Hyperion #1 review

Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Etc. It’s Hyperion, Marvel’s original Superman homage – as it were – in his own series. And just as Superman once walked around the country, Hyperion’s off into the heartland of the USA to find himself. He’s unsure that the strongarm tactics of the latest […]

Suicide Squad #20 review

One of the books I was most excited about with the dawn of DC’s New 52 promotion was Suicide Squad. I was a big fan of John Ostrander and Kim Yale’s original series, and hoped some of that flavour would be captured. As it happens, I was quite put off by the revamped book, and […]

Uncanny X-Men #18 review

Now here’s a surprise – an entirely different perspective on the fight between Cyclops and Emma Frost, and the united X-Men and Avengers, in this week’s Avengers vs X-Men #11. It turns out that as Professor Xavier confronts Scott Summers with the news that he’s invaded his mind, Scott and Emma are sharing an intimate […]

Fantastic Four #605 review

Some time back, the Future Foundation kids produced a serum that allows the Thing to revert to Ben Grimm for one week every year. Suspecting a certain side effect, Reed quietly has his father, Nathaniel, use his time-jumping tech to take the two of them to the New York of 3012, 4012, 5012 and 6012. […]

X-Men Schism #5 review

The most fearsome Sentinel ever is trudging towards Utopia and all Cyclops and Wolverine can do is attack one another. Admittedly, the former is trying to stop the latter from blowing up the godforsaken rock that has become the ‘mutant homeland’, but the fight’s about more than that; it’s the culmination of the philosophical gulf […]