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It so nice to settle in with old friends like Harry Dresden and catch up.

Yeah, Love After Death was as good as I remembered. Jones's artwork works terrifically for Deadman. Of course, he sometimes gave Deadman about 30 ribs but it's OK here where it's not with Batman.

This is odd that it's called Deadman by Kelley Jones and not Deadman by Kelley Jones and Mike Baron as Mike Baron wrote all of this.

Huh, the first appearance of Lena Luthor is in here.

These stories continue to be horrible. DC Finest, my ass. The Congorilla story in Jimmy Olsen was at least tolerable.

Man, these Lois Lane stories are hard to take. I can't believe how women were written back then. Hopefully Jimmy Olsen's are a little better.

So I had a thought since GR is getting rid of direct messaging. Does anyone want to be in a group for the sole purpose of being able to message one another? Because you can still send messages to groups.

For those of you commenting on my 2026 reading goal, I'm sorry for not responding. Goodreads notifies me that you commented, but I can't actually see the comments. Way to half-ass remove functionality GR.

My top new reads of 2025, part 1.

We Are Not Strangers
Girl Rebels
Quests Aside
Song of a Blackbird

This thing is a chore to read. If only I wasn't so into the X-Men that I didn't need to read it all.

No more Stan Lee as of #20. Roy Thomas has taken over.

Magneto just used the power of magnetic attraction to hypnotize Angel's parents. WTF?

It's interesting that the guy who took over for art from Jack Kirby, Jay Gavin, was actually a pseudonym for Werner Roth. He's the artist for like half of this.

I can only read one issue at a time. It's so hard to not go to sleep while Stan Lee drones on and on. Magneto is a huge prick and can astral project. I'm not sure Stan knows how magnetism works.

Woohoo! Hit my challenge for the year.

Almost at my goal of a thousand books again. 6 left to go. Now I just need to get this stuff I volunteered for off my plate so I can finish reading.

Just got back into reading this. They guy who plays the mayor went down to pet a cat one night after filming which turned out to be a skunk and got sprayed. That is hilarious!

These stories are terrible. How is this DC's Finest? This is exactly what I was afraid of when I saw they were publishing this Silver Age stuff.

So I hit 10,000 reviews last night. I may read too many books. Just ask my wife.

Whew, that Jim Jones story was a tough one.

Huh, the creator of the Cheesecake Factory is in a cult called Sufism. They first uttered the phrase "Don't Worry, Be Happy" and Baba O'Reilly by the Who is base on their leader. This comic is crazy.

Oh! Charles Mansion just made the cut. Unfortunately in more ways than one.

I had no idea that the former members of a cult started Oneida. I have some of their silverware. Alicia May Alcott being brought up in a cult really surprised me too. I wonder how much that affected her writing when she grew up?

I'm struggling to get through this but determined to finish. I can't understand how so many readers I know liked this. It meanders terribly for a book with so much violence in spots. I'm really wondering how bad the Netflix show is going to be.

Booyah! For the 7th year in a row, I hit my goal of 1,000 books.

Who comes up with the nominees for the Goodreads Choice awards? Every year they are awful. And the fact that they have a separate Ronantasy category the last 2 years is just dumb.

I think it's hilarious that JRJR based Typhoid Mary on his ex-wife.

John John actually created the Prowler at 13 while his dad was drawing Amazing Spider-Man. Pretty cool.

Blew by 9,000 reviews this weekend without even realizing it. I may read too much.

The X-Factor team is in flux after the battle against Apocalypse in New York. They've gained his ship as a new base. Beast is getting dumber as he gets stronger until he meets Infectia who causes a big change that we don't get to see in this trade. Archangel is barely in this. Still it's good stuff with the Simonson's writing and drawing it.