The Comic Book Pile:Summer 2012

***Note***
This is an unpublished blog post from 2012. Not sure why I never posted it, it was interesting to see how much has changed in 6 years. I've inserted some updated comments.
- Chris Sept 25th 2018
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2012: (2018)

I am currently blogging while on my vacation in Fairview, Alberta. The family and I are visiting my Grandparents-in-law. (Sadly we did not make our annual trip to Fairview in 2018)
We are having a blast as always. But onto the blogging:

 

As you no doubt know I am a huge comic book fan. I order most of my comics on line from a company out of Quebec called 'Comic Pull' (I no longer order comics through Comic Pull. I get my comic books digitally from comixology and I order trades from Amazon) . I also have a 'pull list' at the 'Comic King' comic book store in West Edmonton Mall (Which has now been closed for probably 2-3 years. The last owner was a bone head and not a comic book fan and had no clue how to stay in business. I really did not like him and I am glad to see his business fail, although I am sad to see no comic book store in the mall. I have a lot of fond memories of WEM Comic King as it was my first comic book store).

I read a lot of comics in a month so I've decided to do a quarterly update segment where I tell you what I feel is the best of what I read (I never kept up with that nor do I want to do that now...lol). Some titles will not change from month to month because my favourite titles are pretty solid, but I'll try and include something different. If your thinking about picking up some comic books to try I hope this segment will help. in my opinion this truly is a great time to be reading comics.  

 

Top 10 Comic Books (In my opinion)

 

1- Batman (DC). Best written and drawn book out there!! (Still good with Tom King currently writing it)

2- Invincible (Image). Created and written by Robert Kirkman (creator of 'The Walking Dead' comic and TV show) (Sadly this book ended earlier this year but still worth checking out)

3- Daredevil (Marvel). Written by the great Mark Waid. This book is a lot of fun. (Waid no longer writing and I stopped reading it)

4- Fantastic Four (Marvel Comics). Jonathan Hickman is a great writer and this is a fun thinking man's comic book. (Hickman no longer writing and it just relaunched with Dan Slott writing after a 3 year hiatus of the title. So far it is good) 

5- Earth Two (DC) Still a new title but this is a great read by James Robinson (Starman) (No longer being made)

6- FF (Marvel) This is the sister book to the Fantastic Four and is written by Hickman. Fun book. (No longer being made)

7- Saga (Image) Written by Brian K. Vaughan this is a cool sci-fi comic book. Romeo & Juliet-ish it is. (No longer reading. got very boring)

8- Justice League (DC) Written by Geoff Johns, art by the legend Jim Lee. The back up 'Shazam' story is great too. (No longer reading. Johns no longer writing)

9- Aquaman (DC) Written by Geoff Johns. This really is a fun book to read and yes it is Aquaman. (No longer reading. Johns no longer writing)

10- Flash (DC) I was a fan of the Flash but with the relaunch of the 'New 52' this book got really good. (No longer reading. Got boring and redundant in my opinion)

 

Mentions: Swamp Thing (DC)(No longer reading) , Secret (Image) (No longer being made), Action Comics (DC), Hulk (Marvel)(No longer reading) , Batman Incorporated (DC)(No longer being made) .

 

Trade I'm reading: Starman Omnibus 1, paperback from DC comics. Reprinting this series from the 90's written by James Robinson (Earth Two). this is a fun book to read. the art is not the best but it suits the story I think.

  

See you in the fall for more of 'The Comic Book Pile'!! (No you won't)
(But more blogging goodness next week as always!)

My dream ‘Justice League’ teams!!

I recently wrote an article on the blog about my dream ‘Avengers’ teams, from Marvel Comics. Now it’s DC’s turn with my dream 2 ‘Justice League’ teams- Justice League America & Justice League Europe. I always liked the concept of the JLE, which is why I chose them to be my other team.

JLA (Working out of the ‘Hall Of Justice’ located in Washington DC)

-         Martian Manhunter: Leader of team. He is literally there all the time, his life is devoted to the League.

