February 2008: Cable & Deadpool #50, Catwoman #76, Checkmate #23, Ex Machina #34, Ghosting #5, Gødland #21, Grendel: Behold the Devil #4, Hawaiian Dick: Screaming Black Thunder #3, The Incredible Hercules #114, The Immortal Iron Fist: Orson Randall and the Green Mist of Death, Iron Man #26, Justice League of America #18, Locke & Key #1, The Order #8, The Programme #8, Rex Mundi #10, The Scream #4, Shadow Hunter #1 (by Jenna Jameson?), The Umbrella Academy #6, Zorro #1. (23 February 2008)
27 February 2008: Batman #674, Black Panther Annual #1, Blue Beetle #24, The Circle #4, Criminal volume 2 #1, Daredevil #105, The Engineer #2, Fables #70, Fallen Angel #24, Fearless #4, Lazarus #3, The Many Adventures of Miranda Mercury #295, Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 #3, The Nearly Infamous Zango #1, Rasl #1, Rex Libris #10, Rogue Angel: Teller of Tall Tales #1, The Secret History #5, She-Hulk #26, Some New Kind of Slaughter #2, X-Men #208. Witness my top-secret contest with Cronin, plus James Turner stops by! (2 March 2008)
5 March 2008: Buffy the Vampire Slayer #12, Casanova #12, ClanDestine #2, Comic Book Comics #1, Detective Comics #842, Dynamo 5 #11, Echo #1, Moon Knight #16, Justice League: The New Frontier Special, Northlanders #4, Pax Romana #4, Uncanny X-Men #496, The Vinyl Underground #6, Young Liars #1. Oh, the comments about Buffy sleeping with a woman! So many of them! (And, knowing what we now know about Whedon, somewhat hilarious.) (7 March 2008)
12 March 2008: Elephantmen: War Toys #2, Fantastic Four #555, G.I. Joe #33, Gamekeeper vol. 2 2 #1, Gotham Underground #6, Gutsville #3, The Last Defenders #1, The Lone Ranger and Tonto #1, Marvel Comics Presents #7, Serenity: Better Days #1, Suicide Squad: Raise the Flag #7, X-Factor #29. (14 March 2008)
19 March 2008: Catwoman #77, Checkmate #24, The Circle #5, Dark Ivory #1, Ex Machina #35, Fables #71, FX #1, Ghost Rider #21, Grendel: Behold the Devil #5, The Incredible Hercules #115, Iron Fist #13, The Order #9, The Programme #9, War is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle #1, Wasteland #15. I question pop culture references in comics, which leads to a big discussion! (21 March 2008)
26 March 2008: Blue Beetle #25, Daredevil #106, Drain #6, A Dummy’s Guide to Danger: Lost at Sea #1, Fallen Angel #25, New Avengers #39, She-Hulk #27, All Star Superman #10, Transhuman #1. JM Ringuet, artist of Transhuman, stops by! (28 March 2008)
2 April 2006: The Boy Who Made Silence #1, Casanova #13, ClanDestine #3, Detective Comics #843, Moon Knight #17, Zorro #2. (3 April 2008)
9 April 2008: Criminal vol. 2 #2, Doktor Sleepless #6, Gamekeeper vol. 2 #2, Suburban Glamour #4, Wasteland #16, Young Liars #2. I call out Brubaker in the post, and the comments section is quite cool – McKelvie, Gillen, Johnston, and Brubaker himself show up, and the discussion is pretty neat. (11 April 2008)
16 April 2008: Bad Planet #5, The Boy Who Made Silence #2, Captain Action #0, Catwoman #78, The Damned: Prodigal Sons #1, Ghost Rider #22, Grendel: Behold the Devil #6, Incredible Hercules #116, The Infinite Horizon #3, The Lone Ranger #11, Noble Causes #32 (which I had already reviewed), The Programme #10, Rex Mundi #11, Suicide Squad: Raise the Flag #8, X-Factor #30. (18 April 2008)
23 April 2008: Batman #675, Checkmate #25, Dynamo 5 #12, Fables #72, Fallen Angel #26, Gødland #22, Northlanders #5, She-Hulk #28, Uncanny X-Men #497. (25 April 2008)
30 April 2008: Blue Beetle #26, Caliber: First Canon of Justice #1, Ex Machina #36, Glamourpuss #1, Helen Killer #1, Hercules: The Thracian War #1, The Hunter #2, I Was Kidnapped by Lesbian Pirates from Outer Space #1, Iron Fist #14, Local #11, Marvel Comics Presents #8, Noble Causes #33, The Order #10. I rant about The Order getting canceled, plus it’s the first time I do Totally Random Lyrics! (2 May 2008)
7 May 2008: Detective Comics #844, Dynamo 5 Annual #1, Elephantmen: War Toys #3, The Foundation #5, Gemini #1, Invincible Iron Man #1, Moon Knight #18, My Inner Bimbo #4, The Nearly Infamous Zango #2, Rex Libris #11, Wasteland #17, X-Factor: The Quick and the Dead. (9 May 2008)
14 May 2008: Batman #676, Captain Britain and MI13 #1, Archie & Friends #119, ClanDestine #4, Gamekeeper vol. 2 #3, Young Liars #3, Zorro #3. (15 May 2008)
21 May 2008: The Boy Who Made Silence #3, Casanova #14, Catwoman #79, Checkmate #26, The Damned: Prodigal Sons #2, Dynamo 5 #13, Ghost Rider #23, Grendel: Behold the Devil #7, Hawaiian Dick: Screaming Black Thunder #4, Incredible Hercules #117, The Programme #11, X-Factor #31. (23 May 2008)
29 May 2008: Batman #677, Blue Beetle #27, Caliber: First Canon of Justice #2, Fables #73, Final Crisis #1, Helen Killer #2, Hercules: The Thracian War #2, Iron Fist #15, Marvel Comics Presents #9, Northlanders #6, She-Hulk #29, All Star Superman #11, Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose #50, Uncanny X-Men #498. Three Morrison Comics = Lots o’ Comments! And Ivan Brandon comes back, which was nice of him! (31 May 2008)
4 June 2008: Criminal vol. 2 #3, Detective Comics #845, Gødland #23, Invincible Iron Man #2, Manhunter #31, Noble Causes #34. (6 June 2008)
11 June 2008: The Boy Who Made Silence #4, Captain Britain and MI13 #2, Charlatan Ball #1, ClanDestine #5, Contract #0, Gamekeeper vol. 2 #4, Local #12, Moon Knight #19, Young Liars #4. (12 June 2008)
18 June 2008: Catwoman #80, Checkmate #27, Elephantmen #12, Ex Machina #37, Fallen Angel #27, Gemini #2, Ghost Rider #24, Grendel: Behold the Devil #8, Incredible Hercules #118, My Inner Bimbo #5, Rasl #2, Rex Mundi #12, Sparks #1, X-Factor #32, Zorro #4. (22 June 2008)
25 June 2008: Pilot Season: Alibi #1, Caliber: First Canon of Justice #3, Conan the Cimmerian #0, Final Crisis #2, Hercules: The Thracian War #3, Iron Fist #16, Marvel Comics Presents #10, The Nearly Infamous Zango #3, The Programme #12, She-Hulk #30, Uncanny X-Men #499, Wasteland #18, What If This Was the Fantastic Four? Jeff Parker and Ivan Brandon check in, and there’s a big debate about Final Crisis, of course! (29 June 2008)
2 July 2008: Batman #678, Blue Beetle #28, Dynamo 5 #14, Fables #74, Joker’s Asylum: The Joker #1, Manhunter #32, Noble Causes #35, Northlanders #7, Station #1, Storming Paradise #1. I explain why buying these books will make you a better American! (4 July 2008)
10 July 2008: The Black Coat: 52-Page Special, Captain Britain and MI13 #3, Gamekeeper vol. 2 #5, I Kill Giants #1, Invincible Iron Man #3, Joker’s Asylum: Penguin #1, Shark-Man #3, Pilot Season: Urban Myths #1, Young Liars #5. I had a lot of fun with my panegyric to Shark-Man, the comic too awesome to live. (11 July 2008)
16 July 2008: Charlatan Ball #2, Checkmate #28, Ghost Rider #25, Gødland #24, Incredible Hercules #119, Helen Killer #3, Moon Knight #20, Reich #2-3, Scalped #19, Universal War One #1, X-Factor #33, Zorro #5. (18 July 2008)
23 July 2008: Ambush Bug: Year None #1, The Boy Who Made Silence #5, Fallen Angel #28, Iron Fist #17, Marvel Comics Presents #11, Pistolfist #1, She-Hulk #31, Sparks #2, The Straw Men #1, Uncanny X-Men #500, Wasteland #19. The creator of Pistolfist checks in to pimp the book! (24 July 2008)
30 July 2008: Blue Beetle #29, Catwoman #81, Comic Book Comics #2, Pilot Season: The Core #1, Dynamo 5 #15, Mumbai MacGuffin, newuniversal 1959, Northlanders #8, True Believers #1. (1 August 2008)
6 August 2008: Caliber: First Canon of Justice #4, Criminal vol. 2 #4, Final Crisis #3, Freedom Formula #1, Hercules: The Thracian War #4, Hybrid Bastards #1-2, Invincible Iron Man #4, The Killer #7, Manhunter #33, Storming Paradise #2. Marc Andreyko and A. David Lewis stop by, and the comments go off on tangents, as comments are wont to do! (8 August 2008)
13 August 2008: Antoine Sharp: The Atheist vol. 2 #1, Atomic Robo: Dogs of War #1, Batman #679, Captain Britain and MI13 #4, Checkmate #29, Elephantmen #13, Golly! #1, Helen Killer #4, The Lone Ranger #12, Sparks #3, Station #2, Young Liars #6, Zorro #6. (15 August 2008)
20 August 2008: Air #1, Charlatan Ball #3, Ghost Rider #26, Incredible Hercules #120, The Killer #8, Moon Knight #21, Pistolfist #2, Rex Libris #12, Rex Mundi #13, Scalped #20, True Believers #2, Uncanny X-Men #501, The Victorian Horrors of Old Mauch Chunk #1, X-Factor #34, X-Factor Special: Layla Miller. (22 August 2008)
27 August 2008: Ambush Bug: Year None #2, Blue Beetle #30, Catwoman #82, Challenger Deep #1, Fallen Angel #29, Iron Fist #18, Marvel Comics Presents #12, Northlanders #9, She-Hulk #32. Brian Wood checks in, because I always have questions about Northlanders! (28 August 2008)
4 September 2008: The Boy Who Made Silence #6, Fables #75, Invincible Iron Man #5, Manhunter #34, Noble Causes #36, Secret Six #1, Storming Paradise #3, Universal War One #3. I call out the “woke” horror show in one of these comics, and its writer confirms! (5 September 2008)
10 September 2008: Caliber: First Canon of Justice #5, Criminal vol. 2 #5, The Damned: Prodigal Sons #3, Dynamo 5 #16, Ex Machina #38, Freedom Formula #2, Hercules: The Thracian Wars #5, I Kill Giants #2, The Lone Ranger #13, Pax Romana #3, The Straw Men #2, Young Liars #7. (12 September 2008)
17 September 2008: Air #2, Atomic Robo: Dogs of War #2, Captain Britain and MI13 #5, Checkmate #30, Ghost Rider #27, Gødland #25, Incredible Hercules #121, Moon Knight #22, Scalped #21, All Star Superman #12, True Believers #3, Uncanny X-Men #502, X-Factor #35. I check out sales figures, which can get depressing, and I’m always taken a bit aback how I hedged on my enjoyment of ASS. I don’t know if it was the huge gaps between issues, but I just didn’t love it when it was coming out. Of course, when you sit down and read the entire thing, it works a lot better, but it’s strange to me to see late-aughts Greg slagging on it a bit. (19 September 2008)
24 September 2008: Ambush Bug: Year None #3, Blue Beetle #31, Fables #76, Golly! #2, I Kill Giants #3, Iron Fist: Orson Randall and the Death Queen of California, Northlanders #10, Samurai: Legend #1, She-Hulk #33, Station #3, Wasteland #20, Zorro #7. More depressing sales figures! (26 September 2008)
1 October 2008: Antoine Sharpe: The Atheist vol. 2 #2, Batman #680, Challenger Deep #2, City of Dust #1, Four Eyes #1, Love and Capes #8, Manhunter #35, Pistolfist #3, Sparks #4, Tales to Suffice #1. (3 October 2008)
8 October 2008: Fallen Angel #30, I Kill Giants #4, Invincible Iron Man #6, The Lone Ranger #14, Rex Mundi #14, Secret Six #2, Young Liars #8. There’s a Mike Sterling sighting in the comments! (9 October 2008)
15 October 2008: Air #3, Atomic Robo: Dogs of War #3, Captain Britain and MI13 #6, Challenger Deep #3, Charlatan Ball #4, Dynamo 5 #17, Fables #77, Ghost Rider #28, Grant Morrison’s Doctor Who #1, Hawaiian Dick: Screaming Black Thunder #5, Moon Knight #23, Rasl #3, Uncanny X-Men #503, Zorro #8. (17 October 2008)
22 October 2008: Blue Beetle #32, Criminal vol. 2 #6, Final Crisis #4, Noble Causes #37, Scalped #22, She-Hulk #34, True Believers #4, Unknown Soldier #1, X-Factor #36. Jay Faerber and Ed Brubaker have a conversation with each other in the comments! (24 October 2008)
29 October 2008: Battlefields: The Night Witches #1, Checkmate #31, Incredible Hercules #122, Iron Fist #19, Northlanders #11, Or Else #5, Rex Libris #13, Wasteland #21. (31 October)
