Booster Gold #40 review

Courtesy of regular artists Chris Batista and Rich Perrotta, Booster and Skeets look utterly spiffy on their DC icons cover, and if they attract any new readers to the book, they may just stay. For this month offers a splendid jumping-on point as Booster’s origins, adventures and nature are laid bare. The excuse is a […]

Superman #707 review

Superman’s S is one of the most-recognisable symbols in the world. Eight months into ‘Grounded’ and I suggest swapping it for a Z, as in Zzzzzz. For this really is the most tedious of tales. I bought this month’s issue to give new scripter Chris Roberson a chance to impress, but while there is a twist, […]

Weird Worlds #1 review

I thank DC for producing a new anthology comic, and with a title I remember from childhood, no less. In the Seventies, Weird Worlds ran for 10 issues and mainly featured the worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Spotty distribution in the UK meant I never read a single issue. It’s easy to find any comic […]

Adventure Comics #522 review

Mon-El’s first outing as a Green Lantern doesn’t take him far from Legion of Super-Heroes business as he must prevent a new villain from rescuing an old enemy. The old foe is Saturn Queen, being transported across space, unconscious, to prison planet Takron-Galtos. The newcomer who wants to prove he’s worthy of membership in the […]

Steel #1 review

The good news: Steel gets his first solo appearance in years. The bad: we won’t be seeing another anytime soon. I like Steel. Inspired by Superman, John Henry Irons built a metal super-suit and went toe-to-toe with the worst Metropolis had to offer while the Man of Steel was dead/growing a mullet. In this one-shot he steps […]

Avengers: The Children’s Crusade #4 review

Four books into this nine-issue series and the action is immense – two teams of Avengers, Dr Doom and Magneto, all battling for the heart and soul of Wanda Maximoff, heroine turned menace. She’s not a menace when we meet her this issue. She’s just a Gypsy girl with no memory of her former life, […]

Starman/Congorilla #1 review

DC finally gives us a Blue & Gold book Having to fit in with DC’s Iconic Cover month is a bit of a bugger when you’ve never had a comic book before. So well done to whoever designed the Starman / Congorilla cover around Gene Ha’s excellent visual for coming up with not just something, but […]

Justice Society of America #46 review

Part three of the Supertown story sees a new player show up – the delightfully named Dr Chaos. He steps off a train, full of light-hearted banter, but when we see what he’s left on the vehicle – carriages full of corpses – it’s obvious he’s no joke. The JSA are trying to put the […]

Guest post – Legion of Super-Heroes Fandom UK

Are you… A Legion of Super-Heroes fan? Interested in participating in fandom, but perhaps not attracted by (or are disenchanted with) online boards and groups about the Legion? Based in the UK or Europe? Aged 18 or over? If so, you might enjoy Apa 247 – a gentler, friendlier fandom. Apa 247 is a fun, friendly UK-based group that produces an […]

The All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold #2 review

Visiting Gotham from Fawcett City for a gift shopping trip, Billy Batson and Tawky Tawny step into a nightmare. Over-emotional citizens are venting their feelings on one another, with old ladies beating up burly bikers and crazed ballerinas shaking their tutus at passers-by. With one magic word, SHAZAM!, Billy becomes Captain Marvel and sets about saving […]