Legion: Secret Origin #1

The future starts here. Like Batman and Green Lantern, the Legion of Super-Heroes is a series barely changed by DC’s Flashpoint event. With the New 52 experiment bringing new readers to comics, it makes sense, then, to go back and address the origins of the 31st-century team. As a longtime fan, though, having seen the origin […]

DC Retroactive 1970s Batman #1 review

The still of the Gotham night is broken by a new threat to the citizenry, the Terrible Trio, cheering a bored Batman up no end. The Fox, the Shark and the Vulture have stolen the MO of the Silver Age villains of the same name, and they manage to outwit Batman twice before the Gotham […]

Batman: The Brave and the Bold #9 review

Batman and Hawkman beat Byth, with a little help from a friend. Bruce accompanies Carter as he hauls the shape-changing villain to Thanagar, but on the way they’re attacked by Byth’s men. Can the Winged Wonder and Gotham Guardian withstand photon torpedoes and, worse, Byth’s mocking tongue? And what happens when a brief power outage […]

Kid Flash: Lost #1 review

Kid Flash loses his super-speed in this Flashpoint tie-in, but he certainly gets his groove back. Under the pen of Sterling Gates, the former Impulse finally rediscovers his misplaced personality. He’s rash, funny, smart – this is the wee fella we’ve not seen since Impulse was cancelled and Bart Allen became Bit-Part Allen as the […]

All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold #7 review

Given that Green Lantern Alan Scott was operating in Gotham City for decades before Batman debuted, I’ve often wondered if the older hero had any influence on the younger? Here we find out, courtesy of the all-ages Batman team-up book. For anyone thinking this tale can’t possibly count in terms of ‘real’ continuity, I spotted […]