You may recall, back in June, when Jean-Claude Van Doom broke the news of Captain America – The Chosen. And now, nearly three months later, issue #1 is this week’s Book of Doom. As the original news and the following solicitation suggest, Captain America will apparently return, as this series is about his future demise….
[SFX: Podcast of Doom theme music] DOOM DELUISE: Hello, everybody. Welcome to a very special Book of Doom installment. This week, I foolishly forgot to post a preview for this weekend’s Book of Doom, so hopefully you had a chance to pick up the topic of this week’s dicussion, “The Mice Templar #1.” Joining me…
Let’s just get right into it, shall we? Jim Doom: “I haven’t read any Iron Fist before this, even though I’ve been a fairly big fan of Ed Brubaker lately, so I came into this issue with only a basic understanding of the character. I found the first summary page to be very confusing, and…
After a slightly disappointing Tales of the Iron Fists done-in-one last issue, Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction and David Aja return to telling stories about good old Danny Rand. Next up? A mystical martial arts tournament ala Mortal Kombat. What’s not to love about that idea? Surely there’s bound to be something, and you can rest…
Some writers write for themselves. They try to figure out what they, as a reader, would want to read about. Or they might just try to push themselves as writers. Some writers write for the fans. They try to figure out what the fans want, and they try to give it to them. And then…
We’re a little late on this one, because I didn’t realize it was my week until Wednesday night. So instead of picking ahead of time what we’d all experiment with, it instead became a game of “What did we all buy?” Booster Gold #1 would have been a nice Book of Doom, but Jean-Claude Van…
I’m not really sure what to say about Black Adam anymore. When we saw him last in 52, he was a faceless drifter, alone and seething with anger over the deaths of his brother and wife. During World War III, he was unable to hold those responsible fully accountable for their actions. He was stripped…
Remember back when Black Adam was the baddest man alive? Public Enemy #1? The cause of World War III? Well, so do I. This new mini-series is supposedly going to fill in the gap between the last time we saw a very angry, hell-bent on revenge, de-powered Teth-Adam in Week Fifty-Two of 52, and when…
Earlier this week I remembered this idea for a new Thor series Marvel had right around the time House of M was going on. I’m almost certain it was Mark Millar’s idea, possibly with help by current writer J. Michael Stracynski and some other member of the Illuminati. It involved a group of teenagers being…
The first issue of J. Michael Stracynski’s Thor was…interesting. For some reason JMS felt the need to explain right up front how Thor is no longer dead, even though the explanation is really just “he decided to not be dead anymore.” It certainly wasn’t what I was expecting from a Thor series, but at the…