Batman #16 review

The big action scene this issue sees Bronze Tiger break into Arkham Asylum to see the newly locked-up Psycho Pirate. But he’s not meant to be having visitors, so chaos ensues. Two people are shot point blank, Batman is kicked in his recently cracked back, but fear not, this is Gotham, everyone’s fine. Bronze Tiger […]

Batman #2 review

New heroes on the block Gotham and Gotham Girl are chasing down Solomon Grundy, but not doing very well. It takes Batman to stop the rampaging swamp monster. Gotham asks Batman to help them become better heroes. They get a chance later when a man who claims to have freed Grundy to go crazy in […]

Wonder Woman #38 review

Gosh, look at that cover – all boobs and blood. I bet that’ll sell to the 13-year-olds. Well done DC! Sarcasm aside, I like the design, but the details… get a grip. This month there’s a brazen crime on Paradise Island. An entire scene goes missing. Apparently. Having seen a friend die due to an […]

Wonder Woman #37 review

The Amazons are facing increasingly frequent attacks by man-eating metal birds of prey, attracted to Paradise Island looking for their commander, the God of War, and these days, that’s Wonder Woman. Diana has been missing the attacks, due to her preoccupation with Man’s World. As the latest assault occurs, she’s sparring with boyfriend Superman and rebuffing […]

Wonder Woman #36 review

The Justice League gathers when water of tidal wave proportions kills thousands of people in Thailand and Ecuador. Wonder Woman finds Swamp Thing at one of the scenes of devastation and attacks, accusing him of mass murder. When Aquaman counsels calm, Diana explains that she just doesn’t know where her head is at… The new […]

Forever Evil #6 review

It’s the penultimate issue of Forever Evil and things are rather heating up. Batman and a bevy of super-baddies led by Lex Luthor break into the fallen JLA satellite and battle the Crime Syndicate. The kidnapped Nightwing is found and he’s in a sticky position. And the mysterious Man in the Hood stands revealed. The […]

Forever Evil #3 review

In which we learn what happened to the Justice Leagues after the Trinity War, find out whether Vic Stone can survive being dumped by his cyborg parts, watch Ultraman tear through Black Adam, see Deathstorm and Power Ring take on the Rogues and view the beginnings of an anti-Crime Syndicate. As unambitious event books go, […]

Katana #1 review

First off, I must declare a non-interest. I’ve never liked Katana. I found her obnoxious in the original Outsiders, equally unbearable in the team’s recent revamp and just plain unlikeable in the New 52 Birds of Prey book. It’s the last version who gets a shot at solo stardom in this new series, timed to […]

Justice League International #12 review

I was worried about this one. It’s the last issue of Justice League International, and the cover hints that Rocket Red isn’t the only one being buried. Inside, we’re in epilogue territory. The super-powered terrorists the JLI fought over the last few issues are defeated, but some members are injured and one is dead. The […]

Justice League International #8 review

With several JLI members out of action after a bomb attack on the UN, Batman calls in help – Batwing, Batman Inc’s good man in Africa. After visiting his old friend Vixen in hospital he helps Booster Gold take on Lightweaver, one of the villains behind the atrocity, as he attacks the unit. Blows and […]