5 November 2008: Gemini #3, Gigantic #1, Grant Morrison’s Doctor Who #2, Ms. Marvel Special: Storyteller, Secret Six #3, Station #4, Storming Paradise #4. (6 November 2008)
12 November 2008: Captain Britain and MI13 #7, The Cleaners #1, Fables #78, Fallen Angel #31, Galveston #1, I Hate Gallant Girl #1, I Kill Giants #5, Justice Society of America Kingdom Come Special: Superman, The Lone Ranger #15, Manhunter #36, Pistolfist #4, Young Liars #9. Sales figures are back! (14 November 2008)
19 November 2008: Air #4, Ambush Bug: Year None #4, Atomic Robo: Dogs of War #4, Bad Planet #6, City of Dust #2, Dynamo 5 #18, Ex Machina #39, Ghost Rider #29, Moon Knight #24, Pax Romana #4, Scalped #23, Uncanny X-Men #504, X-Factor #37. (21 November 2008)
26 November 2008: Batman #681, Battlefields: The Night Witches #2, Blue Beetle #33, Golly! #3, Incredible Hercules #123, Northlanders #12, She-Hulk #35, The Straw Men #3, True Believers #5, The Umbrella Academy: Dallas #1, Unknown Soldier #2, Wasteland #22. (28 November 2008)
4 December 2008: Batman #682, Charlatan Ball #5, Criminal vol. 2 #7, I Hate Gallant Girl #2, Iron Fist #20, Moon Knight: Silent Night, Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 #4, Noble Causes #38, She-Hulk: Cosmic Collision. (5 December 2008)
10 December 2008: Ambush Bug: Year None #5, Captain Britain and MI13 #8, Challenger Deep #4, Final Crisis #5, I Kill Giants #6, The Lone Ranger #16, Phonogram: The Singles Club #1, Secret Six #4, Time Management for Anarchists: Productivity Tips for Creative Malcontents, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz #1, Young Liars #10. Read: My wacky review of Phonogram! Learn: Why I bought that Oz book! Behold: Kieron Gillen (of all people) screwing up a music reference!!!! (12 December 2008)
17 December 2008: Air #5, Elephantmen #14, Ex Machina #40, Fables #79, Fallen Angel #32, Ghost Rider #30, Hellblazer #250, Manhunter #37, Moon Knight #25, Rex Mundi #15, Thor: Giant-Size Special, Uncanny X-Men #505, X-Factor #38, Zorro #9. I make fun of the Pixies in one review, and all hell breaks loose!!! (19 December 2008)
24 December 2008: Atomic Robo: Dogs of War #5, Batman #683, Galveston #2, Gigantic #2, Mister X: Condemned #1, She-Hulk #36, The Umbrella Academy: Dallas #2, Unknown Soldier #3. (26 December 2008)
Random thoughts about my week’s purchases. I took January off, so this is a not-as-good substitute! (14 January 2009)
4 February 2009: Agents of Atlas #1, Comic Book Comics #3, Dynamo 5 #19, Elephantmen #15, I Am Legion #1, Secret Six #6, Soul Kiss #1, Zorro #10. (6 February 2009)
11 February 2009: Batman #686, Captain Britain and MI13 #10, Fables #81, Incognito #2, London Horror Comic #1-2, Scalped #25, Super Friends #12, Young Liars #12. (12 February 2009)
18 February 2009: City of Dust #4, Dynamo 5 #0, Four Eyes #2, Gødland #26, Golly! #4, The Great Unknown #1, Hellblazer #252, Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead #1, Moon Knight #27, Noble Causes #39, Rex Mundi #16, Uncanny X-Men #506, Whatmen?!, X-Factor #40. (20 February 2009)
25 February 2009:Blue Beetle #36, Dynamo 5 #20, Gigantic #3, Incredible Hercules #126, Mister X: Condemned #3, She-Hulk #38, The Umbrella Academy: Dallas #4, Unknown Soldier #5, Wasteland #24. (27 February 2009)
4 March 2009: Agents of Atlas #2, Battlefields: Dear Billy #2, Galveston #4, I Am Legion #2, Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 #5, Secret Six #7. (5 March 2009)
11 March 2009: Captain Britain and MI13 #11, Charlatan Ball #6, Elephantmen #16, Ex Machina Special #4, Fables #82, The Life and Times of Savior 28 #1 (actual review here), Northlanders #15, Scalped #26, Soul Kiss #2, Young Liars #13. (13 March 2009)
18 March 2009: Athena Voltaire/The Black Coat One-Shot, Hellblazer #253, Potter’s Field: Stone Cold, Zorro #11, Amazing Spider-Girl #30, Amazing Spider-Man #588, Dark Avengers #3, Deadpool: Games of Death, Eternals #9, Moon Knight #28, Punisher #3, Spider-Man Noir #4, Ultimate X-Men #100, Ultimatum #3, Uncanny X-Men #507, Wolverine #71, Wolverine: Origins #34, X-Factor #41, X-Force #13, X-Men: Legacy #222, Young X-Men #12. I bought every Marvel book of the week. It was often a painful experience. (20 March 2009)
25 March 2009: Battlefields: Dear Billy #3, Hero Squared: Love and Death #2, Incredible Hercules #127, The Umbrella Academy: Dallas #5, Unknown Soldier #6. (26 March 2009)
1 April 2009: Agents of Atlas #3, Harker #1, Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead #2, Marvel Assistant-Sized Spectacular #1, Noble Causes #40, Scalped #27, Seaguy #1, Shrapnel: Artesia Rising #3, Universal War One: Revelations #1. Archeology Jones, I should point out, still doesn’t have an ongoing series from Marvel. Plus, someone gets really angry and vile in the comments. How weird. (3 April 2009)
8 April 2009: Captain Britain and MI 13 #12, The Cleaners #3, Ignition City #1, The Infinite Horizon #4, Northlanders #16, Secret Six #8, Young Liars #14. I was unaware of comics’ history with Rutland, Vermont, but the commenters clued me in! (9 April 2009)
15 April 2009: Elephantmen #17, Fables #83, Gødland #27, Incognito #3, Moon Knight #29, Rex Mundi #17, Soul Kiss #3, Uncanny X-Men #508, X-Factor #42, Zorro #12. (17 April 2009)
22 April 2009: Buck Rogers #0, Detective Comics #853, Dynamo 5 #21, Elephantmen #18, Ex Machina #41, Hellblazer #254, I Am Legion #3, Ignition City #2, Incredible Hercules #128, Jack of Fables #33, Mister X: Condemned #4, Scalped #28, The Warlord of Io and Other Stories. (23 April 2009)
29 April 2009: Airboy – 1942: Best of Enemies, Atomic Robo: Shadow from Beyond Time #1, Battlefields: The Tankies #1, The Literals #1, Marvel Assistant-Sized Spectacular #2, Overlook #1, Phonogram: The Singles Club #2, Sherlock Holmes #1, Uncanny X-Men #509, Unknown Soldier #7. (1 May 2009)
6 May 2009: Agents of Atlas #4, Astro City: The Dark Age Book Three: Into the Abyss #1, Fin Fang Four Return!, The Life and Times of Savior 28 #2, Overlook #2, Power Girl #1, Seaguy: Slaves of Mickey Eye #2, Universal War One: Revelations #2. (7 May 2009)
13 May 2009: Captain Britain and MI 13 #13, Elephantmen #19, Fables #84, Secret Six #9, Secret Warriors #4, Soul Kiss #4, Storming Paradise #5, The Umbrella Academy: Dallas #6, The Unknown #1, Unthinkable #1 (I reviewed this and The Unknown here), The Unwritten #1, X-Factor #43, Young Liars #15, Zorro #13. I tell you which ABBA song all these comics are! (15 May 2009)
20 May 2009: Agents of Atlas #5, Ex Machina #42, Four Eyes #3, Gigantic #4, The Great Unknown #2, Hellblazer #255, Jack of Fables #34, Uncanny X-Men #510. (21 May 2009)
28 May 2009: Amazing Spider-Man: The Short Halloween, Batman in Barcelona: Dragon’s Knight, Battlefields: The Tankies #2, Gødland #28, Hero Squared: Love and Death #3, Ignition City #3, Incredible Hercules #129, The Literals #2, Madame Xanadu #11, Moon Knight #30, Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 #6, Northlanders #17, Rapture #1, Unknown Soldier #8. Short reviews, as I was on vacation! That Spidey book was written by Bill Hader and Seth Meyers, whom, at the time, I had never heard of, because I’m laaaaame. (31 May 2009)
3 June 2009: I didn’t really review things, because I was on vacation and didn’t get my books until late in the week, so I had a fun (well, “fun”) game! (7 June 2009)
10 June 2009: Buck Rogers #1 (now with laser-toting bear!), Channel Evil #1, Fables #85, Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead #3, The Life and Times of Savior 28 #3, Overlook #3, Sherlock Holmes #2, Shrapnel: Aristeia Rising #5, Soul Kiss #5, Storming Paradise #6, Uncanny X-Men #511, The Unknown #2, Unthinkable #2, The Unwritten #2, The Veil #1, X-Factor #44. (12 June 2009)
17 June 2009: Atomika #8, Captain Britain and MI 13 #14, Ex Machina #43, El Gorgo #2, Hellblazer #256, Incognito #4, Jack of Fables #35, Mr. Stuffins #2, Phonogram: The Singles Club #3, Power Girl #2, Rex Mundi #18, The Trial of Thor, Young Liars #16. B. Clay Moore stops by to promise more Hawaiian Dick, Ben Lichius promises more Black Coat, and Kieron Gillen explains that he doesn’t drink lager anymore. It’s an all-star comments section! (18 June 2009)
24 June 2009: Batman: The Brave and the Bold #6, The Cleaners #4, Detective Comics #854, Dynamo 5 #22, Incredible Hercules #130, The Literals #3, Madame Xanadu #12, Northlanders #18, Rapture #2, Secret Warriors #5, Uncanny X-Men #512, Unknown Soldier #9, Wolverine First Class #16, X-Factor #45, Zodiac #1, Zorro #14. (29 June 2009)
1 July 2009: Agents of Atlas #7, Astro City: The Dark Age Book Three #3, Atomika #9, Batman and Robin #2, Chew #2, Elephantmen #20, Greek Street #1, Mr. Stuffins #3, Secret Six #11. (2 July 2009)
8 July 2009: I Am Legion #4, The Unwritten #3, Wednesday Comics #1, Batman #688, Booster Gold #22, Green Arrow and Black Canary #2, Green Lantern #43, R.E.B.E.L.S. #6, Red Robin #2, Superman: World of New Krypton #5, The Warlord #4. I bought all the DC comics of the week, and found them mostly boring. Sad. (10 July 2009)
15 July 2009: Agents of Atlas #8, All Select Comics #1, Buck Rogers #2, Domino Lady #1, Fables #86, Fallen Angel: Reborn #1, Incognito #5, The Killer #9, The Last Resort #1, Poe #1, Robotika: For a Few Rubles More #1-2, Scalped #30, Sherlock Holmes #3, Super Friends #17, The Unknown #3, Unthinkable #3, Wednesday Comics #2, X-Factor #46, Young Liars #17. (17 July 2009)
22 and 29 July 2009: Atomic Robo: Shadow from Beyond Time #3, Battlefields: The Tankies #3, Captain Britain and MI 13 #15, Detective Comics #855, Elephantmen War Toys: Yvette, Gemini #4, Hellblazer #257, Ignition City #4, Incredible Hercules #131, The Life and Times of Savior 28 #4, The Lone Ranger #17, Madame Xanadu #13, Northlanders #19, Phonogram: The Singles Club #4, Power Girl #3, Rapture #3, Secret Warriors #6, Unknown Soldier #10, Wasteland #25, We Kill Monsters #1, Wednesday Comics #3-4. (30 July 2009)
5 August 2009: Astro City: The Dark Age Book Three #4, Chew #3, Dynamo 5 #23, Fallen Angel: Reborn #2, Greek Street #2, Secret Six #12, The Veil #2, Wednesday Comics #5. (6 August 2009)
12 August 2009: Agents of Atlas #9, Artesia Besieged #3, Atomika #10, Days Missing #1, Fables #87, GrimJack: The Manx Cat #1, Hercules: The Knives of Kush #1, Hero Comics, Incarnate #1, Incredible Hercules #132, The Killer #10, Starstruck #1, The Unwritten #4, Wednesday Comics #6, Zodiac #2. (14 August 2009)
19 August: Atomic Robo: Shadow from Beyond Time #4 (the entire review is me counting the awesome things in the issue!), Ex Machina #44, Hellblazer #258, Poe #2, Power Girl #4, Unthinkable #4, Wednesday Comics #7 (which British monarchs correspond to each story?), X-Factor #47, Zorro #15. (20 August 2009)
26 August 2009: Batman and Robin #3, Buck Rogers #3, Detective Comics #856, Dynamo 5 #24, Fantastic Four #570, Gotham City Sirens #3, I Am Legion #5, Incredible Hercules #133, Madame Xanadu #14, Rex Mundi #19, Scalped #31, Secret Warriors #7, Sherlock Holmes #4, The Unknown #4, Unknown Soldier #11, Wednesday Comics #8, Zero Killer #4. (27 August 2009)
