Help me cut my pull list

[Flashforward]

Okay, so I'm spending too much on comics and need to cut some titles. Thankfully, Robin, Nightwing, Birds of Prey, Ultimate Fantastic Four, Ultimate X-Men, She-Hulk, and New Exiles are ending in February, so that saves me some money on pre-orders. However, I still have a huge list and I want to cut back even more. Frankly, as it is, even though I use most of what I buy for research and scholarly work, I haven't had time to read a lot of the material I purchase. So, if you were me, what titles from this list would you cut, and what would be your rationale for doing so?

DC:

Trinity
Batman
Detective Comics
Superman
Batman Confidential
All Star Batman and Robin
Action Comics
Adventure Comics
Supergirl
Superman/Batman
Flash
Booster Gold
Brave and the Bold
Green Lantern Corps
Green Lantern
Justice League of America
Justice Society of America
Secret Six
Teen Titans
The Spirit
Wonder Woman
Fables
Jack of Fables
Tiny Titans
House of Mystery

Marvel:
Dark Avengers
Invincible Iron Man
Ms. Marvel
New Avengers
Thunderbolts
Punisher
Mighty Avengers
Agents of Atlas
Dark Tower
Ender's Titles
The Stand Titles
Ultimate Spider-Man
Captain America
Daredevil
Eternals
Immortal Iron Fist
Fantastic Four
Hulk
Incredible Hercules
Nova
Runaways
Skaar: Son of Hulk
Wolverine
Astonishing X-Men
Uncanny X-Men
X-Men
X-Factor
Cable
X-Men: First Class
Thor
Criminal
Kick Ass

Mini-Series:
Marvels: Eye of the Camera
Marvel Zombies III
Terror Titans
Final Crisis
Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds

Any thoughts?

 

[goldenboy]

You use it for scholarly work, huh? Anything here that's not critical to that work? Are you more into particular writers or characters? You say you haven't had time to read it all. Which titles, if any, do you find you absolutely have to read each month?

 

[Karma]

why not take out the mini series? you can always wait for those to come on TPB or purchase them at a later date.

 

[Flashforward]

why not take out the mini series? you can always wait for those to come on TPB or purchase them at a later date.

I could, but for something like Legion of Three Worlds that's so damn good, it's hard to wait for a few months for issues, let alone even longer for a hardcover. It doesn't help that DC's trade program really sucks and makes little to no sense compared to the way that Marvel rolls out their HBs and TPBs. I used to buy a lot more mini-series than I do now, but scaled back so that I'm only buying the stuff I really want to read or finishing off the series I started almost a year ago.

 

[Flashforward]

You use it for scholarly work, huh? Anything here that's not critical to that work? Are you more into particular writers or characters? You say you haven't had time to read it all. Which titles, if any, do you find you absolutely have to read each month?

I have considered all those factors, and yet the list still remains exceedingly long. At this point, I've considered dropping Batman Confidential, The Spirit, The Punisher/War Journal, Eternals, and Skaar: Son of Hulk. While I don't get to read a lot of what I buy on a month to month basis, I do enjoy all the titles, and I try to catch up when I have free time. Everything else seems like it's essential in some way or another, in that there are books that I need and others that I just want to buy to help support their creators. One of the big things I'm thinking of dropping is Trinity. I mean, it's four books a month and so far, nothing of significance has happened. While 52 was pretty good, Countdown was mediocre at best, and now this weekly title is bordering on sucking, and yet, I can't help but think that a weekly comic would matter more to the current DC continuity than this one seems to right now. It's quite the conundrum.

 

[Cat-Scratch]

DC:

Trinity - Loose
Batman - Loose
Detective Comics - Loose
Superman - Loose
Batman Confidential - Loose
All Star Batman and Robin
Action Comics - Loose
Adventure Comics - Loose
Supergirl - Loose
Superman/Batman - Loose
Flash - Loose
Booster Gold
Brave and the Bold
Green Lantern Corps
Green Lantern
Justice League of America
Justice Society of America
Secret Six
Teen Titans
The Spirit
Wonder Woman - Loose
Fables - Loose
Jack of Fables - Loose
Tiny Titans - Loose
House of Mystery - Loose

Marvel:
Dark Avengers - Loose
Invincible Iron Man
Ms. Marvel
New Avengers - Loose
Thunderbolts - Loose
Punisher - Loose
Mighty Avengers - Loose
Agents of Atlas - Loose
Dark Tower - Loose
Ender's Titles - Loose
The Stand Titles - Loose
Ultimate Spider-Man - Loose
Captain America
Daredevil - Loose
Eternals
Immortal Iron Fist - Loose
Fantastic Four
Hulk
Incredible Hercules
Nova
Runaways
Skaar: Son of Hulk - Loose
Wolverine - Loose
Astonishing X-Men
Uncanny X-Men
X-Men
X-Factor - Loose
Cable - Loose
X-Men: First Class
Thor
Criminal - Loose
Kick Ass

Mini-Series:
Marvels: Eye of the Camera - Loose
Marvel Zombies III - Loose
Terror Titans
Final Crisis - Loose
Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds


That's my take.

But you may want to take that list and put in an order of enjoyment.
That generally helps me.