Superman #24 review

Oh Mercy, and you were doing so well… Mercy Graves, right-hand woman of Lex Luthor when he was evil, current manager of Supercorp, shocks Superman with the results of her R&D division. Maybe these drones can do some good, but the designs alone would scare ordinary folk. While Mercy and recovering villain Lex show what […]

Justice League Unlimited #5 review

A handful of Justice Leaguers have been assigned to protect world leaders at the G20 summit in Sydney. A high-profile event such as this is just the sort of place super-terror group Inferno would strike. The heroes on call are Star Sapphire, Green Lantern, Supergirl, Wonder Woman, Flash and Impulse. Plus, one Global Guardian. Doubting […]

The Question: All Along the Watchtower #5 review

Cyborg Superman and his merry band of bad guys and possessed heroes have taken over the JLU Watchtower. And he’s going to blow it to smithereens… just because. The countdown is on, the satellite will explode within the hour unless Question Renee Montoya can save the day. And to do that she must take down […]

Challengers of the Unknown #4 review

Now this is interesting. This Justice League Unlimited spin-off has presented a series of team-ups between solo Challengers and Leaguers, linked by a mystery. And the pattern continues this issue, but after Red and Green Lantern’s recce of a ‘Darkseid anomaly’ – weird science in the wake of the villain’s recent disappearance – we find […]

Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor #2 review

Superman’s quest to find a cure for Lex Luthor, dying of an illness sparked by experiments with green Kryptonite, kicks into high gear. Having tried the scientists of Kandor, and to place Lex into Phantom Zone stasis to stop the disease progressing, he looks to the future. Brainiac 5 agrees to look into what’s ailing […]

Action Comics #1084 review

It’s the final chapter of the Force Majeure story, in which Superman has been trying to find out why supervillain turned Justice Leaguer Major Disaster went back to the bad. The trail has led to Intergang boss Bruno Mannheim, whose latest plot involves selling DNA from willing supervillains to parties who want to live longer. […]

Aquaman #3 review

The past. Young Arthur Curry and his father are looking out on a storm. The raging tempest blows the beacon, putting sailors’ lives in danger – but perhaps father and son can work together to bodge a solution… …. in the present day, the adult Arthur could do with a beacon to help him find […]

JSApril is coming

Eighty-five years ago the face of comics was changed forever. A crowd of individual heroes became a group. A society. The Justice Society of America. The Green Lantern, the Flash, the Hawkman, the Spectre, the Atom, the Sandman, the Hour-Man and Dr Fate met for dinner and tagalong Johnny Thunder suggested they swap stories of […]

Teen Titans Go! #1 review

I think we can all do with a laugh right now. If you like grins of the superhero variety, don’t miss this latest run of the TV Teen Titans Go! tie-in, which begins with Starfire, Beast Boy, Robin, Raven and Cyborg excited to be summoned to DC HQ by the editor of their comic book. […]

JSA #5 review

The new Injustice Society of America ambushed the JSA, determined to steal some of their magical talismans. Heroes were hurt, others retreated to the extradimensional Tower of Fate where they’ve been under siege from demons summoned by the wizard Wotan. JSA-ers who weren’t present for the assault gathered in the brownstone to puzzle over what […]