This weekend, I undertook a big project – integrating the randomly-stored comics from my youth into the alphabetized comics I’ve purchased since returning to the life of a comic book reader. I just wanted to share a few thoughts and observations from the dig. – I liked how, back in the early 90s, it was…
Last week Marvel announced that it was canceling Sensational Spider-Man and Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man in favor of publishing three issues of Amazing Spider-Man every month. I’ve got very mixed feelings about that, so it’s time to dust off an old theme I honestly expected to use more often: Good Idea, Bad Idea. Good Idea! Speeding…
I was so upset by how wrong X-Men: Endangered Species was that I was almost angry. Upset about how morally and philosophically divergent these X-Men are from the X-Men of the past 40-plus years. And then I was upset about how upset I was over a fictional reality and characters, but that part will wait….
Monday afternoon I broke down and bought World War Hulk #1. I had sworn off the crossover after I was unable to procure a copy of Incredible Hulk #106 for our Book of Doom review. I was sort of crossovered out anyway, and missing the first issue of the crossover seemed like a sign to…
Hey-o cinemaphiles. Most of the Doomers were asleep at the wheel (or in detox) and missed out on the latest comic book to film. Not I. With a trusty free pass (to another movie) in hand, I grinned and beared Fantastic Four 2, or FFRSS. My apologies for the double colon in the title above….
About ten months ago now, the Justice League was given a new ongoing monthly series (or tri-monthly, for the first few issues), and it’s been a fairly unremarkable ten months. The first story-arc was focused on the Red Tornado and his quest for a human body. In the first issue, we had a decent set-up,…
…is when you’re hanging out with Zatanna….
The BBC reports that Stan Lee is teaming up with Disney to create new characters for film and animation projects. On one hand, good for Stan. It’s nice when 80-somethings can still find work. On the other hand, I seem to recall that about every year or so, there’s some new Stan Lee creation coming…
Dear Eric, By the time you read this letter, I’ll be gone. Yes, I’ve dropped you from my pull list. No longer will a copy of The Goon await me at the comic book store every few months when an issue comes out. If this seems sudden, it’s not. This has been coming for a…
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…