Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors #1 review

Having dropped the two existing Green Lantern books due to the never-ending Crayola Corps clutter, I’m intrigued to see a new series debut. Could this be the Green Lantern book for people who no longer like Green Lantern books?Possibly. While it does feature Atrocitus from the Red Lanterns, the opening storyline seems not to be […]

Hawkeye and Mockingbird #3 review

Just three issues in and this comic reads like it’s been going for years. The set-up is solid, the situations are convincing, the characters compelling. I may not like that Mockingbird, Bobbi Morse, is so good at being the hard-faced espionage pro but she certainly gets the sparks flying, and the job done. I’m glad […]

Superman: The Last Family of Krypton #1 review

What if …. Jor-El and Lara escaped Krypton alongside their baby son? That’s the premise of this three-issue miniseries, which isn’t so much an Elseworlds as an Els’ World. Settling on Earth, the senior Els sculpt roles for themselves as scientist and religious leader, while young Kal-El is farmed off – literally – to experience […]

Spitfire #1 review

As a fellow English person, I’ve always liked Spitfire. Yes, she’s posher than me, and a tad more patriotic, but I like to think we’d get on – we’re both bright, brave (stop snickering) and British. She shone in the recent Captain Britain and MI-13 series, where she was ‘just’ one of the crowd. Here […]

Doom Patrol #13 review

One of writer Keith Giffen’s aims with this book has been to give the readers something new every month – a character, a concept, a fresh take on the DC Universe … last issue he outdid himself with the revelation of Elasti-Woman’s true nature. She’s sentient Silly Putty. I never saw that one coming. This month […]