What are you getting for May 2011 (shipping in July)
Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 12:12 pm
Not much success on cutting books, HOWEVER, a strategy I will employ is being more selective in adding new Indie minis. SO MANY things I am getting are minis that will be ending that if I just don't add that many #1s moving forward, I'll drop a ton of Indie titles due to attrition as minis end.
EDIT: Modified to take cuts into account
Marvel - 25 comics + 2 Marvel Masterworks
DC - 40 comics + 1 Archive
Vertigo - 8 comics
==> 73 "Big 2" comics
Boom! - 8 comics
Dark Horse - 6 comics
Dynamite - 7 comics
IDW - 7 comics + 1 "other" HC
Image - 32 comics (beating out Marvel as my 2nd place publisher)
==> 60 "Medium 5" comics
Other Indies - 28 comics
--> 88 total Indie books, well exceeding my "mainstream" buy
"Down" to 161 Total comics.....
Marvel
X-FACTOR #222
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #665
VENOM #5
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #666
FEAR ITSELF #4 (OF 7)
SECRET AVENGERS #15
NEW AVENGERS #14
FEAR ITSELF SPIDER-MAN #3 (OF 3)
HEROES FOR HIRE #9
AVENGERS #15
IRON MAN 2.0 #7
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #506
ALPHA FLIGHT #2 (OF 7)
HERC #5
AVENGERS ACADEMY #16
FEAR ITSELF YOUTH IN REVOLT #3 (OF 6)
CAPTAIN AMERICA #1
CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY #620
FF #6
FF #7
DAREDEVIL #1
SECRET WARRIORS #28
PUNISHERMAX #15 (MR)
CRIMINAL LAST OF INNOCENT #2 (OF 4) (MR)
BRILLIANT #1 (MR)
MMW INCREDIBLE HULK HC VOL 06 DM VAR ED 167
MMW ATLAS ERA STRANGE TALES HC VOL 05 DM VAR ED 168
DC
BATMAN INCORPORATED #9
DETECTIVE COMICS #879
DETECTIVE COMICS #880
BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #4 (RES)
BATMAN #712
BATMAN AND ROBIN #25
BATMAN GATES OF GOTHAM #3 (OF 5)
BATGIRL #23
BIRDS OF PREY #14
ACTION COMICS #903 (DOOMSDAY)
SUPERMAN #713
SUPERBOY #9
SUPERGIRL #66
SUPERMAN BATMAN #86
WAR OF THE GREEN LANTERNS AFTERMATH #1 (OF 2)
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #62
GREEN LANTERN EMERALD WARRIORS #12
FLASHPOINT #3
BOOSTER GOLD #46 (FLASHPOINT)
FLASHPOINT BATMAN KNIGHT OF VENGEANCE #2 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT SECRET SEVEN #2 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT WONDER WOMAN AND THE FURIES #2 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT DEADMAN AND THE FLYING GRAYSONS #2 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT LOIS LANE AND THE RESISTANCE #2 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT KID FLASH LOST #2 (OF 3)
NEW TEEN TITANS GAMES HC (counting this as a really LONG comic)
WONDER WOMAN #613
ADVENTURE COMICS #528
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #15
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #53
DOC SAVAGE #16
SPIRIT #16
JONAH HEX #69
SECRET SIX #35
POWER GIRL #26
THUNDER AGENTS #9
TEEN TITANS #97
TEEN TITANS #98
XOMBI #5
ZATANNA #15
SUPERMANS GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE ARCHIVES HC VOL 01
Vertigo
AMERICAN VAMPIRE SURVIVAL OT FITTEST #2 (OF 5) (MR)
AMERICAN VAMPIRE #17 (MR)
CINDERELLA FABLES ARE FOREVER #6 (OF 6) (MR)
FABLES #107 (MR)
DMZ #67 (MR)
IZOMBIE #15 (MR)
SWEET TOOTH #23 (MR)
UNWRITTEN #27 (MR)
Boom!
