Green Lantern #35 review

Odyssey, time bandit from the stars and Kyle Rayner’s flatmate now he’s back living in LA, has been plucked from Earth obscurity to star in a Hollywood film. Unfortunately, pictures of her at the premiere have brought out the trolls. Having been out in space doing Green Lantern stuff for years, Kyle is shocked by […]

Action Comics #1100 review

Now that’s a cover worthy of an anniversary issue, so thanks to Ryan Sook for getting Action Comics #1100 off to a super start. Just look at those Supermen of different eras – there’s no New 52 fella, what a shame – and details such as the Lexcorp-sponsored racing car and visual pun of the […]

Superman #40 review

The ghost of Manchester Black has gained enough physicality to go toe-to-toe with Superboy Prime. But if he’s going to force the wannabe Superman to do what he wishes – use his reality altering power to reshape the world to his ends – he’s going to have to use his mental powers to sap Prime’s […]

Wonder Woman #35 review

Goodness me, I can’t remember the last time I read an issue of Wonder Woman, but Friend of the Blog Murray recommended this one. We’re knee deep in Tom King’s Matriarch storyline, which seems to be a continuation of the Sovereign business, but this is an interlude issue looking back at Diana’s origin. The set-up […]

Superman Unlimited #15 review

So yes, the young Jon Kent rescued from a volcano is not the version we knew, but his Earth 3 counterpart, the son of Ultraman of the Crime Syndicate. And having been ushered towards a red sun cage by Steel in the middle of a green kryptonite crisis, he’s freaking out. With Steel’s hammer. As […]

The Fury of Firestorm #4

Lorraine Reilly, the heroine Firehawk, has tracked down Professor Martin Stein, formerly half of Firestorm, the Nuclear Man. The other 50 per cent, Ronnie Raymond – her onetime boyfriend – is currently alone inside Firestorm, but very much not in control. He’s a prisoner inside the Matrix and the now sentient Firestorm, untethered from humanity. […]

Supergirl #15 review

That’s a lovely cover from writer/artist Sophie Campbell, it’s so nice to see Supergirl back in her regular outfit after that unprepossessing white and blue number she picked up last issue. Inside, though, she’s still in the costume that came with her repairs after a brief period as a cyborg. The good news is that […]

Facsimile Fun: Batman #127 review

DC’s latest facsimile is my favourite sort – not a famous first edition, or an origin entry, but a seemingly random issue of a long-running series. Which means I get to play detective – what’s so special that this comic gets a second life? The cover is certainly eye catching, a Curt Swan and Stan […]

Batman #11 review

The battle to put corrupt Gotham police commissioner Vandal Savage in jail is on the backburner this issue as an enemy from a few months back – well, in our time – shows up again to bedevil Batman. And doesn’t she look vicious on Jorge Jiménez’s gorgeous cover, a Magpie for the 21st century. OK, […]

JSA #21 review

Behind this peppy cover by Pete Woods is the Search for the Spectre Part 3 of 4, so it’s time for things to really ramp up before the big finale. We are getting a big finale, aren’t we? Because things don’t really ramp up here. Half the book is a continuation of the dangerous game […]