Happy St Valentine’s Day, Brainy

It’s Valentine’s Day so how about a spot of comic book romance? Doomed comic book romance, as Brainiac 5 mourns the loss of Supergirl in Crisis on Infinite Earths. Meanwhile, in November 1985’s Legion of Super-Heroes #16, Polar Boy and the new batch of recruits are on their first mission. As for the longtime members, […]

Superman #8 review

Deep in the Bermuda Triangle, in the new Fortress of Solitude, Superman, Lois and robot major domo Kelex are running tests on Jon Kent. He’s come back from what was meant to be a summer trip to outer space several years older and, understandably, there are concerns. While he’s lying under an array of sensors, […]

Man and Superman review

It’s Clark Kent’s first day in Metropolis and he’s getting a real buzz from being in the big city of his dreams. Little by little, the sheen comes off. First, the great apartment he’s found online turns out to be a bug hotel. Then he finds the city is being hit by a bombing campaign, […]

The Green Lantern #4 review

Last issue ended with Hal killing an intergalactic slave trader, claiming it was self-defence; it wasn’t. This month the book opens on a hypnotically beautiful alien world, where an insectoid being is trying to negotiate survival with a female humanoid. She wants entrance to a vault the native creatures jealousy guard. She also has a […]

Young Justice #2 review

An assortment of young superheroes have been transported to the otherworldly realm of Gemworld. Robin doesn’t know why he’s there, but he’s grabbing what fun there is to be had, alongside local princess Amethyst. Elsewhere, cowgirl Ginny Hex is trying to introduce herself to Teen Lantern when Wonder Girl happens along. Cassie brings with her […]

Mysteries of Love in Space #1 review

How cute is that cover by the always-excellent Joelle Jones? This 80pp giant’s title straddles two of DC Comics long-lost genres, the sci-fi anthology and the young love portmanteaus, but the cover tells the whole story – this is sci-fi, romance and superheroes. Which is fair enough, received wisdom has it that ‘pure’ anthologies don’t […]

Heroes in Crisis #5 review

The Sanctuary for distressed superheroes is no more, its promise of peace ruined by a killer. A killer of superheroes and the odd villain – Wally West Flash, Speedy, Poison Ivy and er… oh heck, I can’t remember. D-listers, mainly. The likes of Solstice and Protector – one obscure Teen Titan and a refugee from […]

Action Comics #1007 review

Jimmy Olsen’s on a date. He’s in Seattle with new squeeze Ella, but he starts to wonder what kind of squeeze she’s out to put on him when she introduces him to her religion. The Daily Planet’s red-headed photographer manages to get some snaps and get the heck out, just before things go ‘boom’. We […]

Shazam! #2 review

When your comic’s a month late but bears a seasonally specific image… bring on the creative cover copy! Oh well, if you wish it could be Christmas every day you’ll love this second issue of Geoff Johns’ 21st-century take on CC Beck and Bill Parker’s Marvel Family. That’s because it sees foster kids Billy, Mary, […]

Naomi #1 review

Naomi lives in a small town in North America. One day Superman ‘passes through’. While pretty much everyone she knows catches a glimpse of the battle between the Man of Steel and alien dictator Mongul, Naomi somehow misses it. We don’t see the conclusion of the fight, but we do see the reactions of the […]