Saturday, December 30, 2023

This Week in Reading

COMICS:  
Badger Saves the World 1 – 5
Brave & the Bold 161
Daffy Duck 54, 66, & 111
Doom 2099 32 & 33
D.P. 7 #2
Glory & Friends Christmas Special
The Last Stories of the DC Universe
Nancy 158
PEP Digital 175: The Magic of Christmas
Spider-Man / Gen 13
Superman Family 183 & 203
Van Helsing: Sword of Heaven 1 – 6
 
BOOKS:
Desperate Measures, by Stuart Woods, COMPLETED.
The Intrusion of Jimmy, by P.G. Wodehouse, COMPLETED.
To Enjoy Him Forever, by Malcolm Webber, COMPLETED.
Nutcracker of Crystalfall, by Kay L. Moody, COMPLETED.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church, Ascension edition, COMPLETED.
 
SCI-FI  MAGAZINE COMPLETED:
Asimov’s, July-August 2022.

Saturday, December 23, 2023

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
Jennifer Blood 7 – 18
The Legends of NASCAR Christmas Special
The Outsiders 5
Pep Digital 120: Archie & Friends: Christmas Presents
Slash Maraud 1 – 6
Yosemite Sam 29, 32, & 34
 
BOOKS:
Desperate Measures, by Stuart Woods, COMPLETED.
The Intrusion of Jimmy, by P.G. Wodehouse, pages 1 – 154.
To Enjoy Him Forever, by Malcolm Webber, pages 35 – 54.
Nutcracker of Crystalfall, by Kay L. Moody, pages 1 – 38.  
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, by Richard Bauckham, pages 235 – 244.
 
NON-SCI-FI  MAGAZINE COMPLETED:
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, January 1975.

Saturday, December 16, 2023

This Week in Reading

COMICS
Archie’s Christmas Wonderland
Archie Free Digital Digest 16 & 17
Avenue X #1
Betty & Veronica 24 – 27
Damsel from D.I.S.T.R.E.S.S. 3 – 5
JSA 55
Pirates of Venus 2
Solar Flare: Season Three 1 – 6
Superman Family 166, 168, & 176
Wally Wood’s T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents 1 & 2

BOOKS:
Murder Through the Mirror, by L. B. Hathaway, COMPLETED.
Desperate Measures, by Stuart Woods, pages 1 – 154.
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, by Richard Bauckham, pages 224 – 235.
To Enjoy Him Forever, by Malcolm Webber, pages 1 – 35.
 
NON-SCI-FI  MAGAZINE COMPLETED:
Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, March/April 2022.

Saturday, December 9, 2023

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
Archie’s Giant Series 204, 219, 479, & 491
Beyond the Stars 1 & 2
Blue Beetle 5, 12, 13, 15, & 21
The Curse of Brimstone Annual
DC Special 21
Detective Comics 484
Ides of Blood #1
Mullkon Empire 1 – 6
Oz Annual: Patchwork Girl
The Punisher 52
X-Men 187
Zatanna & the House of Mystery OGN
 
BOOKS:
The House in November, by Keith Laumer, COMPLETED.
Turbulence, by Stuart Woods, COMPLETED.
Wasteland & Witch’s Oath novellas, by Terry Goodkind, COMPLETED.
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, by Richard Bauckham, pages 214 – 224.
 
SCI-FI  MAGAZINE COMPLETED:
Worlds of If, December 1969. 

Saturday, December 2, 2023

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
100-Page Super Spectacular DC-21 (Superboy)
Battron: Against the Chariots
Birds of Prey (New 52) 14
Conan the Barbarian (Titan) 5
Fightin’ Marines 14, 15, 16, 137 & 144
Giant-Size Doc Savage 1
Life with Archie 5
Our Fighting Forces 166, Special 1
Richie Rich Gems 21 & 37
Rowan’s Ruin 2 & 3
The Saga of the Sub-Mariner 3, 4, & 6 – 12
 
BOOKS:
The House in November, by Keith Laumer, pages 47 – 85.
Turbulence, by Stuart Woods, pages 1 – 247.
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, by Richard Bauckham, pages 202 – 214.


