Supergirl #4 review

The citizens of Argo City are invading Earth and National City is the beachhead. Supergirl isn’t there to defend, she’s on the reborn Argo City created by her father, Zor-El, the Cyborg Superman. Kara has been caged while her birth mother Alura – or rather, a robo-zombie corpse with a twisted version of her personality […]

Midnighter and Apollo #3 review

Apollo is trapped in Hell but Midnighter plans to bring him back. He hasn’t got a handbasket but he does have a candle empowered by Lord of Lies Neron, which can take him there. Speaking of whom, Neron is playing a game with Apollo, determined to convince him that while he presents himself as a […]

Supergirl #3 review

The Cyborg-Superman claims he’s revived Argo City, far out in space. Supergirl knows he’s a killer robot, but also that he commands amazing technology. And he’s convinced her that he’s a transformed version of her father, Zor-El. She has to check his story out. But rather than fly off half cocked, she talks to her […]

Supergirl #2 review

Supergirl has fought the Cyborg Superman previously, but now things are different. He’s claiming to be her father Zor-El, whom she believes is dead. He wants to talk to her about raising her lost home, Argo City, to life again, but very soon they’re fighting, and ‘Cyborg Superman’ blows up. Leaving the mystery to percolate, […]

Supergirl #1 review

Finally, Supergirl has her own ongoing book again. And it’s very, very good. Not perfect, but Steve Orlando’s run on Midnighter proved him to be a smart writer, great with characterisation and longterm plotting, so I’m optimistic. The issue opens with an All-Star Superman-style recap of Kara’s origin before we meet her today, flying over […]

Supergirl: Rebirth #1

Years ago, on Argo City, last outpost of the destroyed planet Krypton, Zor-El condemns fellow scientist Lar-On to the Phantom Zone. not because he’s a criminal, but because he’s a menace to himself and others… he’s a werewolf. Today. Argo City is long dead but his daughter Kara, rocketed to Earth to escape the destruction […]

Midnighter #12 review

So goodbye Midnighter, we hardly knew ye. Actually, that’s not quite true – 12 issues isn’t a long run but writer Steve Orlando packed so much into each offering of this series that by this closing chapter, we’re a lot closer to Lucas Trent than we were at the start. The story takes up where […]

Midnighter #4 review

Fight clubs have become passé in the the Russia of the DC Universe. Now it’s all about vampire killing, as rich young guns hand over big wads of cash to spike a bloodsucker. The stakes aren’t high, though – these are vapid vamps, chained up to be easy meat. They’re the result of the raid […]

Midnighter #1 review

Earth’s most violent superhero gets his own book and we quickly see that Midnighter isn’t just a fighter, he’s a lover. He’s on a first date with IT guy Jason, looking very dapper, when super-terrorists teleport into the restaurant they’re in, looking for a trio of political enemies. Midnighter, with his ability to predict the […]