I've been getting into comics over the last couple of months and absolutely fell in love with Super Sons which features the sons of Superman and Batman, Jonathan Kent (Superboy) and Damian (Robin). Naturally I had to take a deep dive into their respective histories, which let to my first two purchases.
The Batman and Robin omnibus is a truly massive tome and easily the most expensive book I now own. Who can say no to 1248 pages of comic goodness? I also picked up the Batman Omnibus by Grant Morrison, which introduces Damian to his father. Some people despise him as character, but I completely fell for his arrogance and pride. I can't wait to delve into Damian's history.
When I was ordering the Batman omnibus the Aquaman omnibus by Geoff Johns was also on sale so I couldn't resist adding it to my order. Aquaman doesn't have the greatest reputation as a superhero, but apparently this run redefines the character completely and the story seems to have been the inspiration for the recent. I haven't read any Aquaman so it will be interesting to try it out.
I haven't read much Ursula K. Le Guin so when I spotted these going for cheap at Readers Warehouse I just had to get them. I picked up The Dispossessed, The Lathe of Heaven and The Word for World is Forest. As a bonus these are SF Masterwork editions which will add to my growing collection.
I also picked up Earthsea: The First Four Books and the last two books in Terry Brooks' Defenders of Shannara series, The Sorcerer's Daughter and The Darkling Child.
Addiction is a terrible thing!. I ended up ordering even more comics. At last I have my own copy of Watchmen by Alan Moore - a true classic. And lastly I picked up the third deluxe edition of Superman. This run focuses on Superman and his son Jon, so it covers the other half of my Super Sons obsession.
For review
I received the following titles for review from Jonathan Ball Publishers:
Mistborn: Secret History by Brandon Sanderson
Aliens Omnibus: Volume 7 by S.D. Perry and B.K. Evenson.
Queen of the Air and Darkness by Cassandra Claire
War Storm by Victoria Aveyard
Most of these are part of series I'm not up to date with, so it might be some time before I can get to them.
I can't wait to read Warstorm. It's on my soon-to-read list :)
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