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DC: 62 (5 of these are Vertigo) (down 4 from last month)
Marvel: 22 (down 7 from last month)
==> "Big 2" - 84 comics (down 11 from last month)

DCBS 50% off #3s has got me considering keeping with all of them...... BUT, at some point I will be dropping about 25-40% of the DC books.

Dark Horse: 7 (down 2 from last month)
IDW: 3 (down 1 from last month)
Image: 25 (down 9 from last month)
Other Indies: 30 (same as last month)
==> Indies - 64 (down 12 from last month)

TOTAL COMICS: 149 (down 23 from last month)

My cut-backs are starting to have an effect on the total # of comics on my list each month.


DC (62 comics)
*** All 52 DC #1 issues *Special Discount*
MY GREATEST ADVENTURE #2 (OF 6)
HUNTRESS #2 (OF 6)
SHADE #2 (OF 12)
THUNDER AGENTS VOL 2 #1 (OF 6) *Special Discount*
LEGION SECRET ORIGIN #2 (OF 6)
AMERICAN VAMPIRE #21 (MR)
DMZ #71 (MR)
FABLES #111 (MR)
NORTHLANDERS #46 (MR)
SWEET TOOTH #27 (MR)


Marvel (22 comics)
X-FACTOR #227
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #673
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #674
BATTLE SCARS #1 (OF 6) *Special Discount*
AVENGERS #19
AVENGERS ACADEMY #21
AVENGERS ACADEMY #22
AVENGERS 1959 #3 (OF 5)
SECRET AVENGERS #19
CAPTAIN AMERICA #5
ALL WINNERS SQUAD BAND OF HEROES #6 (OF 8 )
CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY #624
FANTASTIC FOUR #600 *Special Discount*
FF #12
DAREDEVIL #6
IRON MAN 2.0 #11
ANNIHILATORS EARTHFALL #3 (OF 4)
VICTOR VON DOOM #1 (OF 4) *Special Discount*
VILLAINS FOR HIRE POINT ONE #1 (OF 5) *Special Discount*
PUNISHERMAX #19 (MR)
POWERS #11 (MR)
SUPERIOR #7 (OF 7) (MR)


Dark Horse (7 comics)
THE OCCULTIST #1 (OF 3) STEVE MORRIS REG CVR *Special Discount*
BPRD HELL ON EARTH RUSSIA #3
BALTIMORE CURSE BELLS #4
STAR WARS CRIMSON EMPIRE III EMPIRE LOST #2 (OF 6)
CONAN ROAD OF KINGS #10
DARK HORSE PRESENTS #6 MOON CVR
USAGI YOJIMBO #142


IDW (3 comics + 1 HC)
STAR TREK/LEGION OF SUPERHEROES #2 (OF 6)
COLD WAR #2
HAWKEN #1 (OF 6) *Special Discount*
TORPEDO HC VOL 04


Image (25 comics + 1 HC)
GUNS AND DINOS #1 (OF 3) (MR)
INFINITE HORIZON #6 (OF 6) (RES)
ELEPHANTMEN HC VOL 00 (MR)
ARTIFACTS #14 *Special Discount*
BLUE ESTATE #7 (MR)
BOMB QUEEN VII QUEENS WORLD #4 (OF 4) (MR)
BREED III #7 (OF 7) (MR)
CARBON GREY ORIGINS #2 (OF 2) CVR A NGUYEN (MR)
CHEW #24 (MR)
GLADSTONES SCHOOL FOR WORLD CONQUERORS #7
HACK SLASH #10 CVR B CLOONAN (MR)
INFINITE #4
INVINCIBLE #88
LAST OF THE GREATS #2 CVR B SEJIC
MARKSMEN #5 (OF 6)
MORIARTY #6
MORNING GLORIES #15 (MR)
NEAR DEATH #3
PIGS #3 (MR)
SAMURAIS BLOOD #6 (OF 6)
SEVERED #4 (OF 7) (MR)
STRANGE TALENT OF LUTHER STRODE #2 (OF 6) (MR)
VESCELL #4 (MR)
WALKING DEAD #91 (MR)
WITCHBLADE #152 CVR A CHRISTOPHER
XENOHOLICS #2 (MR)


