Book Club - 1500 books or burst

**dupersuper** · 11-01-2012, 11:13 PM

Gimme' a U! Gimme' a P! Gimme' a D! Gimme' an A! Gimme a T! Gimme' an E! What's that spell?!?

**Kid Montana** · 11-02-2012, 06:00 AM

To Recap, made it to 95 books this month, closing in on 1k. Have some extra time in NOV-DEC, so hoping for some big numbers to close out the year.

Total for October 95, YTD 972
Best Book: Sword of Sorcery 0, Strawberry Shortcake 1
Honorable Mention: Garfield 5, Atomic Robo RSA 4,5, Halloween Eve 1
Worst Book: Blackbeard Legacy 1

After editing my orginal post to save room, I decided it still wasn't enough to finish the last two months so I am continuing it here.

November 140

Lord of the Jungle 7, Lone Ranger Snake of Iron 2, Legend of Oz Wild West 6, Justice League 0,12, Justice League International annual 1, Detective Annual 1, Captain Marvel 3-5, B4 Watchmen Minutemen 3,4, Aquaman 0, 12, Superman 12, 0, Rocketeer Cargo of Doom 1,2, Mars Attacks 3,4, Womanthology Space 1, Winter Soldier 10,11, Superman Family Adventure 5, Simpsons Tree House of Horror 18, Shadow Annual 1, Savage Hawkman 0, Popeye 5, Phantom Lady & Doll Man 2, National Comics Rose & Thorn 1, GFT Wonderland 2,3, Steampunk Glamour Review 4, Flash 0,13, Elric 12, Captain America & 636-638 B4 Watchmen Ozymandias 3, Batman Inc. 0, Bart Simpson 75, All Star Western 0,13, Wonder Woman 0, Simpsons 194, 195 Supergirl 0, Red Sonja Atlantas Rises 2, Shadow 5, Peanuts M.S. 2, 3, Nightwing 0, Lobster Johnson Caput Mortum 1, GFT Bad Girls 2, Danger Girl/GI Joe 3, Captain Atom 0, GFT Call of Wonderland 4, B4 Watchmen Nite Owl 3, Atomic Robo RSA 6, Atomic Robo TFSD of the P 3, Warlord of Mars 21, Spongebob 12, Shade 12, Resurrection Man 0, Victories 2, Hoax Hunters 3,4 GFT Jungle Book 5, Game of Thrones 10, Alpha Flight 51-61, Captain Atom (1987) 1-10, Billy the Kid (Charlton) 50, 68, Range Rider 14, Lex Luthor the Unauthorized Biography 1, Buffy TVS 6, Garfield 6, Galaxy Man 2, Dark Shadows/Vampirella 2, Conan 8, B4 Watchmen Comedian 3, Batman 0,13 Worlds Finest 0, Muppets 3, Love and Capes 2, Lone Ranger 9, Hypernaturals 3, GFT Myths and Legends 20, Grimm Fairy Tales 77, Green Arrow 0, Fashion Beast 1, Detective 0, Cross Star 2, Classic Popeye 2,3, Black kiss II 2, B4 Watchmen Silk Spectre 3, Army of Darkness 5, Action 0, Shazam: Monster Society of Evil 1-4, Damsels 2, Uncanny Avengers 1, MacGyver 1, Tattered Man 1, Peter Cannon 2, Godstorm 1, GFT Sleepy Hollow 1, Billy the Kid: Loch Ness 1, B4 Watchmen Dr. Manhattan 2, Archer & Armstrong 3, Talon 1, National Comics Madame X 1, Bravest Warriors 1, Womanthology Space 2, Phantom Stranger 1, Haunted Horror 1.

Total for November 140, YTD 1112
Best Book: Shazam: Monster Society of Evil 1-4
Honorable Mention: Tattered Man 1
Worst Book: Buffy TVS 6

