It looks like DC’s making this thing a habit now. Even though they certainly have the best of intentions, they just don’t seem to be coming up with the right solutions to their problems. World War III was kind of a letdown. But maybe I didn’t go into it expecting it to be what it…
Well, my Kurt LODers, the week we had all been looking forward to has come and gone – the week of DC’s World War III. It was the story too big to be told in the pages of 52 – the story that would tie up all the loose ends still lingering after twenty-five twenty…
By Dan Brereton (W), Hector Gomez and Sandu Florea (A) Original graphic novel published by Dark Horse Comics. Cover price $9.95. The Plot: Buffy and the rest of the Scooby Gang must prevent vampire queen Lilith from summoning an Old One while Giles’ niece stops by Sunnydale for a visit. The Positives: N/A The Negatives:…
Obviously, World War III is going to dominate the comics front this week. But since we’ve already covered that quite thoroughly, I’m going to limit this little misadventure in reviewing to the non-WW3 books of the week. Yeah, some other stuff came out. Who knew? Worst: JLA #8 Maybe I drank too much Identity Crisis…
The 2007 Eisner Award Nominees have been announced! MASTER NOMINEE LIST 2007 Eisner Awards Best Short Story * “The Black Knight Glorps Again,” by Don Rosa, in Uncle Scrooge #354 (Gemstone) * “Felix,” by Gabrielle Bell, in Drawn & Quarterly Showcase 4 (Drawn & Quarterly) * “A Frog’s Eye View,” by Bill Willingham and James…
[SFX: Podcast of Doom theme music] JIM DOOM: Hello and welcome to our second edition of the Podcast of Doom. I am your co-host, Jim Doom. DOOM DELUISE: And I’m your party-host, Doom DeLuise. [SFX: audience laughter] JD: Well, today Doom and I are going to discuss something very important in comic books these days,…
Part four picks up with virtually every DC hero–sans the big three, but including Power Girl’s jubblies–standing at the Great Wall of China while Black Adam wails on China’s Great Ten. The divergent plot lines–the resurrection of the Suicide Squad, Martian Manhunter’s soul searching and Black Adams’s rampage, collide with heart-punching results. Green Lantern Alan…
In what could very well be the biggest World War in comics this year, we’ve already seen death counts soaring into the millions, lots of B-list heroes straining to save the day, Black Adam pulling off some serious ass-stomping and even a bundle of answers to those pesky One Year Later mysteries. In this fourth…
Part two of most major storylines usually ends up being the exposition issue. WWIII is no different. After setting up the big battle in A Call to Arms, the story moves on to explaining exactly what happened to five heroes that underwent major changes after Infinite Crisis but before One Year Later. While it didn’t…
The story too big to fit in the pages of 52 begins here in World War III: A Call to Arms. I thought maybe I could use my gimmick of clever segues to recap a series defined by its rigidly linear approach to storytelling. However, the miniseries jumps back in time to Day 5 of…