Supergirl Special #1 review

I was wondering if this one-off comic would redefine Supergirl. Give her a new mission, maybe a city of her own, some supporting characters. Instead it redefines ‘special’. Because special this ain’t, unless ‘special’ means ‘dull’, ‘contrived‘, ‘pointless’… It’s Sunday afternoon in Metropolis. Kara Zor-El is moping at the chatter about her on the socials. […]

Action Comics #1058 review

After Clark Kent interviews Norah Stone, head of the anti-extraterrestrial society Blue Earth, her minder morphs into a Superman double and attacks him. Somehow the doppelgänger steals a portion of Superman’s strength and begins pummelling him, dragging him into the sky. But while the stranger has Clark’s power, he doesn’t have his experience. And that’s […]

Alan Scott: The Green Lantern #1 review

It’s 1936 and Army engineer Alan Scott is part of a project to find and capture a legendary energy source. It’s 1941 and FBI chief J Edgar Hoover is blackmailing mystery man the Green Lantern to help put new super team the Justice Society of America in the limelight. If you’re a regular reader of […]

Unstoppable Doom Patrol #7 review

It’s the finale of the mini-series starring the World’s Strangest Heroes, and goodness me, there are a lot of them. We have the classic quartet, several generations of recruits, a few trainees and, by the end of this issue, even villains lending a hand. Classic nemesis General Immortus has given himself an upgrade, stealing the […]

Superman #7 review/Superman #850 review

Yes, Superman #7 is otherwise known as Superman #850, it’s a legacy numbering thing – add up the various series and DC counts 850 comics solo-starring Superman. But don’t try this at home – what with mini-series and so on it may not work. What does work is Joshua Williamson’s script, which continues the ongoing […]

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #20 review

Several years ago, the Flash of Earth 0, Barry Allen, is exploring the Multiverse. He’s looking for someone in particular. And he spots him, very, very briefly. David Sikela, Boy Thunder, Superman’s shortlived sidekick from a parallel Earth who faded back into Hypertime. That was years ago, but Barry pimps a Cosmic Treadmill so Superman […]

Jay Garrick: The Flash #1 review

I’m surprised this six-issue mini-series, part of DC’s New Golden Age initiative, isn’t called The Flash and The Boom, because Jay’s daughter Judy is very much in the picture. And if you’re asking, ‘who?’, you missed the recent Stargirl and the Lost Children series, in which we first met teenage speedster Judy Garrick. Lost in […]

Wesley Dodds: Sandman #1 review

Cards on the table. I’ve never read the acclaimed Sandman Mystery Theatre run. I do have them all, and have enjoyed the first storyline, but haven’t yet got to the rest. Maybe I should rush this review… As it turns out, while there are references to the Matt Wagner/Steven T Seagle/Guy David series, you don’t […]

World’s Finest: Teen Titans #4 review

Wally West has invited a couple of pals home to Nebraska for the weekend – Roy Harper and Garth. Parents Mary and Rudy are welcoming, but what they don’t know is that their son is Kid Flash and his pals are teen archer Speedy and aqua lad Aqualad. Cue a weekend of hanging out, hijinks […]

Shazam! #4 review

The Captain has gone into space, having been told by Ted from Gorilla City that the Emperor of the Moon has plans to attack Earth. Which seems reasonable. After all, it’s Tuesday in the DC Universe. As it turns out, longtime Doom Patrol annoyance Garguax is being misrepresented in terms of his intentions. What he’s […]