Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor #1 review

Lex Luthor is dying. In the course of plotting against Superman he’s poisoned his body beyond any cure… at least any cure he can find. But can Superman help? It’s a given that a hero as compassionate as Superman would attempt to save his worst enemy – on condition that if he succeeds, Luthor answers […]

Knight Terrors: Action Comics #1 review

DC’s summer Halloween event continues with a look at what’s happening to the rest of the Super Family while Superman and Supergirl fight the effects of new villain Insomnia’s supernatural sleeping sickness. But first – sigh – Power Girl. What’s she doing back in Action? I thought that with a new series coming up which […]

Podcast Plugtime – Treasurycast

Who remembers the Marvel Treasury Editions of the Seventies? I remember them being advertised in the Marvel UK weeklies, but I never saw them in the shops. Happily, comics shops and eBay mean it’s relatively simple to find them in readable condition, even though they can be pricey. So it is that I recently got […]

Tales of the Titans #1 review

Longtime fans may do a double take on seeing the first issue of this four-part mini-series. And well we might… Not only has artist Nicola Scott homaged George Perez’s composition for Starfire’s spotlight issue of the 1982 Tales of the New Teen Titans mini-series, but the editors and production department have recreated the cover furniture […]

Knight Terrors: Superman #1 review

Am I dreaming? After the lovely surprise that was Knight Terrors: Zatanna #1, here’s another great tie-in to an event that sounded terribly unpromising on paper. And the set-up was exactly what I thought would result in a very dull, seen-it-all-before story. How wrong I was. Straight away, writer Joshua Williamson and artist Tom Reilly […]

Hawkgirl #1 review

It’s Kendra Saunders flying high on the cover of this six-part mini-series. She’s not my favourite Hawkgirl, but I’ve followed her since her JSA debut through various books. Most recently she was in Justice League, deeply in love with J’onn J’onzz and devoted to their alternate dimension son Shayne. But, as they say in Airplane, […]

Knight Terrors: Zatanna #1 review

As the cover makes obvious, the title of this DC summer event tie-in should be Knight Terrors: Zatanna and Robotman – Cliff Steele is as big a part of this as the Mistress of Magic. The issue begins where Knight Terrors: First Blood left Zee, with her facing an attack by the minions of Insomnia, […]

Unstoppable Doom Patrol #4 review

How freaky is Chris Burnham’s cover? The lady with the notepad – and extra heads – is the Doom Patrol’s resident psychiatrist Dr Syncho, earthly avatar of five ‘Fifth Dimension Entities’ collectively known as… well, let’s hear from the lady herself. The off-panel voice belongs to Degenerate, the first member of the Patrol’s field team […]

World’s Finest: Teen Titans #1 review

Several years ago, the newly formed Teen Titans save a couple of teenagers from being burned as sacrifices. Later, though, it’s ace archer Speedy who’s feeling burned as Robin has a pop at him for having camera drones at the scene. Cue teen tensions. Later, the members with mentors let them know how things are […]

Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #5 review

It’s the penultimate issue of Jon Kent’s mini-series and he has a big decision to make. Does he leave the alternate universe version of his father to his mission to keep his Earth safe by keeping everyone under his thumb? Or does he join Batman’s rebel group, formed after something snapped in Superman following the […]