ELRIC THE BALANCE LOST #1
DRACULA COMPANY OF MONSTERS #12 (series is ending)
INCORRUPTIBLE #20
IRREDEEMABLE #27
PLANET OF THE APES #4
STAN LEE SOLDIER ZERO #10
STAN LEE STARBORN #8
STAN LEE TRAVELER #9
Dark Horse
CONAN ISLAND OF NO RETURN #2
SOLOMON KANE RED SHADOWS #4 (OF 4) (mini that's ending)
HELLBOY THE FURY #2 (OF 3)
BPRD HELL ON EARTH MONSTERS #1 (OF 2) SOOK CVR
CRIMINAL MACABRE GOON WHEN FREAKS COLLIDE
USAGI YOJIMBO #139
Dynamite
GARTH ENNIS JENNIFER BLOOD #6 (MR)
KIRBY GENESIS #2
WARLORD OF MARS FALL OF BARSOOM #1
WARLORD OF MARS #10
WARLORD OF MARS DEJAH THORIS #5
DEATH OF ZORRO #5
ZORRO RIDES AGAIN #1 (have to try this @ 75% off, I also like Matt Wagner's Zorro)
IDW
WALTER SIMONSON THOR ARTIST ED HC (Net)
ROCKETEER ADVENTURES #3 (OF 4)
WORMWOOD BINGO NIGHT IN VALHALLA #1 (OF 4)
TRUE BLOOD TAINTED LOVE #6 (MR)
JOHN BYRNE NEXT MEN #8
DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS #9
KILL SHAKESPEARE #12 (OF 12) (mini that's ending)
WYNONNA EARP YETI WARS #3
Image
RED WING #1 (OF 6)
MARKSMAN #1 (OF 6) (already read press preview of #1 & liked it)
REAPER #2 (MR)
50 GIRLS 50 #2 (OF 4)
68 (SIXTY EIGHT) #4 (OF 4) (MR)
AGE OF BRONZE #32 (MR)
ARTIFACTS #11 (OF 13) CVR B CHRISTOPHER
BLUE ESTATE #4 (MR)
BREED III #3 (OF 6) (MR)
BUTCHER BAKER RIGHTEOUS MAKER #5 (MR)
DEADLANDS MASSACRE AT RED WING ONE SHOT
DRUMS #3 (OF 4)
ELEPHANTMEN #34 (MR)
GLADSTONES SCHOOL FOR WORLD CONQUERORS #3
GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES #2
HACK SLASH #6 CVR A LIESTER & ROSENBERG (MR)
INVINCIBLE #84
LIL DEPRESSED BOY #5
MORIARTY #3
MORNING GLORIES #12 (MR)
NETHERWORLD #4 (OF 5) (MR)
RED SPIKE #3 (OF 5)
REED GUNTHER #2
SAMURAIS BLOOD #2 (OF 6) (MR)
SCREAMLAND ONGOING #2
SHINKU #2 (MR)
SKULLKICKERS #9
UNDYING LOVE #4 (MR)
WALKING DEAD #87
WALKING DEAD SURVIVORS GUIDE #4 (OF 4) (MR) (mini that's ending)
WITCHBLADE #149
WITCH DOCTOR #2 (OF 4)
Other Indies
GLAMOURPUSS #20
RACHEL RISING #1
CYCLOPS #7 (MR)
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IRIS VOL 2 #1 CVR B BENITEZ *
CHARISMAGIC #4
NIGHT O/T LIVING DEAD DEATH VALLEY #4 (OF 5) WRAP CVR (MR)
CAPTAIN SWING #4 (OF 4) WRAP CVR (mini that is ending)
CRITTER #1 (OF 4)
SERGIO ARAGONES FUNNIES #1
TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE #69 (guilty pleasure book)
COMIC BOOK COMICS #6 (OF 6) (mini that is ending)
MEDITERRANEA #5 (OF 14)
SKELETON STORY #5 (OF 5) (mini that is ending)
KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #177
SPONTANEOUS #2
PETROGRAD GN
SIXTH GUN #13
ABBATOIR #6
FOSTER BROUSSARD #3 (OF 5) DEMONS O/T GOLD RUSH
MOON GIRL #4 (OF 5)
ICE #1 (OF 4) (This is only 55 cents, FCBD story was mediocre, but I'll give it a full 1st issue)
NAOKI URASAWA 20TH CENTURY BOYS GN VOL 16
SALEM GFT DREAM EATER ONE SHOT (C/O PT 6) GARZA CVR (MR)
GFT MYTHS & LEGENDS #7 (C/O PT 7) (MR)
SINBAD GFT DREAM EATER ONE SHOT (C/O PT 8 ) EBAS CVR (MR)
GRIMM FAIRY TALES #63 (C/O PT 9) B CVR RUFFINO (MR)
FLY #2 D CVR GARZA (MR)
BRIMSTONE #3 A CVR EBAS (MR)
EDIT: Modified to take cuts into account
Marvel - 25 comics + 2 Marvel Masterworks
DC - 40 comics + 1 Archive
Vertigo - 8 comics
==> 73 "Big 2" comics
Boom! - 8 comics
Dark Horse - 6 comics
Dynamite - 7 comics
IDW - 7 comics + 1 "other" HC
Image - 32 comics (beating out Marvel as my 2nd place publisher)
==> 60 "Medium 5" comics
Other Indies - 28 comics
--> 88 total Indie books, well exceeding my "mainstream" buy
"Down" to 161 Total comics.....
