Yes, It Is Wednesday Yet! + Read in April 2011

If you're wondering why this blog is being updated so sporadically lately, there are many perfectly valid explanations. I'm getting ready for a show (tomorrow night, details here) and that's been eating up a lot of my time. Meanwhile, I've also been going through a bit of an existential crisis, where I'm putting everything into question and wondering whether there's any point to me writing anything at all, let alone a blog about comic books. This happens to me fairly frequently and, hopefully, this too shall pass. (Although the recent blow of Canadians electing a majority Conservative government doesn't help.)

Anyway, some comic books are coming out today, and I will be buying a few of them. Namely:

• Axe Cop: Bad Guy Earth #3 (of 3) (Dark Horse) - although I haven't even read issue #2 yet
• Superboy #7 (DC) - although last issue sucked, but that was because of the Doomsday crossover
• Sweet Tooth #21 (Vertigo) - which will be amazing, because it's Sweet Tooth
• Astonishing Thor #4 (of 5) (Marvel) - I almost forgot this wasn't over

That's a remarkably small pull list for me this week. I'm proud of myself. However, I may also be tempted to try Fear Itself #2, Megaman #1 or iZombie #13. Or maybe I'll forget about all those and pick up a the hardcover of Greg Rucka's Stumptown that came out a few weeks ago.

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In other news, here's a list of all the comics I read in April:

• 5 Ronin #4-5
• Thor #621
• Fear Itself #1
• Nonplayer #1
• Sweet Tooth #20
• Superboy #6
• Flash #10-11
• Journey into Mystery #622
• Hellboy: Buster Oakley Gets His Wish
• Birds of Prey #11
• Batgirl #20
• Amazing Spider-Man #658-659
• Avengers: Children's Crusade #5
• Wolverine and Jubilee #4
• Super Dinosaur #1
• Supergirl #63
• Teen Titans #94
• Butcher Baker #2
• Infinite Vacation #2
• Madman Special
• Dark Horse Presents #1 (most of it, anyway)
• Detective Comics #876
• Action Comics #900
• Xombi #2
• Silver Surfer #3
• Sigil #2
• American Vampire #14
• Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #2

I'm not going to pick my usual top 5 and stinker of the month, but I will say that Super Dinosaur was way better than I expected it to be and Dark Horse Presents was probably the biggest disappointment. If I thought any of this was in any way important, I might even bother to write reviews for both. But I probably won't.

Read in March 2011

Here's a list of all the comics I read last month.

Axe Cop: Bad Guy Earth #1 (Dark Horse)
Sweet Tooth #19 (Vertigo)
Astonishing Thor #3 (Marvel)
Captain America and the Falcon #1 (Marvel)
5 Ronin #1-3 (Marvel)
Annihilators #1 (Marvel)
Amazing Spider-Man #648-654, 654.1, 655-656
Birds of Prey #10 (DC)
Batman and Robin #21 (DC)
Batgirl #19 (DC)
Sigil #1 (Marvel)
Superboy #5 (DC)
Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #1 (DC)
Legion of Super-Villains #1 (DC)
Magus #3 (12-Gauge)
Starborn #4 (Boom)
Xombi #1
Batman, Inc #3-4 (DC)
Avengers: Children's Cusade: Young Avengers #1 (Marvel)
Red Robin #21 (DC)
Book of the Skull (Marvel)
Venom #1 (Marvel)
Neonomicon #4 (Avatar)
Wolverine and Jubilee #3 (Marvel)
Silver Surfer #2 (Marvel)
Legion of Super-Heroes #11 (Marvel)
Supergirl #62 (Marvel)
Action Comics #899 (DC)
Detective Comics #875 (DC)
Teen Titans #93 (DC)
Jimmy Olsen #1 (DC)

Top 5 of the month

1. Detective Comics #875 (One of the best comics I've read in a while.)
2. Xombi #1 (Super-stoked about this new series.)
3. Jimmy Olsen (So much fun! The only disappointment is that Nick Spencer is now Marvel exclusive, so there's no chance of him returning to this character.)
4. Amazing Spider-Man (Catching up on "Big Time" was a lot of fun, and the issues with art by Marcos Martin were simply breathtaking.)

5. Wolverine and Jubilee #3 (Cool story. Beautiful art.)

Stinker of the month: Red Robin #21. I've had enough of this book. Dropped.

