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The 2018 Reading Thread - The Extreme Ultimate Edition - March

A tradition unlike any other! Time for the March reading thread.

The rules as laid down by the great and powerful Torchsong 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. 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.

January Winner: The Amazing Spiderman Omnibus vol 2
February Winner: The Walking Dead Compendium vol 2

March List:

Comments

  • mwhitt80mwhitt80 Posts: 4,637
    edited March 2018
    March list.
    Life has beaten into submission and I can't even do something clever with my list name

    Indestructible Hulk #6-8
    Batman The Dark Prince Charming book 1
    Claws (digital)

    America (digital) - I want to take a moment. This was not good. As I read this all I could think is some Disney executive was looking over his kids shoulder and started reading the dialogue, then told Axel to GTFO and don't let the door hit you. I wanted to like this book, but ugh.
  • nweathingtonnweathington Posts: 6,748
    edited March 2018
    January winner: Mister Miracle #6
    February winner: Royal City #3-9

    March books
    Captain America #699
    Dept. H #23-24
    Eternity Girl #1
    The Family Trade #5
    Fu Jitsu #4-5
    Generations: Hawkeye & Hawkeye #1
    Gideon Falls #1
    The Grave Diggers Union #5
    Hawkeye #7-16
    Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1952 #1-5
    Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1953—The Phantom Hand & The Kelpie
    Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1953—The Witch Tree & Rawhead and Bloody Bones
    Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1953—Beyond the Fences #1-3
    Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1954—Black Sun #1-2
    Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1954—The Unreasoning Beast
    Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1954—Ghost Moon #1-2
    Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1954—Secret Nature
    Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1955—Occult Intelligence #1-2
    Hellboy in Hell #6-10
    Hellboy Winter Special 2016
    Hellboy Winter Special 2017
    Highest House #1-2
    I Hate Fairyland #5-13
    Island #1-4
    It Will All Hurt #2-3
    James Bond 007 #4-11
    Jessica Jones #8-18
    John Carter: The End #3
    Mister Miracle #7
    Paper Girls #16-20
    Patsy Walker, a.k.a. Hellcat! #8-17
    Royal City #10
    Strangers in Paradise XXV #2
  • Evening639Evening639 Posts: 368
    edited March 2018
    January winner: The Other Sides of Howard Cruse (BOOM! Town)
    February winner: The Swords of Glass (Humanoids)

    March:
    Age of Reptiles: Ancient Egyptians #s 1-4 (Dark Horse)
    Animal Jam #0 (Dynamite Entertainment)
    Boris the Bear #s 6 (Dark Horse), 24 & 25 (Nicotat Comics)
    Cold-Blooded Chameleon Commandos #2 (Blackthorne Publishing)
    Conservation Corps #3 (Archie)
    Critters #s 12, 16 & 39 (Fantagraphics Books)
    A Polar Bear in Love Vol. 2 (Yen Press)
    That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Volume 4 (Kodansha Comics)
    Is This Guy for Real? (:01 First Second)
    Bone #17 (Cartoon Books)
    Brilliant Trash #4 (Aftershock Comics)
    Image Firsts: Deadly Class #1 (Image)
    Kong on the Planet of the Apes #4 (BOOM! Studios)
    Long Lost #4 (Scout Comics)
    Scrimshaw #4 (Alterna Comics)
    Sonitus #1 (Alterna Comics)
    The Terrifics #1 (DC)
    Tokyo Ghost Volume One (Image)
    The Wicked Righteous #4 (Alterna Comics)
    The XXI #1 (Alterna Comics)
  • nweathingtonnweathington Posts: 6,748
    mwhitt80 said:

    March list.
    Life has beaten into submission and I can't even do something clever with my list name

    It’s the “Time Marches On list”?
  • luke52luke52 Posts: 1,392
    edited March 2018
    January Winner: Green Arrow Rebirth vols 1-3
    February Winner: Aaron’s Thor run

    March Books...

