If you've been sleeping on Pete Tomasi's Image books, don't. Rocketfellers and Hornsby & Halo are stellar. My LCS is down to filling preoders on H&H, so ask yours for a great read.

The X-Men books were doing such a good job of mostly standing separate from each other and not requiring a detailed knowledge of several years of continuity. Then this X-Manhunt event crossover happens to screw it all up.

Of the several main X-Men books I'm reading, Exceptional X-Men feels like it's the one doing something new and fresh. Some of that's fun new characters, but most of it is a perspective that feels like today and not just the latest chapter in a saga I've been following (off & on) since the early 80s.

Catching up on a stack of new comics that's poled up. X-Men 10. Liking Cyclops for the first time in a long time. And he's a badass without even using his heat vision. 1/x

Hey friends, your friendly neighborhood comic shop clerk here trying to spin up this account & leave the old world behind. Feel free to recommend accounts to follow. I already poked through 4 or 5 comicky starter packs & ran the Sky Follower Bridge. What else should I do? -kjc

Headed off for the holidays, but before I go, I'll just say what a joyous present that Superman trailer was. Santa came early with that one.

"Dreams save us. Dreams lift us up and transform us into something better. And on my soul, I swear... until my dream of a world where dignity, honor, and justice become the reality we all share - I'll never stop fighting. Ever!" -Superman

Always 💖 Don't make me tap the sign

Reading Superman comics tonight, because I believe truth, justice, and hope for a better tomorrow will prevail. Then gonna watch V for Vendetta, because sometimes the road there is rocky and we may need to remember this day.

#BargainBinMonday Silverblade 1, cover by Gene Colan. Quirky story, but Colan is always a good time on art #DCComics #comics

#DynamicDC World's Finest Comics 75, cover by Curt Swan. Poor Bruce. His bro-crushes lead to nothing but heartache. #DCComics #comics

#ThowbackThursday 35 years ago this month. Batman 436, cover by George Perez. Batmania (1989 strain) was in full swing, and this arc was pretty darn awesome. #DCComics #comics

#ReadingPile Sandman 53, cover by Dave McKean. In the midst of a periodic re-read of this series that deserves every bit of praise heaped on it. #DCComics #comics

#TrueBelieverTuesday Incredible Hulk 423, cover by Gary Frank and Cam Smith. Peter David managed a truly epic run on the book by taking it in so many directions over that time. I'm kind of fond of the Pantheon era. #Marvel #comics

#BargainBinMonday Flash 275, cover by Dick Giordano. Beat to heck, but for 50 cents, who could resist a cover so great? #DCComics #comics

#DynamicDC Mr. District Attorney 44, cover by Curt Swan. I love how diverse the genre line-up used to be at big publishers. That's now mostly been ceded to the big indys and small press. #DCComics #comics

#ThowbackThursday 35 years ago this month. Hellblazer 20, cover by Dave McKean. Someday I may get around to reading the rest of this series, but for me the original run (1- 40) by Jamie Delano is a classic that is hard to live up to. Early work by Mark Buckingham on this one, too. #DCComics #comics

#ReadingPile Invincible Iron Man 8, cover by Kael Ngu. Haven't followed the character in some time, but this series has been fun + explains just enough of what's happening in other books to be easy to follow without reading every other story. #Marvel #comics

#TrueBelieverTuesday Warlock 12, cover by Jim Starlin. Starlin pretty much defined Marvel's cosmic heroes in the 70s. Don't think latter-day attempts even come close, even his own. @Marvel

-#BargainBinMonday Sigil 6, cover by Steve McNiven. I still think it's odd how Disney is sleeping on the CrossGen IP. Plenty to mine there, both for comics and other media. Last thing we had was a samll reprint special a couple years ago, #Marvel #CrossGen #comics

#DynamicDC Action Comics 202, cover by Wayne Boring. I hate the basic idea, but you have to credit Silver Age writers with endless creative ways of Lois trying to prove Clark is Superman and failing. #DCComics #comics

#ThowbackThursday 35 years ago this month. Avengers West Coast 48, cover by John Byrne. Byrne's conflicts with editorial cut this run abruptly short. It would have been nice to see what he would have done with a nice FF-length stretch on the characters. #Marvel #comics

#ReadingPile Fantastic Four 199, cover by the underrated Keith Pollard. Got 197-199 in a 3-pack back in the day. Several decades later, once I had the app, I got to read the conclusion. #Marvel #comics

#TrueBelieverTuesday Daredevil 132, cover by Rich Buckler & Dan Adkins. These rarely showed up on the stands near me or in those 3-packs, so I really only saw DD as a guest star. #Marvel #comics

#BargainBinMonday Star Trek Crew 1, cover by John Byrne. The art alone is worth the (cheap) price. All of this retconned out of existence by Strange New Worlds. #IDW #comics

