Looking Back at 2025

Here are the comic books that I read in 2025. Some links provided although they might link to more than just the stories listed below. Use the search box on the righthand side of the screen to search this blog.

• Avengers (1963) 182, 185-187
• Criminal: The Sinners 1-5
• DC Special Series 5
• Dracula Lives 1-3
• Fantastic Four 224-231
• Green Arrow (1983) 4
• Grimjack (1984) 3-14
• Human Target: Final Cut
• Human Target (2003) 1-3
• Kane (1993) 19-31
• Mars 5-6
• New Teen Titans (1984) 6-12
• Our Army at War 81
• Queen & Country (2001) 8-12
• Sgt. Rock (1977) 405-406
• Showcase (1956) 94-96
• Tomb of Dracula (1972) 4-11
• Vision and Scarlet Witch (1983) 1-3
• Wolverine: Weapon X

Secret Origins (1986)

• 15 - Deadman and Spectre
• 16 - Warlord and Hourman
• 17 - Adam Strange and Dr. Occult
• Annual 1 - The Doom Patrol and Captain Comet

Batman

• Detective Comics Annual 2
• Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight 28-30
• Detective Comics 444-448

Looking back at 2024

Here are the comic books that I read in 2024. Some links provided although they might link to more than just the stories listed below. Use the search box on the righthand side of the screen to search this blog.

• Amazing Spider-Man 229-230
• Fantastic Four 213-223, Annuals 14-15
• Green Arrow (1983) 1-3
• Grimjack in Starslayer 14-18
• Grimjack (1984) 1-2
• Human Target (1999) 1-4
• Incognito (2008) 1-6
• Junior and Sunny
• Ka-Zar the Savage 27-29
• Kane 13-18
• Mars 1-4
• Queen & Country (2001) 5-7: Operation Morningstar
• Shade, the Changing Man 1-9
• Time Squared: The Epiphany
• Tomb of Dracula (1972) 1-3
• Werewolf by Night 12-14
• X-Men: Bizarre Adventures 27

Secret Origins

• 11: Power Girl and the Goldern Age Hawkman
• 12: The Golden Age Fury and the Challengers of the Unknown
• 13: Nightwing, the Whip, Johnny Thunder
• 14: Suicide Squad

Batman

• Gotham by Gaslight
• Holy Terror
• Dark Allegiances
• Batman Annual 11

Terry and the Pirates

Baltimore Comic Con

Looking back at 2023

Here are the comic books that I read in 2023. Some links provided although they might link to more than just the stories listed below. Use the search box on the righthand side of the screen to search this blog. 

• Amethyst Princess of Gemworld (1983) 1-12
• Avengers Forever 1-4
• Criminal (2006) 6-10
• Criminal (2008) 1-7
• Doc Savage (1987) 1-4
• Fantastic Four 204-212
• Green Lantern (1960) 87, 89
• Kane 5-12
• Marvel Comics Presents 19: Damage Control
• Marvel Premiere 56: Dominic Fortune
• Monstrous: Mad Dash
• New Teen Titans (1984) 1-5
• Queen & Country 1-4
• Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton 5, 6
• Stalker 1-4
• Star Wars 38
• Grimjack in Starslayer 10-13
• Werewolf by Night 9-11
• Wolverine & Nick Fury: The Scorpio Connection

Batman

• Batman 251
• Batman 328
• Batman: Son of the Demon
• Batman Special (1984) 1
• Brave and the Bold 85

Secret Origins

• 5: Crimson Avenger
• 6: Golden Age Batman and Halo
• 7: Green Lantern (Guy Gardener) and the Golden Age Sandman
• 8: Shadow Lass and Doll Man
• 9: Star Spangled Kid & Stripesy and the Golden Age Flash
• 10: The Phantom Stranger

X-Men

• Uncanny X-Men 150
• Uncanny X-Men 159
• Annual 3
• Annual 6

Looking back at 2022

Here are the comic books that I read in 2022. Some links provided although they might link to more than just the stories listed below. Use the search box on the righthand side of the screen to search this blog.

