Monthly Matters
When I was buying my new comics this week, the this month’s issue of Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man reminded me that I never read last month’s issue, because I was afraid the Back in Black connection might spoil the issue of Amazing Spider-Man where Aunt May get’s shot. So I went digging through my old comics, which I tend to let pile up for months on end before I do a marathon bagging & boarding run. Lo and behold, what else did I find in the bag that housed FNSM #17?
Uncanny X-Men #483
Outsiders #45
Justice League Unlimited #30
Nightwing #129
Detective Comics #828
Fantstic Four: The End #5
“So what?” you may be asking. So what? Guess what came out this week?
Uncanny X-Men #484
Outsiders #46
Justice League Unlimited #31
Nightwing #130
Detective Comics #829
Fantastic Four: The End #6
That’s seven comics, all in one week, that actually came out a month after the last issue of the series. More importantly, six of them were by the same creative team (and the fill-in team on ‘Tec was certainly a reasonably substitute). Sweet! I’m not even going to use this as an excuse to criticize how so much stuff doesn’t come out on time. That seems to have become the norm, which I’ve gotten used to for the most part. I just wanted to point out a good thing going on in comics nowadays.
Hooray for monthly books!