2 September 2009: Agents of Atlas #10, Chew #4, Greek Street #3, GrimJack: The Manx Cat #2, Incognito #6, The Last Resort #2, Northlanders #20, Strange Tales #1, Sweet Tooth #1, Wednesday Comics #9, Young Liars #18. That’s the last issue of Young Liars, and interestingly (to me), as much as I liked it when it was coming out, when I re-read it about 18 months ago, it … was just fine. Nothing spectacular, like I thought when I first got it. I wonder what changed with me that made me think less of it. It’s still a decent series, but not as excellent as I thought back in 2009. (3 September 2009)
10 September 2009: Domino Lady #2, Fallen Angel: Reborn #3, Incredible Hercules #134, The Life and Times of Savior 28 #5, Secret Six #13, The Unwritten #5, Wednesday Comics #10. (11 September 2009)
16 September 2009: Agents of Atlas #11, Atomic Robo: Shadow from Beyond Time #5, Batman and Robin #4, Beasts of Burden #1, Ex Machina #45, Fables #88, The Lone Ranger #18, M.O.D.O.K. Reign Delay, Poe #3, Unthinkable #5, The Veil #3, Vengeance of the Moon Knight #1, Wednesday Comics #11, X-Factor #48. This is the CBR link, so no comments, but I do tell you in which of these issues things explode, so there’s that.(17 September 2009)
23 September 2009: Buck Rogers #4, Detective Comics #857, Elephantmen #21, Fantastic Four #571, Hellblazer #259, Incredible Hercules #135, Madame Xanadu #15, Power Girl #5 (with a link to a cool photo!), Spider-Woman #1, Underground #1, Wasteland #26, Wednesday Comics #12, Zero Killer #5, Zorro #16. (24 September 2009)
7 October 2009: Batman and Robin #5, Batman: Unseen #1, Criminal: The Sinners #1, Days Missing #2, Fallen Angel: Reborn #4, Greek Street #4, GrimJack: The Manx Cat #3, Kill Audio #1, Planetary #27 (!!!!), Sherlock Holmes #5, Starstruck #2, Strange Tales #2, Sweet Tooth #2, Vengeance of the Moon Knight #2, X-Babies #1, X-Men Vs. Agents of Atlas #1, Zodiac #3. (9 October 2009)
14 October 2009: The Anchor #1, Fables #89, Gødland #29, Incredible Hercules #136, Scalped #32, Secret Six #14, The Unwritten #6, The Veil #4. Back in the long-ago days, I didn’t realize that using alt-text would wreck the images in the future, so the images are gone. It doesn’t really matter too much usually because I don’t comment on the covers too much, but in this post, I showed a bunch of panels from Hercules #136, so go here to check them out! (15 October 2009)
21 October 2009: Beasts of Burden #2, Chew #5, Ex Machina #46, FVZA: Federal Vampire and Zombie Agency #1, Hellblazer #260, Incarnate #2, The Last Resort #3, The Lone Ranger and Tonto #3, Poe #4, Power Girl #6, Robotika: For a Few Rubles More #3-4, Spider-Woman #2, Sugarshock, Underground #2, Zero Killer #6. (26 October 2009)
28 October 2009: Ambush Bug #7, Astro City Special: Astra #2, Buck Rogers #5, Days Missing #3, Detective Comics #858, Dynamo 5 #25, Fantastic Four #572, Ignition City #5, Incredible Hercules #137, Northlanders #21, Secret Warriors #9, Unknown Soldier #13, X-Factor #50. (30 October 2009)
4 November 2009: Assault on New Olympus (Prologue), Atomika #11, Batman: Unseen #3, Black Widow: Deadly Origin #1, Elephantmen #22, The God Machine, Greek Street #5, GrimJack: The Manx Cat #4, The Secret History #6, Secret Six #15, Strange Tales #3, Stumptown #1, Sweet Tooth #3, Titanium Rain #1-2, The Unknown: The Devil Made Flesh #2, X-Men Vs. Agents of Atlas #2. Images here, in case you’re interested in cleavage! (5 November 2009)
11 November 2009: The Anchor #2, Batman and Robin #6, The Black Coat: … Or Give Me Death #1-2, Comic Book Comics #4, Fables #90, Rapture #5, Starstruck #3, S.W.O.R.D. #1, Vengeance of the Moon Knight #3. Mary Warner digs that Gillen responded to her comment! (12 November 2009)
18 November 2009: Batman: Unseen #4, The Black Coat: … Or Give Me Death #3, Hellblazer #261, Phonogram: The Singles Club #5, Spider-Woman #3, Super Friends #21, Underground #3, Zorro #17. Each comic is summed up by a line from “The Humpty Dance,” plus I start posting “Panels of Awesome” … which don’t show up. Check them out here! Meanwhile, Steve Lieber, Francesco Francavilla, Kieron Gillen, and Jamie McKelvie stop by! (19 November 2009)
25 November 2009: Beasts of Burden #3, Chew #6, Criminal: The Sinners #2, Days Missing #4, Detective Comics #859, The Devil’s Handshake, Fantastic Four #573, Hercules: The Knives of Kush #4, I Am Legion #6, Incredible Hercules #138, The Last Days of American Crime preview, The Last Resort #4, Northlanders #22, Secret Warriors #10, Titanium Rain Double Size #2, Unknown Soldier #14. Some images made it, the rest are here! And Evan Dorkin says hello in the comments! (27 November 2009)
3 December 2009: Batman: Unseen #5, GrimJack: The Manx Cat #5, Scalped #33, The Secret History #7, Starstruck #4, Sweet Tooth #4. Sadly, no images remain, so check them out here! (3 December 2009)
Some brief thoughts about Phonogram #6, which Kieron Gillen was nice enough to send to me. (8 December 2009)
9 December 2009: The Anchor #3, Days Missing #5, Daytripper #1, Fearless Dawn #1, Phonogram: The Singles Club #6, Secret Six #16, S.W.O.R.D. #2, The Unwritten #8. I wonder which Marillion song each comic is! So corrupt are the images, but you can see them here! Gillen stops by, and hey! so does Steve Mannion! (10 December 2009)
16 December 2009: Ex Machina #47, Fables #91, Gødland #30, Hellblazer #262, Incarnate #3, The Last Resort #5, Power Girl #7, Underground #4, The Unknown: The Devil Made Flesh #3, Vengeance of the Moon Knight #4, X-Factor #200. Hey, all the images are uncorrupted! Huzzah! I have a nice rant about superheroes and I take pity on Ron Chan, all in the same review! (17 December 2009)
23 December 2009: Beasts of Burden #4, The Black Coat: … Or Give Me Death #4, Chew #7, Criminal: The Sinners #3, Detective Comics #860, Elephantmen #23, Fantastic Four #574, Incredible Hercules #139, Northlanders #23, Secret Warriors #11, Spider-Woman #4, Unknown Soldier #15, Zorro #18. Evan Dorkin stops by, Ed Brubaker takes me to task for always writing that Criminal isn’t re-inventing the wheel (fair point, in retrospect, even though I always loved the book), and Valeria calls Franklin the “r-word.” Oh dear. I wrote that I didn’t love it, but it wasn’t enough to make me hate the book (I was actually still enjoying the book at this time, although I soon dropped it), but apparently that was enough to piss some commenters off. It didn’t get as bad as the next time an issue came out (Hickman attempted to explain himself, and I didn’t love the explanation), but we’ll see that below. Who knew saying “Yeah, I didn’t love Val using a derogatory term” was enough to piss a lot of people off?!?!? (24 December 2009)
6 January 2010: Fearless Dawn #2, Gigantic #5, GrimJack: The Manx Cat #6, The Last Days of American Crime #1, Marvel Boy: The Uranian #1, Starstruck #5, Stumptown #2 (in which I track the characters’ movements across Portland!), Suicide Squad #67, Sweet Tooth #5, Wasteland #27. This is the first time I put quotes from books I read at the top of the post. Fifteen years later, I’m still doing it! Also: the first time I showed the ten most recent songs on my iPod, which I don’t do anymore! The images are corrupted, but you can see them here! (7 January 2010)
13 January 2010: The Anchor #4, Daytripper #2, Ed Hannigan: Covered, Secret Six #17, Super Friends #23, S.W.O.R.D. #3, The Unwritten #9. Gail Simone shows up after I discuss Yasemin’s boobs! (14 January 2010)
20 January 2010: Avengers vs. Agents of Atlas #1, Fables #92, Hellblazer #263, Incredible Hercules #140, Joe the Barbarian #1 (and I link to MarkAndrew’s rant, which got 191 (!!!) comments), Power Girl #8, Rapture #6, Spider-Woman #5. (21 January 2010)
27 January 2010: Astro City: The Dark Age Book Four #1, Batman and Robin #7, Chew #8, Detective Comics #861, Fantastic Four #575, Northlanders #24, Secret Warriors #12, The Unknown: The Devil Made Flesh #4, Unknown Soldier #16, X-Factor #201. Man, everyone had an opinion about Valeria Richards, so there are so many comments!!! (28 January 2010)
3 February 2010: Criminal: The Sinners #4, Demo #1, The Lone Ranger #20, Scalped #34, Zorro #19, Zorro: Matanzas #1. Brian Wood, always game, drops in! (4 February 2010)
10 February 2010: Aladdin: Legacy of the Lost #1, The Anchor #5, Batman and Robin #8, Daytripper #3, Legends: The Enchanted #0, Marvel Boy: The Uranian #2, Phonogram: The Singles Club #7, Secret Six #18, Starstruck #6, S.W.O.R.D. #4, The Unwritten #10, Vengeance of the Moon Knight #5. Cameron Stewart congratulates me, Kieron Gillen acts weird, and people have many thoughts about my musical tastes! (12 February 2010)
17 February 2010: Atomic Robo: Revenge of the Vampire Dimension #1, Avengers vs. Atlas #2, Hellblazer #264, Incredible Hercules #141, Joe the Barbarian #2, Power Girl #9, Spider-Woman #6. Jeff Parker explains something, Jimmy Palmiotti explains something, Scott Wegener explains something … man, I’m dumb, aren’t I? (18 February 2010)
24 February 2010: Batman and Robin #9, Captain Swing and the Electrical Pirates of Cindery Island #1, Choker #1, Fantastic Four #576, Northlanders #25, Scalped #35, Secret Warriors #13, Unknown Soldier #17, The Weird World of Jack Staff #1, X-Factor #202. Sheesh, people get really mad when I make fun of racists! (25 February 2010)
3 March 2010: Astro City: The Dark Age Book Four #2, Chew #9, Demo #2, Detective Comics #862, Girl Comics #1, Sparta U.S.A. #1, Starstruck #7, Underground #5, Zorro #20. (4 March 2010)
10 March 2010: Batman and Robin #10, Criminal: The Sinners #5, Ex Machina #48, Ghost Projekt #1, Secret Six #19, S.W.O.R.D. #5, The Unwritten #11, Zorro: Mantazas #2. (11 March 2010)
17 March 2010: Avengers vs. Atlas #3, Fables #93, Hercules: Fall of an Avenger #1, Joe the Barbarian #3, Marvel Boy: The Uranian #3, Spider-Woman #7, Vengeance of the Moon Knight #6. (18 March 2010)
24 March 2010: The Anchor #6, Choker #2, Daytripper #4, Elephantmen #24, Hellblazer #265, Northlanders #26, Power Girl #10, Scalped #36, Shuddertown #1, X-Factor #203. (26 March 2010)
31 March 2010: Astro City: The Dark Age Book Four #3, Detective Comics #863, Fantastic Four #577, FVZA #3, Gødland #31, She-Hulk Sensational, Unknown Soldier #18. (1 April 2010)
7 April 2010: Aladdin: Legacy of the Lost #2, Batman and Robin #11, Codebreakers #1, The Lone Ranger #21, Secret Warriors #14, S.H.I.E.L.D. #1, Sparta U.S.A. #2, Spider-Man: Fever #1, Starstruck #8, Turf #1, Vengeance of the Moon Knight #7, Zorro: Mantazas #3. (8 April 2010)
14 April 2010: The Anchor #7, Atomic Robo vol. 4 #2, Black Widow #1, Chew #10, Daytripper #5, Doc Savage #1, Fables #94, Fearless Dawn #3, Kill Shakespeare #1, The Light #1, The Pilgrim #1, Prodigal: The Egg of First Light #1, Secret Six #20, Siege: Loki, The Unwritten #12. In the second comment, Dan sort-of bashes Christians, and things spiral from there!!!! (15 April 2010)
21 April 2010: Avengers vs. Atlas #4, Demo #3, Firestar #1, Hellblazer #266, Hercules: Fall of an Avenger #2, Joe the Barbarian #4, The Plaid Avengers #2, Power Girl #11, Prodigal: Egg of First Light #2, X-Factor #204. (22 April 2010)
