Action Comics #22 review

Big-brained supervillain Hector Hammond is floating in Earth’s orbit on an assignment for new allies the H.I.V.E., examining a massive death ray they have aimed at the planet. A self-proclaimed space knight appears and destroys the weapon. Any enemy of Hammond’s is surely a friend of Superman, but can Clark be sure, when Hammond summons […]

Avengers A.I. #1 review

Here’s a spin-off from the Age of Ultron series which sees Hank Pym gather a team of heroes to take on the evil machine intelligences of the Marvel Universe. Mostly cybernetic and robotic creations, the Avengers A.I. members are well placed to prevent a war between man and machine, with their first assignment being to […]

Trintiy of Sin: Pandora #1 review

I don’t know how many issues this new title will run, but as it’s an event tie-in, I’m guessing we’re in limited series territory. Going by this first issue, that’s just as well, as there seems to be no point to Pandora beyond inciting said crossover, Trinity of Sin, which runs through the next two […]

Superman #21 review

In Metropolis, Hector Hammond, the most powerful psionic in the world, is at the centre of a tug of war. Helpess in an induced coma, S.T.A.R. Labs have him. The H.I.V.E. Queen wants him. A lab researcher who’s been taken over by H.I.V.E. begins infecting others and soon they’re making away with Hammond. Over in […]

The Flash #21 review

Here’s an encounter I’ve been waiting for since DC rebooted their comics universe, the first meeting between the Flash, Barry Allen, and Kid Flash, Bart Allen. It comes about because someone is killing people connected to the Speed Force and Barry wonders if the Teen Titan knows anything. Bart though, doesn’t feel like listening to […]

Age of Ultron Book 10 AI review

Reeling from the events of the Age of Ultron, Hank Pym looks back on his beginnings and re-embraces life as a costumed adventurer. And that’s it, really. This is a prelude to the upcoming Avengers AI series, in which Hank Pym leads a bunch of robotic types as they … well, I dunno. This comic […]

Batman/Superman #1 review

It’s several years ago and Metropolis-based Wayne Enterprises staff are being murdered. Hoping for a lead, young Daily Star reporter Clark Kent tracks down billionaire contemporary Bruce Wayne in Gotham. Suspicious of the stranger, Bruce refuses to discuss the matter, leaving Clark sitting in a gloomy park. Later, in Metropolis, Batman catches Catwoman acting strangely, […]

Supergirl #21 review

The image that opens this issue’s story, Be Careful What You Wish For, is an arresting one – Supergirl on a space motorcycle. She’s borrowed it – well, nicked it, actually – from super-scientist Dr Veritas to answer a deep space distress call. It isn’t said, but presumably it allows her to save her yellow […]

Legion of Super-Heroes #21 review

There’s a real sense of doom around current Legion issues. It’s not just that the 31st century universe is being torn apart by the Fatal Five, it’s the real-world knowledge that an end is coming. That the series is being cancelled in a couple of months, to be replaced by a future Justice League series. […]

Age of Ultron #10 review

The Avengers fight the Intelligentsia, a spaceknight turns into Ultron, Hank Pym defeats said mad robot with a computer virus and psychology, the Age of Ultron is averted. And time breaks. Thus concludes another Marvel event. Or rather, ‘concludes’. The main focus of the story, the alternate world created by Ultron, is tied up, but […]