Okay, after reading three issues of the Hulk and the fact that I am now in the late 70's of my Marvel back order reading, I have decided to change it up a bit. I'm going to drop out of the "Marvel reading order" list (where they concentrate on story arcs) and start reading like I did back when I was a kid... monthly, back and forth :)
I have reached a point in the "reading order" where I am, primarily, in 1978, which would put me at eleven years old (what a great time for comics it was) so I am now going to read books like I did back when I was eleven... I am going to be picking a few issues "off the rack" each month but I am only going to be picking 5 or 6 a month because:
A - That is all I had money for when I was eleven (my allowance wasn't but about $2 a week back then and I had to get my comic Slurpee ;D)
B - That is about all I have time for right now
I will be picking comics that I would have bought (did buy) back then, which means there will be certain issues that I lean to (Like the F.F), while I will also try and allow for a comic or two that I would have tried either based on how the cover grabs me, a love for a character, or some such reasoning. Also, I would be reading both Tomb of Dracula and Captain Marvel at this time (and probably barely understanding either... hahaha), but they are about at the end of their runs so I am skipping those.
;D
Also, this may only last a month or two before I get bored with the idea, so there is that ;D
Marvel Unlimited
Ultimate Black Panther #12
DC Universe Ultra
Absolute Batman #6
Absolute Flash #1
Batman and Robin: Year One #6
New Gods #4
Zatanna #2
Hellblazer #53
Legion of Super-Heroes #299
Hoopla
??
Marvel Back Issue Bin August 1978 (cover date November) Highlight = Iron Man creative team of Michelinie/Layton/JR.jr begin!
(https://i.postimg.cc/JhbvG55Z/Avengers-Vol-1-177.webp) (https://i.postimg.cc/PxH7nvZy/Conan-the-Barbarian-Vol-1-92-jpg.webp) (https://i.postimg.cc/MGd0PcWg/Fantastic-Four-Vol-1-200.webp) (https://i.postimg.cc/DZRx6W6n/Iron-Man-Vol-1-116.webp) (https://i.postimg.cc/3x996f1L/X-Men-Vol-1-115.webp)
Where are you going to get the Conan issues?
Quote from: Jeff on Apr 13, 2025, 11:14 PMWhere are you going to get the Conan issues?
HA!
Ya know, when I was going through the images, trying to picture being back in that time and choosing which titles I would've grabbed, I just went straight to the ones I was most interested in, not thinking how Conan is no-longer under the Marvel publishing umbrella and therefor would not be on the Unlimited app.
;D
I guess I could use the Conan copies I have, I do have them all ;) , but that seems like it would get old rather fast. I may have to edit my list, but maybe I will read that issue and let my satisfaction, or lack of, guide me.
;D
I'm thinking my time will free up after today so I'll keep everything on here for now. It's a lot of collected editions.
Marvel Unlimited
Magik 1
Namor 6
Ultimate Black Panther 12
Wolverine 5
Mystic 22
Mystic 23
Mystic 24
DC Universe Ultra
Legion of Super-Heroes #298
Legion of Super-Heroes #299
ABSOLUTE BATMAN #6
ABSOLUTE FLASH #1
BATMAN & ROBIN: YEAR ONE #6 (OF 12)
THE NEW GODS #4 (OF 12)
Hoopla
Barbaric Vol 3 Hell to Pay (Collects issues 1-3)
Hey Kids Comics! Prophets and Loss Vol 3 (Collects issues 1-6)
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees TPB
ComiXology
Knighted (Collects issues 1-5) -
The Joneses Vol 1 (Collects issues 1-5)
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Quote from: Jeff on Apr 14, 2025, 01:17 PMBeneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees TPB
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Marvel UnlimitedUltimate Black Panther #12
DC Universe Ultra Absolute Batman #6
Absolute Flash #1
Batman and Robin: Year One #6
New Gods #4
Zatanna #2
Hellblazer #53
Legion of Super-Heroes #299
Hoopla ??
