Androxys' 2024 Comics Wrapped

Tis the season for reflection and reminiscing, so I guess it’s time for me to review what the last year of comic reading looked like! As always, this list is not guaranteed to be 100% perfect, as I’m only human, and keeping a big spreadsheet and LOCG sounds great until you mark one and forget the other.

Per my tally, I read 836 comics in 2024. If we assume each comic is 22 pages long, that’s 18,392 pages of comics. Of course, some issues are oversized, but some issues were also originally backups that were later collected, so I’m assuming it all comes out in the wash.

Top 10 Characters/Groups I read for…

1. The Legion of Super-Heroes: 116
2. Batman (Bruce Wayne): 77
3. Supergirl (Linda Danvers): 46
4. Wonder Woman: 42
5. Nightwing: 41
6. Amethyst: 39
7. The Dreaming: 32
8. Poison Ivy: 24
9. Batman (Dick Grayson): 20
10. JLA: 19

Top 5 Titles:

1. Legion of Super-Heroes (2004) - 50 issues
2. Supergirl (1996) - 46 issues
3. Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes (1949) - 35 issues
4. Detective Comics (2016) - 32 issues
5. Wonder Woman (2016) / Nightwing (1996) - 30 issues each

My full reading for the year was...

• Absolute Power: Origins (2024) #1-2 [2]
• Action Comics (1938) #858-863 [6]
• Alan Scott: Green Lantern (2023) #1-6 [6]
• Amethyst (1983) #1-12 [12]
• Amethyst (1985) #1-16 [16]
• Amethyst (1987) #1-4 [4]
• Amethyst (2020) #1-6 [6]
• Amethyst Annual (1984) #1 [1]
• Anarky (1997) #1-4 [4]
• Anarky (1998) #1-8 [8]
• Aquaman (1962) #40-48 [9]
• Arkham City: Order of the World (2021) #1-6 [6]
• Arkham Reborn (2009) #1-3 [3]
• Batman + Arsenal (1997) #1 [1]
• Arsenal Special (1996) #1 [1]
• Batgirl (2024) #1 [1]
• Batgirl Special (1988) #1 [1]
• Batgirl: Girlfrenzy (1998) #1 [1]
• Batman and Robin (2011) #1-8 [8]
• Batman Incorporated (2022) #1-12 [12]
• Batman: Batgirl (1997) #1 [1]
• Birds of Prey (2023) #5-14 [10]
• Birds of Prey: Batgirl/Catwoman (2003) #1 [1]
• Birds of Prey: Catwoman/Oracle (2003) #1 [1]
• Black Lightning Year One (2009) #1-6 [6]
• Chase (1998) #1-9, #1,000,000 [10]
• City Boy (2023) #1-6 [6]
• DC Universe Legacies (2012) #1-10 [10]
• Dead Boy Detectives (2014) #1-12 [12]
• Dead Boy Detectives (2022) #1-6 [6]
• Death of the New Gods (2007) #1-8 [8]
• Detective Comics (1937) #644-653; #846-850 [14]
• Detective Comics (2011) Special Edition #27 [1]
• Detective Comics Annual (2021) #1 [1]
• Detective Comics (2016) #1034-1065 [32]
• Far Sector (2019) #1-12 [12]
• Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds (2008) #1-5 [5]
• Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville (2023) #1-6 [6]
• Batman/Catwoman: Follow the Money (2010) #1 [1]
• Gotham Academy (2014) #1-18 [18]
• Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy (2016) #1-6 [6]
• Gotham City Sirens (2024) #1-4 [4]
• Hawk and Dove (1988) #1-5 [5]
• Huntress Secret Files (2021) #1 [1]
• Jay Garrick: The Flash (2023) #1-6 [6]
• JLA: Incarnations (2001) #1-7 [7]
• JLA Year One (1997) #1-12 [12]
• John Constantine: Hellblazer (2019) #1-12 [12]
• Justice League Elite (2004) #1-12 [12]
• Kingdom Come (1996) #1-4 [4]
• Batman: The Last Halloween (2024) #0-2 [3]
• Lazarus Planet (2023) [7]
• Lazarus Planet: Revenge of the Gods (2023) #1-4 [4]
• Legion of Super-Heroes (2004) #1-50 [50]
• (Superboy &) The Legion of Super-Heroes (1946) #234-268 [35]
• Legion of Super-Heroes in the Silver Age [24]
• Man Bat (1996) #1-3 [3]
• Man Bat (2006) #1-5 [5]
• Midnighter (2015) #1-12 [12]
• Midnighter & Apollo (2016) #1-6 [6]
• Millennium (1987) #1-8 [8]
• New Krypton (2008) [13]
• Nightmare Country (2022) #1-6 [6]
• Nightwing (1996) #71-100 [30]
• Nightwing (2016) #110-119 [10]
• Nightwing Annual 2024 #1 [1]
• Our Worlds At War [9]
• Poison Ivy (2023) #1-18 [18]
• Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death (2016) #1-6 [6]
• Prez (1973) #1-2 [2]
• Ragman (1991) #1-8 [8]
• Ragman: Cry of the Dead (1993) #1-6 [6]
• Ragman: Suit of Souls (2010) #1 [1]
• Resurrection Man (1997) #16-17 [2]
• Robin Argent Double Shot (1998) #1 [1]
• Robin Plus Impulse (1996) #1 [1]
• Saved by the Belle Reve (2022) #1 [1]
• Stargirl and the Lost Children (2022) #1-6 [6]
• Stargirl Spring Break Special (2021) #1 [1]
• Steelworks (2023) #1-6 [6]
• Strange Adventures (1950) #205-213 [9]
• Streets of Gotham (2009) #1-14; 16-21 [20]
• Supergirl (1996) #1-43; #1,000,000 [44]
• Supergirl (1996) Annuals #1-2 [2]
• Swamp Thing: New Roots (2020) #1-9 [9]
• The Brave and the Bold (2007) #1-6 [6]
• The Cult (1988) #1-4 [4]
• The Dreaming (2018) #1-20 [20]
• The Dreaming: Waking Hours (2020) #1-12 [12]
• The Hawk and The Dove (1968) #1-6 [6]
• The Long Halloween (1996) #1-13 [13]
• The Question: All Along The Watchtower (2024) #1 [1]
• Titans (2008) #1-11 [11]
• Titans East Special (2007) #1 [1]
• Two Face: Year One (2008) #1-2 [2]
• When In Rome (2004) #1-6 [6]
• Wonder Woman (1987) #36-48 [12]
• Wonder Woman (2016) #1-30 [30]
• World's Finest (2009) #1-4 [4]
• Young Justice (1998) #13-14 [2]

I also read a few of the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults, which I’ll include here as relevant. As an overall series, I’ve gotten the impression (and been told) that the characterization and intention of the books can wildly vary–one book can be intended as a serious, main-continuity story of a character while they were a young adult, while others are AUs or what-ifs that take characters and change them or their surroundings. I found all of these to be enjoyable reads for what they are, recognizing that I am not their target demographic. (Bad Dream, I have to say, was probably my favorite) 

• Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld (2021)
• Bad Dream: A Dreamer Story (2024)
• Barda (2024)
• The Oracle Code (2020)
• This Land is Our Land (2024)