Books I Read in 2013

(in order of completion:)

Edwin A. Abbott: Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, introduction by Isaac Asimov

Rachel Pollack: Doom Patrol: Sliding in the Wreckage [64-74]*

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, writing as Lewis Carroll: The Annotated Hunting of the Snark:  An Agony in Eight Fits, edited with notes by Martin Gardner; introduction by Adam Gopnik; appendices by F.C.S. Schiller, James Albert Lindon, and Henry Holiday

Marv Wolfman: Superman and the Forgotten Heroes! [Immortal Man, Animal Man, Cave Carson, Dolphin, Rick Flagg, Rip Hunter and the Time Masters, Congorilla, Sea Devils, Space Cabby] [Action Comics 552-553; DC Comics Presents 77-78]

George Alec Effinger: Heartstop

Christopher Fowler: Menz Insana

Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges:  Jack of Fables: The Bad Prince

Jack Mathews:  The Battle of Brazil:  Terry Gilliam v. Universal Studios in the Fight to the Final Cut:  The Totally Restored, Revamped, and Researched Blow-by-Blow Recounting of the Most Spectacular Title Bout in the Blood-Soaked History of Hollywood, including the complete director’s cut screenplay by Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, and Charles McKeown

L. Andrew Cooper: Dario Argento (Contemporary Film Directors)

Len Wein, with Robert Kanigher, Steve Skeates, Marv Wolfman: The Phantom Stranger:  Circle of Evil! [14-26] (I did not have access to #14, however)
Nancy A. Collins:  Swamp Thing [Annual 6, 110-132, Annual 7, 133-138] (goofed–have not yet read Annual 7)
Susan Kim, Laurence Klavan:  Brain Camp

Gerry Conway:  Justice League of America:  Zatanna’s Epic Quest [161-165]

Bill Mantlo:  Morbius:  The Living Vampire [Fear 29-31]

Phil Foglio:  Stanley and His Monster
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, writing as Lewis Carroll: The Complete Sylvie and Bruno, introduction by Thomas Christensen
Michael Frayn: A Very Private Life

Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges:  Jack of Fables:  Americana

Lee Marrs: Zatanna: Come Together, introduction by Kim Yale

Frank Miller: Batman: Year One

Roy Thomas: All Star Squadron: 1941 [Justice League of America #193 insert and All-Star Squadron 1-7]

William Shakespeare: The Second Part of King Henry VI with the Death of the Good Duke Humphrey, edited by Ronald Knowles [The Arden Shakespeare: Third Series]

Ed Townley: Lent 2013: A Season for Spiritual Growth

Chris Kipiniak: Nightcrawler: Passion Play

Paul Cornell: Demon Knights [0-15]

Betty T. Bennett, Stuart Curran (ed.): Mary Shelley in Her Times [essays by Betty T. Bennett, Jeanne Moskal, William St Clair, Pamela Clemit, Charles E. Robinson, Tilottama Rajan, Michael Rossington, Samantha Webb, Constance Walker, Gary Kelly, Mitzi Myers, Judith Pascoe, Michael O’Neill, Greg Kucich, and E. Douka Kabitoglou]

William Moulton Marston: The Wonder Woman Chronicles, Volume Two

Douglas Adams: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

John Broome: The Flash Chronicles, Volume Three

Bill Willingham: Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall

Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost: X-23: Target X

Paul Cornell: Saucer Country: Run

I.M.W. Harvey: Jack Cade’s Rebellion of 1450

Jamie Delano: The Horrorist: Antarctica and Hellblazer: “In Another Part of Hell”

Eddie Campbell: Hellblazer: Warped Notions

William Shakespeare: The Third Part of King Henry VI with the Death of the Duke of York, edited by John A. Cox and Eric Rasmussen [The Arden Shakespeare: Third Series]

Paul Jenkins: Hellblazer: Dreamtime

Evelyn Waugh: The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy

J. Torres and Faith Erin Hicks: Bigfoot Boy: Into the Woods

Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost: New X-Men: Childhood’s End

Douglas Adams: Life, the Universe and Everything

Barbara Randall Kesel: Jim Henson’s Legends of the Dark Crystal: The Garthim Wars, vol. 1

Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost: New X-Men: Crusade

Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges: Jack of Fables: Turning Pages

John Broome, Gardner Fox: The Flash Chronicles, Volume Four

Gary Ushaw: Mobfire

Hayao Miyazaki: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind I, translated by David Lewis and Toren Smith, assisted by Kaori Inoue, Joe Yamazaki

Terry LaBan, Peter Hogan, Alisa Kwitney, Joe Orlando: The Dreaming: Beyond the Shores of Night

