It helps that I recently found a couple of student workers who read comics and got them to back me up. I'm hoping to do a big display at the start of next semester.

It's also been very educational to see how my coworkers react to them. Most just roll their eyes, but I thought one of them was going to cry when he saw Dark Phoenix Saga on the "New books" cart.

At long last, my years of working in a library have paid off, as I finally convinced a coworker to order some trades, including Waid's Flash, Priest's Black Panther, and Ostrander's Suicide Squad.

I have to say, I thought Superior Spider-Man was just about the worst idea ever, but it turned out shockingly well. That was one of the best Spidey stories in ages, IMO.

I'm looking forward to the movie. Spidey has never been my favorite, to be honest, but the original Lee/Ditko run was a HUGE part of why I fell in love with comics. (I really miss when those Marvel Masterworks could be found at Barnes and Noble for really cheap). Spider-Man trapped and drowning under the giant…

re Chuck Dixon - I loved his Robin series (though I suspect it's a little dated now). It's set during Knightfall, and it's the story of Tim Drake going solo while trying to do a Spidey-esque balance of superheroics and personal life.

The Supremacy from Allan Moore's run of Supreme. A whole city full of the various incarnations of Superman Supreme, where they all hang out together in their down time.

I always loved comic strips in the paper, and had pretty impressive stockpiles of Garfield, Far Side, and Calvin & Hobbes books as a kid. But the first single issue I remember reading was some weird cosmic Marvel thing that my brother brought home in the late 80s or early 90s. It had Adam Warlock and Drax in it, but…

Pretty in Pink is a tough score to beat, but my vote is actually Sixteen Candles. I always wondered how long before she learns that Mr. Wonderful got bored of his previous girlfriend, then broke it off by selling her unconscious body to Anthony Michael Hall.

When "you look like someone starved a virgin", you're going to be cast a lot in a certain sort of role.

Several times through my 20s, my brother would send me birthday cards meant for a 2 year old, then pencil in the second digit of my age.

Which of them was cast as Wicked Evil Naughty Zoot?

Lord, I wish they would bring Kate into the MCU, but that will happen right after the Black Widow movie (ie never).

re #4, Claire promises to pardon Frank (even if she probably won't keep it), but says nothing about Doug.

The prime example of this is Heather Dunbar, who permanently sidelined herself by her refusal to lie and/or by being pretty much the only person in DC with anything even resembling a conscience.

On a related note, I just laughed out loud at "Claire has crossed the murder line. She's ready to be president."

Now that you mention it, why in the hell would Durant want (or go to) a solo audience? She doesn't know everything, but she knows more than enough about Frank to realize that being around him with no witnesses is a BAD idea.

Davis will set him up with a very mysterious foundation, that apparently knows every damn thing that happens in the entire world.

If this season taught me anything, it was that my crush on Neve Campbell still burns a lot brighter than I realized.

By this point, I'm holding on almost purely for the karma factor, but I'm starting to worry that you're right about the lumberjack thing.