Comic Books

[Mr. Eye]

Hey guys. I was just wondering how many of us here collect and read comics. What you could do is post all the titles you currently get, and how many comics you have in total, plus what your collection consists of.


Mr. Eye

 

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

I go in fits and spurts. And my comic book buying is mostly of reprints and back issues, whether they be really old issues or comics from a few months ago.

Most recent purchase was:

Essential Fantastic Four #3
Conan Saga 92
Ghost World

I've got hundreds of comics. Last I checked it was 300. I used to have almost 1000, but some of them I donated to daycares or gave away (1993 Image comics). I bought about 100 comics this year, so I probably have about 400 now.

 

[Nightwing]

It begins!!

I've started to leap into the knowledge of the comics I wanted to get into finaly. As of right now, I've started with Ultimate Spiderman and it's incredible!!! Absolutely incredible.

But it's just that they took forever to deliver my subscription's first issue so they started me off at #10. I guess I gotta find a comic shop nearby cuz I REALLY wanna get those other issues.

Oh, and I plan on getting in on that 10 cent Batman book in a year (or 2?) or so when it comes out, as well as Gotham Adventures.

Might start on Ultimate X-Men too, cuz the back of the cardboard on the Spidey comix have offers of like 5 bucks off a lot of their subscriptions. I like subscriptions, they're so easy for the lazy man that is me.

 

[James Harvey]

Let's see...

I am subscribed to:

Batman
Detective Comics
Gotham Knights
Gotham Adventures
Batman Beyond
Superman Adventures
New X-Men
Uncanny X-Men

I subscribe to those, but I still pick up other books. I'm currently going through a trade paperback phase. I got my grubby mits on MARVEL, KINGDOM COME, KNIGHTFALL, WOLVERINE/NICK FURY: SCORPIO CONNECTION, and I want to get WOLVERINE: BLOODHUNT, THE DARK PHOENIX SAGA, BATMAN IN THE SEVENTIES, BATAMN: STRANGE APPARITIONS, and whatever else I can get. I also pick up WOLVERINE occasionally, as well as a few DC titles here and there. I recently dropped JLA and SPIDER-MAN.

 

[Joe Tully]

I only post here sporadically, but I used to love comics. I have been collecting them less lately due to high prices, but I also bought the Essential FF 3 a few weeks back. I am also keeping my eyes open for the 1st or 2nd FF essential, I am a huge FF fan.

I also used to collect a lot of Marvel such as X-Men and Spider-Man, and some DC such as Flash and TEC when Chuck Dixon was writing around issue 700.

 

[Mr. Eye]

I have a bunch of comics. Around 2K. Anyway here's what I currently buy, along with some comments

Spider-Girl (the most consistent and entertaining Spidey title of the past 3 years)

Amazing Spider-Man (I'm curious as to where JMS is going with this)

Peter Parker:Spider-Man (the 3 part Fusion story line was great, as was the latest Uncle Ben issue, but I hope Paul Jenkins starts some subplots cuz it's really going in circles)

Ultimate Spidey (currently my favourite title right now. I don't care what anyone says. IT"S GOOD!)

Tangled Web (enh.......)

Ultimate Marvel Team-Up (h8 the first 3 issues, but loved the last 2)

Daredevil
Ultimate X-Men
Punisher
Battle Chasers (lol!)
Green Arrow

And here's what I've been picking up the last few months on a trial basis:

New X-Men
Uncanny X-Men
X-Force
X-treme X-Men
Elektra
X-Force

I think i'm only going to keep New X-men out of this pack. Also, looking forward to the 10 cent adventure

Mr. Eye

 

[James Harvey]

I am thinking about jumping back on Spidey possibly soon. I will pick up the MOVIE adapation, especially with thew ggood creative team. I recommend DETECTIVE COMICS for sure. Amazing stuff. NEW X-MEN is great, but UNCANNY has been dissapointing. One of the upcoming UNCANNY stories is about a mutant brothel. I may get SPidey if I can fit it into my budget in the near future.

 

[Mr. Eye]

I've been wanting to get back to buying the bat titles, but there's too much too chose from. I can't just get one. It's one or all of them for me. I just don't have enough cash.

Mr. Eye

 

[James Harvey]

Actually, I've been thinking of ddropping the mainstream Batbooks becuase they're starting to bore me. No offense to the writers, but I've just read so much Batman it's becoming stagnant. If I drop them, Spidey is on the top of my list to reaqquire and check out. I heard AMAZING has been good. Plus, the DC Can prices are just getting ridiculous. I'd save money jumping over to Spidey. I'll still read the animated books, but the mainstream...?

