All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold #7 review

Given that Green Lantern Alan Scott was operating in Gotham City for decades before Batman debuted, I’ve often wondered if the older hero had any influence on the younger? Here we find out, courtesy of the all-ages Batman team-up book. For anyone thinking this tale can’t possibly count in terms of ‘real’ continuity, I spotted […]

Fear Itself: Youth in Revolt #1 review

The young superheroes once conscripted into the US government’s Initiative project are invited back in, on a purely voluntary basis. Their task? To make the public feel safe in a time of dread. And so it is that Firestar, Gravity, Thor Girl, Ultra Girl, Hardball and others sign up, scatter and bid to stem panic […]

Superman #711 review

Superman is called away from an event in Utah, at which he’s been given the key to the city, by the familiar zee-zee-zee of Jimmy Olsen’s signal watch. The Daily Planet’s Mr Action has happened upon a mass kidnapping in Las Vegas by the electrically powered Livewire. Superman is disappointed because last time they met, […]

Flash #12 review

It’s the final instalment of the Road to Flashpoint storyline, and the last issue of this run. And while it’s a safe bet there’ll be a new volume along in a few months, for once a book that’s ending feels like a conclusion. That’s because writer Geoff Johns closes the book on the subplots that […]

Flashpoint #1 review

Barry Allen wakes up at his desk in Central City’s crime lab to hear that he’s meant to be finding proof local hero Citizen Cold murdered someone named Miss Alchemy. Realising this isn’t his reality, he rushes into the corridor, spots he has no Flash ring and stumbles down the stairs. At the bottom is someone who’s […]

Free Comic Book Day: Green Lantern review

There’s nothing that needs saying about the 24pp Green Lantern strip in this issue – it’s a reprint from the Secret Origin storyline of a couple of years back. What’s puzzling is that rather than re-present the beginning of the series-within-a-series, DC are giving us the second part, from 2008’s GL #30. It’s well-scripted by Geoff Johns […]

Moon Knight #1 review

I do like an ending that turns a debut issue on its head. Heroes for Hire had one recently. In the Nineties, Thunderbolts had the best ever. And there’s a twist in this latest phase of Moon Knight, an interesting wrinkle that was, sadly, given away in publicity for the series. I might have guessed […]

Adventure Comics #526 review

It’s another split book month, with the first feature concluding the Academy students’ trip to the planet Phlon, and the second focusing on XS, super-speed Legionnaire from a lost universe. ‘First Hints’ has Chemical Kid enlisting Gravity Kid, Dragonwing and Glorith to cover up the fact that his father had dealings with the criminal Taurus […]

Cancelled Comics Cavalcade Week – Freedom Fighters #9 review

It’s a time of change for DC’s most idealistic heroes. The Freedom Fighters have been told that the government can no longer afford them, so the members need to rethink their lives. Doll Man has gone back to the suburbs. Phantom Lady has her film career. The Ray is skilled enough to get a new […]

Cancelled Comics Cavalcade Week – JSA All-Stars #18 review

I’ve been a fan of this Justice Society of America spin-off. It got off to a sticky start as the junior, ‘bad ass’ team, but once the brutish Magog left, the book became an interesting read – never the most amazing comic, but always a good companion. Writer Matthew Sturges came up with stories that felt fresh, […]