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GRAPHIC NOVELS & COMICSâ—†Off the Comic Rack
Culling the Herd
June 27, 20122 min read
As June winds down, I decided to see how many comics I buy each month. 67. That's too much. I don't enjoy at least a third of them and they just pile up. But I'm stuck in a rut of buying them.
My goal: less than 50 ongoing books. That still seems like a lot. Between double shipping Marvel books to lots of Owls, it's getting tough.
Here is the full list of what I bought in June:
ACTION COMICS #10
ALLÂ STARÂ WESTERNÂ #10
AMERICAN VAMPIRE #28 (MR)
AMERICAN VAMPIRE LORD OF NIGHTMARES #1 (OF 5)
ANIMAL MAN #10
AQUAMAN #10
AVENGERS #27 AVX
AVENGERS ACADEMY #31 AVX
AVENGERS ACADEMY #32 AVX
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #5 (OF 12) AVX
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #6 (OF 12) AVX
BATGIRL #10
BATMAN #10
BATMAN AND ROBIN #10
BATMAN INCORPORATED #2
BIRDS OF PREY #10
BLUE BEETLE #10
CAPTAIN AMERICA #13
CAPTAIN ATOM #10
CASANOVA AVARITIA #4 (OF 4)
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #5
DAREDEVIL #14
DC UNIVERSE PRESENTS #10
DEMON KNIGHTS #10
DIAL H #2
EARTH TWO #2
FABLES #118 (MR)
FAIREST #4 (MR)
FANTASTIC FOUR #607
FATALE #6
FF #19
FLASH #10
FRANKENSTEIN AGENT OF SHADE #10
GREEN LANTERN #10
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #10
GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #10
I VAMPIRE #10
IZOMBIE #26 (MR)
JUSTICE LEAGUE #10
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #10
MANHATTAN PROJECTS #4
MASSIVE #1
MEMORIAL #6 (OF 6)
MIND THE GAP #2
NEW AVENGERS #27 AVX
NEW DEADWARDIANS #4 (OF 8)
NIGHTWING #10
PROPHET #26
SAGA #4 (MR)
SAUCER COUNTRY #4 (MR)
SCALPED #59
SECRET #2
SHADE #9 (OF 12)
SPACEMAN #7 (OF 9)
SWAMP THING #10
SWEET TOOTH #34 (MR)
UNCANNY X-MEN #13 AVX
UNCANNY X-MEN #14 AVX
UNWRITTEN #38 (MR)
WINTER SOLDIER #6
WINTER SOLDIER #7
WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #12
WONDER WOMAN #10
WORLDS FINEST #2
X-FACTOR #237
X-FACTOR #238
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