The 2017 Reading Thread - THE ULTIMATE EDITION - March
Torchsong
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I've managed to keep my stretch of reading a comic book every single day in the year 2017 going. Let's see if March can trip me up!
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
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
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February Winner: Vampirella Masters Vol. 1: Morrison & Millar (TPB)(Dynamite)
March Books:
Mar. 01- GwenPool Vol. 01 (TPB)(Marvel) - I know she's a gimmick. I know she's trying to be the Marvel answer to Harley. I know all this...and I don't care. I loved this book.
Mar. 02 - Vampirella Masters Vol. 03: Mark Millar (TPB)(Dynamite)
Mar. 03 - Lady Mechanika #1, 2, 3 (Benitez)
Mar. 04 - Supergirl #7 (DC)
Mar. 05 - Empowered: Soldier of Love #1
Mar. 06 - Lady Mechanika #4, 5
Mar. 07 - Batman 66 meets Steed and Peel (HC)(DC/Boom)
Mar. 08 - Supergirl - Being Super Vol. 2 (DC)
Mar. 09 - Holy Corpse Rising Vol. 2 (Seven Seas) (Manga) - The perfect blend of humor, action, sex, history, romance, drama, and fantasy. In this one for the long haul.
Mar. 10 - Batgirl: A Celebration of 50 Years (HC)(DC)
Mar. 11 - Conan the Barbarian #100 (comic)(Marvel)
Mar. 12 - Samuree #6 (Continuity Comics)
Mar. 13 - Hugo Broyler (Crowdsourced)(HC) - Keep an eye out for this one. I think Dark Horse or Image picked it up. Great fun if you like action and car chases.
Mar. 14 - Vampirella Masters Vol. 04: Alan Moore (and others) (TPB)(Dynamite)
Mar. 15 - They Have Issues Vol. 1 (Crowdsourced)(TPB)
Mar. 16 - Sunstone Vol. 4 (Image)(TPB) - I read it for the plot. No, seriously...inbetween all the kinky, sexy artwork there's an actually great storyline going on.
Mar. 17 - Emperor Doom (TPB)(Marvel)
Mar. 18 - Legion of Super-Heroes #48 (DC)
Mar. 19 - Astonishing X-Men #12 (Marvel)
Mar. 20 - Oddessy of the Amazons #1 (DC)
Mar. 21 - Dark Knight Returns: The Last Crusade (One-Shot)(DC) - Well, now I know what the heck happened to Jason Todd.
Mar 22 - Psylocke (TPB)(Marvel)
Mar 23 - Creeps #9 (Indie) - Great throwback to all those fun horror mags of the 70s, featuring a lot of the old classics worked in with new stuff.
Mar 24 - Eclipso: The Darkness Within #2 (DC)
Mar 25 - Oddessy of the Amazons #2 (DC)
Mar 26 - Oddessy of the Amazons #3 (DC)
Mar 27 - Vampirella: Morning in America #2 (Harris:Dynamite)
Mar. 28 - Vampirella: Morning in America #3 (Harris: Dynamite)
Mar. 29 - Vampirella: Morning in America #4; Summer Nights (Harris: Dynamite)
Mar. 30 - Vampirella: Dracula War #1-4 (Harris:Dynamite)
Mar. 31 - Vampirella Modern Masters #7: Pantha (Dynamite)
February Winner: Dept. H #1-11
March Books:
Archie #18
Ether #5
Grass Kings #1
Hulk #4
Man-Thing #1
Mind MGMT #31-36
Moon Knight #4-10
Motor Girl #4
Power Man & Iron Fist #6-12
Royal City #1
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #4-5
Batman Scottish Connection - I think my copy was missing 5-7 pages because there were story jumps that could only be explained that way. This one is a stay away.
Sebastian O - Grant Morrison's odd ball Vertigo work. I'll give this one a pass.
Hellblazer #1-6 - Classic Vertigo so classic that it still has the DC logo.
Grass Kings 1
February winner: Aquaman vol. 8
March books
Superman Annual #1
Divinity 3 #3
Divinity 3: shadowman and the battle of new Stalingrad one shot
Ninjak #24
Savage #4
Paper Girls #11
X-O Manowar #1
Justice League of America #Rebirth - 3
Bloodshot Reborn #0
February Winner: New Teen Titans Omnibus vol 2
March Books:
Marvel Epic Collection: Iron Fist vol 1
Sheena Queen of The Jungle vol 1 (42-48)
Winter Soldier: The Complete Collection
These issues are the best, so I reviewed them at Geek Syndicate
JANUARY WINNER: Ragnarok #11
FEBRUARY WINNER: Avengers #s 1.1, 2.1
MARCH WINNER: Descender #s 12 - 16
2000AD progs 2020, 2021
Action Comics #s 972, 973 (love the legacy numbering !)
Detective Comics #s 949, 950 (ditto !)
Amazing Spider-Man #s23, 24
Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows # 4
Avengers #4
Batman '66 meets Wonder Woman '77 #s 1-6
Black Widow #s 9 - 11
Bloodshot USA #4
Blue Beetle #5
Brigands #s 3,4
Cage ! #4
Champions #5
Dante #1
Harrow County #21
Lady Killer 2 #4
Divinity III #s 2,3 and Shadowman one-shot
Earth 2 Society #21
Extraordinary X-Men #18
Judge Dredd Megazine #s 380, 381 plus The VCs TPBs bagged with them
Love & Rockets New Stories #1 (from 2008)
Lucifer #13 though I still prefer Mike Carey's Lucifer #13 - one of the best reveals ever !!
Midnighter & Apollo #s 3,4
Mighty Thor #s 14, 15
Nightwing #s 10-15
Prowler #3
The Clone Conspiracy #s 4,5 (series ended with a whimper, not a bang)
Unworthy Thor #4
Thunderbolts #9
USAvengers #2,3
Ultimates 2 #s 3,4
Wonder Woman Rebirth #1 and #s 1-16
A&A The Adventures of Archer & Armstrong #s 10, 11, 12
Avengers 3.1
Bizarro Comics (2001)
Bizarro World (2005)
Cave Carson Has A Cybernetic Eye #3
CBDLF Defender #7
Comic Book History of Comics #s 2,3
Dark Horse Presents #s 28, 29(the return of Black Beetle !!!)
DEPT. H #s 10, 11 & Ether #s 3,4 (not a review, but an interview with the masterful Matt Kindt !)
Descender #s 12-19
Frostbite #5
Generation Zero #7
Harbinger Renegades #s 3,4
Ninjak #s 22, 23, 24
Nova #s 2,3
Occupy Avengers #3
Raven #5 and half of #6. Just couldn't finish it, which is sad.
Silk #17
Spider-Gwen #15
Spider-Man Deadpool #s 12, 13
Spider-Man 2099 #19
Spider-Woman #s 14, 15
Star-Lord #s 1,2,3
Super Powers #s 1-4
Super Sons #1
Superman #s 14 - 17
The Lost Boys #s 1-5
Totally Awesome Hulk #s 14, 15, 16
The Wild Storm # 1
Think Tank - Creative Destruction #s 1 - 4
Titans #8
Aleister & Adolf GN
Avengers 4.1
Lazarus #s 1-25, The Carlyle Family Sourcebook
Baltimore: The Red Kingdom #2
Batman/TMNT Adventures #s 3, 4
All-New Wolverine #17
Aquaman #s 16-18
Batman #s 16-18
Batman Beyond #s 4,5
Captain America: Steve Rogers #s 10-12
Captain America: Sam Wilson #s 18, 19
Deadpool #s 26, 27
Essential Savage She Hulk.