The Flash #22 review

It’s a race against time as the Flash and Batman bid to solve the mystery of the smiley face button which appeared in the Batcave. Using a Cosmic Treadmill to traverse the timestream, they’ve encountered the ever-evil Reverse-Flash. Last time they saw him, a few minutes ago in their personal perception of time, he was […]

Batman #21 review

This is the one we’ve been waiting for – it’s the return of the Samuroids! Not seen since, I think, 2008, the Silver Age Flash villains are back and on amazing form. It takes Barry Allen at least a minute to defeat the katana-crazy robots. Meanwhile, back at the Batcave, Batman is flipping … flipping the […]

Batman #16 review

The big action scene this issue sees Bronze Tiger break into Arkham Asylum to see the newly locked-up Psycho Pirate. But he’s not meant to be having visitors, so chaos ensues. Two people are shot point blank, Batman is kicked in his recently cracked back, but fear not, this is Gotham, everyone’s fine. Bronze Tiger […]

Batman #13 review

After several issues, we finally get to see the makeshift Suicide Squad in action as Punch & Jewelee, the Ventriloquist and Bronze Tiger bid to help Batman out of a tough situation. The Caped Crusader is slumped before Bane, the criminal’s ally Psycho Pirate and the traitorous Catwoman. At the start of the issue, married […]

Batman #12 review

Batman is fighting his way across Bane’s Santa Prisca stronghold. Dozens of thugs stand in his way but he’s determined to snatch Psycho Pirate from him and take him back to the US. He wants the mind-mangling villain to restore the sanity he stole from troubled young heroine Gotham Girl. That’s what’s happening in the pictures. […]

Batman #10 review

Batman is flying over the South American state of Santa Prisca. He wants the villainous Bane to hand over Psycho Pirate so he can undo mental damage done to young superheroine Gotham Girl. But Bane isn’t having it and with the resources of an entire country at his command, the Batplane is blown out of […]

The Vision #12 review

Virginia is making a confession. She can’t live with keeping the truth behind the catastrophic events, the horrible happenstances that have hit her family and community, a secret any longer. She uploads her version of events for the Washington police and waits for her husband, the Vision, to arrive home. It’s the end of the […]

The Vision #9 review

I read my comics digitally these days and when I get to the end of an issue, I’m invited to rate the book. I’m not a great one for rating comics, preferring to let words do the work, but touching the Comixology stars changes their colour. And that just makes me happy. Yes, I am […]

Batman #2 review

New heroes on the block Gotham and Gotham Girl are chasing down Solomon Grundy, but not doing very well. It takes Batman to stop the rampaging swamp monster. Gotham asks Batman to help them become better heroes. They get a chance later when a man who claims to have freed Grundy to go crazy in […]

Batman #1 review

Na-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da BatMaths! That’s what this issue hinges upon as a missile fired by a Kobra cultist looks set to bring a plane down in the centre of Gotham. Batman may be able to send it somewhere less populated, but it’s a question of maths. Helping Batman out are Alfred, with facts, and new sidekick Duke […]