Month: June 2007

The Doomino Effect for the week of May 30, 2007

Did you know that if someone with a Brooklyn accent was referring to Jeffrey Dahmer’s smelling device, it would sound like they were saying “Dominoes” ? This is of course irrelevant, because this is the Doomino Effect, and so please continue reading. Speaking of reading, that leads me to Daredevil #97, which I read! We’re…



A Dear John letter to The Goon

Dear Eric, By the time you read this letter, I’ll be gone. Yes, I’ve dropped you from my pull list. No longer will a copy of The Goon await me at the comic book store every few months when an issue comes out. If this seems sudden, it’s not. This has been coming for a…



Meaningless Awards of the Week- 5/31/07

Frustration of the Week- the new DC continuity It’s really annoying when you don’t know what the hell is going on. I have no idea what’s happening in a lot of DC Comics nowadays. Everything I thought I knew about the history of the DC Universe has been called into suspect lately due to events…



Book of Doom: Silver Surfer Requiem #1

In a strange coincidence, a couple weekends ago I was in Florida and my father-in-law broke out his quite amazing collection of ’60s and ’70s comics. The highlight, though, was the first issue of Silver Surfer, which established the creation of Mr. Shiny Britches and started his series of independent adventures. And now that’s all…



Countdown: Forty-Eight

Well, folks, I’m pretty drunk, so you know what time it is. It’s time to review the newest issue of Countdown and talk about what happened in it and stuff. Let’s run through the quick-and-dirty real quick. Mary Marvel meets with Black Adam, newly re-powered, in the remains of the Kahndaq Embassy in Gotham City….