A
record of the DC Comics that I read that were released during October
that I received near the beginning of November. Caution: Linked
reviews may contain spoilers! [Link to previous month]
Well,
as I hoped, I did enjoy this batch of comics better than previous
months. Simply not feeling the constant pressure to read overly
critically (in the technical sense of the word) and take notes geared
toward having something “meaningful” to say about each and every
issue was liberating. And it sure did speed me up! I can't tell you
how relieving this is. Comics have been part of my life, to one
degree or another, all
my life, and while I couldn't imagine giving up on them entirely,
working
my way through that stack every month was really getting hard. Plus
the prospect of six or eight hours, all told, composing that bloated
monthly roundup post that I had been doing....Putting together the
illustrated list with review links is, comparatively speaking, a
piece of cake. Not that everything was bad, it just wasn't fun
anymore. This month was different.
Before jumping to the comics
themselves, just to show how these heroes do resonate (even if the
source material is often impenetrable to new readers – and not at
all “kid friendly” these days), here is a heart-warming story
that's been getting a lot of play the last few days.
There is no way you can't
grin (perhaps a little tearfully) and applaud the Make-a-Wish
Foundation, and the people of San Francisco, for what they gave that
little boy.
Here are the comics....
Comics solicited for
release 2 October
Forever
Evil
#2 of 7
Earth
2 #16
Action
Comics #24
Batman/Superman
#4
Detective
Comics #24
Comics
solicited for release 9 October
Superman/Wonder
Woman #1
World's
Finest #16
Superman
Unchained #4
Superboy
#24
Batman
#24
Even
at seven bucks' cover price, well worth it for the new spin it puts
on the old story of the origin of the Joker.
Batgirl
#24
Nightwing
#24
So
Dick's staying in Chicago. Of course, we know now that his whole
world is about to come apart in Forever Evil.
Comics
solicited for release 16 October
Justice
League #24
Supergirl
#24
Zor-El-cum-Cyborg
Superman does kind of redeem himself here.
Batman
and Two-Face #24
Batwoman
#24
Birds
of Prey #24
Red
Hood and the Outlaws #24
Comics
solicited for release 23 October
Justice
League Dark #24
I
confess I just flipped through this one quickly without reading it.
Jeff Lemire's departure gave me a jumping-off point, even with the
continuing awesome art of Mikel Janin. I've been looking for titles
to cut, and this one became one.
Teen
Titans #24
And
I confess I'm not really sure why I keep this one. But I do. I
guess that I just have more of a connection with Tim Drake, Wonder
Girl, Kid Flash, and Superboy than I do with Deadman, John
Constantine, and Zatanna, even if these aren't the versions I would
really prefer.
Aquaman
#24
So
this is a continuation of the “Death of a King” story.
Superman
#24
Batman:
The Dark Knight #24
Talon
#12
Comics
solicited for release 30 October
Aquaman
Annual #1
Another "Others" adventure. DC has to be grooming this team for a book. I'd probably give it a try.
Teen Titans Annual
#2
Read
this first because at the beginning of the Action
Comics Annual,
Superboy refers to this issue as having just happened.
Action
Comics Annual #2
Nightwing
Annual #1
I've always liked Dick-plus-Babs, but it looks like that's not in near-future plans, but neither would be the interesting possibilities of Dick-plus-Sonia what with his move to Chicago, which seems confirmed here.
Digital Comics
Smallville
Alien
Weeks 1-3
Review
Smallville:
Titans
Week
3
Review
And that's it.
Cheers!, and Thanks for reading!
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