Nightwing #79 review

How to spend billions. It’s a problem we’ve all had to contend with at some point in life, and today it’s Dick Grayson’s turn. He’s been left the savings of Alfred Pennyworth, manservant and, it turns out, man of means. Dick knew his other father, Bruce Wayne, was loaded, but that Thomas Wayne had left […]

Justice League #60 review

Last issue, a new threat appeared in the kingdom of Kahndaq – Brutus, monstrous warrior from the homeworld of new heroine Naomi McDuffie. Now, having connected the invader’s energy signature to Naomi, Black Adam, Kahndaq’s ruler, wants a word, and turns up in her Oregon hometown with typical bombast. Justice Leaguer Superman, though, isn’t about […]

Who’s Who Omnibus Volume 1 review

To celebrate its 50th year of publication in 1985, DC Comics published two complementary series. One, Crisis on Infinite Earths, has been collected multiple times. The other, Who’s Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe, has been a lot longer coming. But it’s here, and it’s wonderful. Collecting not just the original 26 issues, […]

Wonder Woman #771 review

Wonder Woman is in Valhalla, with few memories of her previous life, getting used to the daily routine of battling dead Norsemen, occasional dying and coming back in time for a jug of mead and a row with a particularly useless specimen. With Thor refusing to admit that a dying World Tree, missing warriors and […]

Scotland Bound, Charlie Brown review

Is Charlie Brown over the little red-headed girl? As we join him in this original graphic novel he’s thrilled to bits to have received a letter from his latest pen pal. Our hero becomes a little obsessed by the idea of visiting Edinburgh Festival and, despite initial teasing from the rest of the Peanuts gang […]

Batman: The Detective #1 review

In the skies above England, terrorists in Batman masks plan to bring down a plane, leaping to safety themselves. One passenger won’t go without a fight. Outside Gotham City, Bruce Wayne, in contemplative mood, is saying goodbye. At the scene of the air crash, the Batman finds he’s not the only hero investigating. But there’s […]

Superman #30 review

It’s just a perfect day. Lois, Clark and Jon Kent play crazy golf in the park. It’s such fun, but the peace is interrupted by a summons from space. The voice of an old friend of Superman is calling for help. Superman and Superboy take off, leaving Lois for a solo swinging session. On the […]

The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries Chapters #1 and #2 review

In Gotham City, Batman has a riddle for his old pals in Mystery Inc. Remember those cute purple gloves the Caped Crusader wore in his earliest adventures? They’ve disappeared, swapped out of a museum exhibit for a pair of modern knock-offs. Suspecting they must have been taken at the time, Batman sends Velma, Shaggy and […]

Crime Syndicate #2 review

Starro has come to Earth 3 and they’re on a recruitment drive. First to sign up, if not willingly, is the world’s super-dictator, Ultraman. And the mission he’s been given by the neurological nobbling alien starfish is, bring Superwoman into the fold. She’s not having it. Elsewhere, Owlman is being rather melodramatic. Still, he’s getting […]

Green Lantern #1 review

I bought this issue on the basis of the cover, which promises fun. So many Green Lantern series of the last 20 years have been so darned grim that I craved some light to go with the shade. And there’s light aplenty in this debut issue, as the Guardians host a galactic conclave. And the […]