By Frank Miller, color by Lynn Varley Published by Dark Horse in 1998 as a five-issue series, reprinted in 1999 and 2006. $30 The Plot: It is 480 BCE. Not yet unified, the peoples of Greece stand in the shadow of the Persian Empire, which spreads west under the control of God/King Xerxes, who commands…
Not a lot of new books coming out this week, so we’re opting for a communal review of the first issue in a new arc of Daredevil. In the past months, we’ve seen Matt go to prison, break out of prison, jaunt across Europe and come face to face with Foggy’s supposed killer (which is…
Since I was a little kid, I’ve read comics. From my cousin’s collection, I grew into a fan of Batman, the X-Men, Spider-Man and G.I. Joe, the usual suspects. But, remote as we were and with only a meager grocery store shelf to choose from, my comic intake was vastly limited. My comics reading followed…
The Joker “The Joker is the Joker and will always be the Joker.” — Doominator “He didn’t really show up a lot in 2006, but when he did, The Joker made quite a splash. He blew up Batman, Jason Todd and himself (although none of them seemed any worse for wear). He killed Alexander Luthor….
I’ve opined before about the lack of new blood among the legions of villains in comics. And maybe now we have our explanation for why so few new baddies join the ranks of the Joker, Dr. Doom, Synestro and Orca. In 2006, we had a few new villains appear (and an old one rehashed in…
I don’t suppose I can claim that any of us were quite as passionate with praise for the best art of the year as we were with scorn for the worst. But, each Doomer came up with his own choice (or choices) for favorite artist. Those guys, again “It’s embarrassing for me to admit this,…
Sure, sure, drawing comics is a terribly challenging job and so it’s completely unfair to criticize anyone who does it. Well, it may be hard, but that doesn’t excuse the fact that some guys are absolutely terrible, or the fact that the big wigs keep on hiring them to churn out turds for us poor…
So far, we’ve recounted lots of the good and the bad of 2006 in comics, from series to covers to issues to moments and so on. The following is something that didn’t quite fit into our “best of” rubric, so I offer it as a standalone thought. And that thought is, of every bit of…
With a ton of mega events to choose from in 2006, you’d think the Doomers would be salivating to annoint the greatest. Well, if you thought that, you were wrong. Still, we had a few thoughts. Civil War “I doubted it would happen, but I think Civil War has been executed very well. And I…
The Black Panther/Storm wedding “I don’t think anyone cared about what was dubbed “The Wedding of the Century.” Most fans had already grown sour on Reggie Hudlin’s Black Panther. And with Civil War going on, who the hell cares about the wedding between two wholly unimportant characters? People reading Black Panther, and that’s it. Just…