Author: Doom DeLuise

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…



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…



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….



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…



The Apocalypse is Fast Approaching, plus Casting Advice for Brett Ratner

I came across a disturbing bit of comic book movie news this morning on Variety. Thought I’d share it with you so that you could smack yourself in the forehead in the same way I did about ten minutes ago. Read this sentence carefully: Reliance Big Entertainment has acquired Rob Liefeld’s iconic graphic novel “Youngblood”…



Worst to First: February 4th, 2009

I’ve been trying to come up with a clever gimmick to use to review my weekly comics for awhile now, and since the untimely passing of Jean-Claude Van Doom some time ago, I figured it would be worth a shot to steal his old gimmick. Thus, I bring to you the first ever Doom DeLuise…



Holy Toledo, G.I. Joe Looks Bad

A few days ago, Paramount Pictures released their first promo images for the new G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. I thought they looked fairly promising and bad-ass, but, today, they’ve released the first T.V. spot for the movie, to be aired during the Superbowl tomorrow. Superhero Hype! has a world exclusive, so you’ll have…



Book of Doom:
Final Crisis #7

Welcome to the latest edition of Doomkopf’s Book of Doom. This week, our roundtable discussion is about the final issue of Grant Morrison’s “Final Crisis.” This isn’t the first time we’ve discussed the series on here, and our Book of Doom has even been devoted to its issues more than once or twice. For this…



Watchmen 1970 News Report

What in Blue Blazes is this? This looks frickin’ terrible. I just stumbled across it on the internet, so I have no idea how much of this footage will be used in the upcoming movie, but, boy, it just looks all sorts of bad. Like, they’re intentionally trying to make it look like it’s from…