Magog #10 review

You know you’re old when you see Tommy Tomorrow in a comic, assume he’s on a sortie from the future, then realise that our present day has caught up with the fella. It’s the 21st century? Really? Yipes. No jetpacks, just $2.99 comics. One of which is this, my first issue of Magog. Firstly, because […]

SPECIAL GUEST REVIEW Marvel Her-Oes #3

When we last left our Her-oes it was revealed that Jen has serious anger issues, that Namora never backs down from a fight, and that everyone has not been completely honest with Janet about what has been going on around her. Janet is given little time to sort all of this out before her world […]

Joker’s Asylum II: Mad Hatter #1 review

The Mad Hatter isn’t in the A-list of Batman villains. A John Tenniel illustration come to life, he’s never caught the general imagination in the same way as the Joker, Penguin and Catwoman. He gets a shot at the big time here as the Clown Prince of Crime tells a tale of Jervis Tetch. The […]

The New Avengers #1 review

Luke Cage, quit that &?*£!% cussing, this is the Heroic Age. Yes indeedy, the New Avengers get shiny in this second volume, with Cage and co moving into a rebuilt Avengers Mansion and finally considered good guys in the eyes of the world. The story kicks off with Dr Strange meeting a possessed Son of […]

Heralds #2 review

As I took a look at #1 last week (see below), I’ll not go into much detail here. So why bring it up again? Because this book is so great that I want as many folk as possible to try it, before it’s over. And as Marvel, for some nutty reason, is releasing this five-part […]

Batman #700 review

Grant Morrison rocks the ages of Batman with a story spanning the Gotham legend’s various incarnations. Bruce and Dick, Dick and Damian, Damian and his cat, Batman Beyond Terry McGuinness, Batman One Million and Robin the Toy Wonder … all get a moment to shine in a story linked by the time-travelling Professor Hyatt. The […]

Young Allies #1 review

I dunno, you wait ages for a decent young hero team to come along and then two show up at once. As well as Avengers Academy, Marvel this week brings us Young Allies, named for the Golden Age kid group book published by Marvel predecessor, Timely. That had a Bucky and a Toro, this one […]

Avengers Academy #1 review

Spinning out of the recently concluded Avengers: The Initiative series, Avengers Academy gathers six young would-be heroes and puts them in the hands of experienced Assemblers. Out of the dozens of teenagers in Norman Osborn’s Initiative programme, Reptil, Hazmat, Finesse, Mettle, Striker and Veil are the best the next generation has to offer. At least […]

JSA All-Stars #7 review

Matthew Sturges is a mischievous fella. Here he uses a funeral story for JSA member Damage – killed in the recent Darkest Knight storyline – to make me finally like the guy. The explosive Grant Emerson has been in the ‘angry young man/self-pitying tosser’ category for years, but here we find that he finally found […]

Heralds #1 review

Valkyrie, Emma Frost, Hellcat, She-Hulk, Photon and Abigail Brand, Agent of D.U.L.L. – sorry, S.W.O.R.D. – team up in an offering from Marvel’s Year of Women. This first of five issues has them celebrating Emma’s birthday in Las Vegas when they’re interrupted by rampaging dinosaurs and dead scientists. Nearby, a waitress explodes …. Brand originated […]