Action Comics #980 review

Kneel before Zod’s bubble butt! Blimey, that’s rather the cheesecake cover on the new Action Comics. Nothing like this scene happens inside, though, as this issue is the precursor to Cyborg Superman and the Eradicator meeting the former Phantom Zone villain. Presumably he’s still working on his glutes as this chapter opens with new Superman […]

Action Comics #979 review

Clark and Lois are in the market for a property. Now they’re both back at the Daily Planet a long commute to Hamilton makes no sense, says Lois. So they’re looking at a duplex – top-floor, so Superman can better fly off on business – and hoping son Jon won’t be too upset about moving […]

Action Comics #978 review

Superman continues his trip into the past via the Fortress of Solitude’s crystal collection (not available on QVC). Having been told by Mr Mxyzptlk that his history was altered, he’s out to learn what doesn’t match his memories. The problem is, that as his memories were tweaked, reality was tweaked too, so what he sees is […]

Action Comics #976 review

Ever read a comic that goes exactly where you expect it to… and you couldn’t be happier? That’s me and Action Comics #576, which wraps up the Superman Reborn story arc and along with it, the short, rollercoaster lives of the New 52 Superman and Lois Lane. But they’re not gone – the Lois and Clark […]

Superman #19 review

There’s a moment this issue which has Super Son Jon Kent, cast into limbo by Mr Mxyzptlk, seeming to fly. He doesn’t know if he actually is flying – an ability his developing Earth/Krypton physiology has so far denied him – or floating because there’s no reference point. Still, the scene jibes with my feelings as […]

Superman #18 review

In a prison cell, somewhere, Tim Drake laughs. But who did Mr Oz have locked up, who would be obsessed with Superman and have the power to break out of a cosmic cell? Elsewhere, it’s Lois and Clark’s wedding anniversary, but there’s an uninvited guest. The Clark Kent doppelgänger who recently tried to romance Lois […]

Action Comics #971 review

Superman is convinced. L’Call the Godslayer and partner Zade have shown the Man of Steel visions of a future in which Lex Luthor is the new Darkseid. He agrees that Lex must die, that millions might live. He agrees to deliver the killing blow if they hand him the ceremonial sword. I think we all […]

Action Comics #969 review

Self-styled Superman Lex Luthor has been kidnapped by two alien beings. L’Call and Zade believe he’s destined to become the next Darkseid if he’s not killed. And yet they’ve not murdered him, they’ve transported him across the cosmos to the world of Nideesi, where a court of Remnants – survivors of galactic genocide – will […]

Action Comics #968 review

The original Man of Steel is trapped in an all-out brawl with the alien Zade after the mysterious Clark Kent activated the signal watch he gave him. Self-proclaimed Superman Lex Luthor, meanwhile, is having problems of his own. That’s the Godslayer, who’s out to off Lex not because he is a god, but because he’s predicted […]

Action Comics #965 review

It’s Lois Lane’s first day at the Daily Planet and she’s nervous. This isn’t the Lois who usually works at the Metropolis newspaper, it’s the Lois from the pre-Flashpoint Earth – Mrs Superman, mother of new Superboy Jon and supremely adept journalist. But to get the story she’s after, Lois must fool a team of crack […]