Month: February 2009

The Scott Summers Awards for Top 5 Doomed Superhero Romances: #2

#5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 #2: Daredevil and Karen Page Began Courtship in Daredevil #1, 1964 Written by: Stan Lee Summary: Karen Page was introduced in the first issue of Daredevil as Matt Murdock and Foggy Nelson’s secretary at their law firm. Foggy had just recently hired her, and she immediately…



Book of Doom: Nightwing #153

It’s certainly been one hell of a run, eh, sports fans? Before we start with the reviews, let me just say that Nightwing, aka Dick Grayson, is my favorite superhero. I’ve read every single issue of his solo title since it began in 1996, and, for the most part, it’s been enjoyable. The build-up to…



Stump the Doominator, Week of Feb. 15, 2009

Welcome, welcome to the first installment of Stump the Doominator, where I use my vast nerdery to attempt to breakdown storylines into a single sentence. We’ve got some good ones this week, so let’s press on. Nate Winchester, occasional commenter and operator of Hunting Muses, asked: Has anyone asked you to sum up Final Crisis…



The Scott Summers Awards for Top 5 Doomed Superhero (B)Romances: #3

#5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 #3: Booster Gold and Blue Beetle II Began Courtship in Justice League #3, 1987 Written by: J. M. DeMatteis and Keith Giffen Summary: Not your typical romance, Blue Beetle and Booster Gold first met when Maxwell Lord brought Booster into the Justice League in the late…



Stump the Doominator

I’m a lax contributor here at Doomkopf, mostly because I’m terrible at actually remembering to go to the comic store, and even when I do, I either get Astonishing X-Men or a long canceled series. But after Doom DeLuise asked me to help him with his countdown, I knew my calling … to sum up…



The Scott Summers Awards for Top 5 Doomed Superhero Romances: #4

#5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 #4: Doctor Manhattan and Laurie Juspeczyk Courtship Appears in Watchmen #1-12 Written by: Alan Moore Summary (contains spoilers): Doctor Jonathan Osterman gained superpowers when he was involved in an accident with an Intrinsic Field Subtractor, which turned him into the super-powered Doctor Manhattan. He was given…



The Scott Summers Awards for Top 5 Doomed Superhero Romances: #5

#5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I’ve been thinking about love and relationships a lot lately. Well, not really, but I was trying to think up an interesting topic to blog about, and the timeliness of Saturday’s big Hallmark holiday made romance a natural fit….



All Hail Reagatron

Jim at Cornfed Gamer alerted us to this article at Wired about an action figure museum in Oklahoma. Most notable was the surprise revelation that we have Ronald Reagan to thank for some of the fondest memories of our childhood. Liberal action figure fans may be chagrined to learn that many of their favorite toys…



Book of Doom Preview:
Nightwing #153

Nightwing has had his own series for about thirteen years now, and this is his final issue. I’d say that’s reason enough for this to be our Book of Doom for the week. Through his exploits in Bludhaven, his stint as a cop, his battles with Nite-Wing and Blockbuster and Tarantula, his time spent as…



What I’m buying this week – Feb 11, 2009

Jim Doom: • Action Comics #874 – I actually have no idea what’s going on this month, but I’m going to go out on a limb and assume it’ll be dealing with the aftermath of New Krypton. • Batman #686 – This is the beginning of Neil Gaiman’s two-part tribute to Batman and Alan Moore….