Geek Mentality

October 12, 2011

My New 52 Checklist (updated)

As I mentioned before, I’m excited about DC Comics’ New 52. To honor this major change in DC Comics (at least at this point it seems pretty major), I’ve decided to read all 52 of the new….52. Some I may like, some may love, some I may pretty much hate.

I am sure there will be more than a few that I won’t read again, but I want to give these 52 titles a try even if it’s just so I can say years from now, “Yeah, I read all of those…”

So here is the full list of the relaunched titles, with the dates they are released. The crossed out ones are obviously the ones I’ve already read - and I’ll updating this post as I go along.

Anyone else out there doing this?

August 31

  • Justice League [8/31/11]

September 7

  • Action Comics [9/7/11]
  • Animal Man [9/16/11]
  • Batgirl [9/20/11]
  • Batwing [9/17/11]
  • Detective Comics [9/7/11]
  • Green Arrow [9/12/11]
  • Hawk and Dove [9/18/11]
  • Justice League International [9/12/11]
  • Men of War [9/25/11]
  • O.M.A.C. [9/25/11]
  • Static Shock [9/23/11]
  • StormWatch [9/17/11]
  • Swamp Thing [9/18/11]

September 14

  • Batman and Robin [9/21/11]
  • Batwoman [10/6/11]
  • Deathstroke [10/8/11]
  • Demon Knights [10/8/11]
  • Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. [9/29/11]
  • Green Lantern [9/14/11]
  • Grifter [10/8/11]
  • Legion Lost [10/8/11]
  • Mister Terrific [10/7/11]
  • Red Lanterns [9/27/11]
  • Resurrection Man [10/6/11]
  • Suicide Squad [10/6/11]
  • Superboy [9/15/11]

September 21

  • Batman [9/26/11]
  • Birds of Prey [10/6/11]
  • Blue Beetle [10/4/11]
  • Captain Atom [10/6/11]
  • Catwoman [10/6/11]
  • DC Universe Presents [10/6/11]
  • Green Lantern Corps [9/27/11]
  • Legion of Super-Heroes [10/8/11]
  • Nightwing [10/3/11]
  • Red Hood and the Outlaws [10/6/11]
  • Supergirl [9/29/11]
  • Wonder Woman [9/28/11]

September 28

  • All-Star Western
  • Aquaman [10/9/11]
  • Batman: The Dark Knight [10/8/11]
  • Blackhawks [10/13/11]
  • The Flash [10/14/11]
  • The Fury of Firestorm
  • Green Lantern: New Guardians
  • I Vampire [10/12/11]
  • Justice League Dark
  • The Savage Hawkman [10/14/11]
  • Superman [10/8/11]
  • Teen Titans [10/14/11]
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  • Voodoo [10/9/11]
September 6, 2011

The New 52 & Me

I am a comic book fan - but not really a comic book aficionado. So what does this major DC Comics reboot, affectionately known as “The New 52”, mean to me?

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July 18, 2011

The Dark Knight Rises Teaser Trailer

I remember being in 7th grade and reading the novelization of Tim Burton’s Batman. That’s how excited I was for that movie - an actual movie about Batman! As the years went on they got sillier and sillier - but Christopher Nolan changed all that with Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.

Now, his trilogy is coming to an end with The Dark Knight Rises - and the official teaser trailer has gone online. I tweeted a bootlegged version that looked like crap this week, and I saw it on the big screen Saturday night when seeing Harry Potter. But I can’t NOT have it on my own web site - so here it is:

May 14, 2010

Another Geek Shirt

Thank you to @ubuwaits for giving me this going away gift - when he’s the one that went away.

April 26, 2010

“Batman/Superman: Public Enemies” Book Report

I found this book on the shelf at Memorial Hall Library in Andover, MA - and yes I go to public libraries and take out comic books even though I am in my 30s. It pulled me in with the fact that it had my two favorite superheroes on the cover - Batman (my favorite since since the ‘89 film) and Superman (my favorite since I became obsessed with Smallville in 2005).

I seem to remember there was a animated show or movie with the same title. I thought maybe this was an adaptation of it. I was happy to later read the book came first. The collection I read is the first story arc of the “Superman/Batman” book that came out in 2003. An animated movie of this storyline was released in 2009.

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