Action Comics #50 review

The cover tells you where this issue is going – back to a fully powered Superman, clad in red and blue and ready for anything. Knowing the destination doesn’t spoil the ride, though, as drivers Greg Pak and Aaron Kuder deliver the best issue of Action Comics in months. We’re in disaster movie mode. […]

Avengers Standoff: Assault on Pleasant Hill #1 review

Don’t judge this book by its cover. Certainly, little imagination has gone into that first page – is it meant to be a Shield file? – but inside, well, that’s another matter. The book opens with Bucky, the Winter Soldier, taking over a Shield helicarrier to grab information pertinent to a case he’s investigating. It’s […]

Batgirl #49 review

Barbara Gordon’s mind has been hacked. Can computer expert pal Frankie rescue Batgirl by going into her head and enlisting a hopefully neutered evil AI as her guide? Yeah, it’s comics goes Tron again. But wait… this is rather good. Writers Cameron Stewart and Brenden Fletcher use the conceit to give us a closer look […]

Green Lantern #50 review

Here comes Mr Jordan. And Mr Jordan. It’s Hal Jordan vs Hal Jordan. Green Lantern against Parallax. The former, wielder of a gauntlet of power containing the energy of a dozen Oan rings. The latter, living conduit of 3600 of the trinkets. So of course, Gauntlet Hal wins. Let’s backtrack. Parallax is the Hal of […]