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CaptainAwesome

06-23-2006, 09:00 PM

I want to slim down my pull list soon, but I don't know what books should stay and what books should go. So I need your help!

My DC pull list
Action Comics
Superman
Superman/Batman
Firestorm
Green Lantern
GL Corp.
Shadow Pact
Teen Titans
Legion of Superheroes
52
Flash
Blue Beetle
Loveless (not really DCU, but I'll put it here anyway)

Yeah, I know some of these books just started, but based on the first issue(s) give me a hint if you think its worth keeping. No spoilers please. Im looking to slim it down to 5 or 6 books a month and I appreciate your help. Thanks in advance:D !

scratchie

06-23-2006, 11:19 PM

I want to slim down my pull list soon, but I don't know what books should stay and what books should go. Keep the ones you like and drop the ones you don't. Hope this helps.

Aaron King

06-23-2006, 11:44 PM

Here are some quick opinions. I'll try to rate the books from worst (drop!) to best (keep reading!).
First of all:
Flash & Loveless: I have no opinion on these. I haven't looked into either.
Then...
1. Blue Beetle: I was interested at first, and Cully Hamner's new style is really fresh and interesting; I also respect Keith Giffen, but his writing is hit and miss for me. This has been a miss so far.
2. Shadowpact: Sorry, Bill Willingham, but this book hasn't been doing much for me. The art's neat but the story so far is pretty boring.
3. GL Corps: Rann/Thanagar War was sort of a mess for me and GL Corps: Recharge seemed much more organized. This leads me to believe that Dave Gibbons, on his own, isn't the best plotter/writer. On the plus side, I love the Pat Gleason art. I met him at a con a few months ago and he was a great guy.
4. Green Lantern: This book isn't bad by any means... I just like it less than the rest of the list. It's a neat book but hasn't amazed me.
5.Action Comics & Superman: I don't know if I'd buy one without the other. I'm really liking the current crossover arc because it's focusing on Clark Kent. (That's why I liked parts of Rucka's run on Adventures of Superman.)
5. Superman/Batman: I would keep this simply because I like Mark Verheiden and want to support him. I'm not a Jeph Loeb fan and I'd hate to see the sales drop from his leaving without giving Mark a chance. Also, Ethan Van Sciver's a self-trained artist, which is cool.
6. Firestorm: This has been a consistently good book, and I love it when someone does well with a "next generation hero." Great action and heroics combined with fun characters.
7. Teen Titans: If you had asked me before One Year Later, the Titans would've been at the top of my list. Now, however, Geoff Johns has pulled out the Doom Patrol, redeemed them from the boring Byrne run, and restored their excellent Arnold Drake/Grant Morrison/Rachel Pollack/John Arcudi history. The characters have interesting drives, Monsieur Mallah and the Brain are lovers, and the Brain has a BODY!
8. Legion of Superheroes: I'm a fan of all of the Legion eras and I really enjoy what Waid and Kitson are adding to the mythos. The main story is fun, Supergirl here is better than in any other title, the backups are cool, the letter columns are hilarious, and Kitson's at his best.
9. 52: I'm still excited about what DC is doing with 52. I've listened to interviews with Giffen, Waid, Rucka, and Johns, and it just makes me look forward to it more. Steel, Montoya, the Question, Black Adam, and Ralph Dibny deserve the attention. (Booster is... eh.) I can't wait for the Secret Origins entries (the art lineup is pretty amazing) and the subplots are a great mix of mind-blowing and character-driven. It's like Greg Rucka and Grant Morrison had a little baby that Johns and Waid lovingly raised.

jam37wcc

06-24-2006, 01:32 AM

shaxper

06-24-2006, 10:04 AM

Ask yourself which ones you wouldn't miss if you stopped reading them. That's how I slimmed down my list. It's not about which ones you necessarily like better. I really LIKE Green Arrow, but I cut it from my list because I knew I wouldn't really miss reading it. I didn't spend my weeks looking forward to finding out what would happen in the next issue. Contrarily, while 52 hasn't been flooring me each issue, It would drive me crazy to stop reading it because I KNOW I'd miss out on some big stuff.

I think the first place you can cut is Superman/Action Comics. Good title or not, nothing big is EVER going to change in the Superman titles. Busiek isn't going to cover any ground that hasn't been covered before, and it's not like those issues will be hard to track down in a half-off bin next year if you start to regret your decision.

K'Nort

06-24-2006, 01:42 PM

Another thing that's worth looking into is how quickly each series gets put into trades, which you can then read via the library.

shanedawg2k6

06-24-2006, 02:01 PM

My DC pull list
Action Comics
Superman
Superman/Batman
Firestorm
Green Lantern
GL Corp.
Shadow Pact
Teen Titans
Legion of Superheroes
52
Flash
Blue Beetle
Loveless (not really DCU, but I'll put it here anyway)

The only ones I buy regularly out of your list are GL Corps, Shadowpact, Teen Titans and 52. I picked up Flash and Blue Beetle simply for the first issue and didn't enjoy either. Green Lantern was a little iffy for me, so decided to drop it. I've never been into Legion, except for the 'five years later' Giffen storyline waaaayyyy back when. Superman/Batman disappeared from my list after the first storyarc because I got tired of waiting for an issue only to read it in a manner of a minute or two. 26 issues in what? 4 years? Action & Superman, I've already picked up a number in the 50% off bin. Enjoyed the story, but it's difficult for me to stick to a Superman title (the 'three words' hype was yet another let-down, IMO).

I know a lot of people aren't enjoying Shadowpact. I am. But then, I've enjoyed Willingham's work on Elementals back in the days of Comico. GL Corps is a surprise for me and I'm liking it. Teen Titans is one I've collected with each series since the early 1980s, so it'll 99% always be on my pull list. Mallah & Brain as a gay couple? Been around since Morrison's run on Doom Patrol, in case you didn't know. I am wondering, though, if it' just coincidence that Outsiders and Titans are both covering Mallah & the Brain at the same time. If they're over-used and the stories don't work, then they'll be in my "bad" books along with Vandal Savage (whom I detest whenever he shows up in a comic --he's like the patron-saint of shark-jumping in DC Comics).

In the end, however, go back and look at which books you enjoy most. Take others' opinions here about potential 'bargain books' (and I do see Action, Superman, Blue Beetle & Shadowpact there). But decide which ones are really hitting you right now. That's the best thing to do.