Batman/Superman #31 review

A dying Superman wants to say his goodbyes, and ensure his work carries on. So it’s off to Gotham for something of a twofer – tell Batman what’s up, and ask the world’s greatest detective for help in finding Supergirl. He arrives to find Batman in a scrap with a bunch of minor villains and […]

Investigating Lois Lane by Tim Hanley (Chicago Review Press, 288pp, $18.95/£15.99)

Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane. That was the name of the long-running comic which starred the hotshot Daily Planet reporter who’s been around as long as the Man of Steel himself. Not that having your own comic always brought star treatment – Lois Lane was often made to look an idiot in her own series, […]

Bloodlines #1 review

Well, if Marvel can redo Secret Wars (twice!), DC can certainly bring back the Bloodlines concept. If you missed 1993, a) you’re young and I hate you, and b) it was an event which saw aliens ‘infect’ regular folk with super-powers. This brought us the likes of Anima, Argus, and Hitman – the breakout character […]

Superman #51 review

Superman is running diagnostic tests in the Fortress of Solitude because after his recent trials – the Darkseid War, the battle with Vandal Savage and the encounter with Rao – he’s not feeling great. And the results aren’t good – he’s dying. This makes him angry. Not because he’s going to lose his life, but […]

DC Digital Adventures of Supergirl Chapter #6 review

Having defeated hacker from hell Vril Dox, Kara’s outside his cell at the DEO, primed to question him – who’s the female he claims is behind recent attacks on Suoergirl and her friends? His taunts fail to get a ride out of the Maid of Might. But Dox is more powerful than she imagined, taking […]