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Degaton defeated, the Justice Society members can take a breather. Well, at least from fighting mad metahumans – they’ve still got a lot on their plate. Namely, more than a dozen teenage heroes who were lost in time and forgotten by history. They’ve been rescued by Red Arrow and Stargirl and, unable to return home […]
Read More Justice Society of America #6 reviewSmallville, Kansas, home of Jonathan and Martha Kent, Superman’s parents. It’s the place any Super Family member worthy of the name visits when they need some downtime. A place where smalltown values maintain. So why are sophisticated Justice League legends Fire and Ice moving there? And they’re not alone. Former Justice League International major domo […]
Read More Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville #1 reviewI do like a ‘getting the gang together’ issue, and the debut number of the latest Birds of Prey is a terrific example of the trope. We begin with Black Canary talking to partner Green Arrow about the mission for which she’s gathering a team. This immediately raises intriguing questions – who is ‘she’, why […]
Read More Birds of Prey #1 reviewFirst off, why does the core story of this DC summer event play out in so many differently titled books? We’ve had Knight Terrors: First Blood, four issues of plain ol’ Knight Terrors, and now this. It should have been simply six issues called Knight Terrors. Anyway, Insomnia, who sent pretty much the whole world […]
Read More Knight Terrors: Night’s End #1 reviewOne morning in Metropolis Supergirl tells cousin Superman, in his guise as mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent, that she’s been dreaming about Doomsday. This prompts Clark to tell her what it was like being murdered by the Kryptonian killing machine. A little later, Supergirl is approached by Clark’s longtime Justice League friend J’onn J’onzz. He explains […]
Read More Action Comics Presents: Doomsday Special #1 reviewA quiet morning in New Poplar, Illinois, is rudely interrupted when the Doom Patrol comes calling. And they’re not in a good mood. Happily, they’re not possessed and being forced to attacked regular folk. Nope, they’re possessed of information – mental marvel Mento has learned that the town is a front for the decidedly dodgy […]
Read More Unstoppable Doom Patrol #5 reviewWhat if you’re not the hero of your own story? What if whatever you try, you only manage to make things worse? What if you’re Jean Grey, dead again and wondering what you did to make that happen? As it happens, you probably did nothing. The former Marvel Girl’s latest run-in with the Grim Reaper […]
Read More Jean Grey #1 reviewThe Knight Terrors micro-series continues. Once again we have two strips with one set-up; new villain Insomnia has forced the world into a deep sleep and is searching their dreams for something called The Maguffin Stone. Hang on, sorry, it’s the Nightmare Stone. But that’s not important right now – Insomnia motivates the tales starring […]
Read More Knight Terrors: Action Comics #2 reviewIt’s the secret origin of the World’s Finest team. Again. The original story saw Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne bang heads while on a cruise ship. Decades later the legend had it that they ran into one another on a case involving jewel thief Magpie, a D-lister whose only point of interest is her lameness. […]
Read More Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #18 reviewSuperman’s living nightmare has been leavened by the arrival of Supergirl, a woman so strong mentally and emotionally that she can break out of her own nightmare realm cell and into Superman’s. Exit… … pursued by zombies. Kara Zor-El zombies. Still, being by her cousin’s side is a comfort, and Superman fills her in on […]
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