Remi's (slightly) Obsessive Reading Log! Week 9-10

Week 9 was pretty slim, having taken the weekend off for Cat's birthday, and spending a lot of time with her and whatnot, so I just merged it with Week 10.

Amazing Spider-Man: Shed wrapped up this week, and it was seriously one of the best ASM stories since the reboot with One More Day. Anyone who isn't reading this book should really look into it, cause it is consistently one of the best reads going.

Decided to catch up on Superman and Hulk, as a I was at least a couple months behind on their big events.

Fall of Hulks ended up being a bit better than I though, but still kind of pointless. Lots of explosions and double crosses, as if they're trying to mix the old style "Hulk Smash" with Bruce Jones' more intelligent run, and throwing in "Hulked-Out Heroes" just to sell a few extra books. The whole things seem a little much, but wasn't that bad in the end.

Superman's Last Stand and War of the Supermen was lots of fun, and wrapped up the story that they'd be working on for a few years now. Maybe a little too nicely, if I had one complaint. Other than Clark/Kal being "a little" depressed about the ending, it's more or less back to the status-quo. We'll see where JMS goes with the back I guess. Also very excited for Paul Cornell writing Action Comics, and seemingly turning it into a Lex Luthor book!

New Avengers started out strong, looking forward to what they're going to do with that!

Young Allies and Avengers Academy were two books I didn't expect much from, but both were pretty solid. A good light read from Young Allies, and a surprising twist for Avengers Academy!

Week 9-10 (June 7th-June 21st) (count = 95)
Action Comics (1938-) #887-889
Adventure Comics (2009-) #9-12
Amazing Spider-Man (1963-) #632-634
Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis (2010) #1
Avengers Academy (2010-) #1
Batman (1940-) #700
Blackest Night (2010-2011) #4
Booster Gold (2007-) #33
Crawl Space: XXXombies (2007-2008) #1-4
Daredevil (1964) #507
Deadpool: Wade Wilson's War (2010) #1
Detective Comics (1937-) #854-863
DV8: Gods and Monsters (2010-2011) #3
Fall of Hulks: Alpha (2010) (one-shot)
Fall of Hulks: Gamma (2010) (one-shot)
Fall of Hulks: Red Hulk (2010) #1-4
Fall of Hulks: Savage She-Hulks #1-3
Green Lantern (2005-) #54
Green Lantern Corps (2006-) #48
Heralds (2010) #2-3
Hulk (2008-) #18-22
Hulked-Out Heroes (2010) #1-2
Hulk: Let The Battle Begin (2010) (one-shot)
Incredible Hulk (2009-) #603-610
Justice League: Generation Lost (2010-) #3
Millar and McNiven's Nemesis (2010) #2
New Avengers (2010-) #1
New Mutants (2009-) #14
Punishermax (2009-) #7
Rebels (2009-) #17
S.H.I.E.L.D. (2010-) #2
Supergirl (2005-) #51-52
Superman (1939-) #697-699
Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton (2010) #1-3
Superman: War of the Supermen (2010) #0-4
Swamp Thing (1972-1976) #1-4
Ultimate Avengers (2010) #3
Ultimate Enemy (2010) #4
Ultimate Spider-Man (2009-) #11
Uncanny X-Men (1963-) #525
Walking Dead (2003-) #72
World War Hulks: Classified (2010) (one-shot)
X-Force (2008-) #27
X-Men: Blind Science (2010) (one-shot)
X-Men: Hellbound (2010) #2
Young Allies (2010-) #1

Total after Week 10 = 470 (-106)

Remi's (slightly) Obsessive Reading Log! Week 8

And for the first time since Week 1, and setting a new weekly record, I actually got MORE read than what I needed! OH MAH GODS!