#DynamicDC Adventure Comics 210, cover by Curt Swan. The beautiful whimsy that was more present in the Silver Age. A (super)boy and his (super) dog. #DCComics #comics

#ThowbackThursday 35 years ago this month. Beauty & the Beast: Portrait of Love, cover by Olivia De Beradinis. I was totally into the show and this one-shot had Wendy Pini (Elfquest) on it, so it checked several boxes. #FirstComics #comics

#ReadingPile Manhunter 4, cover by Doug Rice. Always liked the looks of it, but finally going back and reading it thanks to the app subscription. Good stuff. #DCComics #comics

#TrueBelieverTuesday Tales to Astonish 38, cover by Jack Kirby et al. I love both Hank Pym and Scott Lang Ant-Man. These early tales always feel like a mashup pf 50s giant monster flix and super-heroes. #Marvel #comics

#BargainBinMonday Crucible 3, cover by Dick Giordano. The more I find and read this line of books, the more I scratch my head why it didn't take off. They're easi;y as good as other books of the time. #Impact #DCComics #comics

#DynamicDC Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog 20, cover by Gil Kane. This series lasted 46 issues. OK, where's the omnibus, DC? #DCComics #comics

#ThowbackThursday 35 years ago this month. MAZE Agency 6, cover by Adam Hughes. The only milestone about this comic is how the creative team put out this little gemn of a book every month. Seek them out. #Comico #comics

#ReadingPile Flash 134, cover by Steve Lightle. Maybe not the greatest era of this book (even Morrison can misfire), but great cover and great issue. Maybe he really needed to be writing a Jay Garrick book. #DCComics #commics

#TrueBelieverTuesday Incredible Hulk 4, cover by Jack Kirby & Dick Ayers. TBH, I never quite got into the 60s Hulk that much. Its formula really never gelled for me. #Marvel #comics

#BargainBinMonday Rocketeer & the Spirit 3, cover by J. Bone. Fun mix of these two era-appropriate heroes. Waid does well with the writing, which is no surprise. #IDW #DCComics #comics

#DynamicDC Strange Adventures 152, cover by Murphy Anderson. The pure Silver Age joy of a cover and book like this. For a variety of reasons, they just don't make 'em like this anymore. #DCComics

#ThowbackThursday 35 years ago this month. Batman 435, cover by John Byrne. The buzz of Byrne doing Batman as well as Superman was blunted by him only being on covers. For me, late-era Aparo just didn't pop the way his 70s stuff did or as much as his work on other characters. YMMV. #DCComics #comics

#ReadingPile Leave It To Chance 1, cover by Paul Smith. Still boggles my mind that I pulled this from a $1 box recently. This series is a little treasure. Deserves a complete collection, if not new stories. #Image #comics

#TrueBelieverTuesday Jungle Action 8, cover by Rich Buckler and Frank Giacoia. I do have a fondness for this sometime Avenger. And hard to beat the simple lines of that costume. #Marvel

#BargainBinMonday Jaguar 1, cover by David A. Williams. Been picking these up as I find them cheap. Fun stuff. #ImpactComics #DCComics #comics

#DynamicDC Wonder Woman 177, cover by Irv Novick. By the late 60s nobody seemed to know quite what to do with Wonder Woman. No wonder we got the odd, depowered mod era soon after. #DCComics #comics

#ThowbackThursday 35 years ago this month.Secret Origins 41, cover by Mike Mignola. A desing very in keeping with the Silver Age roots of the character. #DCComics #comics

#ReadingPile Captain Britain Omnibus, cover by Alan Davis. So glad I got this. Much not previously reprinted or even up on Marvel Unlimited. Only wish they had restored some of the stories to original black & white. #Marvel #comics

#TrueBelieverTuesday Rawhide Kid 31, cover by Jack Kirby. The problems of history have made the mythology of the Western fall out of the popularity it once had. I see it like Arthurian tales: an alternate history that says more about the author than about historical fact. #Marvel #comics

"#BargainBinMonday American Flagg! 18, cover by Howard Chaykin. AF was supposed to be absurd satire. But, as these things go, reality in some ways has decided to say, ""hold my beer."" #comics"

So disco. So awesome.

#DynamicDC Young Love 68, cover by Jay Scott Pike. (Though it has also been attributed to Nick Cardy and, on one site, letterer Gaspar Saladino.) Say what you will about romance comics. Art-wise they are as impressive as anything out there, #DCComics #comics

#ThowbackThursday 35 years ago this month. New Titans 55, cover by George Perez. Tell me again how Crisis made the DC Universe *less* confusing. #DCComics #comics

#ReadingPile Sandman 6, cover by Riley Rossmo. The final issue brings it home. Great mini. Hope they do some more soon. I vote for Dr. Mid-Nite, #DCComics #comics