The 2019 Reading Thread — The July “Time to Take a Vacation and Get Some Reading Done” Edition
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January Winner: The Collected Toppi, vol. 1: The Enchanted World HC
February Winner: Astro City #47-52
March Winner: Black Hammer '45 #1
April Winner: Astro Hustle #2
May Winner: Paper Girls #28
June Winner: Grand Abyss Hotel OGN
July Books
Assassin Nation #3
Bravo for Adventure HC
Corto Maltese: Beyond the Windy Isles TP
Corto Maltese: Celtic Tales TP
Freedom Fighters #7
Giant-Size X-Statix #1
Saga vol. 8 TP
Samurai Grandpa #1
Sea of Stars #1
Silver Surfer: Black #2
Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #1
Wonton Soup: The Collected Edition TP
February Winner: Astro City #47-52
March Winner: Black Hammer '45 #1
April Winner: Astro Hustle #2
May Winner: Paper Girls #28
June Winner: Grand Abyss Hotel OGN
July Books
Assassin Nation #3
Bravo for Adventure HC
Corto Maltese: Beyond the Windy Isles TP
Corto Maltese: Celtic Tales TP
Freedom Fighters #7
Giant-Size X-Statix #1
Saga vol. 8 TP
Samurai Grandpa #1
Sea of Stars #1
Silver Surfer: Black #2
Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #1
Wonton Soup: The Collected Edition TP
Comments
March Winner: Thirteen going on Eighteen #27 (1969)
April Winner: Viaggio a Tulum (Trip to Tulum) (1989)
May Winner: FCBD Dragonfly & Dragonflyman (Ahoy Comics) (2019)
June: Spider-man: Life Story 4: The '90s (2019)
Ahoy Comics
The Wrong Earth #1 (2018) [As good as Murd said it was]
The Wrong Earth #2 (2018)
The Wrong Earth #3 (2018)
The Wrong Earth #4 (2018)
The Wrong Earth #5 (2019) [Surely #6 is out. How did I miss it at the shop?]
American Mythology
Casper's Spooksville #1 (2019) [It's tough to go home again but they are giving it a try]
Classics Illustrated
A Journey to the Center of the Earth (1957/136)
Marvel Comics
Captain America and the Invaders: Bahamas Triangle #1 (2019) [Gorgeous art by Ordway]
Fantastic Four #160 (1975)
Fantastic Four #182 (1977)
Fantastic Four #186 (1977)
Fantastic Four #11 (2019) [Still enjoying. Slott writes a fun book]
History of the Marvel Universe #1 (2019)
House of X #1 (2019)
Invaders #7 (2019)
Invisible Woman #1 (2019)
Silver Surfer Black #1 (2019)
Silver Surfer Black #2 (2019)
Spider-man: Life Story 5: The '00s (2019)
True Believers: Fantastic Four - Galactus Hungers #1 (2018)
True Believers: Fantastic Four - Hulk vs. Thing #1 (2018)
Top Shelf
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 4: The Tempest #6 (2019)
Trades, Graphic Novels, Collected Editions
Essential X-Men #2 (2011) [A trip down memory lane. Still the pinnacle of the X-Men for me.]
The New Frontier (2016 edition) [Damn, this was a good read!]
Shazam! The World's Mightiest Mortal Vol. 1 (2019) (Nice collection but the juvenile writing was tedious by the end and I had to mix it some other reading between issues)
New Boss July Edition
DK3 book one (singles)
The Boys vol 1(digital)
January Winner: Shazam #1 (DC) - Huge bias I know but it was good!
February Winner: Sally the Sleuth (Bedtime Press)
March Winner: Urusei Yatsura (Viz)
April Winner: George Perez' Sirens (Boom) - In honor of his retirement
May Winner: Revolutionary War (Marvel)
June Winner: Eve x Eve (Seven Seas)
July Books:
Suicide Squad: The Final Mission (DC)
I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up (Manga)
DC Super Hero High : Spaced Out (DC)
Plastic TPB (Image)
Shazam: The World's Mightiest Mortal Vol. 1 (DC) - I hope this is just volume 1. We need more of this stuff!
Vampirella / Dejah Thoris (Dynamite) - I read it for the articles. (Actually it really was a well-done book!) :D
Urusei Yatsura Vol. 2 (Viz)
Punchline Vol. 1 (Antarctic)
Kaiju Girl Caramelise Vol. 1 (Kodansha)
Laid Back Camp Vol. 7 (Yen)
The StarJammers TPB (Marvel)
Strangers in Paradise Omnibus Vol. 25 (Abstract)
February Winner: Daredevil #1-2
March Winner: Mister Miracle (King)
April Winner: Spider-Man: Life Story #2
May Winner: Exorsisters Vol. 1
June Winner: Sara 1-6. Amazing creative team (Ennis, Epting, Breitweiser) so no big suprise that this was great. Really solid war comic from TKO, a publisher I will have to keep an eye on.
June Books
New Comics (2019)
American Carnage #8
Analog #6
Ascender #4
Batman #73-75
Black Badge #12
Criminal #6
Crowded #7
Daredevil #8
DCeased #3
Deadly Class #39
Domino: Hot-shots #5
Fairlady #4
Faithless #4
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #8
Gideon Falls #14-15
Green Lantern #9
Lazarus Risen #2
Little Bird #5
Man-Eaters #10
Miles Morales: Spider-Man #7-8
Oblivion Song #17
Rumble #13 - 14
Second Coming #1
Section Zero #4
Spider-Man: Life Story #5
Thumbs #2
Vampirella #1
A Walk Through Hell #11
Old Comics (Pre-2019)
Kingdom Come (I know)
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