The New Golden Age #1 review

Well, this made me happy. A romp through the DC Universe beginning with the first meeting of the Justice Society of America… … and ending with a 31st-Century version of the team. In between we see vignettes from the Fifties, Seventies, ‘13 years from now’ and ‘18 years from now’. Linking the various time periods […]

Secret Invasion #1 review

Good news. I’m as bright as Nick Fury. That’s Nick Fury Jr, but still. I can’t tell you why or it’d spoil a plot point that comes way halfway through this first issue, but I know how impressive I am This comic is impressive too. I wasn’t expecting much – yet another new Marvel release […]

She-Hulk #7 review

It’s the morning after the night Jen Walters and Jack Hart – aka She-Hulk and Captain Nominative Determinism – finally got together. They’ve been gently falling for one another since this mini-series kicked off, while trying to solve the mystery of Jack of Hearts’ return from the dead. While it’s Saturday, the smitten kittens must […]

The New Champion of Shazam #3 review

Mary Bromfield, now the sole bearer of the powers of the wizard Shazam, is investigating the disappearance of her parents. It turns out they’re not the only folk to have vanished off the face of Philadelphia… dozens of Missing posters tell a scary tale. After a night wrestling with the riddle, she wakes to find […]

Thunderbolts #3 review

It’s training day for the new Thunderbolts and if leader Hawkeye, Clint Barton, has his way, it won’t be a walk in the park. The playful session is soon supplanted by real danger as New York’s latest official super-team is called away across Central Park to address a problem at the zoo. A very hairy […]

Action Comics #1048 review

It’s Visiting Day in Metropolis. Businessman and part-time supervillain Lex Luthor drops in on John Corben, aka Metallo, the man with the kryptonite heart. Lois Lane takes houseguests Osul and Otho-Ra to see the critters at the city zoo, which isn’t meant to be a prison… While Lois is beckoning an old pal to join […]

Flashpoint Beyond #6 review

Thomas Wayne, the Batman of the Flashpoint reality, wants to erase the world in which he survived Joe Chill’s murderous attack but his son Bruce died. Bruce Wayne, the Batman of the Earth 0 reality, wants to protect a snowglobe from Rip Hunter, Time Master. OK, it’s not just a snowglobe. It’s a multiversal maguffin […]

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #8 review

Interdimensional orphan David Sikela, newly discovered by Superman, Batman and Robin, has been taken under the wing of the latter’s team of tyros, the Teen Titans. They’re training him in his new super powers, and while things are going well… … one Titan has concerns. Later, David is deposited with Superman, who feels an affinity […]

The Flash #787 review

What I know about wrestling you can write on the back of an envelope. A very small envelope. But I know what I like and that’s fun superhero comics. And this is very much a fun superhero comic as Wally West finds himself caught in the middle as an intergalactic wrestling tournament drops in on […]

The Batman & Scooby-Doo! Mysteries #1 review

Who says we can’t have nice things? Batman, Robin, Daphne, Fred, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo are back for a second series of team-ups. Every month for the next year we can expect expertly crafted mysteries centred on two of the greatest franchises in popular fiction. And the first riddle to be tackled begins – where […]