In a strange coincidence, a couple weekends ago I was in Florida and my father-in-law broke out his quite amazing collection of ’60s and ’70s comics. The highlight, though, was the first issue of Silver Surfer, which established the creation of Mr. Shiny Britches and started his series of independent adventures. And now that’s all…
In his latest DC Nation column, Big Jefe Dan Didio writes the following: Well, as you saw in the thrilling conclusion of 52, the Multiverse is back. Or should I say, a new Multiverse is here. A huge defining moment in the DC Universe, so big, in fact, it has divided the DC Nation into…
As I mentioned before, a great recent week was highlighted by the release of the second collected volume of Frank Espinosa’s Rocketo, the future-set adventures of famed mapper Rocketo Garrison. If you read the interview I did with Frank when volume one released, you know that the second volume was set to be published in…
We’re steady at work here, doing our damnedest to replace the saying “another day, another dollar” with the much more flavorful “another week, another Book of Doom.” C’mon, popular vernacular, you know you want to spice things up! In that vein, this week we Doomers are going to be tackling Silver Surfer: Requiem, the new…
I was trying to think of a good joke to explain why I’m writing about a samurai on Memorial Day, but nothing came to mind. Maybe that’s because I’m pretty well drained after a 9+ hour drive to Nebraska for the first ever face-to-face meeting amongst we Doomers (word is, there’s a photo floating around…
Maybe you’ve seen this before. If so, good for you, just don’t rub it in our faces, you jerk! What was I saying? Oh, yeah, Ted Kord has been AWOL from comics ever since his brains met the tile floor in Dracula’s castle, unless you count that fake Ted Kord that showed up in Manhunter…
Howdy there, our little Doom Patrollers. I know you’ll all be crestfallen, but I’m going to be out of town the rest of the week and have no time for the weekly Worst to First roundup. To make up for it, I have a review of the new graphic novel The Other Side, a Vietnam…
When the folks at DC sent over two of the new books from the company’s new Minx line — which is targeted at a young, hip female audience — I wondered what would happen if the books weren’t any good. If I were inclined to give the books bad reviews, would it come across as…
Anyone else feel that was a Grade A letdown? Me too. Wouldn’t you think that a battle royale between the two “Heroes” with multiple powers would entail them using, uh, multiple powers? Wouldn’t you think everyone would make sure Sylar couldn’t slink away? That said, I’ll still be watching next season. Now, because I’m that…
By Keith Giffen, Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning (W) and Mitch Breitweiser, Scott Kolins, Ariel Olivetti and Kev Walker (A) Published by Marvel, 2007, $29.99 The Plot: In the storyline that fans forgot, the dread villain Annihilus returns from the Negative Zone (I think) and sends a wave of mean-looking robots across the universe to…