Secret Warriors 1 review

I like the subtitle of this book, Nick Fury: Agent of Nothing. And that’s about it. Spun out of Secret Invasion, this is the former SHIELD chief’s personal strike force, originally dedicated to take down the Skrulls, now keen to smash Norman Osborn’s SHIELD replacement, HAMMER. They didn’t actually do much in the SI crossover, […]

Secret Six 6 review

One of DC’s most consistently entertaining series, Secret Six delivers once more this month. Yes, the storyline around the ‘Get out of Hell free’ card storyline begun in issue 1 shows no signs of wrapping, but neither is there evidence of flagging. As a maguffin to motivate action and character dynamics, the card is first-rate. […]

Adventure Comics 0 review

Good on DC for a cheap reprint of the first appearance by the Legion of Super-Heroes, from Adventure Comics 247. I’m sure everyone reading this is familiar with the story – three mysterious kids with super-powers play mindgames with Superboy in the 20th century as a precursor to playing mindgames with him in the 30th […]

Jesus, Keith, it’s Superman 684!

I’m not reviewing Superman 684 – it was great, but most issues written by James Robinson are great; a post-New Krypton story it featured a teasing focus on the Parasite (I think he’s pining for his time as Lex Luthor’s loving Lois), a rallying call from the Guardian and the eschewing of grammatical contractions by […]

Justice Society of America 23 review

Oh nasty Isis . . . really, she’s back from the dead and getting her revenge on Felix Faust for his actions in the Black Adam mini series which followed 52. Which I never read, as I’m not keen on the way he’s been presented over the last few years as an anti-hero, when he’s […]

Batman: The Brave and the Bold #1 review

’Strike a light guv! It’s as if ‘undreds of us was combined into a monster!’ ‘Rubbish! Clearly some sort of mass hallucination, wot?’ Yes, we’re in dear old Blighty for this debut issue of Batman: The Brave and the Bold, tying into the new TV cartoon we Brits don’t get yet. So this is my […]

Avengers: The Initiative 21 review

Why this book has a ‘Disassembled’ tag on it I don’t know; are we going to have one of these every time an Avengers team changes from now on? I hope not, it’s taken years for me to get over the horrors of the Avengers 500 debacle. Never mind, ignore it, move on. This is […]

Legion of Super-Heroes 50 review

In which Jim Shooter wraps up the storyline he set up in his first issue, over a year ago, in a very satisfying manner. Using a combination of smarts and powers, the Legion convincingly dispatches the threat of the Intruder Planet. It’s scintillating stuff, but there’s something missing. A small thing . . . where […]

Wonder Woman 28 review

Rise of the Olympian has been anything but boring so far, yet things kick up a gear here, as writer Gail Simone gives a masterclass in pacing a story for maximum action and characterisation. Sergeant Steel is not a man to sing the Wonder Woman TV show theme and that’s the latest clue that he’s […]

Mysterious the Unfathomable 1 review

Dr Strange, Zatanna, Dr Fate, Scarlet Witch . . . comics are full of gorgeous, altruistic, self-denying magicians, but here’s something new – a pot-bellied, lecherous, drink-sozzled medium for hire. And I love him. Mysterius is the star of Wildstorm’s new series written by Jeff Parker and drawn by Tom Fowler. Parker, I know from […]