Pull List for 1 Jul 2009

1. The Astounding Wolf-Man #17
2. Atomika #9
3. Batman and Robin #2
4. Reborn #1 (of 5)
5. Secret Six #11
6. Solomon Grundy #5 (of 7)
7. Unbound Saga (one-shot)
8. Wonder Woman #33

Reborn is finally here.  Let’s see what Brubaker has planned for Cap now.

Two issues of Atomika in two weeks? It must be Christmas in July.

Pull List for 24 Jun 2009

1. Atomika #8
2. Detective Comics #854
3. Empowered #5
4. Gotham City Sirens #1
5. The Incredible Hercules #130
6. The Last Days of Animal Man #2 (of 6)
7. Northlanders #18
8. Red Sonja #45
9. The Spirit #30
10. Thor #602
11. Viking #2
12. Wolverine: Weapon X #3
13. X-Factor #45
14. X-Force #16

Yeah, this post is way late, but I grabbed my comics on my way out of town for a week, and didn’t have time to post this.

No real surprises here, but I’ll be glad when “Messiah War” is over, since I don’t buy Cable, and X-Force has been really disjointed as a result.

Hopefully, Mercury Comics’s money issues are straightened out, because I really hate the long delay between issues of Atomika.

Pull List for 17 Jun 2009

1. Batman: Streets of Gotham #1
2. Captain America #600
3. Hack/Slash #23
4. Incognito #4
5. Masquerade #4
6. Mysterius the Unfathomable #6 §
7. Project Superpowers: Chapter Two #0 *
8. The Trial of Thor #1 (one-shot)
9. Young Allies 70th Anniversary Special #1 (one-shot)

* — Denotes those wavering at the edge of the Culling List.
§ — Denotes my last issue of this misbegotten series.

Unless Mysterius does something amazing this issue, it just isn’t funny enough to keep getting regularly.

I wasn’t really happy with the way the first Project Superpowers ended and was totally underwhelmed by Black Terror. I didn’t read Death-Defying Devil, but Masquerade, however, has been pretty good. We’ll see how this issue grabs me.

As I said last week, I’m giving all the new Batman series a 2–3 issue trial run and pick the top few series to keep getting.  So far, I liked Batman was the best, with Batman and Robin being a close second. I doubt I’ll get more than the first arc of Red Robin unless something awesome happens.  SoG is by Dini and Nguyen who did some amazing work in Detective Comics leading up to “Final Crisis”.

Pull List for 10 Jun 2009

1. Batman #687
2. Beta Ray Bill: Godhunter #1 (of 3)
3. Deadpool #11
4. The Flash: Rebirth #3
5. Miss America Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 (one-shot)
6. Red Robin #1
7. The Spirit #29
8. The Unwritten #2
9. Wolverine #74 §
10. X-Factor #44

* — Denotes those wavering at the edge of the Culling List.
§ — Denotes my last issue of this misbegotten series.

I’m probably going to get the first 2–3 issues of all the new Batman-related series and choose only the top three or four to keep getting.  With eight (?) new series coming out, it’s going to be too expensive to get them all.  However, the creative teams on all of them are competent at worst, so they all appear to be worth a try.

Looks like this is my last issue of “regular” Wolverine, since it’s becoming Daken-centric starting with #75, and I couldn’t care less.

I’m really undecided on Flash right now.  Based on his track record, I’m willing to give Johns the benefit of the doubt, but something just seems to be “off” with this series so far.

Pull List for 3 Jun 2009

1. Batman and Robin #1
2. Conan the Cimmerian #11
3. Hack/Slash #22
4. New Mutants #2
5. Secret Six #10
6. Solomon Grundy #4 (of 7)
7. The Warlord #3
8. Werewolves on the Moon: Versus Vampires #1 (of 3)

Okay, that last one was picked up on a lark.  No surprises with most everything else.

Warlord and New Mutants are going to have to show me something awesome, however, in the next month or two, because I’ve got to be a little more budget-conscious in the coming months.