Wonder Woman #33 review

The injured Diana lands on Paradise Island, helps her mother, sisters and madwomen of the Circle fight the sea monsters of Euphemus, bests Ares, punches Zeus for making her sisters mortal and ousting his mother in favour of revived corpse guy Achilles, and quits the Amazon. The story ends with Head Circler Alkyone leering at […]

Wonder Woman #600 campaign

She’s beaten everyone from the Cheetah to Darkseid but there’s one foe Wonder Woman is finding truly implacable – Dan DiDio. DC’s Executive Editor has so far resisted all calls to give the Amazon a 600th issue, reflecting her position in comics history – even though recent years have seen such books as Superman, Fantastic […]

Mighty Avengers #26 review

Hank Pym continues his war on Reed Richards to regain a doohickey he needs to re-tether his interdimensional doorways to Earth. Hercules and Vision impersonate the Red Hulk and Red Ghost to distract the Thing and Human Torch. Stature tells all to her old friend the Invisible Woman. And the Mighty Avengers triumph. Well, it’s […]

The Brave and the Bold #24 review

I never came across Static when he had his own title, having tried a few other Milestone books and found them not for me (too self-consciously urban, with colouring that didn’t appeal). I’ve never seen his cartoon, I don’t believe it made it to the UK. I have seen him in Teen Titans, in which […]

Supergirl #42 review

As a fella who gets bored with ‘iconic’ covers – heroes posing, nothing to do with any specific issue – I have to commend Joshua Middleton for trying something different this month. We have Supergirl travelling from Earth to New Krypton, a moment reflected inside, zooming over our heads. Even without being able to see […]

Batman: Streets of Gotham #1 review

Here in Scotland there’s a pastime known as Munro bagging. Munros are mountains that are over 3000ft, of which there are hundreds, and the idea is to climb – or bag – every one. I suspect there’s a similar activity in Gotham City, Gargoyle Bagging. Why else does almost every third cover feature someone posing […]

Shameless plug for Comic Buyers Guide #1656

I’ve recently started contributing to this sage organ so if you’ve any spare pennies, buy the thing! This issue has me moaning about or praising Flash Rebirth #1, New Mutants #1, Destroyer #1, Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape#1 and R.E.B.E.L.S. #4. Thank you, and good afternoon.

Booster Gold #21 review

Batman’s dead so Rip Hunter tasks Booster with busting into the Batcave and retrieving the photographs that prove he’s a time fixer. Quite why it would be so bad were any of Batman’s strictly street-level enemies to find them isn’t explained, but it sets up a confrontation between Booster and new Batman Dick Grayson. They […]

JSA vs Kobra #1

Evil cult Kobra embarks on a suicide bombing campaign, apparently aimed at taking down the Justice Society of America, and rival faiths. Mr Terrific, personally targeted by Kobra for his Checkmate connections, narrates part of this issue. Sharing the chore is someone from Kobra – presumably the current leader – and it’s through their words […]

Flash: Rebirth #3 review

Could everyone please dip into their pockets, we’re having a whip round. I’m booking Ethan Van Sciver a place at the Jack Kirby College of Dynamic Foreshortening. Cos that cover image is just wrong. Yes, it’s the latest Flash/Superman race, this time to see who can look most constipated, most quickly. I think Barry has […]