Heralds #2 review

As I took a look at #1 last week (see below), I’ll not go into much detail here. So why bring it up again? Because this book is so great that I want as many folk as possible to try it, before it’s over. And as Marvel, for some nutty reason, is releasing this five-part […]

Batman #700 review

Grant Morrison rocks the ages of Batman with a story spanning the Gotham legend’s various incarnations. Bruce and Dick, Dick and Damian, Damian and his cat, Batman Beyond Terry McGuinness, Batman One Million and Robin the Toy Wonder … all get a moment to shine in a story linked by the time-travelling Professor Hyatt. The […]

Young Allies #1 review

I dunno, you wait ages for a decent young hero team to come along and then two show up at once. As well as Avengers Academy, Marvel this week brings us Young Allies, named for the Golden Age kid group book published by Marvel predecessor, Timely. That had a Bucky and a Toro, this one […]

Avengers Academy #1 review

Spinning out of the recently concluded Avengers: The Initiative series, Avengers Academy gathers six young would-be heroes and puts them in the hands of experienced Assemblers. Out of the dozens of teenagers in Norman Osborn’s Initiative programme, Reptil, Hazmat, Finesse, Mettle, Striker and Veil are the best the next generation has to offer. At least […]

JSA All-Stars #7 review

Matthew Sturges is a mischievous fella. Here he uses a funeral story for JSA member Damage – killed in the recent Darkest Knight storyline – to make me finally like the guy. The explosive Grant Emerson has been in the ‘angry young man/self-pitying tosser’ category for years, but here we find that he finally found […]

Heralds #1 review

Valkyrie, Emma Frost, Hellcat, She-Hulk, Photon and Abigail Brand, Agent of D.U.L.L. – sorry, S.W.O.R.D. – team up in an offering from Marvel’s Year of Women. This first of five issues has them celebrating Emma’s birthday in Las Vegas when they’re interrupted by rampaging dinosaurs and dead scientists. Nearby, a waitress explodes …. Brand originated […]

Hawkeye and Mockingbird #1 review

The debut issue of Clint Barton and Bobbi Morse’s first ongoing series opens with the partners in crimefighting on the trail of gun-runners. It’s tough to make a high-speed chase work on the comics page, but it’s pulled off here. Hawkeye and Mockingbird use bow, baton and banter to win the battle, but the war […]

Wonder of Wonders at Comic Book Resources

I have a wee article about Wonder Woman and story lengths up at Comic Book Resources, all comments welcome. But if not comments, page views will do! THE LASSO’S INFINITELY ELASTIC, THE STORIES DON’T HAVE TO BE, TOO