Really old Detective Comics? Was there a #27 in there, by any chance? ;-)

Tomorrow: Bats, Batgirl, Astounding? Right?

Astounishing, remember. Got to keep the typo going.

I have a pretty heavy pull list today:

Batman #630 - finishing up Winick's run - until he becomes the regular writer after "War Games" is over.
Batgirl #54 - I imagine this will have heavy foreshadowing of the "War Games" storyline.
Catwoman #33 - This, too, will probably have WG implications, since there will be a Mafia confrontation.

Superman #207 - I think the run has been interesting, and as always, Lee's art is great.
Superman:Birthright #12 - finishing up the (new) re-boot of Superman's origin. Should be a busy issue, as there seems to be a lot to wrap up.

DC: The New Frontier #5 - Darwyn Cooke's take on the dawn of the Silver Age, pre-Crisis, entering its penultimate issue. Expensive as hell ($6.95 for 64 pgs (no ads, I think)), but I think its been worth it.

JLA #102 - Why, why did they let Chuck Austen on this title? This issue focuses on the Flash, so I'm hoping for the best, but basically holding out for #107, when Kurt Busiek begins his run.

There are others, (GL #179, The Losers, Sleeper). Don't forget the Planetary #20 comes out this week, too.

Over on the Marvel side, I find that I have 4 titles that I'm pulling:

Astounishing #3, of course.
Powers #2, also of course.
Ultimate Fantastic Four #9
Avengers #500 - although Marvel's stupid numbering (see below) changes insults the reader, I'm going to get this one just to see what Bendis does in Disassembling the team.

(Re: The numbering of Avengers - This title is on its third or fourth volume, and this issue should be numbered #85. However, Marvel has changed the numbering back to what it would be if they continued nubmering from the very first issue of Avengers #1, vol. 1. Fine, I can kind of live with that, but it does allow Marvel to market this issue as a special "anniversary" issue and raise the price. They did this for Fantastic Four and The Amazing Spider-Man, as well. What makes this even more insulting, though, is that Marvel is going to let Avenger go to #503, then re-launch the title YET AGAIN, to get a new #1 issue. It certainly is reminiscent of the early '90s, when new #1 issues came out frequently to pump up sales to speculators/collectors, and which ultimately led to a collapse of the market. Not a good plan, IMHO.)

I was going to avoid the Catwoman. I guess there is no way.

But, I may have to limit my purchases today due to the very tight two days before payday budget.

I guess it *was* Detective Comics, but they looked really old. Hmmm.

Could be. Detective Comics is what put the "DC" in DC Comics.

Incidentally, if someone ever proposes a Detective Comics #1 relaunch, they should be strapped down and forced to watch Schumaker Batman movies forever.

I was going to avoid the Catwoman. I guess there is no way.

It's a decent title. Little iffy there a few issues back with the ree-cock-u-lous cult thing, but still a decent title.

I re-read the first two trades of this version recently, and they were still pretty enjoyable. (I got them back when I was only picking up trades of things, and wasn't as fully inside the DCU as I am now, so I wasn't sure if I'd still find them swell.)

It's a decent title. Little iffy there a few issues back with the ree-cock-u-lous cult thing, but still a decent title.

To tell the truth, it's much more like a crime story with superhero elements, rather than a straight superhero story (aside from that cult side-plot), which makes sense since Ed Brubaker writes it. Not at all related to the abomination that is the movie, and I hope that the movie's failure doesn't sink the book. (I do hear that Brubaker is going to end his run around #50, so who knows what will happen after that?)

Could be. Detective Comics is what put the "DC" in DC Comics.

Yes. The next issue is #797, and it is the second longest running title in comics.

What's the longest?

Action Comics, with its next issue being #818.

(I do hear that Brubaker is going to end his run around #50, so who knows what will happen after that?)

We can dream of Rucka taking it?

We're at what now? 30? 31? There's a good chunk of time left, I suppose.

We'll see. I like Selina much more in this version of her own title than I ever have in any of the other books.

Action Comics, with its next issue being #818.

Action Comics has the higher numbering, but it went weekly for a while a decade or so back. I think Detective is actually the longest-running comic book chronologically, although the company that became DC may have been publishing New Fun Comics earlier than its debut.