the pull-list, currently

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WHITE BOAT (Snyder / Francavilla)... THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Wells / McGuinness)... THE BLOOD BROTHERS MOTHER (Azzarello / Risso)... THE BOY WONDER (Juni Ba)… LOVE ME: A ROMANCE STORY (Perillo / Cardoselli)... THE WHISPER QUEEN (Zdarsky / Anka)… CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON LIVES! (Watters, V / Roberts)… SPACE GHOST (Pepose / Lau)… SPECTREGRAPH (Tynion IV / Ward)… DAWNRUNNER (V / Cagle)… BLOW AWAY (Thompson / Izzo)... 7174 AD (Louise / Wood)... SILICON BANDITS (Starr / Talajić)... UNCANNY VALLEY (Fleecs / Wachter)... MONSTERS ARE MY BUSINESS (Bunn / Piazzalunga)... AKOGUN: BRUTALIZER OF THE GODS (Ayodele / Akande)... ROOK: EXODUS (Johns / Fabok)... GEIGER (Johns / Frank)... REDCOAT (Johns / Hitch)... SPIDER-MAN: SHADOW OF THE GREEN GOBLIN (DeMatteis / Maria)... BATMAN: DARK AGE (Russell / The Allreds)... THE GOON: THEM THAT DON'T STAY DEAD (Powell)... LITTLE BLACK BOOK (McComsey / Cunha)... NAPALM LULLABY (Remender / Bengal)... NIGHT PEOPLE (Condon / Level)... SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MEN (Weisman / Ramos)... SPIDER-PUNK ARMS RACE (Ziglar / Mason)... BLASFAMOUS (Andolfo)... MAN'S BEST (Picheshote / Lonergan)... BLUE BOOK 1947 (Tynion IV / Oeming)... THE DISPLACED (Brisson / Casalanguida)… THE ONE HAND (V / Campbell)… THE SIX FINGERS (Watters / Kumar)... JAMES BOND 007 (Ennis / Lobosco)… AVENGERS: TWILIGHT (Zdarsky / Acuña)… ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN (Hickman / Checchetto)… ULTIMATE BLACK PANTHER (Hill / Caselli)... ULTIMATE X-MEN (Momoko)... PINE & MERRIMAC (Starks / Galán)… VENGEANCE OF THE MOON KNIGHT (MacKay / Cappucio)… VOID RIVALS (Kirkman / De Felici)... TRANSFORMERS (Johnson)… UNDERHEIST (Lapham / Lapham)… MASTERPIECE (Bendis / Maleev)… BEYOND REAL (Kaplan / Mascolo / Fejzula)… BATMAN: OFF-WORLD (Aaron / Mahnke)… BATMAN '89: ECHOES (Hamm / Quinones)… ANIMAL POUND (King / Gross)… THE DEVIANT (Tynion IV / Hixson)… DETECTIVE COMICS (V / et al)... FANTASTIC FOUR (North / Gómez)… THE PENGUIN (King / De La Torre)… BIRDS OF PREY (Thompson / Romero)… DAREDEVIL (Ahmed / Kuder)… RARE FLAVOURS (V / Andrade)… WONDER WOMAN (King / Sampere)… BATMAN: GARGOYLE OF GOTHAM (Grampá / Lopez)… USAGI YOJIMBO (Sakai)… W0RLDTR33 (Tynion IV / Blanco)… BATMAN (Zdarsky / Jimenez).

