I though I had given up collecting monthly comics for good, but as Al Pacino (once said in Godfather III): "Every time I try to get out, they pull me back in." Now I'm ordering comics through an online service and I've pretty much stopped reading digital stuff. I'm getting Marvel and DC titles, including all of Geoff Johns work and Blackest Night. Getting the monthlies isn't too bad--online services save a lot there. The Blackest Night madness has triggered an addictive need to own every single issue of Green Lantern since Rebirth!
Sure, I could get the trades. That would make very good sense, being cheaper and easier. There's just something about the single issues I've got to have--maybe it's the thrill of the hunt. From eBay to various comic stores in my area, I've managed to snag all GL issues except for #12 and #20. Why is #12 (shown above with the Cyborg Superman cover) so hard to find?
Issue #20 is more understandable. That's the first appearance of the blue, orange, red, and sapphire rings that have been featured during the past year in GL. There's also a Tales of the Sinestro Corps story by Johns and Gibbons. I think I was lucky to pickup issue #18 and #19 for a relatively cheap price--these issues also had Sinestro Corps backup stories.
This disease isn't contained to just the main title, no. Of course, the Green Lantern Corps titles are in the back issue bins next to them. First I started getting just the Corps issues tying into Sinestro Corps and Blackest Night. Then I found a bunch of other Corps titles for a good price and now I have a near complete run of that as well.
Let this be a lesson to you kids. Think you want to stop collecting comics? You can try but they will eventually pull you back in. It's cheaper to keep up your subscription plans. Nuff said.
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