January 2024 Late Issues 3

All but two are late issues I’d actually had on my list.

Another logo cover, nicely timed with this being this run’s final issue (which might also mean that these runs of SW comics are ending soon and we’ll start new runs post-ROTJ!).

I hadn’t added these to my list, but sometimes when you see variants in person, they just hit differently and I felt the need to get these from last month.

January 31, 2024

Oh, and Happy New Year! I hope that anyone who reads this had a wonderful start to 2024 even if this is being read years in the future, haha.

Of course with Black History Month both DC and Marvel have their specials. Which, wow, I didn’t realize I’d bookended them in this photo! It’s been a while since the last Avengers Inc. I’m excited for this Carnage issue since it seems to be Cletus and the Carnage symbiote clashing. This run of Doctor Aphra is over at 40 issues. Which could suggest that we may be close to ending this SW era between Episode 5 and 6. Dead X-Men, I’m not sure the plot, but I have a guess now that I’ve read 2023’s Hellfire Gala special. Always happy to have more Sabretooth, and this is a war! Another PR Unlimited special. And this is the end of the Beast World event. We got a Trinity special focusing on the offspring of the OG Trinity. I’m excited to learn about Diana’s!

I really liked this Lilo & Stitch cover, it’s just so good! Werneck did a great Hellfire cover. I had to get this Infinity Gauntlet homage cover focusing on Wolverine. This Ward cover of Batman is just nicely done. Nakayama doing his normal amazing thing with this Damian cover. Jorge Jimenez did this fantastic cover for this Trinity issue.

As usual, love these foil covers.

Love this wraparound cover for this special. Also, this was a thick book, I’m surprised it wasn’t more than $9.99.

Whoops! I forgot the posters! 8 hours later haha.

January 24, 2024

Yup, though I finally finished reading the 8 week’s worth I’ve been extremely slow getting through for these past months. So I’m in the middle of sorting comics finally! Though I’m still no where near being caught up to present day, haha.

These couple weeks were smaller than most, so that was nice. DC is quite busy in all these titles. Justice Ducks I got just because I wanted to see where the characters start out as in this story. The Thrawn Alliances novel got a comic run. Magneto returning is intriguing to me, I keep wondering how! And in my recently finished reading, I’ve been seeing some of these GODS characters popping up, so that’s been fun.

I liked the Onomatopoeia on the cover, though I didn’t think about Onomatopoeia (the character) being the person on the cover too, haha. It’s just a fun cover.

In-Hyuk Lee is just so good. I mean look at this!

Taurin Clarke and Barends are just glorious. I’ve been loving these covers.

I think it’s been a while since I’ve got a Massafera cover, this one is so good! And of course, I had to get a cover with The Living Tribunal on it.

January 17, 2024

Such a small week! Monet dropped by T’challa. I’m intrigued by Avengers Twilight! Cable got a new run for Krakoa’s end. Riri is back for a bit. The final issue of Bounty Hunters dropped. Gang war continues with MJ getting another run but under her new moniker Jackpot. DC is just busy everywhere. Those Titans and Nightwing issues are part of the Beast World event.

Such an unexpected meme to use for a Nightwing cover, haha. Riri on the cover of course. Another Leirix fantastic cover. Nakayama’s next cover is fun. And the next Bartel streetwear cover!

January 10, 2024

Yup.

Bizarro returns to Action Comics. Drama on that GL cover. I can’t wait to get to Speed Force. Beast World continues. We got the Rise of the Powers of X issue. Sabretooth War started, it’s a 10-part single title event. I’m interested in what’s going on in Avengers. Dazzler drops by Gwen. Miles got a Giant-size issue. Ultimate (Peter) Spider-Man returns as a title! And Gang War continued.

Taurin Clarke does another great cover here with Avery and Wallace.

Great covers for Beast World!

Acuña did an amazing job on Raven here.

Rise of the Powers of X covers! Can’t wait to see the connecting covers together for FotHoX and RotPoX.

A great character cover for Rasputin IV.

Love this homage cover of Logan(s). And of course Werneck being awesome drawing Wanda.

Another wonderful Bartel cover!

Love seeing all Miles’ villains’ heads on one cover. I always love design variants. It’s good to have Ultimate Peter. And I didn’t look at this Miles cover close enough and almost didn’t see that Kamala was there! Haha.

January 3, 2024

I can’t wait to get to that Batman issue. We got a Zod-focused title for the first time in the character’s history. Marvel gave us another textless animal-centered issue, this time the cats of Marvel are mostly the stars. I think this is a new Vader arc. Kid Venom got a one-shot. Stephen and the FF have a lot going on it seems. Moon Knight returns in this miniseries. And the proper beginning of the Fall of Krakoa is here!

Love this Batman cover showing the double duality. There’s Mephisto again (though this is set in the past). And look at that Galactus cover! I knew there would be one of these Masterworks covers that I’d like enough to get.

Another wonderful cover by Šejić with a little fourth-wall breaking. A fantastic Szerdy cover. And an amazing Gist cover!

Happy to have the duo of Ilyana and Kate in these variants by Artgerm and In-Hyuk Lee respectively.

December 27, 2023

The last issues I’ve read have been X-titles, and things just got quite bad for everyone at the 2023 Hellfire Gala, so I can assume that these issues of Immortal and X-Force are chaotic. Gang War continues. We got another annual Timeless issue. Darkest Hour continues for the MMPR. Dawn of DC continues with most issues. Can’t wait to get to these! Beast World continues as well.

I always enjoy seeing Spectre pop up in arcs, so I had to get another copy of this.

I know I said I wouldn’t get all the Nightmare variants, and I still am not going to, but I have been getting more than I thought I would be getting. I mean look at these!

They don’t happen often, but here’s another magazine cover variant! I don’t really know why I love these so much, but I do.

A double Raven variant week. The first by Barends and the next, of course, the wonderful Jen Bartel.

And the last one is this Alex Ross gatefold cover of his recent mural art