Justice League United #11 review

Justice League United has been one of my favourite DC books of the last few years. Under writer Jeff Lemire it featured a team of likeable characters in traditional, but not staid, superhero adventures. Now it’s been turned over to Jeff Parker, an author famed for his talent in this area. But he’s going in […]

Archie #1 review

Teenage sweethearts Archie Andrews and Betty Cooper have broken up. Their friends contrive to get them back together … all except Jughead. And that’s the simple, but engaging, plot of the first instalment of the Archie revamp. Writer Mark Waid and artist Fiona Staples update the Riverdale gang, making the humour less gag and slapstick […]

Firestorm, Metal Men, Katana, Sugar & Spike, Poison Ivy, Swamp Thing, Raven, Metamorpho – DC’s upcoming mini-series

Well, here’s a way to brighten a dull Monday – a slew of new book announcements from DC Comics. Eight six-part mini-series set for release in January 2016 with some interesting names attached – only writers, so far. Let’s have a quick round-up with some first impressions. Firestorm This is going to be written by […]

Green Arrow #42 review

People are falling to their deaths in Seattle. From mid-air. The police and Green Arrow are baffled, with the only clues being chatter on the streets about ‘the Night Birds’, and an albino man caught on camera near the scene of one killing. That’s a very short summation of the contents of last issue, the […]

Bat-Mite #2 review

Bat-Mite has been kidnapped by Doc Trauma, a crone who’s lived more than 200 years by stealing bodies and having her brain swapped into them. Her next victim – surprisingly, she’s not keen on moving into a lunatic pixie – is the already captive Hawkman. Bat-Mite reckons the unconscious Winged Wonder is just what he […]

Action Comics #42 review

Last month’s cover proclaimed Truth. This time, it’s Justice, something there’s precious little of as a band of Metropolis police officers target Superman’s neighbourhood. The first half of the issue shows the de-powered hero fighting a massive shadow monster that’s appeared on the streets, using his courage and ingenuity to take down the creature. He […]