December 134

Galaxy Man 3, Fashion Beast 2, Wedding of Popey & Olive 1, Avengers Military Giveaway 13, Extreme Justice 0-3, Popeye Special 1,2, Bella Lugosi 2, Wulf 3,4, Final Crisis Superman 3-D 1,2, Sword of Sorcery 1, Wonder Woman 13, Betty & Veronica 262, Supergirl 13, GFT Giant 2012, Action 13, Rorschach 2, Black Kiss II 3, Daredevil End of Days 1, Detective 13, Dial H 5, Green Arrow 13, CrossStar 3, Guarding the Globe 2,3, Cyberforce 1, Hawkeye 3, Popeye 6, Hypernaturals 4, Legends of the Dark Knight 1, Worlds Finest 5, Clone 1, Judge Dredd 1, Supurbia 1, Masks 1, Joan of Arc 1, Hero of Alexandria 1, Fantastic Four NOW 1, Simpsons 196, Spongebob 13,14, Shadowman 1, Looney Tunes 209, Mind the Gap 0,2, Garfield 7, Peanuts 4, Bart Simpson 76,77, Simpsons Illustrated 4, Maggie 1, Lone Ranger 10, Muppets 4, Superman 13, It Girl & the Atomics 3, Justice League 13, Marvel Zombies Halloween 1, Nightwing 13, Batman/Scooby Adventures 1, Batgirl 13, GFT Halloween Special 2012, Love & Capes 3, Dark Shadows/Vampirella 3, Executive Assistant Assasins 4, Conan 9, Ice Age: Past, Present and Future 1, Finding Nemo: Reef Rescue 1, Almost Naked Animals 1, Kid Colt & Arizona Girl 1, Knight & Squire 1-6, Mighty Marvel Western Legends 1, Kid Colt (2009) 1, Strange Westerns (2009) 1, A. Bizarro 1-4, Sentinals of Justice 1, Marvel Westerens Outlaw Files 1, Marvel Westerns Two Gun Kid (2009) 1, Ultransylvania 1, Rookie 1, Red Sonja Atlantis Rises 3, Winter Soldier 12, Superman Family Adventures 6, Rocketeer Cargo of Doom 3, Batgirl Annual 1, Aquaman 13, Action Annual 1, GL Animated Series 8, Star Wars Agen of the Empire Hard Targets 1,2, Wulf 4-6, Phoenix 0-6, Atlas Unified 0-2, Grim Ghost 5,6, Finding Gossamyr 2, Army of Darkness 6, Gold Digger Swimsuit Annual 1, Lord of the Jungle 8, Invincible 96, Batman Inc 4, Pantha 4, Shadow 6, Warriors of Mars 5, GFT Myths and Legends 21, Witchblade Demon Reborn 3, Princeless v2 1, Lone Ranger Snake of Iron 3,Green Hornet 29, 30, Zorro Rides Again 12, Steampunk Halloween 1

Total for December 134, YTD 1246
Best Book: Knight & Squire 1-6, A. Bizarro 1-4
Honorable Mention: Atlas Unified 0-2
Worst Book: Black Kiss II 3

**kevink31593** · 11-04-2012, 06:34 AM

Updated. 834 YTD. Think I should make it to 1000 by Dec 31, barely.

Up next for reading, Saga volume one, AvX, and then a Walkind Dead readathon from the beginning.

**shaxper** · 11-05-2012, 05:58 PM

Finally ran out of room in the old post, so I'm starting again here:

January
Batman #437
Battle for the Planet of the Apes (Power Records)
Boy Comics #59
Cerebus #0
Creepy #41 (counts as 2 issues)
Detective Comics #603
Eerie #60, 131 (each counts as 2 issues)
Fantastic Four #21
Doctor Solar (Dark Horse) #8
Justice League: Generation Lost #23, 24
Magnus: Robot Fighter (Dark Horse) #4
Mighty Samson (Dark Horse) #3
Planet of the Apes (Curtis/Marvel) #1-5
Sgt. Fury #9
Silver Surfer (1978 Fireside Graphic Novel, counting it as four issues)
Spectre (1988) #2
Strange Tales #4
Tales from the Crypt #28
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #176, 189, 194, 208, 211, 218

Jan Total: 36
Best comic I read in January: Silver Surfer (1978 Fireside Graphic Novel)

February
Batman #438-442, 710-713
Batman (vol. 2) #1
Batman and Robin #23-26
Batman Incorporated #4-5
Batmanga (tpb reprinting 16 issues)
Detective Comics #604-609, 876-881, Annual #2
Donald Duck #26
Four Color #429 (Pluto)
Legends of the Dark Knight #1
Mighty Samson (Dark Horse) #4
New Titans #60-61
Planet of the Apes (Curtis/Marvel) 6-12
Secret Origins Special #1
Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #10-13
Tintin: The Blue Lotus (counting it as four issues total)
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #223, 224, 226, 235, 237

Feb Total: 72
Best comic I read in February: Planet of the Apes (Curtis/Marvel) #8

