Anyone who has collected comics for some time has come across a time or two (or twenty) when you realize that your pull list has ballooned up to an insane number. Between all of the event tie-ins, limited series, new launches, new favorite creators you’re following or that quirky indie book you want to help support, you reach a point when yo stop and add up how much you spend each month. Once you regain consciousness you buckle down and take a hard look at your list. There are going to be cuts. Some are going to be deep while others will be so easy you’ll wonder why you were buying that book to begin with.
So as I get closer to buying a house (no small feat in the New Jersey real estate market, I assure you) it’s time to stop throwing cash away on books I don’t enjoy anymore. So come with me over the next few weeks as I weed through my pull list, swing that ax and take some heads! Maybe you can even convince me why I shouldn’t drop your favorite book.
To begin, let’s take a look at my full pull list as it stands right now.
Amazing Spider-Man
Astonishing X-Men
Astro City: The Dark Age
Avengers Vs. Agents of Atlas
Beyond The Wall
Black Widow: Deadly Origin
Blackest Night
Captain America
Captain America: Reborn
Chew
Criminal
Criminal: Sinners
Dante’s Inferno
Dark Avengers
Dark Wolverine
Daytripper
Deadpool
Die Hard: Year One
Dingo
Doctor Voodoo: Avengers of the Supernatural
Doktor Sleepless
Fantastic Four
Fell
Futurama
Incognito
Incredible Hercules
Invincible Iron Man
Marvel Boy: The Uranian
Marvelous Land of Oz
Marvels: Eye of the Camera
Marvels Project
Mighty Avengers
Models Inc.
Nation X
New Avengers
Powers
Punisher
PunisherMAX
Secret Warriors
Siege
Spider-Man and Secret Wars
Spider-Man: Clone Saga
Spider-Woman
Strange
Supergod
S.W.O.R.D.
Thor
Thunderbolts
Torch
Ultimate Spider-Man
Umbrella Academy
Uncanny X-Men
Web of Spider-Man
What If … ?
X-Men Legacy
X-Factor
We have the starting line. Check back soon for the first round of knockouts. Any title listed is eligible to be cut, so if you have some strong feelings for one book or another let your voice be heard! And don’t forget the flip side of the coin, if there’s an absolutely atrocious book that shouldn’t be read let alone paid for then speak up and let me know.
Now to figure out how to spend the money I’ll be saving …
