Counting Comics - 37

The count carried over is at -

DC = 9278

Marvel = 1501

Others = 324



Batman

318, 359, 361, 376, 382, 388, 389, 415, 430, 431, 433 - 435, 443, 444, 448, 449, 455 - 529, 533 - 639, 1 Million

Batman 12c Adventure #1 (2004)


Today's count was
DC = 201


Making the grand totals now -

DC = 9479

Marvel = 1501

Others = 324

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Counting Comics - 15

I started off this week with the following numbers

DC = 4104

Marvel = 59

Others = 53

Batgirl (2009 - 11)

1 - 24

This is volume 3 of Batgirl, I never realised that Barbara Gordon never got her own book, in fact only Cassandra Cain had her own book before I think. This 3rd volume though has Stephanie Brown, ex-Spoiler, daughter of the Cluemaster who's come a long way since taking to crime fighting just to disrupt her father's capers. She had that run as Robin too didn't she, where things didn't go too greatly after she triggered a city wide gang war. She also had a baby which was put up for adoption and was tortured and apparently killed by Black Mask!

Reign in Hell (2008 - 09)

1 - 8

Lord Satanus and Lady Blaze leave their 9th Dominion of Hell, Purgatory to try and conquer all of Hell. They recruit the tortured souls to their cause to usurp Neron, giving the Damned hope is a powerful weapon against him. Various Magicians from the Earthly plane are recruited into the battle. Apparently, I don't remember this but Blue Devil temporailly kills Etrigan!!! What rot!!

Batman & Robin the Boy Wonder (2005 - 08)

1 - 10

Apparently this is called All-Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder, you can just about see the All-Star in there. It features stories set in the early stages of the career of Batman, beginning with his recruitment of Dick Grayson as his sidekick Robin. This is the first series to be launched in 2005 under DC's All-Star imprint, the second being All-Star Superman. These series attempt to retell some of the history of these characters, but outside of the strict DC Universe continuity.

The first issue of All Star Batman and Robin was the highest-selling comic book of 2005, selling more copies than the first issues of the crossover events of both DC Comics (Infinite Crisis #1) and Marvel Comics (House of M #1). (I stole all this info straight off the DC Wiki) There was some negative fan reaction over some repetitive and over the top dialogue and the pace of the book. The release schedule was also very sporadic with just 10 issues over 3 whole years!! The story was meant to be resumed at some point but was delayed, I'm not sure if anyone cares anymore!!

Firestorm (2004 - 07)

1 - 35

Jason Rusch was created by Dan Jolley and ChrisCross, first appearing in Firestorm (Volume 3) #1 (2004). Apparently he is the 3rd primary user of the Firestorm matrix, are Ronnie Raymond and Professor Martin Stein the 1st two or does the primary only refer to the main power wielder with the 'passenger' being a secondary user? I dunno haha anyway, I was right in the video his girlfriend's name was Gehenna which is basically a name that relates to Hell!! Nice name pick there Gehenna's parents!!

The Fury of Firestorm (2011 - 13)

1 - 16

After the events of the 2011 "Flashpoint" story line, The New 52 reality altered Firestorm's personal history to be completely restarted. Ronnie Raymond is now introduced as a high school senior and the captain of the football team. During a terrorist attack on their school, classmate Jason Rusch produces a vial given to him by Professor Stein, which contains the "God Particle", one of Stein's creations. The God Particle transforms both Jason and Ronnie into Firestorm, and the two teens briefly battle each other before accidentally merging into a hulking creature known as the Fury.

Sharing the identity of Firestorm, with Ronnie being the brawn and Jason being the brains, Firestorm is considered for recruitment into the Justice League along with several other heroes. They play a large part in the events leading up to the Trinity War, the three-way battle between the Justice League (the original headed by Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman), the Justice League of America (the A.R.G.U.S.-sponsored team led by Steve Trevor, Green Arrow and Amanda Waller), and Justice League Dark (the paranormal team consisting of John Constantine, Zatana and the Phantom Stranger). That Trinity War happened after I stopped reading in 2013 so I missed all that, sounds like it might be a good read.

