Action Comics #996 review

Today Lois Lane sneaks into the African country of Logamba in a bid to save her military man father from execution. Decades from now, Superman and Booster Gold try to survive New Krypton long enough to get the necessary materials to repair their broken time bubble and return to 2017. It won’t be easy for […]

All-Star Western #19 review

Here’s a DC New 52 book that really does deliver a ‘what the …?’ moment with its gatefold cover, as Jonah Hex comes face to face with Booster Gold. I’m just back at All-Star Western after some time away. I’ve always liked Jonah Hex, but his absorption into the Gotham City mythos wore away my […]

Justice League International #6 review

After five months of the Signal Masters storyline, which culminated in the new JLI sending the godlike Paraxxus packing, it’s time for some downtime. For the heroes, though, that doesn’t mean sitting around – it means cleaning up loose ends around the globe – giant robots, citizen bombers, that sort of thing. This issue, then, […]

Project Superman #1 review

Lt Neil Sinclair, patriot. He’s volunteered for Project Superman, General Sam Lane’s attempt to create a super-soldier to protect America from rogue metahumans. We first meet him 30 years ago, when he’s jumped to the front of the queue due to a number of run-ins with paranormals. Prone to quoting zen proverbs, and sporting what look […]

Booster Gold #44 review

Booster Gold and robotic sidekick Skeets are in Coast City, investigating the enigma-ridden blackboard that appeared in time master Rip Hunter’s secret lab a few issues back. They’re looking for Green Lantern but find themselves attacked by a military machine which mistakes Booster for the enemy – an Atlantean attacker. Atlantis at war with the surface world? […]

Justice League: Generation Lost #23 review

Aside from the undeniably icky notion of Max Lord’s bleeding nose spelling out the continents, I’m not keen on Dustin Nguyen’s cover this time – Max looks tremendous, but the heroes are a little too sketchy for me. Full marks for trying something different, though. Inside, the series continues as it has for months now, […]

Justice League: Generation Lost #18 review

It’s Power Girl vs cover boy Captain Atom after Max Lord’s mental whammy makes the Kryptonian see her old teammate as a kill-crazy Superman. The bout arranged by writer Judd Winick is reminiscent of Wonder Woman’s battle with Superman in Greg Rucka’s Sacrifice storyline; then, Superman saw Diana as the murderous Doomsday, but it was […]

Justice League: Generation Lost #17 review

On the one hand, it’d be neat to have the whole new Justice League team on this DC Icons cover. On the other, this month’s second issue may yet feature a group shot. And on the other other, that’s one gorgeous Blue Beetle image right there by Aaron Lopresti. Beetle’s the focus of much of […]

Booster Gold #40 review

Courtesy of regular artists Chris Batista and Rich Perrotta, Booster and Skeets look utterly spiffy on their DC icons cover, and if they attract any new readers to the book, they may just stay. For this month offers a splendid jumping-on point as Booster’s origins, adventures and nature are laid bare. The excuse is a […]

Time Masters: Vanishing Point #5 review

Vanishing plot, more like, for anyone persuaded to buy this six-issue series by the Seach For Batman subtitle. Bruce Wayne has barely been referenced in this mini, which has chums Superman and Green Lantern joining time masters Rip Hunter and Booster Gold to rescue him from wherever Darkseid’s Omega Beams sent him in the Final Crisis book. […]