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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Good question. I’ll be continuing with all I tried:
Action Comics
Batgirl*
Justice League
OMAC
Superman
Swamp Thing*
*Tracy is reading, too.
I'll be getting second issues of
Batgirl
Green Lantern
Green Lantern Corps
Justice League
Justice League International
Nightwing
Red Lanterns
Static Shock
Wonder Woman
Plus, I haven't read the week four books yet so I'll likely add a few more.
Keep:
Action
All-Star Western
Batman
Batwoman
Demon Knights
Flash
Frankenstein
Firestorm
Justice League
Legion
Legion Lost
OMAC
Resurrection Man
Swamp Thing
Wonder Woman
Shade (added for October)
Legion Secret Origin (added for October)
Keep (on a short leash -- most likely I'll see the first story through):
Aquaman
Batgirl
Birds of Prey
I, Vampire
Superman (might wait and pick up cheaper, digitally)
One more issue, then...?
Justice League Dark
Men of War
Mister Terrific (might wait and pick up cheaper, digitally; I want to like this more than I did.)
Dropped
Batwing (might wait and pick up cheaper, digitally; I like it, but am reading too many batbooks as it is.)
Blue Beetle (might wait and pick up cheaper, digitally; I want to like this more than I did.)
Grifter
Static Shock
Biggest Surprises:
Birds of Prey and Aquaman. I don't think Birds feels like Birds without Oracle (not even the character, so much as the dramatic structure of a central figure positioning operatives). But it did feel like a good start to a female-centric action series, and I'm down with that. As for Aquaman, like Birds, I wasn't even planning to pick it up. But this is a strong start to a book with a character I've never cared about much... but I do care about this guy, so far.
Biggest Disappointments:
Static Shock & Blue Beetle. Both felt like fairly generic teen superheroes to me. I like the previous iterations of the characters a lot, but I'll wait until these guys (and their worlds) get fleshed out with some more depth.
Biggest Disappointments:
Static Shock & Blue Beetle. Both felt like fairly generic teen superheroes to me. I like the previous iterations of the characters a lot, but I'll wait until these guys (and their worlds) get fleshed out with some more depth.
I agree. I'm sticking it out with Static Shock for a second issue at least but that's because of my previous admiration for the character.
Travis Herrick said:
I didn't hate any of them, to be honest. (Though Grifter didn't have much to recommend it.) But I intentionally sampled more comics than I could buy regularly. And I know I haven't cut deeply enough.
These are the only "definites". Others as the mood and budget strike me on the day.
Justice League International
Mister Terrific
Green Lantern: The New Guardians
Batwoman
Frankenstein, Agent of SHADE
All Star Western
Given that I didn't buy but so many -- and I haven't made it to the store yet this week -- I think I can safely say that I'll give Action Comics, Batgirl, and All-Star Western a second-issue try.
No to Birds of Prey; it just isn't the same without Oracle. Probably no to Batman or Detective Comics; I've been waiting too long to get the Batman I used to like and want to read, and this ain't it. I fear DC has permanently lost me as a Batman reader.
I still have to give Wonder Woman, Supergirl and Superman a first-issue try before I can decide on the second issue.
I feel ya! Did you get the Johns/Frank reboot just a short time ago? The closeness of these two reboots probably doesn't help either.
My 'Johnsophobia' has meant that I passed on the last reboot and I'm ok with this one, even though Waid's Birthright is still fresh in my mind ... :-)
Unfortunately, your ennui with Superman pretty much mirrors my own with superhero stories generally. I've read so many of them by now... Animal Man and Swamp Thing seem like pretty well made comics, with good set-ups for series, but even still, I don't see me staying on til the end of their current arc, let alone very long term.
I do find myself looking forward to the next Frankenstein. They are all such freaks and the set-up with the little manga Father Time is drawing in this jaded old fanboy. I wouldn't have been able to give the judgements above a week or two ago, but that's how it's looking after the books have perculated in my head for a bit.
Wonder Woman looks like fun. I realised this morning that although it's selling itself as partially a horror book, I'm not sure it will be able to really get under the readers skin the way good horror comics like Moore's Swamp Thing did. So far it's just an R15 superhero comic.
I'd rather own Morrison's Action in collected form, but I'm not waiting 6 months to a year for them.
After pestering Paul Cornell about the new Shining Knight on his blog, I owe it to him to stick with Demon Knights for a while. It is a good comic though. Like Frankenstein, the fact that they are all freaks and outcasts is probably part of the charm.
I'll stick with Batwoman for a while too.
That hooded woman malingering around the books is very off-putting, I have to say. I'm not buying into anything that leads into another soulless Johnsian mega-crossover. She should vamoose her caboose asap!
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