If you’d asked me at the start of October what this list would have looked like, I would have guessed it would have been short: New York Comic Con was looming, after all, and if there’s one thing I know about my time at comic conventions now, it’s that they leave little time to read comics — and that was a quarter of my entire month!
And then I started reading all of the Batman 1999 storyline No Man’s Land — a story so big it spans no less than six collected editions, and a full year’s worth of the Batman line with four to seven new installments per month. (Why did I start reading it? I have no idea; I don’t remember what made it seem like a good idea at the time.) I finished it on the last day of October, and it represented a chunk of my reading, and made this list a long one. Thanks, pre-millennial tension.
(Also heavily featured: early comics from Milestone Media, because I picked up the Milestone Compendium Vol. 1 brick of a book as a birthday gift to myself; I liked it so much, I just ordered the next three volumes, so don’t be surprised if Milestone books keep popping up for the next few months…)
- Uncanny X-Men Annual (2019) #1
- X-Men Forever (2009) #10
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2020) #12
- Iron Man (1998) #4
- Superior Iron Man #1
- Birds of Prey (2023) #20
- Far Sector #1
- Absolute Evil #1
- New History of the DC Universe #4
- Justice League Unlimited (2024) #12
- The Flash (2023) #26
- Superman (2023) #31
- Birds of Prey (2023) #s 21-26
- Green Lantern (2023) #s 17-18
- The Worst (Molly Mendoza minicomic)
- Minötaar (Lissa Trissman minicomic)
- Green Lantern: Fractured Spectrum Special #1
- Green Lantern (2023) #s 19-22
- Green Lantern Corps (2025) #1
- X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture #1
- 2000 AD Prog 2454
- Judge Dredd Megazine #485
- Judge Death 2025 Mega-Special
- G.I. Joe (1982) #20
- Batman (1940) #672
- Green Lantern (2023) #s 23-24
- Green Lantern Corps (2025) #s 2-3
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2020) #13
- Iron Man (1968) #39
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2020) #14
- Absolute Superman #s 10-12
- Absolute Wonder Woman #s 6-8
- Green Lantern Corps (2025) #s 4-5
- Batman (1940) #673
- DC’s Zatannic Panic #1
- Die #s 8-9
- Blue Beetle (1967) #3
- X-Men Forever (2009) #11
- Young Avengers (2013) #2
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2020) #15
- Iron Man (1968) #s 40-41
- Blue Devil #1
- Green Lantern Corps (2025) #6
- Gotham City Sirens: Unfit for Orbit #2
- Catwoman (2018) #73
- Catwoman (2001) #1
- Detective Comics (1937) #719
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #73
- Nightwing (1996) #19
- Batman (1940) #553
- Azrael #40
- Detective Comics (1937) #720
- X-Men Forever (2009) #s 12-14
- Aquaman (2025) #s 3-10
- Green Lantern (2023) #25
- Green Lantern Corps (2025) #7
- Absolute Wonder Woman #9
- Blue Devil #2
- X-Men Gold (2017) #s 1-2
- Catwoman (1993) #56
- Robin (1993) #52
- Batman: Blackgate – Isle of Men #1
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat # 74
- The Batman Chronicles #12
- Die #10
- Green Lantern (2023) #s 26-28
- Green Lantern Corps (2025) #s 8-9
- Mr. Terrific: Year One #5
- Nightwing (1996) #20
- Batman (1940) #554
- Batman: Huntress/Spoiler – Blunt Trauma #1
- Detective Comics (1937) #721
- Catwoman (1993) #57
- Batman: Arkham Asylum – Tales of Madness #1
- Robin (1993) #53
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat # 75
- Absolute Wonder Woman #s 10-11
- Fire & Ice: When Hell Freezes Over #s 1-3
- DC vs. Vampires: World War V #s 8-12
- Let Them Live! Unpublished Tales from the DC Vault #5
- Batman (1940) #555
- Detective Comics (1937) #722
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat # 76
- Robin (1993) #54
- Fire & Ice: When Hell Freezes Over #4
