Diamond List for June 24th, 2009

[TheCorpulent1]

DC COMICS
WONDER WOMAN #33

MARVEL COMICS
ASTONISHING X-MEN #30
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #27
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #130
THOR #602
UNCANNY X-MEN #512
X-FACTOR #45

A new issue of Astonishing X-Men? Has it been a year, already?

I officially dropped Thor from my pull list because it's an ongoing series with a high price point, but good god, I can't stay away! Next time I'm at the comic shop, I'm gonna have to annoy the owner by asking him to put Thor back on my pull list. I'll just grit my teeth and pretend it's another IDW title.

Well, in your case, it's a good thing it comes out maybe once every couple months. That's like a $2 comic instead of a $4 one.

 

[JTStarkiller]

Detective Comics #854
Gotham City Sirens #1
Green Lantern #42
Daredevil #119
X-Force #16

That's a pretty solid week for me. Usually it's 2-3.

 

[Themanofbat]

Maybe
amazing spider-man #598 dkr$2.99

Anyhow... I put Spidey in the maybe because I hate it with a loathing passion. I've tried 3 issues of the American Son for the Dark Reign tie-in but haven't brought myself to even read them yet. My comic buying exceeds what I budget for them so I have to make cuts and this is probably a cut. But since we're having a good week I may get it anyhow. Haven't decided yet.

I'm glad to see that you're willing to give it a try... I appreciate the effort.

 

[hippie_hunter]

Seriously, why the hell did Marvel have to put out almost every god damn X-book out this week? Why the hell can't they more evenly spread out there books.

 

[JewishHobbit]

I'm glad to see that you're willing to give it a try... I appreciate the effort.

Despite my absolute loathing of what they've done in OMD and to the prices of comics... I'm still a level-headed person.

That said, I still haven't actually gotten past that loathing. Like I said, I bought the 3 issues to be fair. I get all Savage Hulk when I consider the fact that I actually bought them though and sick to my stomach when I consider actually reading them.

So the effort is being put forth... but it's failing thus far.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

If it takes that much effort to read a comic, I imagine you'd be better off just letting it go. It's supposed to be entertainment, after all.

 

[venom892]

Yea I can't try Amazing for that same reason.Maybe it's silly but I feel the same way as JewishHobbit.That's why I don't buy Amazing and stick to back issues.

 

[Alastor]

DC
DETECTIVE COMICS #854 $3.99---I'll be less unhappy to pay an extra dollar if the title has a backup feature. I'll give this a few issues, the artwork looks phenomenal.
GREEN LANTERN #42 $2.99
SUPERMAN #689 $2.99

Marvel
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #598 DKR$2.99
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #130 $2.99

Maybe...
THOR #602 $3.99
UNCANNY X-MEN #512 $3.99---
Not liking the price increase on these, so I'll probably be dropping them.

DARK REIGN SINISTER SPIDER-MAN #1 (OF 4)DEODATO VAR $3.99
DARK WOLVERINE #75 DKR $3.99---
Pricey, so I'll probably pass, but for some reason I find Daken, and his new role in the MU, really interesting.

GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #1 $2.99

 

[Manic]

If it takes that much effort to read a comic, I imagine you'd be better off just letting it go. It's supposed to be entertainment, after all.

Nonsense. Reading comics you aren't enjoying because you feel like you need to is the current bread and butter of Marvel. We can't have people only reading comics they'd like. Then we'd have a bunch of underdog titles raising up in sales, an effort for writers to push themselves creatively, anarchy in the streets, fish living on land, the devil attacking North America on the saddled back of a T-Rex, ect.

 

[venom892]

I never understood the whole I need to read New Avengers to understand what's going on or I need to read Secret Invasion to get the new Status quo.I dropped new Avengers after #1 and never looked back.I also never read House of M or Secret Invasion.Ignoring those crossovers aren't really hard.Really what's the only thing that you need to know abour SI?That Osborn killed the Skrull queen and got control of Hammer.That's it.I'm not gonna suffer through 8 issues of Bendis for that.The only SI tie ins i bought were Black Panther and Deadpool because I wanted to read them regardless of SI.People you don't need to read crossovers or a certain comic to get what's going on.I read a bunch of marvel comics and never get lost just because i missed a new avengers issue.

 

[70namrepuS]

DARK HORSE COMICS
RAPTURE #2 (OF 6) TAKI SOMA CVR $2.99 Really enjoyed the first one.

