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…
“The other day, I was reading through some of DC’s offerings and noticed out-of-continuity stories featuring Batman and Superman. The Superman was pretty solid, just kind of a fun, silly throwback to the retro years. The plot was a little thin, but the dialogue was sharp and it had cool art that fit the story…
In this era of series written in five-issue chunks for the trades, it’s easy to think of comics no longer as a media of singular issues. But, amid this stream of epic events and ongoing series, we were able to pick out a few single issues that resonated on their own. Infinite Crisis #4 Way…
As with last year, when Reginal Hudlin pulled down his pants and pushed The Other into the mouths of comics fans far and wide, the Doomers came to a consensus on the most egregious writing of 2006. Come on down, Mr. Bruce Jones! You dropped a grade-A stink bomb onto the world with a wholly…
“Transformers” is going to suck. Hard. We all know it, but we’re holding out some optimism that there will at least be a few bits in it that are somewhat salvageable. Here’s a news flash: There won’t be. Michael Bay is notorious for making loud, big budget, large-scale action flicks, so I guess he’s a…
I’ve noticed lately that, as my title suggests, I don’t read all my comics. I keep buying more than I read, and it’s not because I buy too many. This week I bought three. I can only make myself read two. Justice Society of America #2 I was excited about this relaunch because Geoff Johns’…
“I don’t pay attention to marketing.” That’s what Doom DeLuise had to say about this category. But sometimes marketing is so bad or just so annoying you can’t help but notice it. One Year Later “DC’s One Year Later and 52. While they seemed like good ideas at the first, and they’ve definitely been editorial…
Marketing is such a huge deal in comics today that the way a series or event is marketing can determine whether it succeeds or fails regardless of the quality of the story. A bad series can succeed if it’s marketed correctly, and a good series can get canceled if the company isn’t behind it. Here’s…
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….