- DC K.O. #1
- Fire & Ice: When Hell Freezes Over #s 5-6
- X-Men Gold (2017) #3
- X-Men Forever (2009) #s 15-17
- Batman (1940) #s 674-676
- 2000 AD Prog 2455
- X-Men Gold (2017) #s 4-6
- It’s Jeff! Halloween Infinity Comic #1
- X-Men Forever (2009) #s 18-21
- One World Under Doom #8
- X-Men: Hellfire Vigil #1
- The Amazing Spider-Man: Torn #1
- The Amazing Spider-Man (2025) #14
- Captain America (2025) #4
- The Power Fantasy #12
- World of Revelation #1
- Amazing X-Men (2025) #1
- Unbreakable X-Men #1
- Imperial War: Exiles #1
- Imperial War: Imperial Guardians #1
- Iron & Frost #1
- Marvel Knights: Punisher (2025) #1
- X-Men Forever (2009) #s 22-23
- X-Men Forever Annual #1
- X-Men Forever Digital Preview #1
- X-Men Forever (2009) #24
- Avengers (2023) #s 29-30
- Timeless (2021) #1
- Timeless (2022) #1
- Avengers (2023) #31
- Godzilla Destroys the Marvel Universe #s 1-4
- Batman (1940) #s 556-558
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #s 77-79
- Detective Comics (1935) #724
- X-Men Forever Giant-Size #1
- X-Men Forever 2 #s 1-2
- Tony Stark: Iron Man #1
- X-Men: Gold (2017) #s 7-8
- Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #1
- X-Men Legends #3
- X-Men: Gold (2017) #s 8-9
- Astonishing X-Men (2017) #s 1-3
- Batman (1940) #559
- Detective Comics (1935) #s 725-726
- Azrael: Agent of the Bat #s 47-48
- The Batman Chronicles #15
- Batman (1940) #s 560-561
- X-Factor (1986) #97
- Marvel Comics Presents #48
- The Mighty Thor (1966) #402
- Astonishing X-Men (2017) #s 4-6
- Detective Comics (1935) #s 727-729
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #s 80-82
- Batman (1940) #562
- Azrael: Agent of the Bat #s 49-50
- X-Men: Gold (2017) #s 10-11
- X-Men Forever 2 #3
- Tony Stark: Iron Man #2
- Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey #1
- Cable (2017) #1
- DC WIP: Absolute Batman #1
- Absolute Flash #1
- Batman: No Man’s Land #1
- DC Universe Online Legends #s 1-3
- X-Men: Gold (2017) #s 12-13
- Absolute Flash #s 2-4
- Batman & Robin: Year One #12
- DC K.O. Knightfight #1
- Cheetah and Cheshire Rob the Justice League #4
- Batman (2025) #3
- Absolute Green Lantern #8
- Harley and Ivy: Life and Crimes #1
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #83
- Batman (1940) #563
- Detective Comics (1935) #730
- Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #1
- 2000 AD Prog 2456
- Azrael: Agent of the Bat #51
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) #116
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #84
- Batman (1940) #564
- Detective Comics (1935) #731
- X-Men: Gold (2017) #s 14-16
- It’s Jeff! Halloween Infinity Comic #2
- X-Men Forever 2 #4
- New History of the DC Universe #4
- Azrael: Agent of the Bat #52
- Milestone 30th Anniversary Special #1
- Static Shock Special (2011) #1
- Absolute Batman Annual #1
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) #117
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #85
- Batman (1940) #565
- Detective Comics (1935) #732
- The Batman Chronicles #16
- X-Men: Gold (2017) #s 17-20
- Absolute Flash #5
- X-Men: Gold (2017) #s 21-22
- X-Men: Gold Annual #1
- Blue Beetle (1967) #4
- Hardware (1993) #1
- Howard the Duck (2015) #1
- Die #11
- The Incredible Hulk (2023) #s 28-30
- Storm (2024) #10
- Azrael: Agent of the Bat #53
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) #118
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #86
- Batman (1940) #566
- Detective Comics (1935) #733
- Azrael: Agent of the Bat #s 54-55
- Blue Beetle (1967) #5
- X-Men: Gold (2017) #s 23-25
- Hardware (1993) #2
- Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion #5
- Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2022) #39
- Hardware (1993) #s 3-4
- Ultimate Spider-Man (2024) #22
- The Ultimates (2024) #17
- Fantastic Four (2025) #4
