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Title: Weekly Reader, September 26, 2022 Post by: Jeff on September 26, 2022, 03:40:08 AM Keeping it current so I can get to those trades on Hoopla.
Marvel Unlimited The Variants #1 Amazing Spider-Man #4 New Fantastic Four #1 Immortal X-Men #3 Maestro: World War M #4 DC Universe Infinite Action Comics #1041 Rogues #1 Human Target #6 Hoopla Dark Knights of Steel Vol 1 - going to read issue 6 here. War for Earth-3 - gonna read the last two issues from this crossover here. Richard Stark’s Parker Vol 2: The Outfit C.O.W.L. Vol 2: The Greater Good (Collects issues #7-11) ------------------------------------------------------ Title: Re: Weekly Reader, September 26, 2022 Post by: Perry on September 26, 2022, 11:57:29 AM Moving more Marvel, and a couple DC, to my "read collected" mode. Books I want to read, but that I think I would enjoy reading them back to back more than monthly. Books like Maestro, Surfer... hell all of Marvel's "in the 90's" series that seem to be coming out lately are certainly ones I don't mind waiting on, except... of course... I am trying the FF stuff, as I am a whore (interested to see if I wait on that to be done) and I was already kind of psyched for Variants when I saw it at the LCS a few months back. Hoping I can wait on those pretty easy, while others like Immortal and Red X-Men are going to be a rough go. I think at the end, all the books I wait on will read much more entertaining when I can remember what the hell is going on :D :D
DC has a few as well, including one I am reading this week, Rogues, which if good will be going over to the "wait pile", but also Action. I would love to put Human Target over there, but it is far too late for that now. That stays month to month :D Also, like Jeff, I will be using Hoopla to my advantage and getting a DC mini I was going to wait for and read on DCI and add it so I can read it now. Except unlike Jeff, I will do two things differtly. 1 - I will add not just the last issue, but couple prior so I can remember what has passed before ;D 2 - I will also list each comic separately to increase the "size" of my list. "Just look how "big mine is" (something no-one has ever heard me say before... I assure you) :D :D :D ;D ;D ;D ::) :D DCI Human Target #6 Rogues #1 MU The Variants #1 New Fantastic Four #1 Daredevil v6 #23 Daredevil v6 #24 Other Witchfinder Omnibus v1 (collecting the following: ) - Lost and Gone Forever #1 - Lost and Gone Forever #2 - Lost and Gone Forever #3 - Lost and Gone Forever #4 - Lost and Gone Forever #5 - Beware the Ape (short story) - The Mysteries of Unland #1 - The Mysteries of Unland #2 - The Mysteries of Unland #3 - The Mysteries of Unland #4 - The Mysteries of Unland #5 - Henry Hood in "The Burial of Katherine Baker" (short story) C.O.W.L. v1: Principles of Power - C.O.W.L #2 - C.O.W.L #3 - C.O.W.L #4 - C.O.W.L #5 Dark Knights of Steel v1 - Dark Knights of Steel #4 - Dark Knights of Steel #5 - Dark Knights of Steel #6 EDIT - moved "Dark Knights of Steel" out of DC and into the Hoopla section where it belongs. :) Title: Re: Weekly Reader, September 26, 2022 Post by: Gay Titan on September 26, 2022, 02:30:18 PM Hey, Perry! LOVE your new avatar!
