Civil War is over. After ten months, multiple delays, countless tie-ins, plot twists, and online fanboy whimpering, the most popular crossover in comicdom over the past several years has come to its conclusion. Was it satisfying? Did it live up to the enormous amounts of hype behind it? Will it really change anything in the…
I had a bit of free time, so I read a decent number of books I would’ve otherwise skipped, mostly for curiosity’s sake. This wasn’t a good week. There were some interesting items, but lots on the “brilliant failure” end of the spectrum, more than memorable successes. Mostly, this was the week that Civil War…
Welcome to the first installment of Doom and Doomer, where Doom DeLuise and I take a back-and-forth look at comic book movies. Up first is Ghost Rider, starring Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes and Peter Fonda, which opened at #1 this past weekend. JIM DOOM: Well let me say that I have lost all sympathy for…
Most Economical Characterization- Beast variant cover, Astonishing X-Men #20 This variant cover by John Cassaday tells you everything you need to know about Hank McCoy in one simple, two-toned image. First, he’s a big furry cat-like thing. Second, he’s incredibly agile. And above all else, he follows proper etiquette. Pinky’s up! Best Twist- no one…
Image set out to bring some new readers to their series Godland by putting out a special 60 cent issue this week. It was at least enticing enough for the Doomers to choose it as this week’s Book of Doom. Was it enough to convert us into faithful readers? I’ll let the crowd answer that…
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…
Nothing happens this week. Seriously. Week Forty-One is completely worthless and throw-away. Filler! I could take filler back in Week Thirteen, but this is the point where we’re supposed to be getting into the payoff that all of that filler once promised. For the sake of formality, though, I suppose we can all take a…
Uncanny X-Men #483 was a whole lot of fighting and loving, with not one, but TWO close-ups of Deathbird’s tongue doing some tongue-loving. Maybe chalk that up to guest-artist Clayton Henry filling in for Billy Tan, who has clearly never seen an actual woman. This was a good enough issue that advances the plot just…
Book I Was Afraid to Read of the Week- Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #17 I’m not sure if you heard, but Spider-Man’s returning to his black costume this month. According to Marvel, the costume change is happening because something tragic is going to happen to Peter Parker. That tragic event is assumedly the murder of Aunt…
As the Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase put it so well over the years, “Everybody’s got a price.” Apparently, that price is $5.99. Jim Doom: “I read the first 10 pages or so in the store, and the rags-to-lightning story wasn’t enough to convince me to drop $5.99 on it.” Both Jim Doom and Doom…