DC COMICS
DETECTIVE COMICS #854 $3.99
GREEN LANTERN #42 $2.99
SUPERMAN #689$2.99


MARVEL COMICS
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #598 DKR$2.99
AVENGERS INVADERS #12 (OF 12) $2.99 Finally over! Not a good
finally,either.
DAREDEVIL #119 $2.99
DARK AVENGERS #6 DKR $3.99
DARK AVENGERS UNCANNY X-MEN UTOPIA #1 DAX $3.99
DARK REIGN ELEKTRA #4 (OF 5) DKR $3.99 My fav DR mini so far.
DARK REIGN HOOD #2 (OF 5) DKR $3.99
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #27 $3.99
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #130 $2.99
NEW AVENGERS #54 DKR $3.99
SKAAR SON OF HULK #12 $3.99
THOR #602 $3.99
THUNDERBOLTS #133 DKR $2.99


Maybes:

IMAGE COMICS
MILO VENTIMIGLIA PRESENTS BERSERKER #1 KEOWN CVR A $2.99 Just curious, I guess.

MARVEL COMICS
DARK REIGN LETHAL LEGION #1 (OF 3) DKR $3.99
DARK REIGN SINISTER SPIDER-MAN #1 (OF 4)DEODATO VAR $3.99
DARK REIGN ZODIAC #1 (OF 3) DKR $3.99

Big week, with potential to be a very good week.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

GREEN LANTERN #42 $2.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #34 $2.99
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #28 $2.99
TEEN TITANS #72 $3.99

ASTONISHING X-MEN #30 $2.99
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #25 DKR $2.99
DARK AVENGERS #6 DKR $3.99
DARK AVENGERS UNCANNY X-MEN UTOPIA #1 DAX $3.99
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #15 $2.99
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #27 $3.99
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #130 $2.99
NEW AVENGERS #54 DKR $3.99
NOVA #26 $2.99
SKAAR SON OF HULK #12 $3.99
THOR #602 $3.99
THUNDERBOLTS #133 DKR $2.99
UNCANNY X-MEN #512 $3.99
X-FACTOR #45 $2.99
X-FORCE #16 XMW $2.99

Wooow

 

[CantThinkOfAName]

USAGI YOJIMBO #121 $3.50
DETECTIVE COMICS #854 $3.99
GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #1 $2.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #598 DKR$2.99
ASTONISHING X-MEN #30 $2.99
DAREDEVIL #119 $2.99
DARK AVENGERS #6 DKR $3.99
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #130 $2.99
NEW AVENGERS #54 DKR $3.99
SECRET WARRIORS #5 DKR $2.99
THUNDERBOLTS #133 DKR $2.99
X-FACTOR #45 $2.99

sexy week

 

[danielisthor]

MARVEL COMICS

ASTONISHING X-MEN #30 $2.99
AVENGERS INVADERS #12 (OF 12) $2.99
DARK WOLVERINE #75 DKR $3.99
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #130 $2.99
MS MARVEL #40 DKR $2.99
NOVA #26 $2.99
THOR #602 $3.99
UNCANNY X-MEN #512 $3.99
WOLVERINE FIRST CLASS #16 $2.99
WOLVERINE WEAPON X #3$3.99
X-FACTOR #45 $2.99
X-FORCE #16 XMW $2.99



Nice big week.

 

[bored]

GREEN LANTERN #42 $2.99
LITERALS #3 (OF 3) (MR) $2.99
DAREDEVIL #119 $2.99
DARK REIGN ELEKTRA #4 (OF 5) DKR $3.99
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #15 $2.99
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #27 $3.99
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #130 $2.99
X-FACTOR #45 $2.99
X-FORCE #16 XMW $2.99

****, I did not budget for this many. I'm going to have to make some sacrifices .

 

[Dread]

I never understood the whole I need to read New Avengers to understand what's going on or I need to read Secret Invasion to get the new Status quo.I dropped new Avengers after #1 and never looked back.I also never read House of M or Secret Invasion.Ignoring those crossovers aren't really hard.Really what's the only thing that you need to know abour SI?That Osborn killed the Skrull queen and got control of Hammer.That's it.I'm not gonna suffer through 8 issues of Bendis for that.The only SI tie ins i bought were Black Panther and Deadpool because I wanted to read them regardless of SI.People you don't need to read crossovers or a certain comic to get what's going on.I read a bunch of marvel comics and never get lost just because i missed a new avengers issue.

This almost feels like an AA meeting.

