Challengers of the Unknown #4 review

Now this is interesting. This Justice League Unlimited spin-off has presented a series of team-ups between solo Challengers and Leaguers, linked by a mystery. And the pattern continues this issue, but after Red and Green Lantern’s recce of a ‘Darkseid anomaly’ – weird science in the wake of the villain’s recent disappearance – we find […]

Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor #2 review

Superman’s quest to find a cure for Lex Luthor, dying of an illness sparked by experiments with green Kryptonite, kicks into high gear. Having tried the scientists of Kandor, and to place Lex into Phantom Zone stasis to stop the disease progressing, he looks to the future. Brainiac 5 agrees to look into what’s ailing […]

Action Comics #1084 review

It’s the final chapter of the Force Majeure story, in which Superman has been trying to find out why supervillain turned Justice Leaguer Major Disaster went back to the bad. The trail has led to Intergang boss Bruno Mannheim, whose latest plot involves selling DNA from willing supervillains to parties who want to live longer. […]

Aquaman #3 review

The past. Young Arthur Curry and his father are looking out on a storm. The raging tempest blows the beacon, putting sailors’ lives in danger – but perhaps father and son can work together to bodge a solution… …. in the present day, the adult Arthur could do with a beacon to help him find […]

JSApril is coming

Eighty-five years ago the face of comics was changed forever. A crowd of individual heroes became a group. A society. The Justice Society of America. The Green Lantern, the Flash, the Hawkman, the Spectre, the Atom, the Sandman, the Hour-Man and Dr Fate met for dinner and tagalong Johnny Thunder suggested they swap stories of […]

Teen Titans Go! #1 review

I think we can all do with a laugh right now. If you like grins of the superhero variety, don’t miss this latest run of the TV Teen Titans Go! tie-in, which begins with Starfire, Beast Boy, Robin, Raven and Cyborg excited to be summoned to DC HQ by the editor of their comic book. […]

JSA #5 review

The new Injustice Society of America ambushed the JSA, determined to steal some of their magical talismans. Heroes were hurt, others retreated to the extradimensional Tower of Fate where they’ve been under siege from demons summoned by the wizard Wotan. JSA-ers who weren’t present for the assault gathered in the brownstone to puzzle over what […]

Secret Six #1 review

Jon Kent is at Belle Reve prison, stopping Bizarro from escaping. He’s a little hard on the poor schlub. Dreamer is having a nightmare about upcoming surgery – pray it’s not prophetic! And when the waking Nia Nal comes calling on Jon and boyfriend Jay Nakamura – who occasionally goes by Gossamer – the latter […]

Metamorpho #3 review

The cover says it all – it’s spies and high adventure with Indiana Jones Rex, Mrs Peel Urania and… James Bond Java? Metamorpho’s caveman competitor for Sapphire Stagg’s heart cuts a surprising dash in a dinner jacket. And so far as Rex is concerned, he can have Sapphire after her shenanigans last issue. The row […]

Green Lantern #20 review

Erastus the blacksmith is having a very bad day on Alteon-X. A client fleeces him, his wife taunts him and a gang of youths bully him. He’s had enough. The red mist that descends becomes literal as his emotions tap into the rage energy of the Red Lantern Corps, untethered with the destruction of its […]