Action Comics #39 review

The Phantom Zone story climaxes and concludes with Superman and Steel going into the ghostly realm to confront the beast responsible for the physical and psychological horrors that have plagued Smallville. It turns out that the monster has known Clark for a very long time, and may be too much for even a man of […]

Superman #38 review

This is the issue I’ve been waiting for. DC teased that Superman was getting a new super-costume. Then they let us know he was getting a new super power. But they kept the issue’s real Big Moment under their hat. Finally … Ulysses gets a haircut. The lank, blond locks are incinerated as Superman’s new […]

A big screen Legion of Super-Heroes – count me in!

You may have noticed I’m a massive Legion of Super-Heroes fan. I’ve been reading their adventures for as long as I can remember. I’m a member of a British amateur press alliance devoted to the team. I review pretty much their every appearance. I managed to sneak them into a UK DC reprint I was […]

Aquaman #38 review

Aquaman and Mera continue their investigation into the mysterious portal technology used by the ancient Atlanteans and related disappearance of his mother. The action this issue moves from Gorilla City to Polynesia to somewhere very, very far away, where an encounter with gigantic flame-spewing beasts presages a meeting that could change Aquaman’s life. Look at them […]

DC Digital Sensation Comics featuring Wonder Woman #22 review

Wonder Woman is on the Isle of Cats, rescuing Batman and Superman from the terrible trio of Medusa, Circe and – who else? – the Cheetah. Circe wants to make Diana her latest piggy, Medusa wants to add the Amazing Amazon to her statue collection and Circe desires the Lasso of Truth. Wonder Woman dispatches […]

The Multiversity: Guidebook #1 review

There’s a new crisis in the Multiverse, as the Gentry travels from world to world, killing superbeings and razing planets. A comic book has alerted mad scientist Dr Sivana to the fact of his other-dimensional counterparts, and he’s been gathering them in a bid for multiversal supremacy. Can the L’il League of Earth 42 stop […]

Batman #38 review

Batman isn’t quite at his wits’ end dealing with the latest attack on Gotham by the Joker, but for once he doesn’t have a plan. In Endgame’s fourth chapter, the Clown Prince of Crime’s madness virus is claiming more and more victims, and if a cure isn’t found, death is the end. It seems death […]

Teen Titans #6 review

When it was announced that the new Power Girl was joining the Teen Titans, I was dubious. I remember Tanya Spears from Worlds’ Finest and liked her well enough, but she’s strong and invulnerable, and the Titans already have that in Wonder Girl. I like varied power sets. Boy, was I wrong. The arrival of […]

DC Digital – Wonder Woman ’77 #3 review

It’s Thursday night and Wonder Woman starring Lynda Carter is on! Not on the telly. On my tablet. In just three instalments, Wonder Woman ’77 has become a high point of the week, as writer Marc Andreyko and a team of artists takes us back to the Seventies for a superheroic soufflé of wacky wonderment. This chapter […]

Supergirl #38 review

Kara’s Crucible adventure continues with her fighting alongside fellow students Maxima, Comet and Tsavo to protect the latter’s homeworld, Ngo. But that’s not how the book opens. In a cute switch, the first narrator isn’t Kara, but Kon – Superboy, back on Earth after three years of being battered by dodgy editorial directions. He’s in […]