Action Comics #1103 review

Superboy, our recent Action Comics headliner, takes a back seat as the flashback stories focus on his future foe, Lex Luthor. We first meet Lex as a three-year old, beating dad Lionel at chess. Yes, Lex is narrating from the present day, recent events in the Superman series having prompted him to write things down. […]

Captain Britain 50th Anniversary Special #1

October 1976 was one of the most exciting times for a young Marvel fan in the UK. After years of black and white reprints of US characters we were being gifted our very own hero, in full colour! Even as a 12-year-old I could see how derivative Captain Britain was – part Thor, part Spidey, […]

Supergirl #18 review

Aha, a homage cover. I do like a good homage cover, and this is immediately recognisable as nodding to one of the most famous Superman issues of the post-Crisis era. And it’s not kidding. Inside we do indeed meet the Matrix Supergirl, unseen for a very long time. She shows up after a cavern is […]

Legion of Super-Heroes #2 review

Hayden Sherman gives us an energy-packed cover and it’s the perfect representation of the second chapter of DC’s latest reboot of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Because every page of this comic is stuffed with excitement and interest as we watch the beginnings of what I hope will be the 31st Century’s greatest super team. Brainiac […]

Podcast Plugtime: The Bronze Age of Horror Comics presents… the Gentleman Ghost

It’s a couple of weeks to Hallowe’en, so time for some spooky chat. Bring on the Gentleman Ghost, one of the oldest villains in the DC Universe, who made a Bronze Age splash in Batman, heralded by suitably spooky Joe Kubert covers. Billy D invited me onto his show, The Bronze Age of Horror Comics, […]

Quoth the Raven… ‘Whatever’ #1 review

With the coming of a new season, the arrival of a new DC anthology with a jokey title. Inside, the jokes should be few, as Quoth the Raven… ‘Whatever’ is a Hallowe’en special. Kicking off the issue, unsurprisingly, is New Titan Raven, sent by Nightwing to solve a murder case and teamed with John Constantine. […]

The Demon #1 review

Gotham City has a dark side. Well, a darker side. Away from the streets occupied by the Batman and his foes, creatures lurk unseen. By most, anyway. The gentleman’s name is Jason Blood, but this isn’t the urbane demonologist famed throughout the DC Universe, it’s a feral-looking tramp who can barely remember his own name […]

JSA #24 review

It’s the final issue of the current JSA run and we’re in flashback mode. It’s 1961 and Hourman, Dr Midnite and Wildcat are all in Russia, looking for the Atom, last heard of helping Task Force X with an infiltration operation. Having found the camp, where their former JSA pal is being held, the would-be […]

Superman: Kingdom of Zod Special #1 review

The Kingdom of Zod event concludes the way it began – with an extra-sized issue featuring all the key players and creative teams. But the comic itself begins with a surprise flashback to Hamilton, to a day when Superman was admonishing young Jon for a spot of Super Sons naughtiness with Damian Wayne. A sorry […]