Trades

I find this a great way to find out about trades I'd like to read so post away about your recent reads and purchases!

Most recently I picked up:

Mice Templar: The Prophecy
Teen Titans vol. 1
Teen Titans vol. 4

And then found these for 50% off:
Planet Hulk
Secret Six: Six Degrees of Separation
House of Mystery volume 1
Exiles Ultimate Collection Book 1

I've recently bought the hardcovers of Secret War and Marvel 1602. Both looked like nice books to pick up in hardcover.

Picked up Wonder Woman: Rise of the Olympian today.

I loved WW: The Circle by Gail Simone, so I want to read more of her WW stuff.

I got Circle Chase for 20 bucks! I had like 3 or all of the original issues and the reprints in DP:" Classics 1, but I couldn't pass this up.

I'm about half way through The Walking Dead Volume 1. I also borrowed from a friend the first 4 issues of The Good, The Bad and the Ugly which I read today as well as the first 2 issues of A.O.D Shop til you Drop.

pumkinheadfan wrote:I'm about half way through The Walking Dead Volume 1.

Me too. I'm already hooked. Now I wish I bought the HC instead.

My LCS's 50% off sale continues and I picked up:
Thor Disassembled: Ragnarok
She-hulk vol. 8: Secret Invasion
Secret Six: Unhinged

I skipped it for some reason when it came out, and just stayed up to date with what was happening, but I'm reading all of 52 now. Got the volumes from the library.

Also got hooked on Invincible from the two hardcover big ass collections.

I've been reading anything Hellboy related I can get my hands on.

I just finished reading Fallen Son: The Death of Captian America and I must say Jeph Loeb handled it pretty well. The Spider-Man, Wolverine, and funeral issues are the highlights. Grade: 10/10

Also finished, Hulk: Grey. I love Tim Sale's somewhat cartoonish art, that fits the story perfectlley. Grade: 8/10

andy546 wrote:I just finished reading Fallen Son: The Death of Captian America and I must say Jeph Loeb handled it pretty well. The Spider-Man, Wolverine, and funeral issues are the highlights. Grade: 10/10

Actually now that you mention it that was probably one of Loeb's works that was actually okay in recent times.

Aussiemandias wrote:

andy546 wrote:I just finished reading Fallen Son: The Death of Captian America and I must say Jeph Loeb handled it pretty well. The Spider-Man, Wolverine, and funeral issues are the highlights. Grade: 10/10

Actually now that you mention it that was probably one of Loeb's works that was actually okay in recent times.

Is it just me, or is Loeb's work for marvel a bit below par? Besides the already mentiioned Fallen Son and the color books (Hulk: Grey, Spider-Man: Blue, Daredevil: Yellow) his other Marvel stuff has been dissapointing. Wolverine: Evolution anyone?? I mean it was ok, but based on his excellent Batman books it left me a bit dissapointed.

On another, more positive note, I finished reading Marvel: 1985 and loved the hell out of it. Mark Millar is a genious and Tommy Lee Edwards' art was very cool. Grade: 9/10

I just read The Freshmen by Hugh Sterbakov (Seth Green's Friend). I thought it was a really fun read. A little wordy but I'm sure as Hugh gets more experience that will improve. I look forward to reading more stuff from him.

Finished Marvel Zombies. I really liked Robert Kirkman's writing and the whole Galactus/ Silver Surfer thing. I found the book to be very funny and amusing. Grade: 10/10

Also finished Spider-Man: New Ways To Die. Great story and artwork by J.R. J.R. The whole Anti-Venom thing was awsome too. Grade: 8/10

Thundermatts wrote:I've been reading anything Hellboy related I can get my hands on.

What have you thought so far? I picked up a few Trades since I enjoyed the movies, but honestly, I think I enjoyed the movies more.

andy546 wrote:

Aussiemandias wrote:

andy546 wrote:I just finished reading Fallen Son: The Death of Captian America and I must say Jeph Loeb handled it pretty well. The Spider-Man, Wolverine, and funeral issues are the highlights. Grade: 10/10

Actually now that you mention it that was probably one of Loeb's works that was actually okay in recent times.

