Action Comics #969 review

Self-styled Superman Lex Luthor has been kidnapped by two alien beings. L’Call and Zade believe he’s destined to become the next Darkseid if he’s not killed. And yet they’ve not murdered him, they’ve transported him across the cosmos to the world of Nideesi, where a court of Remnants – survivors of galactic genocide – will […]

Batman #12 review

Batman is fighting his way across Bane’s Santa Prisca stronghold. Dozens of thugs stand in his way but he’s determined to snatch Psycho Pirate from him and take him back to the US. He wants the mind-mangling villain to restore the sanity he stole from troubled young heroine Gotham Girl. That’s what’s happening in the pictures. […]

Superman #12 review

Anyone who’s worked in local newspapers will know the feeling. You’re having a good day when a member of the public drops in to see you. And the day was going so well. After years of not being a reporter, Lois Lane has two newspapers on the go. She’s back working at the Daily Planet […]

Midnighter and Apollo #3 review

Apollo is trapped in Hell but Midnighter plans to bring him back. He hasn’t got a handbasket but he does have a candle empowered by Lord of Lies Neron, which can take him there. Speaking of whom, Neron is playing a game with Apollo, determined to convince him that while he presents himself as a […]

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 […]

Superman Annual #1 review

Clark Kent fears he’s lost his touch. Things aren’t growing well at the Kent farm and this side of Kryptonite poisoning he’s not going to get instant green fingers. Who better to ask for answers than the embodiment of the plant world? Not that Superman gets a chance to call him as Swamp Thing shows up uninvited – […]

Action Comics #968 review

The original Man of Steel is trapped in an all-out brawl with the alien Zade after the mysterious Clark Kent activated the signal watch he gave him. Self-proclaimed Superman Lex Luthor, meanwhile, is having problems of his own. That’s the Godslayer, who’s out to off Lex not because he is a god, but because he’s predicted […]

Teen Titans #5 review

It’s Wally West to the rescue as the magical mannequins of Abra Kadabra aim to kill his Titans friend and once (and future?) wife Linda Park. Lilith, Aqualad, Donna Troy, Arsenal and Nightwing are all seconds away from death, and scattered around the US. Is even the Fastest Man Alive quick enough to save them? […]

Super Powers! #1 review

Aw yeah, Art Baltazar and Franco are back to play in the DC sandpit, with a new batch of adventures featuring Wonder Woman, Superman and Batman. We begin with Superman subbing for Batman, taking on dastardly villains for the absent Caped Crusader. And he’s not thrilled. Whether Metropolis really has a better class of villain […]

Batman ’66 Meets Wonder Woman ’77 #1 review

Catwoman steals a book for a mysterious woman but the Dynamic Duo arrive and capture the Princess of Plunder in an enjoyable action sequence. Her boss gets away but Batman remembers meeting the exotic brunette as a child, when Thomas and Martha Wayne were raising funds to fight the Nazis with an auction at Wayne […]