As I have stated in previous posts, I have gotten back into comics. As we all know all too well, when I start getting into something, I go full boar. I have been debating with myself about getting a reserve box at the local comic store (Phoenix comics). The problem is, they want you to select 10 monthly titles to start your box with. Every week when new comics come out, they pull the titles from your list and reserve them for you. I can understand why they want you to have 10 titles thought. This is because it’s not feasible to only pull one or two titles for people. It’s too time consuming. The benefit of course is that by having a box there I get 10% off everything (not just the 10 titles). Now, the question lies in what 10 titles? Obviously I have been reading a lot of Green Lantern and Spiderman, but what else? After conferring with Andrew and even Amy I came down to this list:
- Green Lantern
- Green Lantern Corps
- Amazing Spiderman
- Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman
- Marvel Knights Spiderman
- Batman
- Infinite Crisis
- Flash (For Andrew)
- Green Arrow (For Andrew)
- Birds Of Prey (For Amy)
Yes, that last one on the list is a comic just for Amy. We have been talking about this for a while now. She knows that I really like comics and such and was trying to find a new way to relate to me. On her own she started looking at some of the different comics (all be it that I steered her towards some I thought she might like) and she decided to try out the Birds of Prey. This one deals with Barbara Gordon, AKA Batgirl, AKA, Oracle, as well as some other famous Gotham women. Suffice it to say, she loved it. She has already read through two of the trade paperbacks for the title and one of the issues.
Andrew decided to contribute to the box with Green Arrow and Flash. He had read a little about GA in some of my Green Lantern books and picked up on him. I know Andrew really likes Archery so it was a natural fit for him. The Flash title kind of came from left field, I guess I will find out more about that as we go along.
So there you have it, I am back in the comic book world! Of course, this comes at a point where one of my favorite characters has the choice to evolve or die and DC comics is apparently pressing the reset button! There will certainly be more to come! (And yes, I did pick up Batman: Hush. It was awesome and one of the main reasons that Batman is on the list! Thanks of the referral Erin!)
What about spawn……
Spawn was always just Iffy for me, I have a lot of the early ones but only because everyone was jumping on the “Spawn is so cool” wagon.