The 2018 Reading Thread - The Extreme Ultimate Edition - March
CaptShazam
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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:
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
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.
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
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)
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
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)
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
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
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
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