Legion of Super-Heroes #7 review

Surprise surprise, the two China-set plotlines begun last issue are linked – the polluting fire raging in the Xinjiang region is the work of the future cultists running amok in the urban area. Thankfully, Legionnaires are at both sites and ready to fight. Holding back the fire are Element Lad, Sun Boy and Chemical Kid, […]

Batman #7 review

The Court of Owls story goes on. And on, and on, spreading its wings through the entire Batman Family of titles. And Jonah Hex. And likely Tiny Titans, if it weren’t being cancelled – well, there is a Talon in there! The Talon in here’s an entirely different guy, though, and Batman discovers just who […]

Legion Lost #7 review

Trapped 1,000 years in their past, seven members of the 31st Century’s Legion of Super-Heroes search for bio-terrorist Alastor. The trail brings them to New York, where Tellus gets involved with a young woman in need of a hero, and Timber Wolf alleviates the team’s need for cash. The woman needing help is car crash […]

The Ray #4 review

The Ray is down and almost out. If he’s going to save girlfriend Chanti from the reality warping wannabe film director Thaddeus Filmore, Lucien’s going to have pull something big out of the bag. Which he does, unsurprisingly. What is surprising is the way he cleans up after the events of the last few issues, […]

Justice League International #7 review

The first word I ever learnt from comics was ‘ironic’. Reading handed-down Silver Age Superman family books you could barely get through an issue without a ‘How ironic (choke)’. That nutty phrase stuck with me to the extent that it almost became the name of this blog (on Earth 2, it is the name of […]

Night Force #1 review

There are dark corners in the DC Universe, areas so secret that even the mystical heroes doesn’t notice the evil that lurks there. But one man does. Baron Winters, master of Wintersgate Manor in Washington’s Georgetown, is ever on the alert. He claims an aristocratic heritage but some say he’s merely a jumped-up carny. One […]

Green Arrow #7 review

Take three girls. Three attractive, deadly girls. Triplets with massive assets. And never mind their brains, they’re stunning to boot – this is comics – and their blonde charms prove useful for getting Green Arrow’s attention. Along with hundreds of tiny arrows aimed at his head. Ann Nocenti gets her run as writer off to […]

Justice League #6 review

Earth is under attack by parademons from the evil world of Apokolips but seven superheroes have assembled to form our planet’s last, desperate defence. While five face down the leader of the invasion, Darkseid, two are stranded on his hellish world. Set five years in the past of the rebooted DC Universe, this comic features […]

Teen Titans #6 review

Kid Flash’s run-in (sorry) with Superboy has left him out of synch and in danger of vibrating to death – can the rest of the Teen Titans find someone to save him? Who’s the emotion-controlling loony at STAR Labs who uses Skitter against the other teen heroes? And why is someone from the 31st century […]

Aquaman #6 review

Mera goes shopping for dog food, breaks the arm of a sex pest, nearly kills a murderer, is confused by humans and makes a friend. She thinks back to how she came to Earth from a watery dimension intending to kill Aquaman, but changed her mind on learning that he’s a good guy. Yes, it’s […]