Action Comics #876 review

This is me, as a broken record . . . DC, will you please dial down the violence? This issue of Action Comics, featuring a clash between the vile Ursa and new heroes Nightwing and Flamebird, is awash with teeth smashing, torso slashing, eye tearing and general nastiness. The lowlight is a two page spread […]

Amazing Spider-Man #591 review

There’s been a lot of hype about this issue as the one in which we learn how it is that the world forgot Spidey’s secret identity after Civil War. Why it’s not simply considered to have been waved away along with the marriage of Peter and Mary Jane by Mephisto, Lord of Convenient Plot Devices, […]

Superman: World of New Krypton #2 review

Last issue Superman found himself drafted into Zod’s military guild as he settled into his mission to keep an eye on the 100,000 super-powered Kryptonians who are suddenly Earth’s neighbours. This month he gets to know the troops under his command, goes to a gala with Aunt Alura and tackles a horde of rampaging thought […]

Green Lantern #39 review

And the pellet with the poison’s in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true! Right? Am I the only person unable to remember which coloured lantern does what, who the players are and why we should believe any of this mythology when none of it was […]

Secret Six #8 review

I’ve loved Day in the Life issues since the Eighties, when they were a speciality of the New Teen Titans, so any time a writer wants to throw one my way, it’s fine by me. And that’s what Gail Simone does here, providing a breather after the seven-part epic that kicked off this series. It’s […]

Dark Reign: Fantastic Four #2 review

Reed Richards is looking at alternate worlds to see where it all went wrong with the Superhero Registration Act. Little does he know that Sue, Johnny and Ben are at the mercy of his alternate world viewer, which seems to be throwing them from reality to reality. And Franklin and Valeria are cool. Seriously cool. […]

Batman: Battle for the Cowl – Man-Bat #1 review

I was surprised when Man-Bat popped up as one of Robin, Nightwing and Oracle’s Network operatives in the recent Gotham Gazette: Batman Dead one-shot. Last time I looked he was a tragic anti-hero rather than a trusted ally, but there he was. This comic explains what he was doing on Gotham’s streets, battling dull street […]

Irredeemable review #1

This comic from Boom! opens with a bang as a superhero and his family face the fury of the Plutonian, hero turned villain. It continues with his terrified longtime teammates interrogating one of their own – the Plutonian’s sidekick, Samsara – for as much information as possible on a man they never truly knew. There’s […]

Commissioner Gordon #1 review

An attack by Mr Freeze on Gotham City helps Jim Gordon accept that Batman is dead and leads his police force to rededicate itself to the protection of Gotham’s citizens. Those are the bones of the issue, the meat is a fast-moving, efficient script from Royal McGraw which shows us that Gordon doesn’t always need […]

Superman #686 review

The Worlds of New Krypton mini-series is up and running as Superman’s home for the new year, so Superman’s home book gets some new stars. The Guardian and Mon-El step up to watch over the City of Tomorrow and this issue represents the ground floor of their tenure. And as depicted by penciller Renato Guedes […]