Earth 2 Annual #1 review

The big selling point for this issue is the debut of an all-new Batman, the original Earth 2 fellow having died at the start of the regular series. As a JSA traditionalist, I don’t really think the team needs a Superman, Batman or Wonder Woman, but it seems DC begs to differ. And given that […]

Action Comics #0 review

It’s already set five years in the past of the current DC Universe, but for zero month Action Comics goes just that little bit further back. To the week Clark Kent got a job at the Metropolis Daily Star while looking like a tramp. The week he moved into his first apartment. The week Superman […]

Action Comics #11 review

Believing Clark Kent has been getting in the way of his vocation as Superman, the hero has killed off his reporter alter ego and taken on a new role – Metropolis firefighter Johnny Clark. The new guy will keep his distance from colleagues, so there’s little chance of anyone guessing his secret. This issue we […]

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 […]

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #1 review

The T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents are a curious property. More a creative success than a cash cow, they had a short-lived run in the Sixties and ever since then, comics companies have fallen over themselves to bring them back. No new take has taken. Now it’s DC’s turn, and this first issue gives us … a headache. Well, […]