• Amazing Spider-Man Annual 15
• Americomics 3: Blue Beetle
• Captain America (1968) 297-301
• Criminal (2006) 1-5
• DC Comics Presents 85
• Green Lantern (1960) 81-86
• Kane 1-4
• Luger 1-3
• Old Guard (2017) 2-5
• Phoenix (1984) 1
• Rocketeer
• Sgt Rock Special 1
• Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton 1-4
• Superman 400
• Tales of the Teen Titans 56-59
• Teenage Temptation 1
• Way of the Rat 1
• Wonder Woman 300

Secret Origins

• 1: The Golden Age Superman
• 2: Blue Beetle
• 3: Captain Marvel
• 4: Firestorm

Looking back at 2021

Here are the comic books that I read in 2021. Some links provided although they might link to more than just the stories listed below. Use the search box on the righthand side of the screen to search this blog.

• Batman 300
• Captain America (1967) 290-296
• Green Lantern (1960) 76-80
• Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Vol. 8, 9, 10
• Jack Staff (2003) 1-5
• Ka-Zar, the Savage 10-12
• Lazarus (2013) 12-20
• Nathaniel Dusk (1984) 1-4
• The Old Guard (2017) 1
• Spencer and Locke (2017) 1-4
• Spider-Man's Tangled Web 11
• Tales of the Teen Titans 49-55

Superman

• Action Comics 484
• Action Comics 500
• Action Comics 583
• Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow - Part 2

X-Men

• Magik (1983) 1-4
• Uncanny X-Men 160

Looking back at 2020

Here are the comic books that I read in 2020. Some links provided although they might link to more than just the stories listed below. Use the search box on the righthand side of the screen to search this blog.

• Batman and the Outsiders (1983) 11-13
• Black Hammer (2016) 8-13, Giant Sized Annual
• Captain America (1968) 282-289, Annuals 6, 7
• DC Special (1968) 5
• DC Special Series (1977) 9: Wonder Woman Spectacular
• Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Vol. 4-7
• Lazarus (2013) 10, 11
• Manhunter from Detective Comics 437-443
• Marvel Team-Up (1972) 82-85
• Marvel Team-Up 128
• Marvel Two-in-One 56-58
• Spider-Woman 42-44
• Robotman from Star Spangled Comics 26
• Superman 423
• Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow - Part 1
• Tales of the Teen Titans 42-47, Annual 3
• Vampirella / Red Sonja (2019) 1-3
• Xenoxoic Tales 1-14

Looking back at 2019

Here are the comic books that I read in 2019. Some links provided although they might link to more than just the stories listed below. Use the search box on the righthand side of the screen to search this blog.

• All-Star Squadron 36, 37
• Astro Boy Vol. 3
• Avengers (1963) 270-277: Under Siege
• Batman and the Outsiders (1983) 1-10
• Black Hammer (2016) 1-7
• Captain America (1968) 268-281
• DC Comics Presents Annual 1
• Deathlok (1990) 1-4
• Defenders (1972) 102, 104, 106
• Green Lantern (1960) 125-128
• Hellboy: Seed of Destruction 1-4
• Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Vol. 2, 3
• Kurt Busiek's Astro City (1996) 8-12, 1/2, 13
• Lazarus (2013) 1-9
• Marvel Two-in-One 42, 43, 51-55
• New Teen Titans (1980) 34-40, Annual 2
• Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka Vol. 1
• Tales of the Teen Titans 41
• Twilight (1990) 1-3
• X-Force (1991) 8

Looking back at 2018

Here are the comic books that I read in 2018. Some links provided although they might link to more than just the stories listed below. Use the search box on the righthand side of the screen to search this blog.

