Titans Hunt #8 review

And so it begins. And ends. Shortly after Titans Hunt began, apparently a sop to longtime fans, it was announced that it would herald the coming DC Rebirth linewide makeover. Which is rather neat, given that Titan Mal Duncan is once more in his old identity of Herald, and a key cog in the plan of […]

Dr Fate #12 review

Trouble is relative. New Dr Fate Khalid Nassour has died, come back to life and saved the world, but this is the scariest day of his life – he’s about to be thrown out of medical school for his continual absences. We know he’s not had a choice – when you’ve been drafted into a war between […]

Superman/Wonder Woman #29 review

Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman have caught up with the energy avatar Superman whose combination of zeal and confusion has seen him kill people who got in his way. They need to shut him down. In Colorado, the older Superman, strange refugee from another planet, ensconces wife Lois and son Jon in his secret fortress. […]

Scooby-Doo Team-Up #16 review

Usually, I buy Scooby-Doo Team-Up digitally. Each comic-sized issue is split into two parts, which is frustrating, but the scans are brilliant for screen grabs – great for an inveterate blogger. But hearing that the next story would see the gang meet the Marvel Family, well, I couldn’t wait two months to read the whole […]

Gone fishin’

… or rather, cruisin’. Not to Kooey Kooey Kooey, but down the Greek coastline, with side trips to Split and Dubrovnik. I’m in Santorini on Wednesday, so if I get a wifi signal may download some comics and upload the odd thought. One way or the other, I’ll be pretty rubbish at catching up on […]

Legends of Tomorrow #3 review

Now here’s a treat, the third issue of DC’s 80pp giant collection of mini-series only a couple of weeks since the last one. I suppose the publisher wants to clear the decks for all the DC Rebirth titles; whatever the case, I’m delighted because this anthology book, with its mix of old characters and new […]

Action Comics #52 review

Judge this book by its cover and you’ll likely throw it into the deepest pit. Whatever happened to John Romita Jr? His work since coming to DC has been getting odder and odder, his Superman so blocky he’s almost ready for a Lego movie. A terrific tease – the first meeting between New 52 and […]

The Flash #51 review

You know how you’ve not read someone’s series for awhile, but you miss that character and are really in the mood to get reacquainted with an old friend? That was me with The Flash this week. I’d dropped off the book, bored with the constant speed villains, but seeing that this issue featured The Riddler, […]

FCBD Civil War II review

An Inhuman predicts that the mad god Thanos is coming to Earth in search of a Cosmic Cube. The Avengers are waiting for him when he shows up at Project Pegasus. They take him down, but one Avenger is seriously hurt. And one dies. Have you read any Marvel event since Avengers Disassembled in 2004? […]

FCBD Rom #0 review

Not Rom, Spaceknight, you may notice. It seems the designation stayed with Marvel when IDW got the comic rights to the property from Hasbro. But the basic set-up established by writer Bill Mantlo and artist Sal Buscema in 1979 remains, with a silver cyborg sent to Earth to upend a secret invasion by the name-says-it-all […]