Is It A Crisis Or A Boring SHIP? (6/25/08)

BPRD: ECTOPLASMIC MAN - Probably good.
FINAL CRISIS #2 - "It's the end of the year! If Betty can't get Jughead and Moose to don't crack open those books soon, they're gonna be in for a FINAL CRISIS!"
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #16 - Au revoir, kicking!
RUNAWAYS #30 - Au revoir, angst-ing!
THOR: REIGN OF BLOOD - Yay, violence.

Because it's (not) secret:

AVENGERS INITIATIVE #14 SI -- hoping it maintains momentum (& lack of boringness) from previous issue
BPRD ECTOPLASMIC MAN ONE SHOT
CAPTAIN AMERICA #39
DAREDEVIL #108
FANTASTIC FOUR #558 -- OK ONE MORE CHANCE
FINAL CRISIS #2 (OF 7)
HULK #4 -- bless you Ed McG
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #16
JACK OF FABLES #23
MADAME XANADU #1 -- ooh purty
MIGHTY AVENGERS #15 SI
MS MARVEL #28 SI
NEW AVENGERS #42 SI
NO HERO #0 (OF 7)
PROGRAMME #12 (OF 12) -- and another one down
RUNAWAYS #30 -- and another one down
SECRET INVASION RUNAWAYS YOUNG AVENGERS #1 (OF 3) SI -- torn between total SI immersion and just giving up on the whole thing
SHE-HULK 2 #30
THOR AGES OF THUNDER REIGN OF BLOOD -- Fraction Thor, yes?
THUNDERBOLTS #121 -- Warren Ellis RIP?
TRINITY #4 -- also torn between total FC / DCU immersion and cutting bait
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #123
UNCANNY X-MEN #499 DWS
WHAT IF FANTASTIC FOUR TRIBUTE TO MIKE WIERINGO -- NB: not sure I'm actually getting this
WOLVERINE FIRST CLASS #4
X-MEN FIRST CLASS VOL 2 #13
X-MEN LEGACY #213 DWS
YOUNG AVENGERS PRESENTS #6 (OF 6)

BTW, an alternate source of listage.

HOW YOU BE SO RICH?

WHY YOU THINK I THINK BOUT BAILIN?

Seriously, comix would have to be my #1 non-essential money sink (unless "ordering take-out / delivery because I'm too lazy to shop for groceries" counts), but my patience moreso than my wallet's been wearing thin wrt certain flaccid tentpole events. Also, I'm thinking about taking up heavy drinking.

Also, I'm thinking about taking up heavy drinking.

Crossover events tend to be highly satisfying in that context, I find.

Just Daredevil and Final Crisis for me. I'm hoping for more low-key setup in FC 2, if only to continue annoying the nerds at my store.

FC and CapAm for me, plus Superman. Is this Robinson's first issue? It might be my last!
Am planning on giving up the floppies altogether when Final Crisis #7 arrives, currently expected around the same time as the arrival as my first born child.

Real list is up now at Diamond!

For me:

FINAL CRISIS #2--I am seriously, genuinely excited about this
MADAME XANADU #1--the advance art looked intriguing
SUPERMAN #677--okay, Robinson, impress me
TRINITY #4--clinging on
CAPTAIN AMERICA #39--by an even thinner thread
DAREDEVIL #108--oh, the halcyon days of Gotham Central
MIGHTY AVENGERS #15--plot? what was that?
NEW AVENGERS #42--both in the SAME week?!

currently expected around the same time as the arrival as my first born child

You sassin' or seriousin'?

On or around Dec 22/08!

whoah!

"Sorry I couldn't be there at the birth of our child...but Final Crisis #7 was released today, and I just couldn't miss that!"

Final Crisis 2, bring on more subtle laid-back tension building!

Final Crisis #2
The Programme #12
Thor
Iron Fist #16

Not too shabby a week for me all told.

BPRD ECTOPLASMIC MAN ONE SHOT
FINAL CRISIS #2
JACK OF FABLES #23
JSA CLASSIFIED #39
MADAME XANADU #1
DAREDEVIL #108
FANTASTIC FOUR #558
HULK #4
MARVEL 1985 #2
SHE-HULK 2 #30
THUNDERBOLTS #121
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #123
ULTIMATES 3 #4

Woohoo, I thought that was going to be a much heavier week than it was. YES, I KNOW, STILL BUYING THE ULTIMATES. It might turn out to be important for Ultimatum though.

Am I the only one buying 1985? I really enjoyed the first issue.

Aldo, you gotta learn to pick a torrent or two...

I know, but I feel a sense of duty to my LCS. Times is hard.

I need a new hobby.

YES, I KNOW, STILL BUYING THE ULTIMATES. It might turn out to be important for Ultimatum though.
-- aldo, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 14:10 (Tuesday, 24 June 2008 14:10) Bookmark Link

Is it still shit?

So if it turns out to enhance people's enjoyment of Ultimatum, go back and buy it then! No reason to buy crappy comics because they "might be important later."

