Fantastic Four #1 review

Welcome to volume 427 of the Fantastic Four. Bring a teddy bear. Because you’ll need something to cuddle in order to get through this miserable first issue from James Robinson, Leonard Kirk and Karl Kesel. Three of my favourite talents in comics and I wish they’d all taken the week off. I didn’t think ‘Fall […]

Superman #28 review

Ten out of ten for a striking cover design as Ed Benes follows Aaron Kuder’s lead on this month’s Action Comics to give us an especially earthy treatment. But can you judge the book by this cover? Could the interior actually live up to the exterior, especially after the horror served up by writer Scott […]

Superman: Lois Lane #1

Once upon a time you could guarantee Lois Lane would be in pretty much every Superman story, as reporting rival, romantic partner or both. Since the 2011 relaunch Lois hasn’t been seen so much, with a steady boyfriend keeping her busy as Superman ‘enjoys’ a weird un-romance with Wonder Woman. I wouldn’t say Lois has […]

New Warriors #1 review

The New Warriors are back. Or rather, A New Warriors, as this Marvel Now revamp features only a couple of the originals from the Nineties hit. So we have Justice and Speedball, and that’s about it. There’s the new Nova, and a new Namora, the new Sun Girl, the new Scarlet Spider and sidekick Hummingbird, […]

Supergirl #28 review

Supergirl and Lobo are fighting at underground science station the Block. Kara is angrier than ever before, bitter that Earth seems to have nothing to offer but pain. The fight goes worldwide when Block boss Shay Veritas expels the pair to stop the facility and its inhabitants from becoming collateral damage (though lurking demon Blaze […]

Special Guest Post – She-Hulk Review #1 by Eugene Liptak

Well here we are again. Another She-Hulk #1 has made its debut and questions abound about how these new adventures of Jennifer Walters will complement and contribute to her mythos. Writer Charles Soule best known for his current work on Swamp Thing, Thunderbolts, Red Lanterns, Inhumans, and Superman/Wonder Woman gives us a simple tale of […]

Superboy #28 review

Sometimes it’s hard to be a Legion of Super-Heroes fan, grabbing onto every comic with the smallest link to the 31st-Century’s greatest super-team. Hence I had to buy another issue of the pretty appalling Superboy series. Look at that cover – is this a new Legion of Super-Villains in the future currently being visited by […]

Batman #28 review

A young woman walks the streets of Gotham. Harper Row is alone and scared, but determined. Determined to meet the city’s new kingpin of crime. Soon, she attracts the attention of Gotham’s enforcers, and gets herself ushered into ‘the only nightclub left in New Gotham’. […]

Loki, Agent of Asgard #1 review

When you’re the god of mischief, it helps to be all things to all men and that’s what Loki pulls off in this debut. Most obviously, there’s movie Loki, the Tom Hiddleston-type who melts legions of female hearts. There’s Journey into Mystery Loki, acutely aware of the power Story holds over the Norse gods. And […]

Ms Marvel #1 review

Kamala Khan is 16 and your average Jersey girl. Your average Jersey girl trying to juggle her dual heritages as a Pakistani Muslim and an American teenager. Her best friend is embracing her Muslim identity, her brother is abusing his, her mother wants her to be a good Muslim girl and her father, while more relaxed, […]