the pull-list, currently

in

... W0RLDTR33 (Tynion IV / Blanco)… BATMAN (Zdarsky / Jimenez)… BIRDS OF PREY (Thompson / Romero)… DAREDEVIL (Ahmed / Kuder)… CAPTAIN AMERICA (JMS / Saiz)… RARE FLAVOURS (V / Andrade)… WONDER WOMAN (King / Sampere)… BATMAN: GARGOYLE OF GOTHAM (Grampá / Lopes)… THE FLASH (Spurrier / Deodato) … USAGI YOJIMBO (Sakai)… THE PENGUIN (King / De La Torre)… FANTASTIC FOUR (North / Gómez)… BENEATH THE TREES WHERE NOBODY SEES (Horvath)… DETECTIVE COMICS (V / et al)… ANIMAL POUND (King / Gross)… THE DEVIANT (Tynion IV / Hixson)… LOTUS LAND (Van Poelgeest / Filipe)… PETROL HEAD (Williams / Parr)… BATMAN: OFF-WORLD (Aaron / Mahnke)… BASIC INSTINCT (Freeman / Del Ray)… CRAVE (Llovet)… ALAN SCOTT: THE GREEN LANTERN (Sheridan / Tormey)… BATMAN '89: ECHOES (Hamm / Quinones)… BEYOND REAL (Kaplan / Mascolo / Fejzula)… MASTERPIECE (Bendis / Maleev)… UNDERHEIST (Lapham / Lapham)… VOID RIVALS (Kirkman / De Felici)... TRANSFORMERS (Johnson)... DUKE (Williamson / Reilly)… COBRA COMMANDER (Williamson / Milana)… VENGEANCE OF THE MOON KNIGHT (MacKay / Cappucio)… PINE & MERRIMAC (Starks / Galán)… ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN (Hickman / Checchetto)… ULTIMATE BLACK PANTHER (Hill / Caselli)... ULTIMATE X-MEN (Momoko)... ZORRO: MAN OF THE DEAD (Murphy)… AVENGERS: TWILIGHT (Zdarsky / Acuña)… JAMES BOND 007 (Ennis / Lobosco)… GONE (Jock)... THE ONE HAND (V / Campbell)… THE SIX FINGERS (Watters / Kumar)... THE DISPLACED (Brisson / Casalanguida)… BLUE BOOK 1947 (Tynion IV / Oeming)… IF YOU FIND THIS I'M ALREADY DEAD (Kindt / McDaid)... MAN'S BEST (Picheshote / Lonergan)... BLASFAMOUS (Andolfo)... SPIDER-PUNK ARMS RACE (Ziglar / Mason)... SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MEN (Weisman / Ramos)... NIGHT PEOPLE (Condon / Level)... THE BAT-MAN: FIRST KNIGHT (Jurgens / Perkins)... NAPALM LULLABY (Remender / Bengal) ... LITTLE BLACK BOOK (McComsey / Cunha)... THE GOON: THEM THAT DONT'T STAY DEAD (Powell)... BATMAN: DARK AGE (Russell / The Allreds)... SPIDER-MAN: SHADOW OF THE GREEN GOBLIN (DeMatteis / Maria)... GEIGER (Johns / Frank)... REDCOAT (Johns / Hitch)... ROOK: EXODUS (Johns / Fabok)... AKOGUN: BRUTALIZER OF THE GODS (Ayodele / Akande)... ACTION COMICS (Williamson / Sandoval)... MONSTERS ARE MY BUSINESS (Bunn / Piazzalunga)... UNCANNY VALLEY (Fleecs / Wachter)... SILICON BANDITS (Starr / Talajić)…

