Batman #10 review

Batman confronts the Court of Owls, but its members have confronted their own mortality – rather than face the judgment of Batman, they’ve taken their own lives. With a big dollop of ‘apparently’. Batman follows the clues, and his gut instincts, to Willowwood, an old Gotham hospital for kids with mental problems, where he finds […]

Jedidiah Starr #1 review

Jedidiah Starr – the name screams ‘space cowboy’. And that’s what we get in the first issue of this new series from View Comics, as a stranger moseys into town – after waking up in a crater. Jedidiah isn’t his real name. He’s a starman, a man who fell to Earth, named after her father by […]

Worlds’ Finest #2 review

In the present, Huntress and Power Girl, refugees from Earth 2, battle radioactive man Hakkou in Japan. They don’t know what he wants, but suspect he has connections to Apokolips. In the past, the heroines put together their new lives on Earth 1, as they conclude that the Darkseid sent packing by the Justice League […]

Dark Avengers #175 review

And Jeff Parker surprises me again. Which is surprising in itself – after years of stylishly stalwart service writing such Marvel titles as Agents of ATLAS and Thunderbolts, constantly delivering original spins on old tropes, I should expect the unexpected. Like here. The cover tells us that Thunderbolts has become Dark Avengers, with Norman Osborn’s […]

Harbinger #1 review

Eighteen-year-old Peter Stanchek is on the run. His life dominated by psychic powers he can barely control, he’s flitting from city to city to escape the man known as Tull. Accompanying Peter is Joe Irons, who’s also unable to fit into society, but it’s not powers that’s his problem, it’s a schizophrenic illness. Medication helps, […]

Earth 2 #2 review

This issue looks set to sell well after the publicity surrounding the new Alan Scott’s sexual orientation. But the news that the latest Green Lantern is gay is probably the least interesting thing about this comic. All that happens with Alan is that he’s reunited with fella Sam in China, and has a surprise for […]

Avengers vs X-Men #5 review

The Avengers and the X-Men are fighting on the moon, with Hope Summers the prize. She’s plugged into the Phoenix Force, which the former team fears will destroy the Earth and the latter believes will restore Mutantkind. Iron Man and Giant Man create a giant robot to disrupt the Phoenix, as it crosses space on […]

The Almighties #1 review

Maxi-Tron. Ms F. Nite Fang. Mason. Stefanos. A super-team sponsored by the mysterious White Out, they embark on a series of missions ‘to combat groups that pose a threat to the very fabric of American life’. But unknown to them, things aren’t what they seem … The witty logo and the battle cry, ‘Almighties Amass’, […]

Animal Man Annual #1

Socks the cat, former avatar of the Red, tells Animal Man’s daughter Maxine of an early attempt by the Rot to rule all. More than a century earlier in Canada, a Swamp Thing and an Animal Man fought back the forces that devastated their community, but the Rot promised it would return. Which it did, […]

Superman Family Adventures #1 review

It’s just another day in Metropolis. Superman saves the city from a giant meteor; Lex Luthor plots to steal Superman’s powers via robotic invasion; Supergirl, Superboy and Krypto fight the good fight; Perry White screams at Jimmy Olsen for coffee … While Superman is wearing his new suit (it’s admired by Dan DiDio), the all-ages story here […]