• Alias (2001) 22-28
• Alpha Flight (1983) 17-20
• ApocalyptiGirl: An Aria for the End Times
• Avengers Annual 9
• B-One Comics Magazine Vol. 2 #5
• Batman / Huntress: Cry for Blood 1-6
• Brave and the Bold 182
• Captain America (1968) 258-267
• Catwoman (2002) 1-9
• Catwoman: Selina's Big Score
• Catwoman: Detective Comics 759-762
• Doom Patrol (1964) 118-121
• Fantastic Four (1998) 62-64
• Hip Hop Family Tree 1 (1970s-1981)
• Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Vol. 1
• Iron Man (1968) 108-116
• Jack of Hearts (1984) 2-4
• Jack Staff (2000) 9-12
• Justice League of America (1960) 140, 141
• Kurt Busiek's Astro City (1996) 1-7
• Love and Rockets: Heartbreak Soup
• Pang, The Wandering Monk Vol. 2
• Marvel Team-Up 134
• Marvel Two-in-One 47, 48
• New Teen Titans (1980) 21-33, Annual 1
• Tales of the New Teen Titans 2-4
• Uncanny X-Men and the New Teen Titans 1
• Velvet (2013) 11-15
• Wolverine (1982) 1-4
• Wolverine: The Jungle Adventure

Looking back at 2017

Here are the comic books that I read in 2017. Some links provided although they might link to more than just the stories listed below. Use the search box on the righthand side of the screen to search this blog.

• Alias (2002) 10-21
• Amazing Spider-Man (1963) 68-70, Annual 2
• Cloak and Dagger (1983) 1-4
• Damned (1997) 1-4
• Death Rattle (1985) 8
• Detective Comics (1937) 526
• Doctor Strange (1974) 14
• Doom Patrol (1964) 106-117
• Eternals (1976) 13-19, Annual 1
• The Fade Out (2014) 10-12
• Invaders (1975) 10-15
• Iron Man (1968) 24, 35, 100-107
• Jack of Hearts (1984) 1
• Jack Staff (2000) 1-8
• JLA: Secret Society of Super-Heroes 1, 2
• Joe Kubert Presents 1-6
• Love Fights (2003) 1-12
• Marvel Premiere 44: Jack of Hearts
• The Private Eye 4-10
• Punisher (2000) 5, 6
• Richard Stark's Parker: The Outfit
• Samurai Jack (2013) 11-20
• Scalped (2007) 56-60
• Tales of the Green Lantern Corps (1981) 3
• Tangled Web of Spider-Man 4
• Thor (1966) Annual 7
• Tomb of Dracula (1972) 44
• Velvet (2013) 1-10
• What If? (1977) 4
• Young Heroes in Love (1977) 4

Captain America

• Captain America (1968) 100
• Captain America and Bucky (2011) 625-628
• Captain America: Patriot 1-4
• Tales of Suspense (1959) 97-99

New Teen Titans

• DC Comics Presents 26
• New Teen Titans (1980) 1-20
• Tales of the New Teen Titans 1

Superman

• Action Comics (1938) 544
• DC Comics Presents 61, Annual 4
• Superman (1939) 362, 363
• Superman (1939) 385, 386

EC Comics (Harvey Kurtzman)

• Conquest from Two-Fisted Tales 18
• Jivarro Death from Two-Fisted Tales 19
• Pirate Gold! from Two-Fisted Tales 20
• Search! from Two-Fisted Tales 21
• Contact from Frontline Combat 2

EC Comics (Wally Wood)

• The Werewolf Legend from The Vault of Horror 12
• The Mad Magician from The Haunt of Fear 15
• The Living Corpse from Crypt of Terror 18
• The Curse of Harley Heath from The Vault of Horror 13
• Horror-Ahead! from Haunt of Fear 16

Looking back at 2016

Here are the comic books that I read in 2016. Some links provided although they might link to more than just the stories listed below. Use the search box on the righthand side of the screen to search this blog.

