The Flash #9 review

There’s a new speedster in town, but this one doesn’t run, he rides a motorcycle. A decidedly futuristic, demonic-looking motorcycle that shatters the peace of the Central City evening. You might think this would bring Barry Allen running, but we don’t catch up with him until next morning – the previous night he was fighting Gorilla Grodd. Sent to […]

Power Man and Iron Fist #1 review

I missed the debut of the new Power Man in Marvel’s recent Shadowland event, but he must have gone down well with readers, as here he is co-starring in a five-issue limited series. Belying the ‘all-new, all-different’ strapline tagged to the classic logo, Iron Fist remains Iron Fist. That’s fine by me as I’ve always […]

Knight and Squire #5 review

Jarvis Poker, the British Joker, is dying. Realising that he’s more of a joke than a Joker, Poker embarks on one last spectacular crime spree. One last spectacularly inept crime spree, that makes him a bigger joke than ever. Deducing that the Rose & Crown Prince of Crime’s jig is nearly up, Knight and Squire […]

Justice League: Generation Lost #19 review

Dustin Nguyen channels legendary movie graphic designer Saul Bass for this stark cover, which is certainly going to shift a few units. Another Blue Beetle dead at the hands of Max Lord? Say it ain’t so. This issue’s opening flashback takes us back to Blue Beetle Jaime Reyes talking to pals Paco and Brenda about […]

Adventure Comics #523 review

It’s the first day at Legion Academy for Glorith, apprentice to former Legion of Super-Heroes member the Black Witch. Dispatched from the Sorcerer’s World to Earth, she’s being called, says the Witch, by her ‘dark destiny’. There’s nothing like sending a girl off with a kindly word! Poor Glorith is either a bit dim or […]

Superman #708 review

At the end of last issue a group of strange visitors calling themselves the Superman Squad interrupted Superman’s walk across America and offered to explain why he’s lost faith in his ideals. This issue, they do just that, in a story beginning in the Fortress of Solidarity, and ending in Nebraska. And Superman teams up with […]

SPECIAL GUEST REVIEW She-Hulks #4

She-Hulks concludes with the rest of the Intelligencia captured, and Lyra discovering a hard lesson of life that only a Hulk could appreciate. After digging themselves and the Mad Thinker out of the snow, Jen and Lyra subdue Klaw and the android Byte after an ear-splitting brawl. Afterwards as Lyra struggles to warm herself up […]

Superman 80-Page Giant 2011 #1 review

I almost put this issue back on the comic shop shelf, what with Dustin Nguyen’s cover image seeming so familiar. Then I clicked that it’s a companion piece to the Batman 80pp giant cover of a few months back. I’m not terribly keen on this illo -Supergirl and Ma Kent look pretty off, for one […]

Doctor Strange: From the Marvel Vault #1 review

The packing and unpacking that accompanied Marvel’s recent office move saw stories that were commissioned, but for one reason or another never published, come to light. It’s been decided to blow the dust off the work and present them under the Marvel Vault banner. First off, a Doctor Strange entry intended for the Marvel Universe […]

Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #1 review

One of the Legion’s oldest foes is back – and she’s not. A new Emerald Empress emerges on Orando when a young woman, fleeing from a nobleman out to ravish her, winds up in thrall to something far deadier. At one with the Emerald Eye of Ektron, she conquers her people and sits around in […]