I've been getting the Wildstorm World's End stuff since Wildstorm: Armageddon and the Number of the Beast mini series, but being overloaded like I am, most of those got put to the side. Sometime last week I decided I was in the mood to read some Authority, and that snowballed into me attempting to catch up with two years of Wildstorm Universe books! I've off to a decent start, but I've still got a fair stack ahead of me! We'll see what tomorrow brings! :)

Also read Alex Ross and Jim Krueger's most recent Marvel adventures: Avengers/Invaders, and it's sequel, The Torch, which just wrapped up.

They were pretty solid, a little typical of Ross and Kruegers work together, interested plot ideas, medium to good executions, quasi-classic story telling style. I'm always excited to see what they're going to do, because it won't read like anything else out there, but I'm never blown away. That being said, this fall will see their next project, The Invaders, come to fruition, and I'll be getting that too!

Last big thing I want to mention is Irredeemable and Incorruptible! I've been impatiently waiting for the TPBs for this, and finally snapped and grabbed the issues passed what I had in the three volumes that are out already. Great series, both of them! Can't recommend them enough, a good crossover for those who love super-hero books, or most alternative comics!

Week 8 (May 31st-June 6th) (count = 69)
Authority (2008-) #1-18
Avengers/Invaders (2008-2009) #1-12
Avengers Prime (2010-2011) #1
Brightest Day (2010-2011) #3
Franken-Castle (2009-) #17
Gen13 (2006-) #21
Hawkeye & Mockingbird (2010-) #1
Heralds (2010) #1
Incorruptible (2009-) #5-6
Irredeemable (2009-) #9-14, Special #1
Justice League: Generation Lost (2010-) #2
Mystery Society (2010-) #1
Number of the Beast (2008) #1-8
Spirit (2010) #1
Stephen King's N (2010) #1-4
Stormwatch PHD (2007-2010) #13
Thanos Imperative (2010) #1
The Torch (2009-2010) #1-8
Wildcats (2008-) #1

Total after Week 8 = 375 (-86, climbimg down for once, w00t!)

Remi's (slightly) Obsessive Reading Log! Week 7

I've decided to stop tracking it by day, and just stick to the weeks. I was getting myself totally mixed up trying to figure out what I read on what day! Obviously I get a lot more done early in the when I'm off, and often a stack on Wednesday on new comic day!

I managed to read I Kill Giants this week! I had read the first couple of issues when it came out, and it seemed like a lot of fun, but hadn't gotten around to finishing it till now. One of the best "young adult" stories out there, highly recommend this to anyone of any age group who has gone through any kind of "tough family situation". It was quite a touching story, but Joe Casey keeps its fun enough that it never gets too cheesy.

I also sat and read all of Phil Hester's Anchor. I was a little sad to see that #8 was the last issue in the series, due to poor sales, but he was at least able to finish up the main story that he wanted to tell, as he'd originally planned it for a mini series, but Book pushed him to make it ongoing. In the end, it was a fun story, recommended for anyone who has enjoying any of his Image work, or any of Kirkman's extended Invincible universe (of which, Hester's Firebreather, is a part of).

Quite enjoying DV8 up until now. Brian Wood is taking a 90s Wildstorm team, and completely changing all the rules/settings for a team book. Very "gender neutral" too. I would recommend this to my wife, where I wouldn't bother telling her to read Dark Avengers or Thunderbolts (the "other" different team books). :-P

Week 7 (May 24th-May 30th) (count = 40)
Anchor (2009-2010) #1-8
Batgirl (2009-) #1-6
Deadpool (2008-) #23
DV8: Gods and Monsters (2010-2011) #2
Enter The Heroic Age (2010) (one-shot)
I Kill Giants (2008-2009) #1-7
Origin of Marvel Comics (2010) (one-shot)
Rescue (2010) (one-shot)
Red Robin (2009-) #5-9
Secret Avengers (2010-) #1
SWORD (2010) #1
Thanos Imperative: Ignition (2010) (one-shot)
Thor (2007-) #610
Thunderbolts (1997-) #144
Ultimate Avengers (2010) #2
Walking Dead (2003-) #72
X-Factor (2005-) #205
X-Men: Legacy (1991-) #236
Zatanna (2010-) #1

Total after Week 7 = 306 (-97)

Remi's (slightly) Obsessive Reading Log! Week 6

Sorry I'm so late posting this, I guess I need to do Week 7 while I'm at it! It's been one of those weeks I guess. The Diamond Order was due, so hopefully everyone got their May orders in! Also, we had a VERY successful Mox Legacy tournament this weekend with 41 players showing up! Congrats to Rob Bull for taking the Mox!

