Black Adam “My favorite hero of the year was Black Adam. From poking out Psycho Pirate’s eyeballs through the back of his head to tearing Terra-Man in half, he’s kicked all sorts of ass this year. Without him, “52” wouldn’t be nearly as enjoyable. There’s just something terribly fun about a hero who’s not afraid…
By Frank Miller, color by Lynn Varley Published by Dark Horse in 1998 as a five-issue series, reprinted in 1999 and 2006. $30 The Plot: It is 480 BCE. Not yet unified, the peoples of Greece stand in the shadow of the Persian Empire, which spreads west under the control of God/King Xerxes, who commands…
Not a lot of new books coming out this week, so we’re opting for a communal review of the first issue in a new arc of Daredevil. In the past months, we’ve seen Matt go to prison, break out of prison, jaunt across Europe and come face to face with Foggy’s supposed killer (which is…
We might be in danger of losing our comic blog status due to the fact that I think we’re the last comics-based website to mention the big teaser image released by DC last week. There’s a lot of fun speculation and attempted decoding in the forum posts that followed Newsarama’s post. Well now they’ve presented…
It’s rare that in a category so broad, even two of us will agree on a choice. But a lot of really good heroes had really bad years in 2006, so the five of us were able to pin it down to three. That means those three had to have a level of suck heretofore…
Since I was a little kid, I’ve read comics. From my cousin’s collection, I grew into a fan of Batman, the X-Men, Spider-Man and G.I. Joe, the usual suspects. But, remote as we were and with only a meager grocery store shelf to choose from, my comic intake was vastly limited. My comics reading followed…
Last week was a slow one for me. I only picked up four comics. Wolverine #50 was our LOD Book of Doom this week, and I shared my thoughts there. But for those who missed it, I thought the book was weak on content and disappointing in its handling of Wolverine’s past. Which leads me…
The Joker “The Joker is the Joker and will always be the Joker.” — Doominator “He didn’t really show up a lot in 2006, but when he did, The Joker made quite a splash. He blew up Batman, Jason Todd and himself (although none of them seemed any worse for wear). He killed Alexander Luthor….
I’ve opined before about the lack of new blood among the legions of villains in comics. And maybe now we have our explanation for why so few new baddies join the ranks of the Joker, Dr. Doom, Synestro and Orca. In 2006, we had a few new villains appear (and an old one rehashed in…