Marvel
X-FACTOR #222
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #665
VENOM #5
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #666
FEAR ITSELF #4 (OF 7)
SECRET AVENGERS #15
NEW AVENGERS #14
FEAR ITSELF SPIDER-MAN #3 (OF 3)
HEROES FOR HIRE #9
AVENGERS #15
IRON MAN 2.0 #7
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #506
ALPHA FLIGHT #2 (OF 7)
HERC #5
AVENGERS ACADEMY #16
FEAR ITSELF YOUTH IN REVOLT #3 (OF 6)
CAPTAIN AMERICA #1
CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY #620
FF #6
FF #7
DAREDEVIL #1
SECRET WARRIORS #28
PUNISHERMAX #15 (MR)
CRIMINAL LAST OF INNOCENT #2 (OF 4) (MR)
BRILLIANT #1 (MR)
MMW INCREDIBLE HULK HC VOL 06 DM VAR ED 167
MMW ATLAS ERA STRANGE TALES HC VOL 05 DM VAR ED 168
DC
BATMAN INCORPORATED #9
DETECTIVE COMICS #879
DETECTIVE COMICS #880
BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #4 (RES)
BATMAN #712
BATMAN AND ROBIN #25
BATMAN GATES OF GOTHAM #3 (OF 5)
BATGIRL #23
BIRDS OF PREY #14
ACTION COMICS #903 (DOOMSDAY)
SUPERMAN #713
SUPERBOY #9
SUPERGIRL #66
SUPERMAN BATMAN #86
WAR OF THE GREEN LANTERNS AFTERMATH #1 (OF 2)
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #62
GREEN LANTERN EMERALD WARRIORS #12
FLASHPOINT #3
BOOSTER GOLD #46 (FLASHPOINT)
FLASHPOINT BATMAN KNIGHT OF VENGEANCE #2 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT SECRET SEVEN #2 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT WONDER WOMAN AND THE FURIES #2 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT DEADMAN AND THE FLYING GRAYSONS #2 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT LOIS LANE AND THE RESISTANCE #2 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT KID FLASH LOST #2 (OF 3)
NEW TEEN TITANS GAMES HC (counting this as a really LONG comic)
WONDER WOMAN #613
ADVENTURE COMICS #528
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #15
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #53
DOC SAVAGE #16
SPIRIT #16
JONAH HEX #69
SECRET SIX #35
POWER GIRL #26
THUNDER AGENTS #9
TEEN TITANS #97
TEEN TITANS #98
XOMBI #5
ZATANNA #15
SUPERMANS GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE ARCHIVES HC VOL 01
Vertigo
AMERICAN VAMPIRE SURVIVAL OT FITTEST #2 (OF 5) (MR)
AMERICAN VAMPIRE #17 (MR)
CINDERELLA FABLES ARE FOREVER #6 (OF 6) (MR)
FABLES #107 (MR)
DMZ #67 (MR)
IZOMBIE #15 (MR)
SWEET TOOTH #23 (MR)
UNWRITTEN #27 (MR)
Boom!
