Don’t be disappointed in Titan yet. They’ll have your membership card waiting in your folder the next time you go in.

As for your list, it’s solid, brother. You have some pretty good books on there, including a few of my all-time faves (Powers, Ex Machina, Y the Last Man, Squadron Supreme, Ultimates). In fact, I can barely find the “guilty pleasures” on the list–you know, the books only you like that all your friends make fun of? Maybe Fallen Angels will become that book. ;)

One word of advice about your pickup schedule: I recommend going twice a week. You can coincide it with your paydays, and it will ensure that you get in with enough frequency to catch almost any new series on the shelves before it’s sold out. That way, if you’re not one of those geeks that subscribes to Previews and plans their comic buying months out, you can impulse shop and still sample new releases. I always pick up my subs first, then carry them with me as I do a slow scan of the racks. That way, if there’s something I heard about but didn’t have the foresight to request, I usually run into it on the shelf and can add it to the pile before checkout.

I haven’t been with Titan long, but the one thing I’m curious about is the personalized service I may or may not receive. My last comic shop would pull things they thought I may be interested in, and then give me the option to say no. So they were sort of looking out for me. I’ve been into Titan about a half dozen times now, so it’s probably a little early for that. But I’m curious to see if it happens eventually.

Oh, and one last thing: Every time I go into Titan, there are random geeks just hanging out. Sometimes watching sci fi on DVD, sometimes just talking about geek topics. Nobody really hung out at my old shop–maybe it was too out of the way. I’m not yet sure if I like that or not. :)