JSA #10 review

Even without the red spectacles, this is an eye-catching cover from Leonardo Romero. A couple of issues back the new Kid Eternity, who can’t remember who she was while alive, was confronted by the ghosts of Justice Society members. It made for a cracking cliffhanger- what did they want with her? But last month neither […]

Podcast Plugtime: Digging for Kryptonite – Justice For Pete Ross

Before Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen there was Superboy’s Best Friend Pete Ross. The only person besides Ma and Pa Kent to know Superboy was also Clark Kent, following a fateful camping trip. But did he tell Superboy what he’d found out, maybe ask for the odd free flight? He most certainly did not. Pete spent […]

DC’s Kal-El-fornia Love #1 review

As a journalist who’s written thousands of punning headlines, I have to say that this DC giant has one of the worst titles I’ve ever come across. Happily, the cover illo by Bernard Chang is pretty nice, and the actual logo treatment is great, very early Seventies romance mag… but how are the contents? Here’s […]

Justice League: Dark Tomorrow Special #1 review

It’s been a busy week, I’ve only just got to my second comic, Justice League: Dark Tomorrow Special #1, and this is how it begins. How does ‘Now’ work in the context of a non-place in between time periods? Happily, things quickly improve, with a cracking double-page spread of DC time cop Waverider being chased […]

Titans Annual #1 review

Do you like a challenge? Try to get through this double-sized blockbuster without shedding a tear, or at least welling up. Because this isn’t an action-packed blockbuster, it’s an emotional one as Donna Troy takes us on a journey. It’s the history of the Titans as seen through Donna’s eyes, but it’s also a spotlight […]

New History of the DC Universe #2 review

Barry Allen continues cataloguing the ages of heroes, this second of four chapters beginning with the emergence of the Silver Age stars and ending with the Crisis on Infinite Earths and the death of Supergirl and… himself. Every page turn of the original History of the DC Universe was a thrill. Coming straight after the […]

Justice League Unlimited #9 review

Time is out of joint. Which may be why this smart cover from series artist Dan Mora belongs on Justice League Unlimited’s next issue. At least that’s my theory, as, while we get the two trios shown in this chapter of the ongoing story, they don’t meet up. Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman appear only […]

Superman #28 review

Legion of Darkseid. That doesn’t sound good. It certainly isn’t the Legion of Super-Heroes Superman is hoping to meet as he bids to solve a recent mystery. If you’ve been keeping up with the Summer of Superman you’ll likely remember that Lana and John’s wedding was crashed by a familiar figure from Superboy’s Legion days […]

Titans #25 review

Pete Woods’ striking cover, an acknowledged homage to Frank Quitely’s JLA: Earth Crime Syndicate image, is a fitting way to trail the conclusion to the current storyline. For months, master mercenary turned oddball obsessive Deathstroke has been building his own Crime Syndicate, comprising longtime Titans foe Mammoth, a back-from-the-dead Terra, an amped-up Clock King, a […]

Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton #2 review

A sweet kid offering a hot dog to Krypto. That’s the first thing I see on Jae Lee’s lyrical image. Then I spot, behind the boy’s back, a bear trap. It seems there’s only one good boy on this cover. The story reminds those of us who were here for the first issue of this […]