Amazing Spider-Man 583 – yes, thank you Marvel

The news media is terribly excited because someone has drawn a president in a comic book! Who knew such an artistic barrier could be broken (again) – but that don’t impress me much. I mean, selling comic books to idiots on eBay for the price of a house is all very well, but if the […]

Captain Britain and MI:13 9 review

Last issue the team’s tussle with an evil dream lord stepped up a notch when it was revealed that British not-very-super soldier Captain Midlands had betrayed them. The Plokta thickened . . . a character previously considered a joke gained poignancy, while dropping his colleagues in the *&^*%$&- (actual quote – I get to use […]

Manhunter 38 review

A few months ago I suggested that the sheer number of plotlines and characters wouldn’t help the back-from-cancellation Manhunter from finding new readers. * Sad to say, for whatever reason, this is the last issue. And dang it if it doesn’t show that creator Marc Andreyko can indeed turn in a script with lots of […]

Happy Birthday Krypto!

Oh all right, I’ve no idea when Krypto was born, but as he debuted in Adventure Comics 210, cover dated March 1955, that means he’s 54 this month – about a million in dog years. How sweet that Clark-Kent-who-is-secretly-Superboy can’t wait to ‘romp’ with his newfound friend! And how surprising, given that even for an […]

Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade 2 review

My gosh, having not been seen since the mid-Seventies, Lex Luthor’s kid sister is back in this week’s Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade issue 2. This Johnny DC version doesn’t seem to have Lena’s traditional psychic powers – I don’t think she knows Linda Lee is Supergirl, though she has a subplot she’s […]

Black Lightning: Year One 1 review

DC’s Year One brand is back and Black Lightning’s the star. Truth be told, I didn’t have high hopes for this, having never been a huge Jefferson Pierce fan. I read a few issues of his original title in the Seventies, but the short-lived series was never a favourite. He joined Batman’s Outsiders but was […]

Amazing Spider-Man 582 review

Spidey battles Molten Man for the life of Harry Osborn as the latter’s estranged wife Liz tries to get their frankly vile little boy, Normie, to safety. Me, I’d throw him at his Uncle Mark’s lava-dripping arse. Unusually since the dawn of Brand New Day, this is a single setting issue, with no subplots. But […]

Secret Six 5 review

Another month, another issue of one of DC’s most consistent books. I was afraid the company’s Faces of Evil linewide stunt would derail the ongoing Get Out of Hell Free card storyline, but all it means is a Deadshot solo cover by Andrew Robinson, along with his narrative PoV. It doesn’t tell me anything I […]

Words fail Wonder Man

So, Im reading the Avengers: Galactic Storm trade, volume 1, and there’s a story from Wonder Man issue 7. There’s a great fight with Captain Atlas of the Kree, Simon wins, then we get this scene: Anyone know what dialogue went missing?

Cosmic Size Fantastic 4 1 review

Reed and Ben bring something nasty back from a pocket dimension, necessitating a two-day quarantine for the FF and kids Franklin and Valeria, who soon notice that their elders are acting jolly oddly. That’s your basic story from Cary Bates and Bing Cansino and it’s absorbing enough. What really had my attention more, though, was […]