The 2017 Reading Thread - THE ULTIMATE EDITION - July
Torchsong
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Got way off track in June. Part of your house flooding will do that to you. Let's get back on track in July!
Rules are simple: Log everything you've read this year. Just edit your existing post or you (and we) will get confused trying to keep up. Bold the stuff you really dig. At the end of each month I'll start a new thread and you can pick a "winner" from your favorite books. You can focus on just trades (which is usually what I do), or just write about the good stuff you've read, or go completely nuts (like I plan to this year) and log EVERYTHING you read.
January Lists: http://thecomicforums.vanillaforums.com/discussion/3887/the-2017-reading-thread-the-ultimate-edition-january#latest
February Lists: http://thecomicforums.vanillaforums.com/discussion/3899/the-2017-reading-thread-the-ultimate-edition-february#latest
March Lists: http://thecomicforums.vanillaforums.com/discussion/3915/the-2017-reading-thread-the-ultimate-edition-march#latest
April Lists: http://thecomicforums.vanillaforums.com/discussion/3933/the-2017-reading-thread-the-ultimate-edition-april#latest
May Lists: http://thecomicforums.vanillaforums.com/discussion/3948/the-2017-reading-thread-the-ultimate-edition-may#latest
June Lists: http://thecomicforums.vanillaforums.com/discussion/3970/the-2017-reading-thread-the-ultimate-edition-june#latest
Rules are simple: Log everything you've read this year. Just edit your existing post or you (and we) will get confused trying to keep up. Bold the stuff you really dig. At the end of each month I'll start a new thread and you can pick a "winner" from your favorite books. You can focus on just trades (which is usually what I do), or just write about the good stuff you've read, or go completely nuts (like I plan to this year) and log EVERYTHING you read.
January Lists: http://thecomicforums.vanillaforums.com/discussion/3887/the-2017-reading-thread-the-ultimate-edition-january#latest
February Lists: http://thecomicforums.vanillaforums.com/discussion/3899/the-2017-reading-thread-the-ultimate-edition-february#latest
March Lists: http://thecomicforums.vanillaforums.com/discussion/3915/the-2017-reading-thread-the-ultimate-edition-march#latest
April Lists: http://thecomicforums.vanillaforums.com/discussion/3933/the-2017-reading-thread-the-ultimate-edition-april#latest
May Lists: http://thecomicforums.vanillaforums.com/discussion/3948/the-2017-reading-thread-the-ultimate-edition-may#latest
June Lists: http://thecomicforums.vanillaforums.com/discussion/3970/the-2017-reading-thread-the-ultimate-edition-june#latest
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February Winner: Vampirella Masters Vol. 1: Morrison & Millar (TPB)(Dynamite)
March Winner: Holy Corpse Rising Vol. 2 (Seven Seas) (Manga)
April Winner: Supergirl Vol. 2 (Peter David Run) (DC)
May Winner: Motor Girl Vol. 1 (Abrstract)
June Winner: Delicious in Dungeon Vol. 1 (Manga)
July Books:
Batgirl: Rebirth TPB Vol. 1 (DC)
Hawkworld (TPB)(DC) - Holy crap why did it take me so long to read this? It's amazing!
Holy Corpse Rising Vol. 3 (Manga)
Dorohedoro Vol. 21 (Manga) (Viz)
Doctor Aphra Vol. 1 (Marvel) (TPB)
DC SuperHero Girls Vol. 3 (DC) (TPB)
Injustice Gods Among Us Year 5 Vol 2 (DC) (TPB)
Please Tell Me! Galko-chan! (Manga) (Seven Seas)
The Girl from the Other Side Vol. 1&2 (Manga) (Seven Seas)
Cells at Work Vol. 2 (Manga) (Seven Seas)
Empowered Vol. 10 (Dark Horse) (TPB)
February Winner: Dept. H #1-11
March Winner: Royal City #1
April Winner: Royal City #2
May Winner: Paper Girls #6-14
June Winner: Moon Knight #11-14
July Books:
Kaijumax: Season One TP
Plutona #1-5
Ragnarök #5-12
Roughneck OGN
Rumble #6-10
Saga vol. 3-7 TP
Valerian: The Complete Adventures, vol. 1
Velvet vol. 2-3 TP
January winner: Doctor Strange: The Oath.
