Brightest Day #1 review

In brightest day …That’s bright, all right. I’m old enough to remember when comic book blood was printed black. I’m old enough to recall when comic book blood wasn’t seen at all. Heck, I’m so old I was there when Hawkman’s awesome looking mace only ever connected with monsters and superhumans. Not now. It seems […]

SPECIAL GUEST REVIEW Marvel Her-Oes #1

It seems that a lot of super heroes are going back to school nowadays. DC Kids has the Tiny Titans in grade school while last year we saw Supergirl have a few cosmic adventures in eighth grade (let’s have that sequel already!), Marvel has been enrolling its characters in high school for its all-ages line, […]

Supergirl #52; Superman #699; Last Stand on Krypton #3; Action Comics #889; War of the Supermen #0 reviews

It’s the Never-Ending Battle. The war to keep my interest in the New Krypton storyline. And these past couple of weeks, the fight has been lost. The first three titles here wrap up the storyline around Brainiac’s war on Kandor, first city of New Krypton. Action Comics is the side story of Kryptonians Nightwing and […]

Firestar #1 review

Angelica Jones, former Hellion, New Warrior and Avenger, is back living with her widowed dad and studying art history at university. She’s also regularly venturing out as Firestar, keeping New Yorkers safe and wearing herself out in the process. For Angelica’s battling back from breast cancer – as detailed in the recent Marvel Divas mini […]

Sif #1 review

As a little kid reading Thor reprints in UK Marvel Comics, I resented Sif for coming along and kicking Jane Foster out of the strip. Over the years though, I came to like the character – for one thing, Jack Kirby’s design made her fun to look at; for another, her fighting spirit made her […]

Batman: The Brave and the Bold #16 review

I wonder if the kids love this book as much as I do. With Batman, Wonder Woman, the original Teen Titans, Nocturna, Egg Head and a mystery villain, the colourful character count is high. With Landry Walker writing and Eric Jones drawing, the script is smart and the artwork vibrant. It’s another romp around the […]

Wonder Woman #43 review

Goodness, what big arms you have, Diana. Mind, it’s partly a question of perspective, as Nicola Scott gives us her spin on the Wonder Spin. While I prefer issue-specific covers, there’s no denying this is an attractive image, and if it shifts a few extra copies, terrific. Inside, Scott shares the pencilling with Fernando Dagnino […]

Mighty Avengers #36 review

And after three years the Mighty Avengers comes to an end. Not with a whimper, but a bang, as the don’t-call-him-winsome Wasp, Jocasta and Blackjack take on Ultron and his infinite army of Jocastas. Regular readers of the book won’t be surprised that Waspish Hank has a few tricks to pull out of thin air […]

Siege: Loki #1 review

Led off by a magnificent cover from Marko Djurdjevic, Thor’s trickster brother features in his own one-shot, bargaining with immortals to create mischief and mayhem. That’s Mephisto, ruler of the Underworld, and Hela, former ruler of the Underworld (Norse division). By the end of the issue new maps of hell have been drawn and Loki […]

Brightest Day #0 review

As well as space-wasting splash pages and characters yelling ‘THE HELL?’, one of the things guaranteed to get me moaning is a #0 issue. Usually it’s simply a first issue by another number. Not here though, as we join former Deadman Boston Brand on a journey across the DC Universe to check in with others […]