Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton #1 review

And so it begins, the three-issue mini that promises to cap the year-long storyline that has seen thousands of super-powered, earth-hating Kryptonians populating a new world on the far side of the sun. Given the set-up, my impression was that we’d see epic encounters between the New Kryptonians and the powers of the wider DC […]

Girl Comics #1 review

I’m not too sure how to approach Marvel’s latest anthology series. The fact it’s being sold on the back of being by all-girl creators suggests I search for a ‘female sensibility’. On the other, that would be like holding Girl Comics to a different standard to other superhero comics, which usually have a male bias […]

Adventure Comics #8 review

The waiting’s nearly over. Soon the Legion of Super-Heroes get their own book again. Two books, in fact – for a while, at least. Before that they’re guesting in a big Superman event for which this issue of Adventure Comics provides three prologues. The first story features the Legion in the 31st century as a […]

Justice League: Cry for Justice #7 review

I like a big stupid blockbuster as much as the next person. Massive disasters, bombastic dialogue, it’s all good . . . except when the story can’t get from point A to point B without characters who are Too Stupid Too Live. And that sums up every hero in this book. Green Lantern, the Atom, […]