Uncanny X-Men #535 review

It’s just another day on the island of Utopia. Colossus and Kitty and Namor are fighting a giant robo-shrimp. Magneto is arguing with Dr Nemesis. And Cyclops is ‘prioritising’. The number one priority soon becomes clear as Agent Abigail Brand of space defence agency S.W.O.R.D. asks the X-Men, ever so nicely, to save the world. […]

Justice League: Generation Lost #23 review

Aside from the undeniably icky notion of Max Lord’s bleeding nose spelling out the continents, I’m not keen on Dustin Nguyen’s cover this time – Max looks tremendous, but the heroes are a little too sketchy for me. Full marks for trying something different, though. Inside, the series continues as it has for months now, […]

Birds of Prey #11 review

Action! Romance! Leaky bowels … this one has it all. As a good Catholic girl, the Huntress is attracted to bad boys. And one in particular, Catman, who shows up just as she’s chasing down a gang who have captured a hostage with medical problems. Will he help Huntress, or take the side of the […]

The Flash #10 review

The Flash and Kid Flash meet Hot Pursuit, who claims to be the Barry Allen of one of the 52 worlds. Unable to access the Speed Force directly, he steals speed via his super-cycle to zoom around his world, protecting it from temporal attacks. He tells Barry that ‘the single greatest time anomaly to threaten […]

Superman #710 review

It’s been obvious for a few months that Chris Roberson knows how to write Superman. He’s been subtly, sharply, shifting the focus of Superman’s personality back to the heroic guy he’s always been, prior to J Michael Straczynski’s Grounded storyline. Now we see that he gets Batman too, as Bruce Wayne catches up with Superman in […]

Superman/Batman Annual #5 review

Doomsday has hunted down the Cyborg Superman, Hank Henshaw, at the JLA Satellite while, trapped inside with them, are Supergirl and Batman. Outside, Blue Lantern Saint Walker and Starman Mikaal Tomas are helpless as the station morphs into the face of, first, Henshaw, then Doomsday. Neither bad guy is much interested in Batman, so he’s sidelined […]

Secret Six #32 review

Last issue saw Ragdoll take the Get Out of Hell Free card from Scandal and descend to the Pit. As we join the rest of the Six in part two of a three-part serial, they’ve gained access to Hell thanks to Etrigan, the mercurial Demon. There they find that Ragdoll – who had intended to free […]

Too Lobo for Heretical Jargon

Image borrowed from Chris Sims’ Invincible Super-Blog The second episode of Jimmy Trapp’s Heretical Jargon podcast sees Jimmy and me chatting about current comics, orphaned superheroes, Peanuts, favourite creators and characters, Martian Manhunter … and we find out what happens when one of us dares to express dislike for Lobo.I’ve never been on a podcast before, so I’d […]

JSA: All-Stars #17 review

It’s a quiet day at the All-Stars ranch when a gaudily garbed stranger appears among them, claiming to be a member. What’s more, The Prince announces to Judomaster that she’s his wife – or was, before reality changed. The Prince is, he says, the son of Regent, the world’s greatest hero, who once led the […]

Word balloon busting

Jimmy Quentin Trapp of the Heretical Jargon Podcast has asked me on the show this coming Saturday to talk comics. Well, I shall do my best. It’d be great if you tuned in, and maybe took part too – details here.