The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 review

The conceit of this series is in the title. Squirrel Girl can vanquish any foe. It helps that being decidedly cute, with buck teeth and furry tail, bad guys see her as a joke. She just sees easy prey, villains to be tossed aside so ordinary folk can get on with their lives. Or, in […]

Ant-Man #1 review

I’m Wally West. I’m the Flash… It worked 20 years ago and it works today, the first person superhero comic narration. And given that Wally West isn’t around right now – well, not the real guy – I’m happy to see Scott Lang aka Ant-Man borrow the schtick. Especially when it’s Scott Lang as written […]

Action Comics #38 review

I’ve read Superman stories stories previously that dipped their toe into the horror waters. There was that time he met Dracula and Frankenstein’s Monster. The business with Batman and vampires. A ghost at the Tower of London. But this, this is something different. It’s proper nailbiting, disturbing horror as the ‘Smallvillains’ storyline continues with Superman […]

Miracleman Annual #1 review

Having read the UK Marvelman stories as they appeared in the Eighties, then their US continuation as Miracleman, I’ve been able to avoid Marvel’s overpriced reprints. An annual of new material, though, that sounded good. Especially as one of the stories has a Grant Morrison script and art by Joe Quesada, and the other, work […]

SHIELD #1 review

Didn’t anyone tell Mark Waid and Carlos Pacheco that spin-off comics aren’t supposed to be more enjoyable than the parent material? But that’s what SHIELD #1 is, as it gives us a version of the TV show set in the heart of the Marvel Universe comics continuity, with no constraints on budgets or available characters. […]

DC Digital: Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman #20 review

Wonder Woman joins a mission to Venus aiming to making Man’s journey into the wider universe a reality. A mystery explosion rocks the space station and one of the scientists is lost during attempts at repairs. And that’s the basic outline of the first of a two-part Wonder Woman story written by Alex de Campi and […]

Happy Christmas, 1946

I do love a great Christmas comics story, dripping with joy and sentiment, perhaps a bittersweet moment or two. You know the sort of thing – the ghost of Supergirl helps a downbeat Deadman put heroism into perspective. Superman dips into his mailbag before carrying out festive good deeds. The Legion of Super-Heroes travel back […]

Robin Rises: Alpha #1 review

Well, that was … more of the same. For the last couple of months the Batman and Robin series has featured Batman and friends vs Darkseid and the forces of Apokolips. B&R #37 saw Batman succeed in returning to Earth and returning dead son Damian to life. This issue bookending the Robin Rises story begins […]

Superman #37 review

I always knew Ulysses was a stinker. Part five of the Men of Tomorrow story sees him admit to Superman that he doesn’t want to save millions of discontented Earth people by transporting them to his adopted planet – he wants to feed them to his world’s core, as fuel. His captive, Superman, is horrified, […]

Sensation Comics featuring Wonder Woman #19 review (DC Digital)

Pilot Angel Santiago, diverted from her regular duties in Afghanistan for a PR-friendly visit to a girls’ school, gets caught up in a Taliban attack with male colleagues. It’ll take a real heroine to get the soldiers home… The latest Sensation Comics is a pacey, great-looking done-in-one from writer Amy Chu and artist Bernard Chang […]