ELRIC THE BALANCE LOST #1
DRACULA COMPANY OF MONSTERS #12 (series is ending)
INCORRUPTIBLE #20
IRREDEEMABLE #27
PLANET OF THE APES #4
STAN LEE SOLDIER ZERO #10
STAN LEE STARBORN #8
STAN LEE TRAVELER #9
Dark Horse
CONAN ISLAND OF NO RETURN #2
SOLOMON KANE RED SHADOWS #4 (OF 4) (mini that's ending)
HELLBOY THE FURY #2 (OF 3)
BPRD HELL ON EARTH MONSTERS #1 (OF 2) SOOK CVR
CRIMINAL MACABRE GOON WHEN FREAKS COLLIDE
USAGI YOJIMBO #139
Dynamite
GARTH ENNIS JENNIFER BLOOD #6 (MR)
KIRBY GENESIS #2
WARLORD OF MARS FALL OF BARSOOM #1
WARLORD OF MARS #10
WARLORD OF MARS DEJAH THORIS #5
DEATH OF ZORRO #5
ZORRO RIDES AGAIN #1 (have to try this @ 75% off, I also like Matt Wagner's Zorro)
IDW
WALTER SIMONSON THOR ARTIST ED HC (Net)
ROCKETEER ADVENTURES #3 (OF 4)
WORMWOOD BINGO NIGHT IN VALHALLA #1 (OF 4)
TRUE BLOOD TAINTED LOVE #6 (MR)
JOHN BYRNE NEXT MEN #8
DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS #9
KILL SHAKESPEARE #12 (OF 12) (mini that's ending)
WYNONNA EARP YETI WARS #3
Image
RED WING #1 (OF 6)
MARKSMAN #1 (OF 6) (already read press preview of #1 & liked it)
REAPER #2 (MR)
50 GIRLS 50 #2 (OF 4)
68 (SIXTY EIGHT) #4 (OF 4) (MR)
AGE OF BRONZE #32 (MR)
ARTIFACTS #11 (OF 13) CVR B CHRISTOPHER
BLUE ESTATE #4 (MR)
BREED III #3 (OF 6) (MR)
BUTCHER BAKER RIGHTEOUS MAKER #5 (MR)
DEADLANDS MASSACRE AT RED WING ONE SHOT
DRUMS #3 (OF 4)
ELEPHANTMEN #34 (MR)
GLADSTONES SCHOOL FOR WORLD CONQUERORS #3
GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES #2
HACK SLASH #6 CVR A LIESTER & ROSENBERG (MR)
INVINCIBLE #84
LIL DEPRESSED BOY #5
MORIARTY #3
MORNING GLORIES #12 (MR)
NETHERWORLD #4 (OF 5) (MR)
RED SPIKE #3 (OF 5)
REED GUNTHER #2
SAMURAIS BLOOD #2 (OF 6) (MR)
SCREAMLAND ONGOING #2
SHINKU #2 (MR)
SKULLKICKERS #9
UNDYING LOVE #4 (MR)
WALKING DEAD #87
WALKING DEAD SURVIVORS GUIDE #4 (OF 4) (MR) (mini that's ending)
WITCHBLADE #149
WITCH DOCTOR #2 (OF 4)
Other Indies
GLAMOURPUSS #20
RACHEL RISING #1
CYCLOPS #7 (MR)
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IRIS VOL 2 #1 CVR B BENITEZ *
CHARISMAGIC #4
NIGHT O/T LIVING DEAD DEATH VALLEY #4 (OF 5) WRAP CVR (MR)
CAPTAIN SWING #4 (OF 4) WRAP CVR (mini that is ending)
CRITTER #1 (OF 4)
SERGIO ARAGONES FUNNIES #1
TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE #69 (guilty pleasure book)
COMIC BOOK COMICS #6 (OF 6) (mini that is ending)
MEDITERRANEA #5 (OF 14)
SKELETON STORY #5 (OF 5) (mini that is ending)
KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #177
SPONTANEOUS #2
PETROGRAD GN
SIXTH GUN #13
ABBATOIR #6
FOSTER BROUSSARD #3 (OF 5) DEMONS O/T GOLD RUSH
MOON GIRL #4 (OF 5)
ICE #1 (OF 4) (This is only 55 cents, FCBD story was mediocre, but I'll give it a full 1st issue)
NAOKI URASAWA 20TH CENTURY BOYS GN VOL 16
SALEM GFT DREAM EATER ONE SHOT (C/O PT 6) GARZA CVR (MR)
GFT MYTHS & LEGENDS #7 (C/O PT 7) (MR)
SINBAD GFT DREAM EATER ONE SHOT (C/O PT 8 ) EBAS CVR (MR)
GRIMM FAIRY TALES #63 (C/O PT 9) B CVR RUFFINO (MR)
FLY #2 D CVR GARZA (MR)
BRIMSTONE #3 A CVR EBAS (MR)