Red Hood and the Outlaws Annual #1

Once upon a time Roy Harper was Green Arrow’s tech guy. Today he’s the anti-hero known as Arsenal and Green Arrow is the last person he wants to see. Ollie Queen, though, turns up on the hidden island HQ of Roy, Jason Todd and Princess Koriand’r of Tamaran – aka Red Hood and Starfire – […]

Grifter #1 review

They call him Grifter Just a guy, a drifter Better hide, shapeshifter OK, I’ve written the theme song so as soon as TV options this for a weekly drama, I’m quids in. For I can easily see this comic making the leap from page to screen, sold as The Fugitive meets The Invaders. Or if […]

Superman 80-Page Giant 2011 #1 review

I almost put this issue back on the comic shop shelf, what with Dustin Nguyen’s cover image seeming so familiar. Then I clicked that it’s a companion piece to the Batman 80pp giant cover of a few months back. I’m not terribly keen on this illo -Supergirl and Ma Kent look pretty off, for one […]

Batman and the Outsiders 9 review

Ah Looker, proud possessor of the worst name, shallowest personality and nastiest costume in DC history. Probably. Certainly, as created by Mike W Barr and Alan Davis she was a contender. All she wanted out of life was to move from plain to zoftig, and when her powers gave answered just that wish she adopted […]