Stay Dead by Steve Wands review

It’s always nice to see a comics creator add another string to their bow, and here’s crack letterer Steve Wands sticking to a single font for a stab at original fiction. His 14-bite short story, Stay Dead, is a zombie tale, though the word is never used. The young heroes simply refer to ‘dead things’, […]

Blackest Night #6 review

The Blackest Night event goes on . . . and on . . . but I can’t really complain as this is the core book. And Corps book, for that matter, as Green, Yellow and lots of other colour Lanterns gaze off the cover. They’re the newest New Guardians, apparently – there’s no reference to […]

Fantastic Four #574 review

Awhile back Social Services were at the FF’s collective throat, fretting that the Baxter Building was too dangerous an environment for raising Richards kids Franklin and Valeria. The team won that battle and seem to have gone on some sort of approved list as this month they take in family free mutants Artie and Leech. […]

Justice Society of America #34

Young Justice, the Doom Patrol, the Legion of Super-Heroes . . . If you’re a super-group in need of a home, the Justice League’s Happy Harbor cave is the place to be. Even the Injustice Gang have taken refuge under the stalactites. And now it’s the turn of the JSA, well, at least the half […]

Wonder Woman #39 review

Now here’s a heartening Christmas gift – the most satisfying Wonder Woman issue in ages. After last issue’s lamb to the slaughter impression, our girl gets her groove back, taking on a hell creature with guts and a grin. Writer Gail Simone provides the personality and artistic partners Aaron Lopresti and Matt Ryan bring forth […]

Batman: The Brave and the Bold #12 review

I’m about a week late with this but hey, it’s nearly Christmas and I’ve been busy forgetting to post cards to folk. I do, though, want to give a quick plug for this issue in case anyone is off to buy comics in the next day or so and fancies a no-risk purchase, cos at […]

The Brave and the Bold #30 review

Years ago, after the Justice League fought the Gray Man, Kent Nelson sent an aspect of his self into Hal Jordan’s ring to gather news of the future, before returning moments later. Like a convenient genie, he pops out when Hal needs him most, offering to make a sacrifice . . . The Golden Age […]

Supergirl #48 review

After last issue’s focus on Supermom Alura, daughter Kara takes centre stage again in an issue that barely touches upon the New Krypton storyline that has dominated this book for months. And the comic is all the better for it, as we finally get some real information about Lana Lang’s illness and Supergirl gets a […]

Power Girl #7 review

Behind Amanda Conner’s nice homage to the 1974 issue of Superman which introduced Vartox, himself a homage to Sean Connery in Zardoz, is another smile-inducing issue of DC’s most delightful superhero title. We begin with a flashback to the day space pirates made the population of Valeron, except its protector, Vartox, infertile. That explains his […]

Justice League of America #40 review

This issue is a masterclass in setting up your new direction for the Justice League by misrepresenting an older version. So it is that current JLA members Vixen and Dr Light face Black Lanterns who seem more interested in slagging off their heroic careers than actually grabbing their hearts. While the bad guys’ MO is […]