More Marvel Masterworks and a Classic Graphic Novel

 Incredible Hulk Masterworks vol 3softcover

 Iron Man Masterworks Vol 8

Dr Strange & Dr Doom Triumph and Torment Graphic Novel

All 3 arrived on the same day courtesy of the Book Depository who are often significantly cheaper than Amazon.

This means I've completed my Iron Man run.

A Star Wars bargain

Ebay bargain. A second hand but in nice condition copy of Vol 6 of the Star Wars reprints.

£2.09 plus postage but as the seller lived locally I popped round and gave him £3.

Just Volume 6 to get.

Back to reading the Incredible Hulk

I thought it was time to read some back issues and before I got side-tracked by Howard the Duck I was reading the Incredible Hulk.

In my opinion this is a good period with Roger Stern writing and Sal Buscema on art. However, the highlight of these latest issues I've read (Hulk 225-227) was actually the annual by Stern and Byrne. I'd heard this was a significantly above average annual and it was. Nice to see it also neatly fitted into the regular series continuity too.

Good stuff this and I'm going to continue with the Hulk to read at least a years worth (that'll be 1978 if anyones' interested).

Superman, Batman and She-Hulk all by John Byrne

I've finished these two graphic novels/trades/ comics etc. this week.

John Byrne was one of the first comic creators I began to take notice of and particularly look out for his stuff. I read my first DC comic as a result of him moving to DC to do Superman!

I enjoyed both of these. Perhaps not the She-Hulk quite as much as I expected but I had been waiting years to read it so it maybe had too much to live-up to. The Elseworlds Superman/Batman (written 1999) was fun.

SHIELD Architects of Forever

A bit of a strange one this.

Firstly, it looked lovely. Great art by Weaver. Secondly, an interesting concept.

On the downside, it's most definitely "to be continued" and I didn't know that when I bought it. Silly me. If it's not continued (and I don't believe at the moment it is scheduled to be) this could be viewed as a bit of extravagance.

At least I got it reasonably cheap.

Daredevil by Mark Waid Vol 1

This was a nice oversized hardback collection of the first 10 issues.

An enjoyable read with some nice art and fun stories. I'll be definitely getting the next oversized collection when it comes out.

Some new trades

I am trying to cut down a little on my new purchases as looking at the half-year review I'm buying more than I'm reading. But it's the end of the month so it is time to make some new purchases although maybe not as many.

The new stuff which has just arrived includes additions to current collections. Agent of Empire Volume 2 and Batman by Neal Adams Vol 3 (which I understand is the last in the series).

I'm intending to buy maybe two more trades in the next few weeks when they get released including Hulk Masterworks vol 3 but I'll see how good I am at resisting the temptation to buy more.