Saturday, June 18, 2022

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
The Archie Babies Collection
The Avengers 16
Claw the Unconquered 1, 7, 8, & 9
Crisis on Infinite Earths 1 – 9
Doc Savage 1 & 2
Flash 229
The Green Hornet Strikes 1 – 5
Jungle Tales #4
Sad Sack and the Sarge 53
Tarzan 207 – 210, & 215
Tor 1 & 2
 
BOOKS:
The Successor, by Stephen Frey, COMPLETED.
A Cat by Any Other Name, by Lydia Adamson, COMPLETED.
Out of House and Home, by Drew Hayes, pages 1 – 97.
The Road Twice Traveled, by R.A. Jones, pages 76 – 128.
The Story of Christianity, volume II, by Justo L. González, pages 416 – 422.
In Scoring Position, by Bob Ryan & Bill Chuck, pages 38 – 80.    

Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Podcast Marathon

 

The surprise return of an old blog feature!

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Summer + I was home all day yesterday = Listening to a ton of podcasts!  Here is what I heard:

3rd Degree Byrne: Kirk, Tim, & Brian talk about issues 25 & 26 of John Byrne's fanfic continuation of his X-Men run, "X-Men Elsewhen."

The Tony Kornheiser Show: Sports and pop culture discussions, from Washington, DC.

Battleship Pretension #795: Tyler & David are joined by Susan Burke to discuss how one's movie-watching experiences change after becoming a parent.

The Ferment Podcast: Author Ed Piorek joins the hosts to discuss his early years in the Vineyard movement, and experiences pastoring churches over the last few decades. 

The Bronze Age of Horror Comics #1: A new show in Billy D's Magazines & Monsters feed, this first episode covered the classic first issue of the classic 1970s Tomb of Dracula comic book.

Arsenal Vision Podcast #589: The hosts begin a 3-episode series of player reviews for the just-finished English football (soccer) season.

WSJ: Potomac Watch: Hosts from the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal discuss the news and politics of the day.

Saturday, June 11, 2022

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
All-Star Western (New 52) 23
The Batman Scooby-Doo Mysteries 3, 9, & 10
Birds of Prey 6
Blake & Mortimer: The Strange Encounter
The Executioner 1 – 3
Huckleberry Hound Summer Fun #31
Indiana Jones: The Arms of Gold, The Shrine of the Sea Devil
Life With Archie 49 & 51 – 55
Scarlet Witch #1
The Shadow / Batman 1 – 6
Zorro Rides Again 1 – 6
 
BOOKS:
Wolfhead, by Charles L. Harness, COMPLETED.
The Successor, by Stephen Frey, Pages 1 – 163.
The Road Twice Traveled, by R.A. Jones, pages 41 – 76.
The Story of Christianity, volume II, by Justo L. González, pages 405 – 416.
In Scoring Position, by Bob Ryan & Bill Chuck, pages 1 –38.
 
SCI-FI MAGAZINE COMPLETED:
Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction,
December 1977. 


Saturday, June 4, 2022

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
Batman Family 6
Betty’s Diary 12
Brothers of the Spear 1
Daughters of the Dragon 1 – 6
Grayson 1 & 2
James Bond 007: 1 – 12
Skull the Slayer 8
Slightly Exaggerated 1 & 2
S.T.A.R. Corps 3 & 4
 
BOOKS:
Morbius: Blood Ties, by Bendan Deneen, COMPLETED.
Wolfhead, by Charles L. Harness, pages 39 – 97.
The Road Twice Traveled, by R.A. Jones, pages 1 – 41.
The Story of Christianity, volume II, by Justo L. González, pages 396 – 405.
 
SCI-FI MAGAZINE COMPLETED:
Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction,
November 1977. 



Saturday, May 28, 2022

This Week in Reading


COMICS:  
Blacksad: Arctic Nations, A Red Soul, & Somewhere Within the Shadows
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future 1 & 2
Chum #1
Crime Pays OGN
Doctor Who: Empire of the Wolf 4
Fight Against Crime 5 & 17
Justice League America 47
Nathaniel Dusk II 1 – 4
Police Trap 5 & 6
Postal 1 – 4
Robin 23 – 26
Sherlock Holmes: The Curious Case of the Vanishing Villain
Wonder Woman 277
 
BOOKS:
The Demon Spirit, by R. A. Salvatore, COMPLETED.
Morbius: Blood Ties, by Bendan Deneen, pages 1 – 91.
Wolfhead, by Charles L. Harness, pages 1 – 39.
The Story of Christianity, volume II, by Justo L. González, pages 384 – 396.
The Forensic Files of Batman
, by Doug Moench, pages 97 – 115.

Saturday, May 21, 2022

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
Adventure Comics 300
Archie Meets Riverdale
Archie’s Mysteries 25 – 29
Batman: Gordon of Gotham 1 – 4
Claw the Unconquered (WildStorm) 5 & 6
House of Slaughter 6
JLA Secret Files & Origins 2
John Law, Detective #1
Lady Mechanika 4
Maze Agency (Caliber) 1 – 3
Nathaniel Dusk 1 – 4
Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Missing Martian
The Trial of Sherlock Holmes 1 – 5
 
BOOKS:
Quarry in the Black, by Max Allan Collins, COMPLETED.
The Eye of Zoltar, by Jasper Fforde, COMPLETED.
The Demon Spirit, by R. A. Salvatore, pages 393 – 485.
The Story of Christianity, volume II, by Justo L. González, pages 372 – 384.

SCI-FI MAGAZINE COMPLETED:
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1974.


Saturday, May 14, 2022

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
Batman: GCPD 1 – 4
Creatures on the Loose 26
Dynamite 3 – 6
Free Comic Book Day: 2000 AD, Archie, Captain Underpants, DC Dark Crisis, Doctor Who, Donald Duck, The Incal Universe, It Won’t Always Be Like This, League of SuperPets, Marvel Judgment Day, Max Meow, Primos, & Red Sonja
Mindbenders Book One
Scene of the Crime 1 – 4
Short Order Crooks #1
Something is Killing the Children 22
Whodunnit #2
 
BOOKS:
Vulture Peak, by John Burdett, COMPLETED.
The Demon Spirit, by R. A. Salvatore, pages 281 – 393.
The Story of Christianity, volume II, by Justo L. González, pages 359 – 372.
The Eye of Zoltar, by Jasper Fforde, pages 141 – 191.
The Forensic Files of Batman
, by Doug Moench, pages 77 – 97.