Blackest Night: The Flash #1 review

Behind a clever cover by Scott Kolins homaging the recent Flash: Rebirth #1 we see what’s going on in Central City as the Black Lanterns rise. Barry Allen zips around warning the meta-community to be on their guard, before racing to Africa’s Gorilla City where he hopes wise King Solovar will have some ideas on […]

Blackest Night: Wonder Woman #1 review

Years ago, Wonder Woman felt forced to snap the neck of friend-turned-foe Max Lord. Courtesy of the Blackest Night crossover, he’s back, murdering the innocents of Washington DC, successfully drawing Diana to him. The MO of the Black Lanterns being to feed on the emotions of the living, he thinks Diana’s anger is a sure […]

Justice League: Cry For Justice #5 review

And here’s another issue of the best superhero comedy around. As ever, there’s lots of banter between the heroes with barely a villain in sight. Batwoman shows up on screen to let the established heroes know how cool she is, husband and wife Green Arrow and Black Canary (soon to be spun off into cafe-set […]

Superman #694 review

First off, the new costume as seen on Cafu’s cracking cover. Mon-El looks deeply weird without a tunic. This was proven in the Nineties when he had a big stupid M-shaped starfield on his chest, and again here. A tunic, with a centre split, would add interest but here the little blue S-shield, cute as […]

Justice League of America #39 review

Over the years I’ve come to hate the way today’s comic writers slag off Justice League Detroit. They weren’t losers, they were heroes as much as any member of the JLA before them. And when their day in the sun was nearing its end, confrontations with two Silver Age villains, Despero and Professor Ivo, gave […]

Teen Titans #77 review

I enjoyed the recent Blackest Night: Teen Titans mini hugely and a big reason for that was writer JT Krul, who mixed adventure and emotion to excellent effect. So seeing he was filling in on this regular issue, and noticing the cover homage to New Teen Titans #1, I was rather interested to see where […]

Wonder Woman #38 review

Wonder Woman stares defiantly off Aaron Lopresti’s cover, one eye plunged into darkness as light strikes the bar of her cell. You can see this isn’t a heroine about to sit meekly in a cell. I open the comic, anticipating Diana’s righteous fury, sparked by her mother’s imprisonment at the hands of Paradise Island usurpers […]

Justice Society of America 80-Page Giant #1 review

DC is certainly pushing the JSA brand, what with spinning off a second team book, giving ongoings to the very popular Power Girl and, er, Magog, releasing an annual and, here, putting out an 80pp giant. It’s asking a lot of the wallet, but this is a worthwhile entry if you’ve $5.99 or local equivalent […]

Outsiders #24 review

It’s another Blackest Night tie-in but the main reasons Outsiders bobbed near the top of my pile were the questions that have been distracting me for months. Will Halo get more than two lines of dialogue? Might her fellow Outsiders remember that her civilian name is Gaby, not Violet? And when will Writer Peter J […]

Adventure Comics #4 review

Love Jerry Ordway’s art as I do, I must admit initial disappointment at seeing he’s subbing for Francis Manapul this issue; Manapul’s melancholy stylings, aided by colourist Brian Buccelatto, have given Adventure a pleasing, unique tone these last few months. The latter is on board here, laying down both pre- and post-Crisis tones, and it’s […]