Supergirl’s on TV – but not on the shelves?

Get ready for Supergirl Month! To coincide with the October 26 debut of the CBS live action TV series, DC Comics is unleashing a wealth of new and classic material. A prequel comic featuring Kara Danvers, the Supergirl who’s gained a legion of fans for star Melissa Benoist even before the series airs. A one-off special for […]

Justice League 3001 #4 review

It’s Flash vs Mirror Master in this offbeat issue of JL3001. Well, ‘offbeat’ is likely a poor choice of word, as compared to most superhero books, every issue of the 31st-century Justice League book is entertainingly skewed. So let’s say it’s ‘different’ in being basically a solo story of Teri Magnus, scientist turned speedster. Imprinted with […]

Black Canary #4 review

Dinah Drake’s bandmate, the enigmatic Ditto, has been kidnapped by Bo Maeve, the woman she replaced as singer. It’s ironic that Ditto is the source of Dinah’s bombastic sonic scream, as she’s apparently an elective mute, and painfully passive. If Dinah can’t find her friend, who knows what the insanely jealous Maeve will do. Maeve and Ditto’s road trip makes […]

Superman/Wonder Woman #21 review

Wonder Woman has Lois Lane on the leash. She’s the last of the friends of Superman – prisoners of the US Government – to be questioned on camera about whether they’re in cahoots with the Man of Steel. Lois stands up to the questioning. Literally. Elsewhere, White House chief of staff Mr Bend goes off […]

New Suicide Squad #12 review

The Suicide Squad are in deep. Half the team members have gone undercover with the DC Universe version of Isis, the rest have fallen to said fanatics. So while Deadshot awaits his opportunity to destroy the League’s cache of super-weapons and Black Manta goes native (oops!), failed inside man Captain Boomerang is awaiting execution for […]

Justice League United #13 review

The new Justice League Unlimited undertakes its second mission, gathering a fresh team to shut down an anomaly in France. Alanna Strange, Equinox, Animal Man and Stargirl recruit Batgirl, Steel, Robotman and Vandal Savage to enter a zone where time is in chaos, and wars past and future are being fought simultaneously. The motley crew […]

Action Comics #44 review

The battle for Clark Kent’s neighbourhood continues, with the Mayor revealed as the force behind the shadow demons plaguing our hero. Her influence extends, taking over some of the ordinary people who have been standing behind Superman, causing them to turn on their fellows. But when the inky darkness hits Superman’s new firefighter friend Lee, […]

Long Distance #1-3 review

Once upon a time, superhero comic books were full of love. When not fighting crime, the likes of Hal Jordan and Tony Stark would be wooing the ladies, and the women would be giving them the runaround. Sometimes heroes and heroines would fall for the villains, adding even more tension to the mix. The romantic […]

Midnighter #4 review

Fight clubs have become passé in the the Russia of the DC Universe. Now it’s all about vampire killing, as rich young guns hand over big wads of cash to spike a bloodsucker. The stakes aren’t high, though – these are vapid vamps, chained up to be easy meat. They’re the result of the raid […]

The Omega Men #4 review

Four issues in and The Omega Men is proving to be perhaps DC’s most challenging title, and certainly one of its most rewarding. The story of a band of freedom fighters out to liberate the Vega space sector from the oppressive Citadel, it’s not into exposition dumps and big battles. The action is as much […]