Doom DeLuise says: Trials of Shazam! It may only come out once every few months, but it’s still really pretty awesome, and the art is beyond sweet. I have a lot of complaints about this mini-series, but I had more complaints about every other mini-series, so this is the one I chose as best, sort…
Fin Fang Doom says: Countdown! Two years ago, the Countdown to Infinite Crisis was exciting and well-paced, its tie-ins were actually relevant, and it really set the stage for Infinite Crisis to pay it all off in a big way. Countdown to Final Crisis has been slow and cumbersome, the tie-ins have mostly just been…
With all this year-end review stuff going on, it’s started me to thinking about just how bad Superman and Action Comics have been this past year. Both shipped fifteen issues apiece, but how many of those were actual relevant stories focused on furthering the overall storyline? Well, for Superman, that number was six; for Action…
Doominator says: Messiah Complex! Messiah Complex was so much better than expected. It’s like two or three years of mediocre X-Men were blown away to make way for the coolest thing in the history of cool. And I’m not talking just comics. This is cooler than anything else that is cool. This is almost as…
Greetings, Doomwads, and welcome to this week’s Doomino Effect. We’re right in the middle, or at least middle-ish, of our annual Doomkopf Best and Worst of the Year awards, which I get super pumped for each year. I love going back and looking at past years and I realize I can’t say I like seeing…
Jim Doom says: Cyclops! He’s a dork in Astonishing X-Men, he’s a “douchebag” in Wolverine (Wolverine’s words) and he’s a pompous prick in Messiah Complex. Cyclops has just become a tool. After far too many years of no one giving him the respect he deserved, he’s now demanding it and not earning it. Why do…
Doom DeLuise says: Booster Gold! The greatest one you’ve never heard of, Booster Gold. How do you redeem a character that is only heroic for the endorsements, fame, and praise? Make him be incredibly heroic behind the scenes, but have it so that nobody knows about it and still treats him with scorn. And this…
Fin Fang Doom says: Iron Man! There’s no doubt in my mind that Iron Man is not a hero. Every time in 2007 that he appeared in a comic that didn’t have his name in the title, be it Thor, She-Hulk, Captain America, or Civil War, he was presented as a total asshole. Not necessarily…
[SFX: intro music] JIM DOOM: Hey you know what I was just thinking? DOOM DeLUISE: How could I? JIM DOOM: For about the past 45 years, we’ve been told that mutants are just like humans until they hit puberty. It isn’t until puberty that their “X-Gene” is activated. DOOM DeLUISE: Yeah. JIM DOOM: Well, that’s…
Doominator says: The Joker! A pre-emptive vote for the Joker. Sure, he was kind of scarce this year. But he’s just in hiding … Fin Fang Doom says: Sinestro! The antagonist in the biggest storyline in 2007 was a shoe-in for best villain honors. And even in defeat, he remains a badass. Doom DeLuise says:…