“Ever thought about trying Invincible but just haven’t gotten around to it? Now is your chance! This special introductory issue — priced to sell — features the start of a brand new story-arc, and is an excellent jumping-on point for new readers. Also in this issue  a recap of the entire series from start…
Did you know that if someone with a Brooklyn accent was referring to Jeffrey Dahmer’s smelling device, it would sound like they were saying “Dominoes” ? This is of course irrelevant, because this is the Doomino Effect, and so please continue reading. Speaking of reading, that leads me to Daredevil #97, which I read! We’re…
Dear Eric, By the time you read this letter, I’ll be gone. Yes, I’ve dropped you from my pull list. No longer will a copy of The Goon await me at the comic book store every few months when an issue comes out. If this seems sudden, it’s not. This has been coming for a…
Frustration of the Week- the new DC continuity It’s really annoying when you don’t know what the hell is going on. I have no idea what’s happening in a lot of DC Comics nowadays. Everything I thought I knew about the history of the DC Universe has been called into suspect lately due to events…
In a strange coincidence, a couple weekends ago I was in Florida and my father-in-law broke out his quite amazing collection of ’60s and ’70s comics. The highlight, though, was the first issue of Silver Surfer, which established the creation of Mr. Shiny Britches and started his series of independent adventures. And now that’s all…
Well, folks, I’m pretty drunk, so you know what time it is. It’s time to review the newest issue of Countdown and talk about what happened in it and stuff. Let’s run through the quick-and-dirty real quick. Mary Marvel meets with Black Adam, newly re-powered, in the remains of the Kahndaq Embassy in Gotham City….
In his latest DC Nation column, Big Jefe Dan Didio writes the following: Well, as you saw in the thrilling conclusion of 52, the Multiverse is back. Or should I say, a new Multiverse is here. A huge defining moment in the DC Universe, so big, in fact, it has divided the DC Nation into…
As I mentioned before, a great recent week was highlighted by the release of the second collected volume of Frank Espinosa’s Rocketo, the future-set adventures of famed mapper Rocketo Garrison. If you read the interview I did with Frank when volume one released, you know that the second volume was set to be published in…
Whenever Warren Ellis does something like newuniversal or the Ultimate Galactus trilogy, I’m left wondering why he’s regarded as a good writer. Then I remember he wrote Planetary. And then I remember that he still hasn’t finished Planetary. I’ve been waiting for the final issue of Planetary for what seems like forever. I didn’t get…
We’re steady at work here, doing our damnedest to replace the saying “another day, another dollar” with the much more flavorful “another week, another Book of Doom.” C’mon, popular vernacular, you know you want to spice things up! In that vein, this week we Doomers are going to be tackling Silver Surfer: Requiem, the new…