the pull-list, currently

in

... BATMAN (Zdarsky / Jimenez)… W0RLDTR33 (Tynion IV / Blanco)… BIRDS OF PREY (Thompson / Romero)… DAREDEVIL (Ahmed / Kuder)… CAPTAIN AMERICA (JMS / Saiz)… RARE FLAVOURS (V / Andrade)… WONDER WOMAN (King / Sampere)… BATMAN: GARGOYLE OF GOTHAM (Grampá / Lopes)… THE FLASH (Spurrier / Deodato) … SPACE USAGI (Sakai)… USAGI YOJIMBO (Sakai)… THE PENGUIN (King / De La Torre)… FANTASTIC FOUR (North / Gómez)… BENEATH THE TREES WHERE NOBODY SEES (Horvath)… DETECTIVE COMICS (V / et al)… ANIMAL POUND (King / Gross)… THE DEVIANT (Tynion IV / Hixson)… LOTUS LAND (Van Poelgeest / Filipe)… PETROL HEAD (Williams / Parr)… SUPERMAN '78: THE METAL CURTAIN (Venditti / Guidry)… BATMAN: OFF-WORLD (Aaron / Mahnke)… BASIC INSTINCT (Freeman / Del Ray)… CRAVE (Llovet)… ALAN SCOTT: THE GREEN LANTERN (Sheridan / Tormey)… BATMAN '89: ECHOES (Hamm / Quinones)… BEYOND REAL (Kaplan / Mascolo / Fejzula)… MASTERPIECE (Bendis / Maleev)… UNDERHEIST (Lapham / Lapham)… VOID RIVALS (Kirkman / De Felici)... TRANSFORMERS (Johnson)... DUKE (Williamson / Reilly)… COBRA COMMANDER (Williamson / Milana)… VENGEANCE OF THE MOON KNIGHT (MacKay / Cappucio)… PINE & MERRIMAC (Starks / Galán)… ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN (Hickman / Checchetto)… ULTIMATE BLACK PANTHER (Hill / Caselli)... ULTIMATE X-MEN (Momoko)... ZORRO: MAN OF THE DEAD (Murphy)… AVENGERS: TWILIGHT (Zdarsky / Acuña)… JAMES BOND 007 (Ennis / Lobosco)… GONE (Jock)... THE ONE HAND (V / Campbell)… THE SIX FINGERS (Watters / Kumar)... THE DISPLACED (Brisson / Casalanguida)… BLUE BOOK 1947 (Tynion IV / Oeming)… IF YOU FIND THIS I'M ALREADY DEAD (Kindt / McDaid)... MAN'S BEST (Picheshote / Lonergan)... BLASFAMOUS (Andolfo)... SPIDER-PUNK ARMS RACE (Ziglar / Mason)... .. SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MEN (Weisman / Ramos)... NIGHT PEOPLE (Condon / Level)... THE BAT-MAN: FIRST KNIGHT (Jurgens / Perkins)... NAPALM LULLABY (Remender / Bengal) ... LITTLE BLACK BOOK (McComsey / Cunha)... THE GOON: THEM THAT DON'T STAY DEAD (Powell)... BATMAN: DARK AGE (Russell / The Allreds)...

the pull-list, currently

in

BATMAN (Zdarsky / Jimenez)… W0RLDTR33 (Tynion IV / Blanco)… BIRDS OF PREY (Thompson / Romero)… DAREDEVIL (Ahmed / Kuder)… CAPTAIN AMERICA (JMS / Saiz)… RARE FLAVOURS (V / Andrade)… WONDER WOMAN (King / Sampere)… BATMAN: GARGOYLE OF GOTHAM (Grampá / Lopes)… THE FLASH (Spurrier / Deodato) … SPACE USAGI (Sakai)… USAGI YOJIMBO (Sakai)… THE PENGUIN (King / De La Torre)… FANTASTIC FOUR (North / Coello)… WESLEY DODDS: THE SANDMAN (Venditti / Rossmo)… BENEATH THE TREES WHERE NOBODY SEES (Horvath)… DETECTIVE COMICS (V / et al)… ANIMAL POUND (King / Gross)… THE DEVIANT (Tynion IV / Hixson)… LOTUS LAND (Van Poelgeest / Filipe)… PETROL HEAD (Williams / Parr)… SUPERMAN '78: THE METAL CURTAIN (Venditti / Guidry)… BATMAN: OFF-WORLD (Aaron / Mahnke)… SOMNA (Cloonan / Lotay)… BASIC INSTINCT (Freeman / Del Ray)… CRAVE (Llovet)… ALAN SCOTT: THE GREEN LANTERN (Sheridan / Tormey)… BATMAN '89: ECHOES (Hamm / Quinones)… OUR BONES DUST (Stenbeck)… BEYOND REAL (Kaplan / Mascolo / Fejzula)… INVASIVE (Bunn / Hervás)… MASTERPIECE (Bendis / Maleev)… UNDERHEIST (Lapham / Lapham)… DUKE (Williamson / Reilly)… COBRA COMMANDER (Williamson / Milana)… VENGEANCE OF THE MOON KNIGHT (MacKay / Cappucio)… PINE & MERRIMAC (Starks / Galán)… ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN (Hickman / Checchetto)… ACTION COMICS (Aaron / Timms)… ZORRO: MAN OF THE DEAD (Murphy)… AVENGERS: TWILIGHT (Zdarsky / Acuña)… JAMES BOND 007 (Ennis / Lobosco)… DEER EDITOR (Lindsay / Kivela)… NEWBURN (Zdarsky / Phillips)… TRANSFORMERS (Johnson)... GONE (Jock)... ULTIMATE BLACK PANTHER (Hill / Caselli)... THE ONE HAND (V / Campbell)… THE SIX FINGERS (Watters / Kumar / Loughridge)... THE DISPLACED (Brisson / Casalanguida)… BLUE BOOK 1947 (Tynion IV / Oeming)… IF YOU FIND THIS I'M ALREADY DEAD (Kindt / McDaid)... MAN'S BEST (Picheshote / Lonergan)... BLASFAMOUS (Andolfo)... SPIDER-PUNK ARMS RACE (Ziglar / Mason)... ULTIMATE X-MEN (Momoko)... SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MEN (Weisman / Ramos)... NIGHT PEOPLE (Condon / Level)... THE BAT-MAN: FIRST KNIGHT (Jurgens / Perkins)

