What's on your December Order (for books shipping in Feb)?

HassanT · Post by **HassanT** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:00 pm

BobBretall wrote:After listening to Ep #199 of Chris Marshall's Collected Comics Library, and upon the recommendation of Chris Johnson in our own Previews episode, I am adding the following to my December list:

DC LIBRARY: BATMAN THE ANNUALS HC

Because of both Chris, I am now considering getting this HC when it comes out. I probably won't pre-order the book because I want to wait and see the reviews on the first DC Library book (not in content but quality of the paper and extra bonus).

BobBretall · Post by **BobBretall** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 12:14 am

I uploaded my order form tonight, and have dropped the following books off since my previous post (all are series I am discontinuing):

ETERNALS #8
DEATH DEFYING DEVIL #3

(Note: I am also discontinuing Black Terror, but there was not one on the December order)

Alec Burkhardt · Post by **Alec Burkhardt** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 10:08 am

I think I've finally whittled down my order, just in time to beat the Dec. 29 deadline!

PREVIEWS #245 FEBRUARY 2009
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #23
PATH OF THE ASSASSIN TP VOL 15 BAD BLOOD PART 2 (C: 0-1-2)
TRINITY #36
TRINITY #37
TRINITY #38
TRINITY #39
ADVENTURE COMICS #0 (ORIGINS)
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #33
GREEN LANTERN #39
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #30
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #24
REBELS #1
JSA HC VOL 04 THY KINGDOM COME PART 3
MIRRORS EDGE #4 Of(6)
100 BULLETS #100 (MR)
AIR #7 (MR)
MADAME XANADU #8 (MR)
SWORD #16 (MR)
STAND CAPTAIN TRIPS PREM HC DM VAR ED
DARK TOWER GUIDE TO GILEAD
SCOURGE OF GODS #2 Of(3) (MR)
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #23
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #10
X-FACTOR #40
X-FACTOR PREM HC SECRET INVASION
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY PREM HC VOL 01 EARTH SHALL OVERCOME
NOVA TP VOL 03
TERRY MOORES ECHO #10
BLACK COAT & ATHENA VOLTAIRE ONE-SHOT ATHENA CVR (C: 1-0-0)
WIND RAIDER #2 Of(3)
FLASH GORDON #6
DOKTOR SLEEPLESS #14 (MR)
GRAVEL #10 (MR)
NO HERO #6 Of(7) (MR)
EUREKA #3 Of(4)
REST #5 Of(5)
BOYS #27 (MR)
ANGEL #17
ANGEL #18
NEXT MEN PREMIERE ED HC VOL 01
CONTINGENT #2
WASTELAND #24 (MR)
CITY OF DUST #5 Of(5)
SHRAPNEL #2 Of(5)
DC SUPERHERO FIGURINE COLL MAG #4 GREEN LANTERN (C: 1-1-3)
DC SUPERHERO FIGURINE COLL MAG #5 FLASH (C: 1-1-3)
DC SUPERHERO FIGURINE COLL MAG #6 TIM DRAKE ROBIN (C: 1-1-3)
DC SUPERHERO FIGURINE COLL MAG #26 PENGUIN (C: 1-1-3)

Post by **JohnMayo** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 5:41 pm

I just sent in my December 2008 order. Due to unemployment induced budget cuts, a lot of titles didn't make it onto my order this time around...

