Dark Nights: Metal #1 review

Well, Scott Snyder promised us a big, bonkers summer blockbuster of a comic and that seems to be exactly what we’re getting with Dark Nights: Metal. It begins with the Justice League forced to fight for the entertainment of Mongul and his hordes… … continues with the revelation of the identity of the new Lady […]

Dark Days: The Casting #1 review

One of the big keynotes of the DC Universe is legacy – heroes and villains constantly reborn, either literally, like Hawkman, or figuratively, like the Flash. Something less talked about, but for me a big part of the appeal of the line, is scope, and that’s what this comic has in spades. So what does […]

Dark Days: The Forge #1 review

A long time ago, an Egyptian prince discovers the secrets of Nth metal. Today, Batman rescues a scientist from a volcanic eruption in the Bermuda Triangle. And Green Lantern Hal Jordan is dispatched to the Batcave by the Guardian Ganthet, to stop a secret coming to light. Before he can discover what that is, Hal […]

All-Star Batman #7 review

Poison Ivy is on the Nevada\California border minding her own business when Batman arrives. He wants her help stopping a killer virus released by Mr Freeze. He tries to appeal to her sense of humanity. Meanwhile, a squad of Blackhawks are approaching, hoping to steal any biological advances Ivy has created from a Tree of […]

All-Star Batman #2 review

Batman is riding the train. And so is Two-Face. And Killer Croc. And King Shark and oodles more baddies, some Bat-specific, others less so. Harvey Dent is running the show and Batman is the star attraction as villains vie to kill him in exchange for a big bounty. Batman, though, is prepared for a fight, […]

All Star Batman #1 review

Batman and Two-Face are on a road trip. In the Batplane. Batman’s trying to take Two-Face somewhere to end the menace of the coin-flipping maniac once and for all. That’s Good Two-Face. Bad Two-Face, meanwhile, has put the word out that if Batman succeeds, he’ll release all his blackmail material into the world – and […]

Batman Rebirth #1 review

Alfred is pruning the fruit trees at Wayne Manor when teenager Duke Thomas arrives. Bruce is in Gotham, dealing with the latest plot by Calendar Man Julian Day – he releases spores which could spell doom for the city of Batman doesn’t kill them. He does, in spectacular style, but once Day is behind bars […]

Batman #51 review

Gotham is… The elliptical phrase is an invitation to readers of the Gotham Gazette to sum up the city in just a few words. We hear several responses in this issue marking the end of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s extraordinary Batman run. They’ve given us a series with plenty of cataclysmic events, so when the […]

Batman #48 review

Gotham City is becoming Bloom County. Twisted plant villain Mr Bloom is taking over the streets, having captured Jim Gordon’s Batman. And across the city, Bruce Wayne’s calm moment on his favourite park bench has been interrupted by a stranger. A stranger who looks like the Joker. And talks like the Joker. Writer Scott Snyder doesn’t […]

Batman and Robin Eternal #1 review

Too many sidekicks. That’s one of the problems with the current Batman mythos. The contracted continuity post-Flashpoint means that in just over five years Batman has brought Dick Grayson, Jason Todd and Tim Drake into the hero business. Damian Wayne showed up and claimed the Robin legacy. Barbara Gordon joined the fray as Batgirl, Stephanie […]