Latest TPB Purchases

Stocky Boy · Post by **Stocky Boy** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 2:07 pm

JLA Deluxe Vol 2, Grant Morrison! Just started reading it.

Annihilation vol 3 and Conquest vol 1. Not all writting by Abnett and Lanning (sp?) but theses two seem to be doing a lot of good work on space based stories at both DC and Marvel. I like the current Authority they are doing. Mostly enjoyed Annihilation vol 1 and 2, but didn't quite like vol 3.

I've got DMZ vol 2 and 3.

Lonewolf vol 4 and 5.

Scalped vol 4.

Read all my Manhunter trades, which were awesome! Thanks again to Meek for buying me the last two as a Birthday present.

Will eventually get Invincible vol 10.

In non related come literature, I've finished reading Bad Science by Ben Goldacre and have started a book Shadowman will never read, The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins.

Tragic Angelus · Post by **Tragic Angelus** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 3:37 pm

Hurray for more Manhunter love!!!

Now just where were all you bastards when that book was struggling?

Stocky Boy · Post by **Stocky Boy** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 2:21 pm

You know, with my current mindset, I probably wouldn't have picked it up anyway. I'm back into the mindset of buying tpbs for as many current books as I can and sticking to fewer serial comics. I gotta have my weekly fix, but saved up tpbs are going to have to take a more prominent place in the reading schedule.

Are you going to be reading Manhunter in the new back-up format?

By the way, I forgot to mention in here that I picked up Booster Gold vol 1 along with the JLA book. I picked it up since the goes at House to Astonish enjoyed the story. Great fun! Seems like I'm reading more Johns these days.

Tragic Angelus · Post by **Tragic Angelus** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 3:05 pm

I know what you mean.. there's a book here or there I pick up only in trade rather than singles, but sometimes I just can't wait that long. glad you enjoyed it though!

As for the back up, I really really want to get it but having just added 3 books to my already tight budget in the new Bat shake up, one had to be unselected and Manhunter's book was that one. I wasn't interested in the main story, so paying 4 a month for 7 or 8 pages couldn't be justified. If trades collecting just the back ups come out I might do that, or a regular starts up again with her I'm there but till then I have to say goodbye. Just as well, I wasn't following her in BoP either so I've found a way to justify it.

And HURRAY for more Johns

Stocky Boy · Post by **Stocky Boy** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 2:29 pm

I'm finding Johns to be a good, prolific writer. While Bendis, I find can smack out some amazing stories, he's a little rubbish when overstretched with the reins to the Marvel universe. Johns on the overhand, although I feel never woahs me, always writes something perfectly serviceable and enjoyable even when he's got a big slab of DC on his plate.

I'm guessing the back up stories might be collected in their own tpbs at some point? Maybe?

Tragic Angelus · Post by **Tragic Angelus** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 8:14 pm

That's what I'm wondering as well. Maybe when they put out trades for these books, they'll put out one trade, with the main story all first, then the back ups at the end of the trade?

Stocky Boy · Post by **Stocky Boy** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 12:47 pm

Or a collection of all the back ups in a, "DC Back Up stories Collection"?

I wonder how those stories will read in both back-up format and trade? Eight pages is surely too short to do any padding or any story that doesn't move without cliffhangars after every eight pages?

Tragic Angelus · Post by **Tragic Angelus** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 12:59 pm

That's another possibility. Or, maybe they'll just become available online, like all the 52 back ups (history of the DCU, and various character origins) rather than collected in trade.

CountD · Post by **CountD** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 5:00 pm

I borrowed and read both manhunter and annihilation and I didn't really enjoy them.

Invincible, on the other hand...