• Alias (2001) 1-9
• All-Star Squadron 5-6
• Amiculus: A Sacred History
• An Entity Observes All Things
• Avengers (1963) 89-97 (The Kree-Skrull War)
• Avengers (1998) 1-3
• Cinnamon: El Ciclo 4, 5
• Dragonfly
• Eternals (1976) 1-12
• The Fade Out (2014) 1-9
• Fantastic Four (1961) 21
• G.I. Combat 274, 279
• Ghost World
• Ghostopolis
• Hellblazer (1988) 175-180
• Iron Man (1968) 7, 8, 17, 18, 19
• Kurt Busiek's Astro City (1995) 1-6
• Legion of Super-Heroes 291-296
• Love and Capes (2006) 1
• Marvel Double Shot 3: Ant-Man
• Marvel Fanfare 19: Cloak and Dagger
• Tales of the Teen Titans 42-44, Annual 3
• The Private Eye 1-3
• Punisher (2000) 1-4
• Punk Rock and Trailer Parks
• Robotman from Star Spangled Comics 48
• Scalped (2007) 43-55
• Sgt. Fury (1963) 3, 13
• Space Captain 1-3
• The Shadow (1986) 1-4: Blood and Judgement
• Superman Adventures 21
• Titan 1, 2
• Twas the Night Before Krampus: A Tale of St. Nicholas
• Wolverine (2003) 20-30

Spider-Man

• Amazing Spider-Man (1963) 86
• Amazing Spider-Man (1963) 176-180
• Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) 64. 69, 70, 81, 82, 94-96: Cloak and Dagger
• Marvel Team-Up Annual 6: Cloak and Dagger

Batman

• Shadow of the Batman 3, 4, 5
• which reprints Batman stories from Detective Comics 473-478
• also reprints 
• Calamity from the Clyde from Weird War Tales 52
• Viewpoints from Mystery in Space 111
• The Devil's Plague from House of Mystery 254

Captain America

• Tales of Suspense (1959) 79-81

Green Lantern

• Green Lantern (1960) 40
• Tales of the Green Lantern Corps 1-2

Looking Back at 2015

Here are the comic books that I read in 2015. Some links provided although they might link to more than just the stories listed below. Use the search box on the righthand side of the screen to search this blog.

• All-Star Squadron 27-30
• Alpha Flight (1983) 13-16
• Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld Preview
• in Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 298
• Amiculus: Roma Aeterna
• Bandthology II
• Battlefields: Happy Valley 1-3
• Breath of Bones: A Tale of the Golem
• Cinnamon: El Ciclo 1-3
• Copra 1-6
• Crogan's Loyalty
• Daredevil: The Man without Fear (1993) 1-5
• Demon (1987) 1-4
• Dober-Man 1
• Empire (2000) 1-2
• Empire (2003) 1-6
• Exterminators (2006) 11-16
• G.I. Combat 257
• Hard Time: Season Two 1-7
• Heart-Shaped Hole
• Hello Cruel World
• Hip-Hop Family Tree 2-in-1
• Hourman (1999) 18-25
• Jack Hammer: Political Science
• Jonah Hex (2006) 13-15, 27, 32,  33, 37, 54, 59, 61, 63
• Knight of Sidonia Vol. 1
• Kurt Busiek's Astro City (1995) 1
• Legion of Super-Heroes 284-290, Annual 1
• Little Guardians: The Zucchini Festival
• Love and Rockets: Maggie the Mechanic
• Low Concept: 11 O'clock Comics Forum Anthology
• Marvel Two-in-One 50, 100
• Namor, the Sub-Mariner (1991) 13-18
• New Teen Titans (1980) 37
• Ōoku Vol. 7, 8
• Pigs (2011) 1
• The Private Eye 1
• Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter
• Robotman from Star Spangled Comics 47
• Samurai Jack (2014) 1-10
• Scalped 35-42
• Sgt. Fury 1, 2
• She Died in Terrebonne: A Sam Kimimura Mystery
• Speculative Relationships
• Star Spangled Comics 47 (Robotman)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Modala Imperative 2-4
• Superman Adventures 1, 3, 7-9, 11, 12
• Superman Annual 11
• Tarzan 207-214
• Terra 1-4
• Unknown Soldier 266
• Varmints 3
• Yotsuba&! Vol. 7

