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jaydee74 wrote:I decided to give Walking Dead a try. Boy, was I not disappointed. It was amazing and I cannot wait to get more.

Debaser77 wrote:I just finished Walking Dead Volume 10...unsurprisingly, I loved it!

I just started reading it myself and I'm hooked. Trying to decide whether or not to eBay the hardcovers or just get them @ the LCS.

Just read these for the first time:

Batman & Son

Batman: The Black Glove

Both were awesome. I liked Batman & Son maybe a slip better because it's a little more straight forward, and despite being a "little" confusing, The Black Glove chase through that island with all those oldschool superheroes was pretty thrilling, as was the last chapter involving Wayne's hallucination during the takeover of Gotham Policeman dressed as scary-looking Batman freaks.

I plan on buying Batman: R.I.P. tomorrow at my LCS to finish. I hear there's no need to purchase/read the "Resurrection of Ra'as Al Ghul." Is this correct? Or did I miss something major jumping right to Black Glove?

Joshua wrote:Over the weekend I bought Thor Disassembled, Thor vol. 1(Straczynski), Thor vol. 2 (Straczynski)

You are in for a treat my friend.

LOOSECANNON wrote:I hear there's no need to purchase/read the "Resurrection of Ra'as Al Ghul." Is this correct? Or did I miss something major jumping right to Black Glove?

No, it was pretty much editorially mandated into Grant's run. It really has nothing to do with RIP

I started reading Spider-Man: Blue and some Ultimate Secret.... great stuff.

Bigtymin504 wrote:

Joshua wrote:Over the weekend I bought Thor Disassembled... (Straczynski)

You are in for a treat my friend.

I own Avengers: Disassembled, but see a hardcover trade covering all Iron Man, Captain America and Thor Disassembled mini's. Should you read those tie-in's first or the Avengers one?

Bigtymin504 wrote:

Joshua wrote:Over the weekend I bought Thor Disassembled, Thor vol. 1(Straczynski), Thor vol. 2 (Straczynski)

You are in for a treat my friend.

Oh, I've already read them. I used to collect in singles.

jaydee74 wrote:I decided to give Walking Dead a try. Boy, was I not disappointed. It was amazing and I cannot wait to get more.

I'm eternally grateful to everyone over at wumb for recommending getting started with those trades. I've only read the first 2 so far but man I love them. As someone said to me over there - don't get too attached to the characters.

Just finished up a load of books.

Ultimate Spider-Man: Volume 1: Power and Responsibility and Volume 3: Double Trouble are up first. I loved both books and the updated look of the Green Goblin (Doc Ock wasn't half bad either!). Grade: 10/10.

Also finished Wolverine: Noirand found it to be intriguing, yet a bit too short. The artwork was great. Grade: 8/10

Secret Warriors: Vol.1 was cool as well and it's nice to see Fury again. Grade: 8/10

Now for this next mini-review, I have to say that I am no fan of Andy Diggle, who single handedly ruined the Swamp Thing series. So I approached Thunderbolts: Burning Down the House with caution. My fears were right as I found this storyline to be a bit boring. Even the bits with the Green Goblin were a bit dissapointing. Grade: 2/10

Picked up volume 7 of X-factor and then bought the first Starman omnibus for 30% off.

Aussiemandias wrote:

jaydee74 wrote:I decided to give Walking Dead a try. Boy, was I not disappointed. It was amazing and I cannot wait to get more.

I'm eternally grateful to everyone over at wumb for recommending getting started with those trades. I've only read the first 2 so far but man I love them. As someone said to me over there - don't get too attached to the characters.

This is good advice.

got this today:



I also finished volume 1 of The Walking Dead.

I bought volumes one and two of the JMS Amazing Spider-Man Ultimate Collection today. The only JMS ASM stuff I've read before is the Morlun stuff. I liked it, didn't love it, but liked it. I don't like the idea of the spider totem stuff, but whatever, I still want to read this stuff.

Batman25JM wrote:I bought volumes one and two of the JMS Amazing Spider-Man Ultimate Collection today. The only JMS ASM stuff I've read before is the Morlun stuff. I liked it, didn't love it, but liked it. I don't like the idea of the spider totem stuff, but whatever, I still want to read this stuff.

Did you like the 9/11 issue?

andy546 wrote:

Batman25JM wrote:I bought volumes one and two of the JMS Amazing Spider-Man Ultimate Collection today. The only JMS ASM stuff I've read before is the Morlun stuff. I liked it, didn't love it, but liked it. I don't like the idea of the spider totem stuff, but whatever, I still want to read this stuff.

Did you like the 9/11 issue?

Haven't read it yet. I'll read it tomorrow.

Just finished Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt. I loved the artwork and the whole Kraven going crazy thing. Grade: 10/10

Also finished Dark Avengers: Assemble. Loved it too, but the standout scene has to be where Osborn talks to the Sentry about the Void. It has to be the best dialouge I have ever read in a comic. Grade: 8/10

Just read JLA Earth 2 in one shot. Great stuff. I enjoyed it a lot. Could have been longer, but still good.

And I'm waiting for 'E Is For Extinction' I never read New X-men but I trust the team of Morrison & Quitely so yeah.

I also got Birds Of Prey: Dead of Winter for Secret Six, Vision: Today & Tomorrow (by Geoff Johns) which is why I bought it (and I like Vision), Identity Disc because Deadpool is in it and I got Marvel Teamup: Freedom Ring by Kirkman.

prescribeddrone wrote:
And I'm waiting for 'E Is For Extinction' I never read New X-men but I trust the team of Morrison & Quitely so yeah.

Despite not being a fan of Morrison or Quietly I liked E is for Extinction a LOT.

Today picked up:

-Scalped: Vol. 5, High Lonesome (PB) (Aaron) $10
-Manhunter: Vol. 1, Street Justice (PB) (Andreyko) $5
-Wonder Woman: Mission's End (PB) (Rucker) $10
-Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds (HC) (Johns) $15

Yesterday I bought Mouse Guard: Fall of 1152 (Hardcover) for $6 at Half Price Books.

comicgeekelly wrote:Yesterday I bought Mouse Guard: Fall of 1152 (Hardcover) for $6 at Half Price Books.

Great all-ages read. definitely can't go wrong at that price.

I just read The Incredible Hulk : Abominable. This was back when Bruce Jones was still on the book. Interesting story with threads that you can see as inspiration for the most recent Hulk movie. I really enjoyed it. As a bonus the Mike Deodato Jr. art is absolutely beautiful. He is one of my favorite artists. I give this a solid B+.

Yesterday I picked up Justice Society of America: Thy Kingdom Come vol. 2 and War of Kings in hardcover.

Just read all four volumes of Joss Whedon and John Cassaday's run on Astonishing X-Men and loved it. The story was perfect and Cassiday is becoming one of my favorite artists. Grade: 10/10

Got the Batman: Battle for the Cowl hardcover and the Green Lantern Corps.: Emerald Eclipse hardcover yesterday.

andy546 wrote:Just read all four volumes of Joss Whedon and John Cassaday's run on Astonishing X-Men and loved it. The story was perfect and Cassiday is becoming one of my favorite artists. Grade: 10/10

I completely agree. Honestly, the Whedon/Cassaday Astonishing run is my favorite X-Men run to date. I just LOVE it.

I got Sinestro Corps War Vol 1 and 2. I read volume one last night. This is good stuff!