Well, it’s another dud of a week here at the Doomino Effect, because again I’ve only got two books to review. I only picked up three this week, and Captain America: The Chosen was our Book of Doom. Normally, Doom DeLuise provides a weekly Countdown recap, but that didn’t happen again this week, so I’ll…
She-Hulk #21 made me remember this week why I love comics. Sometimes they’re just fun. Writer Dan Slott pokes fun at himself, other writers and the Marvel editors this issue in his final story on the title that explains away all the “heroes in the wrong costumes, with the wrong status quos” that have been…
Forgive a tangent, but I’m already a bit leary of city life. In a month, I’ve been stuck in copious amounts of traffic, gotten lost in suburbia, accidentally happened upon people shagging at a storage unit and seen an Office Depot sign’s letters rearranged so it said: “Special today, clear red vagina.” Wait, never mind,…
I told the gang up front that I chose this book to draw attention to Jean-Claude Van Doom’s scoop of the existence of this series back in June. I love me some Captain America, but this book had three of my biggest pet peeves working against it from the beginning: 1. Existing to bring in…
Last week wasn’t a very good week for comics. I only bought three from Marvel, three from DC (one of which was actually from the week before), two from Image and one from IDW. Countdown didn’t get shipped to my local comic book shop, and said LCS didn’t order any of this week’s Book of…
In honor of comics being delayed a day thanks to Labor Day, so too is the Doomino Effect a day later than usual. No one can accuse Jim Doom of not being sentimental. And speaking of sentimental, that leads me to Action Comics #855, which continues Geoff Johns’ best attempt at enabling Richard Donner to…
I’m back, dear readers. After finding a job and getting settled in the ATL, I made my first trip to a comic shop in more than a month (quick shout to Odin’s Cosmic Bookshelf). Honestly, I was surprised more than anything by the sheer number of comics I really didn’t care to read. The only…
If you’re anything like I was last week, you were unable to recognize obscure forearms. You needn’t worry, though, because, this week, we see the exact big-bad guy that was threatening the Palmerverse perusers last week, and, lo-and-behold, it wasn’t a guy, afterall. It was some big-bad woman, yet she doesn’t seem threatening in the…
Well, I’ve been arguing about how the 14th Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause applies to Somali refugees over on a pro wrestling message board, so what better motivation could there be to compose this week’s highly anticipated Doomino Effect?! Speaking of high anticipation, I sure was eager to read Countdown #36 this week, after…
I’ve been doing the Meaningless Awards of the Week for about nine months now, and quite frankly I’m tired of the format. It seems to me like I’ve been in a bit of a blogging rut for a while now, and I figure a break from formula is probably the best way to deal with…