Title: Re: Weekly Reader, September 26, 2022 Post by: Gay Titan on September 26, 2022, 02:35:41 PM Action #1047.. end of Warworld and back to Earth.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #100 Tim Drake: Robin #1... curious and going to try the first arc. Title: Re: Weekly Reader, September 26, 2022 Post by: Perry on September 26, 2022, 04:00:37 PM Hey, Perry! LOVE your new avatar! Thanks! I fell in love with the art in World's Finest when I snuck a read at the LCS a few months ago and to celebrate it finally hitting the DCI, I had to get me some of that wonderful Dan Mora drawn Robin!! Figured I would throw some love to the original team as well :) Still... love this, especially with the faded flip in (https://i.postimg.cc/WzFH9mgX/Robin.webp) Title: Re: Weekly Reader, September 26, 2022 Post by: Perry on September 27, 2022, 02:28:14 PM Some good, some bad... real bad >:(
DCI Human Target #6 Rogues #1 MU The Variants #1 - Still listed as being released this week, not there that I can find ::) Daredevil v6 #23 Daredevil v6 #24 Daredevil Annual #1 <┐ Daredevil v6 #25 <-- Added Daredevil v6 #26 <---┘ Other Witchfinder Omnibus v1 (collecting the following: ) - Lost and Gone Forever #1 - Lost and Gone Forever #2 - Lost and Gone Forever #3 - Lost and Gone Forever #4 - Lost and Gone Forever #5 - Beware the Ape (short story) - The Mysteries of Unland #1 - The Mysteries of Unland #2 - The Mysteries of Unland #3 - The Mysteries of Unland #4 - The Mysteries of Unland #5 - Henry Hood in "The Burial of Katherine Baker" (short story) C.O.W.L. v1: Principles of Power - C.O.W.L #2 - C.O.W.L #3 - C.O.W.L #4 - C.O.W.L #5 Dark Knights of Steel v1 - Dark Knights of Steel #3 <-- Added - Dark Knights of Steel #4 - Dark Knights of Steel #5 - Dark Knights of Steel #6 ************************************ Dark Knights - Got about 2 pages into issue #4 and was hit with that "Wait, what happened last issue?" crap that I deal with so flipped through to the end of issue #2, retriggered my memory, but decided to start at issue #3 instead of #4 and glad I did. I had forgotten so much ;D Witchfinder: Lost and Found - Yuk. Horrible. Didn't enjoy this at all. Thought I was going to enjoy seeing Edward Grey in the good 'ole USofA, but this story based in 1886 Utah did nothing for me. Didn't enjoy the writing, the art or the length of the story. Next one sure better be more fun. Even though this was listed as being written by both Mignola and Acudi, it didn't read like those two... >:( Daredevil - Really enjoying my return to ole horn head. Damn I am a fan of Chip's writing. The New FF - Started to read this but the art kinda hit me as off a little. It isn't terrible, more of the mood I was in, I think, but I also realized I said that I was going to wait on the Marvel "return to 90's" titles and this certainly fits in there. ;D Variants - Can't find it on MU. Says it should be there, but like Jeff opines on a regular basis, rightfully so I add, Marvel truly, truly, sucks ass at this very simple task Rogues - I enjoyed this, still going to wait on it though. Not sure Jeff will like the art as it is more of the comical style, similar to something you would find in Playboy comics. He may like it though. Yeah... both waiting to read the rest of theis and waiting to see what he says about the art. :) Title: Re: Weekly Reader, September 26, 2022 Post by: Jeff on September 27, 2022, 02:47:29 PM Variants - Can't find it on MU. Says it should be there, but like Jeff opines on a regular basis, rightfully so I add, Marvel truly, truly, sucks ass at this very simple task I was just coming to ask about this. I know I downloaded it yesterday but now it’s gone! (At least I thought I did!) Title: Re: Weekly Reader, September 26, 2022 Post by: Perry on September 27, 2022, 05:49:16 PM Variants - Can't find it on MU. Says it should be there, but like Jeff opines on a regular basis, rightfully so I add, Marvel truly, truly, sucks ass at this very simple task I was just coming to ask about this. I know I downloaded it yesterday but now it’s gone! (At least I thought I did!) Yeah, I thought I saw it Sunday night, but didn't DL it at the time. Maybe I was wrong also, but more likely Marvel took it off as they realized they were a couple days early, a week early, or a week late... Hell, a year early... who knows with them >:( EDIT - just to finish off DC for this week... DCI Human Target #6 Rogues #1 MU Daredevil v6 #23 Daredevil v6 #24 Daredevil Annual #1 Daredevil v6 #25 Daredevil v6 #26 Other Witchfinder Omnibus v1 (collecting the following: ) - Lost and Gone Forever #1 - Lost and Gone Forever #2 - Lost and Gone Forever #3 - Lost and Gone Forever #4 - Lost and Gone Forever #5 - Beware the Ape (short story) - The Mysteries of Unland #1 - The Mysteries of Unland #2 - The Mysteries of Unland #3 - The Mysteries of Unland #4 - The Mysteries of Unland #5 - Henry Hood in "The Burial of Katherine Baker" (short story) C.O.W.L. v1: Principles of Power - C.O.W.L #2 - C.O.W.L #3 - C.O.W.L #4 - C.O.W.L #5 Dark Knights of Steel v1 - Dark Knights of Steel #3 - Dark Knights of Steel #4 - Dark Knights of Steel #5 - Dark Knights of Steel #6 ************************************ Human Target - :o :o :o Ummm, glad to see that, but I don't think that is going to stick. No idea how they are going to get out of that one, but I think they will. And last page has me hating that I now have to wait another 6 months for the next damn issue. This is another example of why I am starting to hate damn monthly comics now >:( :D Title: Re: Weekly Reader, September 26, 2022 Post by: Jeff on September 27, 2022, 05:55:51 PM Marvel Unlimited
New Fantastic Four #1 Immortal X-Men #3 Maestro: World War M #4 DC Universe Infinite Action Comics #1041 Rogues #1 Human Target #6 Hoopla Dark Knights of Steel Vol 1 - going to read issue 6 here. War for Earth-3 - gonna read the last two issues from this crossover here. Richard Stark’s Parker Vol 2: The Outfit C.O.W.L. Vol 2: The Greater Good (Collects issues #7-11) ------------------------------------------------------ Amazing Spider-Man #4 - Ha ha ha ha! NICE TWIST! This has turned into a fun book! New Fantastic Four #1 - Ok start for this tale. I’m in for the ride. Title: Re: Weekly Reader, September 26, 2022 Post by: Jimmy T on September 28, 2022, 02:07:49 AM Amazing Spider-Man #4 - Ha ha ha ha! NICE TWIST! This has turned into a fun book! RIGHT?!! I wish I could say I saw that ending, But. I. Did. NOT! Title: Re: Weekly Reader, September 26, 2022 Post by: Jeff on September 28, 2022, 04:28:04 AM Marvel Unlimited
New Fantastic Four #1 Immortal X-Men #3 Maestro: World War M #4 DC Universe Infinite Rogues #1 Hoopla Dark Knights of Steel Vol 1 - going to read issue 6 here. War for Earth-3 - gonna read the last two issues from this crossover here. Richard Stark’s Parker Vol 2: The Outfit C.O.W.L. Vol 2: The Greater Good (Collects issues #7-11) ------------------------------------------------------ Action Comics #1041 - another good issue. Loved the Midnighter focus of this one and that all heck is breaking loose. Human Target #6 - Well that certainly turns things up on their edge. Didn’t see that coming at all. Title: Re: Weekly Reader, September 26, 2022 Post by: Perry on September 28, 2022, 12:45:02 PM Edited to add Peter Tomasi's "The Mighty"
