Batman #2 review

New heroes on the block Gotham and Gotham Girl are chasing down Solomon Grundy, but not doing very well. It takes Batman to stop the rampaging swamp monster. Gotham asks Batman to help them become better heroes. They get a chance later when a man who claims to have freed Grundy to go crazy in […]

Superman #2 review

Jon Smith is scared. His Dad spotted him spying on his meeting with Batman and Wonder Woman at the family farm, appeared in his bedroom and demanded he come with him… and now they’re in the middle of a frozen sea in, let’s say, Alaska. But he needn’t have worried, his father isn’t angry – […]

Justice League Rebirth #1 review

New York is being destroyed by a space cockroach. A bug so massive that the tiniest part of a tentacle can bring a skyscraper crashing to the ground. It’s spewing forth mini-mes that attach themselves to humans and enslave them. And the Justice League really don’t know how to beat this thing – Cyborg tries […]

Retro Review: Superman #284 (February 1975)

I was 10 when this issue appeared in late 1974 and while I was buying every DC superhero comic I could find – they were so cheap back then, 9p for a regular issue – the Super-Spectaculars didn’t always show up in UK shops. So it’s only now, thanks to eBay, that I get to […]

Grayson Annual #3 review

Four disparate DC characters are summoned to a seedy room in Gotham. John Constantine, Harley Quinn, Green Lantern Simon Baz and Azrael wonder who called them, until a familiar face appears. Corrigan wants to know what they know about the superspy known as Agent 37. Each of the four has had an encounter with him, […]

Detective Comics #935 review

Bat Boot Camp is underway and just look at that training room. Who needs holograms when you have Clayface plugged into what passes in Gotham for a PlayStation? After three hours this danger room really is endangering the players, and Red Robin Tim Drake has had enough. He wonders why he, Spoiler, Orphan and indeed, […]

The Flash #1 review

Barry Allen and police officer pal August Heart are in the crime lab, talking about a very personal case – not the murder of Barry’s mother but the killing of August’s brother. The police scientist has agreed to take a new look at evidence in the case, and August leaves, relieved. Then something else arrives […]

Action Comics #958 review

We’ve had a lot of Doomsday over the last few years, and he’s long since worn out his welcome. So having him show up at the end of the last issue’s Action Comics had me nervy. He’s a big old monster who exists only to bash people to death – not very interesting, and I’d […]

Wonder Woman #1 review

Diana wants to learn the truth about her past, and needs help. She’s looking for it in the rainforest of Bwunda, but must fight her way past were-creatures before she can get it. Elsewhere, Etta Candy is overseeing Steve Trevor’s operation to intercept a warlord named Cadulo in the same region. Coincidence? The good: writer […]

Justice League #51 review

Five years ago, Justice League was a very annoying comic. Bad-tempered heroes, sound and fury signifying nothing much…. Geoff Johns’s scripts improved as the New 52 period wore on, and we were pretty much at his JSA-best by the time he left with issue #50. Now here’s #51, a fill-in written by new DC contract […]