Be sure to check out Part 1 and Part 2 before you start reading. Unless you’re the type of person that only likes to read the last third of blog posts. That’s just weird… Jim Doom has been invited. Jim has entered the room. Jean-Claude Van Doom: hello Jim: I got booted. Did my last…
Another big week, with a solid dozen books under the belt. We’ve got another huge event beginning, loads of Nightwing, three new Boom! series and, dare I say it, the biggest surprise winner of first place ever (at least so far as I recall). So, if you’re looking for something to take your mind away…
Click here to read Part 1, then come on back and join the fun! Or just start reading now. It probably won’t make any sense either way. Jean-Claude Van Doom: Every important event was based on an incredible coincidence. Fin Fang Doom: Explain. JCVD: The alien symbiote crash lands next to Peter in the park….
story by Frank Miller; sequential adaptation by Steven Grant; art by Juan Jose Ryp Published by Avatar Press. Originally published as Robocop #1-9. Cover price $29.99. Frank Miller is probably the biggest name in comics-to-film adaptations. Sin City and 300 were both big hits, and now Ronin is on its way. But way back in…
I sure could have used a break. Don’t get me wrong, I loved “52,” and I’m just as excited as the next comic fan for “Countdown,” but, seriously, they could have at least given us a week off to enjoy the finale of one series before throwing us right into the next. The cover of…
Arguable the biggest movie of the year, Spider-Man 3, opened last Friday to record numbers. Naturally, all of us Doomers took in the spectacle. What’d we all think? Well, here’s what four of us thought, at least… Jim Doom: My criticism is that the movie lacked the depth and sophistication of the previous two movies….
Let’s face it: this is a pretty crappy week for comics. Nothing much of interest comes out this week besides Countdown (which Doom DeLuise has dibs on), and almost everything else worth reading is in the middle of an arc. Not exactly the best pick for a Book of Doom. Thankfully, there is one comic…
Horrible Idea of the Week- Jackpot, Amazing Spider-Man: Swing Shift Mary Jane as a superhero…WTF was Dan Slott thinking?! There was a time when it was commonplace for the non-super-powered friends of superheroes to dress up in colorful costumes and fight crime. That time was the Golden Age, and half the comic blogs on the…
By Fletcher Hanks (compiled by Paul Karasik) Fantagraphics, 2007, $19.95 For a sneak peek into the brain of one of comics’ original weirdos, all you need is to learn the source of the title to this collection. Set almost perfectly in the middle of a dozen or so tales from the pen of Fletcher Hanks…
By Grant Morrison (W) and others Published by DC Comics. Cover price $19.99. Originally printed as DC 1,000,000 1-4, Green Lantern 1,000,000, Stannan 1,000,000, JLA 1,000,000, Resurrection Man 1,000,000, and Superman: The Man of Tomorrow 1,000,000 The Plot: The JLA of today and the JLA of the year 85,271 fight the threat of Vandal Savage…