As far as my readings go, big standout this week was the Obergeist HC, which I quite enjoyed. Sci-fi meets Supernatural via Nazis! Always entertaining :-P

I also got through Ed Brubaker's Marvels Project, while not being what I expected, was perfectly a paced, brilliantly drawn look at the dawn of the marvel universe!

Batman: Streets of Gotham is still great, and I'm happy I took the time to catch up on that!


Week 6
May 17th (count = 13)
Batman (1940-) #691-693, Annual #27
Black Widow (2010-) #2
Detective Comics (1937-) Annual #11
Marvels Project (2009-2010) #2-8

May 18th (count = 2)
Batman (1940-) #694-695

May 19th (count = 5)
Avengers (2010-) #1
Batman #696-699

May 20th (count = 6)
Age of Heroes (2010) #1
Amazing Spider-Man Presents: American Son (2010) #1
Brightest Day (2010-2011) #2
DC Universe: Legacies (2010-2011) #1
Haunt (2009-) #7
Legion of Super-Heroes (2010-) #1

May 21st (count = 4)
Gotham City Sirens (2009-) #7-10

May 22nd (count = 6)
Batman: Streets of Gotham (2009-) #7-12

May 23rd (count = 7)
Obergeist: The Empty Locket (2002) (one-shot)
Obergeist: Ragnarok Highway (2001) #1-6

Total after Week 6 = 266(-80)

Remi's (slightly) Obsessive Reading Log! Week 5

Wooo, I'm not very good at this game! Oh well, at least I got some pretty decent reading done this week!

Caught up on my Secret Warriors, read all of Bendis/Maleev's Spider-Woman, which was amazing, and while I'm pretty sad to see it go, I'm very excited about their upcoming Scarlet title!

I was able to read Brave and the Bold #33, and while we're sold out at The Comic Hunter, if you get a chance to read this, DO NOT pass it up!

The end of Siege came out this week, as well as it's sister title, Siege: Embedded. Both were pretty solid reads throughout, although we were also forced to read Siege: The Fallen, which while I have no problems with them killing off the character they did (as much as I enjoyed him), this issue read nothing like what it should have been for this character. It was a little ... whatever the pc-way to say retarded is...

Dark Avengers also finished up, and was easily one of the best 16 issues ever published in a row by Marvel. Check it out if you haven't yet!

It was nice to see Giffen and DeMatteis‎ back doing what they do best, Booster Gold (on two books), Max Lord and the JLI!

Week 5
May 10th (count = 9)
Secret Warriors (2009) #15
Siege: Secret Warriors (2010) (one-shot)
Spider-Woman (2009-2010) #1-7

May 11th (count = 11)
Amazing Spider-Man (1963-) #630
Brave and The Bold (2007-) #33
Deadpool (2008-) #22
Deadpool: Merc With A Mouth (2009-2010) #10
Kato Origins (2010) #1
Many Loves of Spider-Man (2010) (one-shot)
Nova (2007-) #36
Rebels (2009-) #15
Ultimate Spider-Man (2009-) #9
X-Factor (2005-) #204
X-Men: Legacy (1991-) #235

May 12th (count = 8)
New Mutants (2009-) #13
Sentry: The Fallen (2010) (one-shot)
Siege (2010) #4
Sweet Tooth (2009-) #1-5

May 13th (count = 5)
Amazing Spider-Man (1963-) #631
Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis (2010) #1
Dark Avengers (2009-2010) #16
Flash (2010-) #2
Justice League: Generation Lost (2010) #1
New Avengers: Finale (2010) (one-shot)

