The 2018 Reading Thread - Brand New Day Edition - June
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Since @CaptShazam has announced his departure from this forum, I've volunteered to continue his reading thread series in his place.
The Rules
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, or just write about the good stuff you've read.
March Winner: Se7en (Zenescope)
April Winner: The Amazing Spider-Man #617: The Rage of the Rhino
May Winner: The Sensational Spider-Man #33.1-33.2
In an era where Slott's showy "blockbuster" stories were lining the bookstores, it's no surprise that the more personal and smaller-scale stories written by others had a much bigger emotional impact on this reader. "Monsters!", as the Tom DeFalco two-parter was titled, takes a compelling look at the subject of human trafficking and illegal immigrants. Despite its heavy subject, it's still very much a Spider-Man story that conveys the frustration the characters face against the broken system we have in place. The parallels between Carlie trying to do things by-the-book and Spidey trying to break the criminals into talking make a strong point, that the system will work against innocents even if you do things "by-the-book." It's a very thought-provoking tale that, tragically, we didn't get to witness much in Slott's run.
June's Books
The Superior Spider-Man Vol. 1-3
Superior Spider-Man Team-Up Vol. 1-2
Superior Spider-Man Team-Up: Friendly Fire
The Superior Foes of Spider-Man Omnibus
The Amazing Spider-Man: Peter Parker, The One And Only
The Amazing Spider-Man (2014) Vol. 1
The Amazing Spider-Man: Family Business
The Amazing Spider-Man: Edge of Spider-Verse
Spider-Man 2099 Vol. 2 #5
The Rules
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, or just write about the good stuff you've read.
March Winner: Se7en (Zenescope)
April Winner: The Amazing Spider-Man #617: The Rage of the Rhino
May Winner: The Sensational Spider-Man #33.1-33.2
In an era where Slott's showy "blockbuster" stories were lining the bookstores, it's no surprise that the more personal and smaller-scale stories written by others had a much bigger emotional impact on this reader. "Monsters!", as the Tom DeFalco two-parter was titled, takes a compelling look at the subject of human trafficking and illegal immigrants. Despite its heavy subject, it's still very much a Spider-Man story that conveys the frustration the characters face against the broken system we have in place. The parallels between Carlie trying to do things by-the-book and Spidey trying to break the criminals into talking make a strong point, that the system will work against innocents even if you do things "by-the-book." It's a very thought-provoking tale that, tragically, we didn't get to witness much in Slott's run.
June's Books
The Superior Spider-Man Vol. 1-3
Superior Spider-Man Team-Up Vol. 1-2
Superior Spider-Man Team-Up: Friendly Fire
The Superior Foes of Spider-Man Omnibus
The Amazing Spider-Man: Peter Parker, The One And Only
The Amazing Spider-Man (2014) Vol. 1
The Amazing Spider-Man: Family Business
The Amazing Spider-Man: Edge of Spider-Verse
Spider-Man 2099 Vol. 2 #5
Comments
February winner: Royal City #3-9
March winner: Highest House #1-2
April winner: Highest House #3
May winner: Highest House #4
June Books
Archie #31
Barrier #3-5
Blackwood #1
Captain America #703-704
The Grave Diggers Union #7
Isola #3
The Man of Steel #1
Mister Miracle #9
Paper Girls #21
Rasputin: The Voice of the Dragon #1-5
Strangers in Paradise XXV #4
February winner: Vietnam Journal v.8: Brain Dead Horror
March winner: Inside Moebius v.1
April winner: TMNT Ultimate Collection v.1
May winner: Nexus: Into the Past and Other Stories
Much of what I read in May were re-reads, like 100 Bullets and LoEG, and not much really stood out for me. But any book with Steve Rude on art will always be something special.
June books:
100 Bullets: Six Feet Under the Gun (v.6)
Will Eisner Reader
100 Bullets: Samurai (v.7)
100 Bullets: The Hard Way (v.8)
100 Bullets: Strychnine Lives (v.9)
Star Wars: Skywalker Strikes (v.1 of New Marvel)
Star Wars: Darth Vader v.1 HC
100 Bullets: Decayed (v.10)
100 Bullets: Once Upon a Crime (v.11)
100 Bullets: Dirty (v.12)
New York the Big City by Will Eisner
Batman by Ed Brubaker v.1
February Winner: Swamp Thing Winter Special #1
March Winner: Quarry's War #4
April Winner: Highest House #1
May Winner: Barrier 1-5: Wonderful book. Beautiful art, compelling story. Not that I would expect anything less from this creative team. Would have been nice to have a spanish translation though - looking up stuff on google translate was kind of a pain.
June Books (shipped in 2018):
Paper Girls #21
Death or Glory #2
Xerxes... #3
Astonishing X-Men #12
X-Men Red #5
A Walk Through Hell #2
Analog #3
Domino #3
Oblivion Song #4
The Fix #12
I Hate Fairyland #19
Coda #2
Medieval Spawn / Witchblade #2
Redneck Vol. 2
The Tick #3-4
Monstress 13-17
Mae #1
Gideon Falls #4
Days of Hate #6
Deadly Class #35
Infidel #4
Moonshine #11
Kill or be Killed #20
Mata Hari #4
Mike Hammer #1
Sex Criminals #25
Descender #31
Outcast #36
Older stuff:
The Boys Vol. 8-12
The Oz Effect
The Tick (2017) #2
Suicide Squad / Banana Splits #1
Incognito Vol. 1
Demonic Vol. 1
February Winner: Aaron’s Thor run
March Winner: Swamp Thing Winter Special
April Winner: Tom Kings Batman run
May Winner: Hawkeye
June books...
Shazam! Vol.1
Batman: White Knight #1-8
Justice League vol.4-7
Justice League of America vol.1-2
Trinity War tpb
Forever Evil tpb