The Flash #12 review

Wally West is lost Not as lost as I am. How can this dizzyingly frustrating story still be going on, it’s been a full publishing year of the Earth being assailed by weirdo geometrical beasties and the Flash Family members finding their powers glitching, their moods all over the place and Reality being somewhere to […]

Green Arrow #15 review

‘Action-packed’ is a fair way to describe this issue. ‘Green Arrow-packed’, less so. As with last issue, Ollie Queen is barely in his own book. Sure, his son Connor Hawke is around and dressed in a Green Arrow outfit, but no one buys this book for Connor Hawke. It’s a shame we don’t spend much […]

Absolute Power: Task Force VII #5 review

Barry Allen is on the run, being pursued by an Amanda Waller Amazo android who’s stolen speed from the Fastest Men and Women Alive. All but one. It’s caught up to the Flash, but it can’t hold onto him. The android had assumed that the minute it became super fast it would gain a connection […]

Superman #17 review

The Absolute Power tie-in storyline continues with Superman and Zatanna having fled the Fortress of Solitude, which was under attack by the forces of eeeeevil Amanda Waller, and searching for reinforcements. Finding other heroes from across the Multiverse means treading The Dark Roads, led by the Map of Mordru. But first they have to find […]

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #30 review

There’s trouble in Paradise in this flashback tale, prompting Diana, princess of the Amazons, to summon some new friends from Man’s World. While Batman surveys the scene, Superman and Robin head off to find the Amazon midwife Magala, believing she may have a clue or two. But when they arrive Magala is near hysterical, babbling […]

Nightwing #117 review

In the mystic Himalayan land of Nanda Parbat, Nightwing is working with his first mentor, Boston Brand – Deadman – to conquer his recent fear of heights. Dick Grayson isn’t as self-possessed as usual, so Boston, an acrobat in life, adds his circus talents to those he gained in death, possessing Dick and trying to […]

Green Lantern #14 review

There’s an awful lot going on in this Absolute Power tie-in, and it’s awfully good. Yes, I sound like an Enid Blyton character, but I loved this comic. There’s so much happening courtesy of writer Jeremy Adams and it’s beautifully presented by penciller Fernando Pasarin, inker Oclair Albert, colourist Romulo Fajardo Jr and letterer Dave […]

Absolute Power: Task Force VII #4 review

The focus shifts again in the mini-series allied to the Absolute Power event book, this time showing a band of freedom fighters bidding to strike back against Amanda Waller’s global power grab. Hiding in the Maze of Owls under Gotham City are Nightwing, Robin, the Ray, Miss Martian and Voodoo. While Dick Grayson and Tim […]

The Batman & Scooby-Doo! Mysteries #8 review

It’s a typical day in Gotham as a museum guide shows tourists around the Finger Memorial Museum. Yep, a typical day in Gotham. Which also means the good citizens have nothing to fear, as brave guardians abound. Of course, Shaggy and Scooby are soon reunited with Daphne, Freddy, Velma, Batman and Robin because they’ve got […]

Uncanny X-Men #1 review

So, Krakoa… Anyway, back in the States, the X-Mansion is being turned into a prison, and the Warden, one Corina Ellis, she’s nasty. Down in Mexico, three amigos are checking out the local wildlife. And in Oregon, a young woman runs for her life. Uncanny X-Men #1 (Legacy number, God Only Knows) is a wonderful […]