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..a post on the Proof Forums, sometimes my blog posting is a lot like placing a claymore mine and not reading the instructions (blows up in your face)

28 Days Later #6

28 Days Later continues to be one of the surprise hits from 2009. There were a lot of great books to come out of 2009 but this is one I did not see coming. I love this book. I keep thinking I might drop it from my pull list and switch over to trades. It is one of the more expensive books, $3.99 per issue, but I cannot do it. Every time I read an issue I realize how good it is and why I am hooked. Issue #6 was back in the fray of current events while issue #5 gave us a flashback to what happened during the outbreak...almost posing as an issue #0. I find this book to be a nice compliment to The Walking Dead and just a fun overall read.

Star Wars #15

Why a comic that is more than 30 years old? This was my first comic. I am not even sure I read this comic and I know that this is the only issue of the Marvel Star Wars I ever had but this comic jumps out in my head. I was almost 6 years old when this issue came out but it wasn't until many years later that I really started collecting comics. I am sure I got this just because I loved Star Wars and no other reason. I know that I bent it, folded it, and stacked stuff on top of this comic. I am sure it was eventually just thrown away. It wasn't really until more almost 10 years later that I decided to keep the comics I bought. Just a fun look back at one of the comics that started all of this madness for me.

Noble Causes #21

Noble Causes is a wonderful series that is highly underrated. Jay Faerber concluded the series in 2009 and it caused me some dismay as I had only discovered the book 9 issues before it ended. Luckily I was able to grab all of the back issues and actually this is the first series I am going to send off to be bound. As I was trying to figure out how to set-up the books for the bind last night I just happened to flip through one of the issues and ended up reading it. Jay Faerber is a master of writing a single issue story that contributes to an overall story arc or theme. Every time I pickup an issue I can jump in right away and know what is going on without needing the prior issue. I loved this issue as the evil Blackthorne family was trying to portray themselves as upstanding media darlings just like their counterparts the Noble family. It was a lot of fun and honestly it makes me want to get these issues bound so I can sit down and re-read an amazing series.