Future State: Superman Vs Imperious Lex #1 review

Welcome to Metropolis in 2050, as representatives of the United Planets meet in their shiny new headquarters. There’s an ongoing energy shortage in the Galaxy, but that’s quickly dealt with. The new business comes courtesy of Earth rep Lois Lane. Nobody wants a cake-stealing stinker on board, why would the leader of a rogue planet […]

Future State: Suicide Squad #1 review

Task Force X is back. This version isn’t a team seen previously in the DC Universe, but the Class of 2030 is full of familiar faces. Mind, the faces aren’t their real ones, as an unseen narrator reveals. It’s the old Thunderbolts play. The heroes are mostly actually villains, but they are finding that they […]

Future State: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 review

A dead Triplicate Girl. A traitor within the Legion. The disbanded team getting back together. Brian Michael Bendis and Riley Rossmo’s contribution to the Future State stunt is pretty much a greatest hits of the Legion. Even the roll call of characters is classic. Shadow Lass. Bouncing Boy. Duo Damsel. Superboy. Blok. Saturn Girl. Lightning […]

Book review: Justice Society of America: The Demise of Justice

‘Demise’ is an odd word, one of those flat-sounding ones that drain the drama from a sentence, like ‘dismay’. ‘The Death of Justice’, that’s exciting. ‘The End of Justice’, that would grab me. But ‘The Demise of Justice’? It’s a tad dull! Still, I’ve been waiting for this collection for years, as it brings together […]

DCeased: Dead Planet #7 review

There’s a famous feature in Mad! Magazine titled Scenes We’d Like To See, and that’s just what the conclusion of this mini-series delivers. And I don’t mean simply in terms of the story, the conclusion to Tom Taylor’s cycle of adventures set in an alternate DC Universe. Not at all – if this issue’s climactic […]

Immortal Wonder Woman #1 review

Before DC’s two-month Future State event began the company produced a free magazine, with features about the characters. Almost hidden at the bottom of a couple of pages was a timeline, making it clear that different comics were happening in different years. So although the Gotham-set books all reflect a Bladerunner future, they’re not all […]

Legion of Super-Heroes #12 review

FIGHT! That sums up this conclusion to the first year’s worth of the new Legion of Super-Heroes – most of the extra-entertaining issue is a big fight as the United Planets’ teen team defends New Krypton from Mordru and Rogol Zaar. After a gorgeous cover executed in colour by Ryan Sook, the issue opens with […]

Truth & Justice #1 and #2 review

A new DC Digital First series always gets my attention, I love these cheap weekly treats. And this one stars Vixen, one of the best heroes out there. While other characters have been horribly mischaracterised over the years >cough Supergirl cough< Mari McCabe has always been well-treated. From her first spotlight in Justice League of […]

Future State: Green Lantern #1 review

Here is is, the Green Lantern comic for people who don’t like Green Lantern. You want ringslinging heroes vs dastardly supervillains? Forget it, Future State Green Lantern aims to be different. And it succeeds. Sadly, it’s not a comic that has me clamouring for more. The book is set in 2035, according to online sources […]

Future State: Justice League #1 review

There’s a new Justice League. Some are children of the originals, some have taken on the legacies with no family links. All are fearless fighters for what’s right. Of course, where there’s a Justice League, there’s a Legion of Doom. At first glance, these villains don’t seem too impressive, so it’s no great surprise when, […]