PREVIEWS #245 FEBRUARY 2009
GIGANTIC #4 Of(5)
BATMAN #686 *Special Discount*
DETECTIVE COMICS #853
NIGHTWING #153
ROBIN #183
OUTSIDERS #15
SUPERMAN #685
ACTION COMICS #874
ADVENTURE COMICS #0 (ORIGINS) *Special Discount*
SUPERGIRL #38
SUPERMAN BATMAN #56
TRINITY #36
TRINITY #37
TRINITY #38
TRINITY #39
BIRDS OF PREY #127
BOOSTER GOLD #17
BLUE BEETLE #36
BRAVE AND THE BOLD #22
GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY #17
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #33
GREEN LANTERN #39
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #30
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #24
REBELS #1 *Special Discount* Limit 2 at 75% off
SECRET SIX #6 *Special Discount*
REIGN IN HELL #8 Of(8)
TERROR TITANS #5 Of(6)
TITANS #10
TEEN TITANS #68
TANGENT SUPERMANS REIGN #12 Of(12)
VIGILANTE #3
VIXEN RETURN OF THE LION #5 Of(5)
WONDER WOMAN #29
AIR #7 (MR) *Special Discount* Limit 2 at 75% off
JACK OF FABLES #31 (MR)
FABLES #81 (MR)
GREATEST HITS #6 Of(6) (MR)
AMBER ATOMS #1 *Special Discount*
ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #13
DYNAMO 5 #20
INVINCIBLE #59
SWORD #16 (MR)
WALKING DEAD #58 (MR)
JOHNNY MONSTER #1 Of(3) *Special Discount*
X-FACTOR #40
YOUNG X-MEN #11
NEW EXILES #18
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #585
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #586
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #587
AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #29
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #131
ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #60
ULTIMATE X-MEN #100
DARK REIGN FILES
SECRET WARRIORS #1 *Special Discount* Limit 2 at 75% off
AGENTS OF ATLAS #1 *Special Discount*
ADAM LEGEND OF BLUE MARVEL #4 Of(6)
CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI 13 #10 *Special Discount*
CAPTAIN AMERICA #47
DAREDEVIL #116
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #23
FANTASTIC FOUR #564
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #126 *Special Discount*
OFFICIAL INDEX TO MARVEL UNIVERSE #2
MARVELS EYE OF CAMERA #4 Of(6)
NOVA #22
SHE-HULK 2 #38
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #10
TERRY MOORES ECHO #10 *Special Discount*
BLACK COAT & ATHENA VOLTAIRE ONE-SHOT BLACK CVR (C: 1-0-0) *Special Discount*
LAST REIGN KINGS OF WAR #5 Of(5)
REST #5 Of(5)
MASQUERADE #1 *Special Discount*
DEATH DEFYING DEVIL #3
BOYS #27 (MR)
ZORRO #12
C E MURPHYS TAKE A CHANCE #3
STAR TREK LAST GENERATION #4
CONTINGENT #2 *Special Discount*
WRITE NOW #20

ctowner1 · Post by **ctowner1** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 9:10 am

JohnMayo wrote:I just sent in my December 2008 order. Due to unemployment induced budget cuts, a lot of titles didn't make it onto my order this time around...

Sorry to hear about the job situation, John. Hopefully it will be a short time.

AIR #7 (MR) *Special Discount* Limit 2 at 75% off

Have you been reading Air? I was tempted to buy the TPB for $5 on DCBS, but I read the first issue and wasn't that interested in it, so I figured I'd save the $5. Plus, any time I've asked people about it, no one has anything good to say about it (except - $5 for several issues is a good deal, so I'm getting it)! lol

So do you (or anyone else) have anything good to say about Air? Is it good? why is it good?

e
L nny

spid · Post by **spid** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 10:03 am

Here is my order for the month. A lot of trades I was waiting for hit at the same time.

HELM TP VOL 01 (C: 0-1-2)
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #23 CHEN CVR
STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF OLD REPUBLIC #38
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #30 (ORIGINS)
WONDER WOMAN #29
STORMWATCH PHD #19
GEN 13 #27
AUTHORITY #7
SECRET HISTORY OF THE AUTHORITY HAWKSMOOR TP
GEARS OF WAR #5 (MR)
BAD DOG #1 (MR)
AMBER ATOMS #1
DYNAMO 5 #20
PROOF #17
INCREDIBLE JOURNEY #1 (OF 3)
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #22
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #10
MS MARVEL #36
THUNDERBOLTS #129
BLACK PANTHER 2 #1
ASTONISHING TALES #1
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #126
MARVELS EYE OF CAMERA #4 (OF 6)
NOVA #22
SHE-HULK 2 #38
SKAAR SON OF HULK #8
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #10
WAR OF KINGS DARKHAWK #1
SECRET INVASION TP FRONT LINE
X-MEN KINGBREAKER #3 (OF 4)
X-FORCE #12
CABLE #11
SECRET INVASION TP RUNAWAYS YOUNG AVENGERS
CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI 13 TP VOL 01 SECRET INVASION
BLACK COAT & ATHENA VOLTAIRE ONE-SHOT BLACK CVR (C: 1-0-0)
C E MURPHYS TAKE A CHANCE #3
ANGEL #17
ANGEL #18
GI JOE ORIGINS #1
GI JOE #2
TRANSFORMERS ALL HAIL MEGATRON TP
CONTINGENT #2 (C: 0-1-2)
CITY OF DUST #5 (OF 5) C CVR PERCIVAL
HOTWIRE #1 (OF 5) A CVR PUGH
SHRAPNEL #2 (OF 5) A CVR SUYDAM (NOTE PRICE)
1001 ARABIAN NIGHTS ADVENTURES OF SINBAD #10
COMICS NOW #5 (C: 0-1-2)

