It’s the final installment of our 4-Part Book of Doom series this week, reviewing four new issues that began four new arcs in their respective titles. Ms. Marvel #25 followed up on last month’s revelation by Tony Stark that Carol Danvers – or at least a Carol Danvers was a Skrull. We can see from…
I would’ve dropped Legion of Super-Heroes this month if not for the 4-Part Book of Doom. I really liked it during Mark Waid’s run. Tony Bedard’s was hit and miss with me. It seemed like it was leading to something great, then just kind of fizzled away. But Jim Shooter’s run downright stinks. Last month’s…
I really like Daredevil. I really like the “true-crime” approach that Ed Brubaker and Brian Michael Bendis have taken with the book. I also really like the relationships between Daredevil and his supporting cast. But I really didn’t care much for this issue. Ever since Daredevil got out of prison — emerging from the storyline…
Secret Invasion #1 doesn’t come out until next week, but the crossover officially begins this week in New Avengers #39. If this first crossover issue is any indication, it looks like the Avengers titles are going to play a role similar to the one they did during Civil War, and that is to tell somewhat…
At first I was really excited about the Secret Origin of Hal Jordan miniseries. Hal Jordan’s Green Lantern has always been one of my favorite characters, Geoff Johns is one of my favorite writers and Ivan Reis is one of my favorite artists. But then I started reading it, and I was like “Man, I’ve…
We interrupt this irregularly scheduled review for this breaking news bulletin. (Okay, so I’m sure this “news” is far from “breaking.” Usually the internet is weeks ahead of the Previews, so I’m probably way behind the curve.) I nearly blew a gasket today when I left the comic store and caught a glance of the…
We’ve been batting around the idea of bringing the Book of Doom back here at Doomkopf.com, but it seems that whenever we’re talking about it, it’s just never the right week. Well this week, there are four books coming out with either major events or the start of brand new arcs, thus serving as great…
As an update to last week’s Doomino Effect, in which I reacted to Madman #7 and wondered Does Frank think It Girl is Joe? Has some essence of Joe taken up residence within It Girl? Is Frank willfully accepting It Girl as a replacement for Joe? Is It Girl exploiting Frank’s loss for her selfish…
Everything that has been building up over the course of the counting down of the past ten months finally comes to a head in this issue, as the Great Disaster finally hits, devastating the entire universe, leaving millions dead, cities burning, and human-animal hybrids destroying whatever’s in their paths. And, let me tell you, for…
Not much has changed in the past month. Countdown’s slight rise at issue 16 proved to be just a temporary jump, as numbers were back to pre-blip levels by issue 12. Overall, it’s as if January’s rise never happened, with week 40 sliding right back into the week 1-35 decline. As was the case with…