We Are Robin #7 review

The Gotham authorities have cracked down on the We are Robin kids, locking several up in a new, decidedly dodgy, prison facility. Alongside them is current official boy wonder Damian Wayne and below, ordered by the Court of Owls to fight to the death, Robin graduates Red Hood and Red Robin. Elsewhere, original model Dick […]

Squadron Supreme #1 review

There’s a new Squadron Supreme in town and they mean business. Survivors of five different Earths lost in the recent Secret Wars, they’ve banded together to make sure nothing kills their new home. And the first act of this band of multiversal refugees – Nighthawk, Princess Power, Hyperion, Blur and Dr Spectrum – is to […]

Justice League United #16 review

Alanna Strange is telling a story. The tale of how, two months previously, the aftermath of Justice League United’s adventure with the Legion of Super-Heroes led to the threat of the Breakers – deadly extra-dimensional incursions onto the Earth plane. The first manifestation, an invisible barrier cutting across roads, occurs in Connecticut. Alanna, husband Adam, Stargirl, Animal Man […]

Hercules #2 review

Hercules, self-proclaimed Prince of Power, is trying to restore his reputation. He’s realised that after years of carousing he’s looked on not so much as a hero than as a joke. And a dangerous one at that – if people see him at the scene of a crisis, they expect things to get worse, not better. So he’s had […]

Scarlet Witch #1 review

New York’s rich are being murdered by less well-off members of society, who then claim to have no memory of the attacks. Suspecting witchcraft at work, the Scarlet Witch teams up with a detective to investigate the latest crime scene. Using her knowledge of hexing history, she puts down a demonic infestation, but uncovers a […]

Batman/Superman #27 review

That’s a striking cover from artist Yanick Paquette and colourist Nathan Fairbairn. Nicely composed, dramatic… ahould DC ever print a story in which something vaguely like this scene occurs, it’ll be spot on It’s not necessarily a bad thing that Superman and Red Hood don’t attack one another this issue. I’m far happier to see […]

Daredevil #1 review

Daredevil is back in the dark. He’s swapped sunny San Francisco for gloomy New York, he’s wearing black, and everyone this side of Foggy Nelson has forgotten his secret identity. Matt Murdock’s best friend is back in the Big Apple too, and far from delighted that he’s immediately dragged back into the Man Without Fear’s […]

Robin War #1 review

Once upon a time there was just one Robin. Then there was a second. And a third… But there was no overlap, one Robin succeeded another, again and again. But recently Gotham has seen the rise of a youth movement consisting of self-proclaimed Robins, would-be heroes with no connection to Batman. They train themselves, they […]

Action Comics #47 review

Me, and my shaaaaadow… It’s the third part of Superman vs Wrath, Metropolis politician turned corrupter of souls (apparently there’s a difference). As this issue begins, her inky blackness has messed up Superman to the extent that he’s akin to a mindless beast, battling a similarly blank Frankenstein, Agent of SHADE (I see what they did […]

Justice League 3001 #6 review

Having brought a Batman pretender before the sheriff of prison planet Takron-Galtos, the 31st-century’s genuine Caped Crusader wants to make her his ward… well, Tina Sung is an orphan, and you know how Batmen are when they sniff a possible sidekick. Particularly unimpressed with the idea is Supergirl; the original Kara Zor-El isn’t one for […]