The Flash #14 review

Things have changed in Central City. The Rogues who bedevilled the Flash for years have teamed up with him a few times recently to save the people from bigger threats. They’ve been pardoned, and vanished from the scene. New supervillains have emerged hoping to inherit their reputations. So far, they’ve been more of a nuisance than […]

The Flash #9 review

As the cover homage to the legendary Flash #123 makes clear, this issue is a tale of two Wally Wests. There’s the first Wally, who went from Kid Flash to Flash, and the younger Wally, the new Kid Flash So far as Wally Jr is concerned, mind, he’s the original, reality tinkering by persons unknown […]

The Flash #1 review

Barry Allen and police officer pal August Heart are in the crime lab, talking about a very personal case – not the murder of Barry’s mother but the killing of August’s brother. The police scientist has agreed to take a new look at evidence in the case, and August leaves, relieved. Then something else arrives […]

Action Comics #45 review

Superman is very much in action as this issue opens, saving fishermen from a hurricane before providing much-needed shelter for other victims. But even as we see him doing what a Superman does, helping the helpless, a TV commentary tells us that since being outed as Clark Kent and an extraterrestrial, fewer than one in […]

Avengers Arena #18 review

It’s the final furlong of the Battle Royale for super-teenagers. I hated the very idea of this book, but got sucked in by the sharpness of Dennis Hopeless’ script and dynamism of Kev Walker’s art. I’ve been looking forward to the finale hugely, wondering what fireworks would ensure when the kids who survive confronted their […]

Avengers Arena #12 review

So a guy can change his mind. It’s eight months since Avengers Arena launched and this being Marvel Now, that means we’re at the 12th issue. Obviously. I was not a fan of the first issue. Swore off any more. Would have been good with a speedy cancellation. And then went back for issue 2. […]

Avengers Arena #1 review

Sixteen young heroes, kidnapped by Arcade and taken to the new Murder World. In 30 days, just one will walk out alive. The rest will either have been killed by the villain’s traps – or one another. Or so Arcade says. Any hero familiar with the man won’t be shaking in their boots, as in […]