Remember early last year, when DC released this image? Countdown is now over, so let’s take a look at what all these teaser images were referring to, moving clockwise from the left side, and compare them with Dan DiDio’s comments from last January. 1. Big Barda and Scott Free are dead. They got killed in…
Mighty Avengers #12 starts out with the closing to Secret War, in which Nick Fury sent a group of heroes to overthrow the government of Latveria and then erased the event from their minds. He bid them farewell with a little bit of an apology, but an overall defense of his actions before promising to…
Every time I try to make sense of a rise in Countdown’s sales, it ends up being something artificial — a reporting glitch, a change in return policy, or something like that. So this month, I’m not even going to try to justify it. Countdown’s numbers rose slightly. Make of it what you will. The…
Mr. Simon earned the “legend” title with his partner Jack Kirby by creating Captain America, the superhero who arrived in December 1940, just in time to play a patriotic foil to the Axis powers. The cover of the first issue even has the good captain socking Hitler in the jaw. For Mr. Simon and Mr….
While Doom DeLuise is MIA, Doominator and I recorded a podcast in his absence. Read along as two people with bad memories and limited grasp on recent events attempt to speculate on the Secret Invasion! [SFX: Intro Music] JIM DOOM: Hello and welcome to the latest Podcast of Doom. I’m Jim Doom, and filling in…
Secret Invasion #1 opens with a Skrull history lesson, explaining how the Throneworld had been destroyed, fulfilling the Queen’s prophecy. She kicks off the series by saying “Then here’s what shall be done…” Cut to Stark Laboratory. Tony Stark is explaining the potential scope of the Skrull Invasion to Reed Richards and Henry Pym, accompanied…
It’s the final installment of our 4-Part Book of Doom series this week, reviewing four new issues that began four new arcs in their respective titles. Ms. Marvel #25 followed up on last month’s revelation by Tony Stark that Carol Danvers – or at least a Carol Danvers was a Skrull. We can see from…
I would’ve dropped Legion of Super-Heroes this month if not for the 4-Part Book of Doom. I really liked it during Mark Waid’s run. Tony Bedard’s was hit and miss with me. It seemed like it was leading to something great, then just kind of fizzled away. But Jim Shooter’s run downright stinks. Last month’s…
I really like Daredevil. I really like the “true-crime” approach that Ed Brubaker and Brian Michael Bendis have taken with the book. I also really like the relationships between Daredevil and his supporting cast. But I really didn’t care much for this issue. Ever since Daredevil got out of prison — emerging from the storyline…
Secret Invasion #1 doesn’t come out until next week, but the crossover officially begins this week in New Avengers #39. If this first crossover issue is any indication, it looks like the Avengers titles are going to play a role similar to the one they did during Civil War, and that is to tell somewhat…