March
Amazing Adventures #18-29 (Killraven)
Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth (counting it as 3 issues)
Batman #443
Batman Special (1983) #1
Creepy #1 (counts as 2 issues)
Detective Comics #610
Donald Duck #66, 67, 74
Dr. Strange (1974) #1
Electric Warrior #1-4
Four Color #203, 282 (Donald Duck)
Gotham by Gaslight (counting it as 2 issues)
Legends of the Dark Knight #2
Planet of the Apes (Curtis/Marvel) #13-23
Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #14-17
Sub-Mariner #12-13
Usagi Yojimbo #136-143
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #142
2000 AD #1731-1732 (counts as 2 issues each)

Mar Total: 62
Best comic I read in March: Planet of the Apes (Curtis/Marvel) #20

April
Amazing Adventures #30-39 (Killraven)
Creepy #2-6 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Eerie #2 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Electric Warrior #5-12
Marvel Graphic Novel #7 (counting this as 3 issues)
2000 A.D. #1733-1741 (counting these as 2 issues each)

Apr Total: 51
Best comic I read in April: Amazing Adventures #36

May
Creepy #7 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Electric Warrior #13-16
Legends of the Dark Knight #3
Life & Times of Scrooge McDuck #8B "The Prisoner of White Agony Creek" (double length), #8C "Hearts of the Yukon"
Planet of the Apes (Curtis/Marvel) #24, 26-29, 2 unpublished scripts
Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #18-20
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #68-69, 140, 152, 162, 181, 186, 192, 199, 200
X-O Manowar (current series) #1
2000 A.D. #1742-1754 (counting these as 2 issues each)

May Total: 57
Best comic I read in May: Life & Times of Scrooge McDuck #8B "The Prisoner of White Agony Creek"

June
Ape City #1-4
Batman #444
Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett) #114 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Captain Marvel Jr. #83 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Creepy #8 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Detective Comics #611
Electric Warrior #17, 18
Groo (Marvel) #103
Hansi, The Girl Who Loved the Swastika
Infinity Gauntlet #1
Life & Times of Scrooge McDuck #10B: The Sharpie of the Culabra Cut
Marvel Family #56 (counting this as 2 issues)
Master Comics #97
Planet of the Apes: "Journey to the Planet of the Apes" (unpublished script)
Planet of the Apes: "To Meet the Makers" (unpublished script for double sized story)
Planet of the Apes (Malibu/Adventure Comics) #1-9
Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #21
Strange Tales #135 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Superman: Victory by Computer (1981 Radio Shack give-away)
Uncle Scrooge #325 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #135, 201, 220, 227-228
2000 A.D. #1755-1757 (counting these as 2 issues each)

June Total: 50
Best comic I read in June: Strange Tales #135

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**shaxper** · 11-05-2012, 05:59 PM

July
Ape Nation #1-4
Batman, The Dailies: "The Missing Heir Dilemma"
Bloodshot (current series) #1
Complete Chronicles of Conan (the original Robert E. Howard stories):
*The Hyborean Age (essay, counting it as 2 issues)
*The Phoenix on the Sword (counting it as 2 issues)
*The Frost Giant's Daughter
*The God in the Bowl (counting it as 2 issues)
*The Tower of the Elephant (counting it as 2 issues)
Conan, The Barbarian (vol. 1) #1-11 (via The BWS Archives vol. 1)
Eerie #3 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Harbinger (current series) #1-2
Infinity Gauntlet #2-5
Planet of the Apes (Malibu/Adventure Comics) #10-24, Annual (double sized)
Planet of the Apes: Blood of the Apes #1-4
Planet of the Apes: Forbidden Zone #1, 2, 4
Planet of the Apes: Sins of the Father! (one-shot)
Planet of the Apes: Urchak's Folly #1-4
Revolution on the Planet of the Apes #1-3
Sgt. Fury And His Howling Commandos 22, Annual #1
Strange Tales #136
X-O Manowar (current series) #2

July Total: 70
Best comic I read in July: Conan, The Barbarian (vol. 1) #6: "Devil-Wings over Shadizar"

