Nightwing #83 review

Isn’t that a delightfully playful cover? Nightwing’s quick change is a refreshing switch from the admittedly wonderful dramas that usually play out on the front of this series. And the single line of dialogue is certainly a grabber so far as getting me to open this issue quickly is concerned. What is Dick going to […]

Nightwing #81 review

It seems rude, I try not to, but I can’t help it. Usually, when reading a new comic, I find myself stopping to make notes. A word here, a sentence there, just in case I decide to give it a shout-out here. Not with the new Nightwing. Since writer Tom Taylor, illustrator Bruno Redondo and […]

Action Comics #1031 review

Many times, we’ve seen Superman looked on as a god by people he encounters. Rarely have we had such a fine visual representation of the feeling as on the first page on Action Comics #1031. The composition and execution by artist Daniel Sampere, allied to the hazy colouring effects from Adriano Lucas, sell the idea […]

Action Comics #1030 review

It’s just another day in the Warworld neighbourhood and captive warlords are swearing fealty to its ruler, Mongul. Sidekick Chaytil isn’t impressed. On Earth, Superman’s brief fight with a giant robot provides the Atom and Batman with statistics to argue over. In the Middle East, Jon Kent tells Damian Wayne what’s on his mind. And […]

Nightwing #79 review

How to spend billions. It’s a problem we’ve all had to contend with at some point in life, and today it’s Dick Grayson’s turn. He’s been left the savings of Alfred Pennyworth, manservant and, it turns out, man of means. Dick knew his other father, Bruce Wayne, was loaded, but that Thomas Wayne had left […]

Nightwing #78 review

Dick gets a dog – and she’s adorable! Oh, you want more? Well, you don’t have to be a boy acrobat to find this first Infinite Frontier issue of Nightwing a wonderful jumping-on point. The story opens with a flashback to our hero’s first meeting with future Batgirl and Oracle Barbara Gordon, after they’ve both […]

Dark Nights Death Metal: The Secret Origin #1 review

It’s the end of the world(s) as we know it. The One Who Laughs has created 52 dark parallel Earths and they’re invading Earth 0, where its heroes and villains, along with those of numerous destroyed worlds, are making their last stand. Well, I think that’s what’s going on – I doubt Dark Metal would […]

Suicide Squad #11 review

When your book is called Suicide Squad, fatalities are to be expected. And, to be honest, enjoyed. What’s not expected is a resurrection. Sure, such things happen in superhero comics, but wouldn’t a Lazarus-like return in this series cheapen the brand? Not when the brand is the vision of writer Tom Taylor and artist Bruno […]

Dark Knights Death Metal: Speed Metal #1 review

‘Flashes don’t fight, ya numbskulls.’ You have to love those Golden Age heroes and their down-to-earth ways. Original Flash Jay Garrick is in the Speed Force with a bunch of fellow Flashes when Barry Allen and Wally West start bickering. The Batman Who Laughs and his speed zombies are after them. Who has time for […]

Suicide Squad #6 review

Fight scene choreography is something I have trouble with; either a lot of artists are less than excellent at it or, more likely, I’m terrible at parsing the visuals. If that’s the problem, Bruno Redondo is the solution. That is stunning artwork. There isn’t a panel in which I don’t know what’s going on. There’s […]