Jim Doom says: Green Manor, vol. 1 (Cinebook) Cinebook was hands-down my favorite publisher of the year. I don’t think I’ve ever so unanimously enjoyed a single company’s output, most (if not all) of which is English translations of continental European comics. The best of the best was Green Manor volume 1: Assassins and Gentlemen,…
Actress Serinda Swan has been cast to play the role of the magician Zatanna on an upcoming episode of “Smallville,” according to TV Guide. According to them: Smallville has a fun new trick up its sleeve, and it involves the CW series’ take of DC Comics trickstress Zatanna. TVGuide.com has since learned exclusively that Serinda…
Doom DeLuise says: JLA: Salvation Run! Only a great fool would think this dreadful mini-series has anything to do with the Justice League of America. There is precisely one (former) member of the JLA to appear in this thing, and that’s Martian Manhunter. Oddly enough, his role in this explains how he appeared drugged up…
Jim Doom says: (tie) Captain America #34 and Batman #681! I went back and looked at my weekly reviews throughout the year, and these were two of the highest ranked. I felt like the relationship between the two was fitting enough to keep it a tie. In Captain America #34, Bucky debuted as the new…
Jim Doom says: Final Crisis #1! I’ve grown to actually like Final Crisis quite a bit, but it’s undeniable that the series got off on the wrong foot. Much of that blame falls on DC editorial and the misguided lead-in, but the reaction to this debut issue was most likely the opposite of what DC…
Doom DeLuise says: The Death of Captain America, Captain America! This was truly an epic storyline that began in the wake of Civil War and continued to its conclusion just a couple months ago. It’s been said countless times before, but the true testament to this book’s awesomeness is that the title character’s death has…
Fin Fang Doom says: “New Ways to Die,” Amazing Spider-Man! While Amazing Spider-Man has been disappointingly good since Brand New Day started at the beginning of the year, the first “major” arc really fell flat for me. With Spider-Man, the Thunderbolts, Anti-Venom and Norman Osborn, there was just way too much going on in a…
This week, we chose Action Comics for our Book of Doom, because it’s the conclusion to the quite entertaining New Krypton story-arc, and we were all interested in seeing how that wrapped up, as well as what the new status-quo is going to be in the Superman books. And now I really don’t care. I’m…
Jim Doom says: Hal and Carol, Green Lantern #34 Hal Jordan’s anger had been getting the best of him, and Sinestro lectured him about letting that anger get in the way of doing his job. “You need to grow up, deal with it and get on with your life,” Sinestro tells him. So Hal decides…
Jim Doom says: The Wasp is dead, Ultimatum #2 There were two striking contrasts in how Marvel chose to treat the death of Janet Van Dyne. In the regular universe, it involved a world of heroes mourning and several issues devoted to reflection. In the Ultimate Universe, it involved the Blob chewing on dead Janet’s…