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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 ALL STAR WESTERN #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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