28 April 2010: Aladdin: Legacy of the Lost #3, Atomic Robo/Neozoic/Box 13 Free Comic Book Day comic, Batman: The Brave and the Bold #16, Fantastic Four #578, Garrison #1, Golly! #5, The Great Unknown #3, The Last Days of American Crime #2, Mouse Guard/Fraggle Rock Free Comic Book Day comic, Northlanders #27, Scalped #37, Secret Warriors #15, Shuddertown #2, Siege: Secret Warriors #1, The Sixth Gun #1, Stumptown #3, Unknown Soldier #19, Wasteland #28. (30 April 2010)
5 May 2010: Astro City: The Dark Age Book Four #4, Batman and Robin #12, Codebreakers #2, Demo #4, Elephantmen #25, Ghost Projekt #2, The Killer: Modus Vivendi #1, The Secret History #8, Secret Six #21, Sparta U.S.A. #3, Spider-Man: Fever #2, Vengeance of the Moon Knight #8, Zorro: Mantazas #4. (6 May 2010)
12 May 2010: Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #1, Black Widow #2, Booster Gold #32, Daytripper #6, Fables #95, Frenemy of the State #1, Justice League: Generation Lost #1, The Light #2, Prince of Power #1, Starstruck #9, The Unwritten #13. At that point in my life, I didn’t know who Rashida Jones was, and I wrote that I had watched Sullivan’s Travels, which I reviewed here not too long ago, believing I had never seen it. Odd. Both times, I mention how gorgeous Veronica Lake was. She really was! (13 May 2010)
19 May 2010: Atlas #1, Atomic Robo vol. 4 #3, Batman: The Brave and the Bold #17, Ex Machina #49, Girl Comics #2, Hellblazer #267, Joe the Barbarian #5, Kill Shakespeare #2, X-Factor #205, Zatanna #1. Both Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener stop by! (20 May 2010)
26 May 2010: The Anchor #8, Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #2, Choker #3, Garrison #2, Northlanders #28, Power Girl #12, Scalped #38, Secret Avengers #1, The Secret History #9, Secret Warriors #16, Seven Psychopaths #1, Unknown Soldier #20. (27 May 2010)
3 June 2010: Codebreakers #3, Demo #5, The Killer: Modus Vivendi #2, Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard #1, The Pilgrim #2, Starstruck #10, Vengeance of the Moon Knight #9. (4 June 2010)
9 June 2010: Avengers Academy #1, Batman #700, Booster Gold #33, Chew #11, Daytripper #7, The Light #3, Meta 4 #1, The Murder of King Tut #1, Prince of Power #2, Secret Six #22, S.H.I.E.L.D. #2, Sparta U.S.A. #4, Spider-Man: Fever #3, Super Friends #28, The Unwritten #14, Young Allies #1. (10 June 2010)
16 June 2010: Atlas #2, Black Widow #3, Fables #96, Four Eyes #4, Hellblazer #268, The Lone Ranger #22, Shuddertown #3. (17 June 2010)
23 June 2010: Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #3, Bullet to the Head #1, Detective Comics #866, Dynamo 5: Sins of the Father #1, Garrison #3, Joe the Barbarian #6, The Killer: Modus Vivendi #3, Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard #2, The Secret History #10, Secret Warriors #17, Seven Psychopaths #2, The Tick New Series #4, X-Factor #206, Zatanna #2. (24 June 2010)
30 June 2010: Action Comics #890, Atomic Robo vol. 4 #4, Batman: The Brave and the Bold #18, Captain Swing and the Electrical Pirates of Cindery Island #2, Ghost Projekt #3, Madame Xanadu #24, Northlanders #29, Secret Avengers #2, Turf #2, Unknown Soldier #21, Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper #1. (1 July 2010)
8 July 2010: Batman and Robin #13, Batman: Odyssey #1, Casanova #1, Critical Millennium #1, Demo #6, Elephantmen #26, Gødland #32, Kill Shakespeare #3, Scalped #39, Scarlet #1, The Secret History #11, Secret Six #23, Sparta U.S.A. #5, Starstruck #11, Thor: The Mighty Avenger #1, Vengeance of the Moon Knight #10, Wasteland #29, Young Allies #2. I still think the first issue of Scarlet is dumb, but the fact that a cop straight-up murdering someone they don’t like in public and getting away with it has become far more believable in the intervening years is depressing as fuck. (10 July 2010)
14 July 2010: Astro City Special: Silver Agent #1, Avengers Academy #2, Batman #701, Booster Gold #34, Chew #12, Codebreakers #4, Daytripper #8, Frenemy of the State #2, Girl Comics #3, Gorilla-Man #1, The Killer:Modus Vivendi #4, The Light #4, The Man With the Getaway Face, The Murder of King Tut #2, Officer Downe, The Sixth Gun #2, Super Friends #29, Sweets #1, The Unwritten #15. (16 July 2010)
21 and 28 July 2010: Atlas #3, Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #4, Black Widow #4, Bullet to the Head #2, CBGB #1, Dynamo 5: Sins of the Father #2, Fearless Dawn #4, Garrison #4, Hellblazer #269, Madame Xanadu #25, Meta 4 #2, Northlanders #30, Prince of Power #3, Secret Avengers #3, Seven Psychopaths #3, Thor: The Mighty Avenger #2, Unknown Soldier #22, Welcome to Tranquility: One Foot in the Grave #1, X-Factor #207, Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper #2, Zatanna #3. (29 July 2010)
4 August 2010: Casanova #2, Gorilla-Man #2, Kill Shakespeare #4, The Murder of King Tut #3, Murderland #1, Nancy in Hell #1, Secret Six #24, Secret Warriors #18, S.H.I.E.L.D. #3, Shuddertown #4, Sparta U.S.A. #6, Starstruck #12, Whispers in the Walls #1, Young Allies #3. I write very short (one- or two-sentence) reviews, and then ramble about other things, because that’s just how I roll! (5 August 2010)
Comics I got in the mail from Radical Comics: After Dark #1, Hotwire: Deep Cut #1, The Rising #0, Ryder on the Storm #0, Time Bomb #1. (12 August 2010)
11 August 2010: Booster Gold #35, Daytripper #9, Morning Glories #1, Northlanders #31, Thor: The Mighty Avenger #3, The Unwritten #16, Welcome to Tranquility: One Foot in the Grave #2. Lots of comments about Catch-22! (12 August 2010)
18 August 2010: Atlas #4, Avengers Academy #3, Chew #13, Ex Machina #50, Fables #97, Hellblazer #270, Honey West #1, The Light #5, The Lone Ranger #23, Secret Avengers #4, The Sixth Gun #3, Sweets #2. This is the post where some of my friends reviewed some of the comics, and if you want to see them (because some of the images didn’t transfer), check them out here! (23 August 2010)
25 August 2010: Batman #702, Black Widow #5, Dracula: The Company of Monsters #1, Dynamo 5: Sins of the Fathers #3, Garrison #5, Ghost Projekt #4, Scalped #40, Secret Warriors #19, Unknown Soldier #23, X-Factor #208. (26 August 2010)
1 September 2010: Astro City Special: Silver Agent #2, Bullet to the Head #3, Choker #4, Critical Millennium: The Dark Frontier #2, Gorilla-Man #3, The Last Days of American Crime #3, Mata Hari #0, Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard #3, Murderland #2, Nancy in Hell #2, Prince of Power #4, Punisher MAX: Happy Ending, Scarlet #2, Secret Six #25, Stumptown #4, Young Allies #4, Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper #3. (3 September 2010)
9 September 2010: Batman and Robin #14, Booster Gold #36, Daytripper #10, Kill Shakespeare #5, Lucid #1, The Murder of King Tut #4, The Sixth Gun #4, Starstruck #13, Thor: The Mighty Avenger #4, Welcome to Tranquility: One Foot in the Grave #3. In this review, the random lyrics are from “Unskinny Bop,” which got stuck in Travis’s head … forever!!!! (10 September 2010)
15 September 2010: Hellblazer #271, Joe the Barbarian #7, Morning Glories #2, Northlanders #32, Time Bomb #2, The Unwritten #17, Whispers in the Walls #2, X-Factor #209. (16 September 2010)
22 September 2010: Avengers Academy #4, Black Widow #6, Dracula: The Company of Monsters #2, Dynamo 5: Sins of the Father #4, Fables #98, Garrison #6. (23 September 2010)
29 September 2010: Atlas #5, Batman: The Brave and the Bold #21, Bullet to the Head #4, Casanova #3, Chew #14, Driver for the Dead #2, Franken-Castle #21, Secret Warriors #20. (30 September 2010)
6 October 2010: Avengers Academy #5, Azteca: Ciudad Paradiso #1, Chaos War #1, The Lone Ranger #24, Madame Xanadu #27, Meta 4 #3, Ryder on the Storm #1, Scalped #41, Secret Six #26, S.H.I.E.L.D. #4, Trouble Point #1, Unknown Soldier #24, Whispers in the Walls #3, Young Allies #5. (8 October 2010)
13 October 2010: Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #5, Booster Gold #37, Casanova #4, Frenemy of the State #3, Northlanders #3, Strange Tales II #1, Thor: The Mighty Avenger #5, The Unwritten #18, Warlord of Mars #1, Welcome to Tranquility: One Foot in the Grave #4. (14 October 2010)
20 October 2010: Batman and Robin #15, Chaos War #2, Fables #99, Hellblazer #272, Morning Glories #3, The Murder of King Tut #5, The Sixth Gun #5, Sweets #3, Turf #3, X-Factor #210. (21 October 2010)
27 October 2010: Abattoir #1, Black Widow #7, Dracula: The Company of Monsters #3, Dynamo 5: Sins of the Father #5, Hellboy/Beasts of Burden, Henry & Glenn Forever, Hotwire: Deep Cut #2, Incognito: Bad Influences #1, Kill Shakespeare #6, Madame Xanadu #28, Scalped #42, Secret Warriors #21. (28 October 2010)
3 November 2010: Avengers Academy #6, Batman and Robin #16, Bullet to the Head #5, Days Missing: Kestus #1, Generation Hope #1, Gødland #33, Scarlet #3, Secret Six #27, Superboy #1, Unknown Soldier #25, Young Allies #6. (5 November 2010)
10 November 2010: Atomic Robo and the Deadly Art of Science #1, Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #6, Booster Gold #38, Chaos War #3, Chew #15, Feeding Ground #1, The Killer: Modus Vivendi #5, Like That, Lucid #2, Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard #4, The Secret History #12, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #1, The Unwritten #19, Welcome to Tranquility: One Foot in the Grave #5. (11 November 2010)
17 November 2010: After Dark #2, Batman: The Return #1, Batman, Inc. #1, Ghost Projekt #5, Hellblazer #273, Honey West #2, Kill Shakespeare #7, Morning Glories #4, Northlanders #34, Osborn #1, The Sixth Gun #6, Thunderbolts #150, Warlord of Mars #2, Whispers in the Walls #4, X-Factor #211. (20 November 2010)
24 November 2010: Batman and Robin #17, Batwoman #0, Black Widow #8, Damaged #0/Hollow Point #0, Detective Comics #871, Dracula: The Company of Monsters #4, Scalped #43, Secret Warriors #22, Thor: The Mighty Avenger #6, Ultimate Spider-Man #150. (25 November 2010)
2 December 2010: Bullet to the Head #6, Generation Hope #2, Heroes for Hire #1, The Killer: Modus Vivendi #6, Secret Six #28. (3 December 2010)
8 December 2010: Booster Gold #39, Days Missing: Kestus #2, Fables #100, Flash #7, Northlanders #35, Starborn #1, Superboy #2, Thor: The Mighty Avenger #7, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #2. (9 December 2010)
15 December 2010: Atomic Robo and the Deadly Art of Science #2, Avengers Academy #7, Batman and Robin #18, Chaos War #4, Elephantmen #27-28, Magus #1, Meta 4 #4, Mouse Guard: The Black Axe #1, Next Men #1, The Northern Guard #1, The Secret History #13, Strange Tales II #3, The Suicide Forest #1, Thunderbolts #151, The Unwritten #20, Welcome to Tranquility: One Foot in the Grave #6, X-Factor #212. Hey, someone uses the term “mansplaining,” which, if you asked me today, I would not have said was a thing in 2010 (and probably well before that) – I would have said it was more recent. Huh. (17 December 2010)
22 December 2010: Batman, Inc. #2, Chew #16, Cyclops #1, Dynamo 5 Holiday Special 2010, Green Lantern: Larfleeze Christmas Special, Hellblazer #274, Incognito: Bad Influences #2, Kill Shakespeare #8, Morning Glories #5, The Sixth Gun #7, Time Bomb #3, Warlord of Mars #3. (24 December 2010)
29 December 2010: Abattoir #2, Action Comics #896, Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine #4, Detective Comics #872, Elephantmen #29, Feeding Ground #2, The Lone Ranger and Tonto #4, Scalped #44, Secret Warriors #23, S.H.I.E.L.D. #5. (30 December 2010)