SCI-FI  MAGAZINE COMPLETED:
Worlds of If, November 1969.

Saturday, November 25, 2023

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
Archie 241
Archie’s Pals ‘n’ Gals 29
Army at War 1
Betty & Veronica 190
Blackhawk 106, 204, 208, 212, 244, 258, & 260
The Brave & the Bold 54 & 118
Captain America: Theater of War: Ghosts of My Country, Prisoners of Duty, & To Soldier On
Exorsisters 5
Fightin’ Army 16, 17, & 129
GI War Tales 4
Knights of the Skull 1 – 3
Metal Men 45
Pep 208
Sad Sack’s Army Life Parade 40, 47, & 54
 
BOOKS:
Emerald Windows, by Terri Blackstock, COMPLETED.
The Miracle of Castel Di Sangro, by Joe McGinniss, COMPLETED.
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, by Richard Bauckham, pages 194 – 202.
The House in November, by Keith Laumer, pages 1 – 47.
 
SCI-FI  MAGAZINE COMPLETED:
Worlds of If, October 1969.

Saturday, November 18, 2023

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
Air Fighters Classics 1
The Amazing Chan & the Chan Clan #1
Fire Team 5 & 6
GI Joe Season 2, #18
Gulf War Journal 5 – 9
The Inspector 4
Iron Man 200
Justice League 6 – 10
Stonewall in the Shenandoah
Super Goof 27 & 37
Superman: Son of Kal-El 6
Superman vs Meshi 1 – 6
Weird War Tales 1 & 2



BOOKS:
Thicker Than Water, by Mike Carey, COMPLETED.
Emerald Windows, by Terri Blackstock, pages 1 – 152.
The Miracle of Castel Di Sangro, by Joe McGinniss, pages 238 – 302. 
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, by Richard Bauckham, pages 182 – 194.
 
SCI-FI  MAGAZINE COMPLETED:
Lightspeed Magazine, November 2018.


Saturday, November 11, 2023

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
All-American Men of War 109
Battlefield Action 65
Captain America: The Chosen 6
Deathstroke, Inc. 1 – 5
Ghost Rider 45
GI Combat 211
GI Joe Hasbro 2
Gulf War Journal 1 – 4
Hero Cats 19
Jughead 132, 161, 177, & 322
Our Army at War 147
The Rocketeer: The Great Race #1
Thulsa Doom 2
U.S. Ghost Army
War Story: D-Day Dodgers, Johann’s Tiger, Nightingale, & Screaming Eagles


BOOKS:
Murder and the Mermaids, by L. B. Hathaway, COMPLETED.
Thicker Than Water, by Mike Carey, pages 1 – 224.
The Miracle of Castel Di Sangro, by Joe McGinniss, pages 121 – 238. 
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, by Richard Bauckham, pages 172 – 182.

SCI-FI  MAGAZINE COMPLETED:
Fantastic Stories, April 1979.

Saturday, November 4, 2023

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
Avengers 200
Batman / Catwoman The Gotham War Prelude
Betty & Veronica 21 – 23
Bugs Bunny 107
Conan the Barbarian 4
GI Joe: A Real American Hero 2, 12, 213, & 276
Justice League Unlimited 7 & 16
Legion of Super-Heroes (1973) 1
Night Witches at War
Superman Adventures 21 & 39
True Believers: Carol Danvers #1
Weird War Tales 26, 35, 41, & 87
X-Factor 21 & 22
Year Zero 1 & 2
Zen Intergalactic Ninja: Hard Bounty 1 – 4
 
BOOKS:
Posthumous Education, by Drew Hayes, COMPLETED.
The Scribbly Man and Hateful Things, novellas, by Terry Goodkind, COMPLETED.
The Miracle of Castel Di Sangro, by Joe McGinniss, pages 53 – 121. 
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, by Richard Bauckham, pages 165 – 172.
 
SCI-FI  MAGAZINE COMPLETED:
Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2000. 

