the Ultimate titles -- XMen, FF, Spidey...and what's the other?

Well, there's The Ultimates.

The other employee kept saying "The Preacher. Finally I looked at a tpb of that but...I'm not sure...The premise sounds interesting but I'm not sure about spending the money on tpb and then not liking it.

Yeah, I've been wondering about that one too.

At this point I have 1-18 and I really like the series and the characters although I'm confused about the back ground of a few characters. Like Argent and Damage. And there maybe were two Flashes?

Basically, this version of the Titans had all the originals, and a rep or two from each later era. Argent and Damage were in later, fairly brief-lived versions, both of which Roy was involved with, but not so much Donna or Nightwing. The female flash is Jesse Quick, daughter of the WWII heroes Johnny Quick and Liberty Belle.

Unfortunately, this series eventually runs out of steam toward the end.

Did this turn into Young Justice?

No. YJ was running at the same time, and the two teams converged in a story called "Graduation Day," which pretty much broke up both teams. Cyborg reformed the Titans, inviting the YJ kids, and Roy formed the Outsiders.

The other employee kept saying "The Preacher. Finally I looked at a tpb of that but...I'm not sure...The premise sounds interesting but I'm not sure about spending the money on tpb and then not liking it.

Preacher was enjoyable all the way through. Interestingly, I read it all when I worked at Borders, and just bought "Gone to Texas," as I've decided I need to own it all.

Preacher was enjoyable all the way through.

It's over? As in, the story has come to a well-defined conclusion so that I may endeavor to read it all via trades in bookstores without worrying about how "behind" I am?

Hec and I have the Preacher TPBs, vols. 1- (scampers off and checks, scampers back) 9. I don't actually know whether Hec has read them, but I have, twice -- liked the series much on the first read, found it improved on the second. askye, P-C, wanna borrow the first two and try them for free?

askye, P-C, wanna borrow the first two and try them for free?

Not right now, as I've been getting the urge to re-read all my Daredevil trades, but I will keep your generous offer in mind for the future.

It's over? As in, the story has come to a well-defined conclusion so that I may endeavor to read it all via trades in bookstores without worrying about how "behind" I am?

A-yup. It's done.

In one issue Nightwing is all pissy at Flash and Flash wants to know if it's the "other" Flash, who evidentally was an older version of him who came from a parallel world but that's all the background info I have.

What is the backstory on Argent and Damage. Also Garth is married and has a kid, but does he ever see them? Did he get married/have the kid "on screen" so to speak?

Sigh. Speaking of done...

My annual re-read of Sandman is almost done.

And once again, I feel the little stirring of sad that I'm nearly at the end.

JZ---I'd love to borrow them.

Send your address to my profile addy, and I'll pop 'em in the mail tomorrow.

(eta: I probably already have it somewhere, but my filing system is, well, not, so it's sadly probably safer for you just to resend it)