BobBretall · Post by **BobBretall** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:36 pm

spid wrote:Here is my order for the month. A lot of trades I was waiting for hit at the same time.
HELM TP VOL 01 (C: 0-1-2)

Let us know what you think of this when you get this & read it. I just finished reading the mini today (issues #2-4 on a car trip) and it was really good. I laughed out loud several times at the dialogue the Helm was throwing down at his human wearer...... good stuff.

Post by **JohnMayo** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 1:22 am

ctowner1 wrote:
JohnMayo wrote:I just sent in my December 2008 order. Due to unemployment induced budget cuts, a lot of titles didn't make it onto my order this time around...
Sorry to hear about the job situation, John. Hopefully it will be a short time.

AIR #7 (MR) *Special Discount* Limit 2 at 75% off
Have you been reading Air? I was tempted to buy the TPB for $5 on DCBS, but I read the first issue and wasn't that interested in it, so I figured I'd save the $5. Plus, any time I've asked people about it, no one has anything good to say about it (except - $5 for several issues is a good deal, so I'm getting it)! lol

So do you (or anyone else) have anything good to say about Air? Is it good? why is it good?

e
L nny

Air is good and #7 was $1 with a 75% discount so you can't go wrong with that. It is a very different kind of book than everything else that I read and in a good way. But, since it is disconnected from everything else, it makes it any easy book to cut if I need to drop some more titles. As much as I'm enjoying the title, there are a number of other titles I'm enjoying more.

BobBretall · Post by **BobBretall** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:56 am

Re: Air....

I'm liking the series, it is very different, and has a mystery-like plot that I am enjoying. It is a strange series, though, so if you read #1 & didn't like it, it could just be that it isn't your cup of tea.

Post by **JohnMayo** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 10:33 am

BobBretall wrote:Re: Air....

I'm liking the series, it is very different, and has a mystery-like plot that I am enjoying. It is a strange series, though, so if you read #1 & didn't like it, it could just be that it isn't your cup of tea.

You bring up a good point about what makes Air so unique. It is the mystery aspect of the story than I find refreshing and compelling. There is stuff to speculate about and a steady sense of forward movement and progress in the story. While I have no real idea where it is going, I do sense that it is going somewhere and the writer knows where that is.

ctowner1 · Post by **ctowner1** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:48 am

JohnMayo wrote:
ctowner1 wrote:
JohnMayo wrote:I just sent in my December 2008 order. Due to unemployment induced budget cuts, a lot of titles didn't make it onto my order this time around...
Sorry to hear about the job situation, John. Hopefully it will be a short time.

AIR #7 (MR) *Special Discount* Limit 2 at 75% off
Have you been reading Air? I was tempted to buy the TPB for $5 on DCBS, but I read the first issue and wasn't that interested in it, so I figured I'd save the $5. Plus, any time I've asked people about it, no one has anything good to say about it (except - $5 for several issues is a good deal, so I'm getting it)! lol

So do you (or anyone else) have anything good to say about Air? Is it good? why is it good?

e
L nny
Air is good and #7 was $1 with a 75% discount so you can't go wrong with that. It is a very different kind of book than everything else that I read and in a good way. But, since it is disconnected from everything else, it makes it any easy book to cut if I need to drop some more titles. As much as I'm enjoying the title, there are a number of other titles I'm enjoying more.

Well, you CAN go wrong for a $1 if it stinks and it costs you 10-20 minutes of your life that you will never get back, right? LOL

OK, it's different in a good way. How so? I read the first issue, and it just didn't ring true to me in terms of dialogue and people's actions. Also, I thought the art was NOT very good - it reminded me not so hot Pat Broderick work.

What is it about this book that you like? Has the art gotten better (or did you like it from the start)?

e
L nny

ctowner1 · Post by **ctowner1** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:56 am

BobBretall wrote:Re: Air....

I'm liking the series, it is very different, and has a mystery-like plot that I am enjoying. It is a strange series, though, so if you read #1 & didn't like it, it could just be that it isn't your cup of tea.

What kind of a mystery? Is this series grounded in straight reality? Or is it metaphysical in nature? Are we talking "Lost" kind of mystery? Or Sam Spade kind of mystery? Is it straight action/suspence? Or more played for laughs. Satirical? Philsophical? Or what?

