I'll continue to follow 10 titles after sampling many this past month. My list:
Batman
Batman & Robin (sue me...I like Damian as a foil for Bruce)
Batwoman
Batgirl
Wonder Woman
Aquaman (my favorite #1 of the bunch)
The Flash
Justice League
Swamp Thing
Demon Knights
I like Grant Morrison, but...I'm 41...I don't need to read yet another version of Superman's early life, especially when it's been done better in Tom DeHaven's novel from a few years ago.
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DC's selling out an an individual store's selling out are 2 different things. I have sold out of only 17 of the 52 comics, but there are stores in town that have sold out of nearly the entire line.
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Okay, now that I've read my week 4 books I am ready to give a more serious answer, this really my rankings of what I read.
The cream of the crop:
All-Star Western
Batman
and I can't believe I am typing this: Wonder Woman.
Best of the rest:
Batman & Robin
Resurrection Man
Legion of Super-heroes
Completely average:
Action Comics - I didn't preorder this, but my LCS had a copy when I went in last weekend and I wanted to check it out. Nothing special.
Legion Lost
The Flash
Red Lanterns
Just hanging on:
Men of War
I haven't read Aquaman, but Ty Templeton has an enjoyable take on it here.
This being a Geoff Johns comic, I'm expecting a later issue to feature some 60's goofball supervillain turned psychotic dark age refrigerator-stuffer, who tells Aquaman:
"That fish and chips you had in issue one? I hope you liked the taste of your old friend PETER THE PUFFER FISH! YOU ATE HIM*! Bwa-hah-hah-hah!"
Completely average:
Action Comics - I didn't preorder this, but my LCS had a copy when I went in last weekend and I wanted to check it out. Nothing special.
Legion Lost
The Flash
Red Lanterns
Oh, wow, totally different opinions. I love all those books! Well, Red Lanterns isn't exactly moving quickly, but that's about the only one. Hard to believe you didn't care for Action or Flash more than you did. This was the first issue of Flash that I've liked in a long time, and the first issue of Action that I've liked that featured Superman. (I loved the Lex Luthor stuff...)
Travis Herrick said:
Completely average:
Action Comics - I didn't preorder this, but my LCS had a copy when I went in last weekend and I wanted to check it out. Nothing special.
Legion Lost
The Flash
Red Lanterns
I haven't read Aquaman, but Ty Templeton has an enjoyable take on it here.
I firmly believe Arkham Asylum has become a crutch for the lazy writer, and should be done away with.
Batman: The Dark Knight — This was not...good. At one point, Bruce Wayne says something like, "That's what we in the states call 'Overbunting his cover'" or something like that. And maybe I'm just out of touch, but I have never heard that phrase ever. Also, am I misremembering, or is this the third Batman book (after Batman and Detective) to have an Arkham riot in the first issue? And two of them, IIRC, involved Two-Face to some degree... :-/
Jeff, I actually liked The Flash better than I thought I would, honestly. I had the bar set pretty low there, and if I remember to pick it up I will. There wasn't enough going on in Red Lanterns to bump it up beyond average. As for Action Comics, I believe if someone's name besides Grant Morrison was on there it wouldn't have gotten nearly the acclaim.
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