Superman Unchained #3 review

Superman and the mystery metahuman working for the US military are at one another’s throats. The stranger’s physiology is similar to Superman’s, but with decades’ more exposure to solar radiation. He’s stronger, knocking Superman from Utah to California; his aim’s good too, as he’s sent Superman to the spot where General Sam Lane runs a […]

Superman Unchained #1 review

There are no chains from which Superman breaks free in this issue. A better title would be Superman Unfolded, by virtue of the worst gimmick any DC comic has ever offered the world. Worse than stick-on Lobo. Worse than cardboard Bat heads. Worse, even, than plastic ‘diamonds’ that wreck every other comic around them. It’s […]

Detective Comics #19 aka Detective Comics #900 review

Had DC’s New 52 rebranding not come along, this month would see the publication of Detective Comics #900. While we don’t get that, we do get the reborn Detective Comics #19 marking the occasion with a giant-size issue and a story entitled The 900. The title refers to the residents of a Gotham city block […]

Supernatural #1 review

I’m not a big fan of TV tie-ins, but the idea of a Supernatural story set in the city where I live tickles me. After all, Edinburgh doesn’t get much in the way of visits from imaginary folk. We had the X-Men fighting Proteus, and Batman turned up as part of The Scottish Connection. That’s […]

Batgirl #24 review

Last month Stephanie Brown learned that her super-villain dad, the Cluemaster, was behind the riot at Gotham’s Blackgate Prison. As we rejoin her, she’s not frightened, because her father’s not actually a scary guy and she knows that whatever else, he loves her. Then he does something scary. Somehow Arthur Brown has got his hands […]

Batgirl #23 review

Batgirl’s wannabe partner the Grey Ghost is dead, killed by the Reavers, a secret society of college students with tech suits granting enhanced abilities. This issue we see more of them than ever – especially in the case of one who generates copies of himself – as they engineer a prison breakout. With other Gotham […]

Justice League: Generation Lost #23 review

Aside from the undeniably icky notion of Max Lord’s bleeding nose spelling out the continents, I’m not keen on Dustin Nguyen’s cover this time – Max looks tremendous, but the heroes are a little too sketchy for me. Full marks for trying something different, though. Inside, the series continues as it has for months now, […]

Justice League: Generation Lost #22 review

In which Blue Beetle is alive and kicking, Batman and Power Girl arrive for the final battle and Max Lord puts his endgame into action. As predicted here – well, pretty much everywhere – Jaime Reyes survived Max Lord’s bullet to the head thanks to his extraterrestrial armour. Reunited with a hysterically happy Justice League, […]

Batgirl #19 review

College student Stephanie Brown has her head in her books. But she’s not reading, she’s asleep. The fact that she’s always knackered makes Batgirl the most realistic hero in comics. Attending college during the day and fighting crime at night takes it out of a person without reserves of super-power – the only extra energy source Steph […]

Justice League: Generation Lost #20 review

Jaime Reyes, the Blue Beetle, was shot through the head at the end of last issue. But that’s not important right now. Because this issue steps away from current events to provide a one-stop-shopping insight into the mind of the man who shot Beetle, Maxwell Lord. We learn that his father was a pharmaceuticals executive […]