Supergods review

SUPERGODS: Our World in the Age of the SuperheroBy Grant Morrison Jonathan Cape, 444pp, £17.99 HALFWAY through his memoir, Scottish comic book writer Grant Morrison – he’s just about to revamp Superman from the ground up for DC Comics – mentions going on holiday to Kathmandu. When he was there, he claims, beings from a […]

Legion of Super-heroes #15 review

Star Boy’s multiversal energies are used by Professor Harmonia Li to open the gate to her homeworld of immortals, currently under attack by the Legion of Super-Villains. Thom and Harmonia stay behind to maintain the portal while the rest of the heroes fly through, along with Oan spirit Dyogene. On the other side of the […]

DC Retroactive 1970s Wonder Woman review

‘Groovy’ is the buzz word used to describe this callback to Wonder Woman’s days as globetrotting adventurer Diana Prince. After reading the issue, that’s not the first term that springs to mind. As the Sixties ended, plunging sales led to a radical revamp for Wonder Woman. Bereft of her powers, she used martial arts and […]

Daredevil #1 review

Look Ma, no ninjas! Matt Murdock’s back in New York City, fighting villains in court and on the street. In this debut issue’s opening salvo he saves the day when a surprise supervillain crashes a Mafia wedding, finds that it’s not easy being an attorney when your secret identity’s a bust and is attacked by […]

Batman: The Brave and the Bold #9 review

Batman and Hawkman beat Byth, with a little help from a friend. Bruce accompanies Carter as he hauls the shape-changing villain to Thanagar, but on the way they’re attacked by Byth’s men. Can the Winged Wonder and Gotham Guardian withstand photon torpedoes and, worse, Byth’s mocking tongue? And what happens when a brief power outage […]

Emperor Aquaman #2 review

Considered in isolation, this issue’s cover – a blood-spattered Mera – is DC going over the top. Remember what was on a variant for Flashpoint #2, though, and the company seems a model of restraint. Is it only longtime fans like me who don’t think the promise of bloody violence should be used to sell a comic […]

Batgirl #23 review

Batgirl’s wannabe partner the Grey Ghost is dead, killed by the Reavers, a secret society of college students with tech suits granting enhanced abilities. This issue we see more of them than ever – especially in the case of one who generates copies of himself – as they engineer a prison breakout. With other Gotham […]

Marvel Vault: The Defenders #1 review

Now this is a hoot. It’s years ago and Hulk, Dr Strange, Namor and the Silver Surfer are transported to a rural idyll. Or at least, their bodies are. Their minds are somewhere else, replaced by those of four college students, gamers who have collided with the Curse of Yandroth which brings the ever-squabbling Defenders […]

Booster Gold #46 review

The fight with Doomsday in the World of Flashpoint continues, with Booster alone against the rampaging beast. It doesn’t look good, but this isn’t the same Doomsday as in the real timeline; this is a weaker version, a less wily beast. That fact, and Booster’s sheer grit, mean this is a battle he might win. […]

X-Men: Schism #1 review

We know how it ends. With Wolverine and Cyclops heading philosophically opposed X-teams. But how does it begin? That’s what this five-issue mini plans to show us, and it gets off to a pretty good start here. Wolverine is knackered after another day as Marvel’s busiest mutant, but Cyclops has booked him to take young […]