Marvel Back Issue Bin August 1978 (cover date November) Highlight = Iron Man creative team of Michelinie/Layton/JR.jr begin!
(https://i.postimg.cc/PxH7nvZy/Conan-the-Barbarian-Vol-1-92-jpg.webp) (https://i.postimg.cc/MGd0PcWg/Fantastic-Four-Vol-1-200.webp) (https://i.postimg.cc/DZRx6W6n/Iron-Man-Vol-1-116.webp) (https://i.postimg.cc/3x996f1L/X-Men-Vol-1-115.webp) (https://i.postimg.cc/Bbq8Tczd/Avengers-Vol-1-177.jpg)
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Ult Panther - This read superfast. I mean it felt like it was a ten page issue. Haha. Still enjoying this, but as a regular marvel universe Moon Knight fan, it hurts at times. But I do also like the difference
;)
Avengers #177 - Wow, still a very fun issue with lots of action, also has a great end to the story. I know I had read the issue prior to this and luckily I still remember that story from the previous issue, so jumping in here, right in the middle of the action, was no problem. Funny how we had to do that when we were first buying comics though... get acclimated and brought up to speed on the title as best we could, as we went along. I have a certain fondness for that memory for some reason. I think I would find it more frustrating now, if most comics I tried were in the middle of an arc. Hahaha.
Oh, something else about this issue, I just now found out that Perez didn't draw this. I could have (and would have) sworn he was the penciler on this darn thing. My memory seems to recall it precisely, but no, it was some cat named David Wenzel, who I don't know much about at all, but he did pretty good with this issue. Jim Shooter writing this was also something that slipped my mind. I don't know who I thought it was that wrote this, but it wasn't Shooter. Yes, a great issue.
8 outta 10 Cosmic Entities
I'm curious to see your comments on Absolute Flash #1. The second issue should be in my pull this Wednesday.
Dang, My plan was to read these Marvel comics over the course of the month, but I may need to add more
;D
Not going to read it, but I added the Hulk cover to showcase the rare "Tossing the Tank Double Take" for August (cover date November) on both the Hulk and Iron Man covers
;D
Marvel Unlimited
Ultimate Black Panther #12
DC Universe Ultra
Absolute Batman #6
Absolute Flash #1
Batman and Robin: Year One #6
New Gods #4
Zatanna #2
Hellblazer #53
Legion of Super-Heroes #299
Hoopla
??
Marvel Back Issue Bin August 1978 (cover date November) Highlight = Iron Man creative team of Michelinie/Layton/JR.jr begin!
(https://i.postimg.cc/MGd0PcWg/Fantastic-Four-Vol-1-200.webp) (https://i.postimg.cc/3x996f1L/X-Men-Vol-1-115.webp) (https://i.postimg.cc/Bbq8Tczd/Avengers-Vol-1-177.jpg) (https://i.postimg.cc/yN6TF6nd/Conan-the-Barbarian-92.jpg) (https://i.postimg.cc/cHrMbDpG/Iron-Man-Vol-1-116.jpg) (https://i.postimg.cc/J4wcp5KS/Incredible-Hulk-Vol-1-229.webp)
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Conan - A good fill-in, which according to the editors and Roy Thomas, takes place between Conan issues #2 and #3. We are also told on the front page here on this issue that regular artist John Buscema is in France and Italy, so his brother is doing the pencils, but I swear he only did the layouts because inker Ernie Chua (or Ernie Chan as he was called) has his mitts all over the look of this book. It isn't bad looking book, I like Ernie well enough, but he is often al little stiff with his movements and isn't quite up to the talent level that the Buscema brothers possess in their hands, though few are. Still a great little battle with some wolves ended up being more fun than the main battle with the crypt creature, but hey, I still enjoyed it all
Iron Man - It still feels weird jumping into the middle of arcs like this, especially when I wasn't expecting to here, with the new creative team, but I also have no problems with them finishing off the story prior. Damn this is a great looking book and Iron Man uses his hip power cells!! Always a bonus for me, as a huge fan of that old costume.