5 January 2011: Choker #5, Fallen Angel: Return of the Son #1, Generation Hope #3, Next Men #2, The Suicide Forest #2, Sweets #4, Who Is Jake Ellis? #1, X-Factor #213. I start rating things with stars! I started doing totally random movie quotes instead of totally random lyrics! (6 January 2011)
12 January 2011: Casanova: Gula #1, Earp: Saints for Sinners #1, Heroes for Hire #2, Ryder on the Storm #2, Starborn #2, Thor: The Mighty Avenger #8, The Unwritten #21. (13 January 2011)
19 January 2011: Avengers Academy #8, Critical Millennium: The Dark Frontier #3, Cyclops #2, Hellblazer #275, Memoir #1, Morning Glories #6, Northlanders #36, Scarlet #4, The Secret History #14, X-Factor #214. (21 January 2011)
26 January 2011: Chaos War #5, Fables #101, Freakshow #1, Scalped #45, The Sixth Gun #8, Thunderbolts #152. I pose a question about the Academy Awards, and that gets the people commenting! (27 January 2011)
I review every DC comic for January! (1 February 2011)
2 February 2011: Cyclops #3, Days Missing: Kestus #3, Driver for the Dead #3, Feeding Ground #3, Lucid #3, Secret Six #30, Superboy #4. (3 February 2011)
9 February 2011: Atomic Robo and the Deadly Art of Science #3, Batgirl #18, Batman and Robin #20, Batman: The Brave and the Bold #4, Casanova: Gula #2, Frenemy of the State #4, Heroes for Hire #3, Hotwire: Deep Cut #3, Incognito: Bad Influences #3, The Li’l Depressed Boy #1, Love and Capes: Ever After #1, Magus #2, Next Men #3, Northlanders #37, Red Robin #20, Secret Warriors #24, Sherlock Holmes: Year One #1, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #4, Tyrannosaurus Rex, The Unwritten #22, Warlord of Mars #4, Wasteland #30, X-Factor #215. (11 February 2011)
16 February 2011: Avengers Academy #9, Booster Gold #41, Cyclops #4, Doom Patrol #19, Fables #102, Generation Hope #4, Hellblazer #276, Jennifer Blood #1, Memoir #2, S.H.I.E.L.D. #6, The Suicide Forest #3, Superman 80-Page Giant 2011, Thunderbolts #153. Featuring my sad love letter to Garth Ennis! (18 February 2011)
23 February 2011: Atomic Robo and the Deadly Art of Science #4, Detective Comics #874, Fallen Angel: Return of the Son #2, Gødland #34, Kill Shakespeare #9, Morning Glories #7, Scalped #46, The Sixth Gun #9, Teen Titans #92, Turf #4, Who Is Jake Ellis? #2. (25 February 2011)
2 March 2011: Abattoir #3, Avengers Academy #10, Bodysnatchers #1, Chew #17, Days Missing: Kestus #4, Earp: Saints for Sinners #2, Elephantmen #30, Feeding Ground #4, Heroes for Hire #4, Incognito: Bad Influences #4, Joe the Barbarian #8, Love and Capes: Ever After #2, Next Men #4, Secret Six #31, Secret Warriors #25, Starborn #4, Thunderbolts #154, X-Factor #216. (4 March 2011)
9 March 2011: Batgirl #19, Batman and Robin #21, Batman: The Brave and the Bold #5, Batman, Inc. #3, Booster Gold #42, Captain Swing and the Electrical Pirates of Cindery Island #3, Comic Book Comics #5, Honey West #3, Jennifer Blood #2, The L’il Depressed Boy #2, Magus #3, The Northern Guard #2, Sherlock Holmes: Year One #2, Starborn #4, Superboy #5, Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris #1. (10 March 2011)
16 March 2011: After Dark #3, Avengers Academy #11, Casanova: Gula #3, Generation Hope #5, Morning Glories #8, Northlanders #38, Red Robin #21, The Spider #1, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #5, Thunderbolts #155, The Unwritten #23, Warlord of Mars #5, X-Factor #217, Xombi #1. (18 March 2011)
23 March 2011: Batman, Inc. #4, Fables #103, Hellblazer #277, Lorna: Relic Wrangler, Meta 4 #5, The Sixth Gun #10. (24 March 2011)
30 March 2011: Butcher Baker, the Righteous Maker #1, Detective Comics #875, Elephantmen: Man and Elephantman #1, Incognito: Bad Influences #5, Jimmy Olsen #1, Scalped #47, Scarlet #5, The Suicide Forest #4. (31 March 2011)
6 April 2011: Blue Estate #1, Chew #18, Fallen Angel: Return of the Son #3, Fear Itself #1, Herc #1, Heroes for Hire #5, Love and Capes: Ever After #3, Memoir #3, Orc Stain #6, Secret Six #32, Uncanny X-Men #534.1, Who Is Jake Ellis? #3. Yep, it’s the post where I came to the attention of Marvel editors because I bashed Marvel editors, and Tom Brevoort did not like it one bit. Ok, maybe I was a bit mean to Marvel editors, but still – the fact that the same mistake in Fear Itself #1 gets repeated in later issues cracks me the hell up. You’d think they’d fix just that to placate the loudmouth asshole on the internet!!!! (7 April 2011)
13 April 2011: Abattoir #4, Batgirl #20, Batman and Robin #22, Booster Gold #43, Butcher Baker, The Righteous Maker #2, Casanova: Gula #4, The Li’l Depressed Boy #3, Next Men #5, Northlanders #39, Ryder on the Storm #3, Secret Warriors #26, Sherlock Holmes: Year One #3, S.H.I.E.L.D. ∞, Starborn #5, Superboy #6, Sweets #5, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #6, Uncanny X-Men #535, Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris #2. (15 April 2011)
20 April 2011: Avengers Academy #12, Dark Horse Presents #1, Days Missing: Kestus #5, Earp: Saints for Sinners #3, Fables #104, Generation Hope #6, Hellblazer #278, Kill Shakespeare #10, Malignant Man #1, The Sixth Gun #11, Thunderbolts #156, X-Factor #218. (22 April 2011)
27 April 2011: Batman, Inc. #5, Detective Comics #876, Morning Glories #9, Scalped #48, Uncanny X-Men #536, Warlord of Mars #6. (28 April 2011)
May and June 2011: Abattoir #5, All Nighter #1, Atomic Robo and the Deadly Art of Science #5, Avengers Academy: Giant-Size #1, #13, 14, 14.1, and 15, Batgirl #21-22, Batman, Inc. #6-7, Batman: Knight of Vengeance #1, Birds of Prey #11, Blue Estate #2, Butcher Baker, the Righteous Maker #3-4, Chew #27, Criminal: The Last of the Innocent #1, Dark Horse Presents #2, Detective Comics #877-878, Earp: Saints and Sinners #4, Fables #105-106, Fallen Angel: Return of the Son #4, Fear Itself #2-3, Flashpoint #1-2, Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown #1, Freakshow #2, Generation Hope #7-8, Green Wakee #1-3, Hellblazer #279-280, Herc #2-4, Kill Shakespeare #11, Kirby: Genesis #0-1, The Li’l Depressed Boy #4, The Lone Ranger #25, Love and Capes: Ever After #4-5, Magus #4-5, Malignant Man #2-3, Moon Knight #1-2, Moriarty #1-2, Morning Glories #10, Mouse Guard: The Black Axe #2, Next Men #6-7, Northlanders #40-41, The Outsider #1, Project Superman #1, Red Robin #23-24, Rocketeer Adventures #1-2, Scalped #49-50, Secret Seven #1, Secret Six #33-34, Secret Warriors #27, Sherlock Holmes: Year One #4, S.H.I.E.L.D. #1, Shinku #1, The Sixth Gun #12, Starborn #6-7, Strange Adventures #1, Superboy #7-8, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #7-8, Thunderbolts #157-159, Turf #5, Uncanny X-Men #537-539, Warlord of Mars #7, Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris #2-3, Who Is Jake Ellis? #4, Witch Doctor #1, X-Factor #219-221, Xombi #2-4. I took two months off, so this is also about my time in Pennsylvania! (1 July 2011)
6 July 2011: Batman: Knight of Vengeance #2, Blue Estate #4, Chew #19, Fear Itself #4, Flashpoint #3, Moon Knight #3, Moriarty #3, The Secret History #15, Secret Seven #2, Secret Six #35, Superboy #9, Thunderbolts #160, Uncanny X-Men #540. (8 July 2011)
13 July 2011: Batgirl #23, The Bodysnatchers #2, Damaged #1, Detective Comics #879, Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown #2, Green Wake #3, The Li’l Depressed Boy #5, Loose Ends #1, Memoir #4, Northlanders #42, Red Robin #25, The Red Wing #1, Sherlock Holmes: Year One #5, Shinku #2, Starborn #8. (14 July 2011)
20 and 27 July: Abattoir #6, All Nighter #2, Avengers Academy #16, Butcher Baker, the Righteous Maker #5, Criminal: The Last of the Innocent #2, Cyclops #5, Detective Comics #880, Elephantmen #31-33, Fables #107, Generation Hope #9, Hellblazer #281, Herc #5, Kirby: Genesis #2, DC Comics Presents: Metal Men 100-Page Spectacular, Malignant Man #4, Marksmen #1, Next Men #8, The Outsider #2, Project Superman #2, Red Spike #1-3, Rocketeer Adventures #3, Rombies #1, Samurai’s Blood #1-2, Secret Warriors #28, The Sixth Gun #13, Spontaneous #2, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #9, Uncanny X-Men #541, The Vault #1, Warlord of Mars #8, Witch Doctor #2, X-Factor #222, Xombi #5. (30 July 2011)
3 August 2011: Avengers Academy #17, Batman: Knight of Vengeance #3, Flashpoint #4, Green Wake #5, Herc #6, Moriarty #4, Scalped #51, Secret Seven #3, Secret Six #36, Severed #1, S.H.I.E.L.D. #2, Superboy #10, Thunderbolts #161, Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris #5, X-Factor #223, Zorro Rides Again #1. (5 August 2011)
10 August 2011: Batgirl #24, Batman: The Brave and the Bold #10, Blue Estate #5, Criminal: The Last of the Innocent #3, Detective Comics #881, Fear Itself #5, Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown #3, Morning Glories #11, Red Robin #26, The Red Wing #2, The Secret History #16, The Spirit #17, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #10. I advocate for the use of the term “finger-banging” in every piece of writing! (12 August 2011)
17 August 2011: All Nighter #3, Avengers Academy #18, Cyclops #6, Fables #108, Generation Hope #10, Hellblazer #282, The Outsider #3, Superboy #11, Thunderbolts #162, Uncanny X-Men #542, X-Factor #224. (18 August 2011)
24 August 2011: Batman, Inc. #8, Chew #20, Critical Millennium: The Dark Frontier #4, Dark Horse Presents #3, Kill Shakespeare #12, Loose Ends #2, Next Men #9, Northlanders #43, Project Superman #3, Spontaneous #3, The Ultimate 7 #1, Xombi #6. (25 August 2011)
31 August 2011: The Bodysnatchers #3, Butcher Baker, the Righteous Maker #6, Flashpoint #5, Hero Comics 2011, Rocketeer Adventures #4, Secret Avengers #16, The Sixth Gun #14, Zorro Rides Again #2. This is the post with the adventures of Ardmore, Phil, No Balls Steve, and The Dozer. It was fun to write, but reviews were … mixed. Of course, the comment section got sidetracked by opinions about the perfect album, so there’s that! And 2011 Travis didn’t know who Aubrey Plaza was! (1 September 2011)
7 September 2011: Atomic Robo: The Ghost of Station X #1, Casanova: Avaritia #1, Kirby: Genesis #3, Thunderbolts #163, X-Factor #224.1. I think my post about Phonogram is still my favorite thing I wrote for CSBG, but damn, I still love that Casanova “review.” I don’t often think this, but I think I nailed that. (8 September 2011)
14 September 2011: Criminal: The Last of the Innocent #4, Fear Itself #6, The Li’l Depressed Boy #6, Morning Glories #12, Pigs #1, Scalped #52, Severed #2, Sherlock Holmes: Year One #6. (15 September 2011)
21 September 2011: Dark Horse Presents #4, Fables #109, Generation Hope #11, Hellblazer #283, Near Death #1, Northlanders #44, The Red Wing #3, Spontaneous #4, Thunderbolts #163.1, Uncanny X-Men #543, Witch Doctor #3, X-Factor #225, Zorro Rides Again #3. (22 September 2011)
28 September 2011: All Nighter #4, Avengers Academy #19, Planet of the Apes #5, Secret Avengers #17, The Sixth Gun #15, Wasteland #31. I have high hopes for Person of Interest, which premiered around this time, and it turns out, my hopes were justified! (29 September 2011)
I read every single “nu52” DC comic! Oh, the comments!!!! (2 October 2011) (Here are the first appearances of every nu52 hero. Most of the scans are still good!)