    Ninjak #1-28
    Dragon Head vol.1
    Alex + Ada #1-15
    Marvel Mangaverse
    Ghostbusters 101 - continues to be an amazing series this, by Burnham and Schoening.
    Swamp Thing Winter Special
    Walt Simonson Thor vol. 1
    Batman vol.1 I am Gotham
  • ChrisBeckettChrisBeckett Posts: 535
    edited April 2018
    January winner: Descender v.1
    February winner: Vietnam Journal v.8: Brain Dead Horror
    This felt like a return to greatness for Don Lomax. I have long been a huge fan of this book, but the series of mini-series after the initial 16-issue run were never as engaging, to me. With this volume, Lomax returned to telling single-issue stories that might bleed into the next issue, or later issues, allowing for an ingrained continuity necessary for this book, but which never felt like "part 1" or "part 2" of a longer story. I don't know if it's how I read it or how Lomax might approach such storytelling differently, but this collection (and the follow-up Second Series that is being serialized on comixology through Caliber Press) worked so well, in my opinion. It was exciting to see a series I truly loved raise the bar back to where it once was. BUY! BUY! BUY! BUY! BUY!

    March books:
    Descender v.5
    Indiana Jones Omnibus v.1 (Dark Horse era)
    Batman & the Outsiders v.1
    Inside Moebius v.1
    D.R. & Quinch
    Indiana Jones Omnibus v.2 (Dark Horse era)
  • BryanBryan Posts: 208
    edited April 2018
    January Winner: Clean Room Vol. 1
    February Winner: Swamp Thing Winter Special #1

    March:

    New Comics:
    Spread #25
    I Hate Fairyland #17
    The Wilds #1
    Green Arrow #38
    Batman White Knight #6
    East of West #36 - All caught up!
    Oblivion Song #1
    Gideon Falls #1
    The Fix #11
    Astonishing X-Men #9
    Quarry’s War #4 - best of Titan’s hard case crime imprint yet
    Deadly Class #32
    Infidel #1
    Horizon #18
    Kill or be Killed #17
    Mata Hari #2
    Descender #28
    Moonshine #8
    Southern Cross #14
    Days of Hate #3
    Dark Knights: Metal #6
    Doomsday Clock #4



    Back Issues / Trades:
    Clean Room Vol. 2
    Clean Room Vol. 3
    Howard the Duck Vol. 1
    East of West Vol. 4
    East of West Vol. 5
    East of West Vol. 6
    East of West Vol. 7
    East of West #35
    Happy!
    The Punisher Vol. 2 (Cloonan)
    Black Widow Vol. 1
    The Boys Vol. 1 - loved this, though as a big Ennis fan I shouldn't be surprised. Looking forward to the rest of the series.
    Horizon 1-17
    World of Krypton #1
  • mwhitt80mwhitt80 Posts: 4,637



    Indiana Jones Omnibus v.1

    Are Indy comics good? I have always been interested, but for whatever reason never picked up any.
  • SenatorKellySenatorKelly Posts: 15
    edited April 2018
    February winner- Buddha Vols 1-8

    March

    Superman reborn storyline
    Kamandi challenge #9
    Roughneck
    Underwater welder
    Thanos vol 1
    Sweet tooth HC vol 1
    Brittania TPB
    The Nobody
    Crying Freeman vol 1
    Walking Dead Vol 29
    Justice league Dark vol 1
    Astro city-first three volumes
    Royal City vol 1
    Star Trek: Mirror Broken #1
    Fallen Angel #1
    Oblivion Song #1
    The Highest House #1
    Blacksad HC
    Mouse Guard Fall 1152 HC
    Secret Invasion
    Alias-first two volumes
    Dark Nights Rising: Wild Hunt #1
    Swamp Thing Winter Special #1
    Animosity volume 2
    Sweet Tooth HC vol 2
    Doomsday clock #4
    Dark Nights Metal #6
    Exiles Vol 1
    Secret Empire
  • nweathingtonnweathington Posts: 6,748

