Spitfire #1 review

As a fellow English person, I’ve always liked Spitfire. Yes, she’s posher than me, and a tad more patriotic, but I like to think we’d get on – we’re both bright, brave (stop snickering) and British. She shone in the recent Captain Britain and MI-13 series, where she was ‘just’ one of the crowd. Here […]

Doom Patrol #13 review

One of writer Keith Giffen’s aims with this book has been to give the readers something new every month – a character, a concept, a fresh take on the DC Universe … last issue he outdid himself with the revelation of Elasti-Woman’s true nature. She’s sentient Silly Putty. I never saw that one coming. This month […]

Uncanny X-Men #526 review

The X-Men are stalking five possible mutants, in the hope that they’ll grow extra heads or develop acid sweat or somesuch. And Hope Summers, poster child for the ‘One of us! One of us! Gooble gobble, gooble gobble!’ brigade, is off looking into her own background. Such are the two story strands this month. The […]

Batman: The Brave and the Bold #19 review

Departing from the usual mix of action and whimsy, this is a solidly serious issue of Batman: The Brave and the Bold. We don’t even have the usual prologue featuring a different character from the issue’s co-star – here it’s Green Lanterns all the way. So how is it?The Cyborg Superman, Hank Henshaw, wants Hal […]

Wonder Woman #601 review

If there were any doubt that this is a darker DC Universe, it’s the calibre of ice cream men. Seriously? A kid would buy from this guy? (click to enlarge)At night, in a run-down street? And pester him for a product he’s already told you he hasn’t got? Somehow, this dope survives the issue. As […]

Legion of Super-Heroes #3 review

Reluctant Legionnaire Earth-Man is forced to abandon the team when his new Green Lantern ring compels him to fly off and, even more reluctantly, help some extraterrestrials. Lightning Lad join Saturn Girl in the search for their kidnapped sons. And hypnotic mentalist Saturn Queen continues her one-woman war on the Legion. Those are the bare […]

Justice Society of America #41 review

Any less long-in-the-tooth DC fans out there willing to tell me what they’re making of the constant cameos from obscure characters in James Robinson’s recent scripts? I love it when we’re reminded that Naiad is still around, or Faust. Or, as in this second part of the current back and forth JLA/JSA team-up, Yellow Peri […]

The New Avengers #2 review

Earth’s Mightiest Heroes united against a common threat! On that day the Avengers were born to fight the foes that no single hero could withstand! So goes the legend attached to hundreds of Avengers stories. It’s dramatic, concise and challenges creative teams to come up with stories worthy of the brightest and best. And on […]

SPECIAL GUEST REVIEW Marvel Her-oes #4

Her-Oes graduates to its fourth and sadly final issue as Janet, Namora and Jen end one adventure together and draw up plans for future ones. The issue begins with the heroic triumvirate using their unique abilities to defeat Moonstone and her yellow-clad (and fashionably blind) henchmen at Namora’s mansion. While Namora and Jen fight with […]

The Avengers #3 review

At the end of last issue the Kang time travel storyline finally started to show signs of forward movement, as Apocalypse appeared, joined by some rather fearsome-looking new horsemen. A master planner such as the X-Men enemy was bound to throw some spanners in the works for the Avengers. Not so much, as it turns […]