5 October 2011: Action Comics #2, Casanova: Avaritia #2, Chew #21, Moriarty #5, Optic Nerve #12, Severed #3, Thunderbolts #164. After people made me feel bad about my “scathing” reviews of the nu52, I “introduced” my friend Ivan Hart Dominguez-Carson (no one ever said if they got the joke of his name), and things were much more positive! (6 October 2011)
12 October 2011: Atomika #12, Batwoman #2, Blue Estate #6, Morning Glories #13, Northlanders #45, Pigs #2, S.H.I.E.L.D. #3, The Unexpected #1, Who Is Jake Ellis? #5. (13 October 2011)
19 October 2011: All Nighter #5, Atomic Robo: The Ghost of Station X #2, Dark Horse Presents #5, Fables #110, Fear Itself #7, Generation Hope #12, Hellblazer #284, Near Death #2, The Ultimate 7 #2, Uncanny X-Men #544, X-Factor #226, Zorro Rides Again #4. I write briefly about the “Goldblum Effect” a few years before I coined that phrase right here on this very blog! (20 October 2011)
26 October 2011: Avengers Academy #20, Batman: The Brave and the Bold #12, Butcher Baker, the Righteous Maker #7, Captain Swing and the Electrical Pirates of Cindery Island #4, Green Wake #6, The Infinite Horizon #5, Kirby: Genesis #4, The L’il Depressed Boy #7, The Red Wing #4, Scalped #53, Secret Avengers #18, The Sixth Gun #16, The Vault #2-3. (27 October 2011)
2 November 2011: Action Comics #3, Avengers Academy #21, Moriarty #6, Our Love Is Real, Seven Warriors #1, Witch Doctor #4. I ramble quite a bit in this one, and hey! Top Five lists! (3 November 2011)
9 November 2011: Batman: The Brave and the Bold #13, Batwoman #3, Loose Ends #3, Operation: Broken Wings, 1936 #1, Pigs #3. I have a bit to say about the Jerry Sandusky scandal, and the comments are fun! (10 November 2011)
16 November 2011: Atomic Robo and the Ghost of Station X #3, Avengers Academy #22, Blue Estate #7, Morning Glories #14, Northlanders #46, Severed #4, Thunderbolts #165, X-Factor #227, Zorro Rides Again #5. I write about how long it takes me to get these done. Dang, I had a lot more time back in 2011! (17 November 2011)
23 November 2011: Dark Horse Presents #6, Hellblazer #285, Scalped #54, Secret Avengers #19, The Sixth Gun #17. (24 November 2011)
30 November 2011: Comic Book Comics #6, Fables #111, Green Wake #7, The Infinite Horizon #6, Mouse Guard: The Black Axe #3, Near Death #3, Shinku #3, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #1, Thunderbolts #166, Wasteland #32. (2 December 2011)
7 December 2011: Chew #22, Hellblazer Annual #1, Moriarty #7, X-Factor #228. As I did not get a lot of comics, I have room to spend some time thinking about a post by Chad Nevett! (8 December 2011)
14 December 2011: Atomic Robo and the Ghost of Station X #4, Avengers Academy #23, Batman: The Brave and the Bold #14, Batwoman #4, Blue Estate #8, Cyclops #7, Memoir #5, Operation: Broken Wings, 1936 #2, Pigs #4, The Secret History #17, Seven Warriors #2, Severed #5, S.H.I.E.L.D. #4, Zorro Rides Again #6. (16 December 2011)
21 December 2011: Batman, Incorporated: Leviathan Strikes, Dark Horse Presents #7, Fables #112, Hellblazer #286, The Last Battle, Near Death #4, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #2, Thunderbolts #167, X-Factor #229. (22 December 2011)
28 December 2011: The Activity #1, Elseworlds 100-Page Spectacular, Frenemy of the State #5, Green Wake #8, Secret Avengers #20, Witch Doctor: The Resuscitation. (29 December 2011)
4 January 2012: Avengers Academy #24, Cyclops #8, Fatale #1, The L’il Depressed Boy #8, Shinku #4, Thunderbolts #168, Zorro Rides Again #7. (5 January 2012)
11 January 2011: The Activity #2, Batwoman #5, Moriarty #8, Northlanders #47, Operation: Broken Wings, 1936 #3, Pigs #5, Scalped #55, Secret Avengers #21, Seven Warriors #3, Severed #6, X-Factor #230. (12 January 2012)
18 January 2012. Batman: The Brave and the Bold #15, Chew #23, Fables #113, Gødland #35, Hellblazer #287, Morning Glories #15, Near Death #5, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #3, Thunderbolts #169, Wasteland #33. (19 January 2012)
24 January and 1 February 2012: Green Wake #9, Kirby: Genesis #5, The Sixth Gun #18, Avengers Academy #25, Dark Horse Presents #8, Fatale #2, X-Factor #231. (2 February 2012)
8 February 2012: Batman: The Brave and the Bold #16, Batwoman #6, Blue Estate #9, Fearless Dawn: The Secret of the Swamp, Next Men: Aftermath #40, Northlanders #48, Severed #7, Zorro Rides Again #8. I have a nice rant about the final issue of Severed, which is … not good. (9 February 2012)
15 February 2012: The Activity #3, Fables #114, Glory #23, Hellblazer #288, Moriarty #9, Thunderbolts #170, Wasteland #34, X-Factor #232. I really slag on John Carter, even though I hadn’t seen it (I was not impressed with the trailers). I still think the name is stupid (Warlord of Mars is right there!!!!), but it’s a pretty good movie, after all. (16 February 2012)
22 February 2012: Atomic Robo and the Ghost of Station X #5, Avengers Academy #26, Chew #24, Dark Horse Presents #9, The Li’l Depressed Boy #9, Mondo #1, Morning Glories #16, The Sixth Gun #19. (23 February 2012)
29 February 2012: Green Wake #10, Orc Stain #7, Pigs #6, Scalped #56, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #4. (1 March 2012)
7 March 2012: Avengers Academy #27, Fatale #3, The Manhattan Projects #1. Mike Loughlin looks forward to my daughter’s comic book, which he says will come out in 2025! Yeah, Mike, probably not. Also, some dude gets mad at me because I actually open new comic books at the store and look through them. How weird. (7 March 2012)
14 March 2012: The Activity #4, Batwoman #7, Blue Estate #10, Glory #24, Mouse Guard: The Black Axe #4, Northlanders #49, Saga #1, Saucer Country #1, The Secret History of D.B. Cooper #1, Wasteland #35. My contentious relationship with Saga begins! And my daughter came up with a better DC logo, which you can see here. (15 March 2012)
21 March 2012: Dark Horse Presents #10, Fables #115, Hellblazer #289, Near Death #6, Rocketeer Adventures 2 #1, The Sixth Gun #20, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #5, Thunderbolts #171, X-Factor #233, Zorro Rides Again #9. (22 March 2012)
28 March 2012: Atomic Robo Presents Real Science Adventures #1, Choker #6, Morning Glories #17, Scalped #57. Plus: reviews of comics I didn’t read! (29 March 2012)
4 April 2012: Avengers Academy #28, Casanova: Avaritia #3, Chew #25, Danger Club #1, Fatale #4, Kirby: Genesis #6, Thunderbolts #172. (5 April 2012)
Special ECCC Edition: Day for Night, Fearless Dawn in Outer Space!!!, Hell Yeah #1, Miners Mutiny #1, Murder Book vol. 3, Angry/Parasomnia, Short Hand. (6 April 2012)
11 April 2012: Batwoman #8, The Bodysnatchers #4, Glory #25, Northlanders #50, Saga #2, Secret #1, Wasteland #36. (12 April 2012)
18 April 2012: 3 Story: Secret Files of the Giant Man, Dark Horse Presents #11, Elephantmen #38, Hellblazer #290, The Manhattan Projects #2, Near Death #7, Next Men: Aftermath #42, Rocketeer Adventures 2 #2, The Secret of D.B. Cooper #2, The Shadow #1, The Sixth Gun #21, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #6, Thunderbolts #173, X-Factor #234. I ran every review through Babel Fish and then translated it back into English. The results were odd, to say the least. Some commenters were not amused. (19 April 2012)
25 April 2012: The Activity #5, Fables #116, Kirby: Genesis #7, The L’il Depressed Boy #10, Next Men: Aftermath #41, The Secret History #18-19. Hey, it’s a Top Ten List! My favorite celebrity crushes, which I expanded upon some years later here at the blog. (25 April 2012)
2 May 2012: Archaia Free Comic Book Day Anthology, Avengers Academy #29, Blue Estate #11, Earth 2 #1, Dial H #1, Mind the Gap #1, Pigs #7, World’s Finest #1, X-Factor #235. This week’s Top Ten List: My favorite albums! (3 May 2012)
9 May 2012: Bad Medicine #1, Fatale #5, Frankenstein Alive, Alive! #1, Higher Earth #1, Morning Glories #18, Mystery in Space #1, Omega Comics Presents volume 2 #1, The Tick #100, Wasteland #37. Also featuring: My Top Ten favorite ABBA songs! (10 May 2012)
16 May 2012: Atomic Robo Presents Real Science Adventures #2, Avengers Academy #30, Batwoman #9, Glory #26, Hellblazer #291, The Manhattan Projects #3, Mondo #2, Saga #3, Scalped #58, The Secret History of D.B. Cooper #3, The Shadow #2, The Sixth Gun #22, X-Factor #236. The Top Ten List is my favorite fiction books. (18 May 2012)
23 May 2012: Batman Incorporated #1, Chew #26, Dark Horse Presents #12, Fables #117, Mind Mgmt #1, Near Death #8, Thunderbolts #174. It’s my Top Ten Sitcoms, which leads to a lot of comments! (24 May 2012)
30 May 2012: Elephantmen #30, The L’il Depressed Boy #12, Next Men: Aftermath #43, Rocketeer Adventures 2 #3. It’s my favorite fictional detectives in the Top Ten List! (30 May 2012)
6 June 2012: Avengers Academy #31, Morning Glories #19, Secret #2, Thunderbolts #175, Wasteland #38, X-Factor #237. The Top Ten List is my “favorite” wars! (7 June 2012)
13 June 2012: Bad Medicine #2, Dial H #2, The Massive #1, Mind the Gap #2, The Secret History #20, The Sixth Gun #23. My Top Ten List is my favorite hair metal videos! (18 June 2012)
20 June 2012: Avengers Academy #32, Batwoman #10, Casanova: Avaritia #4, Chew #27, Dark Horse Presents #13, Elephantmen #40, Fables #118, Glory #27, Hellblazer #292, Higher Earth #2, Mars Attacks #1, Near Death #9, Next Men: Aftermath #44, Saga #4, The Secret History of D.B. Cooper #4, The Shadow #3, Thunderbolts #176, X-Factor #238. It’s the return of totally random lyrics! Plus, I write controversial things about Saga, which always gets the commentariat fired up! (22 June 2006)
27 June 2012: Atomic Robo and the Flying She-Devils of the Pacific #1, Atomic Robo: Real Science Adventures #3, Batman Incorporated #2, Fatale #6, The Manhattan Projects #4, Scalped #59. (28 June 2012)
4 July 2012: Mind Mgmt #2, Morning Glories #20, Rocketeer Adventures 2 #4, X-Factor #239. (4 July 2012)
11 and 18 July 2012: Atomic Robo: Real Science Adventures #4, Avengers Academy #32, Bad Medicine #3, Batwoman #11, Captain Marvel #1, Chew: Secret Agent Poyo, Dark Horse Presents #14, Fables #119, Fantastic Four Annual #33, Glory #28, Hellblazer #293, Kirby: Genesis #8, The L’il Depressed Boy #12, Mars Attacks #2, The Massive #2, Saga #5, The Secret History of D.B. Cooper #5, Thunderbolts #177, X-Factor #240. I had a lot to say about Captain Marvel, and a lot to say about the latest inflection point in the Jerry Sandusky scandal! (20 July 2012)
25 July 2012: Batman Incorporated #3, Debris #1, Elephantmen #41, The Manhattan Projects #5, National Comics: Eternity, Near Death #10, Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose #75, Thunderbolts #178, Wild Children. I was in a goofy mood for this one! (26 July 2012)
1 August 2012: Avengers Academy #34, Gødland #36, Hawkeye #1, Higher Earth #3, Mind Mgmt #3, Mind the Gap #3, Mondo #3, The Shadow #4, Think Tank #1, X-Factor #241. My love-hate relationship with Hawkguy (and its editor) begins with the very first issue! Plus, Jim McCann explains his comic! (2 August 2012)
8 August 2012: Atomic Robo and the Flying She-Devils of the Pacific #2, Atomic Robo: Real Science Adventures #5, Blue Estate #12, Daredevil Annual #1, Godzilla: The Half-Century War #1, The Massive #3, Mouse Guard: The Black Axe #5, Wasteland #39. I mean, that’s a good Godzilla review, he said humbly. Plus, the McKayla Maroney meme is born! Plus, I rant about Honey Boo Boo! (9 August 2012)
15 August 2012: Avengers Academy #35, Bad Medicine #4, Batwoman #12, Butcher Baker, the Righteous Maker #8, Elephantmen #42, Fatale #7, Hellblazer #294, Pigs #8, Saga #6, Thunderbolts #179, X-Factor #242, Zorro Rides Again #11. I spent $211 on comics this week, and I thought that was a lot. Oh, what a fool I was!!!! (16 August 2012)
22 August 2012: Amazing Spider-Man #692, Dark Horse Presents #15, Fables #120, Mars Attacks #3, Mind Mgmt #4, Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom #1, Scalped #60, Wolverine Annual #1. Hey, Steve Wacker shows up in the comments! (He calls me “Brian,” but he’s not the only one who ever did that!) (23 August 2012)
29 August 2012: Debris #2, Foster #1, Higher Earth #4, Morning Glories #21, National Comics: Looker, The Sixth Gun #24, Steed and Mrs. Peel #0. A Top Ten list: My favorite songs about dancing! (30 August 2012)
5 September 2012: Avengers Academy #36, Foster #2, Hawkeye #2, Mind the Gap #4, Near Death #11, Think Tank #2, Thunderbolts #180, X-Factor #243. The Top Ten list this time is of my favorite medieval European rulers! (6 September 2012)
12 September 2012: Bad Medicine #5, Chew #28, The Manhattan Projects #6, The Massive #4, Memoir #6, The Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom #2, Stumptown: The Case of the Baby in the Velvet Case #1. This week’s Top Ten list: My favorite animated television shows! (13 September 2012)
19 September 2012: Atomic Robo and the Flying She-Devils of the Pacific #3, Atomic Robo: Real Science Adventures #6, Avengers Academy #37, Batwoman #0, Dark Horse Presents #16, Fables #121, Godzilla: The Half-Century War #2, Hellblazer #295, The Shadow #5, Sword of Sorcery #0, Thunderbolts #181, Womanthology: Space #1, X-Factor #244. It’s time for my Top Ten “Guilty Pleasures”! (21 September 2012)
