Superman #18 review

Superman hates magic. That’s the point that’s being rammed home again and again as he searches for the Map of Mordru with Justice League friend Zatanna. And now the heroes have found the demonic document, but it’s in the hands of someone who very much isn’t a friend. Neron. The devil from the depths of […]

Avengers Assemble #1 review

There’s a new group of Avengers in town. Captain America is gathering heroes for a secondary squad of Earth’s mightiest heroes and first up are the Wasp, Photon and Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu. Or is it Master of the Ten Rings? He uses the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s magical hoops at least as much as […]

Absolute Power: Task Force VII #6 review

So far in this mini-series we’ve seen Amazos based on Superman, Aquaman, Green Lantern, the Flash and Batman. This issue it’s an Amazo with a hint of Wonder Woman, but having absorbed the Amazing Amazon’s god-given powers, there’s a problem. Amanda Waller’s robotic lackey is finding, like its brothers, that it’s absorbed more than just […]

Absolute Power #3 review

The DC summer event continues with the heroes who haven’t been captured by mad Amanda Waller having fled the Fortress of Solitude in the midst of an attack by a corrupted Jon Kent. So where have the de-powered freedom fighters shown up courtesy of a jury-rigged teleporter? It’s Paradise Island, magically protected from the android […]

Justice Society of America #11 review

Next issue is the finale of this 12-issue maxi-series and I’m expecting that to be a big package of loose ends. Why? Because this penultimate chapter is a crash bang wallop climatic action issue full of marvellously crowded splash pages and spreads. In the blue corner we have the JSA, battling to protect newest member […]

The Flash #12 review

Wally West is lost Not as lost as I am. How can this dizzyingly frustrating story still be going on, it’s been a full publishing year of the Earth being assailed by weirdo geometrical beasties and the Flash Family members finding their powers glitching, their moods all over the place and Reality being somewhere to […]

Green Arrow #15 review

‘Action-packed’ is a fair way to describe this issue. ‘Green Arrow-packed’, less so. As with last issue, Ollie Queen is barely in his own book. Sure, his son Connor Hawke is around and dressed in a Green Arrow outfit, but no one buys this book for Connor Hawke. It’s a shame we don’t spend much […]

Absolute Power: Task Force VII #5 review

Barry Allen is on the run, being pursued by an Amanda Waller Amazo android who’s stolen speed from the Fastest Men and Women Alive. All but one. It’s caught up to the Flash, but it can’t hold onto him. The android had assumed that the minute it became super fast it would gain a connection […]

Superman #17 review

The Absolute Power tie-in storyline continues with Superman and Zatanna having fled the Fortress of Solitude, which was under attack by the forces of eeeeevil Amanda Waller, and searching for reinforcements. Finding other heroes from across the Multiverse means treading The Dark Roads, led by the Map of Mordru. But first they have to find […]

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #30 review

There’s trouble in Paradise in this flashback tale, prompting Diana, princess of the Amazons, to summon some new friends from Man’s World. While Batman surveys the scene, Superman and Robin head off to find the Amazon midwife Magala, believing she may have a clue or two. But when they arrive Magala is near hysterical, babbling […]