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 […]

DCU Holiday Special #1 review

’tis the season for jolly big anthology comics full of Santa and sentiment. DC’s entry this year is adorned with a simply gorgeous cover hinting that one day soon we’re going to lose Dustin Nguyen to Hallmark. A tip of the elf’s hat, too, to publication designer Travis Lanham for a striking logo, merry title […]

Action Comics #884 review

This review is brought to you by the letter ‘N’ which I’d like to devote to Action Comics co-writer Eric Trautmann to replace the one DC denied him on the cover of this issue. That apart, great cover with Mrs Superman, gorgeously defiant in the face of adversity and the legend ‘Lois Lane: Traitor’ evoking […]

New Avengers Annual #3 review

I’m not a regular New Avengers reader, I’m more a Mighty boy, but if this is the beginning of the end for Dark Reign, I want in. So, moving quickly on from the fact that this is a big old rip-off in terms of price – $4.99 for 32pp of story, with a long ad […]

Titans #20 review

The Titans continues pretending it’s not been cancelled due to lack of interest with the latest solo issue. Featured here is Donna Troy, patron saint of frogs killed by dissection, in a simple tale of girl meets boy meets Fearsome Five. Donna’s feeling a bit mopey so jumps – or rather, flies – at the […]

Secret Six #16 review

In the DC Universe there are men who fantasize about sex with Mr Mxyzptlk. That’s the only conclusion to be taken from the scene this issue in which Deadshot and Catman take wannabe Secret Six member Black Alice to the strip club. There, exotic dancers appear as female versions of Mr Freeze, Eclipso and more. […]

Batman Unseen #5 review

Doug Moench and Kelley Jones conclude their ‘lost tale of Bruce Wayne as Batman’. Where it fits into continuity isn’t important – at a guess, after Dick Grayson became a full time Titan, given the presence of my favourite Gotham cop, Harvey Bullock – as everything you need to appreciate the tight five-part story is […]

Black Widow and the Marvel Girls #1 review

I’d not heard of this book until I saw the iFanboy listing for this week’s comics, but the prospect of Black Widow teaming up with four other Marvel women has a certain appeal. First off we have the Asgardian Enchantress – that’s Amora – teaching the young Natasha Romanov a lesson that will stand her […]

JSA All-Stars #1 review

I’m rather pleased to see the Justice Society of America split into a pair of teams, as of late the sheer number of characters has proven unwieldy, with no writer of today seemingly willing or able to share out the panel time in the way classic writers of similarly sized team The Legion of Super-Heroes […]