DOOM NOTE: By the time this week’s Doomino Effect rolls around, Halloween will be long gone. There’s enough to talk about with this book – and still a few hours left in the day – so here’s what will likely be a one-time only single issue review. I’m a big fan of short stories –…
I have to confess, I haven’t done the Doomino Effect in a while. Actually, I probably don’t even need to confess. The fact that there weren’t any Doomino Effects on this site the past few weeks pretty much points a finger at me. I’m not a big fan of “Sorry I haven’t posted more!” posts,…
Last I knew, Earth-2 Superman was dead – a victim of Infinite Crisis, and more specifically, Superboy-Prime’s fists. But if the past year or so of DC Comics has taught us anything, it’s that what was old is new again, and what happened as a result of Infinite Crisis apparently doesn’t really matter because writers…
For this week’s Book of Doom, I chose the first issue of the new Foolkiller mini-series. Overall, I liked it a great deal. I have two complaints, though, and they are significant. Let’s get those out of the way first. Number one, I don’t particularly care for “edgy” comic books. The only difference between this…
Months ago, when the first teaser image of the Joker from the new “Dark Knight” movie hit the internet, it hit on the website www.whysoserious.com. The site then basically shut down for several months, until just recently, when the static black background was replaced with an image of a freshly carved jack-o-lantern. The eyes look…
I know that a lot of you are thinking the same thing: Foolkiller? Seriously? Yes, seriously. Foolkiller had a prior mini-series that ran in the early 1990’s, and I recently became a big fan after picking up all eight issues for a buck or so on Free Comic Book Day last year. The gist is…
Holy heel-turn, Batman! I mean, Great Caesar’s Ghost, are you telling me something interesting and unexpected actually happened within the pages of Countdown? Are you telling me that a character did something really cool and totally…oh, wait, no, they spoiled it on the front cover, and the entire incident was out of character and completely…
While browsing newsarama.com today, I came upon an interesting bit of news: One More Day has been pushed back yet again. About a year ago, when the final arc of J. Michael Starcynski’s run on Amazing Spider-Man was announced, it was supposed to come out weekly in August. When it finally came time to solicit…
Wow, it’s hard to believe it’s Saturday already. What’s that you say? It’s Tuesday? I’m three days late posting this week’s (or last week’s, rather) Book of Doom? Nonsense. And besides, at least I’m not weeks behind like Doom DeLuise was with his Countdown reviews. My self-imposed, Harry Potter-inspired exile from comics continues this week,…
To the untrained eye, it would seem as if I haven’t been keeping up with Countdown lately, either through lack of interest or laziness. But, to the eye that has brains, it would be obvious that Doom DeLuise always has a plan and never loses sight of the bigger picture. Since Countdown has been so…