Hello everyone, I’m fresh off of my road trip. I really had a great time, I got out of town, saw some old friends and fought traffic and made some memories. I actually did this on $40 a day, just like if I was back packing through Europe. So, I thought now would be a great time to look over my comic book budget. Yeah, it’s getting to the end of the year, most mini series are wrapping up. Some titles are ending and others are beginning, and with comics usually $2.99 a pop, you have to decide what is worth picking up and what isn’t. So, here is my look at my DC Comics Budget. Currently I read from DC: Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps, Justice Society of America, Blue Beetle. As we know I am also reading a few Final Crisis books including Legion of Three Worlds, Resist, Submit and Revelations. I cut back on about 4 titles in the last two months from both Marvel and DC Comics. I’m not counting Secret Invasion or Final Crisis since they are coming to a close at the end of the year. Legion is currently my monthly mini series and thanks to my brother I get to read Rogues Revenge, Secret Six and Flash.

So, that seems to be a bit of moola running around. Truth be told, with my comics discount and so forth I pretty much put in $38 a month on books. I save money but reading books at my local Border’s or picking up trades as they go on sale. Keeps me up to date on what is happening and saves me a bit of dough. About two years ago, I was reading actually more DC books than Marvel but then things started happening. Oh, it’s not that Geoff Johns wasn’t writing some of my favorite books again the books just started to not have the same feeling as they once did. I dropped both Titans books, you can guess why I dropped Titans because I’m sure a bunch of you did. Teen Titans was enjoyable but I felt something was off and with the book at my local book store, I read it for free. I am getting the Terror Titans mini series online but I’m saving almost a dollar and a half that way even with shipping. It’s a limited series so, it doesn’t impact my budget much. Plus, most of the Final Crisis tie ins I’m reading, two are half way over and the other two are just one shots. Also, online subscriptions, you have to love sales. I am not dropping Green Lantern no matter what and I have to admit almost 2 months ago, I was thinking about leaving Blue Beetle behind but the book has picked back up, so I’m pretty happy. I am not leaving Justice Society unless Geoff is leaving and we don’t get as great of a writer or art team on the book. Currently, they make that book a beautiful thing every time is comes out.

I will be adding on James Robinson’s Justice League because I am more interested in that book than what the main Justice League of America title has become. It’s not bad but it isn’t making me want it to pick it up month in and month out. Go read it at the store if I want to keep up on things. So, it’s kind of sad that I’m mostly reading Geoff Johns stuff while reading other books at my local Border’s over a great cup of coffee or bar. As of right now, I’m just waving through the end of Final Crisis and Secret Invasion to see what steers me to what book next. Maybe Justice League won’t be alone and I’ll start picking up Wonder Woman or the possible New Gods book next year. We’ll see, in the mean time, I’m going green with Green Lantern all around.