Catwoman/Wildcat (1998)

1 - 4

Selina Kyle "Catwoman" clashes and then teams up with Ted Grant "Wildcat" to take on some thieves who've stolen the takings from a casino that was hosting the big fight, a heavyweight boxing match. Selina is annoyed cos they stole her score but teams up with Ted anyway and there's a bit or romance between them too.

Catwoman (1993 - 2001)

0 - 94, 1 Million

Catwoman was deemed popular enough to get her own book after the success of a Catwoman mini-series titled Her Sister's Keeper. I missed getting that title I think, I might have to see if I can pick it up. I know there's a lot of story with her sister Magdelene (Maggie) who's had the absolutley shittiest of luck and I'm pretty sure the unfortunate woman has gone totally doo-lally and is kind of Catwoman's Joker maybe. She started as a nun, got married and here I was in error in the video, when Black Mask tortured Maggie's husband, he fed the eyeballs to her not to him. I don't know if that's a better or a worse thing.... I don't want to think about it anyway. It didn't do much for poor Mag's sanity especially when Black Mask as a Black Lantern went after her when he was resurrected. She now called herself Sister Zero and seeks to save Selina from the cat demon that possesses her!!

Catwoman Annual (1994 - 1997)

1 - 4

Catwoman (2002 - 2008)

1 -  82

There is a Blackest night issue of this too that came in 2010, # 83, I am thinking I might have this in my books elsewhere. I was talking about Slam Bradley in the video he actually debuted in Detective Comics # 1 in 1937!! A year before Superman appeared and 2 before Batman showed up!! Heck Detective Comics is his book!! I wonder if they'll ever do a John Constantine with him and give him super powers.

Catwoman Secret Files & Origins (Nov 2002) 

# 1

Anyway that's the count for this week, I had to rush the notes AGAIN as I am working on my 13 Nights of Halloween video/comic thingy. It's a lot of work for something that won't really be that good but oh well.

DC = 280

So the running total now looks like this

DC = 4384

Marvel = 59

Others = 53

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Counting Comics - 12

Welcome again to my weekly look at my collection, from last week my totals were at -

DC = 3150

Marvel = 59

Others = 53

So on to today's look at my books


I hope you enjoyed the video, below is a little more information about the comics in this week's count

Batman (2005 - 11)

640 - 713

This has got to be maybe the 3rd longest running DC title I should think after Action & Detective Comics. Starting out in 1940 and ending October 2011 with the events of Flashpoint and the launch of the New 52. I think Detective comics went back to the old numbering with Rebirth but I'm not sure about Action and this book. I personally think it's a real shame that they messed with these books numbering at all.

Batman Annual

11, 14, 15, 18 - 22, 24, 25, 26, 28

OK so this guy is Clayface III, I couldn't remember in the video, so I looked it up. Preston Payne was born with acromegaly and was bullied for his looks, seeking to cure himself with a serum created from the blood of Clayface (Matt Hagen), it didn't work, nope not one bit and now his touch melts people!! 😒

Batman 80-Page Giant

2010 x 2

2011

Who doesn't love an extra big sized book with multiple self-contained stories in it??

Batman: Blackest Night (2009)

1 - 3

Dead villains, dead parents and with Bruce Wayne currently dead himself, Dick Grayson is Batman aided by Robins Tim Drake & Damian Wayne in a battle against the Black Lanterns.

Batman: The Widening Gyre (2009 - 10)

1 - 6

Kevin Smith's controversial and often delayed 6 parter that was meant to have a follow up book sometime later which did not emerge, or at least it hasn't yet anyway!

Batman: The Return One Shot (2011)

Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne (2010)

1 - 6

This series picks up from Final Crisis #6. It details the journey Bruce Wayne takes through the timestream of the DC Universe after being deposited in the distant past by Darkseid in Final Crisis. Wayne has to overcome amnesia and "history itself" in order to make his way back to present-day Gotham City and retake his rightful place as Batman.

