After a "fun but flawed" (as I put it) two years' of the Dan Jurgens-penned Teen Titans series, DC decided to give the original Titans concept another shot. I could dig deep into my Titans Companion volumes to see why the company waited so long to get it going again, but the timing of it …
Author: Tom Panarese
Teen Titans (1996 series)
I detailed my "Life as a Teen Titan" years ago over on Pop Culture Affidavit, and in doing so, I mentioned that when The New Titans ended in late 1995/early 1996, it didn't register with me the way you'd think that it would for someone who had been such a die-hard fan for so long. …
The Titans Re-Read: Re-Starting Ahead
So over the course of the last few years, I have started on four distinct comics reading projects: G.I. Joe, The X-Men, Star Trek, and the Teen Titans. My intent with the first two was to read up to a certain point, with G.I. Joe involving all of the trades that I owned and the …
Uncollecting Update February 2023
As always, let’s start with the numbers … Physical Comics Read: 12 (166/231)Digital Comics Read: 0 (471/471)Trades/Graphic Novels Read: 2 (7/11)Books Read: 1 (118/123)Movies Watched: 2 (188/194)TV Series Watched: 0 (58/58)TV Seasons Watched: 0 (104/105)Podcast episodes remaining: 232 So the grind through the dead of winter continued, and I'm about 10 days late on posting …
Finishing up the X-Men
At one point in my collecting, I started buying Marvel's Essential volumes of the X-Men. It started with a couple of the Uncanny X-Men volumes, moved on to the Classic X-Men, and I eventually wound up having every storyline from X-Men #1 in 1963 all the way up to the end of the Inferno crossover. …
Cupid’s Arrows and Time & Vine
Before I get into these two trades, I have to point out that while I was reading Noble Causes, I couldn't help but think of Thom Zahler's Love and Capes. But whereas Jay Faerber's book is a soap opera with superheroes, Love and Capes is a sitcom with superheroes. And the adventures of that particular …
Noble Causes vols. 1 & 2
Back in the early 2000s, I came across Jay Faerber's writing via The Titans, which was the book featuring a reunited team that spun out of the Titans/JLA miniseries. From what I remember, Faerber dealt with a lot of editorial interference which led to some pretty infamous storylines (the DEO kids ... look it up …
Harley Quinn’s Strange Love Adventures #1
My #RomanceComicsMonth list is a lot shorter than my #SciFiComicsMonth one was, full of a few trades and this one particular one-shot that came out last year. Once again, I'm pretty sure that I got it in that quarter bin/fill a shortbox sale back in November, which is a great deal considering the fact that …
Uncollecting Update January 2023
As always, let's start with the numbers … Physical Comics Read: 43 (188/231)Digital Comics Read: 0 (471/471)Trades/Graphic Novels Read: 2 (9/11)Books Read: 4 (119/123)Movies Watched: 4 (190/194)TV Series Watched: 0 (58/58)TV Seasons Watched: 1 (104/105)Podcast episodes remaining: 222 I'd say this year started off very well. Many or most of the comics that I read …
Dreadstar #2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 24, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37, 46
So back in November when my LCS had its "Fill a Shortbox for $40" sale, I grabbed me a shortbox and brought all of those books home. In fact, the majority of the books that I've been reading and reviewing this month were from that sale. Among them were just a stack of Dreadstar books. …
The Uncollecting 