Amazing Spider-Man #638 review

Almost 100 issues after Marvel erased Spider-Man’s marriage, the furore’s pretty much died down. While a few diehards still protest the business – and I don’t blame them, One More Day wasn’t a great story – most readers have managed to move on and simply enjoy a seriously good comic book. So why start picking […]

I’m just popping over to Comic Book Resources …

… for a little article on DC’s all-ages titles and why I’d like to see a Wonder Woman title attempted. If you’ve the time and interest, give it a read. Thanks! Here’s the link

Adventure Comics #516 review

After last week’s disappointing Atom Special #1 I was keen to see how the debut of his regular Adventure Comics feature turned out. Very well, actually. I won’t harp on about what I saw as the special’s deficiencies – the review is below, if you’re interested – I will say that ‘Nucleus part 1, Splitting […]

The Brave and the Bold #35 review

Michael J Straczynski is a versatile chap. On the one hand, there’s this week’s Superman #701 which is, to say the least, a sober comic. On the other there’s this confection, a team-up between two of DC’s lesser-known teams. I’ve always loved the Legion of Substitute-Heroes, the plucky Legion of Super-Heroes rejects who built their […]

Uncanny X-Men: The Heroic Age #1 review

Just as the X-Men titles descend into the darkness of a vampire storyline, here’s a special in which they step into the light. Three short tales are mixed and matched into a whole that marks the beginning of a new era for the team once dubbed Marvel’s Merry Mutants. It’s a long time since they’ve […]

Superman #701 review

Well, that wasn’t a bad one-issue story. Superman aids the little guy. He diagnoses car trouble and heart problems. He helps a suicidal woman find hope and annoys drug dealers. He cleans a storeroom. I’m down with that. For several years DC would devote a Christmas issue to Superman reading his fan mail and helping […]

JSA All-Stars #8 review

In the beginning, this comic was about a serious bunch of souls who felt they needed to act like a military unit in order to be effective. It was a pretty good read, but never really ignited. This issue, the sparks fly. And it’s nothing to do with a massive villain, or a big death; […]

Steve Rogers: Super Soldier #1 review

Hey, can Marvel call a book Super Soldier? I know Steve’s been a super-soldier since the Forties, but surely DC have the use of ‘super’ copyrighted for cover usage? No. Oh well. Super-Soldier it is, complete with the return of the dullest Captain America logo font ever, an ode to washing-up liquid if ever I […]

The Atom Special #1 review

Ray Palmer’s Ivy Town lab is broken into while he’s tackling a hostage situation in the local library. He reminisces with his old mentor, Professor Hyatt, about his origins – family and superheroic – before a final page shock. Well, it’s a shock if you’ve not read enough recent DC comics to realise that the […]

Avengers: The Children’s Crusade #1 review

It’s been too long. Too long since Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung brought us a tale of the Young Avengers. The best thing to come out of the Avengers Disassembled debacle, the teens starred in a series which proved short-lived more due to Heinberg’s other commitments than sales and reader interest. Over the last few […]