Batman: Three Jokers Book 1 review

Bad luck comes in threes. Certainly, that seems to be the case when three atrocities are committed at the same time, with the Clown Prince of Crime witnessed at the scene of each. A popular comedian known for his loud Hawaiian shirts is murdered. The Moxon crime family is slaughtered en masse. And three John […]

Retro review – Wonder Woman #246 (1978)

A new reprint collection was recently announced, DC Through the Eighties: The End of Eras, packed full of pre-Crisis goodness. Along with the inevitable Whatever Happened To The Man of Tomorrow? and gems such as the lead strip from The Brave and the Bold #200, we get less well-known, but equally great, material from the […]

Metal Men #9 review

Now that’s a fantastic cover, as illustrator Shane Davis and colourist Jason Wright homage a poster for 1933’s King Kong. Platinum as Fay Wray and the rest of the Metal Men as biplanes is as goofy as heck, and it works. As the latest chapter in this 12-issue maxi-series begins, the tone is anything but […]

Justice League #51 review

The Flash, Wonder Woman, Batman, Green Lantern and Superman are flying back to Earth after the gruelling space saga of the last few issues. In the back of their minds, something is speaking to the individuals heroes, digging around in their subconscious. Back in the Now, they realise that their course has changed. They’re heading […]

Titans: Titans Together #4 review

Wonder Girl and Starfire are demonstrating their abilities to a high school science class via the medium of violence. The teacher is talking about the theories behind the powers. Not everyone is impressed. While Raven was singularly uninterested in the demo, she is struck by the pain she feels in the schoolgirl. Following her home, […]

The Flash #759 review

Professor Zoom is up to his old tricks. He’s taken over the body of Barry Allen because he wants to be The Flash. So after running around doing good deeds, he seeks out the recently-returned-to-reality Bart Allen. After a warm-up race, Zoom-Flash tracks down three of the Rogues he’s been working with; he’d told Golden […]

Sad days at DC Comics

If you follow any of the big news sites, you will have heard the news – Warner Bros are laying off something like 800 employees from various divisions, with DC losing around a third of staff. Worst hit is DC Collectibles, which is being shuttered, while the DC Universe app team is also badly hit. […]

Superman #24 review

Last issue Superman’s consultation with Doctor Fate was interrupted… by a Lord of Chaos. And not not just any old LoC, but Xanadoth, ‘the one true Lord of all Lords of Chaos’. Khalid Nassour hasn’t been Doctor Fate for long and isn’t equipped to deal with such an experienced spellcaster, one whose natural might is […]

Injustice Year Zero #1-3 review

On a Gotham rooftop, Batman broods. He thinks of the world he lives in, one ruled over by a corrupt Superman. He believes things could have been so different… A year previously, an 86-year-old prison inmate who wants only to see his grandson before he dies is refused parole. He puts the word out that […]

Young Justice #17 review

It’s the morning after the fight before and the members of Young Justice are helping with clean-up. Having teamed up with the Justice League to fend off the Legion of Doom, the teenage heroes are helping Metropolis get back on its feet. But it’s not only superheroes who are doing good. Meet Yolanda and her […]