The Comics of October 2017

Daily Ramble 70: The Comics of October 2017

October 2017 was a busy month and because of that I dropped down from the 39 comics I read in September to 23 this past month. Not quite one a day and definitely below my goal for the month, but I still managed to push my yearly total above the 250 mark which was my long term goal for 2017.


Along with the reduction in number, I also fell off on my diversity, with only 3 publishers and 3 main titles. I did however move up in one statistic – number of days reading – where I went from 14 days in September to 15 in October. I guess I binged a lot more in September since I had more issues in a fewer number of days. In any case, more breakdown after the break…

 

Publisher

Marvel shot up from 3rd place last month into 1st and DC made a corresponding fall from 1st to 3rd in the publisher list. Image and Dark Horse were both on the list in September but were replaced with IDW as the only non-big–2 I read in October.

  • Marvel Comics – 12
  • IDW – 6
  • DC Comics – 5

 

Story Arcs

Looking at story arcs is a bit weird this month as I continue to list the Marvel 1963 as a single arc, but Wolvberine and the X-Men actually had an 2 arcs and 2 stand alone issues.

  • Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft – 6
  • Titans Hunt – Final 5 issues – 5
  • Marvel 1963 – 4
  • Wolverine and the X-Men: Welcome to the X-Men! Now Die! – 3
  • Wolverine and the X-Men: Mutatus Mutandis – 3

 

The List

Even with the 5 story arcs I read last month, I still don’t have enough to fill up a top 10 list yet…oh well, a top 9 will do. I’ll have to do a bit of translating since I typically rate the individual comics rather than the story arcs but I think I’m gonna start keeping track of both going forward.

  1. Saga Vol 3
  2. Girls Vol 1: Conception
  3. Hellboy: Seed of Destruction
  4. Titans Hunt
  5. Superman Lois and Clark: Arrival
  6. Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft
  7. The Final Days of Superman
  8. Wolverine and the X-Men: Welcome to the X-Men! Now Die!
  9. Wolverine and the X-Men: Mutatus Mutandis