New Avengers #1 review

When last we met this title, the New Avengers starred the more down-to-Earth members of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. This relaunch goes entirely in another direction, with the Marvel Universe’s self-proclaimed Illuminati – prominent members of superhero teams and secret nations – taking the spotlight. Metaphorically at least. Looking at the cover, you might expect the […]

Fantastic Four #600 review

It’s anniversary time, as the Fantastic Four celebrates 600 issues and 50 years. You likely know that we’ve never seen issues #589-#599, with the series restarted as FF earlier this year after the FINAL ISSUE that was #598. You likely never believed that claim and didn’t believe Marvel expected you to believe it. Just as […]

FF #1 review

‘All death leads to rebirth. We must begin anew.’ So says a rogue AIM boffin at the beginning of this book, and so says writer Jonathan Hickman to Fantastic Four fans. Having been refreshing the book that began the Marvel Universe, Hickman starts again with a new title. No one expects it to be more […]

Fantastic Four #587 review

The 587th issue of a comic should always be special, so here’s Marvel’s gala Death Issue of the Fantastic Four, complete with environment-be-damned plastic bag. The comic’s on sale a day early and Associated Press has already spoilt the surprise for many, but as an actual regular reader, a chap who’d be buying the book anyway, […]

Fantastic Four #583 review

This issue of Fantastic Four starts with the team fighting in the Neutral Zone, land ‘between United States territory and that claimed by the Forever City of the High Evolutionary’. It’s the first time in ages we’ve seen the whole team battling baddies, so what happens? A single page of that and we’re with future […]