Superman #21 review

Jon Kent and Damian Wayne wake up to learn Batman is missing. He left while the kids, Clark and Lois were sleeping, determined to find a connection between the milk of neighbour Cobb Branden’s cow, Bessie, and Jon’s super-arrested development. Before they can go and investigate, who should come calling but Cobb himself, and his […]

Batman #21 review

This is the one we’ve been waiting for – it’s the return of the Samuroids! Not seen since, I think, 2008, the Silver Age Flash villains are back and on amazing form. It takes Barry Allen at least a minute to defeat the katana-crazy robots. Meanwhile, back at the Batcave, Batman is flipping … flipping the […]

An Unexpected Easter

Hoppy Easter! Sorry, I mean HAPPY… thing is, I’ve just been chatting to Ryan Daly of It’s Midnight… the Podcasting Hour podcast, part of the Fire and Water Network about one of my favourite DC mystery storues, Hopping Down the Bunny Trail from 1980’s Unexpected #202. Why do I like this one so much? Tune […]

Supergirl #8 review

This is the BIG one! Because you DEMANDED it! Read DC’s BEST! Decades ago, you could bet your Junior Justice Society badge that the cover would have one of these lines or a close variation. Because this is the one we’ve been waiting for, the team-up between Superman and Supergirl that shows us these two […]

Action Comics #977 review

Clark Kent is back at the Daily Planet and super-speed typing is once again the order of the day. Perry White has held the front page for Clark’s latest scoop, while Lois Lane is keen to get back home to son Jon. There’s a change of plan. Lois and Clark are happier than ever, yet […]

Retro Review: Wonder Woman #134 (November 1962)

Wonder Woman is taking a good, hard look at herself when she gets a shock. The face vanishes and Diana tells herself she imagined it, besides, she has a date with hunky Steve Trevor. He’s come to take her to an amusement park, which he reckons will relax the busy superheroine. Why she chooses to […]

X-Men Gold #1 review

The war with the Inhumans behind them, the X-Men have moved to New York City. Literally moved the mansion to Central Park. The idea is that they’re no longer hiding from the rest of humanity, making it less likely they’ll be feared and hated. It also makes stopping the latest alien attack more convenient. What […]

Superman #20 review

It’s a lovely spring day in Hamilton County. Jon Kent is seeing if he can fly. He can’t. Clark Kent is causing people to,look up, up in the sky as Superman. And Lois Lane Kent White Smith (long story) is getting used to being plain old Lois Lane Kent once more. Back Indoors, the […]

Booster Gold/The Flintstones Special #1 review

Booster Gold is going on a date in Gotham and out to impress. Sadly, he’s got just $200 to his name and that isn’t enough to buy even a rat meat dinner. Rat meat? Yep, Booster is back home in 25th-century Gotham City and, well, I’ll let this terrific splash spread put you in the […]

Titans Annual #1 review

Eight people in a locked room. No one knows how they got there. Confusion turns to paranoia. Accusations are made. Secrets emerge. No, it’s not 1997 sci-fi thriller Cube, it’s the 2017 Titans Annual as writer Dan Abnett continues to stir the DC Rebirth mystery meat pot. He’s been at it over a year now, […]