Batman

• Batman Adventures 12
• Batman Adventures: Mad Love
• Batman and the Outsiders 5
• Legends of the Dark Knight 32-34: Blades
• Legends of the Dark Knight 55-57: Watchtower
• Legends of the Dark Knight Annual 7
• Shadow of the Batman 1-2
• which reprints Batman stories from Detective Comics 469-472
• also reprints 
• Hell Park from House of Mystery 274
• A Canterbury Tail from Weird War Tales 51

Captain America

• Tales of Suspense 78
• Tales of Suspense 92-94
• Tales of Suspense 97-99

Fantastic Four

• Fantastic Four 489
• Books of Doom 1-6
  

Iron Man

• Tales of Suspense (1959) 97-99
• Iron Man and Sub-Mariner 1
• Iron Man (1968) 1
• Iron Man (1968) 95-99
• Iron Man: The Iron Age 1-2
  

The Lou Fine Comics Treasury

• Wilton of the West
• The Flame (7/15) from Wonderworld Comics 11
• The Doll Man from Feature Comics 32
• The Black Condor from Crack Comics 6
• The Ray from Smash Comics 20
• Uncle Sam: The Hollywood Invasion Plot from National Comics 16
• The Black Condor from Crack Comics 18
• Hack O'Hara from Smash Comics 23
• Stormy Foster from Hit Comics 22

Power Girl

• Showcase 98-99
• Secret Origins (1986) 11: Ancient Histories
• JSA Classified (2005) 1-4: Power Trip
• Power Girl (2009) 1-12

X-Men

• Uncanny X-Men 148-150
• Avengers Annual 10

Looking Back at 2014

Here's what I read in 2014. I wasn't blogging about comics in 2014 but I did talk about some of these comic books in episodes of Dave Talks Comics.

• Alpha Flight (1983) 1-12
• Amazing Spider-Man 129, 134, 578, 579
• Amazing Spider-Man Annual 14
• Batman (1940) 426-429
• Challengers of the Unknown (1958) 48
• Challengers of the Unknown (1991) 1-8
• Daredevil 47, 227-233
• Doom Patrol 98-105
• Dry County
• Elementary My Dear 2
• The Exterminators 6-10
• Fantastic Four 215-218, 220, 221
• Gambit (1993) 1-4
• Hard Time 1-12
• Hourman (1999) 7-17
• I Am a German Shepherd
• I Used to Be a German Shepherd
• Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Vol. 8
• Infinity Inc. 1-10
• Leftovers 1-5
• Legend of the Hawkman 1-3
• Legends 1-6
• Marvel Team-Up 100
• Marvel Two-in-One 50
• Mekanix 1-6
• The Mics Templar Vol. 3
• The Micronauts (1978) 1-12
• The 'Nam 13-15
• One Piece Vol. 2
• Packs of the Low Country 1
• The Question (1987) 4-11
• Seekers of Tomorrow
• Showcase (1956) 97
• The Spirit (2007) 11-13
• Space 1, 2
• Uncanny X-Men 145-148
• Vader's Little Princess
• Wandering Son Vol. 3
• Wizzywig

Conan the Barbarian

• Conan the Barbarian (1970) 65-68
• Marvel Feature 6, 7

100- Page Super Spectacular DC-18 reprinted stories from the following comic books

• Adventure Comics (1938) 57 (Hourman)
• The Atom (1962) 8 
• Crack Comics 42 (Captain Triumph)
• Flash Comics (1940) 90 (The Atom)
• Superman (1939) 25, 162
• Superman (1939) 97 (Superboy)
• World's Finest Comics (1941) 5 (TNT and Dan the Dyna-mite)

Hawkman

• Brave and the Bold 34-36, 42-44
• Hawkworld (1989) 1-3

Tintin

• Destination Moon
• Explorers on the Moon
• Land of Black Gold

Star Trek

• Star Trek: The Modala Imperative 1-4
• Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Modala Imperative 1

Warlock

• Warlock (1972) 15
• Marvel Team-Up 55
• Avengers Annual 7
• Marvel Two-in-One Annual 2

Wolverine

• Marvel Comics Presents 85-92
• Marvel Comics Presents 117-122