Other Indies (28 comics + 1 trade + 1 HC)
GLAMOURPUSS #22
RACHEL RISING #4
TERRY MOORE HOW TO DRAW #2 EXPRESSIONS
SUBCULTURE WEBSTRIPS GN RETURN OF THE KINGS THRONE (MR)
ATLAS UNIFIED #1 CVR B PHOENIX *Special Discount*
FLASH GORDON VENGEANCE OF MING #3
DEAD MANS RUN #0 CVR A PARKER *Special Discount*
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IRIS VOL 2 #5 CVR B PARKER
SERGIO ARAGONES FUNNIES #5
7 WARRIORS #1 (OF 3) (MR) *Special Discount*
ELRIC THE BALANCE LOST #5
INCORRUPTIBLE #24
IRREDEEMABLE #31
KEY OF Z #2 (OF 4) (MR)
STAN LEE STARBORN #12
THE RINSE #3 (MR)
TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE #71 (MR)
WARLORD OF MARS #14
WARLORD OF MARS DEJAH THORIS #9 (MR)
DANGER GIRL ARMY OF DARKNESS #5
LIVING CORPSE EXHUMED #4 (OF 6)
BODYSNATCHERS #4 (OF 6)
GORE #5 (OF 12) (MR)
ROUTE DES MAISONS ROUGES #7 (OF 7)
KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #181
SIXTH GUN #17
WASTELAND #32 (MR) (NOTE PRICE)
HABIBI GN SGN BOOKPLATE ED (MR)
ATOMIC ROBO GHOST OF STATION X #4 (OF 6)
DEAD OR ALIVE #1 (OF 4) *Special Discount*
DAMAGED #4 (OF 6) (MR)
NAOKI URASAWA 20TH CENTURY BOYS GN VOL 18

After my first pass through, I only had:

All DC Comics #3s
Huntress #2

I was kinda surprised there was nothing else that caught my eye (or my wallet) this month.

BadDeacon wrote:After my first pass through, I only had:

All DC Comics #3s
Huntress #2

I was kinda surprised there was nothing else that caught my eye (or my wallet) this month.

Buy Atomic Robo!!!!!

I'll probably submit my own list later in the month but at the moment I just wanted to call people's attention to the Thought Bubble anthology listed by Image this month.

Look at this contributor list:

Mike Carey (Unwritten)
Duncan Fegredo (Hellboy)
Antony Johnson (Wasteland)
Charlie Adlard (Walking Dead)
Andy Diggle (Losers)
D'Israeli (2000 AD)
Robin Furth (Dark Tower)
Becky Cloonan (Local)
Stuart Gordon (Reanimator)

and several other unknown folks. It's $2.99 cover, minus the DCBS discount.

Here's the website. There's some art on display: http://thoughtbubblefestival.com/anthol ... 1-issue-1/

The DC Deluge
AQUAMAN #3
BATGIRL #3
BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #3
BLACKHAWKS #3
GREEN ARROW #3
GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #3
HAWK AND DOVE #3
HUNTRESS #2 (OF 6)
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #3
RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #3
RESURRECTION MAN #3
SUICIDE SQUAD #3
SUPERGIRL #3
WONDER WOMAN #3
JUSTICE LEAGUE #3

Indie Alley - Still throwing all my love GG Studios way. Gore is one of the best books seeing print right now.
ROUTE DES MAISONS ROUGES #7 (OF 7)
GORE #5 (OF 12) (MR) (C: 0-0-1)

Martian Madness - part of me will be sad when all the "Martian" furor dies down. My wallet will be happy, though!
JOHN CARTER A PRINCESS OF MARS #3 (OF 5)
JOHN CARTER OF MARS WORLD OF MARS #2 (OF 5)
WARLORD OF MARS #14
WARLORD OF MARS DEJAH THORIS #9 (MR)
WARLORD OF MARS FALL OF BARSOOM #5

Manga Mania
NINJA GIRLS GN VOL 08 (MR)
DOROHEDORO VOL 05 (MR)
NAOKI URASAWA 20TH CENTURY BOYS GN VOL 18

Will likely add some to this order as the month goes on. My order (and Previews) doesn't arrive until tonight.

BobBretall wrote:Buy Atomic Robo!!!!!

Keep in mind, I'm not complaining that my order "only" comes to 90 bucks

I usually don't buy single issues, so I'll check for some Atomic Robo stuff in trade. What little I have read I have liked. The only reason I'm buying the single issues of the DC comics is that I already found someone to pawn them off to when I am done reading them.

BadDeacon wrote: I usually don't buy single issues.....

OK. Then buy the Elephantmen v0 HC!!!!

I'm being tempted by that AOA omnibus.