Read in February 2011

Here's the list of every comic I read this month:

• Superboy #4 (DC)
• Sweet Tooth #18 (Vertigo)
• Hellboy: The Sleeping and the Dead #2 (Dark Horse)
• Dr. Strange (one-shot) (Marvel)
• Anu-Anulan and Yir's Daughter (web)
• Batgirl #18 (DC)
• Red Robin #20 (DC)
• Birds of Prey #9 (DC)
• Batman and Robin #20 (DC)
• Magus #2 (12-Gauge)
• Lucille (graphic novel) (Top Shelf)
• Starborn #3 (Boom!)
• Flash #9 (DC)
• Supergirl #61 (DC)
• Wolverine and Jubilee #2 (Marvel)
• Legion of Super-Heroes #10 (DC)
• Silver Surfer #1 (Marvel)
• Adventure Comics #523 (DC)
• Soldier Zero #2-5 (Boom!)
• Starman Omnibus vol. 1 (DC)
• The Feast (Top Shelf 2.0)
• Teen Titans #92 (DC)
• Action Comics #898 (DC)
• Detective Comics # 874 (DC)
• Secret Avengers #10 (Marvel)
• Abyss: Family Issues #1 (Red 5)
• Thor #620 (Marvel)
• American Vampire #12 (Vertigo)
• Northlanders #37 (Vertigo)

Top 5 of the month

1. Lucille - A wonderful graphic novel by Ludovic Debeurme, translated from French, and soon to be released by Top Shelf. I'll post a full review soon.

2. Starman Omnibus vol. 1 - Yeah, these comics are over 15 years old, but I'm just getting around to reading them now. I really enjoyed the first volume and I'm looking forward to the rest of it.

3. Sweet Tooth #18 - Always great.

4. Wolverine and Jubilee #2 - I just can't get over how pretty that art is.

5. Tie: The Feast / Anu-Anula and Yir's Daughter - Two short stories I read online.

Stinker of the month: Abyss: Family Issues #1

Read in January 2011

Here's the list of every comic I read this month:

• Superboy #3 (DC)
• Sweet Tooth #17 (Vertigo)
• Steel #1 (DC)
• Weird Worlds #1 (DC)
• Batgirl #17 (DC)
• Birds of Prey #8 (DC)
• Red Robin #19 (DC)
• Starborn #2 (Boom)
• Infinite Vacation #1 (Image)
• Halcyon #1 (Image)
• Marineman #2 (Image)
• Wonder Girl #1 (DC)
• Superman/Batman #80 (DC)
• Superior #4 (Icon)
• Invincible Iron Man #500 (Marvel)
• Action Comics #897 (DC)
• Detective Comics #873 (DC)
• Teen Titans #91 (DC)
• Infestation #1 (IDW)
• Astonishing Thor #2 (Marvel)
• Secret Avengers #9 (Marvel)
• The Traveler #3 (Boom)
• Wolverine and Jubilee #1 (Marvel)
• X'ed Out (GN) (Pantheon)
• Wilson (GN) (Drawn and Quarterly)
• Avengers: Children's Crusade #3, 4 (Marvel)
• Supergirl #60 (DC)
• Zombies vs. Robots #1 (reprint) (IDW)
• Adventure Comics #521, 522 (DC)
• Legion of Super-Heroes #8, 9 (DC)
• Thor #619 (Marvel)
• Northlanders #36 (Vertigo)

Top 5 of the month*

1. X'ed Out - Finally got around to reading Charles Burns' latest. A brilliant and multi-layered work.

2. Wilson - Another book I should have read months ago. There was a lot of hype around Daniel Clowes' book last year and I wasn't sure it would work for me, but I was glad to find out the hype was well deserved. Funny and surprisingly moving.

3. Sweet Tooth #17 - This book is always a hit.

4. Batgirl #17 - It took me a long time to be convinced that this book was worth reading, but this issue really did it for me. Instantly added to my pull list.

5. Wolverine and Jubilee #1 - Excellent first issue for this promising new mini-series written by Kathryn Immonen and beautifully illustrated by Phil Noto. 

(*Not necessarily the best, but very good and most noteworthy for a number of reasons.)

Stinker of the month: Infestation #1.

