Superman #33: Lex Luthor vs The Demon

The DC KO event rumbles continue with Superman’s greatest enemy, Lex Luthor, battling Arthurian nightmare Etrigan the Demon. Lex is there because his ego says he should be the King Omega, the all-powerful tournament survivor who will go head to head against Darkseid. But surely a creature of Hell is above – or below – […]

Sensation Comics #38 review

I’m a bit late with this one, given Sensation Comics #38 was published in December 1944. Then again, it’s just been re-released by DC Comics as a facsimile edition, my copy arrived on Christmas Eve – yes, I bought a physical version, even though I can read it digitally on DC Infinite – so why […]

The Flash #28 review: Flash vs Green Lantern

DC KO’s All Fight Month brings us Green Lantern Guy Gardner vs Golden Age Flash Jay Garrick, seasoned hero vs the ultimate veteran. Mind, this being an issue of The Flash rather than a standalone tie-in, it’s not actually fighty fight throughout. Nope, we begin with the consequences of the past two issues. Surmising that […]

DC KO: Harley Quinn vs Zatanna #1 review

You know the drill by know. Super-people fight to the death for cosmic reasons. Here it’s hero vs villain. Or maybe hero vs anti-hero, given how in love DC Comics creators and fans are with Harley Quinn. The story begins with the women in a hall of magical objects, which you might expect to give […]

Superman Unlimited #8 review

Lois Lane is going into space on billionaire Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket… sorry, billionaire Sebastian Stagg’s Starliner. “The ‘man’ that built this rocket’ is indeed an unusual chap. It looks like Simon Stagg’s son is sneaking aliens onto the spaceship, and they’re not the only extraterrestrials taking an interest. No, not him, this lot. […]

Action Comics #1093 review

Superboy vs money problems, that’s what this issue’s cover promises, and that’s what we get. We saw last issue that foreclosure notices are being issued against Smallville’s farmers. The recent harvest wasn’t great, but surely things aren’t that bad? This issue opens with Jonathan Kent reading a letter as he chats to Martha, who’s at […]

Aquaman #12: Aquaman vs Hawkman review

Well I never, it’s two comics for the price of one. Actually, no, it’s two titles for the one comic, which is a bit confusing. After all, last week’s Superman Vs Captain Atom was its own thing, not an issue of Superman. Well, its own thing apart from the fact it’s a spin-off from the […]

Supergirl #8 review

How’s that for a captivating cover? Hallowe’en is past but Christmas is also a time for spooky stories, and Supergirl is certainly confronted by a ghost from the past here. This is not your average ghost, being cyber rather than spectral, but Supergirl is a very strange and special girl so why wouldn’t she be […]

DC KO: Superman vs Captain Atom #1 review

A pretty brutal fight, that’s what this cover by Jorge Corona and Sarah Stern shows. The colouring is heated, the rendering of the figures scrappy. It’s perfect. Inside, the art is generally smoother, Sean Izaakse’s style is at times as glossy as Captain Atom’s skin. But when the visuals are in fight mode, it’s intense. […]

JSA #14 review

It’s summer 1940, and on the streets of Keystone City, super-speedster The Flash, Jay Garrick, stops speeders and finds a surprise consignment. Realising the guns were heading for Gotham City, Jay sets out for the address he sees. Meanwhile, under Gotham, a murder investigation finds Green Lantern Alan Scott and Spectre Jim Corrigan uneasy partners. […]