Batman and the Mad Monk (2006 - 07)

1 - 6

Written  by Matt Wagner this is set in Year One era Batman continuity, the 2nd part of Wagner's Dark Moon Rising series which retells classic Golden Age stories, expanding and modernising them for contemporary readers.

Batman: Journey into Knight (2005 - 06)

1 - 12

A 12-issue-maxi-series by Andrew "Andy" Helfer and Tan Eng Huat that shows how Batman turns from an optimistic crimefighter into the cynical dark knight.

Superman & Batman Vs Vampires & Werewolves (2008 - 09)

1 - 6

Written by Kevin Van Hook with art by the masterful Tom Mandrake. The plot is... fairly self-explanatory. Superman and Batman team up against Vampires and Werewolves.

Superman and Batman 

Versus

Aliens and Predator

1 - 2

LOL same as above really, the plot is fairly self explanatory but this time it's by Mark Schultz & Ariel Olivetti. There is an interesting video review of it here by Comic Tropes YouTube channel.

The Creeper (2006 - 07)

1 - 6

Creeper is one of those characters that I really like and can't work out how he's not been able to sustain a long run in a book. The guy is funny and more than a bit mad and chilling, he needs an Alan Moore with Swamp Thing style revamp if you ask me. Creeper is outspoken TV host Jack Ryder and was created by Steve Ditko in Showcase #73 in 1968.

Black Canary/Oracle: Birds of Prey (1996)

This is the 1st Birds of Prey book, conceived by Jordan B Gorfinkel and written by Chuck Dixon it brought together the partnership of Black Canary and Oracle. The team has grown over the years and take on menaces internationally and are financed by Batman as an extension of the Batman Family. In this 1st adventure Oracle recruits Black Canary to look into the dealings of industrialist Nick Devine whose projects seem to be the target of sabotage.

Birds of Prey: Manhunt (1996)

1 - 4

Black Canary, Huntress & Catwoman are all chasing after a guy named Archer Braun for various reasons. The chase leads them to Kazakhstan and into battle with the deadly Lady Shiva and Braun too proves to be no pushover as he is able to predict all their fighting moves somehow.

Birds of Prey: Revolution (1997)

Black Canary goes to Santa Prisca to put an end to their slave trade racket and gets into very hot water, fortunately she finds an allay in a guy named Galiant who helps her take down President Jefe Del Mundo.

Birds of Prey: Wolves (1997)

After some friction hinted at in Revolution Oracle and Black Canary decide to break up the team. They then each go on to a dangerous encounter separately and after winning through they decide that perhaps they were better off together and reach a new understanding.

Birds of Prey (1999 - 2009)

1 - 127

After the one-shots and 4-parter the Birds got their own on-going title starting out with Chuck Dixon writing then replaced with Gail Simone for quite a popular run I believe. It ran for over 10 years which is pretty succesfull if you ask me!

Birds of Prey: Secret Files & Origins (2003)

A woman claiming to be pregnant with The Penguin's baby gets protection from Black Canary as she is on the run from an angry Penguin and his crew.

Battle for the Cowl
Oracle: The Cure (2009)

1 - 3

Oracle tangles with The Calculator, both are searching for parts of the Anti-Life Equation that is stored in clusters on the World Wide Web. There is a virtual online chat world named Alta Viva, a place in which the Calculater is able to influnce it's visitors in the real world causing one of Oracle's agents heads to explode!!

Birds of Prey (2010 - 2011)

1 - 15

The Birds of Prey returned for a short run leading up to the Flashpoint/New 52 and to be honest I have no idea if they had any reappearance in the New 52 or in Rebirth* but I am sure the characters are still around in one form or another. Actally isn't Barabara Gordon/Oracle now back as Batwoman in Rebirth? I think I read that she was, that's kind of cool if she is, even though the Oracle role she played was pretty important in the Bat-books. Maybe there is a new Oracle now, also in a wheelchair as I am sure she was an inspiration for disabled comic book fans.

*I just found out that Birds of Prey teamed up with Batgirl in Rebirth, might be a cool read!