FINAL CRISIS #2 - I am seriously, genuinely excited about Douglas explaining this to me.
JACK OF FABLES #23
TRINITY #4
CAPTAIN AMERICA #39
DAREDEVIL #108
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #1
MIGHTY AVENGERS #15
RUNAWAYS #30
SECRET INVASION RUNAWAYS YOUNG AVENGERS #1
THUNDERBOLTS #121
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #123
UNCANNY X-MEN #499
WOLVERINE FIRST CLASS #4
X-MEN LEGACY #213

As usual, a lot of these will probably be left behind. The only definites are Runaways (Goodbye, Joss. Hello someone who can make deadlines), Final Crisis, Uncanny, and Immortal Iron Fist.

FINAL CRISIS #2 (OF 7)
GREEN LANTERN #32
SUPERMAN #677
PROGRAMME #12 (OF 12)-- I'm curious to see how this one will end.
TRINITY #4
FEAR AGENT #22 1 AGAINST 1 (PT 1 OF 6)-- I'll eventually get this one. Fear Agent is a fun book.

maybe...

CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #0 - I've been curious about Dark Horse's Conan books and this might be a good chance to jump on board.

Why everything has to come out all in one weeks!??!

Final Crisis (the only comic I'm genuinely excited about this week)

Mighty Avengers
New Avengers
Avengers Initiative
Runaways/New Avengers
Ms. Marvel (Get good soon, Secret Invasion. I'm warning you.)

Uncanny X-Men
X-Men: Legacy (This weekend, I started a marathon X-read-through, from Decimation on (since that's about where my X-interest last waned). Once I'm totes caught up, I guess I'll decide whether it's worth continuing to support the X-books financially.)

My rent may be about to double, so it may be time for some harsh critical evaluation. But then my income may also be about to double, so maybe I'll just say fuck it.

Why everything has to come out all in one weeks!??!

If Secret Invasion is going to get good, Ms Marvel seems like a strange place to start!

(just Final Crisis for me, I think)

Just sat on a porch and read Final Crisis 2. If anything it seems even more likely to irritate folks than the first issue, but I pretty much loved it.

Although I'll wager that it's the first DC comic with a David Croft and Jimmy Perry reference in it. (It's the obvious joke you've already thought of -- maybe it appeared in issue 1 too.)

If Secret Invasion is going to get good, Ms Marvel seems like a strange place to start!

Well, yeah. I don't count on the minor crossovers for that. Bendis needs to hold up his end, though, for sure.

If Secret Invasion is going to get good, Ms Marvel seems like a strange place to start!

MM has been a totally enjoyable biff-bang book -- co-opting Warren Ellis' baudy version of Machine Man (from Nextwave) hasn't hurt, either!

When does he enter? I read about the first half-dozen issues, I think? It was "Is someone I care about in no way actually a Hydra agent?" then I quit.

Sometime during the Civil War x-overs (or right after, I think) -- Ms. Marvel is put in charge of her own SHIELD task force, and because she's Ms. Marvel, she ends up w/ Machine Man, Sleepwalker (purple / green alien guy that only appears when his human host is asleep), and Arana (mystic spider-powered teen that does stuff). And maybe Wonder Man, too -- can't recall.

Oh, Marvel you overly competitive rascals.

This is what I bought:

Final Crisis
Green Lantern
Superman
Teen Titans
The Programme
Uncanny X-Men
X-Men Legacy
Daredevil
Captain America
New Avengers
Mighty Avengers
Runaways
Thunderbolts
Fantastic Four

Final Crisis was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good.

I really enjoyed the New/Mighty Avengers combo! But yeah, Final Crisis ftw.

Yeah, using the New & Mighty books to fill in some "how the infiltration went down" is pretty smart. Part of the problem with WWHulk was that the crossovers were all supposedly taking place concurrently with the main story. Too much x-overing. This seems a little more streamlined.

Final Crisis: YESSSSSSSS

I also bought 1985 (fun fluff!) and Soopaman. Supes was kind of completely unaffecting. I'm realizing that I've never read any non-Starman Robinson that I really liked all that much. And also: Starman isn't really all that hot, in retrospect. So that's probably that.

And yes: FC was one of the more viscerally amazing Morrison single issues in years.

I read Final Crisis #2 a second time before even touching any of the other ten or so comics I bought yesterday.

Ha, Garrett, I did exactly the same thing! I've read FC three times now, and out of everything else, I've only read X-Men Legacy (wow Carey, you wasted no time undoing Messiah Complex...), Thunderbolts, and Mighty Avengers. Weird that John Romita Jr's name is not on the cover of that last one!

Weird that Marvel seems to be omitting credits from their covers across the board, all of the sudden. It's a weird choice.

I read FC last. It made for a good dessert after choking down a pound of sawdust.

What I Got:

FC: So much awesomeness. Though the John Stewart bit was very confusing and I still don't get it after 2 reads.
Brave & Bold: Two of my fave characters, 0 of my fave artists, teetering on the brink of drop
Superman: SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO dropable.
RASL: Hubba (2x)
Captain America: Is it just me, or has this just been one issue repeating itself for the last year?
Teen Titans Year One: Pleasant.