rate what you're reading

i'd ask for a little indulgence from the mods if they wouldn't mind. this should be in the comics forum, i know, but traffic....

anyway, i got to thinking--we have a lot of people (well, a few people....) on here who actually read comics with some frequency. i thought it might be cool to have people give a rating to the current books they follow. give a bit more info if you choose, but hopefully the system might lead to some actual discussion about comics.... i'll start with a couple i'm mostly up-to-date on (ratings out of 10):

teen titans: 7
titans (series had ended i believe): 6
red hood: 7.5
fantastic four: 5.5
justice league: 6.5 (had higher hopes for snyder but not loving what's happening at dc in a lot of ways)

there are a few others i'm reading but i just wanted to get the ball rolling and see what people are thinking is good and bad out there right now.

duplicating books is clearly encouraged as more opinions makes for a better sense of what's good and not so good.

Haven't read comics in a while.

Reading the Berserk manga. 10/10 all around and the art is to die for.

Slash Maraud Mini series.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BbwbATwHCLo/UZ6wTy6wuAI/AAAAAAAAIw0/KNxHAN_xzMY/s1600/Slash+cover+gallery.jpg

Fun 80's Post Apocalypse Wackadooness ala Roger Corman. 6.5 outta 10.

I don't plan to close it, so unless the other mods have a problem with it, feel free to go ahead.

Everything sucks. I might crack open my Sandman collection and read that. Though the show made me want to re-read Lucifer... I remember it being absolutely nothing like it, but, whatever.

Originally posted by CosmicComet
Haven't read comics in a while.

Reading the Berserk manga. 10/10 all around and the art is to die for.

Oh yeah, I'm currently reading through the Agent Venom (Venom 2011) series. The switching artists every ten or so issues can be kind of jarring but the action, plot, and character development are all pretty solid. 7-8/10.

I find the older I get the harder it is to keep up. Sorta like music and television.

As far as new(ish) stuff goes Nextwave Vol 1 from 2006 is actually pretty great. Amazing satire on the Marvel Universe but is also 616 canon. Hard to beat that imo. (8.5/10)

I also find myself rereading Fraction’s Defenders run (9/10), McDuffie’s FF run (8.5/10), and Tomasi’s Outsiders (8/10) run when I know I’m gonna be in a waiting room.

I have a huge stack of stuff friends have give that I haven’t gotten to yet, and I really wanna read Original Sin just waiting for the price to go down. What would ppl rate that?

It is for reasons like that I go back and buy all the old stuff I missed out back in the day...that stuff is just better anyway.

Justice league: 8
Superman: 5
GL: 7
Teen titan: 5
Hulk: 5
Lucifer: 4
Flash: 9
Superman: 3
WOTR: 6
Doomsday Clock: 6

That’s so far. I’m really like Justice League. Definitely not written well but Snyder has done a good job melting together all the characters.

Spawn 9.5
Doomsday Clock 8
Hulk 8
War of the Realms 7.5
Superman 8
Conan 7.5
Guardians of the Galaxy 7

Snyder Justice League run - 7/10 it's okay.

Immortal Hulk - 8/10 it's good.

Justice League Dark (current run) - 7.5/10 pretty good, if not as good as the first.

The Green Lantern - 9/10, very good, wish Hal really did go full-on dirty cop on the slaver.

Naomi - 8/10, liking it so far, wish Bendis went all the way with the tongue-in-cheek subversion of superhero origin stories and Naomi herself wasn't intrinsically special like her dad or the mechanic were.

Think that's all I'm following at the moment.

This is all I follow in DC with any sort of regularity, atm:

Adventures of the Super Sons- 8/10. Campy as it can be at times, this is just a really fun read.
Green Lantern- 9/10. It is everything I hoped Morrison would give us in a GL series... And it looks like it will just keep getting better, based on the solicits.
Justice League- 6/10. It's whatever. Snyder is trying to introduce some innovative concepts, but he's not Morrison, so I feel like his 'meta' stories often leave much to be desired.
JLD- 7/10. Not as good as the first JLD series in the DCnU, but it has been decent so far. Solid story, and I've enjoyed the looming threat of the Otherkind.

There are other books I try to keep up with(like Batman, Superman, Wonder Twins, etc.) but they're not a priority. I'll probably follow DCeased as well, just to see how zany it gets.

Where current Marvel is concerned, I don't follow a whole lot.