Marvel Unlimited
Magik 1
Namor 6
Ultimate Black Panther 12
Wolverine 5
Mystic 22
Mystic 23
Mystic 24
DC Universe Ultra
Legion of Super-Heroes #298
Legion of Super-Heroes #299
ABSOLUTE BATMAN #6
ABSOLUTE FLASH #1
BATMAN & ROBIN: YEAR ONE #6 (OF 12)
THE NEW GODS #4 (OF 12)
Hoopla
Barbaric Vol 3 Hell to Pay (Collects issues 1-3)
Hey Kids Comics! Prophets and Loss Vol 3 (Collects issues 1-6)
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees TPB
ComiXology
Knighted (Collects issues 1-5) -
The Joneses Vol 1 (Collects issues 1-5)
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Barbaric Vol 3 Hell to Pay - Great ending to this arc. This book is ridiculous fun. The talking Axe is just hilarity all the way around. Nice development of new characters which are each interesting in their own right. Big thumbs up.
Barbaric honestly reminds me of that "Band of..." book we all listened to a few years back. Remember? About the barbarian, thief, wizard and the crew? Dang what was the name of that audiobook?
EDIT - Kings of the Wyld!!
Man, that was a fun book as well
:D
EDIT 2 - Thinking about that audiobook, I went to audible to see if that author, Eames, has written that third book of his yet (so I could grab it), and while it doesn't look like it, I did see where he is the writer of that last one shot from Barbaric v3... the one with the new weapon character "Flail"
Haha, that is awesome!!
That is hilarious! How weird it must have been to find out it was the actual writer you were thinking about!
Have to bail to the laundry mat (another week with no washer), so while I did mark what I read, I am not discussing anything right now, just updating my list with the addition of a few Hopple issues that have dropped today and earlier this week
Marvel Unlimited
Ultimate Black Panther #12
DC Universe Ultra
Absolute Batman #6
Absolute Flash #1
Batman and Robin: Year One #6
New Gods #4
Zatanna #2
Hellblazer #53
Legion of Super-Heroes #299
Hoopla
Conan #20 <- Added
Phantom Road #11 <- Added
TMNT #8 <- Added
Marvel Back Issue Bin August 1978
(https://i.postimg.cc/MGd0PcWg/Fantastic-Four-Vol-1-200.webp) (https://i.postimg.cc/3x996f1L/X-Men-Vol-1-115.webp) (https://i.postimg.cc/Bbq8Tczd/Avengers-Vol-1-177.jpg) (https://i.postimg.cc/yN6TF6nd/Conan-the-Barbarian-92.jpg) (https://i.postimg.cc/cHrMbDpG/Iron-Man-Vol-1-116.jpg)
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Marvel Unlimited
Magik 1
Namor 6
Ultimate Black Panther 12
Wolverine 5
Mystic 22
Mystic 23
Mystic 24
DC Universe Ultra
Legion of Super-Heroes #298
Legion of Super-Heroes #299
ABSOLUTE BATMAN #6
ABSOLUTE FLASH #1
BATMAN & ROBIN: YEAR ONE #6 (OF 12)
THE NEW GODS #4 (OF 12)
Hoopla
Barbaric Vol 3 Hell to Pay (Collects issues 1-3)
Hey Kids Comics! Prophets and Loss Vol 3 (Collects issues 1-6)
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees TPB
ComiXology
Knighted (Collects issues 1-5) -
The Joneses Vol 1 (Collects issues 1-5)
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Magik 1 - Hmmm. I'm intrigued but not wowed. Let's see how issue two goes.
Namor 6 - ok but probably just used to drag the story out. I'm ready for this to wrap up.
