Wonder Woman #2 review

Princess Diana of the Amazons is growing up on Themyscira. Steve Trevor is undergoing rites of passage in the Air Force. Diana gets bitten by a snake. Steve is named godfather to his friends’ baby. And on the final page, Diana finds Steve amid the wreckage of a crashed plane. So yes, the latest telling […]

New Super-Man #1 review

In Shanghai, a youth chases another down the street. Bully and victim. So it’s a surprise when, a little later on, the bad boy saves the timid teen from a supervillain. Kenan Kong isn’t all bad. His better instincts take over when victim Luo Lixin is in proper danger, and while he’s soon back to […]

Nightwing Rebirth #1 review

This latest DC Rebirth one-off isn’t what I expected, but it’s precisely what it should be. I expected Dick back as Nightwing from the get-go, his Grayson adventure behind him, off to the land of entertaining footnotes. But that’s not what writer Tim Seeley and artist Yanick Paquette give us – this is a smart […]

Adventures of Supergirl #13 review

It’s Kara’s final battle against Facet. The former warden of Krypton’s Fort Rozz has thrown everything she can at Supergirl in a bid to make her stronger. But Kara has her own definition of ‘stronger’ and it’s not about cruelty, it’s not about judging others – it’s about family. ‘Stronger together’, that’s her motto, and […]

Batman #2 review

New heroes on the block Gotham and Gotham Girl are chasing down Solomon Grundy, but not doing very well. It takes Batman to stop the rampaging swamp monster. Gotham asks Batman to help them become better heroes. They get a chance later when a man who claims to have freed Grundy to go crazy in […]

Superman #2 review

Jon Smith is scared. His Dad spotted him spying on his meeting with Batman and Wonder Woman at the family farm, appeared in his bedroom and demanded he come with him… and now they’re in the middle of a frozen sea in, let’s say, Alaska. But he needn’t have worried, his father isn’t angry – […]

Justice League Rebirth #1 review

New York is being destroyed by a space cockroach. A bug so massive that the tiniest part of a tentacle can bring a skyscraper crashing to the ground. It’s spewing forth mini-mes that attach themselves to humans and enslave them. And the Justice League really don’t know how to beat this thing – Cyborg tries […]

Retro Review: Superman #284 (February 1975)

I was 10 when this issue appeared in late 1974 and while I was buying every DC superhero comic I could find – they were so cheap back then, 9p for a regular issue – the Super-Spectaculars didn’t always show up in UK shops. So it’s only now, thanks to eBay, that I get to […]

Grayson Annual #3 review

Four disparate DC characters are summoned to a seedy room in Gotham. John Constantine, Harley Quinn, Green Lantern Simon Baz and Azrael wonder who called them, until a familiar face appears. Corrigan wants to know what they know about the superspy known as Agent 37. Each of the four has had an encounter with him, […]

Detective Comics #935 review

Bat Boot Camp is underway and just look at that training room. Who needs holograms when you have Clayface plugged into what passes in Gotham for a PlayStation? After three hours this danger room really is endangering the players, and Red Robin Tim Drake has had enough. He wonders why he, Spoiler, Orphan and indeed, […]