By Jeph Loeb (W), Carlos Pacheco and Jesus Merino (A) Originally printed as Superman/Batman 14-18. Published by DC Comics. Cover price $12.99. The Plot: Superman and Batman fight an evil Legion of Superheroes across a multitude of alternate realities to correct changes made to their pasts in order to restore the DC Universe proper. Strengths:…
Hero of the Week- Green Lantern Hal Jordan showed up in three books this week. Kilowog made appearances in two. Guy Gardner got his own Prestige Format mini-series. Even G’Nort managed an appearance without making himself look foolish. It was a good week for the Green Lanterns. Except for those twenty or so people that…
I’m not going to even pretend I can look at this issue from an objective point of view. I love Spider-Man. I love Peter David. I love it when people write Spider-Man as fun, and that’s what Peter David does. Granted, Friendly is not the best Spider-Man book out there (that honor belongs to Amazing),…
The last couple of times we tried to jump into the middle of a series for our Book of Doom, it didn’t turn out so well. But this week’s issue is not only the debut of a new story arc, but the debut of a new regular artist, so it’s almost like starting over with…
Least Subtle Metaphor of the Week- the cover to Amazing Spider-Man #536 Ooh, it’s like he’s being pulled in a bunch of different directions at once. Like emotionally, he’s torn between which way to go, but this cover is showing it as though he’s literally being pulled in opposite directions. I totally get that. Best…
Welcome to the latest recurring feature on Legion of Doom that I’ll inevitable give up on after a couple of weeks: the Meaningless Awards of the Week! Maybe I’ll actually stick this one since I can do however many or few I want depending on the quality of books that week. This week, I’m handing…
We’ve discussed Heroes quite a bit here on Legion of Doom. Doom DeLuise and his brother hate it. I really like it. Jean-Claude Van Doom also seems to enjoy it a lot. I know Colonel Doom watches it, but I don’t think he has a strong opinion either way. And I’m pretty sure Jim Doom…
By Darwyn Cooke (W/A) and Dave Stewart (C) Cover Price $19.99. Published by DC Comics. Originally printed as DC: The New Frontier 4-6. Click here for the Library of Doom entry for DC: The New Frontier Volume 1. Plot: Against the backdrop of the 1950s, all of America’s heroes unite to challenge the greatest threat…
Marvel Zombies was a great mini-series. In my mind, there wasn’t another mini this year that came anywhere near the quality of Robert Kirman’s story. It was a shame that it was only five issues. Except now it won’t be. Next May Marvel’s releasing a prequel issue, that’ll show the events in the Zombie-verse leading…
Have you ever wondered about journey Kryptonite took from the time it crashlanded on earth to the time it was first used against Superman? Of course not, that would be stupid. It’s a rock. It doesn’t think, it doesnt talk…it’s just there. Who cares about the origin of a rock? Yet somehow in Superman Confidential…