The Death of Hawkman #1 review

Adam Strange is helping a badly injured Hawkman across the carnage-strewn battlefields of Rann. The contrast between the pair is evident A flashback shows us some of the events leading up to the shocking opening. It’s a scenario we’ve seen dozens of times – Adam hanging around on Earth, waiting to intercept the Zeta Beam […]

Legends of Tomorrow #6 review

It’s the final issue of Legends of Tomorrow and I’m happy to say the book goes out on a high. In order of appearance… The encounter between Firestorm and Multiplex concludes, with Martin and Ronnie forming the superhero and Jason equally awesome in his advisory role. The struggle to stop Multiplex wrecking reality with his quantum tinkering […]

Legends of Tomorrow #3 review

Now here’s a treat, the third issue of DC’s 80pp giant collection of mini-series only a couple of weeks since the last one. I suppose the publisher wants to clear the decks for all the DC Rebirth titles; whatever the case, I’m delighted because this anthology book, with its mix of old characters and new […]

DC Digital Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman #28 review

Whether by accident or design, Aaron Lopresti reminds DC just who Wonder Woman is meant to be with his contribution to Sensation Comics, ‘Casualties of War’. Lopresti, who was the regular artistic partner of Gail Simone when she was writing the pre-New 52 series, does double duty here, providing story as well as images. He’s […]

The New 52: Future’s End #0 review

It’s 2049 and Earth is overrun by the robotic hordes of Brother Eye, the human populace in chains. A few heroes remain free, working to down the satellite controlling the super-heroes turned by having the ‘eye-seed’ planted within them. Batman, who bears some responsibility for the situation, takes one last, desperate throw of the dice […]

Sword of Sorcery featuring Amethyst #0 review

She learned the truth at 17, that she was born to be a queen. OK, sorry, I couldn’t resist riffing on the old Janis Ian song after reading the lead strip in this new DC title. A reinterpretation of an Eighties cult favourite, Amethyst tells of how school outsider Amy Winston receives a very special […]

Justice League International #12 review

I was worried about this one. It’s the last issue of Justice League International, and the cover hints that Rocket Red isn’t the only one being buried. Inside, we’re in epilogue territory. The super-powered terrorists the JLI fought over the last few issues are defeated, but some members are injured and one is dead. The […]

Justice League International #8 review

With several JLI members out of action after a bomb attack on the UN, Batman calls in help – Batwing, Batman Inc’s good man in Africa. After visiting his old friend Vixen in hospital he helps Booster Gold take on Lightweaver, one of the villains behind the atrocity, as he attacks the unit. Blows and […]

Justice League International #7 review

The first word I ever learnt from comics was ‘ironic’. Reading handed-down Silver Age Superman family books you could barely get through an issue without a ‘How ironic (choke)’. That nutty phrase stuck with me to the extent that it almost became the name of this blog (on Earth 2, it is the name of […]

Justice League International #5 review

A recent edition of John Siuntres’ excellent Word Balloon podcast saw Marvel ‘architect’ Matt Fraction talk about the difficulty of writing 20-page comics. It’s not just a matter of cutting two pages from a 22pp story, apparently … Which confused me. As a kid raised in the days when all comics had just 17pp of story, 20pp […]