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[gxvault]

Thor blood & thunder is also collected in Infinity Watch vol. 2?
I thought infinity watch vol 2 collected issues after.

[Paul]

Some of it is in Infinity Warch 2, but not all. The collection specifically referenced Blood and Thunder tpb for the full story

[Ooh_jim]

Oh, looks like you're right. I best update the reading list!

Blood and thunder collects Warlock & The Infinity Watch 23-25, Warlock Chronicles 6-8, as well as the Thor & Silver Surfer tie ins.

The Infinity Watch volume 2 collects the Warlock and the Infinity Watch 26-42 + Warlock Chronicles 6, with excerpts from W&TIW 23-25. It doesn't cover any of what the group are getting up to with Thor, but it does include the stuff that sets up for the Count Abyss story line.

[Jesse]

Just added Invincible Ultimate Collection 4, 9, and a sellable tpb. Still sealed. $8. Stoked.

[Donovan]

Wow nice. I got Batman The Man Who Laughs in HC for $10 yesterday.

[Paul]

April was a big month for me, 45+ books in all including a Marvel Box Set; I've got to slow down for a few months! Only one pre-order in May (Daredevil by Brubaker Vol. 2) and I'll try to make that my only purchase. And with that I got these over the weekend to close out my April haul:

Omnis/OHCs/HCs:
Big Damn Sin City
Absolute Identity Crisis
Dreadstar Dynamic Forces Edition (collects the first 12 issues in a signed/numbered limited HC; same content as the Omnibus TBP Vol.1)

A few trades:
Sexcastle
Nimona
Copra Round Two
Marvel The End (have this in premiere HC but wanted the trade to complete my Thanos tbp collection)

Should have my bookcase soon so that I can finally share some proper pics! Still nowhere as near as big as other collections here, but one I'm proud to own.

[The Lion's Share]

Paul wrote: "April was a big month for me, 45+ books in all including a Marvel Box Set; I've got to slow down for a few months! Only one pre-order in May (Daredevil by Brubaker Vol. 2) and I'll try to make that..."

[Blindzider, Moderator]

That's quite a haul, Paul! Identity Crisis is very good.

[Ozan]

I hate identity crisis

[Donovan]

Haha. Me too. Nice haul indeed. Especially Big Damn.

[Blindzider, Moderator]

@Ozan, Mad Tom: Oh really? Any specific reasons? I understand why long-term DC fans don't like it (trying not to give spoilers) but to me the central mystery, wrestling with the decision, emotional reactions and ramifications all "felt real" to me, meaning it was well written. I'm not a die-hard DC fan and for some of the lesser characters, don't know them well enough to say whether they acted out of character or not.

[Paul]

I got a deal on new copy of Absolute Identity Crisis for £26 shipped (so about $33). It wasn't high on my 'to buy' priority list but I was happy with the price so I grabbed it. This would be my fifth absolute and I'm hoping I like the story.

[Ozan]

Blindzider wrote: "@Ozan, Mad Tom: Oh really? Any specific reasons? I understand why long-term DC fans don't like it (trying not to give spoilers) but to me the central mystery, wrestling with the decision, emotional..."

İn my case,

This book just sucked the life and joy out of me while i was reading it... i like dark but that's halloween dark... the fun stuff... but this comic book is just not that dark but a drag. Did they try to make a more realistic story ? may be this was the goal... ? as far as realistic goes, all the realist writers put great amount of humor in their books cause life has humor in it and they don't want you to feel terrible when you read their book... but this book had no humor... it was straight out joyless, humorless, lifeless.. a piece of crap which makes you feel terrible.

[Donovan]

^ That, the gratuitous violence against women, and the gotcha ending. Just did nothing for me.

[Blindzider, Moderator]

I admit the gratuitous violence to women is an issue.

Interesting. Thanks for the responses.

[Relstuart, Mod+]

On Identity Crisis, I thought the grief scene with Elongated Man was very powerful as was the scene with Atom later on in the story. Those scenes really stuck with me, probably more than anything else in the book. I think the first scene with Elongated Man didn't really resonate as powerfully the first read through, the second time when I read it and was reading slower and soaking in the details is when it really jumped off the page for me.


