The Flash #1 2022 Annual

It’s been awhile, but the Flash, Wally West, finally knows wife Linda has super-speed. What neither of them know is why. A possible answer does present itself in this issue. But first, Wally has a read of the novel Linda is about to have published. It’s a romance, following its main character, Beth, in the […]

Superman: Warworld Apocalypse #1 review

It’s been a long time coming, but here it is, the climax to Superman’s battle to free the prisoners of space tyrant Mongul. After many months of chapters in Action Comics, the finale comes in an extra-length special, 48 pages of Superman and his allies, the Authority, fighting Mongul and his warriors on Warworld. The […]

Damage Control #1 review

One day in New York, Damage Control’s Bart Rozum has a casual interview with would-be worker Gus. Before informing Gus of the current status of Damage Control, Bart impresses him with his closeness to Moon Knight. Well, tries to.. Despite not being particularly excited about working for Damage Control, Gus gets the intern position. Soon […]

Justice League Vs the Legion of Super-Heroes #5 review

Spoiler alert! This issue the Justice League and the Legion of Super-Heroes don’t have a big old battle. But they do talk. A lot. I know. You are stunned. STUNNED. Mind, the two teams are having a proper barney on Scott Godlewski’s bonkers busy cover. Here’s how it goes inside. A heated debate after Batman […]

Action Comics #1046 review

Steel is the star of the gorgeous cover by Lucio Parrillo, bringing his technical genius to bear on the Genesis Fragment, ‘watched’ by Superman. Inside, Steel is one of the Super Family members taking on supervillain Conduit, who has grabbed the aforementioned MacGuffin needed by Steel and Lois Lane to save alien refugee Thao-La. While […]

The Flash #785 review

For the last few issues we’ve had three teams from the Flash Family on three parallel Earths looking for the supposedly dead Barry Allen in a Dark Crisis tie-in. Wally and Ace are in a seemingly idyllic world where Barry Allen has indeed been exiled by the madman Pariah. Wally’s kids, Irey and Jai, are […]

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #6 review

The Superman, Batman and Robin team-ups in the original World’s Finest Comics made me a little sad. Sure, the stories were great, but they always came with the splash page legend: ‘Your two favourite heroes together’. Couldn’t they count? Superman and Batman, yes, they had the big mastheads, but Robin makes three. Here, Dick Grayson […]

Naomi Season Two #6 review

‘It all ends here!’ yells our heroine on the cover of the final episode of her second mini-series. Well, kind of. The big fight that’s occupied the last few issues ends, but the book closes with Naomi off on a new mission. Then again, that’s comics, the neverending battle and all that. I do like […]

Superman: Son of Kal-El #14 review

In which Lois Lane exposes Henry Bendix’s trade in superhuman living weapons to the world. The Gamorran leader prepares for a siege. Young Superman Jon Kent’s new allies the Revolutionaries get a talk on heroism. Another hero joins the campaign to topple Bendix. And Jay acquits himself rather well in his first outing as superhero […]

The New Champion of Shazam #1 review

It’s more than 70 years since Mary Marvel had her own comic book, and she’s looking fresh thanks to illustrator Evan ‘Doc’ Shaner. She also sounds fresh in Josie Campbell’s script, narrating her heroic journey to date. Current DC continuity has Mary Bromfield as one of seven foster kids, but here she goes out on […]