Hawk and Dove #1 review

Zombies on a plane. It sounds like a high-concept movie but it’s actually the hi-jinks which kick off this new series. ‘Science terrorist’ Alexander Quirk has loaded a plane with ‘monsters of mass destruction’ but Hawk and Dove are bidding to ruin his day. The avatars of war and peace stop the monsters and prevent […]

Justice League International #1

Sometimes you want a book to start with the action. At others, a quieter beginning is best. This new incarnation of the global Justice League goes for the latter option, but for me, that’s where the action is. For while I enjoy a good fracas between colourful heroes and dastardly villains, the membership of the […]

Batgirl #1 review

Barbara Gordon is Batgirl again. She couldn’t walk for three years, now she’s back on her feet and kicking arse. But not that well. As we join her, tackling a gang of murderous home invaders, luck and psychology play as big a part in her eventual success as physical skill. Because while years of handling […]

Action Comics #1 review

Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound! These are the classic lines that have evoked Superman for generations, and all three are referenced in this first issue of Superman’s new beginning. And there’s more. A lot more, as Grant Morrison and Rags Morales […]

DC Retroactive 1980s Green Lantern #1 review

John Stewart saves the planet from nuclear missiles launched by the Shark, then gets down to the important business of the day – revealing his secret identity to his girlfriend, Tawny Young. Next morning he wakes to find that she’s not the woman he thought she was – the very talky Tawny has gone public […]

Spider-Island: Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #1 review

He’s the Master of Kung Fu, but not even Shang Chi can stand against the power of … bedbugs. So he’s been infected with Spider-Man’s powers in a plot by the Jackal, and is having bad dreams. Dreams in which he attacks and eats Fat Cobra, one of the mystical champions known as the Immortal […]

Gambit and the Champions #1

Behind a cracking cover from David Yardin we have another escapee From The Marvel Vault, a Gambit-starring story that had been gathering dust before the company’s move to new quarters last year. Well, ‘story’ may be exaggerating – Marvel had artwork from the late George Tuska, but no script. Scott Lobdell has supplied that, leading to what […]

Secret Avengers #16 review

Deep under Cincinnati, something stirs. It’s a hidden city established, and abandoned, by the Secret Empire, and the Secret Avengers are investigating particles of Von Doom radiation, the telltale sign of the bad doctor’s time technology. The place seems deserted, but the heroes – Super-Soldier Steve Rogers, the Beast, Black Widow and Moon Knight – […]