Teen Titans #33: Road trip! Between Infinite Crisis #5 and #6, Superboy and Nightwing have to get from San Francisco to the Arctic. This is that story. Important? No. Great story? No. Worth reading? Yes. Fantastic Four: First Family #1: If you enjoyed the Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes mini-series from the end of 2004 (also…
DC’s All-Star Comics line. I just can’t believe the timing on that. DC didn’t need stunts – they had fantastic stories building. And one thing that Superman and Batman had over their Marvel counterparts was that new readers could pick up a high-numbered issue of either character’s titles and not be bogged down with continuity….
Everybody loves a mystery. The only thing better than a really good mystery is a really good resolution. And you know it’s a really, really good resolution when someone who doesn’t even know the mystery thinks it’s amazing. I know practically nothing about Jason Todd. I read the issue of Teen Titans he was in,…
It was a huge week for comics Wednesday, and it didn’t feel right choosing only one Book of the Week when I bought over two dozen. So here’s my top ten of the week, in no particular order. Ultimates 2 #10: Damn, I had forgotten that the Ultimates were so badass! Obviously, that was intentional…
A flying horse poops on a lady’s head, Black Panther #3. Yes, that was actually an attempt at humor by Reggie Hudlin. Yes, John Romita Jr. had to draw horse feces falling from the sky. Yes, that was the moment I realized Reggie Hudlin was a complete hack. Yes, that’s when I stopped buying Black…
In May, 1984, with no explanation, Spider-Man started wearing a black costume. The romance between Colossus and Kitty Pryde ended suddenly. The Thing was missing in action, and She-Hulk had taken his place in the Fantastic Four. It took a year of wondering and twelve issues of Secret Wars before fans finally understood why the…
Nick Fury. He got his ass kicked all year, then disappeared. -Jean-Claude Van Doom Ronin. When Echo was revealed as the secret identity of Ronin, the comic book community let out a collective “Huh?” A super-cool mystery ninja turns out to be some deaf female Taskmaster from a dozen or so issues of Daredevil from…
Ahh, fan fiction. There’s nothing quite as dorky as writing stories featuring pop culture icons for your own amusement. So of course, I’ve done it. What follows is the first in a series of short battles I wrote in my senior year creative writing course. If you like this, there’s plenty more where it came…
The only thing anyone’s been talking about for the last few months in regards to Spider-Man is the new costume. Most seem to hate it, although Joe Quesada would have you think otherwise. Personally, I’m not fond of it. It seemed like a change made solely to create buzz around Spider-Man, which it’s certainly succeeded…
I don’t recall being apalled by anything in particular. -Jim Doom The issue of The Other in which Spider-Man decides to put Mary Jane and Aunt May into old Iron Man suits and run around Doctor Doom’s castle [Fin Fang’s note: That was Marvel Knights Spider-Man #20]. -Jean-Claude Van Doom Marvel Knights Spider-Man #20. Just…