Still behind yes, but working on it more proactively! This date is around a year since I’ve started being behind on comics and I didn’t like that if read so little of the 12 months-worth in that time. So hopefully I’ll be able to push forward this week and continue that during this next month to maybe catch up. 🤞

Since I did get a bit of read done during the last few days, I have a speck more insight of some of the spider-related things that are out now or ending now. For example, with Spider-Boy, I know that he has a particular possible origin that could be interesting. Whereas before now I didn’t know anything beyond what had been vaguely hinted at. Though yes I know that that has bee over with for a few issues now. I read the beginnings of Jackpot and MJ’s choice spinning out of all the thing she went through in that last crazy Spidey arc. The Maul and Jango comics continue respectively. We got a wedding special for Destiny and Mystique (It takes place at some point during the Krakoan age, but not sure exactly when). We got the antepenultimate issue from the Krakoan age with Rise of the Powers of X 5. And we got this run’s final (50th) issue of Wolverine, which I think is before RotPoX 5. Avengers Twilight continued. We got the final issue of the Power Rangers: The Return miniseries. And DC is ramping up to its Absolute Power summer event. DC also gave us another Pride special with some great variants!

I didn’t actually realize that this Spider-Boy variant was one of the Black Suit covers, I just liked the black and white cover as a whole. But for the Wanda and Pietro variant, I knew it was what it was so I got it for them in those costumes.

These are the DC Pride main cover and two of the variants I liked.

Dauterman did a great job with this first cover. As usual, of course. And this next one is an homage cover paying such to The Amazing Spider-Man Annual 21, the newsstand variant (1987), which was Peter and MJ’s wedding issue.

These are just fun variants for this 50th issue and final issue of the run. Though I did enjoy the Snikt cover a lot. And I always love a Sabretooth cover.

As mentioned before, SNIKT! And I like this other cover because it reminded me of the Cold Vengeance VHS cover in tone and character of course.

These were solely purchased because (can you guess?) of Kamala being there. Though, I do really like the colors on that second one and the way the figures are like statues.

Three awesome ladies. Nakayama doing a great job with Amy Jo Johnson’s likeness. The next two happen to be AAPI Heritage Month variants, but I got them because I enjoy Red Canary (drawn by Annie Wu) and Avery (drawn by Jessica Fong).

I always love seeing what Pride covers we get each year. These were all great! Though I was disappointed that there were only these three designs. Usually there are many other variants. I’m so glad that Dreamer is making a huge resurgence.

The main cover is so colorful and brilliantly done by Kevin Wada. Babs Tarr did an amazing job with this HarlIvy foil cover. And I think it’s been a while since I’ve had a David Talaski cover, and this is such a fun beach wraparound cover.