Category: reviews

May 06 2008 May 6, 2008 May 6, 2008 2Comments by Jim Doom

$3.99 Done Right and Wrong:
A Doomino Effect case study
featuring Iron Fist #14 and
Giant-Size Avengers / Invaders #1

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I hate when comics cost $3.99. I especially hate when I buy a $3.99 comic and I feel like I have no choice (within the realm of relative comic reading autonomy). I picked up Giant-Size Avengers / Invaders #1 because I was in a hurry at the comic shop and I didn’t look closely and…

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May 05 2008 May 5, 2008 May 5, 2008 5Comments by Fin Fang Doom

The Drop List- April 30, 2008

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Ultimate X-Men Read from #1 (2001) to #93 (2008) It’s been a long time since Ultimate X-Men has been good. Since Robert Kirkman took over from Brian K. Vaughan a few years ago, the quality of the book has greatly suffered. And that’s coming from a Kirkman-apologist. Kirkman had a few things going against him,…

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May 01 2008 May 1, 2008 June 12, 2008 NoComment by Jim Doom

This week in Secret Invasion:
New Avengers #40

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Wow, what a follow-up to last week. In New Avengers #40, we learn about the Skrull invasion from the Skrull side. Although Princess Veranke loudly criticizes King Dorrek for ignoring the prophecies, he’s quite content, as the Skrull scientists have gathered the genetic information from the kidnapped Illuminati (from the mission depicted in New Avengers:…

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Apr 24 2008 April 24, 2008 June 12, 2008 NoComment by Jim Doom

This week in Secret Invasion:
Mighty Avengers #12

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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…

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Apr 23 2008 April 23, 2008 April 23, 2008 2Comments by Doom DeLuise

Countdown to Final Crisis: One

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How utterly fitting. In a series where absolutely nothing of importance happened over the course of fifty tedious issues, it is only fitting that the finale is similarly devoid of any points of interest. Still, the series accomplished what it set out to accomplish, I suppose. They killed all of the New Gods, and they…

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Apr 19 2008 April 19, 2008 April 19, 2008 5Comments by Doom DeLuise

Countdown to Final Crisis: Two

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Sweet, merciful crap, it’s almost over. Let me ask you an old question: If a tree falls in the woods, and nobody’s around to hear it, does it still make a sound? Now let me twist that question just a tad: If a direct Countdown tie-in features a major plot point months in advance to…

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Apr 15 2008 April 15, 2008 April 15, 2008 9Comments by Doom DeLuise

Countdown to Final Crisis: Three

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There are three things I’ve learned in the past twenty-four hours. First, you can get across the border from Panama to Costa Rica with no outbound ticket documentation by giving the border guard a five dollar bill. Second, when a boat driver tells you he’s going to pick you up at a certain time, that’s…

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Apr 08 2008 April 8, 2008 June 23, 2008 1Comment by Doom DeLuise

Why Can’t Magic Make Sense?

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Some twenty months after “Brave New World,” the Trials of Shazam mini-series has finally concluded, leaving in its wake a new status quo for the Marvel Family, repleat with name changes, costume changes, and even a few changes in the core members. Oh, and the source of their powers has kind of changed too, I…

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Apr 04 2008 April 4, 2008 April 5, 2008 1Comment by Fin Fang Doom

No one was safe

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SPOILER ALERT!! If you haven’t read The Walking Dead #48 yet, you’re better off just checking out Mary Marvel’s rack. I wouldn’t want to ruin anything for you. Holy frak. Robert Kirkman was not kidding when he named the latest storyline in The Walking Dead “No One Is Safe.” I don’t remember the last time…

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Apr 03 2008 April 3, 2008 June 12, 2008 NoComment by Jim Doom

This week in Secret Invasion:
Secret Invasion #1

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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…

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