Beautiful Canvas #1 review

Lon Eisley is a hitwoman, hired to kill someone. No, not her. Lon’s been tasked with murdering the woman’s young son – she’s just in the way. But this is the day Lon learned her girlfriend was pregnant, and she’s not able to do the deed. Instead, she packs the exceedingly precocious Alex into her […]

Suicide Squad #20 review

Rick Flag is dead. That’s leading the Suicide Squad for you. With the threat of the People imminent, Amanda Waller needs a replacement, so she looks at the in-house candidates. This makes sense; when someone new comes to Belle Reve penitentiary she doesn’t know how far she can trust them (see the traitorous, now dead […]

Wonder Woman #25 review

How many reviews of Wonder Woman have I begun now with, ‘I’m going to give Wonder Woman another try?’ Well, it’s anniversary time, the alternating Lies and Truth stories are over and it’s the end of Greg Rucka’s run… how could this issue not be interesting? It gets off to a terrific start with Diana […]

Action Comics #982 review

Blinded by Phantom Zone energy, Superman has retreated to his Fortress of Solitude for tests, and with a slew of his greatest enemies on the loose, he’s taken Lois and Jon there for protection. It’s a sensible plan – his Arctic retreat houses some of the best defensive measures on the planet, where better to […]

Super Sons #5 review

Damian Wayne and Jon Kent triumphed in their first big adventure together, beating the deadly Kid Amazon. And now they’re grounded. Batman, Superman and Lois may be proud of their super-sons but they’re little kids – should they really be shooting off on their own, annoying the likes of Lex Luthor? So Damian is in […]

Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #1 review

Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man, is having lunch with old pal Johnny Storm. They’re just passing the time, telling one another things they know they know, in the way super-heroes do in the first issue of a new series. Johnny leaves and Peter stops a robbery, with some unexpected aid. Who says spiders and ants […]

Superman #25 review

This is the big one. It’s the 25th issue extravaganza that ties up two years worth of plotlines. We’ve already had some questions answered: Why is Hamilton such a weird town? What was causing monsters to appear at the local swamp? And what was so special about Bessie the Cow’s milk? This issue we get […]

Aquaman #25 review

A comic as full of political posturing as Aquaman #25 seems to cry out for a George RR Martin reference. Game of Wet Thrones, maybe. I’ve never read the books, and only managed three episodes of the TV show – too much rumpy pumpy, overly beardy – so don’t have the knowledge to make a […]

Dark Days: The Forge #1 review

A long time ago, an Egyptian prince discovers the secrets of Nth metal. Today, Batman rescues a scientist from a volcanic eruption in the Bermuda Triangle. And Green Lantern Hal Jordan is dispatched to the Batcave by the Guardian Ganthet, to stop a secret coming to light. Before he can discover what that is, Hal […]

Scooby-Doo Team-Up #53 review

Poor Woozy Winks. He’s tossed out of Plastic Man’s office because he’s not an FBI agent, only to wander into the shopping of a fiendish fortune teller. Soon, freak accidents seem to be targeting Plas’ sizeable sidekick and his nerves are in pieces. Time to send for specialists. Surely Mystery Inc can help… if they […]