Blue Beetle: Rebirth #1 review

It’s a typical day in El Paso, Texas. Teenager Jaime Reyes has said goodbye to his family and is walking to school with bickering pals Brenda and Paco when scientist Ted Kord calls him and says super-villains have attacked the local coffee house. Bad guys Rack and Ruin don’t want to hurt anyone, particularly, but […]

Legends of Tomorrow #6 review

It’s the final issue of Legends of Tomorrow and I’m happy to say the book goes out on a high. In order of appearance… The encounter between Firestorm and Multiplex concludes, with Martin and Ronnie forming the superhero and Jason equally awesome in his advisory role. The struggle to stop Multiplex wrecking reality with his quantum tinkering […]

Suicide Squad #1 review

How big a draw, no pun intended, is the art of Jim Lee these days? Because here’s DC’s co-publisher pencilling two-thirds of this debut issue. The series is fortnightly so if we’re going to get a run of his artwork in every issue, we’re not getting a full 20pp of it – back-up strips with […]

Superman #5 review

Superman wants to move his battle with the Eradicator away from the crowded streets of Metropolis. He also needs to ensure his wife Lois, and son Jonathan, are safe. There’s no time to both get his family someplace they aren’t in danger, and then find a battlefield. So he takes them to the Moon. And into […]

Supergirl: Rebirth #1

Years ago, on Argo City, last outpost of the destroyed planet Krypton, Zor-El condemns fellow scientist Lar-On to the Phantom Zone. not because he’s a criminal, but because he’s a menace to himself and others… he’s a werewolf. Today. Argo City is long dead but his daughter Kara, rocketed to Earth to escape the destruction […]

Wonder Woman #4 review

Steve Trevor and his Air Force colleagues have crashed on Paradise Island. Trevor is the only survivor and while he recovers, the Council of Themyscira discuss what the brush against Man’s World could mean, and what to do. Is it the will of the Amazons’ patrons or the first act by enemy gods? Queen Hippolyta […]

All Star Batman #1 review

Batman and Two-Face are on a road trip. In the Batplane. Batman’s trying to take Two-Face somewhere to end the menace of the coin-flipping maniac once and for all. That’s Good Two-Face. Bad Two-Face, meanwhile, has put the word out that if Batman succeeds, he’ll release all his blackmail material into the world – and […]

Superwoman #1 review

A few months ago, when the New 52 Superman died, in a panel that didn’t call attention to it itself, his energy passed onto Lois Lane and Lana Lang. Anj from Supergirl Comic Box Commentary totally called it, as the kids say, and predicted it would lead to this Superwoman series. And here it is, […]

Aquaman #4 review

Arthur has allowed himself to be taken into custody by the US Government after apparent attacks by Atlantis on the surface world. Mera is in the White House, trying to be patient as the President fails to show up to talk to her. Tula is in Atlantis, finding that being regent in the absence of […]

Superman #4 review

The Kryptonian horror known as the Eradicator has swallowed Krypto and the only thing stopping him doing something awful to young Jon Kent is his father. But Superman is taking a beating, as Jon and mother Lois watch in the Fortress of Solitude. Jon wants to help and Lois overcomes her natural instincts to keep […]