    February winner- Buddha Vols 1-8

    March

    Superman reborn storyline
    Kamandi challenge #9
    Roughneck
    Underwater welder
    Thanos vol 1
    Sweet tooth HC vol 1
    Brittania TPB
    The Nobody
    Crying Freeman vol 1
    Walking Dead Vol 29
    Justice league Dark vol 1
    Astro city-first three volumes
    Royal City vol 1

    Catching up on your Jeff Lemire, I see.
  • February winner- Buddha Vols 1-8

    March

    Superman reborn storyline
    Kamandi challenge #9
    Roughneck
    Underwater welder
    Thanos vol 1
    Sweet tooth HC vol 1
    Brittania TPB
    The Nobody
    Crying Freeman vol 1
    Walking Dead Vol 29
    Justice league Dark vol 1
    Astro city-first three volumes
    Royal City vol 1

    Catching up on your Jeff Lemire, I see.
    He really can’t miss right now!
  • Bryan said:

    January Winner: Clean Room Vol. 1
    February Winner: Swamp Thing Winter Special #1

    March:

    New Comics:
    Spread #25
    I Hate Fairyland #17
    The Wilds #1
    Green Arrow #38
    Batman White Knight #6
    East of West #36 - All caught up!
    Oblivion Song #1
    Gideon Falls #1
    The Fix #11
    Astonishing X-Men #9
    Quarry’s War #4 - best of Titan’s hard case crime imprint yet
    Deadly Class #32
    Infidel #1
    Horizon #18


    Back Issues / Trades:
    Clean Room Vol. 2
    Clean Room Vol. 3
    Howard the Duck Vol. 1
    East of West Vol. 4
    East of West Vol. 5
    East of West Vol. 6
    East of West Vol. 7
    East of West #35
    Happy!
    The Punisher Vol. 2 (Cloonan)
    Black Widow Vol. 1
    The Boys Vol. 1 - loved this, though as a big Ennis fan I shouldn't be surprised. Looking forward to the rest of the series.
    Horizon 1-17

    I’m glad your enjoying horizon. I read the first two trades and really enjoyed them. I also love east of west, but it’s such a slow burn that I find that I have to read it in trade to really appreciate it.
  • @mwhitt80 Sorry, I missed your post before.

    The Indy comics are pretty enjoyable (the Dark Horse ones from the 90s are the ones I just read). But there was a lot of nostalgia for me, as well, as I read them when they were first published. The "villains" always seem to be similar bands of marauders in desert situations, which can be problematic, but if you're looking for further Indiana Jones adventures, you can't go wrong checking them out. I got them through the library, which I would recommend.

    chris
  • BryanBryan Posts: 208


    I’m glad your enjoying horizon. I read the first two trades and really enjoyed them. I also love east of west, but it’s such a slow burn that I find that I have to read it in trade to really appreciate it.

    Horizon was solid - that 3rd trade you've yet to read is the last one, sadly - but I found it confusing at times. I'm not sure I'd have stuck with it if I'd been reading as it went along.

  • mwhitt80mwhitt80 Posts: 4,637

    @mwhitt80 Sorry, I missed your post before.

    The Indy comics are pretty enjoyable (the Dark Horse ones from the 90s are the ones I just read). But there was a lot of nostalgia for me, as well, as I read them when they were first published. The "villains" always seem to be similar bands of marauders in desert situations, which can be problematic, but if you're looking for further Indiana Jones adventures, you can't go wrong checking them out. I got them through the library, which I would recommend.

    chris

    Good to know. I'm going to try to track down some of the old Omnibus then. I remember them and played all the video games, but never got the comics.
  • CaptShazamCaptShazam Posts: 1,178
    The March List - I had a good month of reading.

    Huntress/Power Girl World’s Finest (N52) vol 2
    Booster Gold vol 1 “52 Pickup”
    Marvel Epic Collection Excaliber vol 2
    DC Archives Wonder Woman vol 2
    Jupiter’s Circle vol 1
    Captain America: The Ultimate Guide to the First Avenger
    Marvel Masterworks Fantastic Four vol 7
    Classic G.I. Joe vol 5
    Fatale vol 3
    From the pages of JSA and Infinite Crisis...Power Girl
    Invaders: The complete collection vol 1
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