Without any doubt, my favorite comic book creator has always been Michael Allred. In the early 90s, when I was doing my best to get into comic books thanks to various friend and family influences, I gravitated toward the X-Men and Wolverine stuff as programmed. I enjoyed it, and it satisfied whatever entertainment craving I…
Keeping in line with today and my seething cauldron of hatred over every bit of entertainment I’ve been subject to, I’d like to talk about the television show “Heroes.” While not technically a comic book, or even based on one, I think we can all see the connection between the two mediums. I suppose I…
Twenty-three is a good number. Michael Jordan used to wear it on his jersey, and now we’ve got Lebron James flying the banner high in the sky. My first ATM pin number was “2323.” I like the number quite a bit; however, I hated this issue. It’s the first issue of “52” that I can…
Robert Kirkman just gets Spider-Man. Sure, there are a lot of guys that get Spider-Man, but most of them aren’t writing Spider-Man stories. And there are a lot of guys that don’t get him that are writing his stories. So when Spidey does something very Spidey-esque, I can’t help but get giddy like a school…
Nobody liked Bruce Jones’ Nightwing. Literally. Show me someone that says they liked it, and I’ll show you a liar that I will proceed to punch in the face, chest and abdomen until I get tired and Doom DeLuise has to take over. But y’know what? Marv Wolfman seems to know what the hell he’s…
Paul Dini is writing the best Batman stories I’ve ever read. Okay, to be fair, I didn’t start reading Batman until OYL, but it’s definitely better than the “Face to Face” arc and much, much better than what Morrison’s doing over on Batman (you don’t know how bad I wanted to do a pun on…
For awhile now, we’ve been on a sort of Nightwing Watch here at the Legion of Doom. He should have died in Infinite Crisis. Everybody agrees on that now. Instead, Dick moved to New York, acted like a Grade A Asshole and fought some pointlessly retarded villains. Instead of a real conclusion to the story,…
Hey everybody, it’s that time of the week again! This week we’re reviewing Criminal #1 by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips from Marvel’s Icon imprint. I liked the book but I’m not quite sure why. Maybe my fellow Doomers can help me put my finger on it. Jean Claude Van Doom: “The shop was sold…
Because I’m lazy, I’m making this #4 because then it posts the same day as the group review. Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man or The Irredeemable Antman probably deserves it more, but like I said, I’m lazy. I did four other heartfelt ones and two countdowns last week. Give me a break, will ya? Anyway, I wish…
Y’know, Dr. Strange is a really cool character. Unlike the DC Universe, there aren’t a gazillion magic-type guys to fight back the forces of all the dark dimensions surrounding our own. It’s pretty much all on Dr. Strange. And he must be really, really good at it, or else we wouldn’t exist. Or he’s just…