So that's another 289 DC comics, making the running totals

DC = 3439

Marvel = 59

Others = 53

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Counting Comics - Part 10

My count at the moment is - 

DC = 2249

Marvel = 53

Others = 27

There's a heck of a lot of comics in this batch, these were the last regular books I bought back in 2013 and they were never sorted into their proper piles so it's a bit of a mish-mash of titles. Some of them got a bit damaged and curled up. I went to a comic shop I never knew was nearby and bought a couple of longboxes and some comic covers. I also bought a couple of new 'birthday books' see my blog about them HERE

My mate gave me some old comics he owned too and I got an Ebay buy which I take a look at HERE

I did a lucky dip buy on Ebay too HERE

After adding the books from these 3 blogs to my count I get
DC = 2286
Marvel = 59
Others = 53



Flash (2011 - 2013)

0 - 9, 11 - 14, 16, 17
Barry Allen is Flash is this New 52 book, I don't really have many memories of this era of DC comics, I was losing interest thanks to various factors going on at the time, not all comics related. I'll have to give these another read sometime I think. The art as ever is cool still.

Flash Annual (2012)

Captain Atom (2011 - 2012)

0 - 12

This seems to have been the full run of Captain Atom here, it's a shame such a well know character couldn't run to a longer story arc. Mind you this is a new take on the hero with a new origin and slightly different powers. It's not the 1st reimagining he's had though, starting out as scientist Allen Adam in Charlton comics created by writer Joe Gill and artist/co-writer Steve Ditko, and first appearing in Space Adventures #33 (March 1960). When DC acquired the rights he became Airforce pilot Nathaniel Adam, when he had his own book following on from Crisis on Infinite Earths, he also became the villain Monarch for a while and was even reimagined entirely as the character Breach.

Batman Unseen (2010)

3, 4

Batgirl (2000 - 2006)

1 -  73
The Cassandra Cain character was created by writer Kelley Puckett and penciler Damion Scott. She first appeared in Batman #567 (July 1999). Apparently this was the 1st on-going Batgirl book.

Batgirl Annual # 1 (2000)

Batgirl (2008 - 2009)

1 - 6

Batgirl

14, 15, 16

Cassandra Cain is the fourth Batgirl. Born with the assassins David Cain and Lady Shiva as her parents, she was conceived and trained from birth with the intention of creating the perfect bodyguard for Ra's al Ghul. Her father deprived her of speech so she would learn movement and physicality as her first language. Batman adopted her into the Batman Family during No Man's Land, to replace Helena Bertinelli as Batgirl. Cassandra would eventually turn her Batgirl costume over to Stephanie Brown, and become a member of Batman Incorporated as Black Bat. She later takes up the name Orphan.

DC Universe Presents:

Deadman/Challengers of the Unknown (2011 - 2012)

1 - 8
This was a bit confusing, I thought I had 2 titles there Deadman and Challengers but I realise now that both were under the DCU Presents banner. With the New 52 Deadman's story has a few tweaks to it, in this he had led a selfish life and after being killed he is made to atone by possessing people and setting things right in their lives to avoid being sent to Hell.

Nightmaster: Monsters of Rock (2011)

Nightmaster is forced to confront his enemy Lord Meh for the fate of Myrra and his Shadowpact teammates. Unfortunately Nightmaster is followed by an annoying, aging fan from his hippie rock star days. haha this makes me laugh as a big heavy metal fan my 1st ever gig was the Monsters of Rock 1988 with Iron Maiden headlining!!

Reign of Doomsday: Steel #1 (2011)

A plot by Lex Luthor to use some Doomsdays to hunt down the 4 Supers who stood in for Superman when he died; Steel, Superboy, Eradicator and the Cyborg Superman. I'm not sure if I ever got the rest of the story of this arc as it crossed into quite a few books.

I, Vampire (2012)

7, 8

These characters 1st appeared in House of Mystery, this New 52 book ran for 20 issues. I can't remember anything about it I am sure I only got these as they crossed over with a book I was reading.

Brightest Day Aftermath: The Search for Swamp Thing (2011)

1 - 3
I don't recall this comic at all, apparently Alec Holland is back alive and Constantine wants to find and reunite him with The Green as Swamp Thing.

