Superman/Batman #62 review

It’s years since I read this book, having gotten tired of stories that were nutty without being entertaining. And the back and forth narration, with Superman and Batman constantly mancrushing, was excruciating. But the promise of a Supergirl/Robin team-up was too tasty to resist. That would be the Tim Drake Robin, around the time Kara […]

Action Comics #879 review

Behind another moody but lifeless Andrew Robinson cover, Flamebird and Nightwing continue their mission to bring down rogue Kryptonians. The main points of interest this time are a change in Flamebird’s status quo as her links to the gods of old Krypton are made manifest, Lois Lane realising her father isn’t dead and the mystery […]

Justice League: Cry For Justice #1

Green Lantern Hal Jordan lays down the law to the Justice League, annoyed that the team isn’t proactive enough in terms of going after villains and ending their threat for good. He reminds them that as the local representative of the Guardians of the Universe, he is the law. And he’s going to step up […]

Superman #688 review

Holy Seventies Flashbacks, Mon-El has Supergirl’s on-again, off-again super-powers. It turns out that Brainiac 5’s cure for Daxamite-on-Earth lead poisoning is actually a bit rubbish, and he’ll be dead within 18 months. Darn. Luckily his partner-in-Superman’s-title The Guardian is going to teach him fisticuffs and swimming, to lessen his chances of dying in an off […]

Battle for the Cowl: The Underground #1 review

The latest special showing what’s happening in Gotham in the wake of Batman’s death/’death’ stars Catwoman and the Riddler, villains turned good guys. Catwoman’s been on the side of the angels since the Eighties via a transformation readers followed, while the Riddler’s conversion came without much explanation a couple of years ago – it was […]

Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds #4 review

The Legion of 3 WorldsThey had 10,000 menBut when Superboy of Earth Prime showed upHe showed them up. Again Seriously. This series was supposed to pay tribute to the Legion of Super-Heroes in their 50th anniversary year but it’s making them look like idiots. All right, there aren’t 10,000 members of the Legion on hand […]

DC lets teenage work experience kid design house ad . . .

Bless.

Superman #686 review

The Worlds of New Krypton mini-series is up and running as Superman’s home for the new year, so Superman’s home book gets some new stars. The Guardian and Mon-El step up to watch over the City of Tomorrow and this issue represents the ground floor of their tenure. And as depicted by penciller Renato Guedes […]

Age of the Sentry #6 review

I’m no fan of the Golden Guardian of Good in modern-day Marvel – too often he’s the weeping fall guy – but the first five issues of this six-issue mini were a delight. Writers Jeff Parker and Paul Tobin, and an artistic team led by Nick Dragotta and Ramón Rosanas, produced issue after issue of […]

Mighty Avengers 22 review

There are some images that become instant classics. The Fantastic Four joining hands as they vow to stay together. Kingdom Come Superman catching a lightning bolt. Phoenix rising for the first time. And now, Hank Pym fixing Jocasta with his power tool (click to >ahem< enlarge). If that doesn't give you nightmares, you're made of […]