June 2002:

Action Comics #792
Adventures of Superman #605
Birds of Prey #44
Catwoman #8
Codename: Knockout #14
The Crusades #16
Doom Patrol #9
Fables #2
Green Arrow #14
Green Lantern #151
Hawkman #4
JLA #67
JSA #37
The Legion #8, 9
Midnight Mass #3
Nightwing #70
The Spectre #18
Supergirl #71
Superman #183
Superman: Man of Steel #127
Titans #42
Wonder Woman #182
Wonder Woman - The Hiketeia HC

Avengers #54
Elektra #11
Exiles #1314
Fantastic Four #56, 57
Iron Man #55
New X-Men #127, 128
Thor #50
Tigra #4
Uncanny X-Men #407
X-Treme X-Men #13

I was psyched for Battle of the Planets, and it was a decent attempt; but, it was never as cool as Alex Ross' covers.

August 2002:

Action Comics #794
Adventures of Superman #607
Birds of Prey #46
Catwoman #10
Codename: Knockout #16
The Crusades #18
Doom Patrol #11
Fables #4
Green Lantern #153
Hawkman #6
Hawkman Secret Files & Origins #1
JLA #69, 70
JSA #39
The Legion #11
Midnight Mass #5
Nightwing #72
The Spectre #20
Supergirl #73
Superman #185
Superman: Man of Steel #129
ThunderCats #0, 1
Titans #44
Wonder Woman #184
Y: The Last Man #2

Avengers #57
Elektra #13
Exiles #16
Fantastic Four #59, 60
Iron Man #58
New X-Men #130
Thor #52, 53
Uncanny X-Men #410, 411
X-Treme X-Men #17

American Century featured Chaykin's pseudo-homage to Bettie Page and Irving Klaw, as the main character gets mixed up with someone involved in shooting bondage photos, like Klaw's photos of Page and other models. The issue features a typical Chaykin smart-@$$ panel, where, during the shoot, the bound model's thoughts are on something like her grocery list or something equally mundane, cementing the idea that it was just a job to Bettie and her cohorts. Irving Klaw had to be the tamest, least offensive pornographer in the world; so, of course he was targeted by the government. The man actually made the models where an extra layer of lingerie, so nothing would show in the photos! Of course, you don't see that in The Notorious Bettie Page, much like you don't see much of anything that resembled the reality of Bettie's life or the work with the Klaws, not to mention the total fiction of her meeting John Willie. Bah, Hollywood!

Thank Kirby for Chakin, Alan Moore and Mike Mignola providing me with reading material, as there wasn't much else. I don't think I stuck with JSA much longer and I ditched Hawkman not long after this issue.

Moench & Gulacy return to Shang Chi and it's.....okay.  The potty mouth was unnecessary and the plot needed work.  It also felt padded, though it originated as a graphic novel project.

Grendel was a welcome return and these were great, tales of Hunter Rose, done in black & white, with dashes of red thrown in where needed.

I missed listing Battle of the Planets, for August.  It was pretty decent and had the feel of Gatchaman; but, they never seemed to go anywhere with it, after teasing a few things.  Not sure if sales were low or if they just lost the license, as it suddenly stopped.  I know Sandy Frank's license for Gatchaman expired not too far down the road and we got the ADV Films releases, with the same Alex Ross artwork that graced the covers of the comics.

October 2002:

Action Comics #796
Adventures of Superman #609
Batman #608
Birds of Prey #48
Catwoman #12
Codename: Knockout #18
The Crusades #20
Doom Patrol #13
Fables #6
Green Arrow #17
Green Arrow Secret Files & Origins #1
Green Lantern #155
Hawkman #8
JLA #73, 74
JSA #41
The Legion #12, 13
Midnight Mass #7
Nightwing #74
The Spectre #22
Star Trek: TNG - Forgiveness TPB
Supergirl #75
Superman #187
Superman: Man of Steel #131
ThunderCats #3
Titans #46
Wonder Woman #185
Y: The Last Man #4

Avengers #59
Elektra #15
Exiles #18
Fantastic Four #62
Iron Man #60
New X-Men #133
Thor #55
Uncanny X-Men #414
X-Treme X-Men #19
X-Men Visionaries: Jim Lee TPB

Batgirl Year One turned out to be pretty darn cool, but Master of Kung Fu was a disappointment, despite Paul Gulacy being back. It felt like they tried to hard to appeal to a post-Tarantino audience and failed to recapture what made the original run great.

Killraven just felt like a lesser rehash of the Amazing Adventures stories, but with cool Alan Davis art. That was the only reason I kept getting it.

Why Wonder Woman 80 Pg Giant? "Villainy Incorporated;" the greatest collection of Wonder Woman bondage in a single story! I still recall when I discovered the Michael Fleischer WW encyclopedia, at the library and checked it out. There were bondage panels throughout it, from various villain entries. 90% of them came from this one story. It was like Marston went nuts.