Saturday, December 29, 2018

This Week in Reading

COMICS:                                  
Archie Holiday Annual 2017
Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp 4 & 6
Iron Man Annual 11
Justice League Dark 6
Marvel Super Heroes Megazine 3
Queen & Country 1 – 12
Star Trek Mirror Mirror 1
Superman Family 166 & 175
Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen Special 1


BOOKS:
The Secret Adversary, by Agatha Christie, COMPLETED.
Death is Forever, by John Gardner, pages 152 – 241.
The Encyclopedia Blazertannica, by Michael Davies & Rog Bennet, pages 56 – 93.
Boo Humbug, by Rene Gutteridge, pages 1 – 84.      

Saturday, December 22, 2018

This Week in Reading

COMICS:                                  
Americomics 1
Captain America 403 – 405, Annuals 9 & 10
Congorilla 2 & 3
Eternity Girl 1 – 6
Fight Man 1
National Comics Eternity #1
Pep Digital 125: B & V Friends: Snow Day
Power Man & Iron Fist 6 – 9
Power Man & Iron Fist Sweet Christmas 2016 Annual
TSR Worlds Annual 1
Wonder Woman 60

BOOKS:
Miracle Monday, by Elliot S! Maggin, COMPLETED.
The Blinding Knife, by Brent Weeks, COMPLETED.
Death is Forever, by John Gardner, pages 72 – 152.
The Encyclopedia Blazertannica, by Michael Davies & Rog Bennet, pages 1 – 56.
The Secret Adversary, by Agatha Christie, pages 1 – 107.       

Saturday, December 15, 2018

This Week in Reading

COMICS:                   
A Christmas Carol: The Night That Changed the Life of Eliza Scrooge OGN
Black & White 1
Huckleberry Hound 31
Kid Eternity 1 – 9
Life with Archie 251 – 253, 255 & 256              
The Sandman Universe 1
Superman 280, 612 & 676
True Believers: What If Dr. Doom Had Become A Hero?
Turok / Timewalker 2        
Wonder Woman 59                                                                                           
BOOKS:
Longbow Girl, by Linda Davies, COMPLETED.
Miracle Monday, by Elliot S! Maggin, pages 95 – 152.
The Blinding Knife, by Brent Weeks, pages 422 – 596.
Death is Forever, by John Gardner, pages 1 – 72.

Saturday, December 8, 2018

This Week in Reading


COMICS: 
2099 AD Apocalypse
2099 AD Genesis
Action Comics 714
Adventures of the Super Sons 5
Archie & Me 153
Archie Giant Series 219 (Li’l Jinx Christmas Bag)
Protectors, Inc 1 – 6
Punisher 2009 15
Sad Sack 253
St George 1 – 8
Superman: The Man of Steel 49
True Believers Fantastic Four vs. Doctor Doom 1
Turok Dinosaur Hunter 14 & 34
UFO and Outer Space 23


BOOKS:
The Blinding Knife, by Brent Weeks, pages 336 – 422.
Longbow Girl, by Linda Davies, pages 160 – 255.
Miracle Monday, by Elliot S! Maggin, pages 1 – 95.

Saturday, December 1, 2018

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
Captain America 400 & 401
Justice League Dark 5
The Last Days of the Justice Society of America
Manhunter 20
Michael Moorcock’s Multiverse 1 – 12
Moonshine 7 – 12
Richie Rich Fortunes 21
World’s Greatest Super-Heroes Holiday Special #1

BOOKS:
License Restored, by John Gardner, COMPLETED.  
The Blinding Knife, by Brent Weeks, pages 198 – 336.
Longbow Girl, by Linda Davies, pages 73 – 160.     

Saturday, November 24, 2018

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
DC Nation 6
The Death of Hawkman 1 – 6
The Fightin’ Marines 110
Justice League of America 183
Legends 4
Marvel Team-Up 41, 65, & 93
Richie Rich Success Stories 61
Rivers of London: Body Work 1 – 5
Sgt Rock 304
Unknown Soldier 265
War #9
Wonder Woman 58
Wonder Woman & Justice League Dark: The Witching Hour #1
World’s Finest 239, 289, & 311

BOOKS:
On The Babylonian Captivity of the Church, by Martin Luther, COMPLETED.
License Restored, by John Gardner, pages 77 – 150.
The Blinding Knife, by Brent Weeks, pages 84 – 198.
Longbow Girl, by Linda Davies, pages 1 –  73.

Saturday, November 17, 2018

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
Adventures of the Super Sons 4
Alpha Flight 9 & 24 
Animosity: Evolution 1 & 2
Archie 342 – 344
Backways 1
Blazing Battle Tales 1
Detective Comics 969 – 974, Annual 1
Eternal Warrior 11
Marvel Comics Presents 145 & 156
Pep Digital 185
Silver Surfer 107
Strange Tales 187
Superman Monthly 33
Our Fighting Forces 170
Walt Disney Mickey Mouse 111

BOOKS:
Below the Belt, by Stuart Woods, COMPLETED.
On The Babylonian Captivity of the Church, by Martin Luther, pages 54 – 94.
License Restored, by John Gardner, pages 1 – 77.
The Blinding Knife, by Brent Weeks, pages 1 – 84

Saturday, November 10, 2018

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
Archie, Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Digest #40
Blackhawk 228, 245, 254, & 258
Detective Comics 963 – 968
Lady Mechanika: Les Belle Dame Sans Merci 1 – 3
Midnight Mystery 1
Pep Digital 24
Tap Dance Killer 1
Tomorrow Stories 1 – 4
Winter War 1 – 4
Wonder Woman 57

BOOKS:
Dear and Glorious Physician, by Taylor Caldwell, COMPLETED.
Lucifer, Leviathan, Lilith, and Other Mysterious Creatures of the Bible, by Joel R. Soza, COMPLETED.
Below the Belt, by Stuart Woods, pages 131 – 227.
On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church, by Martin Luther, pages 1 – 54.

