The Fury of Firestorm the Nuclear Man #13 review

Yep, that’s Nuclear MAN, singular. Writer/artist Dan Jurgens comes on board and it’s no more Jason Firestorm and Ronnie Firestorm, no more two heroes merging into anger monster Fury. It’s just the Firestorm, with Ronnie in the driving seat and Jason as back-seat driver. That’s not to say Ronnie gets to be star attraction, as […]

Justice League International Annual #1 review

JLI members Batwing, Godiva and Guy Gardner save hostages in Africa, but back in Washington DC, team leader Booster Gold isn’t entirely happy with how the mission went. He’s hoping rookie members Blue Beetle and the Olympian will usher in a new era of glory. We learn why each has signed up before all heck […]

DC Universe Presents #8 review

Last issue ended with Challengers Prof Haley and Kenn Kawa killed by friend-turned-lunatic Ace Morgan, joining Clay Brody, offed in the first instalment of this three-part showcase. This time we find that Haley survived, learn that Ace’s body is actually possessed by someone called The Forgotten Lord and see two more Challs – Brenda Ruskin […]

Justice League International #8 review

With several JLI members out of action after a bomb attack on the UN, Batman calls in help – Batwing, Batman Inc’s good man in Africa. After visiting his old friend Vixen in hospital he helps Booster Gold take on Lightweaver, one of the villains behind the atrocity, as he attacks the unit. Blows and […]

The New Deadwardians #1 review

Chief Inspector George Suttle is the last of a dying breed. The only murder squad detective in the Metropolitan Police of 1910, he’s not had a lot to do since Londoners changed. A zombie apocalypse decades previously means most people are beyond being murdered – they’ve either succumbed to the zombie plague or taken The […]

Legion Lost #7 review

Trapped 1,000 years in their past, seven members of the 31st Century’s Legion of Super-Heroes search for bio-terrorist Alastor. The trail brings them to New York, where Tellus gets involved with a young woman in need of a hero, and Timber Wolf alleviates the team’s need for cash. The woman needing help is car crash […]

Legion Lost #5 review

‘Never stopped you either, energy-sock.’ And there you have it, my favourite line in this week’s comics. But who said it? Stick around, embrace spoilers and I’ll get to that. As we rejoin the storyline, Dawnstar is fighting super-villain from the future Alastor – three of him, due to his manifesting the powers of a […]

Justice League International #5 review

A recent edition of John Siuntres’ excellent Word Balloon podcast saw Marvel ‘architect’ Matt Fraction talk about the difficulty of writing 20-page comics. It’s not just a matter of cutting two pages from a 22pp story, apparently … Which confused me. As a kid raised in the days when all comics had just 17pp of story, 20pp […]

Legion of Super-Heroes #4 review

The conclusion to the Legion’s latest encounter with the Dominators begins with rogue Daxamite Res-Vir, aka The Renegade, breaking free of the inertron chains with which he’s been bound. Enraged, he attacks the Legionnaires but Chemical Kid overcomes his panic to save the day when, guided by Element Lad, he disrupts Res-Vir’s metabolism, bringing him […]

Legion Lost #3 review

Good Lord, what a horrible creature on that cover. It’s Dan DiDio in an OMAC tee shirt! Kidding … well, not about DC’s co-publisher, there he indeed is, just above the barcode. But I mean the monster Timber Wolf’s fighting. It’s one of the alien/human hybrids created by the Hypertaxis Plague released by 31st-century terrorist […]