DC might not show us the solution to the two-Legions problem for quite a while yet. Know why? Because we may or may not keep buying comics to find out how the good guys beat the bad guys, but we’ll probably keep buying them to find out just how continuity is arranged these days. It…
Book of the Week- Detective Comics #833 In a week that a lot of stuff came out that should have been quite good (but unfortunatley wasn’t), one title stood out to me due to its amazing surprise ending: Detective Comics. Since he took over the book a year ago, Paul Dini has rarely used the…
It’s Saturday once again, which means it’s time for the Legion’s weekly Book of Doom review. Our featured book this week is Invincible #42, written by Robert Kirkman with art by Ryan Ottley and Bill Crabtree. The issue is being billed as “New Reader Friendly,” and the five of us are in a position to…
TMNT the video game was released in March to coincide with the release of TMNT the movie. The movie really reminded me of everything I loved about the Turtles from my youth, including the tremendous arcade-style video games that came out back when Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis were considered the pinnacle of home video…
…is when you’re hanging out with Zatanna….
Hey, remember last year at this time, when the calendar aligned to 6/6/06, and the sky turned red, and demons clawed their way up through the earth’s mantle and humanity survived by only the narrowest of margins? Yeah, hard to believe it was a year ago already… After reading this latest batch of comics, I…
The BBC reports that Stan Lee is teaming up with Disney to create new characters for film and animation projects. On one hand, good for Stan. It’s nice when 80-somethings can still find work. On the other hand, I seem to recall that about every year or so, there’s some new Stan Lee creation coming…
I am totally phoning this one in. One of my best friends is in town, and we’ve been hanging out all day, so, at this point, well, I’m more than drunk, and I must say, I am completely bored by this issue of Countdown. I feel I shouldn’t even dignify it with a response. That’s…
By David Lapham Vertigo, 2007. $24.99 Many thanks to the folks at Vertigo for the early look at David Lapham’s original graphic novel Silverfish, which comes out this month. A quick note to preface the preview — for a long time, I’ve dealt with Sierra Hahn on DC’s PR staff. She mostly handled Vertigo. She…
“Ever thought about trying Invincible but just haven’t gotten around to it? Now is your chance! This special introductory issue — priced to sell — features the start of a brand new story-arc, and is an excellent jumping-on point for new readers. Also in this issue  a recap of the entire series from start…