Booster Gold #45 review

Booster’s in trouble. Stranded in an altered world, with no friends, facing the beast that once maimed him … it’s not good. But he manages to escape Doomsday, and save an innocent bystander. As it turns out, the bystander is his first heroic ally in the world of Flashpoint, though the hero doesn’t learn this […]

Superman, Superboy and Supergirl – up, up and, er ….

And finally, DC announces the post-Flashpoint Superman Family titles, and it’s another mixed bag. Let’s take a look and then I’ll get back to some actual reviews on this so-called review blog. Action Comics #1 by Grant Morrison and Rags Morales This September, New York Times bestselling writer Grant Morrison (ALL-STAR SUPERMAN) joins with sensational […]

The New DC Explosion – Edge fund

And the post-Flashpoint new titles keep on coming from DC. Today’s batch, says the publicity, are the edgiest of the 52 new books. Let’s take a look. Blackhawk #1 by Mike Costa and Ken Lashley Blackhawk is an elite group of mercenaries made up of brave men from around the world equipped with the latest […]

The Superman Family makeover – pants!

And here we have, thanks to borrowed images from Bleeding Cool (cheers!), the new looks for Superman, Supergirl and Superboy. And one thing they’re not is super. I don’t object to little costume tweaks over time, the likes of which took Superman’s outfit from the 1938 original to the classic look we know. Or wholesale changes […]

The New DC Explosion – teenage dreams

Today brought the news many fans have been waiting for, confirmation that Tim Drake has a place in the new DC Universe. But that’s not all in the latest batch of announcements … Teen Titans #1 by Scott Lobdell and Brett Booth DC says: Tim Drake is forced to step out from behind his keyboard when […]

Fear Itself: Fearsome Four #1 review

So far I’ve been unconvinced by Marvel’s Fear Itself event. The comics – including this one – tell us that the whole world is wetting themselves, without showing us why this crisis is so much worse than any other. Surely the populace of Earth 616 are battle hardened by now? I just haven’t understood the […]

Emperor Aquaman #1 review

Aquaman wades into the Flashpoint event with one of the strongest offerings yet. Possibly the strongest. Ardian Syaf and Vicente Cifuentes’ cover shows Emperor Aquaman against the remains of Paris, but it’s another European capital that feels the weight of the war between Atlantis and Themiscyra in this compelling first issue. The book opens with […]

The New DC Explosion – Turn on the dark

And the announcements keep on coming, though it’s fair to say that DC are keeping us in the dark. It’s DC’s new Weirdoverse! Actually, I probably shouldn’t use that term, as DC attached it to a bunch of Nineties launches that all skewed towards the dark side of the superhero universe, then fell right off […]

The New DC Explosion – Gotham Guardians

Today DC released artwork and a few details as regards the Gotham shuffle, with some titles relaunching and new ones emerging come September, after the Flashpoint event concludes. I really will try and keep this short, I just want to set the stage for comments. Detective Comics #1 by writer/artist Tony Daniel. Here’s how DC announced […]

Adventure Comics #527 review

I always had mixed feelings about Comet Queen. When she appeared in the Eighties, the first thing I noticed about her was the visual, and I was rather taken by her smooth lines, that weird flaming head, the big grin. Then she opened her gob and I wanted to reach for the duct tape. Comet Queen’s Valley […]