Original Sin #1 review

Who shot the Watcher? That’s the question asked by the cover of Marvel’s latest event series. The image, by Julian Totino Tedesco, aims for drama but only elicits sniggers – just look at those cute wee boots.Inside, we see Uatu, Earth’s Watcher, disappear as an explosion targets his home on the moon. Alerted by Thor […]

Teen Titans Annual #3 review

It’s a few months since I read the New 52 Teen Titans, but this annual closes out the current series and I do like to see how a run ends. I was immediately intrigued by the appearance of creepy insect queen Skitter, who vanished from the series early on and was apparently forgotten.It seems she came back […]

The New 52: Future’s End #0 review

It’s 2049 and Earth is overrun by the robotic hordes of Brother Eye, the human populace in chains. A few heroes remain free, working to down the satellite controlling the super-heroes turned by having the ‘eye-seed’ planted within them. Batman, who bears some responsibility for the situation, takes one last, desperate throw of the dice […]

The Amazing Spider-Man #1 review

It took six issues for the mainstream Marvel Universe to cobble together an African American Nick Fury to match movie version Samuel L Jackson. So how long to make white super-villain Electro darker skinned in the hope that (drunk) Amazing Spider-Man 2 fans will think they’re looking at Jamie Foxx? From this … … to […]

Batman Eternal #4 review

Three weeks ago I wasn’t sure whether Batman Eternal was going to become a weekly purchase. Well, I’ve just finished the fourth issue and next week can’t come fast enough. Because this is a cracking read, with strong, colourful characters fleshing out a plot that twists and turns through the concrete canyons of Gotham with […]

The Flash Annual #3 review

Initial impressions count. As we meet Wally West properly for the first time, he’s spraying a wall with anti-Flash graffiti. His first words on-panel are ‘Screw you, man!’ Remind you of anything? Yep, the intro of the New 52 Wally West, who […]

Superman #30 review

Something has happened in Smallville. Overnight, the citizens have fallen into a coma. In the Bahamas, a honeymooning couple are murdered by something nasty in the water. In Metropolis, Lois uses the Brainiac mental powers she’d supposedly lost to knock Perry out, before accepting her status as Bride of the Collector of Worlds. In the […]

The Flash #30 review

The new Flash creative team of writers Robert Venditti & Van Jensen, and penciller Brett Booth debut and straight away … dismay me. They open with a flashforward to five years in the future, when things are looking distinctly gloomy for our hero because, well, don’t they always? I really don’t care what’s happening with […]

Justice League United #0 review

I haven’t got a girlfriend in Canada, but I do have a superhero team – Justice League United. From the maple leaf In the logo, to the final page shot of one of the most striking members, I loved this book. It has everything I want in a JLA series – a rich mix of […]

Justice League #29 review

When DC launched in 2011 Justice League was the first title off the blocks. Now here’s the 29th issue as the rest of the original New 52 survivors are about to hit #31. That’s what being knee-deep in crossovers gets you. Never mind, #29 is here, and with it the new Metal Men’s battle against […]