I confess that the details from reading issues #1 have faded (another reason I'm hesitant to leap on board with that trade).

e
L nny

Post by **JohnMayo** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:58 am

ctowner1 wrote:
JohnMayo wrote:
ctowner1 wrote: Sorry to hear about the job situation, John. Hopefully it will be a short time.
Have you been reading Air? I was tempted to buy the TPB for $5 on DCBS, but I read the first issue and wasn't that interested in it, so I figured I'd save the $5. Plus, any time I've asked people about it, no one has anything good to say about it (except - $5 for several issues is a good deal, so I'm getting it)! lol

So do you (or anyone else) have anything good to say about Air? Is it good? why is it good?

e
L nny
Air is good and #7 was $1 with a 75% discount so you can't go wrong with that. It is a very different kind of book than everything else that I read and in a good way. But, since it is disconnected from everything else, it makes it any easy book to cut if I need to drop some more titles. As much as I'm enjoying the title, there are a number of other titles I'm enjoying more.
Well, you CAN go wrong for a $1 if it stinks and it costs you 10-20 minutes of your life that you will never get back, right? LOL

OK, it's different in a good way. How so? I read the first issue, and it just didn't ring true to me in terms of dialogue and people's actions. Also, I thought the art was NOT very good - it reminded me not so hot Pat Broderick work.

What is it about this book that you like? Has the art gotten better (or did you like it from the start)?

e
L nny

The comparison to Pat Broderick art is a good one. And I can see how you might not like it. Personally, I don't love it but it works for the story. I probably would not be happy with this artist on a mainstream super-hero title. But this isn't a mainstream super-hero title. Far from it and that is a lot of what I'm enjoying about it. It sort of reads like a quirky adventure drama on television.

I think that the first issue is a good enough representation of the series that if you read the first issue and didn't care for it, maybe it isn't the right sort of title for you. And there is nothing wrong with that at all. Not all comics work for all people.

For me, it is a fun read but not an essential read. I'm liking what I'm reading but would drop this title before things like Echo, Sword or PS238.

Post by **JohnMayo** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:01 pm

ctowner1 wrote:
BobBretall wrote:Re: Air....

I'm liking the series, it is very different, and has a mystery-like plot that I am enjoying. It is a strange series, though, so if you read #1 & didn't like it, it could just be that it isn't your cup of tea.
What kind of a mystery? Is this series grounded in straight reality? Or is it metaphysical in nature? Are we talking "Lost" kind of mystery? Or Sam Spade kind of mystery? Is it straight action/suspence? Or more played for laughs. Satirical? Philsophical? Or what?

I confess that the details from reading issues #1 have faded (another reason I'm hesitant to leap on board with that trade).

e
L nny

Lost-ish in nature but not in specifics. There is a metaphysical aspect tot he series. It is more adventure than either action or suspense. It is generally played straight with some humor to it. It is more a "who is this guy" kind of mystery than a typical "who done it" kind of mystery.

I'd suggest re-reading the first issue. If it leaves you cold, skip the trade.

ctowner1 · Post by **ctowner1** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:15 pm

JohnMayo wrote:
ctowner1 wrote:
BobBretall wrote:Re: Air....

I'm liking the series, it is very different, and has a mystery-like plot that I am enjoying. It is a strange series, though, so if you read #1 & didn't like it, it could just be that it isn't your cup of tea.
What kind of a mystery? Is this series grounded in straight reality? Or is it metaphysical in nature? Are we talking "Lost" kind of mystery? Or Sam Spade kind of mystery? Is it straight action/suspence? Or more played for laughs. Satirical? Philsophical? Or what?

I confess that the details from reading issues #1 have faded (another reason I'm hesitant to leap on board with that trade).

e
L nny
Lost-ish in nature but not in specifics. There is a metaphysical aspect tot he series. It is more adventure than either action or suspense. It is generally played straight with some humor to it. It is more a "who is this guy" kind of mystery than a typical "who done it" kind of mystery.

I'd suggest re-reading the first issue. If it leaves you cold, skip the trade.

cool...thanks for the info. Initially, I put it on my "to order" list - b/c $5 for a 5 or 6 issue trade is a pretty decent price. But then I thought perhaps it's not such a great idea to buy things reflexively based solely on bang for the buck. And haven't heard anything that is really drawing me in here, so I will most likely skip it.

e
L nny