Doctor Doom Archive

People who’ve read my site know I love myself some multi-layered, sympathetic bad guys. So I thought I’d list 10 of my favorites over at comicbook.com. These are the bad guys that aren’t totally bad. Maybe they’re misunderstood, or maybe they have some reasons for their madness. Either way,

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We’re in the final week of Reader Request Month. After doing some rather large arcs the past few weeks, I was a bit relieved when Gus Lindgren recommended a simple “one and done” story for me: @ChasingASMBlog ASM v2 #50. Have you done that? — Gus Lindgren (@guslindgren) October

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This post was originally published on May 3, 2011 The morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I was working my campus job in a computer lab. My shift started at 8:30.  The morning shift was typically very quiet, so when I wasn’t reading and/or catching up on my homework, I

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Front seat conversation between my wife and I during long car trips inevitably devolve into something along the lines of me randomly asking, “name your top five (insert just about anything here, i.e. songs, bands, movies, sandwiches, secretaries of state, etc).” I’ve often wondered if individuals born with the

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Picking out a favorite issue of Amazing Spider-Man is akin to a parent picking their favorite child. Sure, secretly, deep down, they recognize that there’s a black seep in the family, but that can never be publicly acknowledged unless the parent is willing to foot an expensive therapist bill

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A superhero comic is pointless without supervillains. They are the jelly to the hero’s peanut butter sandwich, the decanter that allows a fine red wine to breathe and evolve (though I wouldn’t recommend a fine red wine with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich). Spider-Man has always had his

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