Canada Day Hours!

The Comic Hunter will be open on Canada, although I'll be opening a little later.

12pm-9pm

Board Game Night will be on as usual, starting at 5:45pm!

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)