Saturday, November 3, 2018

This Week in Reading


COMICS:
Batman Confidential 1
Baron Rat One-Dollar One-Shot
Gotham City Sirens 20 – 26
Howard the Duck 6
The Lost City Explorers 1 & 2
Monolith 1 – 3
Powerline 1 – 8
Richie Rich Gems 42
Sgt Rock Annual 3 & 4
Son of Vulcan 1
The War That Time Forgot #1


BOOKS:
To Marry Medusa, by Theodore Sturgeon, COMPLETED.
Dear and Glorious Physician, by Taylor Caldwell, pages 403 –  469.
Below the Belt, by Stuart Woods, pages 44 – 131.
Lucifer, Leviathan, Lilith, and Other Mysterious Creatures of the Bible, by Joel R. Soza, pages 1 – 46.

Saturday, October 27, 2018

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
Gotham City Sirens 14 – 19
Grimm Fairy Tales 31 – 36
Ghosts 33
Gross Point 1
Jughead 241
Justice League Dark 4
Manhunter 19
Neomen 1
The New Exiles 1 & 5
Pep Digital 25
Phantom Stranger 3 & 32
Uncle Scrooge 71
Wonder Woman 56

BOOKS:
Into the Fire, by Linda Davies, COMPLETED.
To Marry Medusa, by Theodore Sturgeon, pages 1 – 94.
Below the Belt, by Stuart Woods, pages 1 – 44.
Dear and Glorious Physician, by Taylor Caldwell, pages 348 –  403.

Saturday, October 20, 2018

This Week in Reading


COMICS:
Adventures of the Super Sons 3
Archie & Me 155 & 158
Archie 3000 10 & 16
Dial H 11 – 15
Doctor Radar 1 & 2
Doctor Zero 1 – 8
Green Lanterns 57
House of Mystery 239 & 246
The Nam Magazine 2
Universal Monsters: The Mummy

BOOKS:
Going Dark, by James W. Hall, COMPLETED.
The Entitlement Cure, by Dr. John Townsend, COMPLETED.
Dear and Glorious Physician, by Taylor Caldwell, pages 295 –  348.
Into the Fire, by Linda Davies, pages 178 – 247.

Saturday, October 13, 2018

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
Amazing Spider-Man 103
Chamber of Chills 25
Dial H 1 – 10
Geek-Girl #3
Green Lanterns 55 & 56
Namor 50
Sensational She-Hulk 31
She-Hulk 5
Supreme 25
The XII #3
Thor 603, Giant-Size Finale
Whodunnit #1
Wonder Woman 252, 278, 294, & 303

BOOKS:
The Entitlement Cure, by Dr. John Townsend, pages 171 – 205.
Dear and Glorious Physician, by Taylor Caldwell, pages 228 –  295.
Into the Fire, by Linda Davies, pages 127 – 178.
Going Dark, by James W. Hall, pages 1 – 64.

Saturday, October 6, 2018

This Week in Reading


COMICS:
Aberrant 1
Avengers: The Crossing
DC Super-Stars 1
Halloween ComicFest 2017: The Mighty Thor, Hellboy, Grimm Tales of Terror
Ironwolf
Justice League Dark 3
Love and Rockets, vol IV, 1 & 2
Kill or Be Killed 11 – 20
Van Helsing vs Frankenstein 1 – 5
Venger Robo 6
Werewolf by Night 22
Wonder Woman 55

BOOKS:
Nine Lives to Die, by Rita Mae Brown and Sneakie Pie Brown, COMPLETED.
The Entitlement Cure, by Dr. John Townsend, pages 125 – 171.
Dear and Glorious Physician, by Taylor Caldwell, pages 165 –  228.
Into the Fire, by Linda Davies, pages 73 – 127.

Saturday, September 29, 2018

This Week in Reading


COMICS:
A&A 1 – 4
Archie’s Pals ‘n’ Gals 181 – 184
Back Issue 90
Batgirl and the Birds of Prey 14 –  22
Blue Devil 30
Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew 17
Manhunter 18
The New Archies 9
Shazam! 19
Talos of the Wilderness Sea
Tangent Comics: Nightwing NightForce
Walt Disney Presents King Louie & Mowgli
Wonder Woman 54
Xenozoic!, pages 302 – 324 (*)


BOOKS:
The Entitlement Cure, by Dr. John Townsend, pages 75 – 125.
Dear and Glorious Physician, by Taylor Caldwell, pages 121 – 165. 
Into the Fire, by Linda Davies, pages 34 – 73.
Nine Lives to Die, by Rita Mae Brown and Sneakie Pie Brown, pages 73 – 148.

(*) covering “Dangerous Grounds,” the first story that was discussed by Ruth & Darrin Sutherland in episode 15 of their excellent Xenozoic Xenophiles podcast.