Piker. I following over that many DC titles alone. A big portion of my entertainment budget has gone over to comics in the last couple of years.

Which are your DC titles?

Crap. Have to remember to add Plastic Man, have to remember to add Plastic Man...

Tell me about it. I think I've re-read #1 10 times, especially since the annotations came out. This is definitely first in the read column tonight.

I just ran out and got it. And my it's disturbing.

Victor, is that the good kind of disturbing?

I'm just really hoping that Identity Crisis has a better payoff than 1602 did. I'm still disappointed by how that ended, Peter Parquah and Bruce Banner notwithstanding.

Which are your DC titles?

Oh dear. Let's see if I can come up with some orgainization in this list:

The Bat-titles (10):
Detective Comics
Batman
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight
Batman: Gotham Knights
Robin
Nightwing
Birds of Prey
Batgirl
Catwoman
Batman Adventures

Supreman titles (4):
Action Comics
Adventures of Superman
Superman
Superman: Birthright - one issue left, but I'm sure I'll pick up the Lex Luthor: Man of Steel when it comes out.

Team Titles (6, soon to be 7):
JLA
JSA
JLA Adventures
Teen Titans
Outsiders
Superman/Batman
JLA: Elite

Other DC Universe characters (6):
Flash
Wonder Woman
Green Lantern
Green Arrow
Hawkman
Firestorm

Plus the Identity Crisis. DC:The New Frontier, and Caper mini-series, and Peter David's Fallen Angel series.

This doesn't include the Vertigo, Wildstorm, or ABC titles that I follow

All these titles, and I still have problems getting some books in on time. I fear for the viability of my comic book store.

[EtFC]

I fear for the viability of my comic book store.

It seems to me that your crack comic habit should be keeping them afloat.

Babs is sort of both before and after, in that they had a longterm flirtation (mostly one-sided on his part, but not entirely) before they ended up a couple.

Let's see...

Of those, I get:

• Detective Comics
• Batman
• Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight
• Batman: Gotham Knights
• Robin
• Nightwing
• Birds of Prey
• Batgirl
• Catwoman

and Gotham Central

• Adventures of Superman

• Teen Titans
• Outsiders
• Flash
• Green Lantern
• Green Arrow

I'm adding Plastic Man, possibly adding Richard Dragon, and maybe adding Firestorm.

Add IC, and that's pretty much everything.

I just ran out and got it. And my it's disturbing.

Heh. Best line of the book.

Is here: What makes you think it was the only time?

Commentary for people who have read it already: Finally, an explanation for the 'innocent' age of villains...

I would need a second job to get that many titles every month.

I generally get:

Teen Titans
Robin
Identity Crisis
Nightwing (damn you, wee Plei!)
Identity Crisis
I'm giving Astounishing X-Men a shot
Ultimate Spidey

I think that's it. Though starting next month and September I'll be buying all the Bat titles for the crossover.