Supergirl #2 review

Supergirl, this is your life… and Lesla-Lar has stolen it. A young woman from Kandor who’s been saved by Supergirl, Lesla is a mixed-up kid, her low-self esteem turning her into one twisted sister. Via a combination of Earth’s gravity and yellow sun, and the super-skin she invented, Lesla has become a ‘better’ version of […]

Action Comics #1087 review

It’s a big day for the teenage Clark Kent. It’s his fifteenth birthday and parents Jonathan and Martha are taking him from Smallville to the big city. Metropolis is hosting the Expo of Tomorrow On the coach, Ma is perturbed when she spots Clark is wearing something he’s meant to keep for a very special […]

Justice League: The Atom Project #6 review

It’s the finale to a series that has shown a certain consistency – it’s been consistently disappointing. I won’t repeat points made in previous reviews, optimism has kept me buying – let’s see if my fantastically open heart is rewarded. What’s been going on? Amanda Waller stole super powers from lots of heroes. The heroes […]

JSA #8 review

In a flashback tale the Justice Society of America quest for the Spear of Destiny in Berlin and find super-villains trying to use it to summon monsters from a nether realm. First of all, though, would you look at that cover? Michael Cho uses his retro style to give us an image that wouldn’t shame […]

Podcast Plugtime: The Monitor under the microscope

One of the best comics podcasts to come along in ages is The Monitor Tapes, in which hosts Doug Adamson and DC Dave look at every aspect of the comic series for which the term ‘seminal’ was probably invented, Crisis on Infinite Earths. Rather than taking a linear view and doing an index show, the […]

Justice League Unlimited #7 review

The Justice League Watchtower has been invaded by the Legion of Doom. The heroes who noticed the incursion have been banished, and as for the rest… The good guys are no pushovers but they’ve been taken by surprise by a Legion of Doom from years ago, the Gorilla Grodd of today having recruited them with […]

Superman #26 review

Last time Superman fought a super-powered clone of Lex Luthor, with the original bald baddie manipulated by ex-assistant Mercy into killing his deadly doppelgänger. That puts Lex in a prison cell and daughter Lena in a rage. Art by Barrows and Ferreira… I think Lois is in a lab on the Justice League Watchtower having […]

Mr Terrific: Year One #1 review

Darkseid is on the Justice League Watchtower. He causes chaos. He dies. But the dark god of Apokolips leaves behind trace energy. Michael Holt, Mr Terrific, is disturbed. His thoughts turn to the past It’s two years after the death of his wife and the ‘third-smartest man in the world’ looks to be lacking in […]

DC Finest – Superman: Kryptonite Nevermore review

So, who’s been enjoying the DC Finest collections? Introduced last year, they’re DC’s answer to Marvel’s Epic Collections – thick, good-looking paperbacks collecting runs of series at an excellent price. I’ve bought five so far, and love them all, but my favourite is this just-out Superman collection. Kryptonite Nevermore is the overall title for a […]

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #39 review

The crossover with Justice League Unlimited continues apace, via a fun-filled time-twisting caper. Last month’s World’s Finest Annual ended with original Robin Dick Grayson zapped from a years-ago encounter with the Legion of Doom’s Scarecrow to the present day. He finds himself in the JLA Watchtower, and very confused. Older Dick, Nightwing, has no memory […]