Hi, my name is Dread and I am a New Avengers-oholic. I have been clean and sober from the title for six and a half months (my last issue was #47, Dec. 3rd 2008). I figure I could offer some perspective on the addiction.

At first when I tried NEW AVENGERS, I clung on to the hope that Bendis would improve after initial kinks. As it went on it was clear that he was atrocious the more with 616 he got, but I continued to buy it, no longer out of hope or expectations but to stay current. It was hyped as mattering a great deal to whatever was happening at Marvel, and to be fair that was usually right. Anything that happened in that book usually trickled down to the rest of Marvel. Considering since 2005, Bendis has written two out of four events (and soon five), this isn't so illogical. The reality of comics is that a book doesn't have to be any good to sell well; retailers and the audience either have to be convinced that it is "important", have to like the creative team, or both. I bought into the hype, there is no denying it. I hated the book but got it to stay on the buzz train, and ultimately to generate more fanboy bitterness. It was a vicious cycle.

It took quite a while but I finally realized that paying $3 for something I hated was a loser's game, and stopped. Had Dan Slott not been the writer of MIGHTY AVENGERS after issue #20, I would have quit that, too. It wasn't the first book I was slow to ditch even months or years after I stopped enjoying it; I stayed on USM after 100 issues (in my defense, it had only really been in the tank for the prior 24 or so before it), and on MOON KNIGHT until about issue #19. KICK-ASS was abandoned after issue #5, but given the slow rate on that book, that was about two years. But once you finally kick that habit, that habit of buying books you don't like out of completist's sake, or habit, or hype, or whatever, at least ongoing titles, man, it is like a weight off the shoulders and wallet. It sounds simple, but for some of us -holics, it isn't. But it's been something to be used to and enjoy, heading to the shop every week and not dreading anything.

Just offering some perspective.

 

[Cosmic]

Green lantern #42 $2.99
madame xanadu #12 (mr) $2.99
unknown soldier #9 (mr) $2.99
zorro #14 $3.50

 

[JewishHobbit]

This almost feels like an AA meeting.

Hi, my name is Dread and I am a New Avengers-oholic. I have been clean and sober from the title for six and a half months (my last issue was #47, Dec. 3rd 2008). I figure I could offer some perspective on the addiction.

At first when I tried NEW AVENGERS, I clung on to the hope that Bendis would improve after initial kinks. As it went on it was clear that he was atrocious the more with 616 he got, but I continued to buy it, no longer out of hope or expectations but to stay current. It was hyped as mattering a great deal to whatever was happening at Marvel, and to be fair that was usually right. Anything that happened in that book usually trickled down to the rest of Marvel. Considering since 2005, Bendis has written two out of four events (and soon five), this isn't so illogical. The reality of comics is that a book doesn't have to be any good to sell well; retailers and the audience either have to be convinced that it is "important", have to like the creative team, or both. I bought into the hype, there is no denying it. I hated the book but got it to stay on the buzz train, and ultimately to generate more fanboy bitterness. It was a vicious cycle.

It took quite a while but I finally realized that paying $3 for something I hated was a loser's game, and stopped. Had Dan Slott not been the writer of MIGHTY AVENGERS after issue #20, I would have quit that, too. It wasn't the first book I was slow to ditch even months or years after I stopped enjoying it; I stayed on USM after 100 issues (in my defense, it had only really been in the tank for the prior 24 or so before it), and on MOON KNIGHT until about issue #19. KICK-ASS was abandoned after issue #5, but given the slow rate on that book, that was about two years. But once you finally kick that habit, that habit of buying books you don't like out of completist's sake, or habit, or hype, or whatever, at least ongoing titles, man, it is like a weight off the shoulders and wallet. It sounds simple, but for some of us -holics, it isn't. But it's been something to be used to and enjoy, heading to the shop every week and not dreading anything.

Just offering some perspective.

I think what makes it harder for me is that I honestly don't mind New Avengers and most the titles I should be dropping. I actually WANT to know what's going to happen and read up on it and have it. Not to mention, I bind my comics into my own hardback volumes and it kills me if I don't have important portions of a story... which unfortunately, is in most the $4 comics I still read (New Avengers, Dark Avengers, currently Uncanny X-Men, important minis like War of Kings and oneshots that tie-in with ongoings like King Sized Cable or Planet Skaar oneshot). It's like buying a trade paperback and it only has parts 1-3 and 5-7 of an 8 part story.

Anyhow, so yeah... I hate where I'm at. It's not the comics themselves but the prices. They're edging me out of buying comics because I can't afford it, and THAT infuriates me to no end.