Yes, we have Morrison's Batman/Superman title coming up, but how about a Batgirl/Supergirl team-up title? Yeah? I'd be down for that.

Of course September's "Villains' Month" from DC is a money making scheme, but that won't stop me ranting about it. And Marvel begs for my money too, as evident by my grabbing extra comics not on my pull list for the X-Men: Battle of the Atom crossover. But the fact that some titles have FOUR issues associated with it in September is asking a bit much from subscribers.

Batman has 4 issues. Batman and Robin has 4. Justice League has 4. Superman has 4. Wonder Woman is getting 2. Aquaman gets 2. Etc etc. And then titles like Supergirl, Batgirl, Animal Man, Dial H, and more don't get even one.

Supergirl could get H'El, Batgirl could get the Ventriloquist (it's penned by Simone anyway!), Dial H could get Justice League's E Dial... see where I'm going with this? There are plenty of baddies to go around, why place them in titles and make fans pay 2 or 4 times more than they usually do per month. Or, as someone who subscribes to Batman, that's 4 more titles in one month to have a complete collection, but that doesn't make me want to buy the Lex Luthor issue of Superman. Or the Two-Face issue of Batman and Robin.

I'm no marketing salesman, but as far as customer-friendliness go, wouldn't great stories have evolved for each of the 52 titles if DC told that title's writer to have at it with one baddie, instead of stretching boundaries and writers offering them villains not associated with their title (like Soule's turned-down offer to do a non-Red Lantern villain)?

Just my two cents, and apparently an extra $12 just to have all the Batman issues.* I'm unsure if I'll be able to expand my reading in September. I probably would have spent that extra $12 on other Villains, but now...idk.

*I'm half tempted not to buy any "Batman" titles in September and hope beyond hope they'll be in the trade collection along with Batman #18-20 (not appearing in the Death of the Family trade).

Count me among the Wolverine and the X-Men fans that have become disgruntled with the recent storyarcs. I've held my ground these past few months, but as I realize I want to add another title to my pull I should drop one, and W&XM is the logical choice. The Circus story was over the (big) top, we've seen less and less of school headmastering/mistrissing and Jean Grey School shenanigans, and this Savage Land story isn't really providing us character development among the new/featured students. Everything since AvX (aside from Doop's issue #17) just wasn't the same as the beginnings.

This was one of my first comic series I got when I started collecting, but I might have to quit it to get more bang for my buck with whatever title I choose next. (On that note, how is Daniel Wood's writing? X-Men issue 1 sounds original, and it'll lead up to Battle of the Atom.)

It'd really help if Marvel took a page from DC and only had one issue per month. (And had at least 6 issues per graphic novel.)

I'm looking for trade paperback recommendations for storyarcs for The Flash. My friend is a fan (from the 90's JL TV show), but I've never been intrigued enough to try Barry out (even though I know there's more to him than just running super quickly).

So, where should I start? What trades should I pick up? Is the Flashpoint main-story any good? Is the New 52 volume 1 a nice introduction? What else is out there I should look at to see Flash (and/or the writing) at his prime?

Unfortunately, there are issue 19s (et al) of DC covers that aren't gatefold. In particular, I'm talking about the ones that my Barnes and Noble got. I'm sure comic shops everywhere (like the one I buy from) got all gatefold covers, but the fact that DC even printed non-gatefold covers shocked me when I put our comic shipment on the shelves.

Were I someone who only bought comics at B&N I'd be extremely disappointed.

Has there been any word on what's in store for the Guardians of the Galaxy title? Not spoilers or anything large like that, but if it will tie in with Nova or Thanos Rising perhaps. Is something leading up to a crossover for a few issues? And not just Rocket and Gamora appearing in Nova, but a full-fledged team up to fight a baddie.

I know I'm not the first, so I've dug a little digging. Still, it has to be asked (and more than once), where's the best place to start, and what collected trade paperbacks are (and aren't) necessary for Green Lantern: Blackest Night?

-From what I can tell, there are some key main-story titles, including Blackest Night, BN: Green Lantern, and BN: GL Corps.

-There are some preludes that might be fun to read, but I don't know if they are necessary or written in high quality: Sinestro Corps War (parts 1 and 2), Rage of the Red Lanterns, GLC: Sins of the Star Sapphire, GL: Agent Orange, and GLC: Emerald Eclipse.

-What about the titles called Black Lanterns? BN: Black Lantern Corps vol 1 and 2 and Rise of the Black Lanterns? Do those complete the story?

-And I heard I'd be better off staying away from Brightest Day aside from Aquaman's and Deadman's storyarcs.

Not only what is and isn't worth reading, but which of the preludes come first? And what is the order of the main-story tpbs?

The Savage Land keeps popping up recently. Wolverine was just there in Savage Wolverine #1, Wolverine and the X-Men is heading there with #25, and I think some Avengers were there a month or so ago. Something big going to happen soon?

I'm looking for another title to add to my pull list by April. Here's my rambling:

-Does anyone know/heard anything about this new Guardians of the Galaxy title coming next month? It's written by Bendis, so I trust it's quality, but I'm still hesitant to dish out my dollars to the unknown. Especially if it's a bimonthly title, which costs double.

-My other thought was to subscribe to the main Age of Ultron title, which I believe will be bimonthly for 5 months if I'm not mistaken. But alas, Marvel events are questionable until they actually occur. Thoughts?

(My Marvel side of my pull includes Wolverine and the X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, and Gambit. I'm still kind of irked about Amazing Spider-Man's ending to consider Superior Spidey an option.)

-If I wanted to be cheaper, DC always only publishes monthly (and they'reusually $3). I'm reading Batman, Swamp Thing, and Animal Man, and grabbing Batgirl, Nightwing, and Aquaman from my brother (oh and Hawkeye. Best title out there right now). I was thinking that Green Lantern could be a good addition, given that their event just wrapped up, so it's a good jumping on point for a new story arc. But there are so many options among the 52 titles.

Anyone reading anything good that has a good jumping on point coming up by April?

Does anyone know of a good way to calculate how many comic issues will be in each DC New 52 graphic novel, or of sites that will list those out in advance? It's really easy to figure it out for Marvel: Usually Wikipedia will list the "collected editions" or at least a team roster, which indicated story-arcs. But I am having no luck for DC titles.

Specifically how many issues of Swamp Thing and Animal Man will be in their volume Twos. Both have Annuals, and judging by the number of pages Amazon says each volume will have, I can guess they both stop at issue #12 and also contain their Annuals.

(And I want to know if Batman Vol 2 will have Annual #1 in it. (And we can only hope the #0 issues show up in a graphic novel as well.) (This would also be helpful for Supergirl Vol 2 so I can figure out where to pick up, with issue #13 or something. Wherever a good starting point it.))