Dark Avengers 1 review

Tony Stark’s SHIELD is gone, Norman Osborn’s HAMMER is now the major peacekeeping force in the Marvel Universe. And as the name implies, the once and future Green Goblin believes in peace through force. So it’s time for a new version of the Avengers, comprising heavy hitters loyal to him. Carol Danvers won’t play ball? […]

Mighty Avengers 21 review

‘And there came a day, a day unlike any other, when Dan Slott finally got to write a genuine Avengers title . . .’ Sure, Avengers: The Initiative has been a superb read, packed with intricate storylines and spot-on character work, but it wasn’t an Avengers book. Not really, despite the appearance of such stalwarts […]

Faces of Evil: Prometheus review

I very nearly didn’t buy this. Prometheus was created by Grant Morrison as an arch foe for the JLA, but didn’t catch on. Maybe it was his shtick – he could download data on any foe and instantly beat them. Even in a world of flying men, a villain who stops mid-battle to slot CDs […]

Get down with Living Lightning

Minor West Coast Avenger outed himself in the Great Lakes Avengers mini series in 2005 (click on the image for bigness) but was he dropping hints even before that? Here’s a panel from Thor 445, part of the Avengers: Galactic Storm crossover of 1992.

Amazing Spider-Man 583 – yes, thank you Marvel

The news media is terribly excited because someone has drawn a president in a comic book! Who knew such an artistic barrier could be broken (again) – but that don’t impress me much. I mean, selling comic books to idiots on eBay for the price of a house is all very well, but if the […]

Captain Britain and MI:13 9 review

Last issue the team’s tussle with an evil dream lord stepped up a notch when it was revealed that British not-very-super soldier Captain Midlands had betrayed them. The Plokta thickened . . . a character previously considered a joke gained poignancy, while dropping his colleagues in the *&^*%$&- (actual quote – I get to use […]

Manhunter 38 review

A few months ago I suggested that the sheer number of plotlines and characters wouldn’t help the back-from-cancellation Manhunter from finding new readers. * Sad to say, for whatever reason, this is the last issue. And dang it if it doesn’t show that creator Marc Andreyko can indeed turn in a script with lots of […]

Happy Birthday Krypto!

Oh all right, I’ve no idea when Krypto was born, but as he debuted in Adventure Comics 210, cover dated March 1955, that means he’s 54 this month – about a million in dog years. How sweet that Clark-Kent-who-is-secretly-Superboy can’t wait to ‘romp’ with his newfound friend! And how surprising, given that even for an […]

Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade 2 review

My gosh, having not been seen since the mid-Seventies, Lex Luthor’s kid sister is back in this week’s Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade issue 2. This Johnny DC version doesn’t seem to have Lena’s traditional psychic powers – I don’t think she knows Linda Lee is Supergirl, though she has a subplot she’s […]

Black Lightning: Year One 1 review

DC’s Year One brand is back and Black Lightning’s the star. Truth be told, I didn’t have high hopes for this, having never been a huge Jefferson Pierce fan. I read a few issues of his original title in the Seventies, but the short-lived series was never a favourite. He joined Batman’s Outsiders but was […]