Supergirl #9 review

It’s New Year’s Eve in Midvale and Linda (Supergirl) Danvers and her gal pals have been invited to rich girl Clarissa’s party. It’s a no-booze affair, as Clarissa is trying to give up alcohol, and Linda is fine with that. Lena Luthor? Not so much. Super-scientist Lena decides to give Kandorian chum Lesla-Lar a taste […]

Sorcerer Supreme #1 review

The Scarlet Witch is now Sorcerer Supreme? Well that’s a turn-up for the books… but how? Well, Dr Doom nicked the title and powers from Dr Strange at the conclusion of a Marvel Event, then the next Marvel Event ended with Victor Von Doom sacrificing his life to revive goddaughter Valeria Richards after he – […]

Batman #5 review

I’ve never found car chases work in comic books, but Batman #5 shows it can be done. To be entirely accurate, this is a car being chased by motorbikes, a car being driven by Bruce Wayne. The artist ‘behind the wheel’ is Jorge Jiménez, and goodness me, is he good at capturing the motion of […]

JSA #15 review

Should a secret origin be this underwhelming? We’re three issues into a reimagining of the Justice Society of America’s beginnings and it’s not very exciting. At all. It’s 1940 and various solo heroes have become aware of Nazi sympathisers operating on the home front. There’s a connection to a company named Starco, and a handful […]

Green Lantern #30 review

In a shocking move, DC publishes a superhero book with no reference to DC KO. Hurrah! Hal Jordan travels to Gotham to see if Batman can help solve the mystery of the painful visions he’s been having. The investigation is put on hold when Batman is alerted to trouble in the city, and Hal decides […]

DC KO: Red Hood Vs The Joker #1 review

You know the routine by now. Three rounds, combatants die, come back, die again. Along the way we get action scenes that are even more over the top than are the norm in superhero comics, and if we’re very lucky, a few insights into character. Red Hood Vs The Joker #1 follows the pattern to […]

Superman #33: Lex Luthor vs The Demon

The DC KO event rumbles continue with Superman’s greatest enemy, Lex Luthor, battling Arthurian nightmare Etrigan the Demon. Lex is there because his ego says he should be the King Omega, the all-powerful tournament survivor who will go head to head against Darkseid. But surely a creature of Hell is above – or below – […]

Sensation Comics #38 review

I’m a bit late with this one, given Sensation Comics #38 was published in December 1944. Then again, it’s just been re-released by DC Comics as a facsimile edition, my copy arrived on Christmas Eve – yes, I bought a physical version, even though I can read it digitally on DC Infinite – so why […]

The Flash #28 review: Flash vs Green Lantern

DC KO’s All Fight Month brings us Green Lantern Guy Gardner vs Golden Age Flash Jay Garrick, seasoned hero vs the ultimate veteran. Mind, this being an issue of The Flash rather than a standalone tie-in, it’s not actually fighty fight throughout. Nope, we begin with the consequences of the past two issues. Surmising that […]

DC KO: Harley Quinn vs Zatanna #1 review

You know the drill by know. Super-people fight to the death for cosmic reasons. Here it’s hero vs villain. Or maybe hero vs anti-hero, given how in love DC Comics creators and fans are with Harley Quinn. The story begins with the women in a hall of magical objects, which you might expect to give […]