August
The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen (counting these as 1/2 issue each)
*"The Super-Brain of Jimmy Olsen" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #22)
*"The Human Skyscraper" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #28)
*"The E-L-A-S-T-I-C Lad" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #31)
*"The Jimmy Olsen from Jupiter" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #32)
*"The Human Flame Thrower" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #33)
*"The Human Octopus" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #41)
*"Jimmy the Genie" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #42)
*"The Werewolf of Metropolis" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #44)
Batman #445
The Batman Chronicles, Vol. 6
*Crime Takes a Holiday (World's Finest #5)
*Laugh, Town, Laugh (Detective Comics #62)
Batman: Earth One, Special Preview Edition
Bloodshot (current volume) #2
Brave and the Bold #59
Complete Chronicles of Conan (the original Robert E. Howard stories):
*The Scarlet Citadel (counting it as 4 issues)
*The Black Colossus (counting it as 2 issues)
*The Slithering Shadow (counting it as 3 issues)
*The Pool of the Black One (counting it as 2 issues)
*Rogues in the House (counting it as 2 issues)
*Shadows in the Moonlight (counting it as 3 issues)
*Queen of the Black Coast (counting it as 3 issues)
*The Devil in Iron (counting it as 3 issues)
*The People of the Black Circle (counting it as 6 issues)
*A Witch Shall Be Born (counting it as 4 issues)
*Jewels of Gwahlur (counting it as 4 issues)
*Beyond the Black River (counting it as 5 issues)
*Shadows in Zamboula (counting it as 3 issues)
*Red Nails (counting it as 7 issues)
Detective Comics #612
Eerie #4-7, 9-10 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Harbinger (current series) #3
Legends of the Dark Knight #4-5
Prequel to Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes (2011) #1-7
Revolution on the Planet of the Apes #4-6
Secret Origins tpb (1990) -- "The Man Who Falls"
Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #23
Strange Tales #137

August Total: 91
Best comic I read in August: "Red Nails" (Robert E. Howard Conan story)

September
The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen (counting these as 1/2 issue each)
*"The Fat Boy of Metropolis" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #49)
*"The Giant Turtle Man!" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #53)
*"Jimmy Olsen, Freak!" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #59)
*"The Human Porcupine!" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #65)
*"The World of Doomed Olsens!" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72)
*"The Colossus of Metropolis!" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #77)
*"Jimmy Olsen, The Bizarro Boy!" p.1 and p.2 (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #80)
*"The Adventures of Chameleon-Head Olsen!" (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #85)
*"The World of 1,000 Olsens!" p.1 and p.2 (Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #105)
*"Menace of the Micro-Monster!" p.1 and p.2 Superman Family #173)
Archer & Armstrong (current series) #1
Batman: Digital Justice (counting it as 4 issues)
Complete Chronicles of Conan (the original Robert E. Howard stories):
*The Hour of the Dragon (counting it as 16 issues)
*The Black Stranger (counting it as 7 issues)
Infinity Gauntlet #6
Planet of the Apes (Boom!) #8
Sandman (1989) #1 (double-sized), 2-13, 14 (double-sized), 15-17
Superman: The Dailies, strip#1-214 (counting it as 7 issues)
Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction #3 (counting it as 3 issues)
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #136, 139, 229
X-O Manowar (current Series) #3-4

September Total: 73
Best comic I read in September: Sandman (1989) #6, "24 Hours"

October
Complete Chronicles of Conan (the original Robert E. Howard stories):
*Drums of Tombulku (partially completed draft, counting it as 2 issues)
*The Vale of Lost Women (counting it as 1 issue)
*Wolves Beyond the Border (partially completed draft, counting it as 2 issues)
*The Snout in the Dark/The Hall of the Dead/The Hands of Nergal (assorted incomplete stories, counting them as 1 issue total)
The Hands of Fu Manchu (original dime novel) chapters 1-14 (counting it as 9 issues)
Sandman (1989) 18-35, 36 (double sized), 37-49, 50 (double sized), 51-54, Special #1 (double-sized)
Superman: The Dailies, strip 215-484 (counting it as 9 issues)
Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction #6 (counting it as 3 issues)
Vertigo Preview #1 (Sandman story only)
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #233, 236

October Total: 71
Best comic I read in October: Sandman (1989) #45: Brief Lives, Part 5

