Wonder Woman #35 review

‘It’s like watching a ballet. With compound fractures!’ That’s how Black Canary wittily describes witnessing Wonder Woman fight in the conclusion to their two-part Tokyo romp. There’s never any real sense that Diana and Dinah are in danger from the supervillain fighting arena they enter – Dinah’s confidence ensures that. Canary knows that she and […]

The Brave and the Bold #26 review

When he was alive Ray Walker preyed on the living. The Spectre put an end to him . . . or so he thought. But soon serial killer Walker is back and using his more-than-usual phantom strength to torment ghosts, vampires and other creatures of the night. Supernatural investigator Julian Parker asks his friend David […]

The Web #1 review

Meet John Raymond, billionaire bad boy and secret hero. He’s putting his money into a new project. As the technologically advanced Web, he’s the man ready to help the public at the drop of an email. People in need can contact him via summontheweb.com Are his intentions entirely altruistic or does he have another agenda? […]

Superman: Blackest Night #1 review

The bad news: I bought this comic by mistake, being of the mind that I should ignore Blackest Night tie-in titles. The good news: I thoroughly enjoyed it. Yes, Rod Reis does a great job on this book, bringing us some of the most gorgeous hues I can recall seeing in a comic. Just look […]

Amazing Spider-Man #603 review

The Chameleon is working for a Taliban offshoot and aims to strike a blow at the heart of New York, by planting a dirty bomb in the city’s anti-terrorism unit. In order to access the security systems he’s disguised himself as a member of the Mayor’s photo unit, one Peter Parker. I’ve always enjoyed Day […]

Batgirl #1 review

This book has been promised for so long that I’d forgotten all about it. That being so, I was pleasantly surprised to see it on the racks. And speaking of racks, we’re going for a Power Girl vibe, with the emphasis firmly on the bat-breasts here. DC’s justification would be that there’s a mystery surrounding […]

Booster Gold #23 review

This issue’s had a bit of extra publicity due to it featuring a photo cover of one Blair Butler, apparently a big fan of Booster’s and subject of some DC staffer’s crush. Oh well, if it gets more people to try this book, fine. The alternative would likely have been one of those ‘villain poses […]

Adventure Comics #1 review

Back as a regular title after a quarter of a century, Adventure Comics proves more fun than expected. There’s an airy feel to Geoff Johns’ script for the lead strip, Superboy, which I appreciate after the complexities/clutter of the current Green Lantern storylines. This is a simple tale of the newly resurrected Conner Kent beginning […]

Inferno #1 review

The second of four in DC’s Red Circle event, Inferno has the survivor of an explosion on an ocean liner unable to remember who he is and muttering the name of someone who seems not to exist. A flashback features a woman and someone unseen being lovingly doomy. An attack causes the mysterious chap to […]

The Hangman #1 review

The first of DC’s latest attempt to make something of Archie Comics’ Red Circle characters and concepts, this one-off brings us the heroic origin of the Hangman, aka Dr Robert Dickering. AKA Dr Bob. Stop snickering at the back – writer J Michael Straczynski inherited the name and deserves praise for working past the silly […]