Jim Doom says: The Fall of the Super-Writers I don’t know I’ve ever seen so many big-shot writers get exposed at the same time as in 2007. While I definitely enjoyed Fallen Son, Jeph Loeb’s run on Wolverine was absolutely awful, and the first issue of Ultimates 3 was so bad that it immediately killed…
Doom DeLuise says: ASSBAR! The Goddamn Batman started “regularly” shipping, and now that I have accepted it for what it is, I’ve found it to be wildly entertaining. This ain’t your daddy’s Batman, fanboys. Jim Doom says: ASSBAR! ASSBAR is good. Upon reviewing ASSBAR #5, I got my first glimpse of thinking that this awful…
Fin Fang Doom says: Spidey takes the deal! Shipping the very last week of 2007, Marvel ruined my Christmas by saying the last 20 years of their flagship character don’t count in Amazing Spider-Man #545. Doom DeLuise says: Shazam! When Black Adam gave his powers to Mary Marvel in Countdown. That ruined all hope I…
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…
Jim Doom says: finding out exactly what DC writers liked when they were kids! Whether it’s the Saturday Mornification of the Justice League – complete with the Hall of Justice monolithic headquarters and the Hall of Doom sitting in the swamp – or bringing back the Legion of Superheroes in as many books as possible…
Doom DeLuise says: less Countdown crossovers! Since it started, we’ve been having less and less tie-ins with Countdown. After they threw that entire, “This is the backbone of the DCU,” PR line out the window, they’ve trended away from tie-ins, which means my regular monthly DC stuff hasn’t been tainted with the awfulness of that…
As the anticipation builds for the release of The Dark Knight, I thought I’d share the transcript of a conversation that Fin Fang Doom, Colonel Doom and I had with some friends following our initial screening of Batman Begins several years ago. In fact, it was that night that Fin Fang Doom and I first…
It’s that time of year again, where the members of the legion of Doomkopf take a crack at praising and condemning the very best and worst of the previous year in comics. A new Best or Worst post will go up every day at noon, and its opposite number will show up 12 hours later…
As Doom DeLuise explained last week, the Doomkopf Book of Doom is now each member of the legion’s favorite book of the week. It’s a little late this week because comics were late this week and because I’m just always late at everything. For my favorite this week, I’m going to take Captain America #33….
Thor Picked up with Thor #1 (1998) Dropped with Thor #6 (2008) I always thought I liked the character of Thor. He was Marvel’s Superman (before the Sentry came along, anyway), and he could wipe the floor with damn near anybody in the multiverse. Even Superman himself, if my high school fan fiction is any…