Saturday, October 28, 2023

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
Action Comics 585, 592, & 593
Archie vs Sharknado #1
Atomic Robo: The Vengeful Dead 1 – 5
Batman & The Joker: The Deady Duo Book One
Birds of Prey (New 52) 13
BRZRKR: Poetry of Madness #1
The Demon: Hell Is Earth 2 – 6
Dracula 4
Franklin and Ghost OGN
Hotell 1 – 3
House of Secrets 149
House of Slaughter 16
Old Haunts
Red Border 1 & 2
The Spectre (1987) 1 – 3
Weird Wonder Tales 11
 
BOOKS:
Cloak of Aesir, by John W. Campbell, COMPLETED.
Posthumous Education, by Drew Hayes, pages 53 – 183.
The Miracle of Castel Di Sangro, by Joe McGinniss, pages 1 – 53. 
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, by Richard Bauckham, pages 154 – 165.
 
SCI-FI  MAGAZINE COMPLETED:
Analog, August 1962

 

Saturday, October 21, 2023

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
Archangel 8 1 – 3
Archie Free Digital Digest 15
The Black Hand 1 – 4
Fallstreak OGN
Ghosts 89
Grimm’s Ghost Stories 43
Pep Digital 165: Sabrina’s Haywire Hexes
Resistance 1 – 3
Scarlet Huntress: Tales Through Time 1
Solar Flare: Season Two: 1 – 6
Something is Killing the Children 31 & 32
Twilight Zone 19
Unexpected 217
Veil #1
Weird Worlds 1 – 4

BOOKS:
Furmidable Foes, by Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown, COMPLETED.
Cloak of Aesir, by John W. Campbell, pages 132 – 197.
Posthunous Education, by Drew Hayes, pages 1 – 53.
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, by Richard Bauckham, pages 137 – 154.
 
NON-SCI-FI  MAGAZINE COMPLETED:
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, March/April 2022.

Saturday, October 14, 2023

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
Adventures into the Unknown 142
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina 6 – 9
Chilling Adventures Presents: Strange Science
Chilling Adventures Presents: Madam Satan: Hell on Earth #1
Conan the Barbarian (Titan) 2 & 3
Damned, Cursed Children 1 – 5
Ghostbusters: Answer the Call 2
Grimm Tales of Terror 2016
He Who Fights with Monsters 1 & 2
Holliston Goes to Hell OGN
Journey into Mystery 2
Pep Digital 111: Archie & Friends: Ghost Stories
Shadowhawk / Vampirella: Creatures of the Night
The Shrinking Man #1
Vamplets #1
Vault of Horror 4

BOOKS:
Quarry’s Blood, by Max Allan Collins, COMPLETED.
Border, Breed nor Birth, by Mack Reynolds, COMPLETED.
Furmidable Foes, by Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown, pages 1 – 121.
Cloak of Aesir, by John W. Campbell, pages 102 – 132.
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, by Richard Bauckham, pages 127 – 137.

SCI-FI  MAGAZINE COMPLETED:
Realms of Fantasy, August 2002. 

Saturday, October 7, 2023

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery 21 & 69
Bugs Bunny 132
Chassis #1
Dr. Kildare 8
Ghostly Haunts 47
Holliston: Carnival of Carnage OGN
Jennifer Blood 1 – 6
Jinx: A Cursed Life
Joe Frankenstein 3 & 4
Pep Digital 58: Archie’s Madhouse
ROM (2016) #1
The Rot 1 – 3
Sherlock Holmes and the Horror of Frankenstein
The Unknown Worlds of Frank Brunner 1 & 2
Vampirella 14
Van Helsing vs. Dracula 1 – 5
 
BOOKS:
Quarry’s Blood, by Max Allan Collins, pages 1 – 147.
Border, Breed nor Birth, by Mack Reynolds, pages 51 – 93.
Cloak of Aesir, by John W. Campbell, pages 56 – 102.
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, by Richard Bauckham, pages 113 – 127.
 
NON-SCI-FI  MAGAZINE COMPLETED:
Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, September/October 2022. 

