Daredevil #1 review

Look Ma, no ninjas! Matt Murdock’s back in New York City, fighting villains in court and on the street. In this debut issue’s opening salvo he saves the day when a surprise supervillain crashes a Mafia wedding, finds that it’s not easy being an attorney when your secret identity’s a bust and is attacked by […]

Amazing Spider-Man #657 review

The Human Torch is dead (I know, it’s been weeks) and the Amazing Spider-Man commemorates Peter Parker’s longstanding friendship with Johnny Storm by giving us three light-hearted untold tales centred on the pair. The memories are relayed by Ben Grimm, Sue Richards and Reed Richards as Peter drops by the Baxter Building to offer his condolences. There’s the FF […]

Amazing Spider-Man #655 review

If you’ve read my review of this week’s Fantastic Four #588 you’ll know I’m not a great fan of silent ‘comic’ stories. So when I opened Amazing Spider-Man, featuring the funeral of Marla Jameson, and noted the lack of dialogue and narrative, I wasn’t too hopeful. There’s no denying that the art is gorgeous, Marcos […]

Amazing Spider-Man #641 review

Delayed by a week, possibly due to its extra-length, here’s the conclusion to the One Moment in Time storyline, in which we see what happened with the Peter Parker/Mary Jane Watson relationship in the changed continuity of the last couple of years. And my conclusion? Ermmm … … imagine that Confusion were a person and […]

Amazing Spider-Man 561

And this is how to wrap up a story – Dan Slott, Marcus Martin and crew, you just hit the jackpot – or rather, we readers did, courtesy of said creators. Spidey’s battle with Paper Doll comes to a satisfying conclusion, with our hero just avoiding a permanently squished arm while saving the villain’s life […]