DC Rebirth and WonderCon – hello to Anthony, Marvelboy 74, Steve, Anonymous and Pollux Dioscuros

OK, lesson learned – I wrote such a long post on Saturday that the comments won’t load, so, new post – I hope you see this, I’m grateful for the comments, as ever! ANTHONYI agree about the sword, I suppose we’re stuck with it until the current round of movies cycles away. MARVELBOY74I believe Secret […]

DC Rebirth Wondercon announcements – first thoughts

So today DC Comics, at Wondercon, announced the creative teams who’ll be handling the various series come the line-wide revamp which begins on 25 May with the 80pp, $2.99 DC Universe Rebirth special. Just look at that great Gary Frank cover. Co-publishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee first took to the stage, and admitted that […]

Hyperion #1 review

Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Etc. It’s Hyperion, Marvel’s original Superman homage – as it were – in his own series. And just as Superman once walked around the country, Hyperion’s off into the heartland of the USA to find himself. He’s unsure that the strongarm tactics of the latest […]

Superman: Lois and Clark #6 review

Everything’s coming home to roost as this mini-series heads towards its conclusion. Lois Lane has been writing books, anonymously, exposing Intergang – now the hi-tech hoods get their hands on her. Superman is heading to her rescue but is delayed by a TV company-created ‘super-villain’ who inadvertently puts the lives of hundreds of motorists at […]

Justice League 3001 #10 review

Supergirl is angry and taking it out on the lizard creatures she, Fire and Ice have found on the razed planet Bodhi. Fire joins in but Ice counsels caution and compassion – yes, the lizards threw a big rock at the Justice League members, but are they really the enemy? The answer comes from an […]

Superman #50 review

It’s Superman’s big 50th issue and we’re getting the first meeting between New 52 Superman and pre-Flashpoint post-Crisis Superman! Oh hang on, DC changed the story, they’re putting that in an upcoming issue. Unless they change their corporate mind again… OK, so let’s just enjoy whatever this double size special has to offer. Last week, […]

Legends of Tomorrow #1 review

Behold the 80-page giant! A super-thick comic book featuring not a batch of reprints for 25 cents like in the Silver Age, but four new tales for $7.99. But given your average 20pp book costs $2.99 these days, if you enjoy more than two of these strips – originally intended as separate mini-series – that’s […]

The Vision #5 review

I’m It’s dinner time and The Vision receives a knock on the door from the police department. They want to talk to him in connection with the killing of a schoolmate of son Vin. If the Vision knows wife Virginia is responsible for Chris Kinzky’s death, he’s in deep denial. Either way, he answers the […]

Action Comics #50 review

The cover tells you where this issue is going – back to a fully powered Superman, clad in red and blue and ready for anything. Knowing the destination doesn’t spoil the ride, though, as drivers Greg Pak and Aaron Kuder deliver the best issue of Action Comics in months. We’re in disaster movie mode. […]

Avengers Standoff: Assault on Pleasant Hill #1 review

Don’t judge this book by its cover. Certainly, little imagination has gone into that first page – is it meant to be a Shield file? – but inside, well, that’s another matter. The book opens with Bucky, the Winter Soldier, taking over a Shield helicarrier to grab information pertinent to a case he’s investigating. It’s […]