Read in December 2010

Action Comics Annual #13
Sweet Tooth #16
Marineman #1
Generation Hope #2
Superboy #2
Northlanders #35
Starborn #1
Flash #7
Red Robin #18
Welcome to Tranquility: One Foot in the Grave #3-6
Birds of Prey #7
Magus #1
Knight and Squire #2-3
Thor #618
Secret Avengers #8
Neonomicon #3
The Traveler #2
Superior #3
Batman, Inc #2
Teen Titans #90
Flash #8
Action Comics #896
Detective Comics #872
Hellboy: The Sleeping and the Dead #1
Teen Titans: Cold Case (one-shot)

I'm also in the middle of about half a dozen trades, but the rule I follow for these lists if that books only go on the list when I finish them.

I also read a novel, Pattern Recognition, by William Gibson.

Read in November 2010

Batman and Robin #16
Superboy #1
Generation Hope #1
Sweet Tooth #15
DC Presents: Young Justice #1
Thor #617
John Constantine: Hellblazer - City of Demons #3, 4
Batman: Return of Bruce Wayne #6
Birds of Prey #6
Red Robin #17
Batman: The Return
Batman, Inc #1
Flash #6
Legion of Super-Heroes #7
Superior #2
Soldier Zero #2
Action Comics #895
Batwoman #0
Detective Comics #871
Teen Titans #89
Secret Avengers #7
The Traveler #1
Astonishing Thor #1

TOP 5 BOOKS OF THE MONTH

1. Sweet Tooth #15 -  It might seem like an obvious pick, since this is generally my favourite book, but this issue was particularly rewarding. Perfectly structured, with a brilliant last page. Mind blown.

2. Detective Comics #871 - The surprise hit of the month for me. With two Grant Morrison Batman runs coming to an end (B&R and Return of BW), a big one-shot introducing the new status quo (Batman: The Return) and the launch of a new series (Batman Inc), I was really surprised that the new team on Detective Comics, Scott Snyder and Jock, delivered the best Bat-book I've read in months. As much as I love Grant Morrison and have been enjoying his shenanigans, this felt like a breath of fresh air in the form of a return to basics, with solid storytelling and amazing art. An instant win. This is my new favourite bat book.

3. Superboy #1 - The much-awaited debut of the new Superboy book didn't disappoint.

4. Batman and Robin #16 - Of all the Grant Morrison bat books this month, the final issue of his run on Batman and Robins was my favourite - even if it was itself very flawed due to the massive delays resulting in three artists with wildly different styles sharing art duties on a title that was supposed to be fully drawn by Cameron Stewart. Still, this was a satisfying end to the saga of Dr. Hurt.

5. Hellblazer: City of Demons #3 and 4 - I'm loving the hell out of this mini-series, written by Si Spencer and drawn by Sean Murphy. Only one issue left and I'm really looking forward to it.

NOTABLE OMISSIONS FROM THE TOP 5
(aka disappointing books, to varying degrees)

1. Batman, Inc #1 - Yeah, I liked it. But it didn't rock my world. I'm waiting to see where it's headed.

2. Batwoman #0 - Amazing, beautiful art. And if that was the only criteria, this book might have ended up in the top spot this month. But the story was not very substantial and the decision to have it told entirely from Bruce Wayne's perspective, with Kate Kane not even being given a voice, was disappointing. The ladies at 3 Chicks Reviewing Comics did a great job deconstructing the issue.

3. Red Robin #17 - Wow, this book really took a plunge into mediocrity this month. It was among my favourites for a while, but that scene with Lynx turned me off completely. (And led into a stupid Tumblr argument that lost me a few followers - oh well.) Marcus To's art remains nearly flawless, though, and the full page spread of Bruce and Tim hugging was one of my favourite pages of the year! This book is now on probation. I'm giving it one more issue to convince me that it's still worth following.

4. Teen Titans #89 - Last issue marked the start of a new run by writer J.T. Krul and artist Nicola Scott, and after reading it I was cautiously optimistic. It didn't take very long for it to go south, though. This issue featured Damian Wayne written completely out of character to such an extent that I decided to immediately drop the book from my pull list. It's a real shame, though, because Nicola Scott's art sure it pretty.

5. Batman: The Return - This stank. I've realized that I'm not a fan of David Finch's art at all. And this was by far the weakest Morrison bat book of the month.

Read in October 2010

These were my favourite new comics:

1. Strange Tales II #1 (Marvel) I didn't like every story in this anthology, but the ones that were good were so amazing that this easily takes the top spot. Special mentions go to Rafael Grampa's twisted Wolverine tale and Kate Beaton's hilarious story featuring Spider-Man vs. Kraven.

