Grifter #1 review

They call him Grifter Just a guy, a drifter Better hide, shapeshifter OK, I’ve written the theme song so as soon as TV options this for a weekly drama, I’m quids in. For I can easily see this comic making the leap from page to screen, sold as The Fugitive meets The Invaders. Or if […]

Frankenstein: Agent of SHADE #1 review

Monsters have taken over a small town. Frankenstein, Agent of super-spy organisation SHADE, is sent in to find any survivors and put down the beasts, along with his new team, the Creature Commandos. Now this is a fabulous book from DC’s New 52 initiative. The hero is a broken-hearted monster who quotes poetry. His wife is Modesty […]

Legion Lost #1 review

The Legion of Super-Heroes are among the DC characters least affected by the New 52 shake-up … at least in one sense. For while the continuity continues unchanged from last month, there is a big status quo alteration as a third of the membership is cast out of the 31st century Legion comic and into […]

Demon Knights #1 review

I’ve seen tons of riffs on the Fall of Camelot, I guess we all have. But Demon Knights begins with a fresh look at the moment that the dead Arthur is wafted away to Paradise, as one of the book’s soon-to-be-stars breaks out of her assigned role with style, and maybe just a smattering of […]

Green Lantern #1 review

It’s been awhile since I dropped the Green Lantern titles, bored rigid by the Crayola Corps, but I’m always hoping for a new jumping-on point. And here it is. Sinestro as GL isn’t an enticing prospect, admittedly – waste of a perfectly good villain – but if it means getting to see Hal Jordan putting […]

Suicide Squad #1 review

The new Suicide Squad are in trouble. Captured by unknown assailants, they’re being tortured. The deal is simple – give up the secrets of the Squad, or die slowly and painfully. A scorching blade. Pincers to the face. Salt in a wound. Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Savant, King Shark, Black Spider, Voltaic and El Diablo… one […]

Mister Terrific #1 review

Mr Terrific may have been tweaked in DC’s New 52 Universe but one thing’s for sure – Michael Holt just can’t shut up about how clever he is. He saves Londoners from a small-time super-villain and it’s, ‘some people call me the third smartest man in the world”. He reminds himself in his narration that […]

Ultimate Spider-Man #1

In the original Spider-Man origin, Peter Parker’s Uncle Ben was killed by a burglar. In the new Spider-Man origin, Miles Morales’ Uncle Aaron is the burglar. Nice guy, though. He’s young Miles’ favourite, the understanding guy he can visit when parental expectations get a bit much. And that’s what Miles is doing when a genetically […]

Swamp Thing #1 review

Alec Holland is back from the dead, but he’s not the man he was. Saddled with memories of the plant elemental built on his essence after his corpse rotted in a Louisiana swamp, he just wants to forget – it’s confusing when you have feelings for ‘some woman with white hair’ whom you’ve never met. […]

Detective Comics #1 review

Wow. The last time I read a Batman story by Tony S Daniel I was underwhelmed. After Detective Comics #1, I’m thoroughly whelmed. I may just throw a parade. But first, there’s a review to be done. This is the first solo outing of the present day Batman in the New DC Universe, but we’re […]