Superman #33 review

Metropolis is buzzing about the new hero who made the scene last issue. At the Daily Planet editorial conference, Perry White asks all the right questions: Yeah, what’s with the long hair? As for the cape, Ulysses gets one later. Sort of.Perry sets his team off to explore the story from various angles, with Lois […]

Robin Rises Omega #1 review

Batman’s ongoing quest to bring Damian Wayne back from the dead spins off into a special as DC starts counting down to the the return of Robin. Will it be Damian by Batman’s side when the story ends at the turn of the year? It certainly seems so, given how long the sequence has been […]

Supergirl #33 review

A wonderful last page. That’s what this finale to the Red Daughter storyline has. I whooped, I smiled. Writer Tony Bedard has delivered on his promise to put some light into Kara’s life He does it literally, as well as metaphorically, as Kara uses the power of Earth’s yellow sun to best Worldkiller-1, the sentient […]

Teen Titans #1 review

New direction, more attitude, in your face. That’s the tagline for this first issue of a new Teen Titans volume. That, and the preview that ran in DC titles last week, had me expecting to be annoyed by this issue. Well, doesn’t ‘attitude’ equal ‘annoying’? It certainly did when attitude was zeitgeisty. Happily, the title […]

New Suicide Squad #1 review

A new chapter in the Suicide Squad story begins with a new number one. Events segue so smoothly from the last issue of the previous run that if you didn’t see the cover copy, you’d not notice. Still, if it helps sales and gets attention on the work of new creative team Sean Ryan and […]

Superboy #33 review

Apparently tasked with closing out this Superboy run by cleaning up the mess made by following a rotten concept (Superboy as conflicted living weapon) with a worse one (a replacement Superboy who’s an out and out killer), Aaron Kuder has fun. In short, killer Superboy Jon has been confronted by conflicted Superboy Kon at NOWHERE, […]

Grayson #1 review

Dick Grayson is on his first mission as Spyral’s Agent 37. Teamed with veteran Helena Bertinelli, he’s tasked with kidnapping a mule hosting a super-bomb from the Trans-Siberian Express. Dick’s acrobatic, stealth and fighting skills come in handy, but he finally resorts to Spyral’s ‘hypno’ techniques in a bid to succeed.After the horror that was […]

100th Anniversary Fantastic Four #1 review

It’s the 100th anniversary of Marvel Comics, which means it’s the 100th anniversary of the Fantastic Four. OK, it’s not quite 2061 yet, but this comic imagines what our grandkids – or more likely, us, pickled heads in a cryogenic crockpot – will be reading then. The Fantastic Four is no longer Reed Richards, Sue […]

Action Comics #33 review

Accepting his self-imposed exile, Superman is in the far reaches of space, smashing asteroids. He’s trying to burn the Doomsday virus from his system, but it’s only getting stronger. Back on Earth, Steel and Lana Lang blast off in a spaceship designed by the hammer-holding hero, determined to help their friend. Red Lantern Supergirl has […]

Justice League #31 review

Last issue ended with Lex Luthor pitching up at Wayne Manor, ready to tell Bruce Wayne he knows his other identity, and would he please back his bid for Justice League membership? That leads into a satisfying scene this issue as Bruce denies all and Alfred provides surprising – to Luthor, anyway – back-up. Justice […]