Legion of Super-Heroes 41

LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES 41 This just gets better by the issue. Jim Shooter continues his run on scripting duties – or rather, pleasures, he’s obviously enjoying himself – while new artist Francis Manapul shows up for the cover before letting former Ms Marvel and upcoming Wonder Woman artist Aaron Lopresti strut his fill-in stuff. And […]

ACTION COMICS 864 Awww, this just brought a big old smile to my face. Silver Age nostalgia meets 21st century (what else?) action. The story has Lightning Lad (my, that fella just won’t grow up!) dropping Superman off in the 21st century and staying for a reminisce in the Fortress of Solitude. They’re sitting in […]

TEEN TITANS 58 In which the Terror Titans storyline continues. Having captured Kid Devil, Clock King and co set their sights on Miss Martian for reasons that will feed into the Final Crisis Dark Side Club storyline. Miss Martian isn’t going down without a fight, though – especially as her evil alternate future self is […]

Skrull Kill Interest

I forget when it was announced that Marvel were having a big Avengers-led crossover centred on infiltration of the Marvel Universe by the Skrulls, but the first evidence was revealed in New Avengers 31, in June last year. That issue ended with Elektra revealed to be a Skrull. Oh how dramatic, a woman who once […]

The Twelve 1

The 12 being the first post-OMD work from writer J Michael Straczynski, with artist Chris Weston. I didn’t have high hopes for this, the idea of a bunch of World War Two lesser lights being frozen in time and reawoken today sounded a tad ‘been there, done that’ but the promise of Weston on art, […]

Oh just look at that gorgeous Nick Cardy cover – colourful teenage heroes fighting with a smile on their faces. And there’s a Cardy sketch gallery at the back – lush stuff. As for the unashamedly 1963-set story itself, original Titans writer Bob Haney has a whale of a time reviving the hokey Sixties dialogue, […]

In brightest day, in far-off night

I’ve just finished the Sinestro Corps War Part 11 in Green Lantern 25. I’ve yet to read, also in this week’s pile of comics, Green Lantern Corps 19 (epilogue) and Ion 1 (spin-off). I have read all the Sinestro Corps specials – Superman Prime, Anti-Monitor and Cyborg Superman – and the odd tie-in such as […]

Review – Supergirl 24 (DC)

Bless me father for I have sinned. I am weak. WEAK! Last issue I swore off this comic, as the new lead creative team of Kelly Puckett and Drew Johnson failed to grab me. Heck, they pretty much tossed me away, presenting a terribly confusing story of Supergirl on a space mission for Superman and […]

Review – The Ultimates 3 1 (Marvel)

After two series of Marvel’s Ultimate universe Avengers team by Mark Millar and Brian Hitch, Jeph Loeb and Joe Madureira inherit the book. The story begins shortly after the events of the last run, with Hawkeye reeling from the betrayal of the Black Widow and loss of his family, Tony Stark reeling from the betrayal […]

There’s a great blog, Comics should be good, with a section on Comic Book Urban Legends. I’ve not read every episode, so I don’t know if this tale has been addressed. My chum Mark tells me that at DC in the 1970s Paul Kupperberg, Pablo Marcos and Vinnie Colletta were the official go-to guys when […]