Marvel Unlimited
Magik 1
Namor 6
Ultimate Black Panther 12
Wolverine 5
Mystic 22
Mystic 23
Mystic 24
DC Universe Ultra
Legion of Super-Heroes #298
Legion of Super-Heroes #299
ABSOLUTE BATMAN #6
ABSOLUTE FLASH #1
BATMAN & ROBIN: YEAR ONE #6 (OF 12)
THE NEW GODS #4 (OF 12)
Hoopla
Barbaric Vol 3 Hell to Pay (Collects issues 1-3)
Hey Kids Comics! Prophets and Loss Vol 3 (Collects issues 1-6)
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees TPB
ComiXology
Knighted (Collects issues 1-5) -
The Joneses Vol 1 (Collects issues 1-5)
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Ultimate Black Panther 12 - as much as I was hoping this was the end, I'm glad it's not. This issue is good and the setup for next issue looks even better.
Wolverine 5 - still pulling me in with this 2nd story arc. Like the team up too. which continues into next issue. I'll be there.
ABSOLUTE BATMAN #6 - better than I was expecting. A lot of nice twists in this book in where characters are vastly different yet still familiar.
Absolute Flash #2
Nightwing #125
Superman #23 & 24
Thundercats #14
Titans #22
Marvel Unlimited
Magik 1
Namor 6
Ultimate Black Panther 12
Wolverine 5
Mystic 22
Mystic 23
Mystic 24
DC Universe Ultra
Legion of Super-Heroes #298
Legion of Super-Heroes #299
ABSOLUTE BATMAN #6
ABSOLUTE FLASH #1
BATMAN & ROBIN: YEAR ONE #6 (OF 12)
THE NEW GODS #4 (OF 12)
Hoopla
Barbaric Vol 3 Hell to Pay (Collects issues 1-3)
Hey Kids Comics! Prophets and Loss Vol 3 (Collects issues 1-6)
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees TPB
ComiXology
Knighted (Collects issues 1-5) -
The Joneses Vol 1 (Collects issues 1-5)
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ABSOLUTE FLASH #1 - I liked it. Now granted, I already knew about most everything that happened but it didn't take anything away from my enjoyment. I'm definitely in for the quirky characters.
BATMAN & ROBIN: YEAR ONE #6 (OF 12) - Good close to this arc within the main story.
THE NEW GODS #4 (OF 12) - Sometimes I'm not really sure what all is going on in this comic. But I'm enjoying every bit of it anyway! And the art is amazing.
Marvel Unlimited
Magik 1
Namor 6
Ultimate Black Panther 12
Wolverine 5
Mystic 22
Mystic 23
Mystic 24
DC Universe Ultra
Legion of Super-Heroes #298
Legion of Super-Heroes #299ABSOLUTE BATMAN #6
ABSOLUTE FLASH #1
BATMAN & ROBIN: YEAR ONE #6 (OF 12)
THE NEW GODS #4 (OF 12)
Hoopla
Barbaric Vol 3 Hell to Pay (Collects issues 1-3)
Hey Kids Comics! Prophets and Loss Vol 3 (Collects issues 1-6)
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees TPB
ComiXology
Knighted (Collects issues 1-5) -
The Joneses Vol 1 (Collects issues 1-5)
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Mystic 22-24 - It's nice to read a comic whose arcs wrap up in a short number of issues. Enjoyed this arc more than I expected. This has really been a fun book.
Legion of Super-Heroes #298-299 - I really like how we get multiple stories with multiple teams. Battle with Duplicate Boy & Colossal Boy. Wildfire & Invisible Kid in another plane of existence. Blok, Dawnstar, & White Witch fighting Khunds. Element Lad & Svaughn. So much fun and great art.
Dang, I am going to be through my August Marvel reads far too quickly. Guess I'll add more... maybe?
