Supergirl 33 review

No fan of the first issues of Kelly Puckett’s run, I was going to keep passing over this book until the new creative team arrives next month, but spotted that this was a fill-in so gave it a go. And I’m glad that I did, as it featured a coherent story, decent characterisation, very pleasant […]

Secret Six 1 review

After successful Villains United and Secret Six mini-series Gail Simone’s villain team get an ongoing. Regulars Scandal, Ragdoll, Catman and Deadshot are back, joined by Bane and with a new member due soon. The issue opens in a gay club where nicely dressed brotherly thugs escort an associate into a room where lurks the mysterious […]

Ambush Bug Year None 2 review

Oh, this is silly stuff. No clear through line to the story, dozens of obscure continuity references, a lack of respect for DC history . . . I love it to itty bitty bits. Plotter/artist Keith Giffen, dialogue chap Robert Loren Fleming and the rest of the gang are on fire here, spitting out 22 […]

Teen Titans 62 review

Look at that happy cover! Titans tech team Wendy and Marvin with their great new pal, Wonderdog. They are so toast. And so it proves, as the dog grows massive and ugly and – ulp – hungry. Oh the irony, only pages previously the pair had failed to find something the pooch considered tasty. That’s […]

DC Universe: Last Will and Testament 1 review

What do you do on the day before doomsday? If you’re one of the superheroes in this comic, you talk. A lot. Geo Force talks to Black Lightning about his plan to kill Deathstroke, the man who corrupted his sister and put her on the road to death. Then he speaks to Challenger of the […]

The Flash 243 review

At the end of last issue one of Wally’s twins, Iris, was dead at the hands of Gorilla Grodd. Turns out it was Grodd using his Force of Mind power to mess with everyone’s head and Iris is alive. Mind, she’s still decades older than she should be, older than her twin, Jai, and far […]

The Brave and the Bold 16 review

A few years ago, Superman answers the bat signal, covering for his out of town pal. He’s soon teamed up with Catwoman to stop the underworld auction of ‘a map to some hidden cave just outside the city’. Ulp. That’s the set-up for a truly delightful issue of one of the best superhero books on […]

Birds of Prey 121 review

Joker joins technological terrorists the Silicon Syndicate, new girl Infinity begins to integrate with the Birds and Charlie goes to school in the pleasingly titled ‘Bring on the Bad Guys (if you’re young, that was the name of Stan Lee’s Marvel villains book in the Seventies). The Joker is massively overexposed across the DC Universe, […]

Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds 1 review

The Time Trapper, in his latest scheme against the Legion, pulls Superboy Prime to the 31st century. There, the super-powered psycho destroys Smallville, visits the Superman Museum and frees the Legion of Super-Villains from prison planet Takron Galtos. And that’s the basics of this five-part Final Crisis tie-in. But God is in the detail when […]

Booster Gold 11 review

Writers Geoff Johns and Jeff Katz left this book on a high note last issue. Booster’s latest spot of time tinkering was a success, his long-dead sister Michelle was returned to his life and we learned the true identity of Rip Hunter. Soon, Booster’s creator, and current artist, Dan Jurgens steps up to the writing […]