The Flash #9 review

In which, gosh, so many things happen. This current storyline, which looks like it’s out to rival the Trial of the Flash for sheer length, continues to rumble on. People say confusing things, the visuals, while good looking, are almost migraine inducing… but there are definite signs that an end is in sight. But just […]

Alan Scott: The Green Lantern #6 review

It’s the end of the mini-series telling us about the early days of the DC Universe’s Golden Age Green Lantern, who was recently retooled as a gay man. The book opens with the Justice Society having joined Alan and boyfriend-turned-enemy Red Lantern to battle mutual enemy Crimson Host. After a short tussle on the streets […]

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #27 review

When I was a kid, reading elderly DC comics inherited from a neighbour, there was a house ad that caught my eye. It featured Superman being smashed into a wall by a massive ginger beardy fella in a mini-skirt. Take a look. Zha-Vam. Sounds a bit like Shazam. I wanted to know more about this […]

Superman #14 review

The Brainiac Superman knows has gathered versions of himself from across time and space. He wants something to fill a gap he’s identified. Is it the creature he’s been building with the energies of super-beings from all over Metropolis and the muscle of the last survivors of Lobo’s homeworld? Or is it something other than […]

Green Lantern #11 review

Things start with a bang as United Planets head Lord Premier Thaaros reacts to the government of Planet Zamaron turning down his offer of membership. There goes the world’s central power battery, putting paid to the Star Sapphires… presumably. On Earth, Carol Ferris seems to be settling. The woman can’t stop inwardly mooning over Hal […]

Action Comics #1065 review

As House of Brainiac reaches part 3. Kara and Kon-El have escaped from the bottle jails in which the Coluan Conqueror placed them, only to find themselves tiny and powerless. Who ya gonna call? The Parasite and Livewire, similarly kidnapped from Metropolis as part of Brainiac’s scheme to steal the powers of metahumans good and […]

Outsiders #7 review

Years ago, Elijah Snow, The Drummer, Ambrose Chase and Jakita Wagner discuss Planetary business. They’re succeeding in keeping the world strange, and safe. Elijah feels so on top of things that he’s not only ready to retire and pass the Fourth Man role to Jacinta, he’s planning to reveal the secrets of reality to the […]

The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #5 review

When Batman summons Mystery Incorporated to a spooky old house they’ve been to previously, the gang are surprised to find he’s brought a friend along. The Caped Crusader is in a good mood, tickling Scooby-Doo and complimenting Fred’s driving… The young detectives, though, are a tad wary, having encountered scientist Kirk Langstrom in his Man-Bat […]

Shazam #11 review

It’s a big day for the Shazam gang as a social worker calls to assess the suitability of the foster kids and the Vasquezes to be a legal family. Well, all the kids except Mary who, having recently turned 18, is no longer in the care system. Not that this stops her from throwing herself […]

Absolute Power 2024 FCBD Special Edition #1 review

D-list supervillain Clock King – so rubbish he was in Justice League Antarctica – are inducting an even more obscure player into a government programme, watched by bad Batman android Failsafe. Haywire is informed that he’s now working for Amanda Waller – who has managed to buy up all the supervillain prisons – and helping […]