26 September 2012: Batman Incorporated #0, Elephantmen #43, Debris #3, Happy! #1, Higher Earth #5, Mars Attacks #4, Mind Mgmt #5, Mind the Gap #5, The Sixth Gun #25, Steed and Mrs. Peel #1, The Tower Chronicles: Geisthawk vol. 1, Westward #1. (28 September 2012)
3 October 2012: Avengers Academy #38, Detective Comics #13, Fatale #8, Legends of the Dark Knight #1. (4 October 2012)
10 October 2012: Halloween Eve, The Massive #5, Morning Glories #22, The Order of Dagonet #1, Point of Impact #1, Stumptown: The Case of the Baby in the Velvet Case #2, Think Tank #3, Uncanny Avengers #1, Zorro Rides Again #12. Marvel NOW! kicks off, and I am there! (12 October 2012)
17 October 2012: Batwoman #13, Chew #29, Glory #29, Godzilla: The Half-Century War #3, Hawkeye #3, Hellblazer #296, Shinku #5, The Sixth Gun #26, Thunderbolts #182, Womanthology: Space #2, X-Factor #245, The Zaucer of Zilk #1. (18 October 2012)
24 October 2012: Batman Incorporated #4, Dark Horse Presents #17, Debris #4, Mind Mgmt #6, The Shadow #6. All the reviews are in poetic form! (25 October 2012)
31 October 2012: A + X #1, Fatale #9, Faust: Love of the Damned #14, Ghosts, Happy! #2, Higher Earth #6, Liberty Annual 2012, The Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom #3, Steed and Mrs. Peel #2, The Tick #101, Wasteland #40. Lots of comments about Chad Nevett! (1 November 2012)
7 November 2012: Avengers Academy #39, Colder #1, Deadpool #1, Detective Comics #14, Iron Man #1, Legends of the Dark Knight #2, The Manhattan Projects #7, Mars Attacks #5, Stumptown: The Caser of the Baby in the Velvet Case #3, Thought Bubble: The Leeds Comics Art Festival Anthology 2012, Westward #2, X-Factor #246. (9 November 2012)
14 November 2012: Atomic Robo and the Flying She-Devils of the Pacific #4, Elephantmen #44, Fantastic Four #1, The Massive #6, Mind Mgmt #0, Point of Impact #2, Saga #7, Think Tank #4, Thor: God of Thunder #1, Where Is Jake Ellis? #1, X-Men Legacy #1, The Zaucer of Zilk #2. (16 November 2012)
21 November 2012: All-New X-Men #1, Batwoman #14, Captain America #1, Dark Horse Presents #18, Deadpool #2, Frankenstein Alive, Alive! #2, Glory #30, Hawkeye #4, Hellblazer #297, Indestructible Hulk #1, Journey into Mystery #646, Mind the Gap #6, The Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom #4, Steed and Mrs. Peel #3, Thunderbolts #183, X-Factor #247. (23 November 2012)
28 November 2012: Batman Incorporated #5, Chew #30, Fatale #10, FF #1, Morning Glories #23, The Tower Chronicles: Geisthawk vol. 2, Wasteland #41, Witch Doctor: Mal Practice #1. (29 November 2012)
5 December 2012: Avengers #1, Colder #2, Deadpool #3, Detective Comics #15, Hawkeye #5, Legends of the Dark Knight #3, Stumptown: The Case of the Baby in the Velvet Case #4, Thunderbolts #1, X-Factor #248. (6 December 2012)
12 December 2012: Atomic Robo and the Flying She-Devils of the Pacific #5, Avengers Arena #1, Cable and X-Force #1, Change #1, The Massive #7, Point of Impact #3, Sherlock Holmes: The Liverpool Demon #1. (13 December 2012)
19 December 2012: Batwoman #15, Dark Horse Presents #19, Happy! #3, Hawkeye #6, Hellblazer #298, Journey into Mystery #647, Mars Attacks #6, Saga #8, The Sixth Gun #27, Wasteland #42, Where Is Jake Ellis? #2, Witch Doctor: Mal Practice #2, X-Factor #249. (20 December 2012)
2 January 2013: Batman Incorporated #6, Colder #3, Fatale #11, Glory #31, Godzilla: The Half-Century War #4, Hip Flask: The Big Here and the Long Now #2, The Manhattan Projects #8, Mara #1, Morbius, the Living Vampire #1, New Avengers #1, The Red Ten #1. Twelve years later, and we’re still waiting for the final issue of Hip Flask! (3 January 2013)
9 January 2013: Change #2, Detective Comics #16, Faust: Love of the Damned #15, Higher Earth #7, Legends of the Dark Knight #4, Mind the Gap #7, The Order of Dagonet #2, Point of Impact #4. (10 January 2013)
16 January 2013: The Black Beetle: No Way Out #1, Crawling Sky #1, Elephantmen #45, Saga #9, Savage Wolverine #1, X-Factor #250. (17 January 2013)
23 January 2013: Batwoman #16, Chew #31, Dark Horse Presents #20, Deadpool #4, Hellblazer #299, Mind Mgmt #7, Stumptown: The Case of the Baby in the Velvet Case #5, Uncanny X-Force #1, Witch Doctor: Mal Practice #3, Young Avengers #1. I didn’t love the end of Young Avengers, but, obviously, it got better! Plus: I rant about Storm’s mohawk, and people have thoughts! (24 January 2013)
30 January 2013: Batman Incorporated #7, Glory #32, Hawkeye #7, Journey into Mystery #648, Mara #2, Rookie, The Secret Life of Crows, The Sixth Gun #28. Hey, it’s a Top Ten List – my favorite female comics characters! (31 January 2013)
6 February 2013: Bigfoot: Sword of the Earthman #2, Colder #4, Detective Comics #17, Fearless Defenders #1, Legends of the Dark Knight #5, The Massive #8, Red Team #1, Snapshot #1, Think Tank #5, The Tower Chronicles: Geisthawk vol. 3, Wasteland #43, X-Factor #251, Young Romance #1. (8 February 2013)
13 February 2013: Change #3, Crawling Sky #2, Elephantmen #46, Fatale #12, The Manhattan Projects #9, Mars Attacks #7, Morning Glories #24, Mouse Guard: The Black Axe #6, The Order of Dagonet #3, Secret Avengers #1, Uncanny X-Men #1. (14 February 2013)
20 February 2013: Batwoman #17, The Black Beetle: No Way Out #2, Dark Horse Presents #21, Deadpool #5, Happy! #4, Hellblazer #300, Kill Shakespeare: The Tide of Blood #1, Mind Mgmt #8, Nova #1, Saga #10, Sherlock Holmes: The Liverpool Demon #2, The Sixth Gun #29, The Sixth Gun: Sons of the Gun #1, X-Factor #252. (22 February 2013)
27 February and 6 March 2013: Batman Incorporated #8, Colder #5, Detective Comics #18, Glory #33, Guardians of the Galaxy #.1, Hawkeye #8, Helheim #1, Journey into Mystery #649, Legends of the Dark Knight #6, Lost Vegas #1, Mara #3, The Massive #9, The Rocketeer: Hollywood Horror #1, Sex #1, Snapshot #2, Witch Doctor: Mal Practice #4, Young Avengers #2. (10 March 2013)
ECCC 2013 edition: Ehmm Theory #1, The Final Plague #1, Ghost Town #1, Night of the 80s Undead #1, Eastsiders #0, Murder Book #1-2, Outfoxed, Pilgrim, True Believer. (12 March 2013)
13 March 2013: Change #4, The Manhattan Projects #10, Mars Attacks #8, Mind the Gap #8, The Rocketeer: Hollywood Horror #2, Where Is Jake Ellis? #3. (14 March 2013)
20 March 2013: Chew #32, Dark Horse Presents #22, Deadpool #6, Elephantmen #47, Mind Mgmt #9, Saga #11 (or, as I call it in another review, Space Porn and Shoot It In My Twat), Westward #4, Wolverine #1, X-Factor #253. This is my last full-on “What I Bought” for a while. (21 March 2013)
East of West #1. For a while, I concentrated on one comic I got during the week and delved a bit more into it. Fun! (27 March 2013)
Glory #34 and Godzilla: The Half Century War #5. (4 April 2013
Young Avengers #4 (plus some thoughts about other stuff). (25 April 2013)
Comics art for the week of 1 May 2013. All the images are corrupted, but you can check them out here. (4 May 2013)
Suicide Squad #20. (8 May 2013)
The Bounce #1 and Sex #3. (23 May 2013)
X-Men #1. Lots of comments on this one, perhaps unsurprisingly! (29 May 2013)
Rogues #1-2. (6 June 2013)
26 June 2013: Atomic Robo: The Savage Sword of Dr. Dinosaur #1, The Bounce #2, Deadpool #12, Elephantmen #49, Fatale #15, Hawkeye #11, Journey into Mystery #653, Lazarus #1, Mars Attacks: Classics Obliterated, The Massive #13, Mind Mgmt #12, Morning Glories #28, Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard volume 2 #1, Sex #4, Think Tank #8, Young Avengers #6. (28 June 2013)
Short thoughts from the week’s comics. Some of this is fairly image-dependent, so check them out here. (3 July 2013)
Batman ’66 #1 and Deadpool #13. (19 July 2013)
Numbercruncher #1. (20 July 2013)
Kiss Me, Satan! #1. (19 September 2013)
Letter 44 #1. (16 October 2013)
6 November 2013: Catalyst Comix #5, Detective Comics #25, East of West #7, Fatale #18, Grindhouse: Doors Open at Midnight #2, Morning Glories #34, Rogues! #5, Super! #2, Tales from Lost Vegas, Ten Grand #5, Trillium #4, Über #7. Look at that Top Ten List: My favorite non-American, non-British movies! (8 November 2013)
13 November 2013: Astro City #6, The Bounce #7, Deadpool #19, Legion of Molly Doves #1, Li’l Gotham #8, The Manhattan Projects #16, Manifest Destiny #1, Miss Fury #7, Protocol: Orphans #1, Rocket Girl #2, The Rocketeer/The Spirit: Pulp Friction #3, Three #2, Umbral #1, Watson and Holmes #5. The Top Ten List: My favorite Roman emperors! (15 November 2013)
20 November 2013: Atomic Robo: Real Science Adventures #12, Batman ’66 #5, Dark Horse Presents #30, Kiss Me, Satan! #3, Scooby-Doo Team-Up #1, Sex Criminals #3, Wasteland #50, Young Avengers #12, Zero #3. I have a lot to say about Sex Criminals, as you might expect, and the commenters do, too! I also list my Top Ten Favorite Plays (that I’ve seen in person)! (22 November 2013)
27 November 2013: Black Science #1, Deadpool Annual #1, Hawkeye #14, Letter 44 #2, The Massive #17, The Maxx: Maxximized #1, Mind Mgmt #17, Morning Glories #35, Pretty Deadly #2, Saga #16, The Sandman: Overture Special Edition #1. The Top Ten List features my favorite short-lived television shows! (29 November 2013)
4 December 2013: Catalyst Comix #6, Deadpool #20, Detective Comics #26, Elephantmen #52, Grindhouse: Doors Open at Midnight #3, Indestructible Hulk Annual #1, Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard vol. 2 #4, Omega Comics Presents vol. 2 #2, Trillium #5, Velvet #2, Young Avengers #13. (6 December 2013)
11 December 2013: Astro City #7, Chew #38, Doc Savage #1 (I think this is Bilquis Evely’s first American comic), Fearless Dawn: Jurassic Jungle Boogie Nights, Gødland #37, Justice League 3000 #1, Lazarus #5, Legends of the Dark Knight 100-Page Super Spectacular, Li’l Gotham #9, Manifest Destiny #2, The Maxx: Maxximized #2, Protocol: Orphans #2, The Rocketeer/The Spirit: Pulp Friction #4, Satellite Sam #5, The Sixth Gun #36, Super! #3, Three #3, Über #8, Watson and Holmes #6. (14 December 2013)
18 December 2013: Zero #4, Young Avengers #14, Westward #6, Umbral #2, Think Tank #11, Sex #9, Saga #17, Pretty Deadly #3, Mind the Gap #16, The Massive #18, Kiss Me, Satan! #4, East of West #8, Deadpool #21, Dark Horse Presents #31, The Bounce #8, Black Science #2, Batman ’66 #6. (20 December 2013)
1 January 2014: Atomic Robo and the Savage Sword of Dr. Dinosaur #4, Catalyst Comix #7, Grindhouse: Doors Open at Midnight #4, The Manhattan Projects #17. Fewer books means … haiku reviews! Plus, some rambling. It’s the new year, I had to ramble! (1 January 2014)
8 January 2014: Black Widow #1, Deadpool #22, Detective Comics #27, Elephantmen #53, Fatale #19, Manifest Destiny #3, Morning Glories #36, Protocol: Orphans #3, Rogues! #6, Scooby-Doo Team-Up #2, Three #4, The Westwood Witches #4, Young Avengers #15. (10 January 2014)
15 January 2014: Astro City #8, Kiss Me, Satan! #5, Letter 44 #3, Li’l Gotham #10, The Maxx: Maxximized #3, Miracleman #1, Miss Fury #8, Secret #4, The Sixth Gun #37, Velvet #3. Russell Johnson, the Professor from Gilligan’s Island, died, as did a recent Playmate. So sad! (17 January 2014)
22 January 2014: Atomic Robo and the Savage Sword of Dr. Dinosaur #5, Batman ’66 #7, Bigfoot: Sword of the Earthman #5, Chew #39, Dark Horse Presents #32, Doc Savage #2, Hawkeye #16, Henry and Glenn Forever and Ever #3, The Massive #19, Mind Mgmt #18, Pretty Deadly #4, Sex #10, Umbral #3, Zero #5. I rant a bit about Hawkeye, because why not?(24 January 2014)
29 January 2014: Black Science #3, The Bounce #9, East of West #9, Miracleman #2, Saga #18, The Saviors #2, Über #9. My last issue of Saga! I regret nothing! (30 January 2014)
5 February 2014: Catalyst Comix #8, Detective Comics #28, Grindhouse: Doors Open at Midnight #5, Loki: Agent of Asgard #1, Ms. Marvel #1, Secret #5, Trillium #6. (6 February 2014)
12 February 2014: Astro City #9, The Bunker #1, Deadpool #23, Fatale #20, The Fuse #1, Letter 44 #4, Li’l Gotham #11, Manifest Destiny #4, The Maxx: Maxximized #4, The Mercenary Sea #1, Protocol: Orphans #4, She-Hulk #1, The Sixth Gun #38, Think Tank #12. (14 February 2014)
19 February 2014: Batman ’66 #8, Dark Horse Presents #33, Morning Glories #37, Undertow #1. (19 February 2014)
26 February 2014: Black Science #4 (where I reveal what I wanted them to call the letters column, which they did not, sadly), The Bounce #10, Chew #40, Deadpool #24, Doc Savage #3, Elephantmen #54, Hawkeye #15, Henry and Glenn Forever and Ever #4, Jack Hammer #2, Lois Lane, The Manhattan Projects #18, The Massive #20, Mind Mgmt #19, Miracleman #3, Sex #11, Three #5, Umbral #4, Wasteland #51. I call Adam Driver the “skinny douchebag sociopath from Girls“! (28 February 2014)
March 2014 selections: Moon Knight #1, Detective Comics #29, Loki: Agent of Asgard #2, Beasts of Burden: Hunters and Gatherers, Airboy Archives volume 1, Cannon, Caesars’ Wives: Sex, Power, and Politics in the Roman Empire, In the Woods. (31 March 2014)
April 2014 selections: Pretty Deadly #1-5, Secret #1-7, Trillium #1-8, Detective Comics #30, Flash Gordon #1, Rogues! The Cold Ship #1, Manifest Destiny #6, Shutter #1, Elektra #1, The Superior Foes of Spider-Man volume 1, Marvel Knights: Spider-Man – Fight Night, Europe’s Last Summer: Who Started the Great War in 1914?, The Six Messiahs, Revenge. (30 April 2014)