2. Action Comics #893-894 (DC) Paul Cornell's Lex Luthor story continues to defy expectations with a crazy "anything goes" approach to storytelling. From a ridiculously over-the-top issue featuring Gorilla Grodd with a giant spoon to a quietly metaphysical one consisting almost entirely of a conversation between Lex and Death, every new issue is a joy to read.

3. Batman and Robin #15 (DC) The delays have been excruciating, but the final issue in Grant Morrison and Frazer Irving's story delivered all the thrills I expected from it. This three-issue arc might be my pick for best interior art of the year.

4. Knight and Squire #1 (DC) More Paul Cornell craziness. This new series is off to a good start, and I'm excited to read the rest of it.

5. Sweet Tooth #14 (Vertigo) Jeff Lemire's book is the very definition of consistent quality. It never falters or misses a step. Just great storytelling, characters and art each month. If you're not reading this, what the hell is wrong with you?

And my least favourite comic of the month:

Avengers Academy #5 (Marvel) Oh, God, this sucked. See here for some evidence.

Here's the list of all the comics I read last month:

One Month to Live #5
Action Comics #893-894
The Incredible Hercules #126
Avengers #500-503 ("Disassembled")
Hercules vs. Spider-Man: Assault on New Olympus
The Incredible Hercules #139
Neonomicon #2
Avengers Academy #5
Sweet Tooth #14
Fantastic Four in Attaque del MODOK
Orc Stain #4-5
Captain America: Winter Soldier (TPB)
Batman: Return of Bruce Wayne #5
Edge of Doom #1
Superior #1
John Constantine: Hellblazer: City of Demons #1-2
Thor #616
Knight and Squire #1
Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Batman and Robin
Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Red Robin
Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Batgirl
Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Outsiders
Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom #3
Vision Machine #1
Batman and Robin #15
Superman/Batman #77
Legion of Super-Heroes #6
Morning Glories #3
Robin #0, 5-10, 85
Gotham Knights #1
The Walking Dead #31-57
Teen Titans #88
Showcase '93 #1-4
Secret Avengers #6
Godland vol. 1: Hello Cosmic (TPB)
Strange Tales II #1
Stan Lee's Soldier Zero #1

Read in September 2010

Here's the list of everything I read last month:

Avengers: Children’s Crusade #1-2
5 Days to Die #1
One Month to Live #1-4
Sweet Tooth #13
Brightest Day #0-9
Walking Dead #1-30
Batman #703
Batman and Robin #14
Daytripper #10
Invaders Now! #1
Red Robin #16
Animal Man #27-29 (Peter Milligan run)
Birds of Prey #5
Morning Glories #2
X-Force #116
Justice League: Generation Lost #1
Thor #615
Legion of Super-Heroes #5
Flash #5
Thunderbolts #147
Avengers Academy #4
Secret Avengers #5
Casanova #1-2
Godland #1
Bulletproof Coffin #4

In no particular order, these were my favourite:

1. Sweet Tooth #13 (Vertigo) Jeff Lemire writes and draws this series, and every issue is a miniature masterpiece. A new arc begins with issue #13, setting into motion a series of events that are likely to lead to some pretty crazy action in the coming months. Sweet Tooth just keeps getting better and better. 

2. Daytripper #10 (Vertigo) Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba’s mini-series about the life and death(s) of a Brazilian writer concludes with a quiet issue that almost seems like an understatement, but ties everything together beautifully. This was a wonderful series and I’m sad to see it come to an end. It will surely get collected in trade paperback in the near future, so keep an eye out for it.

3. Thor #615 (Marvel) A new creative team starts a new story with this issue, and things are off to a great start. Matt Fraction sets things up for what is sure to be an epic cosmic adventure, perfectly suited to Pasqual Ferry’s otherworldly artwork. This is definitely a title that should be on your pull list right now.

4. Bulletproof Coffin #4 (Image) Thing are definitely starting to fall into place in this totally weird mini-series written by David Hine and drawn by Shaky Kane. Hine and Kan have cast themselves as the mysterious creators of lost Golden Age comics, and metatextual shenanigans abound as our hero slips in and out of the reality of the comic books he’s reading. The story is clever and the eye-popping art and vibrant colours give this book a unique look. Two more issues to go.

5. Action Comics #893 (DC) And last, but certainly not least, the issue that feature Gorilla Grodd coming after Lex Luthor with a giant spoon! Writer Paul Cornell doesn’t hold back, allowing his story to get as gloriously bizarre and entertaining as all super-hero comic books should be.

