A community within a community, this is where interested participants log what they read each month so that we can examine each other's selections and discuss them. While there's a whole other thread in this forum for discussing classic comics you've read, the conversations here pertain more to other members inquiring about or commenting on what you are reading (and vice versa). More than anything else though, it's just darn fun to keep track of what you've read for a year and keep tabs on what your fellow classic comics posters are reading as well!
In previous years, the emphasis was placed on how many comics you read. This is still an interesting number to track for a variety of purposes, but the end goal shouldn't be quantity over quality. There are no "winners" in this thread. Heck, I read a lot less than most each year, and I still keep starting the darn thing up again every January.
The previous years' reading clubs:
2023,
2022,
2021,
2020,
2019,
2018,
2017,
2016,
2015,
2014.
Guidelines
1) Please reserve a post in this thread where you will continue to update your list. Whenever you read something new, edit your original posts to reflect this change.
2) Do not post any other replies to this thread until
January 5th. Let's give everyone a chance to reserve a post on the first page of the thread.
3) When calculating your total number of comics read for each month, a single comic book is generally considered to be a modern age 20-25 page comic book. Any book of a significantly longer length can be counted as such (i.e. a comic containing 70 pages of CONTENT, not including adds, could be counted as 3 issues).
4) Comic strips may be counted. I generally count 40 standard daily strips as 1 issue, but it's up to you to count them as you see fit. Obviously, Little Nemo's Adventures in Slumberland should be counted differently than Garfield.
5) Several of us counted comic-related novels and pulp stories in our lists in previous years. In the past, I have tended to count anywhere from 8 to 15 pages of text as a single comic book issue, depending upon text size and complexity.
Looking forward to seeing what you read! You may reserve your spots in the thread NOW!!
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January
Absolute Carnage: Immortal Hulk
Amazing Adventures (1950) #1
Blondie Comics #15
Classics Illustrated #124 (War of The Worlds)
Defenders: Best Defense
Fantastic Four #233-234
Hulk (2000) #13
Immortal Hulk #7-27*
Immortal Hulk: Best Defense
Mandrake The Magician #1
Star Trek #400
Star Trek Free Comic Book Day 2023
Treasure Chest (v. 13) #2
Uncanny X-Men #146-147* w/ Amber
Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (1963) #1
Walt Disney's Donald Duck #257, 263, 273, 277, 280, 282, 284, 285, 287, 288-299, 301-304
Wasp (2023) #1
Wonder Book of Rubber
*indicates an issue I have read previously
total read this month: 64
total reviewed this month: Best comics I read this month: Absolute Carnage: Immortal Hulk, Blondie Comics #15, Fantastic Four #234, Immortal Hulk #17-24*, Wonder Book of Rubber (no, seriously!)
Other highlights this month: Amazing Adventures (1950) #1, Classics Illustrated #124 (War of The Worlds), Immortal Hulk #7-16*,25-27, Star Trek #400, Treasure Chest (v. 13) #2, Uncanny X-Men #146-147* w/ Amber, Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (1963) #1, Walt Disney's Donald Duck #257,263,273,280,282,294,303
FebruaryAction Comics #678
All-Star Western #10
Bone #1-12*, 13-20
Gamma Flight #1
Immortal Hulk #28-40, 41*, 42-50
Immortal Hulk: Time of Monsters
Immortal She-Hulk #1
Incredible Hulk #-1, 312
King In Black: Immortal Hulk
Marvel Family #1
Superman: The Man of Steel #13
Wild Bill Elliott Comics #7
*indicates an issue I have read previously
total read this month: 54
total reviewed this month: 2
Best comics I read this month: All-Star Western #10, Bone #13-20, Immortal Hulk #34-49, King In Black: Immortal Hulk
Other highlights this month: Immortal Hulk: Time of Monsters, Marvel Family #1
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2023 Total Read: 118
2023 Total Reviewed: 2
Platinum Age:
Golden Age: 1
Atom Age: 5
Silver Age: 3
Bronze Age: 7
Copper Age: 46
Modern Age: 56
superhero: 63
humor: 27
fantasy/mythology: 20
science fiction: 4
western: 2
promotional: 1
action/adventure:
biography/everyday life:
horror/occult:
crime:
Industry news/fandom:
drama/romance/soap opera:
war:
other: 1
Marvel: 59
Gladstone: 25
Cartoon Books: 20
DC: 3
IDW: 2
King: 2
B. F. Goodrich: 1
Dell: 1
Fawcett: 1
Gilberton: 1
Gold Key: 1
Pflaum: 1
Ziff Davis: 1