It’s Superman’s 80th birthday. Eight decades ago today, Action Comics #1 appeared on US newsstands and an industry was born. Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s ‘champion of the oppressed, the physical marvel who has vowed to devote himself to helping those in need’ has changed a lot throughout the years and this 80pp giant aims […]

New superkid on the block Sideways was resting in hospital after his first encounter with a cosmic entity when metahuman Killspeed attacked. As we join him this issue his mother, Helen, and best pal, Ernestine, are unconscious and he’s got to keep the malevolent speedster from killing them – and everyone else in the facility. […]

At the end of last issue Supergirl appeared before Ben Rubel, incoming boyfriend of her alter ego Kara Danvers, wanting to talk. Was she going to reveal her secret identity? As it happens, no. She wants his skills as a communicator.  So while he doesn’t learn that he recently kissed Supergirl, Ben is certainly in […]

Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm are searching the Multiverse for Reed and Sue Richards, with the aid of super-scientist (aren’t they all?) Rachna Koul. As this issue begins they’re on an alternate Earth, one where Dr Doom beat Galactus by taking over his body. The dictator turned devourer of worlds has absorbed the energy of […]

Above the Bizarro World of Htrae, Superman is fighting off an attack by Bizarro No.1, who’s losing his grip on what passed for reality. Below, Super Son Jon Kent and his allies Beacon, Nobody, Boyzarro and Robzarro realise that the world is beginning to collapse in on itself… already it’s bent out of shape, its […]

Ray Palmer, the original Atom, is still in the Microverse, exploring, when he’s rudely interrupted by one of his arch-enemies, Chronos, the Time Thief. He wants to slay Ray, but aid from his telepathic pal Yun Xee gives Ray a chance to deliver one heck of a punch.  But when their minds touch, Chronos discovers […]

Plastic Man, Metamorpho and Mr Terrific are lost in the ‘Dark Multiverse’. They’ve come across a young girl, Linnya Wazzo, whose natural ability to become a phantom has stalled. As they’re wondering about the holographic image that’s appeared before them of one Tom Strong, Linnya explains how she got there.  Travelling between the worlds of […]

Like, it’s back to the Sixties for the latest Scooby-Doo Team-Up, as Mystery Incorporated makes the scene when a monster is spotted at a telethon. But they’re not the only ones to show up.  And in the wake of Angel and the Ape, who should arrive on set but DC Comics’ most unimpressive super-group, the […]

Batman is in hospital. He persuaded Poison Ivy to kill him with a single blow… the mistress of plants was possessing Superman at the time.  She’s still controlling him as this issue begins, along with pretty much anyone on the planet who’s recently eaten vegetables. That’s several billion people. Her concentration is, it’s fair to […]

At her farm outside smalltown Hamilton, alien orphan Kathy – best pal of Jonathan Kent – is being watched.  In Metropolis, a little later, Lois and Clark Kent are settling down for some TV.  As for Jon, he has an unexpected visitor.  Boyzarro seems scary. Can the Boy of Steel calm him down long enough […]