May 14th (count = 0)

May 15th (count = 9)
Birds of Prey (2010-) #1
Booster Gold (2007-) #32
Daredevil: Cage Match (2010) (one-shot)
Punishermax (2009-) #7
Rebels (2009-) #16
Terminator: 2032 (2010) #1
Titans: Villains For Hire (2010) (one-shot)
Ultimate Spider-Man (2009-) #10
Wolverine #900 (2010) (one-shot)

May 16th (count = 8)
Avengers: The Initiative (2007-2010) #35
Batman & Robin (2009-) #11-12
Batman: The Search For Bruce Wayne (2010) #1
Deadpool Team-Up (2009-) #893
Marvel Project (2009-2010) #1
Sam & Twitch: The Writer (2010) #1
Siege: Embedded (2010) #4

Total after Week 5 = 223(-65, and it continues downwards)

Remi's (slightly) Obsessive Reading Log! Week 4

Almost kept up this week, but still falling behind. I managed to snag a copy of the Orbiter graphic novel by Warren Ellis, which I didn't know existed. Solid read, nothing too exciting, but a good science-fiction storyline set in the near future.

Still keeping up with Siege and Second Coming, both have been great reads! Brightest Day is also starting off well enough. They're obviously setting it up to be a year long event, and are taking their time to get a lot of story out of it!

Incorruptible Vol. 1 finally came out, and I was more than happy to devourer that one in a sitting! Highly recommend this one, and Mark Waid's sister title, Irredeemable, if you want some good alternative super-hero books!

Week 4

May 3rd (count = 2)
Earth X (1999-2000) #0
X-Men Forever (2009-2010) #1

May 4th (count = 12)
Orbiter HC (104 pages, counts at 5)
Powers (2000-2004) #12
X-Men Forever (2009-2010) #2-7

May 5th (count = 4)
Batman (1940-) #687
Brightest Day (2010-2011) #1
Astonishing Spider-Man/Wolverine (2010) #1
Mighty Avengers (2007-2010) #36

May 6th (count = 10)
Punisher (2009-) #16
Stand: Soul Survivors (2009-2010) #1-2
Ultimate New Ultimates (2010) #2
Uncanny X-Men (1963-) #524
Vengeance of Moon Knight (2009-) #8
Walking Dead (2003-) #71
X-Force (2008-) #26
X-Men Forever (2009-2010) #8
X-Men: Hellbound (2010) #1

May 7th (count = 1)
Girls (2005-2007) #1

May 8th (count = 0)

May 9th (count = 17)
Amazing Spider-Man (1963-) #629
Batman (1940-) #688-690
Fantastic Four (1961-) #578
Green Lantern Corps (2006-) #47
Incorruptible (2009-) #1-4
Invincible Iron Man (2008-) #25
Outsiders (2009-) #29
Secret Warriors (2009-) #13,14
The Stand: Soul Survivors (2009-2010) #3-5

Total after Week 4 = 173 (-57, still falling behind...)

Remi's (slightly) Obsessive Reading Log! Week 3

Seems keeping the reading level up is going to be harder than I'd originally planned! Not too sure I'm going to reach my goal of 3000 books in a year, but I'm going to keep at it and see what I get to!

This weekend was FCBD, which was our most successful yet! I can't even begin to count how many people came through our doors, but if our numbers reflect our sales, it's nearly twice as many as last year's!

My brother René was down visiting, and helping out with FCBD, and if all goes well, you'll all be getting to know him soon enough, as he may become the next Comic Hunter employee!

All this to say, little time to read, so here we go, week three!

