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Tag: One World Under Doom

  • 08 – One Store Under Doom

    08 – One Store Under Doom

    It finally happened. Curt bought something new and to disastrous results. If you could sum up Curt, he is that friend who always thinks he’s right, and everything you are enjoying at the time is stupid and main-stream. But when he decides to enjoy it, then he goes all in, forgetting all the names he called you and not seeing the hypocrite that he is.

    On the one hand it is satisfying to see Curt all dressed up in his Doctor Doom cosplay. On the other, it is doubly satisfying to then dust off my Thing outfit and get to business. Because it definitely was clobberin’ time. Finally.

    But in all seriousness, One World Under Doom is proving to be a worthy event. I did give it my pick of the week previously, so it is fitting that Franka also decided to make a comic about it. Ryan North has a love for this family as is evident from his current run on the Fantastic Four. And he and R.B. Silva are cooking up something special, and from the look of some of the covers, it will be a glorious mesh-up with the world of Doctor Strange. I am quite excited for this. Maybe not as much as Curt but I can consume my habits in a healthy manner.

  • Green Lantern Corps

    Last week’s recommendation was One World of Doom, so it is only fitting that I jump to the other company and also make a recommendation. In one way they are quite similar.

    My pick of the week is Green Lantern Corps that came out yesterday, from Jeremy Adams, Morgan Hampton, and Fernando Pasarin, mainly because all three of these individuals have history of delivering some amazing stuff. Adams and Pasarin are frequent collaborators and did an excellent Flash run together, which seemed to come out of nowhere at the time. It was a weird time back then, DC did a big reshuffle and a lot of creators jumped on to new books at the same time. There was a lot of doubt and interestingly all, if not most of those creators delivered something very spectacular, that many said even surpassed what came before.

    Adams and Pasarin had the unfortunate task of following Joshua Williamson’s quite excellent Flash run. And then their run ended up being legendary. Adams then jumped on Green Lantern and collaborated with a ton of talented artists like Montos, Xermánico, and even Kevin Maguire, and this book has been going strong ever since. It spun off a few titles, the latest one being Green Lantern Corps. Green Lantern is hot right now but what, you ask, does it have to do with my last week’s pick One World Under Doom?

    Well, we have the Fantastic Four movie coming out in July, and we also have the Superman movie also coming out in July. And you guessed it, Guy Gardner and probably the Green Lantern Corps will also be making an appearance in Superman. And not to mention the Lanterns series that will be making its debut on HBO Max and is currently in production.

    Oh, and Jeremy Adams also signed an exclusive contract with DC Comics, so thankfully he will be on DC characters for a little while. If this is not a great time to be a Green Lantern fan, or heck, even a comic book fan, then please let me know when that was. Because I am due for a good laugh.