February winner: Aquaman vol. 8
March winner: X-O Manowar #1
April winner: Doctor Strange
May winner: Ninjak - Matt Kindt has delivered another great Valiant series here
June winner: AD: After Death
July books...
Fairy Tail vol.1-12
Avengers Standoff: Assault on Pleasant Hill tpb
Harbinger Renegade #5 - bit of an anti climax after all the hype
Civil War 2 tpb
Paper Girls #11-15
Constantine #7-10
Saga #43-44
Dark Days: The Forge
Dark Days: The Casting
February Winner: New Teen Titans Omnibus vol 2
March Winner: Winter Soldier: The Complete Collection
April Winner - Three way tie - Strangers in Paradise Omnibus book 2, Astro City: Family Album, and Epic Collection Captain America "The Coming of the Falcon" - with art by Jack Kirby, Jim Steranko, John Romita, John Buscema, and Gene Colan....tough to beat that group.
May Winner - The Autobiography of James T. Kirk. - not a comic book but this tread has never really been about "rules"
June Winner: Fantastic Four Omnibus vol 2: My favorite part of this is Kirby, the master of drawing massive machines & computers, goes against form and the Ultimate Nullifier is roughly the size of an iphone.
July Books:
World's Funnest
Star Wars vol 2
Hulk by Jeph Loeb vol 2
DC Archives Golden Age Green Lantern vol 2
Sugar and Spike (2016) - not great but far better than I expected it to be.
Spider Man Todd McFarlane Omnibus
Fairy Tail vol 1 (digital manga)
Knights of Sidonia (digital manga) - ughhh just watch the show on Netflix I can't be as bad as the manga.
Space Riders #1-4 : Awesome.
Bane Conquest #2-3
I am not the biggest Hulk fan. I only have three male Hulk trades - WW Hulk and the two Hulk by Loeb trades.
I love the art, which was my main reason for getting the books.
The story was ok but it seem to get worse as it went along and the ending fell flat to me.
SPOILER
The big reveal of who Red Hulk would have been better without the use of an LMD to fool the reader. LMD's are a Marvel trick that I have never really liked.
But the mystery of Rulk was bad. I've started rereading all the post WWH stuff. I'm back to my original feelings toward the mystery, but have become way more generous to the Rulk smash parts.
It's worth borrowing it from the library to look at the art.
I finally moved an omnibus off my nightstand. Todd McFarlane Spiderman is done, and I enjoyed it. You can tell that was a first attempt at writing, but that guy can do art. I really think he might be a better inker than penciler. That's not belittling his drawing skills; that's how much I think his work improved once he started inking himself.
I know you mentioned you were looking for other manga. I've always had a little more trouble getting into the magic/fantasy so my suggestions are going to lean away from that.
Plantese Omnibus - it follows the crew of astronauts that collect space debris. It's fantastic; there are 2 volumes put out by Darkhorse and you should be able to get them for about $10.00 on Amazon.
Pluto - a modern retelling of Astro Boy by the guy who wrote Monster and 20th Century Boys (long time CGS fans will remember those titles). It's one of my all-time favorites and it wraps up in only 8 or 9 volumes.
One Punch Man is fun.
One Piece is a lot of fun, and if you don't do digital just get the 3-in-1 editions.
Ultraman - the new series has been pretty good.
Ghost in the Shell/Appleseed - just watch the movies/tv series. They are better.
Vinland Saga - A Viking Manga by the guy who created Planetes is excellent, but too pricey for me to get in paper form. It's worth picking up a digital copy on sale through Amazon or comixology.
Marvel Masterworks Iron Man vol 1&2
Marvel Masterworks X Men vol 1
Marvel Masterworks Thor vol 2
Giant Size Little Marvel A vs X
Star Trek/Planet of the Apes - The Primate Directive
Transformers Classics vol 2
Thanks for all the recommendations. I've heard of Vinland Saga before somewhere too, might have been on CGS or here, but liked the sound of that. I'll be sure to give some more Manga a go once I've got through these 45+ volumes! Who knows when that'll be though. With all that, comics, novels and tv to get through, like us all I need more hours in the day!
Image:
Astounding Wolf-Man: Complete Collection
Walking Dead Compendium Vol 1
Marvel:
Captain Marvel by Jim Starlin: The Complete Collection
Warlock by Jim Starlin: The Complete Collection