I’ve been buying adjectiveless X-Men on a regular basis for over ten years, longer than any other title I currently buy aside from Uncanny X-Men (which I started buying at the same time). Quality over the years has varied greatly, ranging from acceptable (mid-to-late-90s) to enjoyable (yes, I enjoyed Chuck Austen) to pretty horrible (good…
Welcome back to the latest edition of the Books of Doom. This week, we’re taking a scalpel to Aquaman #50. And by “we,” I mean Fin Fang Doom and myself, because those other Doom-holes didn’t bother to send in their thoughts. That’s why we have the comments section, I guess. Now, normally I’d just give…
If you’re wondering why reviews weren’t up yesterday, all I can say is blame Ohio State. I was too busy watching the Buckeyes ruin my bracket (anybody else go with Xavier for the upset and have Tennessee in the Final Four?) and I just didn’t get it done. Luckily, I have no monetary reason to…
Don’t go falling all over yourselves, because it’s time for this week’s Doomino Effect. Actually that’s a lie, because normally Tuesday is time for the Doomino Effect. But Fin Fang Doom didn’t buy enough comics last week to justify his weekly “Meaningless Awards” and Jean-Claude Van Doom hasn’t swung by yet with his “Worst to…
The latest book to be featured in our global war on people who don’t know enough about comic books produced outside the United States is The Professor’s Daughter, a decidely quirkly story of love between a mummy and a daughter of an Egyptologist (and can I just diverge from anything relevant here to say that…
This week, Black Adam arrives at Oolong Island, the desert island that’s home to the team of mad scientists who are responsible for unleashing the Four Horsemen on the Black Marvel Family, which resulted in the deaths of Isis and Osiris. They don’t exactly throw out the red carpet and send over the Welcome Wagon,…
[SFX: Podcast of Doom theme music] JIM DOOM: Hello and welcome to the first ever Podcast of Doom. I am your co-host, Jim Doom. DOOM DELUISE: And I’m your other co-host, Doom DeLuise. Glad to be here. You look nice. Is that a new shirt? JD: What shirt? DD: Oh, my bad. Nice tattoo. [laughter]…
This week marks the debut of the new Vertigo book Army@Love, written and illustrated by Rick Veitch. As a special preview for our readers, here’s an early look into the unexpected merger of war and romance comics, as done by one of the most creative minds in comics. And, if that’s not enough for you,…
Next up in our look into the comics from around the globe is the latest import by Nicolas Mahler, an Austrian cartoonist. Top Shelf, another of the best publishers in bringing foreign works to the U.S., put out Mahler’s slim book Lone Racer, a silly little racing romp. Very similar to another of Top Shelf’s…
Avenge us, indeed. After last week’s fight with the Four Horsemen, Black Adam sets out on the warpath, hunting for the Horseman of Death, who has found refuge in Bialya. He’s angry, he’s pumped, and he’s got murder on the brain. We’ll get to all this. This week opens at the funeral for the recently…