The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys #5 (Dark Horse): I’ve enjoyed the series so far. I’m not exactly sure why. Hey! Maybe that’s why!
Sandman: Overture #1 (DC/Vertigo): Neil Gaiman on words and J.H. Williams on images: a dream match-up. If you’re not excited about this, there’s something wrong with you. Or maybe you’re too young to have a clue.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #27 (IDW): Took me ’til my forties to take to the Turtles. A big reason: Mateus Santolouco’s martial art. Not sure, however, if I’ll keep on after “City Fall,” however.
Wild Blue Yonder #3 (IDW): We loved #1 and #2! Seems a pretty safe bet we’ll love this one, too. Zach Howard’s art alone is worth the price of admission.
Saga #15 (Image): So many smart touches in #14. So many, in fact, that we celebrated it as our #2 book of September. One thing we know about this issue: it’s kicking off with a full tank of gas.
X-Men: Battle of the Atom #2 (Marvel): Somewhere, my future self is shaking my future head. Sorry–in advance.
The Fox #1 (Archie/Red Circle): If you’re keeping track, then you know that this’ll be my second–that’s right: second–Archie Comics purchase in the past month. With names like Mark Waid and Dean Haspiel attached to this one, I’d be a fool to pass it up.
Yup, that’s it! And, you know what? Thank God.
Sorry so late: my third wedding anniversary kinda got in the way.
Say what? Wife over comics?
Hey, what’s one week out of the year?
Dream Thief #4 (Dark Horse): We celebrated #1. Not so much the next two. I’m just going to grin and pick this one and then ride out the series.
Animal Man #23 (DC): I can’t seem to find solid ground with this title. Ideas in a single issue can run the gamut from clever to terrible; and the dialogue–ugh!–is generally a disaster. As I am with Batman, I’m hanging on to Animal Man because I respect the writer; and, like Snyder, Lemire deserves the longest of leashes. (I mean, come on: he’s a home run hitter: his story in Adventures of Superman #1 was so, so good–so very reminiscent of the superior Essex County.) Thing is, with Trillium #1, I’m finally getting what I want from Lemire, and that makes Animal Man expendable. We’ll see what bubbles up with Brother Blood. Hope it’s not hepatitis.
Batman ’66 #2 (DC): The first one was fun enough, though not quite funny enough. Here’s hoping that Jeff Parker ramps up the camp.
Batman and Nightwing #23 (DC): With Batman Incorporated gone the way of the most recent Robin, this stands as the best Batman title on the shelf.
Batwoman #23 (DC): And, wouldn’t you know, this one’s the best Batbook goin’.
Superman Unchained #3 (DC): #2 was a vast improvement over #1. Still feels a little too Lobdellian for my taste, however.
Wonder Woman #23 (DC): Azzarello’s plugging along, and I’m still reading along.
Chin Music #2 (Image): Geez. I’m gonna hafta find #1 in order to get reacquainted with the Ness Niles and Harris left behind.
Revival #13 (Image): Has had its moments, sure, but is starting to feel the slog of a large cast of characters.
Daredevil #30 (Marvel): Not a big fan of the Silver Surfer. Never have been, really. Even the team-up with DD doesn’t do anything for me. Ah, but add Chris Samnee to the mix: this could be a good time.
Indestructible Hulk #12 (Marvel): This one’s going to test my new-found tolerance for dinosaurs.
X-Men #4 (Marvel): I had a bunch of problems with #3. Still, even in its infancy, X-Men is the cream of the mutant crop. Hey, check it out: the best Batbook stars a woman, and the best X-book is based on women. Hmm. Hermm.
Bloodshot #0 (Valiant): Matt Kindt’s takeover of the industry continues here. Hoping with all my might that he doesn’t suffer the same fate as Snyder and Lemire, who have stumbled some outside of their creator-owned work.
X-O Manowar #16 (Valiant): Not unlike Wonder Woman, really: always good but never quite great.
Numbercruncher #2 (Titan): I enjoyed the first one a lot.
The Sixth Gun #33 (Oni Press): Got a pretty impressive pile of post-Vol. 4 The Sixth Gun taunting me from the shelf to my left. Not to worry, though: Vol. 5 is almost here!
As far as bags go, this one feels a lot like punching.
It’s not a bag of comics as much as it’s a bag of evidence–evidence that I have a problem.
The Sixth Gun #32 (Has me looking forward to September. Sacrilege, I know; but I need to get through Vol. 5 first!
Now that I’ve got nothing but time–till September, of course–the pile doesn’t look so big. Man, I’m my own enabler.