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Weekly Comic Shopping List 9/23/09

So I guess I'm back writing for Pop Syndicate, with my first review of Blackest Night #3 up last week.  While I've been writing all summer, I felt really rusty writing that review so hopefully this week's review (most likely for 3 Story) will be much tighter. 

  • 3 Story Secret History Of The Giant Man HC--  I actually picked this up at Windy City Comicon over the weekend and it's a wonderful book.  Kindt tells the story of the Giant Man through the three women in his life; his mother, his wife and his daughter.  In a year of great comic stories, this is up there.
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion Shinji Ikari Raising Project Vol 2 TP--  This seems too much like Angelic Days, which I kind of enjoyed.  I read the first volume of this and wasn't that impressed.  If this volume doesn't blow me away, I'll probably drop this manga for the plenty of other excellent titles out there right now.
  • Detective Comics #857--  Here's a series I need to sit down and read.  I've got all of the issues and agree with everyone who says that JH Williams is just killing the artwork but the story hasn't engaged me as much yet.  This title is on the verge of getting dropped to wait for the eventual hardcover collection.
  • Wednesday Comics #12-- It's over. 
  • Bart Simpson's Tree House of Horror #15--  I actually haven't read any of these Tree House of Horror's and gave up on the Simpsons around the turn of the century I think but I'm looking forward to getting my hand on this issue which has a number of alternative and indie cartoonists creating Simpsons stories.  If it's half as good as Marvel's Strange Tales, it'll be excellent.
  • Al Williamsons Flash Gordon A Lifelong Vision Of The Heroic HC--  Another book that I got through Amazon a month or so ago.  I love Al Williamson and this is just a handsome looking book. 
  • Wasteland #26-- With how long the 25th issue took (and well worth the wait,) I've lost a bit of track of this story.  I've got all four volumes sitting in a pile on my desk at home and I need to sit down and read the whole thing.