May 2014 selections: Moon Knight #3, Trees #1, Weird Love #1, Batman ’66 #11, The Last Broadcast #1, Lumberjanes #2, Ordinary #1, Brass Sun #1, Chew/Revival, Batman volume 3, Marvel Knights X-Men. That’s “Death of the Family,” by the way, and boy howdy, did I fun eviscerating it! Plus: the comments section goes a bit nuts, which was just … weird and wild. (1 June 2014)
SDCC edition: And Then Emily Was Gone #1, The Atomic Yeti #1, Avengers 100th Anniversary Special, Chew: Warrior Chicken Poyo, Eight Herbs Mtn., Native Drums #1-4, Night Stalker #1, San Hannibal #3, Serving Supes Limited Edition Convention Special, Spectra #6, Strange Pirate Tales #1, Super! #5, Supreme Blue Rose #1, Warlash: Dark Noir #1-3, Wicked Vibes #2. Photos are here, if you’re interested! This is the last time I went to San Diego, and I’ll probably never go back unless my circumstances significantly change. That bums me out a bit. I always liked going to the con! (19 August 2014)
4 February 2015: The Tower Chronicles: Dreadstalker #7, G.I. Joe #5, Shaft #3, Miracleman #15, Nameless #1, Lady Mechanika #0 & 1 Collected Edition, East of West #17, Annihilator #5, Lady Killer #2, The Bunker #9, Velvet #9, Cluster #1, Batman ’66 #19, The Sixth Gun: Days of the Dead #5, Ms. Marvel #11, Hawkeye #21, Stray Bullets: Sunshine and Roses #1. I started doing these in random order, just because. Plus, I took a look at the logos of each comic and how they worked or didn’t work! Also: a Top Ten List, this one of my favorite Fish-era Marillion songs! (7 February 2015)
11 February 2015: The Sixth Gun #46, Elephantmen #62, Astro City #20, Über #22, Morning Glories #43, Rogues! The Burning Heart #2, Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers #5, Resurrectionists #4, Brides of Helheim #4. It’s time for my Top Ten Peter Gabriel-era Genesis songs! (13 February 2015)
18 February 2015: Ei8ht #1, Rocket Salvage #3, The Fuse #10, Silk #1, She-Hulk #12, The Multiversity: Mastermen, Ms. Marvel #12, Secret Identities #1, 13 Coins #5, The Autumnlands: Tooth and Claw #4, Plunder #1, Terminal Hero #6, Rumble #3, Lumberjanes #11, Batgirl #39, Dark Horse Presents #7, Hell on Earth/Universe of Torment, Letter 44 #14, Manifest Destiny #13. I saw the new Mad Max trailer and was very excited – I’m glad that worked out! Plus: my Top Ten favorite Pogues songs! (22 February 2015)
25 February 2015: Curb Stomp #1, Intersect #4, Deadpool #42, The Life After #7, Colder: The Bad Seed #5, The Superannuated Man #6, Graveyard Shift #3, Chew #46, Batman ’66 #20, The Wicked + The Divine #8, Criminal One-Shot, Arkham Manor #5, Gotham Academy #5, Gotham by Midnight #4. Time for my Top Ten Led Zeppelin songs! (28 February 2015)
4 March 2015: Miracleman #16, Dark Engine #5, Supreme Blue Rose #7, Cluster #2, Über #23, Nameless #2, Descender #1, G.I. Joe #6, Lady Killer #3. Top Ten Van Halen songs? Sure! (6 March 2015)
11 March 2015: The Surface #1, Deadpool #43, Casanova: Acedia #2, Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard vol. 3 #1, Shaft #4, Ms. Marvel #13, Southern Cross #1, East of West #18, Astro City #21, Action Comics #40, Ragnarök #4, Howard the Duck #1, The Sixth Gun: Dust to Dust #1. My Top Ten favorite Prince songs show up! (14 March 2015)
18 March 2015: Lumberjanes #12, Little Nemo in Slumberland #4, Punks: The Comic #5, Dark Horse Presents #8, Stray Bullets: Sunshine and Roses #2, Plunder #2, Strange Space Stories #1, Tüki #3, Secret Identities #2, Batgirl #40, Mind Mgmt #31, Zero #15, Red One #1, Ei8ht #2. I note some behind-the-scenes drama in comics news, including the Chris Sims cyber-bullying crisis. (20 March 2015)
25 March 2015: I bought a lot of comics, and simply wrote a little bit about why I buy them and why I might stop buying some of them. (28 March 2015)
1 April 2015: The Dying and the Dead #2, Graveyard Shift #4, The Maxx: Maxximized #17, Cluster #3, Penny Dora and the Wishing Box #4, The Manhattan Projects: The Sun Beyond the Stars #1, Weird Love #6, Lady Killer #4, No Mercy #1, G.I. Joe #7, Westward #10. I explain why my 9-year-old daughter should make all the movies!!! I also list my Top Ten Female Comics Writers and Artists, in response to Kelly and Brian counting down their top 25. Fun stuff, as always! (3 April 2015)
8 and 15 April 2015: Wasteland #60, Dark Horse Presents #9, Stray Bullets: Sunshine and Roses #3, Lumberjanes #13, Astro City #22, Secert Identities #3, Rebels #1, Elephantmen #63, Strange Sports Stories #2, Southern Cross #2, Archie vs. Predator #1, Deadpool #45, Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard vol. 3 #2, Letter 44 #15, Nameless #3, The Fade Out #5, Ei8ht #3, The Surface #2, The Sixth Gun: Dust to Dust #2, Descender #2, Copperhead #6, Ms. Marvel #14, Shaft #5, Old Wounds #1, The Tithe #1. Sadly, the images are corrupted (you can see them here), because I had waaaay too much fun with them! (20 April 2015)
22 April 2015: The Maxx: Maxximized #18, The Infinite Loop #1, Creepy #20, Batman ’66 #22, Grindhouse: Drive In, Bleed Out #4, Miami Vice: Remix #2, Mind Mgmt #32, Curb Stomp #3, Chew #48, Drones #1, Manifest Destiny #14, Velvet #10, Intersect #6. (26 April 2015)
29 April 2015: Plunder #3, The Tower Chronicles: Dreadstalker #9, Jem and the Holograms #2, Multiversity #2, Rumble #5, G.I Joe #8, Morning Glories #45, Brides of Helheim #5, Scarlett Couture #1, Rocket Salvage #5, Vertigo Quarterly SFX #1, The Fuse #12, Red One #2. (2 May 2015)
6 May 2015: Elephantmen #64, Wonder Woman ’77 Special, Cluster #4, Über #24, Zero #16, The Wicked + The Divine #10, Descender #3, No Mercy #2. (8 May 2105)
27 May 2015: Old Wounds #2, Material #1, The Tower Chronicles: Dreadstalker #10, The Life After #10, Scarlett Couture #2, Surface Tension #1, Sex #21, Ragnarök #5, The Infinite Loop #2, Über #25, Sandman: Overture #5, Batman ’66 #23, Grindhouse: Drive In, Bleed Out #5, Curb Stomp #4, Chew #49. It’s time for my Top Ten favorite Styx songs! (31 May 2015)
DCYou and You, Week One: Batman Beyond #1, Bat-Mite #1, Bizarro #1, Midnighter #1, Omega Men #1. (5 June 2015)
3 June 2015: The Maxx: Maxximized #20, No Mercy #3, The Wicked + The Divine #11, Zero #17, The Autumnlands: Tooth and Claw #6, The Sixth Gun: Valley of Death #1, Plunder #4, Morning Glories #46, The Bunker #11, Brides of Helheim #6, Airboy #1. (6 June 2015)
DCYou and You, Week Two: Constantine: The Hellblazer #1, Earth 2: Society #1, Red Hood/Arsenal #1, Section Eight #1, Starfire #1. (13 June 2015)
10 June 2015: Starve #1, Metallic Silence #1-2, Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard #4, Drones #3, Injection #2, Miami Vice: Remix #4, Nameless #4, Copperhead #8, Strange Sports Stories #4, Rebels #3, Harrow County #2, Descender #4, Gotham Academy #7. (14 June 2015)
DCYou and You, Week Three: Black Canary #1, Doctor Fate #1, Doomed #1, Harley Quinn and Power Girl #1, Justice League of America #1, Martian Manhunter #1, Prez #1, Robin: Son of Batman #1. Plus, brief thoughts about the other comics I bought. Thanks to the vagaries of the Wayback Machine, when I try to access this post in the old-school style, I get … a blank page. So sorry! So this is the crappier (meaning: no comments) CBR version. (22 June 2015)
DCYou and You, Week Four: Green Lantern: Lost Army #1, Justice League 3001 #1, We Are Robin #1. (27 June 2015)
24 June 2015: Grindhouse: Drive In, Bleed Out #6, Batman ’66 #24, Annihilator #6, Gotham by Midnight #6, Scarlett Couture #3, The Tithe #3, Sex #22, Southern Cross #4, The Fade Out #7, Jem and the Holograms #4, The Shadow #100, Batgirl #41, Old Wounds #3, Mythic #2, Penny Dora and the Wishing Box #5, Surface Tension #2. The Top Ten List is of my favorite Collins-era Genesis songs! (28 June 2015)
1 July 2015: The Bunker #12, Airboy #2, The Tower Chronicles: Dreadstalker #11, Punks the Comic: CBLDF Special, Über #26, 8House #1, Chew #50, The Wicked + The Divine #12, The Spire #1, Cluster #5, Zero #18, Miami Vice: Remix #5, No Mercy #4, We Stand on Guard #1. It’s time for my Top Ten James Bond movies, after I shit on Skyfall for a bit! The formatting is garbage on that link, but it includes the comments. The CBR version looks better, but of course has no comments! (4 July 2015)
19 August 2015: Wolf #2, The Disciples #3, Manifest Destiny #16, Dark Horse Presents #13, Stray Bullets: Sunshine and Roses #7, Astro City #26, The Fuse #13, Trees #12. (21 August 2015)
26 August 2015: New Mgmt #1 (Mind Mgmt #36), The Maxx: Maxximized #22, The Infinite Loop #5, Ragnarök #6, Valhalla Mad #4, Surface Tension #4, Batman ’66 #26, Lumberjanes #17, Batgirl #43, Grindhouse: Drive In, Bleed Out #8, East of West #20, The Sixth Gun: Valley of Death #3, Gotham by Midnight #8. After a link that wasn’t screwed up, this one is, so here’s the CBR version! And this is the first time I mention our current fascist overlord in my reviews, with regard to him running for prez. What a world we live in, right? Sheesh. (29 August 2015)
2 September 2015: This Damned Band #2, Dark Corridor #2, 8House #3, Casanova: Acedia #4, The Dying and the Dead #3, Jem and the Holograms #6, Cluster #7. (5 September 2015)
9 September 2015: Gotham Academy #10, The Wicked + The Divine #14, Rebels #6, Injection #5, Tet #1, Atomic Robo and the Ring of Fire #1, Ms. Marvel #18, The Fuse #14, Harrow County #5, The Bunker #14, Letter 44 #20, The Maxx: Maxximized #23, Section Eight #4, Starve #4, Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl #2. Once again, I offer the CBR version, which just looks better, but without comments! (13 September 2015)
23 September 2015: Batman ’66 #27, Muirwood: The Lost Abbey #2, Elephantmen #66, Batgirl #44, King #2, The Tithe #5, Nameless #5, Astro City #27, The Spire #3, Gotham by Midnight #9, Mythic #4, Mercury Heat #3, The Manhattan Projects: The Sun Beyond the Stars #3. I mention “Hamilton,” which at that point I did not know existed. Now it’s ubiquitous! (27 September 2015)
2 December 2015: The Fuse #16, This Damned Band #5, East of West #22, The Maxx: Maxximized #26, Dark Corridor #5, Where Is Jake Ellis? #5, Graduate #1, Atomic Robo and the Ring of Fire #4, Tet #4, Gotham by Midnight #11, Section Eight #6, Carver: A Paris Story #1. (6 December 2015)
9 December 2015: Limbo #2, Straitjacket #2, Trees #13, Gotham Academy #12-13, Codename Baboushka #3, Rebels #9, Stray Bullets: Sunshine and Roses #10, Harrow County #8. The CBR link looks better! I list my Top Ten Marillion songs of the Steve Hogarth era, which needs to be updated as they’ve released two really good albums since this post. (13 December 2015)
16 December 2015: The Autumnlands #8, The Tithe #7, Beauty #5, Batgirl #46, Dark Horse Presents #17, Batman ’66 #30, The Wicked + The Divine #17, Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl #5, Sex #26, Lumberjanes #21, Southern Cross #6, The Spire #5. My favorite songs by James make up the Top Ten list! (20 December 2015)
23 December 2015: Astro City #30, Chew #53, Gotham by Midnight #12, Nameless #6. It’s time for my Top Ten songs from Magnetic Fields’ 69 Love Songs. Plus, I once again stop doing these weekly posts, because they were just too time-consuming! (25 December 2015)
DC Rebirth: Week One: Batman, Green Arrow, Green Lanterns, Superman. (2 June 2016)
DC Rebirth: Week Two: Action Comics #957, Aquaman, Detective Comics #934, The Flash, Wonder Woman. The nicer-looking version is here! I rant about the blog a bit, because we had just gotten new corporate overlords. Who knew how bad it would really get?!?!? (10 June 2016)
DC Rebirth: Week Three: Titans. Due to there being only one comic this week, I had some fun writing about the origins of the blog! (16 June 2016)
DC Rebirth: Week Four: Justice League. (8 July 2016)
DC Rebirth: Week Five: Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps, New Superman #1, Nightwing. The more readable version is here. Lots of grumpy comments about how dumb I am, which are always fun! (15 July 2016)
DC Rebirth: Week Six: Batgirl and the Birds of Prey, The Hellblazer. The CBR version looks nicer! (21 July 2016)
DC Rebirth: Week Seven: Batgirl #1, Red Hood and the Outlaws. Of course, there’s a nicer version! (28 July 2016)
DC Rebirth: Week Eight: Harley Quinn #1, Suicide Squad. As usual, you can find a better version here.(5 August 2016)
DC Rebirth: Week Nine: All Star Batman #1, Deathstroke, Superwoman #1. I direct you to the CBR version, which looks nicer. (13 August 2016)
DC Rebirth: Week Ten: Supergirl. Sadly, I must direct your attention to the CBR link for this one as well! (18 August 2016)
DC Rebirth: Week Twelve: Cyborg. As I explain in the post, I skipped Week Eleven because that was when our Evil Corporate Overlords killed the old blog and integrated us all into the Machine, and we didn’t have access to the blog for a few days. Oh well! (13 September 2016)

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Well, that was fun. Remember, this is Part One of my comics-writing odyssey. Sheesh! I hope you found some fun things to re-read or read for the first time. I had a lot of fun writing these over the years! Have a nice day!