Gotham By Midnight #1 review

The revolutionary rethinking of the Batman line continues with another new series, following on from the likes of Arkham Manor, Grayson and Gotham Academy, and the revamp of Batgirl. So after the villain comic, the spy comic and the school comic, line editor Mark Doyle brings on the spooky comic. And very spooky Gotham by […]

Supergirl #36 review

Having recently decided to make the best of life on Earth, Kara is making real efforts to integrate. She’s taken a job in a coffee shop, doing her own laundry, getting the shopping and basically trying to fit in. A tough day at work – why are coffee steamers sooo delicate? – isn’t helped when […]

Wonder Woman #36 review

The Justice League gathers when water of tidal wave proportions kills thousands of people in Thailand and Ecuador. Wonder Woman finds Swamp Thing at one of the scenes of devastation and attacks, accusing him of mass murder. When Aquaman counsels calm, Diana explains that she just doesn’t know where her head is at… The new […]

GUEST POST Constantine #18 review by Colin Smith Part 2

In which the guest blogger continues a look – begun here – at how John Constantine, Hellblazer, is faring in his transition from DC’s Vertigo line to the New 52 range. If Ray Fawkes’ script is patently not ready for prime-time, then Jeremy Haun’s art is a baffling mix of surface gloss and structural confusion. […]

GUEST POST Constantine #18 review by Colin Smith

Why can’t the cool be distilled from the challenging, the attitude from the provocation, the pleasurable shiver from the unnervingly taboo, the comfortingly lad-thrilling from the tragic and the confounding? Why not John Constantine, super-magician? Skill, a cunning change of genre and a clear sense of purpose can transform even the most unsettling of characters […]

Captain America and the Mighty Avengers #1 review

There’s a new Captain America in town. The Falcon has assumed the role and while Steve Rogers grapples with unexpected old age, Sam Wilson grapples with his shield, working out the best way to use it against New York’s criminals.What he isn’t grappling with is his morality; he’s sure that treating the bad guys badly […]

Batman #36 review

The Justice League members have been Jokerised. Ingenuity and gadgets have seen Batman take out Wonder Woman, the Flash and Aquaman, and there’s a plan in place for Cyborg, but Superman, he’s another matter. As this second part of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s Endgame story opens, Batman is fighting for his life. Under the […]

The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore (Scribe, £20)

I knew Dr William Moulton Marston, creator of Wonder Woman, was one of the men whose researches led to the lie detector. I knew he had an interesting domestic arrangement. I knew he had a definite thing for tying up women. What could this book teach me, a lifelong fan of DC Comics’ Amazing Amazon? […]

Patricia Briggs’ Mercy Thompson: Hopcross Jilly #1 review

When were-coyote Mercy Thompson and the wolf pack led by husband Adam find human remains in the desert, they summon the police. These aren’t night dwellers who hide in the shadows – the were-community is out to their friends and neighbours. The sheriff is suspicious, wondering if it’s a case of the beast people hiding […]

Superman Unchained #9 review

An alien armada is fast approaching Earth, one so powerful there may be only thing that could stop them – the death of Superman. Lex Luthor has given the Man of Steel a vial of solar fuel which, when injected in the vicinity of the invasion force, will make him explode with unimaginable power. Batman […]