Why nobody talks about hitting 100 issues in a pull list

I don't know if I just got carried away or what, but last month I counted my weekly pull list and it hit exactly 107 issues. That number surprised me because I never thought I'd be that deep into collecting. It started with 15 books a month ago and somehow crept up with variant covers and new #1s. Has anyone else looked at their total and felt like they needed to trim it down?

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daniel_gonzalez1mo ago

Man, 107 issues is wild but I totally get how it happens. I hit 92 last month and I honestly don't even read half of them anymore. The variant covers are a trap, I picked up like 8 different covers for one Batman book just because the art looked cool. What really got me was those surprise number ones that keep coming out, like every week there's a new series I gotta check out. I finally had to sit down and cut out everything I was only buying out of habit. Now I'm down to 65 and it feels way more manageable, plus I actually look forward to reading day instead of it feeling like a chore.

dixon.james1mo ago

Wait 65 is your NEW manageable number? Feels like we're all just lying to ourselves about having a reading problem dont we.

price.ben1mo ago

65 issues is just called a healthy core collection in my head when I tell my wife about it.