Welcome back to our weekly roundup of the Book of Doom. This week I picked Green Arrow #70. Myself and Fin Fang Doom are new to the series OYL, and Jim Doom is a regular, so we’re bringing some varied viewpoints. I would compare the book to the first Die Hard movie. Die Hard is…
Not a great week. Only five books, and one was really from last week, just missed it on the shelf. I’d been hoping to check out Nightly News from Image, but my shop hardly stocks any Image, so I guess I’ll just have to add it to the pull list for next time around. Now,…
So, Supernova’s working for Rip Hunter, for some reason. In Kandor. Under the watchful eye of Skeets. After collecting all sorts of stuff for whatever Rip’s working on. For some reason. We’ll get back to that. This week starts off out in space, where Lobo’s brought Animal Man and Starfire to Lady Styx’s throne room….
Cliffhanger of the Week- Blue Beetle returns? Manhunter #27 I’ll be honest–the solicitation of the cover with Ted Kord on it is the main reason I decided to start buying Manhunter. I didn’t think they’d actually bring him back, but I was curious as to why Ted would be featured on the cover. Turns out,…
A pretty decent week, though only five books made it home. Well, seven really, as I heeded the advice of a poster named Gail and picked up the last two copies of Birds of Prey. Haven’t had a chance to read those yet. All the same, here’s what I read, ranked from worst to first,…
Yesterday I came to work to find a package on my desk from Fantagraphics. Up front I should say that the good folks of FG are right up there with Vertigo and Boom! Studios when it comes to accessibility and sending out material for review. That said, when I see mail from FG, I’m filled…
Waitaminute! That’s not the cover! The solicits lied to us! We’ve been duped! Remember that “Rain” we’ve been hearing about for the past few months, that’s supposedly coming to “52?” Well, if you take a look at the picture and replace all of the flames with falling Everymen, you now know what the Rain is…
Happy holidays, everybody. I’m a week behind on my “52” reviews, and I could very easily claim that I’ve been traveling, stuck in airports, celebrating with family, etc, but in the spirit of the season, I’ll just be honest and let you know that I’ve spent the better part of the past two weeks drunk…
After a week away, I’m back with a fresh run-through of the comics I picked up and whether any were worth a darn. Notably absent from this list will be the first issue of The Killer, but that’s only because I wrote a separate review of it here. Also, I’m combining the past two weeks,…
Some times, the books published by Fantagraphics are just too weird for me. The new books by David Sandlin are a good example (with luck, I’ll have reviews up soon on those too). But then, Fantagraphics puts out some things that are a wonderful addition to the comics world and some that make me wonder…