In the lead: Firestorm realizes this isn’t an alternate reality, but his own reality in an altered state, so he does what Batman says: “When you’re not sure what to do next, get more facts.” To the microfilm room! After studying up on this reality’s past, Firestorm is attacked by an army of giant Amazos….
It’s Tuesday review time, and leading off the pack is Detective Comics #849. It’s part 4 of “Heart of Hush,” and Batman is trying to find the bandaged Mr. Elliot. He starts by beating the snot out of Jonathan Crane, while a goofy (and un-scarred) Joker watches. We see more flashbacks of Tommy hating his…
Terrance Howard, who played Colonel James “Rhodey” Rhodes in this year’s blockbuster motion-picture “Iron Man,” will not be back in the sequel. He will be replaced by Don Cheadle, most famous for his portrayal of the character of Will’s childhood friend “Ice Tray,” in “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” Rhodey, of course, eventually goes on…
October 1 saw the release of Transit, the first in Shadowline’s three-volume Ted McKeever Library, which will eventually also include Eddy Current and Metropol. Shadowline publisher Jim Valentino took the time to visit with Doomkopf.com about the origins of the McKeever library, some of the thought behind the project and the possibility of future volumes….
Best Out-of-Context Quote- Secret Six #2 Batman: “I had a burrito.” Best New Direction- The Walking Dead #53 For the first 52 issues of The Walking Dead, everything has been about survival. Finding a safe place to live, finding a way to sustain said living, finding a way to not kill each other in said…
Welcome to the second part of our two-part Book of Doom this week, focusing on arc-ending chapters (that also happen to be written by Geoff Johns). We took on Action Comics #870 yesterday, and today we look at Green Lantern #35. Against my initial prejudice, this “Secret Origin” story got off to a good start…
… again, I suppose, after that poop-tastic skidmark of “Spider-Man and His Mediocre Friends.” When I was a kid, my first intro to comics, beyond a Batman issue from “A Lonely Place of Dying,” was the “X-Men” cartoon, thanks to some cousins. I was enthralled, and soon became a Marvel zombie. As happens when I…
I’d had the ending of this ruined for me by The Comics Reporter in an 8:10 a.m. no-mention-of-spoilers post announcing that Pa Kent died. I’m sure there are plenty of excuses and justifications for why TCP doesn’t or shouldn’t need spoiler warnings, but the simple fact of it is that I was unable to read…
• Last week we told you that Legend Comics was hosting an Omaha zombie walk. Well this week, we’ve learned there’s going to be one in Benson too, and apparently Capes Comic Book Lounge at 62nd and Maple is a staging area. Check out http://www.myspace.com/zombiewalkomaha for more info. The Benson zombie walk already has 560…