Flashpoint (2011)

4, 5
I think the rest of these must be in my Flash pile, which I am sure will be in the next Counting Comics video, I will go into some detail about it then.

Green Latern: New Guardians (2011 - 2013)

0 - 16

The team consists of representatives of each of the Corps that tap into a particular portion of the emotional spectrum. Its original members were Kyle Rayner (Green Lantern Corps), Arkillo (Sinestro Corps), Bleez (Red Lantern Corps), Glomulus (Orange Lantern Corps), Munk (Indigo Tribe), Saint Walker(Blue Lantern Corps) and Fatality (Star Sapphires). The group disbands in issue #0 (September 2012), and reforms in issue #13 with Kyle Rayner, Arkillo and new members Carol Ferris and Atrocitus. Larfleeze joins in issue #15.

War of the Green Lanterns: Aftermath (2011)

1 - 2

Green Lantern (2011)

67

Green Lantern Emerald Warriors (2011)

7, 12

There's a few books here that should have been put away properly a long time ago instead of sitting on a shelf for 5 years!!

Green Lantern Corps (2011 - 2013)

old - 61 - 63

new 52 - 0 - 16

Annual #1

Green Lantern (2011 - 2013)

0 - 16

Annual #1 (2012)
This comes after Flashpoint and a war of Green Lanterns I think and Hal Jordan is kicked out of the Corps and replaced by Sinestro!! What??!! Really!! Guardians of Oa, you really are rather silly little blue twits aren't you??!!

Red Lanterns (2011 - 2013)

0 - 16 (2x#12)
I love Dex-Starr the Rage Lanterns cat, but I wouldn't want to get on it's bad side!!

Teen Titans (2011)

91

Titans (2010)

27

Teen Titans  (2013)

15, 16

I don't know where all my Titans books are, they must've gone into a long box somewhere, but I'll get to them soon enough and put these lone books with their families!

Secret Six (2011)

29, 32 - 36

Jusice Society of America (2011)

53, 54

Justice League of America (2011)

59, 60

These are another bunch of books that should have been put in with the rest of their run years ago, but I finally got around to it now,

Justice League (2011 - 2013)

0 - 14

Justice League Dark (2011 - 2013)

0 - 1, 3 - 16

Annual # 1 (2012)

Justice League Dark originally featured John Constantine, Madame Xanadu, Deadman, Shade, the Changing Man, and Zatanna. The team consists of the more supernatural members of the DC Universe, handling situations deemed outside the scope of the traditional Justice League.

JLA + The 99 (2010 - 2011)

1 - 6

Teshkeel Media Group, is a company that has been publishing select Arabic translations of DC Comics since 2006. The 99 is a superteam, created by Naif Al-Mutawa and published by Teshkeel Comics, featuring a team of superheroes with special abilities based on the 99 attributes of Allah in Islam. The 2 teams join up to help out when a series of earthquakes rock the City of Tomorrow in the Arabian peninsula.

Before Watchmen (2012 - 2013)

Ozymandias 1 - 6

Silk Spectre 1 - 4

Rorschach 1 - 4

Moloch 1- 2

Dollar Bill  1

Nite Owl 1 - 4

Minutemen 1 - 6

Dr. Manhatten 1 - 4

Comedian 1 - 6
This set totals to 37 books with a set of mini-series all based as prequels to the 1986 12-issue Watchmen series. There was some controversary with people thinking that the Watchmen series was sacrosanct and shouldn't ever be messed with, I suspect more people were excited to see these characters in brand new stories. I was kind of excited but I'm not too sure they lived up to the hype but that just might've been my over expectation of them.

Earth 2 (2012 - 2013)

0 - 9

This series takes place in a parallel Earth known as Earth 2, where super-heroes are known as Wonders of the World. Additionally, the people of Earth 2 have re-imagined back-stories, powers, and characteristics to that of their Prime Earth counterparts.