Saturday, September 30, 2023

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
3 Corps #2
Betty & Veronica 136 & 151
Birds of Prey (New 52) 12
Darklon the Mystic #1
Detective Comics 481
The Flash 173
G.I.L.T. #1
Last Resorts #1
Refuse #1
Suicide Squad (1987) 5 – 7
Sword of Sorcery 1
Telepaths 1
Thun’da (2012) 1 – 5
Thun’da (1952) 1
Wonder Girl 1 – 7, Annual 1
 
BOOKS:
Murder in a Chelsea Garden, by L. B. Hathaway, COMPLETED.
Cloak of Aesir, by John W. Campbell, pages 1 – 56.
Border, Breed nor Birth, by Mack Reynolds, pages 1 – 51.
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, by Richard Bauckham, pages 108 – 113.
 
SCI-FI  MAGAZINE COMPLETED:
Analog, July 1962.

Saturday, September 23, 2023

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
Archie Free Digital Digest 14
Batman 343 & 344
Black Orchid Book 1
Future Quest Presents 8
Green Lantern 45
Kindergoth #1
Nahiri the Lithomancer #1
Once & Future 1 – 12
Superman Family 173
The Underwars 1 & 2
US1 #5
Venom: Along Came a Spider 4
X-Men: Age of Apocalypse


BOOKS:
The Lyra and the Cross, by Elizabeth L. Sammon, COMPLETED. 
Listen! The Stars, by John Brunner, COMPLETED.
Murder in a Chelsea Garden, by L. B. Hathaway, pages 1 – 64.
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, by Richard Bauckham, pages 96 – 108.
 
NON-SCI-FI  MAGAZINE COMPLETED:
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, November/December 2022.


Saturday, September 16, 2023

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
Archie & Friends: Hot Summer Movies
Belit & Valeria: Swords vs Sorcery 1 – 5
Belle: Beast Hunter 1 – 6
Belle: King of Serpents
By The Horns 7
Clockwork Dancer 2
The Eighth Immortal 1 – 4
I am Legion: The Dancing Faun
John Carter of Mars 4
Miraculous 21
Princeless: Find Yourself #4
Pep Digital 180: Archie vs Reggie
Shades of Magic: The Steel Prince 1 – 4
 

BOOKS:

The Long Patrol, by Brian Jacques, COMPLETED.
The Lyra and the Cross, by Elizabeth L. Sammon, pages 136 – 233. 
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, by Richard Bauckham, pages 78 – 96.
 
NON-SCI-FI  MAGAZINE COMPLETED:
Analog, October 1980.

Saturday, September 9, 2023

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
Astonishing Tales 4 & 5
Dagar the Invincible 1 & 4
Donald’s Happiest Adventures
Dungeons & Dragons: Infernal Tides 3
Hawkmoon: Jewel in the Skull 1 – 4
Hellblazer 41 – 46
Pep Digital 114: Always Trendy
Spider Island: Cloak & Dagger 1
Tales of Vulcania 1
Toyetica 3
White Sand 1 – 6

BOOKS:
The Lyra and the Cross, by Elizabeth L. Sammon, pages 41 – 136. 
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, by Richard Bauckham, pages 68 – 78.
The Long Patrol, by Brian Jacques, pages 1 – 107.
 
SCI-FI  MAGAZINE COMPLETED:
Aboriginal Science Fiction, May/June 1991.

Saturday, September 2, 2023

This Week in Reading

COMICS:
Betty & Veronica 17 – 20
Conan (Titan Comics) 1
Deathlok 25
G.I. Joe 18
The Girl Who Danced with Death 3
Gutter Magic 1 – 4
Mandrake the Magician 1 & 2
The Marvels Project 1 & 2
Ray Harryhausen Presents #1
Sad Sack Laugh Special 69
Sad Sack with Sarge & Sadie 3
Skylin 1 – 4
Teen Titans 34
Wild Strawberries at the World’s End 1 & 2
 
BOOKS:
The Magic Goes Away, by Larry Niven, COMPLETED.
Firmament of Flame, by Drew Williams, COMPLETED.
The Lyra and the Cross, by Elizabeth L. Sammon, pages 1 – 41. 
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, by Richard Bauckham, pages 55 – 68.
 
SCI-FI  MAGAZINE COMPLETED:
Fantasy & Science Fiction, June/July 2009.