- Marvel Zombies Red Band #2
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) #119
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #87
- Batman (1940) #567
- Detective Comics (1935) #734
- Young Justice: No Man’s Land #1
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) #120
- Robin (1993) #67
- Azrael: Agent of the Bat #s 56-57
- Blood Syndicate (1993) #1
- The Batman Chronicles #17
- Nightwing (1996) #s 35-37
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #88
- Batman (1940) #568
- Detective Comics (1935) #735
- Catwoman (1993) #s 72-74
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) #121
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #89
- Batman (1940) #569
- X-Men: Gold (2017) #26
- Marvel Knights: The World to Come #s 1-3
- Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion #1
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2020) #16
- SWORD (2021) #7
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2020) #17
- Cable: Reloaded #1
- The Last Annihilation: Wiccan and Hulkling #1
- Blood Syndicate (1993) #2
- The Last Annihilation: Wakanda #1
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2020) #18
- SWORD (2021) #s 8-9
- DC Comics Presents (1978) #s 77-78
- Detective Comics (1935) #736
- Robin (1993) #s 68-70
- Azrael: Agent of the Bat #58
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) #122
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #90
- Blood Syndicate (1993) #3
- 2000 AD Prog 2457
- Absolute Wonder Woman #12
- SWORD (2021) #s 10-11
- Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey #s 2-3
- Supergirl Special (2023) #1
- Action Comics (1938) #s 1070-1081 (Supergirl stories only)
- Absolute Flash #6
- Batman (1940) #570
- Detective Comics (1935) #737
- Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey #s 4-5
- X-Men Red Annual #1
- X-Men Red (2018) #1
- Blood Syndicate (1993) #4
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) #123
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #91
- Batman (1940) #571
- Detective Comics (1935) #738
- Legion of Super-Heroes (1989) #s 1-2
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) #124
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #92
- Batman: No Man’s Land Secret Files and Origins #1
- Robin (1993) #s 71-72
- The Batman Chronicles #18
- Batman (1940) #572
- Legion of Super-Heroes (1989) #s 3-4
- Adventures of Superman (1987) #s 476-478
- 2000 AD Annual 2026
- Icon (1993) #1
- Judge Dredd: Tunnels
- Icon (1993) #s 2-3
- Static (1993) #1
- Legion of Super-Heroes (1989) #s 5-6
- Battleworld (2025) #2
- Death of the Silver Surfer #5
- Imperial (2025) #4
- The Mortal Thor #3
- Static (1993) #2
- Legion of Super-Heroes (1989) #7
- Imperial (2025) #s 1-3
- Static (1993) #3
- Detective Comics (1935) #739
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) #125
- Azrael: Agent of the Bat #59
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #93
- Nightwing (1996) #s 38-39
- Batman: No Man’s Land #0
- It’s Jeff! Halloween Special #3
- X-Men: Red (2018) #2
- Static (1993) #4
- Xombi (1994) #1
- Batman (1940) #573
- Detective Comics (1935) #740
- Azrael: Agent of the Bat #s 60-61
- Catwoman (1993) #s 76-77
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) #126
- Batman/Deadpool #1
- Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #45
- Mr. Terrific: Year One #6
- Legion of Super-Heroes (1989) #8
- Static Shock (2011) #1
- Justice League of America (2006) #s 28-31
- Xombi (2011) #1
- The Brave and the Bold (2007) #s 24-25
- Batman (1940) #574
- Detective Comics (1935) #741
- Robin (1993) #73
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #94
- The Brave and the Bold (2007) #26
- Batman: Gotham Knights (2000) #1
- Catwoman (1993) #78
- It’s Jeff! Halloween Special #4
- Xombi (1994) #2