Have you been keeping up with New Krypton? All of us here at Doomkopf were in agreement that it’s the Best Crossover of 2008. This week’s new issue of Action Comics marks the conclusion of the event, so we’ve decided to review it for this week’s Book of Doom round-table discussion (coming up on Saturday)….
Jim Doom says: X-Force! It’s hard to be too informed in a judgment of a bad series. Typically, when something is terrible, I just stop buying it. The launch of X-Force was just part of the shallow stupidity that concluded Messiah CompleX. In my review of issue #1, I said “My big problem with X-Force…
With all the holidays and weird shipping schedules, the Doomino Effect has taken some time to adjust, but now it is back with two weeks worth of comics. Starting off is Batman #684, which is the second part of “Last Days of Gotham” by Denny O’Neil. I have to say, I sure could’ve done without…
Jim Doom says: New Krypton! Thanks to that great New Krypton #1 special, I’ve started buying Superman and Supergirl, whereas I previously only bought Action. My initial plans were to just avoid the crossover and drop Action for a while. Good work, DC! Fin Fang Doom says: New Krypton! There’s nothing better than a crossover…
Doom DeLuise says: Batman RIP! While I enjoyed the Batman RIP story told within the pages of Batman proper, I can’t say that I much cared for dragging all of the other Bat-books into the big crossover event, as they never really interconnected in any sort of crossing-over fashion, aside from the fact that it…
Jim Doom says: Sandman: The Dream Hunters! It’s only halfway complete by 2008’s end, but I love the first two issues. The story and the art are beautiful. I’m also not a faithful Neil Gaiman follower in any way, so my love of this has nothing to do with Gaiman or Sandman loyalty. And the…
USA Today’s report on Diamond’s year-end sales numbers show absolute domination from Marvel and Secret Invasion in particular. Had the series gone ten issues (instead of the already-too-many eight issues) it may well have swept the top 10. Matt Brady at Newsarama provided some perspective on the chart’s translation to real sales. While Diamond does…
Fin Fang Doom says: DCU: Decisions! What a cool idea for a mini-series timed to coincide with the election: how would a Presidential election go in the DC Universe? Clearly Americans in the DCU would have different concerns than actual Americans would (Homeland Security might understandably rank a little higher for them). But DCU: Decisions…
Sorry it took so long for this review to get up, but we’ve been behind in getting our comics, and we’ve all been pretty busy with other stuff. Hope you can forgive us, because this is the last time I’m ever apologizing for anything, ever again. Incognito #1, to me, seems like a perfect first…
• Announcing 12 Hour Comics Day! Some participants from Lincoln’s 24 Hour Comics Day this past fall have put together a more modest and unofficial sequel for Saturday, January 17th at Jones Coffee in Lincoln. You can find out more information at the 12 Hour Comics Day facebook page. As with 24 Hour Comics, Doomkopf…