Adventures of Superman #12 review

In its short life the weekly digital DC release Adventures of Superman has hit several moods, most obviously high adventure and sly humour. This week the prevailing tone is poignancy, as we get a mother’s perspective on Superman. But there’s nothing depressing about this book, it’s a life-affirming ode to moms everywhere; yes, Clark has […]

Batgirl #22 review

Barbara Gordon comes back from a night of crimefighting to find she’s forgotten that she’s meant to be going on a date. At the front door, bearing a bouquet, is Ricky, whose one attempt at being a car thief cost him a leg. Now he’s cleaned up his act and getting to know Babs. If […]

Avengers Arena #12 review

So a guy can change his mind. It’s eight months since Avengers Arena launched and this being Marvel Now, that means we’re at the 12th issue. Obviously. I was not a fan of the first issue. Swore off any more. Would have been good with a speedy cancellation. And then went back for issue 2. […]

Justice League #22 review

It begins with a young woman asking tarot reader Madame Xanadu to explain a dream she’s been having. It ends with a good man dead and a war between heroes. And in between, lots of foreboding, as mysteries are dropped with the turn of a card … So here it is, the crossover more than […]

Action Comics #22 review

Big-brained supervillain Hector Hammond is floating in Earth’s orbit on an assignment for new allies the H.I.V.E., examining a massive death ray they have aimed at the planet. A self-proclaimed space knight appears and destroys the weapon. Any enemy of Hammond’s is surely a friend of Superman, but can Clark be sure, when Hammond summons […]

Avengers A.I. #1 review

Here’s a spin-off from the Age of Ultron series which sees Hank Pym gather a team of heroes to take on the evil machine intelligences of the Marvel Universe. Mostly cybernetic and robotic creations, the Avengers A.I. members are well placed to prevent a war between man and machine, with their first assignment being to […]

Trintiy of Sin: Pandora #1 review

I don’t know how many issues this new title will run, but as it’s an event tie-in, I’m guessing we’re in limited series territory. Going by this first issue, that’s just as well, as there seems to be no point to Pandora beyond inciting said crossover, Trinity of Sin, which runs through the next two […]

Superman #21 review

In Metropolis, Hector Hammond, the most powerful psionic in the world, is at the centre of a tug of war. Helpess in an induced coma, S.T.A.R. Labs have him. The H.I.V.E. Queen wants him. A lab researcher who’s been taken over by H.I.V.E. begins infecting others and soon they’re making away with Hammond. Over in […]

The Flash #21 review

Here’s an encounter I’ve been waiting for since DC rebooted their comics universe, the first meeting between the Flash, Barry Allen, and Kid Flash, Bart Allen. It comes about because someone is killing people connected to the Speed Force and Barry wonders if the Teen Titan knows anything. Bart though, doesn’t feel like listening to […]

Age of Ultron Book 10 AI review

Reeling from the events of the Age of Ultron, Hank Pym looks back on his beginnings and re-embraces life as a costumed adventurer. And that’s it, really. This is a prelude to the upcoming Avengers AI series, in which Hank Pym leads a bunch of robotic types as they … well, I dunno. This comic […]