-         Green Lantern (Hal Jordan):  Every team needs a GL! And Hal is best on JLA

-         Elasti (Girl): old DCU ‘Doom Patrol’ member. Her powers are a combination of Plastic Man & the Atom.

-         Guardian: Golden age hero from Metropolis. A cool combo of both Batman and Captain America for the DCU.

-         Negative Man: another old DCU ‘Doom Patrol’ member. His powers are both interesting and tragic. He could be a great member or future enemy?

-         Metamorpho: Always liked this guy. Cool morphing powers.

-         Wonder Woman: She is busy but will assist often. She brings the power.

Elasti

Green Lantern (Hal)

Martian Manhunter

Metamorpho

Wonder Woman

Guardian

Negative Man

Reserve:

Superman

-         Superman: This guy is busy with protecting his city and secret identity. He will assist when necessary.

Justice League: Europe (Protectors of Europe and the other side of the planet. Operates out of the ‘Justice League Tower’ located in London England)

-         Steel: Leader and tech guy of team. The old DCU version would be used, not the new Grant Morrison interpretation. Friend to Superman.

-         Shazam (Captain Marvel): The magical power house of the team.

-         Robotman (Cliff Steele): Old ‘Doom Patrol’ member. He would be a tech guy but strength too.

-         Power Girl: She brings power and money to help out the team.

-         Aquaman: Still wants to assist humanity against evil, but insists on not being on ‘Superman’ or ‘Wonder Womans’ team.

-         Green Lantern (Guy Gardner): Wisecracking and funny, also serious. And this team needs a GL too!

-         Hawkgirl: this winged warrior would be the loose cannon on the team.

Shazam (Captain Marvel)

Power Girl

Hawkgirl

Green Lantern (Guy Gardner)

Robotman

Aquaman

Steel

Reserve:

-         Flash: Although located out of the USA, his speed allows him to assist the JLE.

Flash

Thanks again for reading. Next time I discuss comic book super-teams it will be my take on 'Fantastic Four' & the 'X-Men'.

till next time!

The Comic Book Pile: Summer 2012

As you no doubt know I am a huge comic book fan. I order most of my comics on line from a company out of Quebec called 'Comic Pull'. I also have a 'pull list' at the 'Comic King' comic book store in West Edmonton Mall. I read a lot of comics in a month so I've decided to do a quarterly update segment where I tell you what I feel is the best of what I read. some titles will not change from month to month because my favourite titles are pretty solid, but I'll try and include something different. If your thinking about picking up some comic books to try I hope this segment will help. in my opinion this truly is a great time to be reading comics.  

 

Top 10 Comic Books (In my opinion)

 

1- Batman (DC). Best written and drawn book out there!!

2- Invincible (Image). Created and written by Robert Kirkman (creator of 'The Walking Dead' comic and TV show)

3- Daredevil (Marvel). Written by the great Mark Waid. This book is a lot of fun.

4- Fantastic Four (Marvel Comics). Jonathan Hickman is a great writer and this is a fun thinking man's comic book.

5- Earth Two (DC) Still a new title but this is a great read by James Robinson (Starman)

6- FF (Marvel) This is the sister book to the Fantastic Four and is written by Hickman. Fun book.

7- Saga (Image) Written by Brian K. Vaughan this is a cool sci-fi comic book. Romeo & Juliet-ish it is.

8- Justice League (DC) Written by Geoff Johns, art by the legend Jim Lee. The back up 'Shazam' story is great too.

9- Aquaman (DC) Written by Geoff Johns. This really is a fun book to read and yes it is Aquaman.

10- Flash (DC) I was a fan of the Flash but with the relaunch of the 'New 52' this book got really good.

 

Mentions: Swamp Thing (DC), Secret (Image), Action Comics (DC), Hulk (Marvel), Batman Incorporated (DC).

 

Trade I'm reading: Starman Omnibus 1, paperback from DC comics. Reprinting this series from the 90's written by James Robinson (Earth Two). this is a fun book to read. the art is not the best but it suits the story I think.

 

See you in the fall for 'The Comic Book Pile', but see you next week for more blogging goodness!