Batman: The Red Death #1 review

Nothing makes a DC event seem more like a DC event than a shot of infinite earths. The one that opens this first spin-off from the Dark Nights: Metal storyline is a little different to the norm. The dark multiverse looks like a series of rotting conkers. It’s an arresting image, and the rest of […]

The Flash #14 review

Things have changed in Central City. The Rogues who bedevilled the Flash for years have teamed up with him a few times recently to save the people from bigger threats. They’ve been pardoned, and vanished from the scene. New supervillains have emerged hoping to inherit their reputations. So far, they’ve been more of a nuisance than […]

The Flash #1 review

Barry Allen and police officer pal August Heart are in the crime lab, talking about a very personal case – not the murder of Barry’s mother but the killing of August’s brother. The police scientist has agreed to take a new look at evidence in the case, and August leaves, relieved. Then something else arrives […]

Flash: Rebirth #1 review

There’s been a murder. A woman in the Central City suburbs is dead and her husband is in the frame. It’s all too familiar to police scientist Barry Allen, whose own dad sat in jail for years, framed for the killing of his wife Norah, Barry’s mother. Barry finds it hard to to concentrate on […]

Batgirl Annual #3 review

Now there’s a cover that teases. The first meeting of Barbara Gordon and Dick Grayson since he was supposedly killed by Lex Luthor and went undercover with the super-secret Spyral organisation. Dick is in Gotham with partner Helena Bertinelli for some old spy guff. Kidnapped diplomats, secret weapon, blah blah. Babs is investigating the same […]

Constantine: The Hellblazer #1 review

Oh look, John Constantine’s back. The fella who fired magical blasts with Justice League Dark? Gone. The loner who’s lucky to hit a massive demonic target with a second-rate spell? That’s John Constantine, and he’s here, in a relaunched Hellblazer title. New readers can happily start here, as writers Ming Doyle and James Tynion IV, […]