Doom Patrol #1 review

They’re back, the world’s strangest heroes – Robotman, Negative Man, Elasti-Woman (she’s grown up!) and the world’s dodgiest leader, the Chief. As we join them, he’s sent the Patrol on a mission to stop evil scientist Amanda Beckett from hatching a batch of monster men. Alongside the classic Silver Age team are newer recruits Grunt […]

Amazing Spider-Man #601 review

After the last several issues of Spidey, with big battles involving Norman Osborn and Doctor Octopus, this is a quieter, day in the life issue. Of course, this being a slice of Peter Parker’s life there are moments of action – here a jewel snatch, there a blaze – but it’s the out-of-costume moments that […]

Superman #690 review

I’ve been praising this book to the heavens recently for its blend of rich characters and lush artwork. This month DC lets me down. Half the book is taken up with a wordless battle between Atlas and Steel. One page is the same panel repeated four times . . . sorry, that’s unfair, two of […]

Justice Society of America #29 review

The newest team in comics meets the oldest as writers Bill Willingham, Matt Sturges and artist Jesus Merino take over the JSA’s creative reins. There’s no huge tonal shift, this is the same team Geoff Johns has been writing for the last decade or so (right down to no one remembering that Power Girl is […]

Batman: The Brave and the Bold #7 review

The regular DCU has Batman believed dead while lost in limbo. In the Johnny DC all-ages line, Batman is alive and loving it. The latest issue of the TV spin-off begins with Batman and Greek hero the Olympian battling Wonder Woman headache Circe. That’s strictly pre-credits, though, with the bulk of the issue featuring a […]

Wonder Woman #34 review

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, how to win over a reviewer – begin the book with cute snow beasties. Here we see that Aaron Lopresti draws polar bears every bit as well as he draws albino gorillas. The heck with Wonder Woman action figures, I want a Lopresti plush (a bear, that is, not a plush of Aaron Lopresti […]

Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds #5 review

Several Legionnaires die but that’s OK cos more arrive to beat the villains and then everyone goes home. Superboy Prime dies, but it turns out he’s just gone back to a reborn Earth Prime to live in his basement, scare his parents and whine about comics. White Witch gets a black makeover and a new […]

Amazing Spider-Man #600 review

In Spider-Man #400, Aunt May died. In issue #600, she’s getting married. That’s comics, folks. Yup, it’s the big day, May Reilly Parker is getting hitched to J Jonah Jameson Sr and all hell’s breaking loose as every mechanical object in New York gains a mind of its own. And that mind belongs to Dr […]

Captain Britain and MI13 #15 review

Ah, this was a bittersweet book. The final issue of my favourite Marvel series, but chocful of great things – reunions, endings and new beginnings. The main story sees the dismantling of the threat from Dracula and his cohort, due to a combination of trickery, force and courage. Alongside that are the resolutions to good […]

Disney, Warners, SOMEONE make these movies

Over the last few years there’s been an explosion in superhero movies, what with The Dark Knight, Iron Man, Hulk, Spider-Man, X-Men, Fantastic Four and so on. What there haven’t been are many action-packed films for the younger set or, even better, the whole family. There was The Derivatives – sorry, The Incredibles, about a […]