April 26th (count = 0)

April 27th (count = 11)
Astounding Wolf-Man #11
Invincible #48-57

April 28th (count = 5)
Hercules: Fall of an Avenger (2010) #1-2
New Avengers (2004-2010) #64
Thor (2007-) #609
Thunderbolts (1997-) #143

April 29th (count = 8)
Dark Wolverine (2009-) #85
DV8: Gods and Monsters (2010-2011) #1
Green Lantern (2005-) #53
Guardians of the Galaxy (2008-2010) #25
House of M: Masters of Evil (2009-2010) #1-4
Justice League of America (2006-) #44
Siege: Spider-Man (2010) (one-shot)

April 30th (count = 0)

May 1st (count = 0)

May 2nd (count = 7)
Firestar (2010) (one-shot)
Invincible (2003-) #58,59
Sif (2010) (one-shot)
X-Men Forever: Alpha (2009) (X-Men (1991-) #1-3)

Total after Week 3 = 127 (-53, this is going to be TOUGH! hahahaha)

Remi's (slightly) Obsessive Reading Log! Week 2

Alright... off to a bad a start! Week 2 was pretty rough for any kind of reading, but in all honesty, between running a large magic event, driving back to my parents (3 hour drive) to help my brother move, then driving back down less than 24 hours later to spend my two days off working on the monthly comic order... my spare time was pretty short!

But here it is, week 2!

Week 2

April 19th (count = 15)
Dark X-Men (2010) #1-5
Nation (2010) #1
She-Hulk (2004-2005) #3-12

April 20th (count = 0)

April 21st (count = 4)
Nation X (2010) #2-4
Nation X: X-Facto (2010) (one-shot)

April 22nd (count = 1)
Ultimate Comics Avengers (2010) #6

April 23rd (count = 0)

April 24th (count = 1)
Doomwar (2010) #1

April 25th (count = 7)
Black Terror (2009-) #1-4
Joe The Barbarian (2010) #1-2
Masquerade (2009) #1

Total after Week 2 = 96 (-20)

Remi's (slightly) Obsessive Reading Log! Week 1

Having fallen behind on some reading over the last couple of years, I've put myself to the task of reading 3000 comics in the next year. I wish I could have thought about this on something like the first of the month, but unfortunately, April 12th falls as the first day of the count!

This should give me a good run on catching up everything I need to read + keep up with everything coming out! Obviously, if I read a TPB, I'll count the issues. If it's an original graphic novel, every 22 pages will one issue, as is the average story content in a regular comic!

So, here it is, week 1!

April 12th (count = 16)
Brave & The Bold (2008-) #29,30,31,32
Flash: Secret Files and Origins 2010 #1
Haunt (2009-) #6
Justice League of America (2006-) #41,42,43
Justice League: Cry for Justice (2009-2010) #5,6,7
Justice League: The Rise and Fall of Green Arrow Special (2010) #1
Justice League: The Rise of Arsenal (2010) #1
Kevin Smith's Green Arrow (2010) #2
Marvel Zombies 5 (2010) #1

April 13th (count = 10)
Gotham City Sirens (2009-) #3,4
Punishermax (2009-) #5
Vengeance of Moon Knight (2009-) #1-7

April 14th (count = 13)
Black Widow (2010-) #1
Brightest Day (2010-) #0
Daredevil (1964-) #506
Flash (2010-) #1
Green Arrow (2007-2010) #32
Iron Man: Legacy (2010-) #1
Punishermax (2009-) #6
R.E.B.E.L.S. (2009-) #14
Ultimate Enemy (2010) #2,3
Ultimate Spider-Man (2009-) #8
Wolverine: Mr. X (2010) (one-shot)
X-Men Origins: Nightcrawler (2010) (one-shot)

April 15th (count = 7)
Doc Savage (2010-) #1
Green Hornet: Year One (2010-) #2
New Mutants (2009-) #12
Punisher (2009-) #15
Siege: Captain America (2010) (one-shot)
Siege: Loki (2010) (one-shot)
Siege: Young Avengers (2010) (one-shot)

April 16th (count = 9)
Black Panther (2009-2010) #1-9

April 17th (count = 0)

April 18th (count = 13)
Black Panther (2009-2010) #10-12
Booster Gold (2007-) #25-31
Deadpool Team-Up (2009-) #894
She-Hulk (2004-2005) #1-2

Total after week 1 = 68 (+10 over)