Superman #8 review

Telekinetic bad boy The Chained continues his vendetta against Lex Luthor and while the Super Family do a good job fending him off, a secret revealed could shake one member to the core. Superman #8 – legacy number 851 – begins with a look back to the childhood of The Chained, and the day young […]

Jay Garrick: The Flash #2 review

Jay Garrick is remembering things that were long forgotten. Not things that faded from memory, as things do – things that were deleted. Such as a 1941 Justice Society mission to Germany to track down the fabled Spear of Destiny held by Adolf Hitler. No one expected the Ro-Bear. Today, Judy Garrick, teenager speedster recently […]

Justice Society of America #7 review

Here’s an issue I enjoyed an awful lot. What got me most excited was the final page so it’s fair to warn you I’ll be showing that below – I don’t want to ruin any enjoyment if you’ve not yet read the book. The story opens in Los Angeles, with a new figure telling us […]

Green Lantern: War Journal #2 review

In which John Stewart is offered a job, Mom Shirley returns to the big city and a rather nasty bunch of aliens come calling. Again. Because if you caught the debut issue of the latest Green Lantern series you’d have seen Varron of the new United Planets GL Corps turn up at John’s family home […]

World’s Finest: Teen Titans #5 review

This flashback mini-series has been terrifically entertaining as it reframes the early years of DC’s premiere teen team. We’ve seen a slightly different line-up, new villains and a lot more tension than previously. And this issue those dodgy dynamics explode as the mystery bad guy who’s been forming a ‘Terror Titans’ in the background is […]

Outsiders #1 review

Kate Kane has had enough of Gotham City and its constant wars. She needs to get away… somewhere nice? It turns out that a Gothamite is waiting for our Batwoman. Luke Fox, the hero known as Batwing. Batwoman is intrigued, but the no-superhero bit doesn’t last long – Luke has a Bat-snowsuit to hand as […]

Fire and Ice: Welcome to Smallville #3 review

Fire has started a villain rehabilitation programme at the beauty parlour she’s bought to pass the time during the unofficial term she’s serving in the open prison known as Smallville (don’t ask, it makes no sense). Fellow ‘jailbird’ Ice is helping wrangle the likes of Gentleman Ghost, Lot’s Wife and Gorilla Grodd’s sister Linka for […]

Shazam #5 review

The Captain has been on the moon battling Queen Bee, Garguax and a gang of reprobates from Gorilla City. Transformed back into Billy Batson, he’s been thrown into airless space. Luckily, a rescuer arrives. Having made a breathable area for Billy, the red streak slows down and urges Billy to say his one magic word. […]

The Return of Superman 30th Anniversary Special #1 review

The Cyborg Superman is rampaging through the streets of Metropolis, appearing at STAR Labs and blasting his way into the research facility. Superman is off planet so someone else is going to have to take on the man-monster who killed the seven million inhabitants of Coast City. Thankfully, three other heroes with experience of astronaut […]

Supergirl Special #1 review

I was wondering if this one-off comic would redefine Supergirl. Give her a new mission, maybe a city of her own, some supporting characters. Instead it redefines ‘special’. Because special this ain’t, unless ‘special’ means ‘dull’, ‘contrived‘, ‘pointless’… It’s Sunday afternoon in Metropolis. Kara Zor-El is moping at the chatter about her on the socials. […]