And my least favourite comic of the month:

Invaders Now #1 (Marvel) This mini-series started off on the wrong foot, with bad dialogue from Christos Gage, way too much setting up and not enough moving the plot forward. The art was also underwhelming, and despite a mildly interesting premise (orchestrated by Alex Ross), I wasn’t interested enough to buy the next issue. This one was a big fail for me.

Read in August 2010

Action Comics #891, 892
Batman: Return of Bruce Wayne #4
Red Robin #15
The Flash #4
Secret Avengers #3, 4
Sweet Tooth #12
Revolver (graphic novel)
Robin (ongoing) #1-4
Batman #480
Pluto (manga) vol. 7, 8
Solo #10 (Damion Scott issue)
Northlanders #30, 31
Morning Glories #1
Birds of Prey #4
Daytripper #9
Welcome to Tranquility: One Foot in the Grave #1, 2
Meta 4 #3
Four Eyes: Forged in Flames (TPB)
Legion of Super-Heroes #4
Superman/Batman #75
Avengers Academy #1-3
Batman #702
Bulletproof Coffin #3

Favourite issue of the month: Sweet Tooth #12. See my review here.

Other highlights: The conclusion of Pluto, the amazing Four Eyes, Daytripper approaching the final issue, and Paul Cornell's hijinks in Action Comics.

Read in July 2010

I'm a terrible blogger. I'd like to apologize profusely to all my imaginary readers for not updating this blog as often as I should. I just get so distracted by life.

It may interest you to know that I've been spending a lot of time on Tumblr, which is a fun little blogging platform that I find particularly useful for quickly sharing links, images and random comments about stuff I encounter on the internet. I have no intention of abandoning this blog, but I decided to create a "companion tumblr" to it. The idea is to use it to gather "followers" and then lure them to these pages where they will be amazed by the substantial and very insightful longer texts I've written. The only problem is that I haven't written those longer texts, so I'm afraid so far that experiment is a bust. Nevertheless, you can check it out here. There's a lot of pretty pictures and occasional drama discussion.

Here is the list of comics I read in July:

Northlanders #29
Wonder Woman #600
Superman/Batman Annual #4
Robin III #1-6
Batman and Robin #13
Sweet Tooth #11
Brightest Day: The Atom Special
Red Robin #14
Ball Peen Hammer (Adam Rapp and George O'Connor, First Second)
The Authority: Relentless (TPB)
Orc Stain #1-3
Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom #2
Birds of Prey #3
Batman #701
Billy Hazelnuts (Tony Millionaire, Fantagraphics)
Daytripper #8
Silver Surfer vol. 1 (Stan Lee, John Buscema, Marvel Masterworks)
Legion of Super-Heroes #3
Neonomicon #1
Meta 4 #2
The Bulletproof Coffin #1-2
Tom Strong, Book 1 (Alan Moore, Chris Sprouse, America's Best Comics)

Read in June 2010

Air vol. 1 (TPB)
Sweet Tooth #10
Red Robin #13
Detective Comics #616-617
Batman #450-451
Robin II #1-4
Mesmo Delivery (TPB)
Pluto vol. 5-6 (TPB)
Batman #700
Secret Avengers #1
Daytripper #7
Meta 4 #1
Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom #1
Birds of Prey # 2
Hard Time #1
Detective Comics #866
Legion of Super-Heroes #2
Superman #700
A God Somewhere (original graphic novel, TPB)
Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #3
The Spirit #3
JLA: Paradise Lost #1-3
The Flash #3
Action Comics #890
Secret Avengers #2

My favourite single issue: Action Comics #890 (review coming up).

Other highlights: Sweet Tooth is still a favourite. Secret Avengers is off to a good start. And the new Tom Strong mini-series looks promising too, with absolutely gorgeous art by Chris Sprouse.

Least favourite single issue: The Spirit #3. (Reviewed here.)

TPB department: I wasn't as thrilled with Air vol. 1 (Vertigo) and A God Somewhere (Wildstorm) as I expected to be, although both are probably worth checking out. The manga series Pluto continues to blow my mind. And Mesmo Delivery (Dark Horse) was a blast, too.

Stuff I missed out on/didn't read yet: I wish I had picked up Bulletproof Coffin #1, but my LCS sold out pretty quickly. I bought Superman/Batman annual #4 and Wonder Woman #600 yesterday, but haven't read them yet.

