Action Comics #894 review

Lex Luthor is used to getting what he wants. But what happens when you meet someone over whom you have no power, someone you can’t threaten, someone who wants nothing from you? Someone who’s not really someone at all, but a concept – Death. That’s the fix Lex finds himself in this month, as his […]

Knight and Squire #1 review

The Knight and Squire are the British Batman and Robin. And a lot more besides. The only obvious ways in which they’re copies of the Dynamic Duo are their dedication to justice, and mentor/sidekick arrangement. Some of their opponents – such as Jarvis Poker, the British Joker – are ‘cover versions’ of US originals. Other […]

Action Comics #893 review

If anyone had told me years ago that Superman’s Action Comics would one day be a split title shared by Lex Luthor and Jimmy Olsen, I’d have laughed. But it’s happened, and I do laugh. But not at the notion, at the results. For the two strips in this issue are among the funniest DC […]

Captain Britain and MI13 #11 review

I am the Lord of tinpot reviewers, you will buy this comic . . . No? Better convince you the old-fashioned way, then. This truly is a first-class superhero title. While firmly set in the Marvel Universe, it ploughs its own furrow so that when existing characters are used – such as Clive Reston from […]