I definitely keep track of the Star Wars comics regularly(right now it's the main Star Wars series, Doctor Aphra, TIE Fighter, and the 'Ages' series.) The SW issues used to all be really good, but they've decreased in quality quite a bit. Surprisingly, I think Pak's work on the 'Ages' series is the best they've got in the SW line right now, lol.

I also follow F4, but I'd give it like a 6/10. My problem with F4 is that I now compare it to Hickman's previous run, which was absolutely fantastic(no pun intended), and probably some of the best stories I've ever read in any company. He left some big shoes to fill, and the current run just isn't doing it for me.

Originally posted by Stoic
Spawn 9.5
Doomsday Clock 8
Hulk 8
War of the Realms 7.5
Superman 8
Conan 7.5
Guardians of the Galaxy 7

conan, eh? tried the new series but couldn't get into the first issue. it gets good? and you're one of the first i hear tell that likes war of the realms...

finished infinity wars a little bit ago--terrible. 3 at best. it was the arc where gamora got all the gems and mushed everyone into the soul gem. soooo terrible....

someone mentioned original sin--not great imo, but had moments. 6.5 maybe though like i said i found myself really liking a couple ideas that came out of it.

anyone reading current amazing? just getting into it. really feels like it's taking you back to the old days of spidey. not sure how i feel about it yet, but again, not loving it, at least so far.

Originally posted by Galan007
This is all I follow in DC with any sort of regularity, atm:

Adventures of the Super Sons- 8/10. Campy as it can be at times, this is just a really fun read.
Green Lantern- 9/10. It is everything I hoped Morrison would give us in a GL series... And it looks like it will just keep getting better, based on the solicits.
Justice League- 6/10. It's whatever. Snyder is trying to introduce some innovative concepts, but he's not Morrison, so I feel like his 'meta' stories often leave much to be desired.
JLD- 7/10. Not as good as the first JLD series in the DCnU, but it has been decent so far. Solid story, and I've enjoyed the looming threat of the Otherkind.

There are other books I try to keep up with(like Batman, Superman, Wonder Twins, etc.) but they're not a priority. I'll probably follow DCeased as well, just to see how zany it gets.

Where current Marvel is concerned, I don't follow a whole lot.

I definitely keep track of the Star Wars comics regularly(right now it's the main Star Wars series, Doctor Aphra, TIE Fighter, and the 'Ages' series.) The SW issues used to all be fantastic, but they've decreased in quality quite a bit. Surprisingly, I think Pak's work on the 'Ages' series is the best they've got in the SW line right now, lol.

i've fallen out of star wars in the last year, but loved a lot of what was happening there. the vader series was top notch, as was aphra. 👆

supersons is great! 😂 8 for sure. looks like i'll need to get up to date on lantern....

you read a lot of indie stuff, too, no? what's good out there?

currently lazarus is my fave read, though it's gone to a weird hard to follow schedule. i think it comes out quarterly or something. hard 9 though.

Originally posted by leonidas
i've fallen out of star wars in the last year, but loved a lot of what was happening there. the vader series was top notch, as was aphra. 👆

supersons is great! 😂 8 for sure. looks like i'll need to get up to date on lantern....

you read a lot of indie stuff, too, no? what's good out there?

currently lazarus is my fave read, though it's gone to a weird hard to follow schedule. i think it comes out quarterly or something. hard 9 though.

Anything from Valiant, for example, is superb. Ninjak, X-O Manowar, Bloodshot, etc. It's all great.

Spawn- Seems like very few people still follow this, but it's still good.

TWD- The show has gotten shitty, but the comics still keep cranking out a great story.

Lazarus- Like you said, the main series is awesome, as are the side-stories.

Joe Golem- Has an awesome occult/pulpy feel to it. One of my favorite Indie reads for sure.

2000AD/Judge Dredd Megazine (obviously).

Curse Words, The Magic Order, TMNT, etc. etc. etc. SO many great ongoing Indie titles out there.

Originally posted by One Big Mob
Everything sucks. I might crack open my Sandman collection and read that. Though the show made me want to re-read Lucifer... I remember it being absolutely nothing like it, but, whatever.

I've been reading leo's posting history.

3.5/10

biscuits

Originally posted by StiltmanFTW
I've been reading leo's posting history.

3.5/3

biscuits

fixed for you. 👆

War of the realms: 5.5/10 so far. Hoping it gets better.

Since mainstream has been so garbage it gave me time to look at some older comics though, that's been fun.

I also really enjoyed Justice League pre reboot since I was looking for Green Lantern feats and just ended up reading the whole thing basically.

preboot jl was really good. 👆