A couple of comics had arrived over the past few days; a Golden Age and a few modern ones. Also, I ended up purchasing Hot Toy's Collector's Edition: The Joker and The Dark Knight Special Edition: Batman figures; they're now on display with the others.

I also pre-ordered a copy of the PS3 collector's edition of Batman: Arkham Asylum. That game looks fantastic, but I've stayed away from reading any more interviews, articles and watching any trailers; spoilers ruin good games =/

I've been slacking again in keeping my Batman and Joker comics collection up to date, so when my custom cupboard arrives in a few weeks, I'll count them again. Last time it was still around 465 Joker titles; but I've never counted how many Batman comics I've both owned and read. Of course, it'll be a bigger number. I've got space left now for collecting more of the older issues, Golden and Silver, since I've stopped buying the new crap that DC's publishing after a particular RIP issue. The thing is, it's hard to find golden age comics to buy online where the merchant is actually honest and does not overcharge the value of the comic; or any golden age in any condition for a reasonable price.

I've been looking for other comic stores online to buy from, but so far haven't come across any really good sites. I'm aiming for the (well, expensive overall) stores that specialize in the vintage Batman comics, such as the 40-50's or 60's. Anybody got any good recommendations? I already know about Mile High and My Comic Shop.

Added two busts to my collection; Hot Toys' The Dark Knight Batman and Joker busts.

The new dilemma is whether I should also get my own copies of Hot Toys' TDK figures. You know. The $280+ ones. Not for display; keeping them MIB, but as of this time I'm unsure. From the looks of it, there's nothing else that surpasses in quality, and last I heard Hot Toys ended their TDK line with Two-Face.

I went through the local comic store; nothing new to add to my collection.

The other day I had finished painstakingly going through my comics masterlist, after the first mission of counting how many Batman comics I had. The total for how many The Joker comics I own is 452. Huzzah!

My next.. er, mission; is to then count and catalogue how many Batman comics I have ever read, plus how many The Joker comics I have ever read. The 513!Batman titles and 452!Joker titles do not reflect at all in any way on how many total batverse comics I have read. I just simply don't own those ones anymore, hence the 513 number.  The estimated 300 titles still under my desk will certainly jack up the total of read!batverse.

Chirotoperan is going to the comic store today, so I need to give him my new list. I can't go myself this arvo because I've got other things to do at the moment.

Finished counting my current Batman collection (not including the ones I bought yesterday), and I own to date 513 titles.

TPBs, DC Archives and such only count as 'one' title; another day I'll count each individual TPB's total of comics, plus adding the titles that I have read but no longer own (got about 300 titles in boxes to get rid of since I no longer want them).