DC - 58 including Vertigo

• All 52 (damn you DCBS and your 50% off deal!)
  Penguin Pain and Prejudice #2
  Huntress #2
  American Vampire
  DMZ 71
  Fables 111
  iZombie 19

Marvel - 8 Books. When I was collecting years ago I wouldn't even look at a DC book. What happened at Marvel

• Uncanny X-Force #17
  X-Factor #227
  Incredible Hulk #2
  Annihilators Earthfall #3
  Herc #10
  Villians For Hire Point One #1
  Deadpool Max 2 #2
  Brilliant #3

I dropped Fear Itself Fearless, Punisher, and this will be my last X-Force assuming the current Archangel storyline finishes. I have no love for Fantomex and have only held on as long as I have because I love Archangel, plus it's really well written. I also don't want to be around when an AoA imposter Nightcrawler introduced.

Image - 15 books total

• GUNS AND DINOS #1 (OF 3)
  HACK SLASH ANNUAL 2011 HATCHET SLASH #1
  HACK SLASH ANNUAL 2010 MURDER MESSIAH #1
  HACK SLASH ME WITHOUT YOU (ONE-SHOT)
  AVENGELYNE #5
  BOMB QUEEN VII QUEENS WORLD #4 (OF 4)
  CHEW #24
  HACK SLASH #10
  HAUNT #21
  INFINITE #4 DELUXE ED
  INVINCIBLE #88
  MARKSMEN #5 (OF 6)
  SAVAGE DRAGON #178
  STRANGE TALENT OF LUTHER STRODE #2 (OF 6)
  WALKING DEAD #91

Other - 15 Books total

• BTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #3
  JOE HILL THE CAPE #3 (OF 4)
  TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ONGOING #4
  RACHEL RISING #4
  CROSSED PSYCHOPATH #5 (OF 7)
  CROSSED WISH YOU WERE HERE ASHCAN GORE CVR
  INCORRUPTIBLE #24
  IRREDEEMABLE #31
  STAN LEE STARBORN #12
  BOYS #60 (MR)
  BOYS BUTCHER BAKER CANDLESTICKMAKER #5
  GARTH ENNIS JENNIFER BLOOD #9
  DANGER GIRL ARMY OF DARKNESS #5
  ROUTE DES MAISONS ROUGES #7 (OF 7)
  FLY #6 B CVR GARZA (MR) (NOTE PRICE) As discussed in another thread, this price hike appears to be a temporary one. If this is a permanent price hike Fly isn't worth the new price.

Boring stuff follows, but it's helping me justify 96 books, since tonight's DCBS shipment will finish filling up a long box of unread books.
Assuming my sleep deprived math is correct 96 books. But, like Bob has noted on his cutback thread allowing mini-series to run out and not picking up new ones is paring that back. The Stan Lee books are done this month with Starborn 12; I think this is the last Butcher Baker Candlestickmaker; Danger Girl Army of Darkness has one more issue; Route Des Maisons Rouges finishes this month; Crossed Psychopath is done, I just missed the initial solicitation of issue #5; Only one more issue of The Cape; One more Marksmen; Final Bomb Queen VII; A few one-shots from Hack Slash; And the big savings will come in next month when (I assume) DCBS won't offer the whole new 52 at 50% off and I'll cut those back quite a bit.

DC - 57
Marvel - 17
Image - 10
Other - 9

DC
*** All 52 DC #3 issues *Special Discount*
MY GREATEST ADVENTURE #2 (OF 6)
HUNTRESS #2 (OF 6)
SHADE #2 (OF 12)
LEGION SECRET ORIGIN #2 (OF 6)
IZOMBIE #19 (MR)

Marvel
ALPHA FLIGHT #6
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #673
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #674
AVENGERS #19
CAPTAIN AMERICA #5
DAREDEVIL #6
INCREDIBLE HULK #2
MIGHTY THOR #8
NEW AVENGERS #18
PUNISHER #5
PUNISHERMAX #19 (MR)
THUNDERBOLTS #165
THUNDERBOLTS #166
UNCANNY X-MEN #1 XREGB *Special Discount*
UNCANNY X-MEN #2 XREGB
WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #2 XREGG
X-FACTOR #227

Image
ARTIFACTS #14 *Special Discount*
GUNS AND DINOS #1 (OF 3) (MR)
INVINCIBLE #88
LAST OF THE GREATS #2 CVR B SEJIC
MAGDALENA #11
MORNING GLORIES #15 (MR)
NEAR DEATH #3
PIGS #3 (MR)
STRANGE TALENT OF LUTHER STRODE #2 (OF 6) (MR)
WITCHBLADE #152 CVR B BERNARD & BENES

