Jay Garrick: The Flash #1 review

I’m surprised this six-issue mini-series, part of DC’s New Golden Age initiative, isn’t called The Flash and The Boom, because Jay’s daughter Judy is very much in the picture. And if you’re asking, ‘who?’, you missed the recent Stargirl and the Lost Children series, in which we first met teenage speedster Judy Garrick. Lost in […]

Wesley Dodds: Sandman #1 review

Cards on the table. I’ve never read the acclaimed Sandman Mystery Theatre run. I do have them all, and have enjoyed the first storyline, but haven’t yet got to the rest. Maybe I should rush this review… As it turns out, while there are references to the Matt Wagner/Steven T Seagle/Guy David series, you don’t […]

World’s Finest: Teen Titans #4 review

Wally West has invited a couple of pals home to Nebraska for the weekend – Roy Harper and Garth. Parents Mary and Rudy are welcoming, but what they don’t know is that their son is Kid Flash and his pals are teen archer Speedy and aqua lad Aqualad. Cue a weekend of hanging out, hijinks […]

Shazam! #4 review

The Captain has gone into space, having been told by Ted from Gorilla City that the Emperor of the Moon has plans to attack Earth. Which seems reasonable. After all, it’s Tuesday in the DC Universe. As it turns out, longtime Doom Patrol annoyance Garguax is being misrepresented in terms of his intentions. What he’s […]

G.O.D.S. #1 review

G.O.D.S. it’s long Oh, you want more? Well, the first issue of Jonathan Hickman and Valerio Schiti’s new Marvel series is pretty entertaining, certainly more to my taste than most Hickman-led books. For one thing, the comic story isn’t constantly interrrupted by dull infographics. For two, we meet an engaging new lead character. Sure, he […]

Fire and Ice: Welcome to Smallville #2 review

Taking a timeout in Smallville on the orders of a surprisingly stern, and unattractively condescending, Superman, Justice League stalwarts Fire and Ice are looking for ways to fill the dull days. Ice is thrilled when she’s taken out for the day by new pal Rocky Rhoades. Fire is a little jealous, but finds a friend […]

Tales of the Titans #3 review

Donna Troy stars in the penultimate issue of the Titans mini-series and I can’t remember the last time she had a spotlight tale. The Girl Frenzy event, maybe? The DC Special mini-series. Either way, it’s a couple of decades. Now here she is and we get to see what she does in her downtime away […]

Power Girl #1 review

It’s an exciting day for Power Girl. She has a brand new secret identity… … a brand new mission… … and a brand-new foe. Well, brand new to Power Girl. Older readers and back issue bin bargain hunters might recognise the name and costume colours – Amalak was a Silver/Bronze Age Superman villain and here’s […]

The Flash #1 review

For a long time the Speed Force has been the backbone of the Flash Family’s efforts to make the world a better place. Source of power, refuge in times of trouble, mysterious but benevolent. But what if the speedsters’ have made a big mistake in just assuming the Speed Force is their friend? What if […]

Titans #3 review

The Titans aren’t known for stealth. With an Amazonian powerhouse, an energy-blasting space princess and a half-man, half-robot whose biggest weapon is a white noise generator on the team, that’s not surprising. But they also have one of the world’s greatest detectives and a shapechanger to hand. So it is that Beast Boy takes the […]