An explosion of Ghost Rider

My non-comics reading mate Steve looks at this week’s comic covers, please do welcome him back … or at least tell the cats how pretty they are!

Batman 80-page Giant 2010 review

It’s villains to the fore in this latest collection of shorts. Seven stories, eight reprobates, 70pp intended to enthral and illuminate. Let’s take a look at what editors Harvey Richards, Janelle Siegel and Mike Marts have gathered together in Batman’s name: ‘Reality Check’, by Peter Miriani and Szymon Kudranski, is that old chestnut, the Joker […]

Adventure Comics #521 review

I’ve enjoyed the recent tales of the early Legion of Super-Heroes, but I’m delighted to see Adventure Comics move to current continuity. I know this phase will be short-lived, but even a month or two of bi-weekly 31st-century fun is to be treasured. Especially when we get a story as fine as ‘The Summons of […]

Action Comics Annual #13 review

Two tales from the early years of Lex Luthor, one Earth-bound but looking to the stars, the other taking us to another world, one that may eventually rule Earth. Two tales, and three father figures for the man who murdered his own father. The opening story, ‘Father Box’, shows us Lex’s first day in Metropolis, soon after […]

Heroes For Hire #1 review

Marvel’s been playing variations on the heroes for hire theme ever since Avengers #77, back in the Silver Age. My favourite was the Misty Knight/Colleen Wing version of a couple of years back, which demonstrated that ‘street level’ books needn’t be mundane. I’m glad to see this latest relaunch is in part a continuation, with […]