Marvel Unlimited
Ultimate Black Panther #12
DC Universe Ultra
Absolute Batman #6
Absolute Flash #1
Batman and Robin: Year One #6
New Gods #4
Zatanna #2
Hellblazer #53
Legion of Super-Heroes #299
Hoopla
Conan #20
Phantom Road #11
TMNT #8
Marvel Back Issue Bin August 1978
(https://i.postimg.cc/MGd0PcWg/Fantastic-Four-Vol-1-200.webp) (https://i.postimg.cc/Bbq8Tczd/Avengers-Vol-1-177.jpg) (https://i.postimg.cc/yN6TF6nd/Conan-the-Barbarian-92.jpg) (https://i.postimg.cc/cHrMbDpG/Iron-Man-Vol-1-116.jpg) (https://i.postimg.cc/L53Q02G6/X-Men-Vol-1-115.jpg)
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Uncanny X - I do remember this issue now that I have read it again. Pretty good (mini-crossover) issue. it is a tie-in to the Ka-Zar title, a little, but not enough to ruin or lessen the enjoyment factor. And Claremont is pretty succinct here, not as verbose as he can be, and so that was also enjoyable. Art... Byrne is just on point here. Looking forward to the issue!!
Conan - Oh man, I great fill in issue with art by Big Daddy Buscema's own brother; Sal. And while I say "sadly" here, I don't mean it in the way I am typing it ;) so... sadly Ernie Chan (or Chua as he often went by in the comics) inks the hell out of this issue, taking a lot of the Sal Buscema style out. But, that said, the sadly here is not a bad thing. It still looked good, just not like a Sal book.
Phantom Road - Don't wait for the trade. Get this issue. Start of a new arc, but there has never been a better "jumping in" point!
Legion - Another good issue, but I am sick and tired of Element Lad's whinny little ass. Didn't remember him being such a little bitch. Just won't shut-up about Dream Girl winning :o
Zatanna - Another very fun issue. The ending, yeah, I am even more into this now.
New Gods - So Ram V, doing his best Hickman impression here, going deep in the weeds with both a history of the Fourth World and throwing characters all over the place. Love it.
Batman/Robin Year One - Not a spectacular issue, but not a bad one either. A nice piece of the puzzle that is early Bruce and Dick, not just Bats and Robin
Absolute Flash - Not the most original or vastly different punch to this title, especially when compared to the first three, but the art is nice and tight and I do like Lemire... mostly... so hoping this gets even better. Good start, just didn't blow me away like the Absolute Trinity
Absolute Batman - Speaking of no punch... ha... not sure why this didn't hit for me as much as some, but all told and considering, this was my least favorite issue of all the Absolute issues. Now, that is not to say it wasn't good, it was, but when you have a good issue that is still in last place? That is just how strong I feel for the Abso line
Just adding a couple more '78 comics (This was suppose to last for more than one week ;D)
Marvel Unlimited
Ultimate Black Panther #12
DC Universe Ultra
Absolute Batman #6
Absolute Flash #1
Batman and Robin: Year One #6
New Gods #4
Zatanna #2
Hellblazer #53
Legion of Super-Heroes #299
Hoopla
Conan #20
Phantom Road #11
TMNT #8
Marvel Back Issue Bin
August/November 1978
(added Amazing Spider-Man #186 and Marvel Two-in-One #45)
(https://i.postimg.cc/GpQ0H0cD/Amazing-Spider-Man-Vol-1-186.webp) (https://i.postimg.cc/MGd0PcWg/Fantastic-Four-Vol-1-200.webp) (https://i.postimg.cc/VkQ2gsvM/Marvel-Two-In-One-Vol-1-45.webp) (https://i.postimg.cc/Bbq8Tczd/Avengers-Vol-1-177.jpg) (https://i.postimg.cc/yN6TF6nd/Conan-the-Barbarian-92.jpg) (https://i.postimg.cc/cHrMbDpG/Iron-Man-Vol-1-116.jpg) (https://i.postimg.cc/L53Q02G6/X-Men-Vol-1-115.jpg)
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Quote from: Gay Titan on Apr 14, 2025, 04:26 PMI'm curious to see your comments on Absolute Flash #1. The second issue should be in my pull this Wednesday.
