Titans #15 review

It’s the return of Tempest, and he’s fighting his friends the Titans? How’d that happen? It doesn’t. Taking the idea of a symbolic cover to the extreme, Angel Unzueta and Wayne Faucher give us a moment representative of the insides only in so much as the interior features a) Tempest and b) the ocean. Still, […]

Blackest Night #1 review

Around the time Superman died battling Doomsday, seven million citizens of Coast City were murdered by alien warlord Mongul. The world dedicated a day in Superman’s memory, but when it turned out he wasn’t so much deceased as growing out his hair, the world decided the Coast Citizens could have the memorial day instead. But […]

Uncanny X-Men: First Class #1

One of the purest pleasures at Marvel over the last few years has been the X-Men: First Class series, telling new stories of the original gifted youngsters’ earliest years. Smart superheroing without the ‘everyone hates us’ business that came to infect the team after the Uncanny, nee All-New, All-Different (if you ignore Cyclops, Marvel Girl […]

Wednesday Comics #1 review

After the terrific 52, the turgid Countdown and the I’ve-still-not-gotten-through-the-thing-but-God-Rita-is-annoying Trinity, DC’s latest experiment in weekly publishing takes a traditional turn. Wednesday Comics, as its title suggests, is a throwback to the US comics section of old – full-colour, lavishly illustrated strips to be enjoyed by all the family. OK, so there’s no humour in […]

Marvel Divas #1 review

Take three former Avengers and one of Spider-Man’s most trusted allies and what do you get? A superhero Sex and the City that’s at least three years too late. I knew this book was to focus on our heroines – Hellcat, Captain Marvel, Firestar and Black Cat – in their everyday lives, but I didn’t […]

Justice League: Cry For Justice #1

Green Lantern Hal Jordan lays down the law to the Justice League, annoyed that the team isn’t proactive enough in terms of going after villains and ending their threat for good. He reminds them that as the local representative of the Guardians of the Universe, he is the law. And he’s going to step up […]

Secret Six #11 review

Ah, they’re an odd bunch, the Secret Six. Perfectly happy to maim and murder for money, but when it comes to the matter of slavery, qualms unexpectedly enter the equation. Last issue the team took the shilling of slimy Mr Smyth, Deadshot killed an escaping prisoner for him and now he explains his plans: to […]

The Last Days of Animal Man #2 review

Eating my words department: I had no interest in this mini series. DC has made continuity so much the be all and end all of their line that I saw no use for a short run set in the future of the DC Universe – if stuff in it comes to pass, I’ve been spoilt […]