Lois Lane #3 review

Reporter Lois Lane has witnessed the murder of a dodgy businessman. By her side is private detective Renee Montoya, whom she’d hired to keep her safe. And she did, pushing Lois out of the way of a speeding bullet. But the businessman, Mr Agger – who was linked to dirty dealings in Congress – is […]

Supergirl #33 review

Supergirl is at the end of her quest to learn the truth behind Krypton’s destruction. The world of her birth was murdered by Rogol Zaar, egged on by Gandelo of the Trilium Collective. Teamed with her cousins Superman and Superboy, trusty Superdog Krypto and Phantom Zone criminals Zod and Jax-Ur, she confronts Zaar. Supergirl wields […]

‪Legion of Super-Heroes: Millennium #1‬ review

It’s the future. A young woman has an audience with the President. Rose and the Thorn. Ordinary woman and her split personality ‘sister’, a crazed vigilante who’s begun to suspect she’s immortal. Rose, who has been the dominant personality for years due to drug treatment, is terrified that the Thorn is about to re-emerge. It’s […]

Marvel Comics #1000 review

Yay, it’s the issue we’ve been counting up towards for months, Marvel Comics #1000! OK, we all know that’s not true, this isn’t so much Marvel Comics #1000 as Marketing 101 – DC has had recent success with giant issues to mark Action Comics and Detective Comics having been around continuously since the Golden Age, […]

Action Comics #1014 review

Some people read Action Comics and dream of being Superman, high-flying hero of millions. Me, I want to be ageing newsman Perry White. This week, anyway, as he finally meets the new owner of the Daily Planet. An actual increase in the editorial budget? That never happens in this age of abandoned print editions and […]

Superman #14 Review

The shadow of a Thanagarian spacecraft falls on Superman, Supergirl, Superboy, Zod and Superdog. It presages a gathering of universal powers, and the members of the House of El want answers. Flashback to a day earlier. Safe on Jor-El’s ship, Kal, Kara, Jon and Krypto watch as the uneasy alliance between Kryptonian survivors Dru-Zod and […]

DC Digital Scooby-Doo Team-Up #99 review

Batman and Robin, on the trail of ‘pixelated plunderer’ Mr Camera, receive an unexpected assist – but what are the kids of Mystery Inc doing in Gotham City? It turns out that the Caped Crusader is being haunted… but not by a ghost. Soon, Scooby-Doo is also seeing double. And triple. So what’s going on […]

Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #2 review

Last month’s opening instalment of Jimmy Olsen’s new series was a hoot, a hugely enjoyable look at the madness of life as Superman’s Pal. This time we get more of the same. And something more… More of the same is the division of the book into four chapters: the prehistory of Metropolis with Jimmy’s ancestor […]

Detective Comics #1009 review

That’s a heck of a cover from illustrator Doug Mahnke, colourist David Baron and the DC production department, with Mr Freeze icing up the mag’s logo to celebrate the Year of the Villain. Inside, Victor Fries barely appears – he’s confined to a two-page addendum after the meat of the issue concludes, working on his […]

Powers of X #2 review

Jonathan Hickman is writing two fortnightly X-Men books, with each informing the other. And a pattern is emerging. House of X is a fun comic, Powers of X is the homework. And so it is that today’s issue of Powers of X ran the gamut from intriguing to dull, proving occasionally hard work. The first, […]