Batman/Superman #22 review

Superman is in Gotham on the trail of tech that could kill him. New Batman Jim Gordon wants to arrest the newly outed Clark Kent, insisting that he can’t be trusted. Lucius Fox’s energy research lab has been targeted by tech raiders. And an old enemy of Superman shows up to scratch a grudge. And […]

Batman #42 review

Just massively entertaining. That’s what this second outing for Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s new Batman is. It’s hard to remember that I don’t like the idea of a RoBatman when the reality is so much fun. This issue features a new Batmobile, a Bat-app, good advice from Maggie Sawyer and Julia Pennyworth, a fresh […]

Justice League United #11 review

Justice League United has been one of my favourite DC books of the last few years. Under writer Jeff Lemire it featured a team of likeable characters in traditional, but not staid, superhero adventures. Now it’s been turned over to Jeff Parker, an author famed for his talent in this area. But he’s going in […]

Archie #1 review

Teenage sweethearts Archie Andrews and Betty Cooper have broken up. Their friends contrive to get them back together … all except Jughead. And that’s the simple, but engaging, plot of the first instalment of the Archie revamp. Writer Mark Waid and artist Fiona Staples update the Riverdale gang, making the humour less gag and slapstick […]

Firestorm, Metal Men, Katana, Sugar & Spike, Poison Ivy, Swamp Thing, Raven, Metamorpho – DC’s upcoming mini-series

Well, here’s a way to brighten a dull Monday – a slew of new book announcements from DC Comics. Eight six-part mini-series set for release in January 2016 with some interesting names attached – only writers, so far. Let’s have a quick round-up with some first impressions. Firestorm This is going to be written by […]

Green Arrow #42 review

People are falling to their deaths in Seattle. From mid-air. The police and Green Arrow are baffled, with the only clues being chatter on the streets about ‘the Night Birds’, and an albino man caught on camera near the scene of one killing. That’s a very short summation of the contents of last issue, the […]

Bat-Mite #2 review

Bat-Mite has been kidnapped by Doc Trauma, a crone who’s lived more than 200 years by stealing bodies and having her brain swapped into them. Her next victim – surprisingly, she’s not keen on moving into a lunatic pixie – is the already captive Hawkman. Bat-Mite reckons the unconscious Winged Wonder is just what he […]

Action Comics #42 review

Last month’s cover proclaimed Truth. This time, it’s Justice, something there’s precious little of as a band of Metropolis police officers target Superman’s neighbourhood. The first half of the issue shows the de-powered hero fighting a massive shadow monster that’s appeared on the streets, using his courage and ingenuity to take down the creature. He […]

Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman #40 review

Wonder Woman is in court. She’s an expert witness at a hearing to decide whether prisoner Deborah Domaine, the Cheetah, will be moved to a lower security facility. Diana is sympathetic to Domaine’s relatives’ belief a prison hospital will get her the treatment she needs to make her a little less insane, perhaps even cure […]

Justice League 3001 #1 review

It’s a new beginning for Justice League 3000… it’s Justice League 3001! The future’s most dysfunctional superheroes have conquered bad guys aplenty, expanded their roster and now they’re ready to take on the threat of Starrohe Conqueror. Beginning with their first recorded adventure, the original JLA took the super-starfish down plenty of times, but as […]