Other
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IRIS VOL 2 #5 CVR A FRANCISCO
FATHOM VOL 4 #4 CVR A KONAT
GREEN HORNET #22
LADY DEATH (ONGOING) #11 WRAP CVR (MR)
PLANET OF THE APES #8
QUEEN SONJA #25
STAR WARS CRIMSON EMPIRE III EMPIRE LOST #2 (OF 6)
STAR WARS DARK TIMES OUT O/T WILDERNESS #5 (OF 5)
VAMPIRELLA #13

I've been trying to cut back, with limited success as you can see here. Not only is it money, but I just don't have the time to read. I had a day when I read a lot and it felt like I accomplished something... like it was a job. That's not what it's all about. Anyway, I made some more cuts, including from my last order. I like GI Joe, but I don't want to read 3 books. I couldn't decide which books to drop, so I dropped them all. Warlord of Mars was another one where I couldn't decide which of the 2 books to go and got rid of both. And my Marvel list is as low as it's been in a few years as I dropped some books that were double shipping too often. And in general, Fear Itself and X-Men Schism are not exciting me about the future Marvel U. It seems like these events are more about getting to the next era than telling a compelling story. As was Flashpoint, for that matter. But a lot these Marvel events that the writers are "passionate" about seem pretty flat to me. I'm not going anywhere near the 20+ comics that will directly follow Fear Itself.

stardog wrote:I like GI Joe, but I don't want to read 3 books. I couldn't decide which books to drop, so I dropped them all. Warlord of Mars was another one where I couldn't decide which of the 2 books to go and got rid of both.

I'm seeing this kind of thing as more & more of a common pattern.

I did it myself with "The Boys" when they put out the latest Butcher mini-series. 2 Boys titles a month is one too many, so I dropped both.

stardog wrote: And my Marvel list is as low as it's been in a few years as I dropped some books that were double shipping too often.

Yep, I dropped a couple of Marvel books because they were OK to read once a month, but not good enough to survive a couple double-ship months.

Here's my order for the month:

PREVIEWS #278 NOVEMBER 2011
USAGI YOJIMBO #142
*** All 52 DC #1 issues *Special Discount*
JUSTICE LEAGUE #3 COMBO PACK
HUNTRESS #2 (OF 6)
NORTHLANDERS #46 (MR)
JOE HILL THE CAPE #3 (OF 4)
ROCKETEER ADVENTURES HC VOL 01 *Special Discount*
CHEW #24 (MR)
INVINCIBLE #88
MORNING GLORIES #15 (MR)
WALKING DEAD #91 (MR)
WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #2 XREGG
UNCANNY X-MEN #1 XREGB *Special Discount*
UNCANNY X-MEN #2 XREGB
WOLVERINE #18 XREGG
WOLVERINE #19 XREGG
X-MEN #20
X-MEN #21
WOLVERINE BEST THERE IS #12
X-FACTOR #227
ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #4
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #673
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #674
POINT ONE #1 *Special Discount*
FEAR ITSELF #7 POINT ONE
FEAR ITSELF #7 POINT TWO
FEAR ITSELF #7 POINT THREE
FEAR ITSELF FEARLESS #2 (OF 12)
FEAR ITSELF FEARLESS #3 (OF 12)
BATTLE SCARS #1 (OF 6) *Special Discount*
AVENGERS #19
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #510
AVENGERS ACADEMY #21
AVENGERS ACADEMY #22
MIGHTY THOR #8
NEW AVENGERS #18
SECRET AVENGERS #19
CAPTAIN AMERICA #5
RED SKULL #5 (OF 5)
CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY #624
FANTASTIC FOUR #600 *Special Discount*
FF #12
DAREDEVIL #6
ALPHA FLIGHT #6
IRON MAN 2.0 #11
HERC #10
THUNDERBOLTS #165
THUNDERBOLTS #166
SPIDER-MAN #20
SUPER HEROES #20
TERRY MOORE HOW TO DRAW #2 EXPRESSIONS
BART SIMPSON COMICS #65
SIMPSONS COMICS #184
SIMPSONS WINTER WINGDING #6
INCORRUPTIBLE #24
IRREDEEMABLE #31

Doesn't look like much with the DC-52 bundled under one item, but this is yet another huge order for me for the 3rd month running, thanks to the DCBS 50% off deal. Once I've had a chance to read through more of the issue #1s I'll probably start cutting back. Speaking of cutting back, I'm getting a bit tired of all the Marvel double-shipping. I'm considering dropping the lot if they continue the practice, especially since I'm so far behind on my reading.