Read in May 2010

Batman: The Black Glove (TPB)
Mouse Guard (FCBD)
Doctor Solar/Magnus (FCBD)
The Sixth Gun #1 (FCBD)
Batman and Robin #12
iZombie #1
Sweet Tooth #9
Pluto vol. 3-4
The Infinity Gauntlet (TPB)
Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #1-2
Birds of Prey #1
Sweet Tooth vol. 1 (TPB)
The Flash #2
Daytripper #6
Batman R.I.P. (TBP)
The Legion of Super-Heroes #1
The Spirit #2
DC Legacies #1
The Brave and the Bold #34
Swamp Thing vol. 1 (TPB)

Read in April 2010

Teen Titans: Family Lost (TPB)
Teen Titans: Beast Boys & Girls (TPB)
Teen Titans: Titans Tomorrow (TPB)
Batman and Robin #11 (my review)
The Flash: Secret Files and Origins 2010 (my review)
Red Robin #9-11
Batgirl #8
Birds of Prey #69-73
Batman and Son (TPB) (my review)
The Flash #1 (my review)
Pluto vol. 1-2
The Brave and the Bold #33 (my review)
The Spirit #1 (my review)
Daytripper #1-5
The Unwritten #12
Sweet Tooth #6-8
Sin Titulo (all of it, up to current page)

A few quick comments

Pluto is amazing! I bought volumes 3 and 4 (there are 8 in total) and I'm really looking forward to reading them. I'm going to wait until I finish the full series before posting a review.

I also really enjoyed the three Vertigo titles I checked out last month, all of which I would like to continue following. I'm adding Daytripper and Sweet Tooth to my pull list, and I guess I'm going to wait for trades on The Unwrtitten.

I was very pleasantly surprised by Cameron Stewart's Eisner-nominated webcomic, Sin Titulo. I don't have much interest in webcomics in general, probably simply because I haven't seen a lot of quality ones, but this one is a must-read. Two or three pages into it I was hooked, and I read the whole thing in one sitting.

The next chapter in Grant Morrison's epic Batman run, The Black Glove, almost made it on the list, but I still have a few pages to read. It's blowing my mind!

Read in March 2010

Teen Titans: A Kids' Game (TPB)
Batman: Year 3 (Batman #436-439)
A Lonely Place of Dying (Batman # 440-442 and The New Titans #60-61)
Rite of Passage (Detective Comics #618-621)
All-Star Superman vol. 1-2 (TPB)
Robin: A Hero Reborn (TPB)
Batman and Robin #1-10
Batman Chronicles: The Gauntlet
Batman #465, 466
Fantastic Four #575, 576
Brave and the Bold #32
Superman 80-Page Giant #1
Batman #467-469
Batman: Streets of Gotham #1, 3-10
We3 (TPB)

Monthly reading: August 2009 to February 2010

Previously

The Watchmen
Identity Crisis

August 2009

All-Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder vol. 1
The Dark Knight Returns
Batman: Year One
Batman: The Long Halloween
Batman: The Killing Joke

September 2009

Superman for All Seasons
Animal Man (TPB)
Crisis on Infinite Earths
Kinetic
Superman: Man of Steel
Animal Man: Origin of the Species
Animal Man: Deus Ex Machina
Kingdom Come
Green Lantern: Rebirth
Legends
Countdown to Infinite Crisis
The OMAC Project
Superman: Sacrifice
Green Lantern: Emerald Twilight
Final Night
Parallax: Emerald Night
Day of Judgment
Day of Vengeance
Adam Strange: Man of Two Worlds

October 2009

Adam Strange: Planet Heist
Rann-Thanagar War
Villains United
The Return of Donna Troy
Power Girl (JSA Classified #1-4)
JLA: Crisis of Conscience
Infinite Crisis
Infinite Crisis Companion
Aztek: The Ultimate Man
Batman: Dark Victory
Robin: Year One

November 2009 to February 2010

JLA: A New World Order
Starman: Sins of the Father
52: Vol. 1-4
Skyscrapers of the Midwest (Joshua Cotter, AdHouse)
Driven by Lemons (Joshua Cotter, AdHouse)
Green Lantern: No Fear
Green Lantern Corps: Recharge
Green Lantern: Revenge of the Green Lanterns
Green Lantern Corps: To Be a Lantern
Ion: The Torchbearer
Ion: The Dying Game
Green Lantern Corps: The Dark Side of Green
Green Lantern: Wanted: Hal Jordan
The Sinestro Corps War vol. 1-2
Trinity vol. 1-3