DC KO: Harley Quinn vs Zatanna #1 review

You know the drill by know. Super-people fight to the death for cosmic reasons. Here it’s hero vs villain. Or maybe hero vs anti-hero, given how in love DC Comics creators and fans are with Harley Quinn. The story begins with the women in a hall of magical objects, which you might expect to give […]

Superman Unlimited #8 review

Lois Lane is going into space on billionaire Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket… sorry, billionaire Sebastian Stagg’s Starliner. “The ‘man’ that built this rocket’ is indeed an unusual chap. It looks like Simon Stagg’s son is sneaking aliens onto the spaceship, and they’re not the only extraterrestrials taking an interest. No, not him, this lot. […]

Action Comics #1093 review

Superboy vs money problems, that’s what this issue’s cover promises, and that’s what we get. We saw last issue that foreclosure notices are being issued against Smallville’s farmers. The recent harvest wasn’t great, but surely things aren’t that bad? This issue opens with Jonathan Kent reading a letter as he chats to Martha, who’s at […]

Aquaman #12: Aquaman vs Hawkman review

Well I never, it’s two comics for the price of one. Actually, no, it’s two titles for the one comic, which is a bit confusing. After all, last week’s Superman Vs Captain Atom was its own thing, not an issue of Superman. Well, its own thing apart from the fact it’s a spin-off from the […]

Supergirl #8 review

How’s that for a captivating cover? Hallowe’en is past but Christmas is also a time for spooky stories, and Supergirl is certainly confronted by a ghost from the past here. This is not your average ghost, being cyber rather than spectral, but Supergirl is a very strange and special girl so why wouldn’t she be […]

DC KO: Superman vs Captain Atom #1 review

A pretty brutal fight, that’s what this cover by Jorge Corona and Sarah Stern shows. The colouring is heated, the rendering of the figures scrappy. It’s perfect. Inside, the art is generally smoother, Sean Izaakse’s style is at times as glossy as Captain Atom’s skin. But when the visuals are in fight mode, it’s intense. […]

JSA #14 review

It’s summer 1940, and on the streets of Keystone City, super-speedster The Flash, Jay Garrick, stops speeders and finds a surprise consignment. Realising the guns were heading for Gotham City, Jay sets out for the address he sees. Meanwhile, under Gotham, a murder investigation finds Green Lantern Alan Scott and Spectre Jim Corrigan uneasy partners. […]

Podcast Plugtime – House of Mystery #191

Horrifying dragons! Creepy puppets! Vengeful witches! They’re all in this festive issue of House of Mystery from 1971. But what’s Christmassy about this particular number of DC’s reliably great horror anthology? Find out by joining Billy D and me on the latest edition of Billy’s Magazines and Monsters show as we go mining for four-colour […]

The Flash #27 review

Wally West hates time travel. Something always goes wrong, he says. He’s not wrong, which may be why I love time travel stories. This one, part of the DC KO nuttiness, but apart from the DC KO nuttiness, is pure pleasure. We have Impulse, Bart Allen, time tossed to Siberia while trying to stop Darkseid […]

Superman #32 review

Dan Mora’s cover is spectacular. Luthor, as imposing as he’s ever been. Superman unbowed, looking forward to the scrap. While I’ve been against the idea of Superman enjoying what’s being billed as a fight to the death, a cover isn’t really part of the story. Yes, sometimes they’re literal previews of scenes inside, but often […]