Month: February 2007

Week Forty-Three

Spoiler Alert: I’m phoning this week in. Here’s what happens: Animal Man’s creators patch him up and leave him back on the asteroid where they found him. Without the ability to absorb any animal powers around him, he reaches as hard as he can for one last shot, fusing with Sun-Eaters, which gives him the…



Previews running diary – 03/07

I don’t know why, but I feel like doing a quick run-through of this month’s previews and giving my shoot-from-the-hip thoughts. As always, I reserve the chance to regret my actions later. And, I make no promises for this becoming a continuing feature. We’ll see. The numbers at the start of each section are the…



Book of Doom: X-Factor #16

If you’re not already reading X-Factor, you should be. That’s why X-Factor #16 is this week’s Book of Doom, plain and simple. Stop by on Saturday to read our thoughts on the issue and share your own. X-Factor #16 Cover by: Pablo Raimondi Writer: Peter David Pencils: Pablo Raimondi Colored by: Brian Reber Lettered by:…



The Joe Quesada Award-A Meaningless Awards Special Presentation

In lieu of my traditional Meaningless Awards of the Week, this week I’m singling out one man for his contributions to comics as of late. No one has done more to influence my love comics in the past five years than the current Marvel editor-in-chief, Joe Quesada. And for that, I’m not only presenting him…



Doomed: A Look Back on Civil War

Well the dust has settled (sort of) and we here at the Legion of Doom have had our say on Civil War. While opinions have varied as time passed from issue 1 to issue 7, four of us have chimed in over the past week on how the series wrapped up. Jean-Claude Van Doom wasn’t…



The Civil War Machine: That Ending Sucked

Civil War #7 was not good. Here’s why: 1) The final fight was disappointing. It didn’t seem like a major battle. It had its moments, and there was certainly some cool art, but for the most part it didn’t live up to the hype. You want specifics? a) I recognized everybody. If the Superhuman Registration…



Week Forty-Two

This week’s issue “concludes” the Ralph Dibny/Helm of Fate storyline. Other than that, Renee Montoya sees her reflection sans a face. But, really, the main thing we’re here for is Dibny’s story, and it doesn’t disappoint. Much. Y’see, I’m somewhat torn over this conclusion. Having Felix Faust be the villain behind this entire Helmet of…



Book of Doom: The Brave and the Bold #1

It’s Saturday and that means it’s Book of Doom time. This week it was The Brave and the Bold #1 by Mark Waid and George Perez. To be honest, I picked this book because nothing else looked worth picking. It was a week that did not lend itself to experimentation in my mind. I was…



The Doomino Effect for the week of Feb 21, 2007

Hello, my little rectangular friends with white dots, and welcome to this week’s Doomino Effect. I don’t think I did one last week, and I would look for my stack of last week’s comics if that ship hadn’t already sailed. But we are now on a new ship – a ship called this week –…



JLA: The Movie

thanks to DVD Dude for the tip on this. Looks like Warner Brothers is planning Justice League: The Movie, according to Variety. While the article mentions the potential complications with the current relaunches of Batman and Superman on the big screen, it doesn’t answer the questions of whether or not the new film (which already…