Sandman

Sandman 74-75

Wow, finished this whole thing on the last day of the year.  The comics themselves are actually nothing special.  “The Wake” would have been a stronger ending for me, but I get why Neil Gaiman needed to end with “The Tempest.”  Also, I’ve had this closing image in my mind for quite some time, ever since the end of this project started coming into view:

Regret buying: No

Would buy again: Yes

Would read again: Yes

Rating: Nice

I'll write some final thoughts later today or tomorrow, but otherwise that's it for now!

Last two box summaries!

The stuff that’s still on the shelf:

Time spent reading: 43 hours, 22 minutes

Issues read: 304

Issues cut: 1

Highlights (Good or better): Cross Game; Black Widow 1-5; Nextwave 1-9, 11; Secret Avengers 20; Vision; Swing; Sunstone; Fine Print; Pedro and Me; Road Trip; Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius; Saga 37-54; Lost Girls; Mary Jane and Black Cat: Beyond; Captain Marvel 27; Injustice: Year Zero; Injustice 2; DCeased; DCeased: A Good Day to Die; DCeased: Unkillables; DCeased: Hope at World’s End

Project Summary:

Time spent reading: 61 days, 7 hours, 10 minutes

Issues read: 12713

Issues cut: 1173

Vertigo Box 7

Time spent reading: 28 hours, 54 minutes

Issues read: 178

Issues cut: 0

Highlights (Good or better): Preacher 8-12, 18-24, 27-48, 50-52, 54-66; Preacher: Saint of Killers; Preacher: One Man’s War; Murder Mysteries; Stardust; Sandman 1, 3-4, 6, 8-9, 12-14, 17-18, 21-24, 26-28, 31, 38, 41-51, 53-54, 57-73; Sandman Special; Sandman: Dream Hunters; Sandman: Overture; Death: High Cost of Living

Project Summary:

Time spent reading: 62 days, 12 hours, 4 minutes

Issues read: 12891

Issues cut: 1173

Two other final stats:

Average read time per issue: 6.98 minutes

Percentage of issues cut: 9.1