Absolute Preacher vol 2 should be out today.
Along with: Brubaker Daredevil omnibus vol 2
Guardians of the Galaxy 2 Art of the Movie Slipcase
The Marvel Monsterbus HC vol 1
Strange Fruit HC
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl OHC vol 2

[Ozan]

That crap ruined my whole day when i read it. The end was so terrible... Superman hears what he wants to hear and Batman knows what he wants to know my ass... They should have punished the secret league in the league for all the crap. I felt so terrible reading that book... That book stabs you and then turns the blade to hurt more... And What was the point of it ? I don't see any point. There is something very evil about that book. I couldn't figure it out yet but nothing ever made me feel so terrible... Only that evil piece of crap story achived that.

[Donovan]

LOL. It's a controversial and polarizing book to be sure. The way it was explained to me by older readers is that it's an emotional and dramatic twist on the superhero "event." That being said, for the reasons I already mentioned and the fact that I have no connection with the Elongated Man, the story just doesn't appeal to me. I feel like it is written by a talented writer, I just don't agree with his artistic choices.

Side note, I received Doom Patrol Omnibus in the mail today. And holy fuck is it a huge book!

[Blindzider, Moderator]

I think at least part of the reason for the story was the moral quandary of "do the ends justify the means" kind of thing? This has certainly been tackled before, similarly with Batman having files on how to take down the rest of the JLA (Tower of Babel I believe?) And there were some ramifications for Bruce IIRC.

Anyway, definitely a polarizing book.

[Reece]

I'm not a big DC reader either, and I enjoyed Identity Crisis. I like superhero stories that are more grounded in personal struggles rather than the grand "save the world" type stories. It's not the best out there, but better than a lot of other DC and Marvel stuff I've read.

On another note, I just ordered the second Brubaker DD Omni along with Brubaker's Scene of the Crime to push it over the free shipping mark. I've been cutting back my spending a lot due to the arrival of my first baby. Hard to find time to read now, but hoping to find more time as the baby sleeps longer chunks of time.

[Blindzider, Moderator]

Congrats on the new baby!

[Donovan]

Congrats, Reece! I had the same problem when my daughter was born. Your free time will get better soon, trust me.

[Rick]

Just picked up the Wolverine by Mark Millar Omnibus along with the Infinity Gauntlet Omnibus for $145 USD! They are extremely welcome additions to my shelf. Excited to get into the expanded stories surrounding Infinity Gauntlet.

[Paul]

Congrats Reece!!! I completely get it. Just had our second (and last!) this February.

I do a lot of reading late at night and super early in the morning :). Sometimes I'm bold enough to bring an omnibus on the train/tube commute...gets a lot of stares!

[The Lion's Share]

Paul wrote: "Congrats Reece!!! I completely get it. Just had our second (and last!) this February.

I do a lot of reading late at night and super early in the morning :). Sometimes I'm bold enough to bring an ..."

Brilliant!

Congrats Reece. Make sure you introduce your kid to comics :)

I'll probably still be in this group when i'm 70.

[Reece]

Thanks guys! I tend to stay up late to try to get some reading done. Sometimes I can get a couple hours in between feedings. It's probably good for me to slow down on my comic buying anyway, it might've been getting a bit out of control.

[gxvault]

Reece wrote: "I'm not a big DC reader either, and I enjoyed Identity Crisis. I like superhero stories that are more grounded in personal struggles rather than the grand "save the world" type stories. It's not th..."

Congs on the new baby, mine just turned 6 mo!
It´s an awesome experience

[gxvault]

Reece wrote: "Thanks guys! I tend to stay up late to try to get some reading done. Sometimes I can get a couple hours in between feedings. It's probably good for me to slow down on my comic buying anyway, it mig..."

Strangely or not, I didn´t slow down it was the opposite...You tend to stay more at home and so you give more attention to "details" your office, your collections, with the baby, and the new home we bought I´ve re-started to collect becouse now I´ve a proper place for my statues and my books, and becouse I wanna stay more at home just relaxing and saving ;)

[gxvault]

Ooh_jim wrote: "Sergio wrote: "Hi there,

Re-started collecting (Statues, and Comics) so I´ll share what I got this year, mostly on April...and Cosmic :P

TPB´s
(trying to collect every major Thanos appearence):

..."

Here´s my new setup:



There´s a couple more things added (comics and TPBs) but you get the picture :)

[Paul]

Sergio wrote: "Reece wrote: "Thanks guys! I tend to stay up late to try to get some reading done. Sometimes I can get a couple hours in between feedings. It's probably good for me to slow down on my comic buying ..."

