Wolverine. Weapon X. Logan. Sexiest Man Alive. Oscar host? The big news out of Hollywood the past couple days has been about the Golden Globe nominations, so, today, not to be upstaged, the Academy Awards made a little bit of news of their own. It was announced a few hours ago that the Oscars are…
“Well Marvel, I see your ‘douchebag’ and raise you a ‘Goddamn’ (Final Crisis #5) and a ‘Tits’ (Final Crisis: Revelations #4).” I noticed fairly early on as a child that DC comics always had harsher language than Marvel, particularly in Batman, with its occasional “hell” and “damn.” To a kid, it simultaneously made Batman seem…
This morning, the nominees for the Golden Globes were announced, and, as I’m sure many of you were, I found myself shocked that The Dark Knight was only nominated for one award. Now, I’m not saying that nomination isn’t well deserved (honestly, if Heath Ledger doesn’t win, I’ll be quite surprised), but what about the…
Sorry for the tardiness on this — I was waffling on what to choose for this week’s Book of Doom and leaning toward Detective #851 but apprehensive about choosing a third Batman book in three weeks. Once I got to the shop, I realized that Secret Invasion: Dark Reign #1 came out. Apparently I looked…
In the lead: Alfred’s group of six heads to Happy Harbor, Rhode Island to the cave that would have been the first JLA HQ if the Trinity existed. After some mystic hoodoo, the group is transported to a different world and starts acting more like their “true” selves. Society in this world is run by…
We’ve been talking about Punisher War Zone for a while here at Doomkopf, starting back in February when script problems surfaced and then again in June when the trailer was released. Doom DeLuise and I caught a showing today and we were literally the only people in the theater! Shucks, how is Marvel going to…
This was a big week for comics. The conclusion of Secret Invasion, the beginning of Batman: Last Rites … I’m sure there were other things. Secret Invasion #8 was the anticlimactic finale to the mega-event that wouldn’t end. I’ll get to how I feel about the conclusion in a minute, but I can’t believe it…
• ComicMix assembles The Stories that Informed Batman RIP. It amazes me that the same Grant Morrison who drew from and referred to all of these stories could be the same person that was dismissive of internet nerds with awareness of continuity issues. • Great Caesar’s Post asks the question, “Which subversive group bent on…
Having just read Batman #682 for a second time, I’m still not quite sure if I liked it or not. But I guess considering my usual reaction to Grant Morrison’s work, that’s an above-average result. I like the trip through memory lane that Morrison wrote out here. You don’t see Batman’s Golden Age roots mentioned…