First Ever Flash Friday!

Welcome to my very first Flash Friday!!  Flash Friday is so named because of the boy who first brought me into the world of DC Comics: Wally West- the first Kid Flash and the third Flash.  He was arguably the "fastest man alive" in the DC-verse but sadly, in the New 52 Reboot of DC Comics, Wally no longer exists.  I love the little comic to the right here.  I've seen others that are funnier but this one makes me want to cry a little.  Now on to the comics.

A little overview first, I buy all of my main line comics from The Realm Comics and Games, a LOCAL independently run store.  The guys that run the store are super sweet, helpful and in no way too cool to help a newbie like me.  I adore them.  For back issues, I order from My Comic Shop.  I use Comixology to make sure I have a tight pull list and I don't get behind on my comics.  You can also buy digital comics there.  I order my kids' comics subscriptions: Batman Brave and the Bold, Tiny Titans and Young Justice direct from DC.  I also use the software Comic Collector to keep track of the books I have and the ones I need.  I am currently only reading DC Comics because I don't really like Marvel and their work.  The series' that I'm reading are: Batman, Batman & Robin, Nightwing, The Flash, Green Arrow, Teen Titans, Superboy, Red Hood and the Outlaws and The Justice League.  All of these comics are rated T for Teens.

As for this week's trip to the comic book store, I bought:

My Comic purchases for Jan. 4

• Red Hood and the Outlaws # 2 and #3 - because I just HAVE to read the series that has Jason Todd & Roy Harper in it.  I could live without Starfire and her lack of clothes but that's life I guess.
• Batman #2, #3 and #4  - this series I have to have because of the cross over between this book, Nightwing and Teen Titans.  We see a fair amount of mask-less Dick Grayson and Tim Drake.  SCORE!  And it's got tons of classic Batman detective work.
• The new Green Arrow #5 - I love Green Arrow even though I miss his Van Dyke.  I hope the facial hair comes back but Ollie never disappoints action-wise or beliefs-wise.  Love some Ollie Queen. 
• I did NOT get my Teen Titans from last week. :(  it's still on order.  And I REALLY want to read it too.  

 All of the books have been read and bagged/boarded.  I loved them all.  I have yet to read a bad DC Comic.  Even though the lack of Wally makes me sad- the books are still amazing.  To close the first Flash Friday, here's a shot of my collection so far (minus the 2 boxes of comics still on order).