Superman Unlimited #5 review

Has someone cocked up or is the cover blurb deliberately blurry? I get that Green Kryptonite radiation could have Superman squinting, but the lettering should be sharper. And not in the centre of the image, where the eye should be considering what’s behind the door. Overall, though, I like the effect of the cover by […]

Detective Comics #1101 review

Mikel Janín’s cover is beautiful. And chilling. It hooked me into buying my first issue of Detective Comics in quite a while. The positioning of Batman promises mystery. The floating figures inspire dread. The combination of colours attracts the eye beyond events hinted at in the image. I couldn’t open this comic quickly enough. Inside, […]

Superman #30 review

‘Heh, I love evil monologues’, cackles Superboy Prime in part three of ‘Legion of Darkseid’. And that’s certainly what we get as this issue opens, with the corrupt Saturn Girl relaying her backstory for several pages. And whose voice did she hear? The dark god of Apokolips himself, it seemed, and he showed her a […]

Justice League Red #2 review

That’s an exciting cover from illustrator Clayton Henry and colourist Marcelo Maiolo, with Power Girl, Green Lantern Simon Baz and Cyborg fighting a Transformer-style Red Tornado. Inside the comic? No such scene. Let’s be kind and call it symbolic, because while there’s no physical confrontation with Reddy, the other heroes do have words. Last month […]

Krypto #4 review

In our house, there’s a rule. If someone in a thriller or horror has a dog, be ready with the channel changer to zap away at a moment’s notice. The latest issue of the Krypto mini-series, presumably commissioned due to his starring role in the recent Superman film, needs a cover blurb: ‘Warning: Contains Adorable […]

Action Comics #1090 review

It’s the beginning of his superhero career and Superboy is testing his limitations. Today, it’s super-speed when he’s in flight. The round-the-world trip shows our hero to be capable of 60,000mph, but there’s a price to be paid… yet another uniform in tatters. There’s better news the next day when Lana Lang agrees to a […]

Supergirl #5 review

Supergirl takes Lesla Lar to Metropolis for a spot of superheroine training, leaving Lena Luthor to mind the Midvale store. She’s also looking after Super-Pets Krypto, Streaky, Kandy and Tinytano… all of whom abscond the second the girl genius’s back is turned. Bad bunny Kandy begins trying to annoy Krypto, because they first met as […]

JSA #11 review

That’s a pretty great cover illo from Leonardo Romero, it’s a shame we don’t actually have any members of the Justice Society of America on it. Ah, connected covers, what can you do? Does anyone actually sit down with all the issues and stare joyously at the big picture? I tend to like them only […]

Adventures of Superman: Book of El #1 review

Phillip Kennedy Johnson’s Warworld Saga was one of the highlights of the last several years so far as Superman stories go. When it ended, I thought that was it so far as cosmic adventures from Johnson and some very talented artistic partners went. But here we are with a limited series from Johnson and Scott […]

Batman #1 review

Summer in Gotham City. Beat cops Gordon and Espinoza are having a coffee in the baking heat when events get a jump on them. It’s longtime Gotham resident Killer Croc, apparently in need of a snack. His doctor calls Batman to Arkham where they chat about his recent moods. Following Croc’s lead by leaping out […]