Best Moment of 2007

Doominator says: movie trailers!

Hearing the Joker laugh in “The Dark Knight” trailer and seeing Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man had me pretty pumped. They’re close enough to call it good.

Fin Fang Doom says: The death of Captain America

The best moment of 2007 wasn’t something anyone was surprised by (we can thank the Associated Press for that one), but it was very memorable. It sparked off possibly the best arc so far in Ed Brubaker’s Captain America, and that’s saying something. It’s something that was felt throughout the Marvel universe, and seems like it’s going to have a lasting impact. All too often, when there’s a major status quo change for a character, you’re just left wondering “how long is it going to be until they undo this one?” The effects of Cap’s death have been so great that this time I’m left wondering “wait…did something actually just change?” It’s not certain at this point if Steve Rogers is DEAD dead, and that’s a great thing. If Spider-Man dies, he’s coming back. If Superman dies, he’s coming back. But Captain America? Or rather, Steve Rogers? That’s not quite so certain.

Doom DeLuise says: 52 #52

Booster Gold, to Supernova: “Danny! Go long!” That moment was absolutely perfect.

Honorable Mention: Criminal #5: Leo kills Seymour.
When Leo reveals the reason he’s always been so safe, always acted like a coward, I believe the exact words that came out of my mouth were, “Holy Jesus fuck.” I actually said that. On the toilet. It was weird, but that moment is awesome.

Honorable Mention: The Goddamn Batman #5: The Goddamn Batman fights rapists.
If you’re a rapist, you’d best hope that the Batman shows up to stop you from raping, rather than The Goddamn Batman. He doesn’t show mercy, and he finds it hilarious and exhilarating. “That’s a compound fracture, rapist.” Hell yeah!

Honorable Mention: Green Lantern Sinestro Corps War Special: At midnight, all the agents…
When Sinestro finally assembled his Corps, replete with the Anti-Monitor, Superman-Prime, Cyborg Superman, and Kyle Rayner as Parallax, it was hard not to say, “This is gonna be sweet.”

Jim Doom says: Green Lantern #25

When the good people of Coast City refuse to evacuate, and instead turn on their green lights as a public show of display for Hal Jordan, I got chills. I don’t know if I’ve ever gotten chills from reading a comic book before.

Honorable mention: Green Lantern #17: A Sinestro Ring chooses Batman for his ability to instill great fear.
Batman was able to fight it off, but Geoff Johns knew exactly how he pulled the awesome strings in the brain of every comic geek who immediately started wondering just how awesome that story could be.

Honorable mention:
Superman #666: Superman kills Brainiac.
SUPERMAN: “Super friction, Brainiac … super friction creates static electricity … super static electricity creates … SHAKKABOOM!”
BRAINIAC: “That … that makes no scientific sense whatsoever.”
SUPERMAN: “My dream, my rules, you clockwork moron.”

Honorable mention:
Batman #665: A defining Batman moment.
It was very brief, but Grant Morrison concisely captured the essence of Batman’s self-imposted authority with “Cop or no cop – you’re on my list.”

Honorable mention:
Action Comics #857: Going to Arkham Amusement Park
I was initially pretty hard on this Bizarro World storyline, but the third issue totally redeemed it, and when the Bizarros wanted to take their captive to Bizarro Amusement Park, I totally did an “LOL.”

Hey! Check out what we had to say about this category in 2006 and 2005!