Wonder Woman #31 review

There’s not a lot of Wonder Woman in the latest Wonder Woman. Normally, I’d be mildly rankled but new writer James Robinson kicks off the latest storyline in such an engaging manner that I don’t mind at all. We begin with Diana apparently fighting her bother. He’s unseen, and by page two we’ve flashed back […]

Blue Beetle #13 review

Welcome to the 31st century, Jaime Reyes, hope you survive the experience. Given he’s teleported up the timestream into a battle royale between the future Justice League and a mind-controlled Legion of Super-Heroes, there’s no guarantee he’ll make issue 14 of his comic… especially as it’s the last hoorah for writers Keith Giffen and JM […]

Action Comics #988 review

Mr Oz stands unveiled as Jor-El of Krypton. Superman doesn’t believe the mysterious figure is his father – he knows Jor-El died along with his mother Lara and the entire world of Krypton. But Fortress of Solitude guardian robot Kelex says this is the man who sent baby Kal-El to Earth. Superman still has his […]

Doom Patrol #8 review

I’m a cat person. That means I have a cat or cats. I’ve two, actually, Emmy and Milly. Lotion is a cat person. In Doom Patrol terms that means he’s a cat who’s somehow evolved into a person. Actually, ‘evolved’ may be a stretch, given he behaves like a slacker teenager. I’d definitely prefer a […]

Justice League of America #13 review

New Atom Ryan Choi has led Justice League comrades Batman, Killer Frost and Lobo into the Microverse, in the hope of finding original Atom Ray Palmer. A shadowy figure clad in an Atom outfit turns out not to be Ray, but she does know him. Back in the regular world, another Ray – Ray Terrill, […]

Too Dangerous For a Girl’s European Vacation

Well, it looks like no reviews from me until I get back to the UK from a cruise down the Western Mediterranean on Sunday. Action Comics and Titans are ready to go but it’s a bugger getting them uploaded. My apologies (not that it’ll ruin anyone’s day!). Be well, catch you soon.

When comics had Christmas covered

Will you look at those Christmas covers! I doubt anyone reading this was buying in the Forties and Fifties when these books appeared, but if you were, please say hi. I imagine it must have been wonderfully cheering to see so much festive joy on the spinner racks. Christmas covers nowadays are rare things indeed, […]

DC Rebirth Holiday Special #1 review

Anthology comics are like Christmas stockings – you’re glad to have one but never expect to like everything in there. DC’s recent New Talent Showcase, reviewed here a few weeks back, was a case in point. So it was with middling expectations that I opened this $9.99 monster, which comes with a cute cover by […]

New Talent Showcase #1 review

Here are nine short stories by writers and artists from DC’s new talent programme. Some of the stories are good, some bad, one is superb – and all are continued. Except they aren’t. There’s no second issue coming. I was expecting done-in-ones, the product of talented tyros determined to impress us – the potential patrons […]

Gone fishin’

…or rather, cruising down the Adriatic for the week. Fingers crossed I’ll have wifi on Wednesday and get some comics downloaded and maybe a short post or two written. Is that sad? No. It is commitment. Have a great week