Batman Eternal #4 review

Three weeks ago I wasn’t sure whether Batman Eternal was going to become a weekly purchase. Well, I’ve just finished the fourth issue and next week can’t come fast enough. Because this is a cracking read, with strong, colourful characters fleshing out a plot that twists and turns through the concrete canyons of Gotham with […]

The Flash Annual #3 review

Initial impressions count. As we meet Wally West properly for the first time, he’s spraying a wall with anti-Flash graffiti. His first words on-panel are ‘Screw you, man!’ Remind you of anything? Yep, the intro of the New 52 Wally West, who […]

Superman #30 review

Something has happened in Smallville. Overnight, the citizens have fallen into a coma. In the Bahamas, a honeymooning couple are murdered by something nasty in the water. In Metropolis, Lois uses the Brainiac mental powers she’d supposedly lost to knock Perry out, before accepting her status as Bride of the Collector of Worlds. In the […]

The Flash #30 review

The new Flash creative team of writers Robert Venditti & Van Jensen, and penciller Brett Booth debut and straight away … dismay me. They open with a flashforward to five years in the future, when things are looking distinctly gloomy for our hero because, well, don’t they always? I really don’t care what’s happening with […]

Justice League United #0 review

I haven’t got a girlfriend in Canada, but I do have a superhero team – Justice League United. From the maple leaf In the logo, to the final page shot of one of the most striking members, I loved this book. It has everything I want in a JLA series – a rich mix of […]

Justice League #29 review

When DC launched in 2011 Justice League was the first title off the blocks. Now here’s the 29th issue as the rest of the original New 52 survivors are about to hit #31. That’s what being knee-deep in crossovers gets you. Never mind, #29 is here, and with it the new Metal Men’s battle against […]

Batman and Wonder Woman #30

Batman’s quest to rescue the stolen body of son Damian from Ra’s al-Ghul takes him to Paradise Island, where the League of Assassins’ head believes a Lazarus pit lies. Before he confronts Ra’s, however, Batman must get past man-hating Amazon Aleka … Until a few years ago, ‘man-hating Amazon’ wouldn’t have been a tautological phrase […]

The Shadow falls on … Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle

To the awfully titled, but awfully fun, Something Bloody Awesome convention at Edinburgh University Students’ Union. There were some great old comics on sale, lots of cosplayers on view and, of course, panel talks to attend. The highlight was seeing classic Batman creative team Alan Grant, above left, and Norm Breyfogle, right, talking about their […]

Superboy #30 review

Superboy gets another new creative team in the shape of writer Aaron Kuder and artist Jorge Jimenez Moreno and that’s the only reason I’m back buying this frustrating series. Kuder – currently wowing fans with his art on Superman over in Action Comics – showed promise as a writer with last year’s Parasite special. And […]

Batman Eternal #1 review

Batman and Commissioner Jim Gordon are tackling the latest schemes of Professor Pyg, the madman who turns humans into ‘dollotrons’. Pursuing a member of his gang, Gordon makes a decision that has catastrophic consequences.That’s the condensed action in the first issue of Batman Eternal, DC’s latest attempt to get readers to the comic shop weekly. […]