Rocket Ramblings

WHAT I'M READING (COMICS)

So what are you lot reading these days?I'm still looking to cut down on my pull list... but I've been spending a lot of moolah on comis... despite not really being able to afford to do so. Thank God I don't smoke, drink or gamble (too much).

My pull list:

DC (every month)
Booster Gold
Justice League of America
JSA
The Flash
Teen Titans
Nightwing
Green Lantern
Blue Beetle
The New Atom
Checkmate
Batman and the Outsiders

Booster Gold, JSA and Green Lantern have been excellent. JLA and been hot and cold. The Flash and Nightwing have been very uneven. Blue Beetle has been very good, but the Atom is losing steam for me. Checkmate is good more often than it's not. Outsiders is a strange book.. I WANT to like it... and it's not bad... but the jury is still out on it.

DC (Event Books and Tie Ins)
Final Crisis and it's various tie ins
DC Universe #0

Yeah I plan on getting them all (for the most part). Hard to say how this will be. DC Universe was very good. reminded me of a set of trailers before movies. Very interesting. And the "return" of a particular character is kind of huge.

DC (on occasion, depending on the storyline or just started and I'm giving it a try)
Action Comics
Batman
The Titans
Rann/Thangar: Holy War
Supergirl
Brave and Bold
Death of the New Gods

The Whole Legion storyline in Action has been excellent. I've been picking up some of Morrision's Batman... but plan on getting the whole BATMAN: R.I.P. storyline. Issue #1 of The Titans was VERY uneven... I like the idea of the book, but it needs to be better for me to continue with it. I was surprised to find out in 52 that I seriously liked the dynamic with Adam Strange/Animal Man/Starfire so I wound up trying (and getting all issues of) Countdown to Adventure. I'm normally not into the space epic books, but I'm giving this one a shot and the first issue was pretty good. Supergirl is a book I WANT to buy. I LOVE the character.. however, DC STILL has no idea how to handle her. It's been VERY hit and miss with more misses than hits. Brave and Bold should be a book I'm buying. the art is great and the story is fairly fun... but it just hasn't been grabbing me enough to keep buying it. Death of the New Gods... was ... well... HORRIBLE. Gave up on it fairly early. LOUSY concept. LOUSY execution (no pun intended). LOUSY everything. Big Barda and Scott Free deserved better than this.

DC (Mini-Series I WAS buying until they ended)
Countdown
Suicide Squad
Salvation Run
Countdown to Adventure
Black Adam: The Dark Age

Countdown was, for the most part, not that great. Very uneven... spirialed into too many directions like it didn't know what it wanted to be. It had some excellent issues (especially the two issue "Great Disaster from Buddy Blank's point of view" arc) but was more miss than hit. It WANTED to be 52... but was not. Suicide Squad was pretty decent... not great... but an enjoyable read. Salvation Run was a disapointment, but wasn't too bad either. I expected a little more from it. Countdown to Advanture was a huge surpirse. I didn't think I would like it as much as I did, although the Forerunner backup story just left me cold. Black Adam was EXCELLENT. I hear it may become an ongoing. If it does I am there.

Marvel (Every Month)
Ultimate Spider-Man
Amazing Spider-Man
Thunderbolts
Iron Fist
New Avengers
Mighty Avengers
Capt America
The Hulk
The Twelve
Dark Tower: The Long Road Home

Ultimate Spider-Man, Iron Fist and The Twelve are solid as they come. Capt America has been very good also. I'm enjoying the two Avengers books for the most part. I'm reading the Hulk until the reveal just who he is (I have my suspicions) and most likely will drop it after that. Thunderbolts has been hit and miss lately. Spider-Man... well... I don;t know how to classify it. It hasn't been HORRIBLE... but the last two storylines were pretty weak... and I'm still having an issue with the whole "One More Day" thing. I have NEVER stopped buying Spider-Man in the last 30 years as long as I was buying comics overall... I'm not ready to stop yet... but it MUST get better. Teh Dark Tower has been decnet... but as a huge fan of the books this particular storyline seems... well... wrong to me.

Marvel (Event Books and Tie ins)
Secret Invasion
Spider-Man: Secret Invasion

I loved the idea behind this event.. but the 2nd issue was not overly good. I hope it picks up. I plan to avoid a majority of the tie ins here. Frontline is just a rehash (in my opinion) of the actual event itself with Ben Urich thrown in running around in danger. I'll pass.

Marvel (on occasion, depending on the storyline, just started and I'm giving it a try, or once tried it and I'm done)
Avengers: The Inititive
The Last Defenders
Marvel: 1985
Astonishing X-Men
Exiles
Kick-Ass

The Inititive has been ok... not bad... not great. But I think I'm done with it. Same with Last Defenders. I'm giving 1985 a shot... but a short leash. Astonishing was very good at one point but the current world breaker plot has toiled WAY too long. I'm done at the end of this arc. As for Exiles... I bought this book for years. I LOVED the concept. However..it's so conviluted and soap operaish now it's a shell of it's former self... plus the fact that almost every new character in the book is boring as hell. The fun has seeped out of this title. I gave up on it a while ago. Kick Ass has been decent so far... but not world breaking like Miller wants everone to think.

Image (Every Month)
Invincible
Walking Dead

Two great books (both by Kirkman). Invincible is just about the best book out in comics today.

Dynamite (Every Month)
The Boys

I can't help it. This book is too wild not to enjoy. Crazy stuff.

Overall the BEST books out there right now are Booster Gold, Ultimate Spider-Man and Invincible.

How about you?