November
Batman #446
Bloodshot (2012) #3,4
Blue Beetle (1967) #1
Deathlok (1990) #1, 2 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Doctor Fate (1987) #1-4
Firestorm (vol. 1) #1
Harbinger (2012) #4,5
Hawkworld (1989) #1-3 (counting them as 2 issues each)
Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #1-4
Hellboy: Wake the Devil #1-5
Hercules Unbound #1,2
Kitty Pryde and Wolverine #1-6
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (vol. 1) #1
Man of Steel #1-6
Manhunter (Paul Kirk): The Special Edition (counting it as 3 issues)
Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft (the original pulp stories)
*Dagon (counting as .5 issues)
*The Statement of Randolph Carter (counting it as .5 issues)
*The Doom That Came to Sarnath (counting it as .5 issues)
*The Cats of Ulthar (counting it as .5 issues)
*The Nameless City (counting it as 1 issue)
*Herbert West: Reanimator (counting it as 2 issues)
*The Music of Erich Zann (counting it as 1 issue)
*The Lurking Death (counting it as 2 issues)
*The Hound (counting it as 1 issue)
*The Rats in the Walls (counting it as 2 issues)
Rai (vol. 1) #1
Ronin #1-3 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Sandman (1989) 55,56
Shadowman (2012) #1
Space Usagi (vol. 1) #1-3
Space Usagi (vol. 2) #1-3
Space Usagi (vol. 3) #1-3
Star Spangled Comics #65, 66
Strange Tales #138
Superman (vol. 2) #1
Superman: The Dailies, strip 485-672 (counting it as 6 issues)
Tales of the Zombie #3 (counting it as 3 issues)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (vol. 1) #1-6, Raphael one-shot, Michaelangelo one-shot
Tomb of Dracula (1979) #1 (counting it as 2 issues)
UNDERSEA Agent #1, 2 (counting them as 2 issues each)
Wolverine (1982) #1-4
X-O Manowar (2012) #5,6

November Total: 111
Best comic I read in November: Man of Steel #2

December
Adventures of Superman #424
Batman (1940) #1 (double-sized)
Blue Beetle (1967) #2
Coyote #1
Detective Comics (via The Batman Chronicles tpbs) #27-38 (Batman stories only, .5 issues each)
Hellboy (vol. 3): The Chained Coffin & Others (counting it as 5 issues)
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (vol. 1) #2, 3
Magik #1-4
Marvel Premiere #38 (Weirdworld), 41 (Seeker 3000!)
Marvel Super Action #1 (counting it as 3 issues)
Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft (the original pulp stories)
*Under the Pyramids (counting as 2 issues)
* The Unnamable (counting it as .5 issues)
* The Vault (counting it as .5 issues)
* The Outsider (counting it as .5 issues)
* The Horror at Red Hook (counting it as 2 issues)
* The Colour out of Space (counting it as 2 issues)
* Pickman's Model
* The Call of Cthullu (counting it as 3 issues)
Rai #2-4
Sandman (1989) 57-74, 75 (double sized)
Superman: The Dailies, strip 672-696 (counting it as 1 issue)
Tales of the Zombie #1, 2, 4, 5 (counting these as 3 issues each), 6-9 (counting these as 2 issues each)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (vol. 1) #7-20, Donatello and Leonardo one-shots
UNDERSEA Agent #3-6 (counting them as 2 issues each)
Untold Legend of the Batman #1-3
Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (vol. 1) #7 (counting this as 4 issues)
Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (2003) #1, 2, 4 (counting them as 3 issues each)
Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #88, 89, 177, 180, 246

December Total: 127
Best comic I read in December: Sandman (1989) #64
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2012 Total: 872

**dupersuper** · 11-08-2012, 05:43 AM

The last post of page 2 is once again updated. Less than 2 months to go! Man, counting all mine up at the end's gonna' be a bitch...

**Cei-U!** · 11-12-2012, 08:22 AM

New tally finally up. Recurring back pain is keeping me mostly off the 'puter so far this month, ergo the puny count.

Cei-U!
I summon the extra-strength Advil!

**dupersuper** · 11-14-2012, 10:36 PM

pg 2, last post, updated

**Cei-U!** · 11-20-2012, 11:18 AM

New numbers up for 11/20.

Cei-U!
Back pain still keeping my tally low, dang it!

**dupersuper** · 11-20-2012, 10:51 PM

new comic book day will equal new update...

**dupersuper** · 11-22-2012, 01:44 AM

I hath updatedeth.

**dupersuper** · 11-28-2012, 08:29 PM

Wednesdays update added.

**Kid Montana** · 12-01-2012, 03:14 AM

Thought I was in for a monster reading month, then slowed down. Still over 1100 for the year (1112). Never thought I would make it to 1500 anyway, but my more modest goal of 1200 is very much in reach.