I am not a long-time DC geek. I say that because I want it to be clear that I’m not approaching this topic with a sense of entitlement, that “I’ve been reading DC for 20 years so they damn well better not mess things up…” If anything, my recent conversion into a DC fan (starting…
In December, about 30,000 people bought copies of Robin, which put it at about 70th according to Diamond’s numbers. I was not one of those people. I flipped through the thing, gave it serious consideration, but ultimately didn’t bring it home. My mistake. In the post-Crisis universe, Batman is battling bipolar disorder (with the angel…
Tomorrow, February 21, after nine and a half long months, Civil War finally comes to an end. Well, except for the 3+ months of specials about the fallout of Civil War that Marvel’s putting out. But the main story comes to an end tomorrow in Civil War #7 and Amazing Spider-Man #538. Amazing Spider-Man will…
Late books are a problem for everyone. When books ship late, readers get mad because they can’t get their monthly dose of their favorite characters. Retailers get mad because they can’t sell as many comics if the publishers don’t put out as many. Publishers get mad because quite honestly I wouldn’t want to listen to…
I didn’t read enough books this week to bother with a Worst to First, so you’ll have to settle for a rant. On that note, are the editors of Batman trying to ensure that I never buy this book again? I dropped the series from my pull list to avoid that John Ostrander/Grotesk debacle, but…
In case you haven’t picked up a single Marvel comic book in recent weeks (to see the omnipresent ads stuck on covers), I’ll let you in on a little secret: Spider-Man is going to be donning the black costume post Civil War. “The black costume?” you say, gasping loudly. “The costume that came to symbolize…
So Jim Doom and I seem to be disagreeing about everything today, be it Lost or Identity Crisis or puppies (I say they’re adorable). And of course, everything sounds meaner on the internet. So I’m presenting this in the hopes that we can put aside our differences and unite in our hate for two people…
I’ve come up with an analogy, my friends, and I dare say it’s a good one. I was trying to think, what is it that has been bugging me so much about comics lately? What can I put my finger on that encapsulates so much of the disillusionment I’ve been feeling about new series, new…
We’ve made it most of the way through 52, with World War Three now looming. Plenty of plot points have been wrapped up, but lots more questions remain unanswered (one Question, though, is dead). One of the biggest questions is who is Skeets. As we saw in week 37, he isn’t Skeets. At least, that’s…
Although it may seem oxymoronic to have a mini-series entitled “Eternals,” Marvel has attempted to live up to the name by telling a six-part story in seven issues. I know it’s been about three months since the last issue came out, but, if you think back hard enough with me, the cover to that issue…