This was the era of Nightwing no more (Dick Grayson had been shot in the head and had a very strong case of amnesia for a while), he lived as Rick and got away from things he didn’t know (which included all of the Bat-family), Deathstroke was dealing with being in Arkham, the Witching Hour had begun in Wonder Woman and Justice League Dark, ah yes, DC did these foil covers (I can’t remember if these was a particular reason, they’ll be at the bottom), Shatterstar got a run for a bit, Tony and Janet were a thing for a while, Doctor Strange and Doctor Strange (not actually a strange or rare situation surprisingly), more from baby Thanos, Superior Octopus makes his return in a body he made this time (unlike last time when he was Superior Spider-Man and was in Peter’s body), a couple new What If…? comics, X-Men Black started and a very cool story arc of Champions started.

Titans dealing with disciples of Brother Blood, Justice League Dark has the Upside-down Man grace its cover for the first time (I mean he debuted only two issues previous, but still. He’s still around today), The first issues of the crazy cosmic journey of Justice League Odyssey (Darkseid was a main character, how could I not??), there was also the first issue of the very intense event series of Heroes in Crisis (it took a while to get done, and you had to be paying attention to follow things, but it was great), Peter having a super villain as a roommate was always a fun time XD, Sentry and his ex-sidekick had issues, more Infinity Warps, Extermination, Spidergeddon starting and the final issue of X-Men Blue. This was a packed week!

At this point I had caught up on sorted comics and caught up on reading and was actually able to read this pile when I got it!

Harley reading this comic of Harley reading this comic of Harley reading this comic of Harley reading this comic of Harley reading this comic of Harley reading this comic of Harley reading this comic of Harley reading this comic of Harley reading this comic of Harley reading this comic of Harley reading this comic. Ok, I’m done.

Ah yes, Mr. and Mrs. X focused on Rogue and Gambit protecting the Empress to be, that’s right, I think this is the first time we met Sleeper in Venom First Host, Life of Captain Marvel was getting tense, the Leader and who else behind the scenes of Hulk, a firebird and a hammer in Thor, we got our first Infinity Warps issues with those mashup characters of two individuals warped into one being with a history, Logan finally returned, and of course, the infamous Black Label Batman comic that gave readers our first, and probably only, look at Bruce’s genitalia. Of course, once the first printing of that issue was done, they reprinted it without that particular detail.

Strength Force Flash, Avenging Kara, Titans craziness, Kal vs Rogol, Carter and Thanagar, Squirrel Girl’s silent issue, X-Men Blue issues winding down, Kamala vs Shocker, Queen of the Skrulls in Venom, Iceman getting a new miniseries, Runaways with that gorgeous cover, the Exiles on trial via a crazy group of wayward Watchers, Infinity Wars going all out, and the FF dealing with, well, a lot of things at once.

This day’s haul and the second image is cool covers and variants from the past months. At this point I’d sorted the past 10 weeks of comics away, but was still two weeks behind.

General chaos up top, the story of the Venom symbiote’s first host, Scott and Nadia still having spacial problems, we were getting used to this new Hulk, I think that Avengers issue got us one of the first better looks into the Avengers group of the year 1,000,000 B.C., Cosmic Ghost Rider was still trying to kill Thanos in the past, If I’m remembering correctly, this Silver Surfer run could have been where he goes into the past, but I’m not sure, we got the first issue of the Asgardians of he Galaxy, the Death of the Inhumans event was still hitting hard, and Unnatural had started.

Power Rangers comics of this era always have amazing variant covers, I just can’t get them all because it would e way too much to get all the covers each time. But they are all extremely well done. And anything with Darkseid on the cover is almost an instant buy for me XD.

This week’s are the first image, great variants in the second. Venom comics extending the symbiote lore, Runaways dealing with drama, Extermination continues, and Spidergeddon stories in the multiverse.

An almost forgotten photo this time, I posted it a week later. Flash dealing with The Strength Force, ah yes, Matt Murdock’s twin “brother” XD, Deadpool interrupting Mr. and Mrs. X, Venom’s bigger story taking shape, Avengers continuing to deal with the Final Host, and a new run of West Coast Avengers started (Loved this run so much! A few characters whose books were cancelled all rolled into one book? Perfect!)!!

General chaos, this Batgirl run got to 25 issues, a Beckett one-shot from Star Wars, Weapon H met Capt, Multiple Man and his others, Stephen running from making a space mess, things are stirring in the nine realms in Thor, the Edge of Spidergeddon had begun, Infinity Wars was ramping up and a new X-Men event that would change many things was just beginning in Extermination.

The Flash variants and Wonder Woman variants for these arcs were fantastic!

Image one is the NCBD issues and the second are variants. A Guardian dead, Damian started a new team of Teen Titans (most of the characters are still around and going ok), ah yes, Supergirl is furious after what Rogol did (it was quite tragic), oh I forgot that Earth got a little Phantom Zone action, Catwoman had started her new era, Daredevil got into big trouble, the Champions met Man-Thing, and of course, THE RICHARDS FAMILY RETURNS!! XD Reed, Sue, Dragon Man and all the kids found their way back home.

Ah right, Harley was going through an apokoliptic situation XD (and at this point she was all 4th Wall breaking-y), Lex had started influencing the public about siding with Doom over Justice, a fab Dazzler cover for that Astonishing X-Men issue, and basically everything after that issue is just horror XD. Good times.

Just variant and cool covers from previous weeks. Though that Star Wars cover with Leia on it was amazing ^__^