Same happened to me! You spend more time at home staring at your collection, browsing what's out there, etc. I try to stick to a budget thought, but managed to blow it somehow or another!

[Paul]

Sergio wrote: "Ooh_jim wrote: "Sergio wrote: "Hi there,

Re-started collecting (Statues, and Comics) so I´ll share what I got this year, mostly on April...and Cosmic :P

TPB´s
(trying to collect every major Thano..."

That looks AWESOME!

[Ozan]

Reece wrote: "I'm not a big DC reader either, and I enjoyed Identity Crisis. I like superhero stories that are more grounded in personal struggles rather than the grand "save the world" type stories. It's not th..."

Congrats Reece. :D but you have bad taste in comics :D cause identity crisis sucks.

[Donovan]

I also spend more time reading and collecting now that my daughter is almost two. And of course my reading has rubbed on her, too, so it's great.

I've heard Identity Crisis-Watchmen comparisons at least on the interpersonal level, which makes sense for how dark and controversial it is.

[Nickviola]

Congratulations Reece! My first is 8 months now and my reading definitely picked up between overnight feeds when I was determined to do something besides just sleep or take care of the baby!

[Reece]

It's good to hear many of you have been able to continue or even increase your reading with children. I'm still adjusting, so hopefully the same will be true for me within a few months.

[Donovan]

You'll find a routine that works. I'm mostly a stay home father so I read during her midday nap and after she goes to bed at 7. I also find plenty of time to write, too.

[Donovan]

So we've just had some warm humid weather come in and suddenly most of my OHCs have wavy pages of varying degree : / I really hope some returning cool weather straightens them out cuz yeah, not too happy about that.

[gxvault]

Reece wrote: "It's good to hear many of you have been able to continue or even increase your reading with children. I'm still adjusting, so hopefully the same will be true for me within a few months."

You will :)

[Erik, Moderator]

I would not be into this aspect of the Hobbie if not for IST.

Here you go:

Recent Haul:



on the shelf:







And thanks to you Valiant guys

[Erik, Moderator]

My last post was missing the Marvels Platinum Edition. I saved that for a second post because I know some of us don't understand the size differences of all the different formats. This Platinum edition is the same format as the X-Men Adamantium and I think there is an Avengers too. Marvels is the only one I'll be getting because it is GIGANTIC so not much room for many and I really like viewing the Ross Art in this format. the $100 price tag on IST is well worth it.

These pics show the scale for this crazy format next to Absolutes, Omnibus and regular TPB. Hope this helps anyone who wasn't clear on the difference.

[gxvault]

Very nice!!!
Thanks

[Erik, Moderator]

FYI, pics are cut when viewing on the app.

[Blindzider, Moderator]

I've been debating getting that myself. My only thing is I kind of want the sequel included so I'm hoping they do a normal omnibus with both in it. It also seems very thick. There's that much extra stuff in there?

I was also curious how Ross' art looked enlarged to that size. On the Kingdom Come Absolute, I felt you could see the texture of the canvas, which is kind of cool on one hand but also hurt the image a little.

[The Lion's Share]

Erik wrote: "I would not be into this aspect of the Hobbie if not for IST.

Here you go:

Recent Haul:

That is sexy.



on the shelf:













And thanks to you Valiant guys



"

[Reece]

Mad Tom wrote: "So we've just had some warm humid weather come in and suddenly most of my OHCs have wavy pages of varying degree : / I really hope some returning cool weather straightens them out cuz yeah, not too..."

I've had some wavy pages on books when they arrive in the mail. They seem to go back to normal when they acclimate to regular temperature and humidity.

[Reece]

Erik wrote: "I would not be into this aspect of the Hobbie if not for IST.
"

Nice shelves Erik! You have a few books I'd love to add to my collection.

[Ozan]

cool collection Erik :D

[Paul]

Erik wrote: "I would not be into this aspect of the Hobbie if not for IST.

Here you go:

Recent Haul:





on the shelf:













And thanks to you Valiant guys



"

Amazing collection Erik! And so well displayed!

[Bruno]

Erik wrote: "I would not be into this aspect of the Hobbie if not for IST.

Here you go:

Recent Haul:
"

Erik, that's not a Haul, thats a normal bookstore restocking after a day of sales :D

[gxvault]

Erik how is that legion omnibus?worth it?