Doomkopf’s Year in Review – 2008 Edition

It’s that time of year again, where every website and blog on the Internet starts throwing out their year-end Best Of lists. Of course, not to be outdone, we here at Doomkopf.com are going to be spending the next couple weeks rolling out our very own lists of what we thought was the best and worst of 2008 in the comics world.

Each member of the Legion has made their own lists, so each day, twice a day, we’ll compile our picks for each category and toss up a new blog with our choices and the explanations behind those choices. If you’re a long-time reader, you’ll know that this is the fourth year that we’ve done something along these lines.

It’s been quite a year, so we’ll have lots of stuff to discuss. Think about it; last year at this time, none of us knew what Final Crisis was going to even be about. So much has changed…since…then…

Huh. Well, you get the point. When 2008 started, we were midway through Countdown, the worst comic series I’ve ever laid eyes on. Spider-Man had just made his deal with Mephisto to overhaul twenty-some years of continuity, and the groundwork for a giant Skrull invasion was being feverishly laid in the Avengers books.

Now, Batman’s dead (kind of), the Secret Invasion is over (the good guys won, kind of), and Bucky has firmly solidified his role as Steve Rogers’ successor, the new Captain America (really).

Who knows what 2009 has to offer? Well, lots of people in the industry, I’m sure. I mean, they plan this stuff pretty far in advance. Surely, they have to have some clue, right?

Oh well. We’ll get to all of that eventually. For the next couple weeks, join us as we look back on the year that was 2008.