Jay Garrick: The Flash #5 review

We start with The Flash and The Boom under attack by a STAR Labs secretary who has shown her true colours. And they’re shiny. Learning that it’s offspring Judy who robot controller Dr Elemental really wants to get his hands on, Jay decides a father-daughter trip is called for. And it involves seeing his own […]

Green Arrow #9 review

It’s moving day at the Hall of Justice. Or rather, the Bureau of Sovereignty, renamed after Amanda Waller took it over on behalf of the US government. She’s cleaning it out of all Justice League gadgets, weapons and souvenirs; where they’re going and why, nobody knows, certainly not chief lackey Peacemaker. Now, who’s that crazy? […]

Nightwing #111 review

Now that’s a great cover. Bruno Redondo understands composition, colour and how a great logo can play well against the visuals. And I always like a good dot matrix. I think we need a tee shirt. The interiors aren’t by Redondo but they still look terrific. Sami Basri brings this Gotham-set issue to visual life, […]

Titans #8 review

Everybody hates the Titans. They’ve just saved the world from the Beast Boy plague, which came about because Gar Logan saved the universe, but Sarge Steel of Amanda Waller’s Unamerican-sounding Bureau of Sovereignty is piling on the good guys. Maybe a new toy will cheer the Titans up. Also, it’s windy down south. And when […]

Superman #11 review

‘Lena Luthor vs the Revenge Squad’ is what last issue’s next issue blurb told us to expect this month. That’s the Lex Luthor Revenge Squad, not the Superman Revenge Squad as tradition would dictate. As it is, we don’t see Lex’s long-lost daughter take on Dr Pharm, Mr Graft and their not-so-merry band of rogues, […]

Outsiders #4 review

Now here’s what I want from a comic whose stated mission is to bring Planetary to the DC Universe – a century baby! It’s not Jenny Sparks or Jenny Quantum, it’s… well, we’ll get to that, Outsider writers Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing save the reveal of her codename until the end of the issue. […]

Action Comics #1062 review

Bizarro No 1 has learnt sorcery and cast a spell on Metropolis, turning everyone into twisted versions of themselves. Even Superman is displaying the blurred thinking, backwards speech and cracked, white flesh. So what does this mean for the greatest marriage in comics? And with that, Superman snaps out of his Bizarro period. Love conquers… […]

Sinister Sons #1 review

Korg is a space orphan convinced he’s the son of Green Lantern’s greatest – or at least, pinkest – enemy, Sinestro. Lar-Zod knows he’s the son of Superman’s beardiest bad guy, General Zod. Korg wants to leave the world of Xela where he’s just killed space Fagan, Nagaf (see what they did there?), and take […]

DC’s How To Lose a Guy Gardner in 10 Days #1 review

We’re coming up to St Valentine’s Day so it’s time for another seasonal DC anthology. I review a lot of these but don’t get many comments – with the page count being 80-100pp, it’s probably the price points that put people off. But now, for DC Infinite Ultra subscribers, there’s no excuse as the giants […]

Fire and Ice: Welcome to Smallville #6 review

In which Tora and Bea, Fire and Ice, find Smallville menaced by two very powerful, very scary supervillains. Can they wrangle the various D-list villains they’ve brought to Superman’s hometown to help them save people and property? Meanwhile Crave, a creature who can twist minds so that ordinary people turn cannibal, is menacing Martha Kent […]