Jerry Siegel: Superman Sunday Classics, Strips 1-183, 1939-1943, introduction by Roger Stern

Cary Burkett, Marv Wolfman, Mike W. Barr: World’s Finest Comics: Deliver Us from Evil

Jerry Siegel: The Superman Chronicles, Volume Two

Henry Handel Richardson: Maurice Guest, introduction by Karen McLeod

Paul Cornell, Robert Venditti: Demon Knights vol. 3

Richard A. Knaak: Warcraft: The Sunwell Trilogy: Dragon Hunt

Ruth Rendell: One Across, Two Down

Bill Finger: The Batman Chronicles, Volume Four

Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges: Jack of Fables: The Big Book of War

Jerry Siegel: The Superman Chronicles, Volume Three

John Heilpern: Conference of the Birds

Arthur Miller: After the Fall

Bill Willingham: Fables: The Dark Ages

Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges: Fables: The Great Fables Crossover

Jerry Siegel: The Superman Chronicles, Volume Four

Matt Wagner, Steven T. Seagle: Sandman Mystery Theatre: The Blackhawk and The Return of the Scarlet Ghost

Bill Willingham: Fables: Witches

Robert Venditti: Demon Knights [16-23]

Jonathan Swift: A Tale of a Tub and Other Satires, edited and with an introduction by Kathleen Williams

Tom Pomplun (ed.): Native American Classics: Graphic Classics Volume Twenty-Four [John E. Smelcer, Zitkala-Sa adapted by Tim Truman and Mark A. Nelson, Charles Alexander Eastman adapted by Joseph Bruchac, Simon Pokagon, E. Pauline Johnson, Elias Johnson adapted by Andrea Grant, James Harris Guy, Handsome Lake as told to Arthur C. Parker adapted by Tom Pomplun, Bertrand N.O. Walker adapted by Tom Pomplun, Alex Posey, George Copway adapted by Niigaanwidam James Sinclair, Isreal Folsom, Buffalo Bird Woman as told to Gilbert L. Wison adapted by Tom Pomplun, Willaim Jones adapted by Joseph Bruchac, John Rollin Ridge, Royal Roger Eubanks adapted by Jon Proudstar, Carlos Montezuma, Joseph Bruchac adapted by Richard Van Camp]

Stan Lee: Marvel Masterworks, vol. 8: The Incredible Hulk, vol. 1, afterwords by Stan Lee, Peter David, John Rhett Thomas

Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham: Fables: Rose Red

John Marc DeMatteis, Bruce Jones, Dan Mishkin & Gary Cohn, Mike W. Barr : I… Vampire!

Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Robert Bernstein: Marvel Masterworks vol. 18: The Mighty Thor vol. 1

Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Robert Bernstein: Marvel Masterworks vol. 20: The Invincible Iron Man vol. 1

Frederick Engels, Paul and Laura Lafargue: Correspondence, Volume 1: 1868-1886, compiled by Émile Bottigelli, translated by Yvonne Kapp

Grant Morrison: The Invisibles: Say You Want a Revolution, introduction by Peter Milligan

Kanoko Sakurakouji: Blackbird 1

Matt Howarth: Doctor 13: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sleep? (RB)

Geoff Johns, Joe Kelly: Superman: Lost Hearts

Bill Willingham: Fables: Super Team

Denny O’Neill, Samuel R. Delany, Bob Haney, Robert Kanigher: Diana Prince, Wonder Woman, Volume 4

Jerry Siegel: The Superman Chronicles, Volume Five

Laura Lee Gulledge: Will & Whit

Nigel Forbes Dennis: Jonathan Swift: A Short Character

Bill Willingham: Fables: Inherit the Wind

Stan Lee: Marvel Masterworks vol 2: The Fantastic Four vol. 1 (partially RB)

Bill Finger, Jack Schiff, Joseph Greene: The Batman Chronicles, Volume Five

John Buscema, Doug Moench: Merlin: Quest of the King!

Stan Lee: Marvel Masterworks vol. 1: The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 (partially RB)

L. Frank Baum: The Scarecrow of Oz (RB)

Alternative Banking/Occupy Wall Street, Linda Brown, Cathy O’Neil, Tamir Rosenblum, Akshat Tewary, Josh Snodgrass, Tom Sgouros, Suresh Naidu , Natasha Blakely, Virginia Simson: Occupy Finance

Gerry Conway, Archie Goodwin Gardner F. Fox, Marv Wolfman: The Tomb of Dracula, vol. 1

Phyllis Ann Karr: The Gardener’s Boy of Oz

Paul Jenkins: Hellblazer: Critical Mass

Michael Uslan: Beowulf: Dragon Slayer, foreword by Allan Asherman

Frederick Engels, Paul and Laura Lafargue: Correspondence, Volume 2: 1887-1890, compiled by Émile Bottigelli, translated by Yvonne Kapp

