Hiram Lodge has a new money-making scheme – turn Sweetwater Swamp outside Riverdale into a university campus. Poison Ivy’s not happy about the idea – the place is heaving with unique fauna – and takes gal pal Harley Quinn along when she tries to persuade the millionaire to think again.  So much for peaceable means.  […]

Lois Lane’s recent interview with international hitman Deathstroke the Terminator looks set to be an award winner, having made headlines and pleased hard-nosed hack Perry White.  Sadly, whatever understanding there was between reporter and assassin has faded as this issue begins, with Lois firmly in his crosshairs. Cue her very own guardian angel.  Something similar […]

I’m currently in Quebec, coming towards the end of a holiday. In a couple of days it’ll be Montreal, but last Thursday it was Boston, which happens to be the home of my pal Anj, who runs the Supergirl Comic Box Commentary blog. It’s also within driving distance of the home of Ryan Daly, the […]

There’s not a lot of Wonder Woman in the latest Wonder Woman. Normally, I’d be mildly rankled but new writer James Robinson kicks off the latest storyline in such an engaging manner that I don’t mind at all.  We begin with Diana apparently fighting her bother. He’s unseen, and by page two we’ve flashed back […]

Welcome to the 31st century, Jaime Reyes, hope you survive the experience.  Given he’s teleported up the timestream into a battle royale between the future Justice League and a mind-controlled Legion of Super-Heroes, there’s no guarantee he’ll make issue 14 of his comic… especially as it’s the last hoorah for writers Keith Giffen and JM […]

Mr Oz stands unveiled as Jor-El of Krypton. Superman doesn’t believe the mysterious figure is his father – he knows Jor-El died along with his mother Lara and the entire world of Krypton. But Fortress of Solitude guardian robot Kelex says this is the man who sent baby Kal-El to Earth. Superman still has his […]