 

[Clayface]

I couldn't even begin to list all the comics I collect - I frankly can't remember them all!

My current collection? Let's see, just going by memory, I'd say I have about 25 long boxes completely filled, as well as a few stacks here and there.

 

[Trent Lane]

yall are probably tired of hearing what books i have, but i'll list what my collection consist of anyway:

The Batman Adventures (all but about a dozen of them)
The Batman & Robin Adv. (missing about 6 books)
Lost Years TPB
Gotham Adventures (every issue)
-The Batgirl Adventures (one shot)
Batman Beyond (Mini-series)
Batman Beyond (every issue)
Superman Adventures (missing about a dozen from the beginning of it's run)
Aventures in the DCU (missing #18)
Harley Quinn (Paul Dini intro story)
Harley Quinn (every issue)
Batgirl (every issue)
Kingdom Come TPB
Various issues w/ Harley in them (for example Shadow of the Bat 93, some Superman issues, etc...)

in all, i'd say i've got about 300+ comics. my pride and joy is Batgirl #1....

 

[nightwing_38116]

I think that I'm sitting at a few hundred. Mostly Batman, Robin, and Nightwing. And tons of older stuff. I've been collecting for over ten years and even wrote a few comics for small publishers during the "Boom" time a few years ago.

 

[don Jaime]

It's pretty eclectic - the complete run of the not-very-good Animaniacs line (including the Red Cross issue), collections of Ranma 1/2 and Cardcaptor Sakura, and The Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius, which is pretty sadistic and funny, too. I get Powerpuff Girls as well, to round out the collection. I'm an irritating completist.

 

[James Harvey]

Originally posted by flhero311
The Batman & Robin Adv. (missing about 6 books)

If you don't mind me asking, which issues?

 

[Flying Grayson]

I subscribe to Uncanny X-men.
Also I buy Peter Parker: Spider man off the shelves of my local Rite-aid(no comic book shops in my area).

 

[Calhoun07]

Ah, you don't want me to go there. TRUST ME! I have 3000 comics here, probably another 1500-2000 at my mom's house in Minnesota, and as to what I am currently buying, it runs about 25 titles a month, so forget it, I ain't listing them all!

Suffice to say, I've been dropping DC titles in favor for more Marvel titles. I also like the independents, such as Cerebus, Drawn and Quarterly, and Fantagraphics. I also buy the Strain graphic novels, and am an avid reader of Wrapped in Plastic. If you know what WIP is, then I will be impressed! If you read WIP, I will be even more impressed! I also get Simpsons and Futurama comics.

I sure hope DC doesn't start doing radical revisions to their titles anytime soon. I don't think my pocketbook could handle it if I suddenly felt the urge to start buying some of their comics again because they are getting better talent.

In the end, it's not the characters I like to collect, it's the talent. I don't buy Spider Man because it's Spider Man, or Batman because it's Batman. I have to like the creative team on the book. There's too much of a demand for my money as it is just to throw it away on books just for the characters.

 

[James Harvey]

Originally posted by Flying Grayson
I subscribe to Uncanny X-men.
Also I buy Peter Parker: Spider man off the shelves of my local Rite-aid(no comic book shops in my area).

You don't get NEW X-MEN, whichis the better title. Casey has been dissapointing me so far on UNCANNY, but Morrison picks up the slack fer sure!

 

[Trent Lane]

Originally posted by DickGrayson


If you don't mind me asking, which issues?

Well, I "lost" #3 & 6, which I thought were awesome stories. I never got #5, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, & 23. Now that I count, I guess that's 10 books I'm missing...

 

[icecold]

Hmmmmm...Lets see.........
Batman
Detective
Gotham Knights
LOTDK (only if the current arc interests me.)
Superman
AOS
MOS
Action
Green Arrow
Green Lantern
Nightwing
Robin
Harley Quinn
Superboy
Young Justice
Gotham Adventures
Impulse
Ultimate Spider-Man
Ultimate X-Men
Ultimate Team up
Uncanny X-Men
New X-Men
X-Treme X-Men
Peter Parker
Amz. Spidey
Daredevil
Punisher (I think that's all of 'em.)
I'd say I own about 200-250 comics.

 

[Calhoun07]

Anybody remember their first comic book? Mine was Dennis the Menace. I still have the comic book, too.