Action Comics #1089 review

A knock on the farmhouse door brings a surprise for Jonathan, Martha and Clark Kent. Clark’s history teacher Mr Blake declares he knows he’s been facing Superboy in class, but has no intention of revealing his secret to the world ‘tonight’. Because he’s a hero too. Taking the family out to look at the stars, […]

Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #1 review

Examining a meteoroid, Superman’s robots make a worrying discovery. Luthor does know, and he’s grimacing rather than salivating, angry that science lead Dr Emil Hamilton didn’t find the space rocks before Superman. The Man of Steel wants to know how four new colours of Kryptonite might affect him, so calls in the World’s Greatest Detective. […]

Supergirl #4 review

Lesla-Lar, the Supergirl fan who tried to steal Supergirl’s life, is back home in Kandor, facing a court… presided over by her parents, which seems a bit of a conflict of interest. By her side is Kara, also accused of bad behaviour. Supergirl has another suggestion – she believes Lesla has the makings of a […]

One World Under Doom #6 review

Well, that looks painful. Victor Von Doom takes Reed Richards apart on Ben Harvey’s creepy cover. Dr Doom rips Mr Fantastic apart inside the issue too, but with words rather than metal gauntlets. The Latverian dictator and longtime Fantastic Four foe has taken over the world. Having become Sorceror Supreme when he was key to […]

JSA #10 review

Even without the red spectacles, this is an eye-catching cover from Leonardo Romero. A couple of issues back the new Kid Eternity, who can’t remember who she was while alive, was confronted by the ghosts of Justice Society members. It made for a cracking cliffhanger- what did they want with her? But last month neither […]

Podcast Plugtime: Digging for Kryptonite – Justice For Pete Ross

Before Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen there was Superboy’s Best Friend Pete Ross. The only person besides Ma and Pa Kent to know Superboy was also Clark Kent, following a fateful camping trip. But did he tell Superboy what he’d found out, maybe ask for the odd free flight? He most certainly did not. Pete spent […]

DC’s Kal-El-fornia Love #1 review

As a journalist who’s written thousands of punning headlines, I have to say that this DC giant has one of the worst titles I’ve ever come across. Happily, the cover illo by Bernard Chang is pretty nice, and the actual logo treatment is great, very early Seventies romance mag… but how are the contents? Here’s […]

Justice League: Dark Tomorrow Special #1 review

It’s been a busy week, I’ve only just got to my second comic, Justice League: Dark Tomorrow Special #1, and this is how it begins. How does ‘Now’ work in the context of a non-place in between time periods? Happily, things quickly improve, with a cracking double-page spread of DC time cop Waverider being chased […]

Titans Annual #1 review

Do you like a challenge? Try to get through this double-sized blockbuster without shedding a tear, or at least welling up. Because this isn’t an action-packed blockbuster, it’s an emotional one as Donna Troy takes us on a journey. It’s the history of the Titans as seen through Donna’s eyes, but it’s also a spotlight […]

New History of the DC Universe #2 review

Barry Allen continues cataloguing the ages of heroes, this second of four chapters beginning with the emergence of the Silver Age stars and ending with the Crisis on Infinite Earths and the death of Supergirl and… himself. Every page turn of the original History of the DC Universe was a thrill. Coming straight after the […]