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Finally made it to Detective Comics 1000. I thought it was good. I especially liked the Denny O’Neil story.

 

Oh man, X of Swords: Creation was so fucking cool, haha.

 

Wow, feel like that was forever ago, lol.

Don’t remember being particularly into it. The recent Detective 1027 (1000 issues after Batman’s first appearance... lol) was a lot stronger imo. Too bad you probably won’t read it for a couple more years, lol.

 

‘March 27, 2019 lol. That’s the week of DC comics I’m currently on.

 

Reread the first arc of Silk, which was surprisingly nostalgic. Reminded me of those first couple magical years of getting back into comics, when everything felt so exciting.

Stacey Lee drew some dang good interiors. Forgot just how fun & loose her cartooning was on those early issues, especially with those Ian Herring colors. The Robbie Thompson writing was a mix of good & fine, but Lee & Herring took what worked in his scripts & amplified it so much.

Now I’m even more eager for that new Silk series, which was announced in the spring for a July launch... and, as of now, is still unsolicited through December. Wonder when they plan on finally launching that. (Since it’s supposed to be drawn by Takeshi Miyazawa, wonder if it’ll be colored by Herring, who’s been Miyazawa’s colorist before.)

Speaking of Herring colors, also caught up on Magnificent Ms Marvel. Which, is the only series on my pull at the moment? (Other than an upcoming Donny Cates Image book I’m intrigued by.) Not super into this Outlawed storyline, but it feels good to be caught up on that again. Love that Kamala Khan has been my one constant from when I started reading again in 2014 through today.

 

Oh, one more thought on that first Silk arc:

Why did it have to end with a Secret Wars “Time Runs Out” tie-in that didn’t fit & wasn’t really paid off? I’m not anti event tie-in, but that just feels... weird in retrospect. Between that & renumbering, I feel like Marvel messed up a little with that whole post-Secret Wars era on a marketing level. Just really messed up what could’ve been Ultimate Spider-Man or Runaways level accessible titles for non-comics readers.

 

Finished collecting the issues of Nancy Collins’ early 90s Swamp Thing run, which came not long after the Alan Moore & Rick Veitch runs. Just under 30 issues, never collected outside of an expensive omnibus, but the issues are really easy to find for cheap (got most of ‘em for a quarter each).

A handful of issues in, I’m loving it.

Compared to the trade & a half of Moore’s run I’ve read so far (& a little bit of Veitch’s), it’s a lot more... grounded? Not sure if that’s the right word, since it’s still monsters, myths, & magic. But, it’s more grounded in the cast of characters in the region, & in some bits of actual Cajun stories.

I think my favorite thing is how domestic this Swamp Thing is, lol. It’s him, Abby, & their baby Tefé living in their nice little home in the swamp, plus their couple friends who live nearby. The domestic, happy Swampy with his wife & kid makes me happy the same way classic Vision & the Scarlet Witch does.

Also, there was a story where a college group registered Swamp Thing as a Green Party candidate for mayor without his knowledge, as a joke that ended up getting actual traction. Some people went to Gotham to ask Gordon what Batman’s opinion was & got a response they spun in the local paper to Batman endorsing his run. The issue ends with Abby making the pun that, if he ever did run, he’d give a good “stump speech.”

There’s also horror elements, of course, & social issues... but, it’s all about the Swamp family for me.

 

I mean, just look at how happy they are!

 

Multiverse's End was really cool and I'm dying for a Captain Carrot & The Zoo Crew ongoing now lol

But the issue is seriously cool, distilled down all the DC Crisises in a really concise, fun and meta way. I definitely recommend for any fans of DC in general, especially if you like they're more multiversal stuff.

 

Finished Batman Last Knight on Earth this morning. That was wild

 

There is not a funnier scene from Moore's run than when Abigail is thrown in jail for having sex with a tree man.

Have you read Vaughn's run? Its a pretty quick read and goes into that family stuff. Its a lot darker, but I love it more than a lot of things.

 

Finally got around to reading Three Jokers #1 too. That was fantastic

 

Not yet. When I picture Swamp Thing in my mind, I picture the aesthetic of late 80s & early 90s DC/Vertigo, so I wanna read more of that before going later. Learning that the BKV stuff is centered on Tefé did make me curious, though.

 

Gotta say, all of the Wonder Comics books are good: Young Justice, Wonder Twins, Naomi, and Dial H.

Bummed that it seems like they aren’t sticking around.

 

They're all good but all feel so disconnected from the larger universe, I mean... "Drake" hasn't shown up outside the imprint, he's still Robin/Red Robin in the Bat-books, etc. Real shame.

 

Where are you reading these?

 

@Vivatoto are you caught up on Nailbiter Returns? Just read issues 3-4 this morning. Loving it

 

I’m reading on the DC Universe App.

 

Gotcha! Do you read mostly everything?

 

Everything except books written by Scott Lobdell.

Basically, each Tuesday when they add new books to the platform from a given week a year before (like March 27, 2019), I collect all of the books into a “list.” So I end up with lists for each release week of comics. Currently reading all the DC books released on May 1, 2019. When I complete that week, I’ll delete the list and move on to May 8.

 

Hell yeah. They just explained ending from the first series, so that made me all giddy. Love that we’re seeing all the other Buckaroo killers, that always felt like something great Williamson set up but hadn’t explored

 

Explained the ending in the current issue that just came out #5???? Now I gotta get it soon, cuz that ending was incredibly rushed and not satisfying at all

 

That's a really neat way to release and read comics. I dig, just gotta wait a year haha

 

Yeah they explain what happened moments after the shower scene in the first series, in issue 5. Personally I was fine with that as an ending because it was sooooo soaked in horror love, but they do a good job of respecting that moment while still answering our questions.