Superman #14 review

The Brainiac Superman knows has gathered versions of himself from across time and space. He wants something to fill a gap he’s identified. Is it the creature he’s been building with the energies of super-beings from all over Metropolis and the muscle of the last survivors of Lobo’s homeworld? Or is it something other than […]

Green Lantern #11 review

Things start with a bang as United Planets head Lord Premier Thaaros reacts to the government of Planet Zamaron turning down his offer of membership. There goes the world’s central power battery, putting paid to the Star Sapphires… presumably. On Earth, Carol Ferris seems to be settling. The woman can’t stop inwardly mooning over Hal […]

Action Comics #1065 review

As House of Brainiac reaches part 3. Kara and Kon-El have escaped from the bottle jails in which the Coluan Conqueror placed them, only to find themselves tiny and powerless. Who ya gonna call? The Parasite and Livewire, similarly kidnapped from Metropolis as part of Brainiac’s scheme to steal the powers of metahumans good and […]

Outsiders #7 review

Years ago, Elijah Snow, The Drummer, Ambrose Chase and Jakita Wagner discuss Planetary business. They’re succeeding in keeping the world strange, and safe. Elijah feels so on top of things that he’s not only ready to retire and pass the Fourth Man role to Jacinta, he’s planning to reveal the secrets of reality to the […]

The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #5 review

When Batman summons Mystery Incorporated to a spooky old house they’ve been to previously, the gang are surprised to find he’s brought a friend along. The Caped Crusader is in a good mood, tickling Scooby-Doo and complimenting Fred’s driving… The young detectives, though, are a tad wary, having encountered scientist Kirk Langstrom in his Man-Bat […]

Shazam #11 review

It’s a big day for the Shazam gang as a social worker calls to assess the suitability of the foster kids and the Vasquezes to be a legal family. Well, all the kids except Mary who, having recently turned 18, is no longer in the care system. Not that this stops her from throwing herself […]

Absolute Power 2024 FCBD Special Edition #1 review

D-list supervillain Clock King – so rubbish he was in Justice League Antarctica – are inducting an even more obscure player into a government programme, watched by bad Batman android Failsafe. Haywire is informed that he’s now working for Amanda Waller – who has managed to buy up all the supervillain prisons – and helping […]

DC’s Spring Breakout! #1 review

Filling the desert that is the fifth week, here’s a 90pp anthology starring the usual suspects. Such as Harley Quinn who, remarkably, wasn’t in a recent edition. Here she breaks King Shark out of Belle Reve prison for some birthday fun, only to get caught up in shenanigans across the DC Universe. It’s typical Harley […]

Superman: House of Brainiac #1 review

Back in the Nineties Triangle Era of weekly Superman comics, an event storyline would most likely get a tie-in comic. Team Superman, Supergirl and Team Luthor, that kind of thing. So it seems appropriate that the latest big Superman story, which conspicuously calls back to the Triangle days, gets a bumper issue with three short […]

The Flash #8 review

There are a lot of superheroes in this issue, as Flash Barry Allen leads the young Flashes in a race across the world to tackle multiple incursions of extradimensional menaces. But my big hero is his wife, Iris Allen. Yes, it’s Amanda Waller, ubiquitous in current DC books, and equally annoying in every one. Here […]