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At last, not only a Spidey book on the pull list, but a Hickman book. With the exception of his debut, THE NIGHTLY NEWS, I've mostly tuned out of the Hickman renaissance – including the entirety of his X-MEN run (in my defense, I wasn't really reading comics at that point); G.O.D.S. which failed, in every respect, to grab me; and ULTIMATE UNIVERSE, which followed suit (Note: probably would have been better had I read ULTIMATE INVASION; will add those issues to my list). Here, though, I get it: this is the perfect collision of writer and artist and mythology (FWIW: I couldn't care less if Peter is married or not: my objection to him not being married in the mainstream continuity is how it was accomplished, for lack of a better word) and willingness to push into new and daring and exciting areas: it's the first time the Ultimate Universe hasn't read like proto-MCU since its inception. Early mid-life crisis Spidey is something new, something intriguing. This is a special book that lives up to the hype and then some: I'm in it for the long haul – and will most definitely be giving the other upcoming Ultimate books (BLACK PANTHER / X-MEN) a try.

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  • DAREDEVIL 02: big improvement over last issue. Intrigued by where it goes next. In, still.

  • NIGHTWING 107 / TITANS 04: love Taylor, et al's work with these characters. Still very in; along with Ryan North's FF, TITANS is the rare team book that I enjoy.

  • CATWOMAN 158: waiting for Gotham War to end so we can get on with the new status quo. Will decide with the next issue if I continue, as I do love Selina and how Howard writes her.

  • BENEATH THE TREES WHERE NO ONE CAN SEE 01: dark, disturbing, and utterly brilliant. So very, very in; my favorite release of the week.

  • CYBERPUNK 2077: XOXO 01: trend of amazing transmedia CP deepenings continues. Love / in.

  • SUBGENRE 01: I'm a sucker for over-sized genre playtime. In.

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  • If, as Wells says, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN No. 35 sets up the next 25 issues, I'm not intrigued. Gave the three black-costume issues (with a concept that was beyond fascinating and had deep potential and should have been far more than a filler between arcs – I mean, Slott had Doc Ock in Peter's body for how long?) a try but eh: I'm out. At least that JRJR cover was creepily fantastic / fantastically creepy

  • Debut issue of WESLEY DODDS: THE SANDMAN fine but ultimately forgettable: a shame, as he's one of my favorite characters. Glad I read it, but I won't be continuing; at least we'll always have SANDMAN MYSTERY THEATRE, one of the greatest series of all time (and I did appreciate the nod to the first arc in here).

  • Late pickup, but after three issues, I'm fully "in" on Taylor & Scott's TITANS; I rarely like team books yet I love this. And, because of my lateness in getting the third issue, I only have to wait a week until the fourth. Win win.

  • NIGHTS: wasn't sure at first, but intrigued me enough by the end to make me want to pick up the next issue. Feels like something special brewing here.

  • Debut of DESTINY GATE was a neat premise that failed to hold in execution.

  • While BATMAN & ROBIN No. 2 was beautiful to behold, something's not working for me. Done.

  • Late to the game, but I will buy anything Stan Sakai makes. SPACE USAGI: YOKAI HUNTER one shot was so good. Can’t wait for the next series (and the next issue of USAGI).

  • Take more of my money, Black Label: Christian Ward's BATMAN: CITY OF MADNESS, No. 1 = oh my. One of my favorite writer/artists working today.