DC Retroactive 1990s Wonder Woman #1 review

Wonder Woman does pal Etta Candy a favour by babysitting girls’ club The Blossoms. Asked what they do all day, it’s ‘we don’t get mussed up’ and ‘we stay outta our folks’ hair’. Of course, Diana’s not having that. Starting small, she teaches the girls about exercise, tracking and self-belief, transforming them from a pack […]

Wonder Woman #613 review

It’s part 842 of the Odyssey story and the finish line is in sight. In this issue, Diana fights Nemesis, goddess of Exposition. Clad in Diana’s original form – the star-spangled heroine of the regular DC Universe – Nemesis battles the new model we’ve been following for the past year. And finally, readers get answers. […]

DC Retroactive 1970s Wonder Woman review

‘Groovy’ is the buzz word used to describe this callback to Wonder Woman’s days as globetrotting adventurer Diana Prince. After reading the issue, that’s not the first term that springs to mind. As the Sixties ended, plunging sales led to a radical revamp for Wonder Woman. Bereft of her powers, she used martial arts and […]

Batman: The Brave and the Bold #9 review

Batman and Hawkman beat Byth, with a little help from a friend. Bruce accompanies Carter as he hauls the shape-changing villain to Thanagar, but on the way they’re attacked by Byth’s men. Can the Winged Wonder and Gotham Guardian withstand photon torpedoes and, worse, Byth’s mocking tongue? And what happens when a brief power outage […]

Emperor Aquaman #2 review

Considered in isolation, this issue’s cover – a blood-spattered Mera – is DC going over the top. Remember what was on a variant for Flashpoint #2, though, and the company seems a model of restraint. Is it only longtime fans like me who don’t think the promise of bloody violence should be used to sell a comic […]

Wonder Woman #612 review

World’s worst gods. That’s what Diana’s had in the last several years. If they’re not trying to kill or rape her, Wonder Woman’s supposed patrons are abandoning her, leaving the playing field at the first sign of a challenge. It’s happened again, we learn this month, as the Olympians stand revealed as the shadowy figures […]

Emperor Aquaman #1 review

Aquaman wades into the Flashpoint event with one of the strongest offerings yet. Possibly the strongest. Ardian Syaf and Vicente Cifuentes’ cover shows Emperor Aquaman against the remains of Paris, but it’s another European capital that feels the weight of the war between Atlantis and Themiscyra in this compelling first issue. The book opens with […]

The New DC Explosion – The Great Ten?

So DC has announced the first ten of its 52 planned new #1s. I’ve little doubt most of you will have seen the list, noted the creative teams and eyeballed the images, so how about some drive-by gut reactions, based on precious little? I’ll start, please join in. Wonder Woman #1 by Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang […]

Flashpoint #1 review

Barry Allen wakes up at his desk in Central City’s crime lab to hear that he’s meant to be finding proof local hero Citizen Cold murdered someone named Miss Alchemy. Realising this isn’t his reality, he rushes into the corridor, spots he has no Flash ring and stumbles down the stairs. At the bottom is someone who’s […]

Wonder Woman #610 review

Diana wakes up in a hospital bed, meets Dr Etta Candy, Nurse Diana Prince, Dr Steve Trevor and Mrs Mavis Infodump. Actually, it’s Myra Clotho, but it might as well be Mrs Mavis Infodump, as she tells Diana in tremendous detail that the life she’s living is indeed a pretence. Diana’s greatest enemy has changed […]