Mobile makeover

Courtesy of those nice folk at Blogger, you can now read Too Dangerous For a Girl in a lovely mobile phone-friendly format. The home screen offers snippets, leading to the full blether. It seems easier to comment than previously, too. And it’s in a rather neat red & white colour scheme which I may just […]

Avengers Academy #7 review

It’s been a couple of years, so Hank Pym gets a new look. Mind, it’s based on an old look, to go with an old name. Bye bye Wasp II, hello again, Giant Man I. The reasons for the change make good sense, and I’m happy to see Hank embrace a large part of his […]

Supergirl #59 review

Having kidnapped gossip columnist Cat Grant, the deadly Dollmaker reveals a surprising motive. Supergirl deals with the new villain with glorious efficiency … with a hand from Cat. And the Kents and Langs celebrate Christmas in Smallville. A round of applause, please, for writer Sterling Gates and penciller Jamal Igle, for rounding off their two-and-a-half-year-run […]

Superman #706 review

As J Michael Straczynski walks away from the less-than-popular ‘Grounded’ storyline, Superman gets its second fill-in in three issues, which is rather pathetic. Still, as a fan of the Daily Planet staff, an issue checking in with them doesn’t sound like the worst thing ever. And it isn’t. Not quite. As with the Lois-centred #705, […]

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SPECIAL GUEST REVIEW She-Hulks #2

The saga of the She-Hulks continues as Jen and Lyra find their personal lives overshadowed by their quest to apprehend the Intelligencia. Meanwhile, Jen reconnects with John Byrne era beau Wyatt Wingfoot (click on image to enlarge). This becomes unpleasantly clear to Lyra, who receives detention when last issue’s mission to capture The Wizard causes her […]

Widowmaker #1 review

Someone is killing spies and Black Widow and Mockingbird are on the hit list. Their mutual ex, Hawkeye, joins them on a trip to Russia to sort things out. Mockingbird’s employee, the mercenary Dominic Fortune, goes along to stir. Russian metahumans show up, and Hawkeye is being framed as the master assassin dresses up in […]

The Flash #7 review

Barry Allen is largely absent this issue, as Captain Boomerang breaks into Iron Heights jail to ask Reverse-Flash some questions, while thinking back to his origins. And I realise I never actually finished the darn book, having picked it up a couple of hours ago and gotten distracted. That’s how engaged I was. So, let’s […]

DC Universe Holiday Special 2010 review

DC aren’t kidding when they call this one a ‘holiday’ special. Usually these giants are full of Christmas cheer, with perhaps the odd nod to Hanukkah. Not the 2010 edition, which arrives with an attractive, but two-weeks-late, Thanksgiving Day cover by Matt Haley. Every one of the six stories centres on a different holiday, with […]

Doom Patrol #17 review

Having nationalised the Doom Patrol, Oolong Island president Veronica Cale forces the team into accompanying her to a state banquet in North Korea. There they’re reunited with an old – very old – enemy and make the acquaintance of a family who make the Mansons look like the Bradys. Those are the bare bones of […]