Batman Detective Comics (2011 - 2013)

old run

879 - 881

New 52

0 - 16 (2x#15)

Annual

Batman (2011 - 2013)

0 - 2, 4 - 14, 16, 17

Annual

Brightest Day (2010 - 2011)

0 - 24

The Atom Special (2010)

Green Arrow #7

Untold Tales of Blackest Night # 1 (2010)

The series follows the thirteen heroes and villains who were resurrected at the end of the Blackest Night readjusting to returning to life. This includes Aquaman, Captain Boomerang, Deadman, Firestorm, Hawk, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Jade, Martian Manhunter, Max Lord, Osiris and Professor Zoom.

Justice League International (2011 - 2012)

1 - 12

Annual (2012)

I think this is the whole run of this book.

Hellblazer 

276, 281 - 299

Annual 2011

I went through some of these books in an earlier video/blog and here is the ending of this series although I don't have 300!! Grrrrr!!! I can only imagine my comic shop messed up my books, I have a few doubles from this era too thanks to them. 😕

Blue Beetle (2011 - 2013)

0 - 2, 4 - 16

This is volume 9 of Blue Beetle!! There've certainly been quite a few runs of Beetle books, he's probably had more that some of the more well know heroes. This is the 3rd BB Jaime Reyes, I'm not sure if Ted Kord is around in the New 52 I think he might've been another Blue Beetle in a Charlton Comics universe. I'd like to have seen a set of books starring those guys, BB, The Question, Captain Atom, Judo Master, Nightshade, Peace Maker and Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt.

The Savage Hawkman (2011 - 2013)

0 - 14
Carter Hall is Hawkman here.

Red Hood and the Outlaws # 1

Stormwatch

3, 7

DC Comics The New 52 # 1

The New 52 # 1

The New 52 

DC Universe Presents # 0

Suicide Squad # 14

Batman and Robin (2011 - 2013)

0 - 1, 3 - 16
From 18 onwards the book had Batman teaming up with other members of the Bat-family after Robin, his son Damien Wayne is killed in Batman, Inc #8 battling the Heretic.

Knight & Squire (2010 - 2011)

1 - 6
This is a great look at the United Kingdom in the DC Universe. Hey it's a book based in my city, London!! Yay!! There are some cool, slightly hokey characters involed but it's a bit of fun, there is a team of evil cricketers called the 1st Eleven 😄 Shame this isn't an ongoing series!!

Demon Knights (2011 - 2013)

0 - 14 (2x#13)

Hey this has got Etrigan the Demon in it, damn right I had to buy it.

Set in ancient times this group of fantastic adventurers led by Madam Xanadu and Jason Blood (Etrigan's host), is the beginning of the modern day team Stormwatch. The team also had Vandal Savage, Shining Knight, The Horsewoman, Al Jabr and Exoristos.

Batman Hidden Treasures

Batman/Catwoman: Follow the Money

Batman Incorporated #1

Hawk & Dove (2011)
1, 2

This book only ran for 8 issues, which is really bad, but I have no idea why I only have the 2 issues? I didn't cancel it as I loved those characters, so I have no idea what went on there!

Batman/Superman

86, 87

Futurama Comics #31

Joker's Asylum: Two-Face #1

I am sure I got the whole set of these, so why I only have one here is a mystery and why it was dirty in a sleeve with a Futurama comic that I never collected is an even bigger mystery!

Catwoman #14

Batwoman

0, 7

Batman Orphans

1, 2

Batman Gotham Knights (2000 - 2006)

1 - 74

The original intent of this book was to feature the exploits of Batman and his extended family, such as Alfred Pennyworth, Batgirl, Nightwing, Robin, Oracle, and Catwoman, among others. The latter section of the run, however, came to focus much more upon his enemies.

The series also featured the popular "Batman: Black and White" back-up strip, which allowed various artists with widely varying styles to do their take on the Dark Knight in a black and white format. These back-up strips are also collected in trade paperbackform.

So my calculator makes that 573 DC comics, though to be honest I came up with 3 different answers thanks to all the doubles and 0 numbers! I gave up and just decided that number is close enough!

So that leaves me with a total so far of

DC = 2859

Marvel = 59

Others = 53

Come back next week when I'll be fudging figures and talking about more of my comics!!