Is it just me, or is Loeb's work for marvel a bit below par? Besides the already mentiioned Fallen Son and the color books (Hulk: Grey, Spider-Man: Blue, Daredevil: Yellow) his other Marvel stuff has been dissapointing. Wolverine: Evolution anyone?? I mean it was ok, but based on his excellent Batman books it left me a bit dissapointed.

On another, more positive note, I finished reading Marvel: 1985 and loved the hell out of it. Mark Millar is a genious and Tommy Lee Edwards' art was very cool. Grade: 9/10

I think Loeb is great when he writes personal stories like the color books and Superman for all seasons. It all falls apart when he has to write big action, big cast of characters books

Joshua wrote:Most recently I picked up:
And then found these for 50% off:
Planet Hulk
Secret Six: Six Degrees of Separation
House of Mystery volume 1
Exiles Ultimate Collection Book 1

^ You won that day.

Aussiemandias wrote:I've recently bought the hardcovers of Secret War and Marvel 1602. Both looked like nice books to pick up in hardcover.

Secret Invasion was kind...could've been so much better. Marvel 1602, I thought, was one of the most intriguing alternate worlds of Marvel ever.

Thundermatts wrote:
Also got hooked on Invincible from the two hardcover big ass collections.

I've been reading anything Hellboy related I can get my hands on.

Cool. Invincible and Mignola-verse turns you into a vampire for their books.


Last night I bought Fables Vol.8-12 and Jack of Fables Vol. 1-2. Got some serious catching up to do.

Oh, and in the mail I finally got Green Lantern: Willworld (Part of my bro's Christmas present, but I'm going to read it. Heh.),Batman & Son, Batman: The Black Hand, and Batman: The Resurrection of Ra's Al Ghul.

Just finished Titans : Old Friends. Seriously underwhelming. Winick missed the boat with this one. With this cast it's almost impossible to screw it up , but he kind of did.Boring story, many out-of-character moments = FAIL! Three artists for one trade didn't help much either. Joe Benitez's was definitely the worst...giraffe-necked Flash anyone?

AlienIncognito wrote:Just finished Titans : Old Friends. Seriously underwhelming. Winick missed the boat with this one. With this cast it's almost impossible to screw it up , but he kind of did.Boring story, many out-of-character moments = FAIL! Three artists for one trade didn't help much either. Joe Benitez's was definitely the worst...giraffe-necked Flash anyone?

Was that the first story arc? If so, I totally agree. Could have been good instead it completely failed. Not just that but he also resurrected a story that's been well and truly done before with the Titans.

I finally bought, what seems like, a "remastered" version of Gaiman's Sandman (I wasn't even aware they had done so for Sandman). The colors look sharper so I assume it was done so. So I finally own my very own copy and not one that was loaned or given to me. On that note, it smells nice too.

Aussiemandias wrote:

AlienIncognito wrote:Just finished Titans : Old Friends. Seriously underwhelming. Winick missed the boat with this one. With this cast it's almost impossible to screw it up , but he kind of did.Boring story, many out-of-character moments = FAIL! Three artists for one trade didn't help much either. Joe Benitez's was definitely the worst...giraffe-necked Flash anyone?

Was that the first story arc? If so, I totally agree. Could have been good instead it completely failed. Not just that but he also resurrected a story that's been well and truly done before with the Titans.

Yeah. the first arc. Blah!

I decided to give Walking Dead a try. Boy, was I not disappointed. It was amazing and I cannot wait to get more.

I just finished Walking Dead Volume 10...unsurprisingly, I loved it!

Over the weekend I bought Thor Disassembled, Thor vol. 1(Straczynski), Thor vol. 2 (Straczynski), and Birds of Prey: Dead of Winter.

Robin/Batgirl: Fresh Blood. This wasn't half bad. I'm a huge Tim Drake fan so I was bound to like it just for him. I'm not a huge Cassandra Cain fan, but to be fair I've never read much with her in it. I think I might have to check out her old series now. I kinda liked her here. The only major problem I had with this story was that I don't think that the Penguin would be stupid enough to untie Robin and Batgirl to have them fight so he can make some money. I mean, come on! He couldn't see what would happen? Other than that I enjoyed it.

Captain America: Red Menace Vol. 1. This (along with vol. 2 and the Civil War stuff) is the only part of Brubaker's Cap run I haven't read. I enjoyed this. I just love his Cap work. The 65th Anniversary Special was cool. I love me a good WWII story.