Justice League #49 review

Wonder Woman, Flash, Batman, Superman and Green Lantern are on the planet Trotha after rescuing its children from danger in space and freeing the people from a despotic queen. But… consequences. Having saved the planet’s two tribes from lives of slavery, the Justice League announced that they could now rule themselves. But they didn’t want […]

Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #12 review

This final issue may bag a footnote in comics history as the first DC title to acknowledge the Covid-19 quarantine. If there’s any justice, though, it will be remembered as the perfect conclusion to a simply wonderful maxi-series. I’ve praised past issues a lot, and when you love chapters of a limited series, there’s always […]

Superman: Man of Tomorrow #11 review

After several issues of short tales by different writers, Robert Venditti, whose stories with penciller Paul Pelletier lit up the first six issues of this DC Digital First series, is back for what looks to be another several-issue sequence. Well, that’s what the final page indicates; the previous 15 give us a complete story that […]

Titans: Titans Together #3 review

Fans of Raven are in for a treat as the lucky dip that is the DC Digital First line brings us two tales starring the Titans’ resident teen demon. One strip, excepting a cameo from Nightwing, is all Raven. ‘What’s normal?’ sees Raven decide to rescue a teen from a cult. The followers of Luther […]

The Flash: Fastest Man Alive #10 review

It’s another two-story issue of this DC Digital First weekly and, refreshingly, there are no instances of Barry Allen being late for a meeting with Iris West. Yes, this was a regular thing in the Silver Age but instances of superhero-related tardiness six or eight times per year are a lot easier to take than […]

Superman #23 review

The Doctor is in. Dr Fate, that is. DC’s premier magical hero guest stars to give Superman the once-over at the Hall of Justice. The Man of Steel is welcomed by extraterrestrial interns Zan and Jayna, the Wonder Twins. Soon Khalid Nassour, the latest person to inherit the helm of Nabu, arrives and takes Superman […]

Lois Lane #12 review

Over the last few months I’ve moaned a bit about the freewheeling nature of this maxi-series; plotlines that seemed fundamental to the story vanished for months at a time. Well, they’re back: the reporter killed by Russians? Out in the open. The corruption in Washington? Exposed. The hotel cleaner threatened with deportation? Welcome after all. […]

Shazam! The World’s Mightiest Mortal Volumes 1 & 2 review

The long-gone original Captain Marvel returned to comics in 1973 as DC put Superman’s former Fawcett competitor back into print. The World’s Mightiest Mortal had been in comics limbo for decades after DC sued Fawcett for supposedly ripping off the Man of Steel. His plight was made literal as the first issue of Shazam revealed […]

Zatanna and the House of Secrets review

There’s a certain house on a certain street that everyone talks about. A house full of secrets… So begins this entry from the DC Graphic Novels for Kids line, which recently brought us the excellent Anti/Hero. I loved that – review here – and I love this. It’s another bright, smart read for bright smart […]

Supergirl #42 review

‘It all ends here’ says the blurb on Carmine Di Giandomenico and Ivan Plascencia’s dramatic cover image, to which I say, thank goodness. This book has been a cheerless affair for many an issue, even DC have lost faith in it, refusing to release the final issues in print – a rotten slap in the […]