GI Joe: A Real American Hero #1 (June 1982)
A few months ago, I walked into Midwest Pickers Warehouse in Omaha with my wife. She wanted to look for some retro-ish credenza for our hallway. For those of you who don’t live here or who haven’t...
View ArticleDoom & Doomer: The Amazing Spider-Man
DOOM DELUISE: So, it’s been awhile since The Amazing Spider-Man came out, and we keep coming up with excuses to put off our review, but I think the day has finally come to throw down our opinions on...
View ArticleGI JOE: A Real American Hero #2 (July 1982)
“The Panic at the North Pole!” A note from glancing at the beginning of this issue: 15 out of the 22 sentences in the opening 2 pages end with an exclamation point. Hopefully that drives home to you...
View ArticleBook of Doom: Green Lantern Annual #1
It’s been a while since we’ve done one of these Books of Doom, but it seemed appropriate, given that the first chapters of the previous massive Green Lantern crossovers — Sinestro Corps #1 back in June...
View ArticleAll-Star Western: Year One (New 52)
Doom DeLuise and Jim Doom mentioned in their podcast a few weeks ago that they had not read All-Star Western from the New 52. Well I have read every issue to date, so I feel I have an obligation to...
View ArticleNew Wolverine movie image released! Related: apparently I liked the first one.
BleedingCool posted an image from the upcoming “The Wolverine” movie, which, if I remember right, is based on the Chris Claremont / Frank Miller miniseries that was set in Japan. It probably involved...
View ArticlePodcast of Doom (transcript):24 Hour Comics Day is coming!
[SFX: Intro music] JIM DOOM: Hello and welcome to the latest Podcast of Doom. I’m your host, Jim Doom, and with me as always, or at least most of the time – DOOM DeLUISE: Always. JIM DOOM: — is Doom...
View ArticleA Farewell to Ed Brubaker’s Captain America
Captain America sucks. It’s true. He’s a boring character from a bygone era. If he were in the DC Universe, he’d be a member of the Justice Society, pushed to the fringe where he belongs, a reminder of...
View ArticleTHIS is the Captain America I remember!
The first issue of the post-Brubaker run on Captain America came out this week. As Doom DeLuise wrote, and I agreed with, Ed Brubaker made Captain America cool again. So who’s the creative team on the...
View ArticlePodcast of Doom (transcript):New ‘Man of Steel’ trailer!
[SFX: Intro music] JIM DOOM: Hello and welcome to the latest Podcast of Doom. I’m your host, Jim Doom, and with me, as is frequently the case –- DOOM DeLUISE: Always the case. JIM DOOM: — is Doom...
View ArticleSpider-Man banged his mom
Hey, remember how Doc Ock used to bang May Parker back in the ’70s? Well now Otto Octavious has all the memories of Peter Parker. So May Parker is essentially his mom. Did Marvel just retcon incest...
View ArticlePodcast of Doom (transcript): Dropping Green Lantern
[SFX: Intro music] DOOM DELUISE: Hello and welcome to the latest Podcast of Doom. I’m your host, Doom Deluise, and with me is - - JIM DOOM: Hey, I’m supposed to be the host. What are you doing? Hello,...
View ArticleWorst to First: February 20, 2013
It’s the return of Worst to First! I think I did, like, two of these once. But they’re back! To the uninitiated and painfully stupid: I’m going to review the comics I bought last week, starting with...
View ArticleRobin, Robout
SPOILER ALERT!!!!! This hasn’t happened in comics yet, but it’s all over newsarama.com: Damian Wayne is dead. Gotta say, I did NOT see that one coming. This will probably come as happy news to some. At...
View ArticleA Means to an End
Peter Parker has always been my favorite comic book character. Not Spider-Man, mind you, Peter Parker. Yes, Pete has the proportionate strength and agility of a spider, but it’s not his powers that...
View ArticleWho the hell is Angela, and why should I care?
When was the last time anyone cared about Spawn? Was it when that terrible movie came out? How about when that terrible animated series was around. Or when the “action” figures were all the rage? Spawn...
View ArticleMake Mine Maddening
Superior Spider-Man #9 is hitting comic shops in May. How is Marvel choosing to advertise it? The hottest comic in comics comes to a turning point that will get you angrier than you were after Spidey...
View ArticleWrestling & Comics
When we started this little blog 7 1/2 years ago (WOW!), comic books were a lot more exciting than they are now. DC was going through a revolution, with Geoff Johns reviving the Green Lantern franchise...
View ArticleSkip Ender’s Game
The trailer for Ender’s Game, which hits theaters this November, was released this week. As a geek and a sci-fi fan, I should be excited. But as a gay man, I have a different reaction: SKIP ENDER’S...
View ArticleWhy I’m glad I quit reading Captain America in one sentence
From my google reader today: “CBR spoke with ‘Captain America’ writer Rick Remender about his protagonist’s battle to recover his foster son from the villainous Arnim Zola and escape the nightmarish...
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