I enjoyed reading it. I want more; just to see how it will develop differently in Darkseid's world.
I've read
Marvel
Amazing Spider-man 60 something or other. whatever. Carry on
DC
New Gods 4 - coo! Like, I actually really enjoy reading of the New Gods here! :D History & current! It feels like there are actual stakes!!
Absolute Flash 1 - okay, decently good start, but I really want more; show me more how this is the Absolute version of a Wally West Flash.
Absolute Batman 6 - I'm enjoying this big take, the big changes, and trying to figure out where this man is going to go!
World's Finest 37 - the end of the Aquamn tie-in. No big whup, in all honesty
Detective 1095 - I love Tom Taylor's Batman. Janin is so cool to read; glad he's still doing some DC work yet!! This history with Chill & ..other family issues is cool reading for me
Summer of Superman Special - not particularly memorable, or overly sweet, considering there could have been some really amazing hitting Lana & Clark stuff. Cool to see Lana & John Henry married; VERY GLAD to see her marriage & child !!! with Pete Ross wasn't washed away either. And without really connecting to the main story, the last 5 pages are not too miss! There's still gonna be awesome Superman stuff all year!!
Legion of Superheroes 298 (reread, I liked it that much!!) and 299 -such great issues. I can see where this and Teen Titans and Uncanny X-men were such awesome hits of the 1980s. Such great team dynamics, growing & changing relationships, hidden secrets, things dropped about what will come in the future storylines; I love it!!
Marvel Unlimited
Magik 1
Namor 6
Ultimate Black Panther 12
Wolverine 5
Mystic 22
Mystic 23
Mystic 24
DC Universe Ultra
Legion of Super-Heroes #298
Legion of Super-Heroes #299ABSOLUTE BATMAN #6
ABSOLUTE FLASH #1
BATMAN & ROBIN: YEAR ONE #6 (OF 12)
THE NEW GODS #4 (OF 12)
Hoopla
Barbaric Vol 3 Hell to Pay (Collects issues 1-3)
Hey Kids Comics! Prophets and Loss Vol 3 (Collects issues 1-6)
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees TPB
ComiXology
Knighted (Collects issues 1-5)
The Joneses Vol 1 (Collects issues 1-5)
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Knighted (Collects issues 1-5) - Turned out to be a good book. The Resistance universes version of Batman...with no confidence. Some bloody killer villains and hero who isn't perfect makes for a pretty engaging tale.
I couldn't get my Hoopla books finished because the "Collective Daily Limit" was always full. Will try again next week.
Quote from: Jimmy T on Apr 19, 2025, 11:32 PMQuote from: Gay Titan on Apr 14, 2025, 04:26 PMI'm curious to see your comments on Absolute Flash #1. The second issue should be in my pull this Wednesday.
I enjoyed reading it. I want more; just to see how it will develop differently in Darkseid's world.
I want more of Darkseid in this (or any) of the Absolute titles. Where is he? Where is the Legion we saw cameoed? What's going on with Booster Gold (who is supposed to be integral to this universe)?
Quote from: Gay Titan on Apr 21, 2025, 12:45 PMQuote from: Jimmy T on Apr 19, 2025, 11:32 PMQuote from: Gay Titan on Apr 14, 2025, 04:26 PMI'm curious to see your comments on Absolute Flash #1. The second issue should be in my pull this Wednesday.
I enjoyed reading it. I want more; just to see how it will develop differently in Darkseid's world.
I want more of Darkseid in this (or any) of the Absolute titles. Where is he? Where is the Legion we saw cameoed? What's going on with Booster Gold (who is supposed to be integral to this universe)?
For Rodney only:
Spoiler
You should quickly check out the Summer of Superman special, check the last 5 pages only!!
I will be getting that ASAP!!! thanks, Jimmy!