Didn't know this was hitting but it did! I guess it is an old DC book series from 2009 that Tomasi owns? It seems? As this is now an "Image" title, I assume so. All I know is that this is a 336 page story with a "superman'esgue, only super-hero" type story that I never read but am excited to do just that Damn I have a lot of Hoopla to read >:( DCI Human Target #6 Rogues #1 MU Daredevil v6 #23 Daredevil v6 #24 Daredevil Annual #1 Daredevil v6 #25 Daredevil v6 #26 Other Witchfinder Omnibus v1 (collecting the following: ) - Lost and Gone Forever #1 - Lost and Gone Forever #2 - Lost and Gone Forever #3 - Lost and Gone Forever #4 - Lost and Gone Forever #5 - Beware the Ape (short story) - The Mysteries of Unland #1 - The Mysteries of Unland #2 - The Mysteries of Unland #3 - The Mysteries of Unland #4 - The Mysteries of Unland #5 - Henry Hood in "The Burial of Katherine Baker" (short story) Dark Knights of Steel v1 - Dark Knights of Steel #3 - Dark Knights of Steel #4 - Dark Knights of Steel #5 - Dark Knights of Steel #6 C.O.W.L. v1: Principles of Power - C.O.W.L #2 - C.O.W.L #3 - C.O.W.L #4 - C.O.W.L #5 C.O.W.L v2: The Greater Good <-- Added - C.O.W.L #7 - C.O.W.L #8 - C.O.W.L #9 - C.O.W.L #10 - C.O.W.L #11 The Mighty <-- Added - The Mighty #1 - The Mighty #2 - The Mighty #3 - The Mighty #4 - The Mighty #5 - The Mighty #6 - The Mighty #7 - The Mighty #8 - The Mighty #9 - The Mighty #10 - The Mighty #11 - The Mighty #12 Promethee 13:13 #3 <--- Added ************************************ Dark Knights - Man, I think about my top 5 writers today, Tom Taylor's name just shines like a neon sign. This was so good. And at first, COWL - pretty good. Lots of past Union stuff the wife had to deal with came back when I was reading this :D, but yeah, pretty good indeed. Good gangster/crime story with a nice noir feel to it. I will get to the second volume soon. Sad to know it will not contain the complete run though... per Jeff telling us that on of the issues was cut out. That sucks. Witchfinder: Beware the Ape - a 7 page story about an infected ape? I guess? Even though the "ape" was small and looked more like a monkey, they say its an ape. Mignola was always putting real quick short stories, little drops or teases in Dark Horse anthology comics or any FCBD issue or all kinds of places. Most of them are not worth the read, but do end up becoming something interesting down the line. Hope this does because this was... well... anyway. Here is the short story in summation. Grey walks into a room, one guy lies dead, another just standing there, Grey points to the blood on the guy standing and points to the blood on a nearby fire poker, accuses the guy standing of killing the guy on the floor. Guys says that it wasn't him, it was the "monkey"... points and we see the monkey perched above them. Grey says its an ape. Ape jumps out of the room, Grey gives chase. The damn little ape/monkey thing gets to the streets below, bites a horse and suddenly green tentacles burst from the horse, whipping all around. "Octo-pony" gets shot dead, well yeah, 'tentacles shouldn't be coming from no horse', "Ape" escapes in the chaos. The end. I can only assume the ape will be in a story down the line somewhere, at some point. ;D Daredevil Annual - Okay, a very HEAVY "Mike" issue. wow, I knew they made the "twin" thing from Stan lee's run a true thing, and not just Matt dressed as Mike to fool people, but I never knew much about how/why/and all that. This was a great intro to the character. I wish he was still Matt dressing up, but hey, I get it. ;D Title: Re: Weekly Reader, September 26, 2022 Post by: Jeff on September 28, 2022, 06:57:34 PM Marvel Unlimited
