Teen Titans Special #1 review

Damian Wayne’s USP is that he’s a bit of a dick – highly intelligent, but even more arrogant. I’ve defended him down the years as a wild card who can turn a story on its head, disrupting normally smooth-running relationships, injecting extra excitement. This issue, though, he does something unforgivable. Let’s work our way to […]

Titans #11 review

Years ago, young supervillain Grant Wilson, the Ravager, died while operating as an agent of the HIVE. His father Slade, aka Deathstroke the Terminator, blamed the Titans, who were fighting Grant at the time. Today, the Titans are again fighting HIVE operatives. At least they think they are. It turns out they’re imposters, hired to, […]

Titans Annual #1 review

Eight people in a locked room. No one knows how they got there. Confusion turns to paranoia. Accusations are made. Secrets emerge. No, it’s not 1997 sci-fi thriller Cube, it’s the 2017 Titans Annual as writer Dan Abnett continues to stir the DC Rebirth mystery meat pot. He’s been at it over a year now, […]

Titans #8 review

The Titans are settling into their new tower headquarters in New York City. Donna is unpacking with Roy… … Dick is helping Wally adjust to changed circumstances… … and Lilith is sparring with Garth. Across town, former Teen Titan Mal Duncan and wife Karen are facing big questions. If ever a comic book was crying […]

Teen Titans #5 review

It’s Wally West to the rescue as the magical mannequins of Abra Kadabra aim to kill his Titans friend and once (and future?) wife Linda Park. Lilith, Aqualad, Donna Troy, Arsenal and Nightwing are all seconds away from death, and scattered around the US. Is even the Fastest Man Alive quick enough to save them? […]

Titans Rebirth #1 review

The big mystery of the DC Rebirth 80pp Giant was: who changed the past of the heroes of the DC Universe? After escaping the Speed Force, Wally West is determined to find out, but he can’t do it alone. Having been reunited with Barry Allen, he seeks out his old friends in the Teen Titans. […]

Aquaman #50 review

So, last month I was pleading for DC to make guest writer Dan Abnett the new regular guy. And they have, he’ll be at the helm come the DC Rebirth relaunch. Let’s pretend it’s something to do with me. All that matters is, yay! Because Dan Abnett writes great Aquaman. And Mera… sorry, Aquawoman. After […]

Aquaman #49 review

Remember fun, Arthur asks Mera? I do, and it’s back with Aquaman #49, the first issue written by Dan Abnett. The story alternates scenes of Arthur and Mera talking about their future, with rather unnerving vignettes across the US. The conversation is split over a few days, beginning with the couple enjoying a breather […]

Convergence: Speed Force #1

Can you hear me Tony Bedard? Because I’m clapping. Applauding you for the single best Convergence tie-in of the week. If anyone hasn’t read it, here’s the gen… The Flash, Wally West, is speeding to Gotham City to answer a Justice League alert. He’s taken kids Iris and Jae along with him because he reckons […]

Booster Gold: Futures End #1 review

Gotham by Gaslight. No-good brigands scour the streets for their next mark. They come across a strangely dressed fellow in a rubbish tip. Victim? Hardly. It’s a time-tossed Booster Gold, wondering what’s plucked him from the 21st to the 19th century. He’s not there long, mind, as he’s soon zapped back to the present day, […]