Hero of the Week- Green Lantern Hal Jordan showed up in three books this week. Kilowog made appearances in two. Guy Gardner got his own Prestige Format mini-series. Even G’Nort managed an appearance without making himself look foolish. It was a good week for the Green Lanterns. Except for those twenty or so people that…
It’s been a heck of a week, but since I picked up a ream of comics this week I figured I’d drop some reviews, even if they’re a bit late. So, without further ado, here’s last week in comics, from worst to first. Batman #659 Wow, what a steaming pile. I mean, really, honestly, this…
By Jeph Loeb (W) and Tim Sale (A). Cover price $17.99. Published by DC Comics, 1998. Originally printed as Superman For All Seasons #1-4. Plot: Spanning many years and being told over the course of four seasons (one for each of the originally printed issues), “Superman For All Seasons” tells the story of the Man…
I’m not going to even pretend I can look at this issue from an objective point of view. I love Spider-Man. I love Peter David. I love it when people write Spider-Man as fun, and that’s what Peter David does. Granted, Friendly is not the best Spider-Man book out there (that honor belongs to Amazing),…
For any who’ve missed out on the imbroglio over former DC editor Valerie D’Orazio’s blog postings about a series of very negative experiences in her life, you need to go here and get caught up. To get the full story, it’s best to start at the bottom and read up. In short, Miss D’Orazio says…
Welcome to this week’s recap of the current issue of “52.” I’m your party host for the evening. This week marks the thirtieth issue that’s shipped on time in a row of the fifty-two we’re eventually going to see. Just think about that. We’ve only got twenty-two issues left to go, and this whole thing…
In “Batman” #644, the conclusion to the “War Crimes” story-arc reveals that Doctor Leslie Thompkins could’ve saved the life of Spoiler, who died during the much lambasted mini-series “Wargames.” Instead, Dr. Thompkins let Spoiler die on the slab, hoping that her death would make Batman give up his war on crime, finally seeing that the…
A quick scan of blog-dom shows that either I’m the only one still watching NBC’s Heroes, or nobody else caught what I thought was a classic comic book reference. In Monday’s (11/27) episode, Nikki’s father returned to visit her, Micah and D.L. This happened six months before the regular events of the series (it was…
The last couple of times we tried to jump into the middle of a series for our Book of Doom, it didn’t turn out so well. But this week’s issue is not only the debut of a new story arc, but the debut of a new regular artist, so it’s almost like starting over with…
Least Subtle Metaphor of the Week- the cover to Amazing Spider-Man #536 Ooh, it’s like he’s being pulled in a bunch of different directions at once. Like emotionally, he’s torn between which way to go, but this cover is showing it as though he’s literally being pulled in opposite directions. I totally get that. Best…