New Fantastic Four #1 Maestro: World War M #4 DC Universe Infinite Rogues #1 Hoopla Dark Knights of Steel Vol 1 - going to read issue 6 here. War for Earth-3 - gonna read the last two issues from this crossover here. Richard Stark’s Parker Vol 2: The Outfit C.O.W.L. Vol 2: The Greater Good (Collects issues #7-11) ------------------------------------------------------ Immortal X-Men #3 - Good issue. Bringing Destiny back is proving to be great story telling. Maestro: World War M #4 - Another good battle issue. Next issue is the big finale! Title: Re: Weekly Reader, September 26, 2022 Post by: Jeff on September 28, 2022, 07:44:47 PM Daredevil Annual - Okay, a very HEAVY "Mike" issue. wow, I knew they made the "twin" thing from Stan lee's run a true thing, and not just Matt dressed as Mike to fool people, but I never knew much about how/why/and all that. This was a great intro to the character. Must…keep…mouth…shut….must…not…spoil…so…hard…so…hard… ;D Title: Re: Weekly Reader, September 26, 2022 Post by: Jeff on September 29, 2022, 02:09:06 AM Marvel Unlimited
New Fantastic Four #1 Maestro: World War M #4 DC Universe Infinite Hoopla War for Earth-3 Richard Stark’s Parker Vol 2: The Outfit C.O.W.L. Vol 2: The Greater Good (Collects issues #7-11) ------------------------------------------------------ Rogues #1 - Oh yeah! THAT WAS AWESOME! I am totally in for this story. Loved it! Dark Knights of Steel Vol 1 - Issue #6 - And that’s a wrap for the first half. All the parts leading to war have been dropped. Good story and great twists and turns. Looking forward to the second half. War for Earth-3 Teen Titans Academy #13 - yeah Jimmy’s right. This was a waste. EXCEPT I did like it when Wondergirl said “Atomic batteries to power!” ;D War for Earth-3 #2 - Well that’s over. Sadly, not a very enjoyable ending. I should have skipped this crossover. Title: Re: Weekly Reader, September 26, 2022 Post by: Perry on September 29, 2022, 09:28:13 AM Daredevil Annual - Okay, a very HEAVY "Mike" issue. wow, I knew they made the "twin" thing from Stan lee's run a true thing, and not just Matt dressed as Mike to fool people, but I never knew much about how/why/and all that. This was a great intro to the character. Must…keep…mouth…shut….must…not…spoil…so…hard…so…hard… ;D Soooo, I can expect a surprise with Mike I take it? Title: Re: Weekly Reader, September 26, 2022 Post by: Jeff on September 30, 2022, 11:41:36 PM Marvel Unlimited
New Fantastic Four #1 Maestro: World War M #4 DC Universe Infinite Hoopla War for Earth-3 C.O.W.L. Vol 2: The Greater Good (Collects issues #7-11) ------------------------------------------------------ Richard Stark’s Parker Vol 2: The Outfit - Another excellent read as Parker takes on the Outfit, the crime organization of this universe. Darwin Cookes art really brings this time period together and gives it that Oceans Eleven kind of feel. Thumbs up! Title: Re: Weekly Reader, September 26, 2022 Post by: Perry on October 02, 2022, 02:47:42 PM Slow going this week. Of course it doesn't help that I keep adding freaking titles. Especially hurts when I find I forgot to read one of the BPRD mini-series before I moved onto that last Hellboy Omni.
>:( >:( DCI Human Target #6 Rogues #1 MU Daredevil v6 #23 Daredevil v6 #24 Daredevil Annual #1 Daredevil v6 #25 Daredevil v6 #26 Other Witchfinder Omnibus v1 (collecting the following: ) - Lost and Gone Forever #1 - Lost and Gone Forever #2 - Lost and Gone Forever #3 - Lost and Gone Forever #4 - Lost and Gone Forever #5 - Beware the Ape (short story) - The Mysteries of Unland #1 - The Mysteries of Unland #2 - The Mysteries of Unland #3 - The Mysteries of Unland #4 - The Mysteries of Unland #5 - Henry Hood in "The Burial of Katherine Baker" (short story) Dark Knights of Steel v1 - Dark Knights of Steel #3 - Dark Knights of Steel #4 - Dark Knights of Steel #5 - Dark Knights of Steel #6 C.O.W.L. v1: Principles of Power - C.O.W.L #2 - C.O.W.L #3 - C.O.W.L #4 - C.O.W.L #5 C.O.W.L v2: The Greater Good - C.O.W.L #7 - C.O.W.L #8 - C.O.W.L #9 - C.O.W.L #10 - C.O.W.L #11 The Mighty - The Mighty #1 - The Mighty #2 - The Mighty #3 - The Mighty #4 - The Mighty #5 - The Mighty #6 - The Mighty #7 - The Mighty #8 - The Mighty #9 - The Mighty #10 - The Mighty #11 - The Mighty #12 Promethee 13:13 #3 B.P.R.D v14 - King of Fear <-- Added - King of Fear #1 - King of Fear #2 - King of Fear #3 - King of Fear #4 - King of Fear #5 ************************************ BPRD King of Fear - Oh yeah!! Man I miss this series. This should have been read, like I said above, BEFORE I moved onto the Hellboy Omni (which is what I read before this current Witchfinder Omni), but as it doesn't (yet) appear to ruin anything I read in that Hellboy Omni, I think I'm okay The Mighty - I may get through this, I may not. It isn't grabbing me yet, but isn't bad either. Ya know? I think what is hitting me the most is that it is... it is very derivative of... better comics? I hate to say that and it may prove to be highly enjoyable, but I think I picked a bad time to try. There is just too much on my plate as it is, all over the place, and I don't think I am giving it the chance it may deserve. We'll see, but I think I may put this one back and read at another time. COWL - Enjoyed this for what it is. Not blown away, but still pretty cool. Very noir'ish but still modern feeling at the same time. Love the Union stuff, just really wish they would have included that origin story from issue #6 Mysteries of Unland - Okay now, finally getting some good Witchfinder comics here! Good ole Tyler Crook (Harrow County) brings a nice, familiar look to this creepy tale. Out of all the other Witchfinder stories I have read, all two of them :D I am enjoying this one the most. And I mean that as a compliment. This one is good so far Promethee - Best issue yet!! Really getting more into this one, but DAMN I should have waited and read this all together after it was over. It would be a perfect way to read this sci-fi/horror prequel. I sure hope they bring the Promethee story to Hoopla after this is over. Either way, I am reading issue #4 first thing once it drops :D Title: Re: Weekly Reader, September 26, 2022 Post by: Jeff on October 03, 2022, 02:02:05 AM Marvel Unlimited
New Fantastic Four #1 Maestro: World War M #4 DC Universe Infinite Hoopla War for Earth-3 ------------------------------------------------------ C.O.W.L. Vol 2: The Greater Good (Collects issues #7-11) - I also enjoyed this. It does feel unfinished though. I would love to see one more story arc. Title: Re: Weekly Reader, September 26, 2022 Post by: Gay Titan on October 10, 2022, 02:28:40 PM Tim Drake: Robin #1... curious and going to try the first arc. I had high hopes for this but just can't do it. Less than stellar intro and HORRIBLE if not UGLY art. Wow! WTF?!?! Title: Re: Weekly Reader, September 26, 2022 Post by: Perry on October 10, 2022, 03:35:31 PM Tim Drake: Robin #1... curious and going to try the first arc. I had high hopes for this but just can't do it. Less than stellar intro and HORRIBLE if not UGLY art. Wow! WTF?!?! Art by (friend of the show) Riley Rossmo was not to your liking? I can see why. I flipped through it Saturday and while I am usually a big fan of his unique style, especially on the Bat-Books, I think the lack of an inker here hurt him in the long run. That or he was in a rush, not sure what it was. He does have a style that may not be for everyone, heck, back in the early years it took me a few issues of Proof just to get my eyes used to him and his look, but I eventually did grow to really enjoy his take, but yeah, I have seen better by him for sure. Hope he is okay Title: Re: Weekly Reader, September 26, 2022 Post by: Jimmy T on October 17, 2022, 04:14:39 AM Tim Drake: Robin #1... curious and going to try the first arc. I had high hopes for this but just can't do it. Less than stellar intro and HORRIBLE if not UGLY art. Wow! WTF?!?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Rodney if you don't like, I KNOW I won't then!! I wanted an awesome Tim Drake book!! DAMMIT!!!! |