Neil Gaiman: The Sandman: Endless Nights

The Right to Be Lazy {Essays by Paul Lafargue} edited and with an introduction by Bernard Marszalek, with contributions by Fred Thompson and Kari Lydersen

Bryan Talbot, Terry LaBan: The Dreaming: Weird Romance

Jerry Siegel: The Superman Chronicles, Volume Six

Alisa Kwitney: Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold

Stan Lee: Marvel Masterworks vol. 6: The Fantastic Four vol. 2

Eric Butterworth: The Creative Life: 7 Keys to Your Inner Genius, foreword by Dr. Peter J. D’Amato

Mike Grell: The Warlord: The Savage Empire

Nathaniel Hawthorne: The House of the Seven Gables, edited and with an introdution by by Seymour L. Gross; supplemental material by Hawthorne, Thomas Hutchinson, Joseph B. Felt, Alfred H., Marks, Evert A. Duyckinck, Henry F. Chorley, Edwin P. Whipple, Henry James, F.O. Matthiessen, Lawrence S. Hall, Clark Griffith, Rudolph Von Abele, Hyatt H. Waggoner, Roy R. Male, Marius Bewley, William B. Dillingham, Alfred J. Levy, Daniel G. Hoffman [note: novel itself completed 10/29]

Bram Stoker: The New Annotated Dracula, foreword and notes by Leslie S. Klinger, introduction by Neil Gaiman

Bill Finger, Joseph Greene, Jack Schiff, Edmond Hamilton: The Batman Chronicles: Volume Six

Scott Hutchins: A Working Theory of Love

Bill Willingham: Fables: Cubs in Toyland

Jerry Siegel: The Superman Chronicles, Volume Seven

William Shakespeare: The Tragedy of King Richard III, with the Death of the Duke of Clarence, edited and with an introduction by Joseph R. Siemon [The Arden Shakespeare: Third Series]

J. Torres: Bigfoot Boy: The Unkindness of Ravens

QuinRose: Alice in the Country of Hearts, translated by Beni Axia Conrad

William Shakespeare: All’s Well That Ends Well, edited by G.K. Hunter, appendix by William Painter [The Arden Shakespeare: Second Series]

Ben Urwand:  The Collaboration:  Hollywood’s Pact with Hitler

Stan Lee: Marvel Masterworks Volume 13: The Fantastic Four Vol. 3

 
Did not finish before the year ended:

J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit, or There And Back Again

Gail Simone: The All New Atom: My Life in Miniature [at friend’s house]

Stan Lee: Marvel Masterworks, vol. 4: The Avengers, vol. 1

Dan Mishkin, Gary Cohn: Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld, vol. 2

Steve Englehart: Millennium

Paul Jenkins: Hellblazer

Dick Foreman:  Black Orchid

Joe Keatinge: Morbius:  The Living Vampire

Dan Slott:  Superior Spider-Man

Christopher Yost: Avenging Spider-Man

Warren Ellis: Hellstorm: Prince of Lies

Cary Bates, Greg Weisman:  Capton Atom

John Ostrander: Captain Atom: The Quantum Quest

John Ostrander, Kim Yale: Suicide Squad

John Ostrander: Firestorm: The Nuclear Man

George Pérez, Mindy Newell: Wonder Woman

Cary Bates, Greg Weisman: Captain Atom

Dan Didio: The Phantom Stranger

Christy Marx/Tony Bedard: Sword of Sorcery: Amethyst/Beowulf

Hank Chapman, Carl Wessler, et al.: Atlas Era Strange Tales, vol. 1

 
Planned upcoming reads:

Mary Shelley: The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck

Mary Shelley: Falkner

Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost: New X-Men: Nimrod

Neil Gaiman, John Ney Rieber Dick Foreman, Nancy A. Collins, Rachel Pollack: The Children’s Crusade

Rachel Pollack: Doom Patrol: The Teiresias Wars

Arje Shaw: The Fix

*Although DC eventually found that titles under the Vertigo imprint sold better as trade paperback collections than as single issues, thus far, the only runs dating from the time of the imprint’s actual debut, in issues with March 1993 cover dates, that have to date been collected in trade paperback format are The Sandman: Brief Lives, Death: The High Cost of Living, and Sandman Mystery Theatre: The Tarantula. Although the “Sliding in the Wreckage” arc proper is in issues #64-66, trades are usually 8-12 issues (although 3-issue trades do exist), #74 is a good concluding issue for a future collection (#71 is not), and a new story arc begins the following issue.