Unstoppable Doom Patrol #4 review

How freaky is Chris Burnham’s cover? The lady with the notepad – and extra heads – is the Doom Patrol’s resident psychiatrist Dr Syncho, earthly avatar of five ‘Fifth Dimension Entities’ collectively known as… well, let’s hear from the lady herself. The off-panel voice belongs to Degenerate, the first member of the Patrol’s field team […]

World’s Finest: Teen Titans #1 review

Several years ago, the newly formed Teen Titans save a couple of teenagers from being burned as sacrifices. Later, though, it’s ace archer Speedy who’s feeling burned as Robin has a pop at him for having camera drones at the scene. Cue teen tensions. Later, the members with mentors let them know how things are […]

Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #5 review

It’s the penultimate issue of Jon Kent’s mini-series and he has a big decision to make. Does he leave the alternate universe version of his father to his mission to keep his Earth safe by keeping everyone under his thumb? Or does he join Batman’s rebel group, formed after something snapped in Superman following the […]

Knight Terrors: First Blood #1

Longtime Justice League foe Dr Destiny, aka John Dee, gets a taste of his own medicine as a pleasant dream turns into a living nightmare. At the Hall of Justice, super-ghost Deadman is worried by decidedly bad vibrations around Superman and Wonder Woman. Inside, Batman is alarmed by an alarm, one connected to the presence […]

Green Arrow #3 review

It’s all go for the Green Arrow family. As Oliver Queen and Lian Harper are pinged from an alien world to Earth’s future by forces unknown and encounter Ollie’s long-lost son Conner Hawke… … Dinah Lance and Roy Harper have broken into Belle Reve prison in an attempt to find out who’s determined to stop […]

Superman #5 review

An amped-up Silver Banshee has attacked Superman. The Man of Steel isn’t thrilled but it’s worse for the screaming demon – onetime supervillain Siobhan had reformed and was making a new life in Metropolis. She’s being forced to take on Superman by the happily evil Dr Pharm, who similarly manipulated the Parasite. Siobhan’s banshee scream […]

The Incredible Hulk #1 review

A new creative team brings a new number one for the Hulk and it looks like Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Nic Klein are going to make a suitably big impact. Klein’s cover shows a very sad Bruce Banner in the shadow of the looming Hulk, with a smattering of bad beasties ready to strike. ‘The […]

Wonder Woman #800 review

Having recently been elevated to godhood Diana has repaired to the Amazon Isle of Healing where she hopes a mystical dream state will put her in touch with the humanity she fears she’s losing. Cue encounters with the current Wonder Girl, the often obnoxious Yara Flor. … Donna Troy, the sweet original Wonder Girl… … […]

Nightwing #105 review

Eighteen months ago we had a remarkable issue of Nightwing in which writer-artist partnership Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo told the story via one panel that stretched across 20 or so pages. That went down a storm and now Dick Grayson’s daddies are trying another high concept in a story entitled ‘You are Nightwing’. Redondo’s […]

The Batman and Scooby-Doo Mysteries #9 review

That’s a pretty fun cover – given how often Mystery Inc visit Gotham, a Scooby signal seems entirely appropriate. It’s a bit of a shame that it represents the final page splash, but never mind, there’s lots of great stuff before that. This issue’s hi-jinks kick off with Batman, Batgirl and Commissioner Gordon in Crystal […]