Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #12 review

This final issue may bag a footnote in comics history as the first DC title to acknowledge the Covid-19 quarantine. If there’s any justice, though, it will be remembered as the perfect conclusion to a simply wonderful maxi-series. I’ve praised past issues a lot, and when you love chapters of a limited series, there’s always […]

Superman: Man of Tomorrow #11 review

After several issues of short tales by different writers, Robert Venditti, whose stories with penciller Paul Pelletier lit up the first six issues of this DC Digital First series, is back for what looks to be another several-issue sequence. Well, that’s what the final page indicates; the previous 15 give us a complete story that […]

Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #11 review

In which Jimmy appeals for help against the intergalactic tyrant who’s trying to steal the wife he doesn’t want… … all heck breaks loose… … and Lex Luthor makes Jimmy’s brother Julian sweat. Recognise that big blue alien? Possibly not, because last time he appeared he looked like this. It’s the big bruiser from the […]

Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #10 review

Mad as a box of frogs, that’s this mini-series. The plotting is all over the shop, jumping all over the place in time and space, the spotlight shifting constantly from person to person. One minute we’re with Jimmy’s brother Julian, the next we’re following failed super-villain Porcodillo… occasionally Jimmy himself is the focus. The big […]

Superman: Man of Tomorrow #4 review

Swamp Thing, Solomon Grundy… Superman’s met a fair few muck monsters in his time, so you wouldn’t expect a new one to give him nightmares. And yet… Clark has learned that all four attacks took place on land owned by one Albemarle Bryce, a tycoon with wealth to rival Lex Luthor. So it’s off to […]

Superman: Man of Tomorrow #3 review

It’s no fun at Schott Toys any more. The workers are already disheartened because their boss went bonkers and became criminal crafter the Toyman and now Winslow Schott is aiming his ire at them. In the shape of dinosaurs. Clark Kent smells a story and seeks out Lex Luthor, who recently bought Schott Toys. Lex […]

Superman: Man of Tomorrow #2 review

For a place that bills itself as the City of Tomorrow, Metropolis sure is a backwards town. That’s the point a character makes in Against the Odds and I agree – citizens are protesting against the very possibility of a legal casino, convinced it will make their lovely, quiet hometown, where crime is unknown, a […]

Superman: Man of Tomorrow #1 review

One evening in the big city, Clark Kent is trying to get wife Lois to join him for supper, but she’s busy with a story. A power outage breaks the relative calm of the Daily Planet city room. Up on the roof, Lois watches as Clark rushes off to investigate in his other identity of […]

Batman #91 review

Lots of bars have comedy nights, but few get to host the Joker. Barman Brent is less than thrilled, though, as the Clown Prince of Crime is spouting expository dialogue so vague that it’s not really very useful. On the streets of Gotham, crime tourist Deathstroke is finally free of bat-drones sicced on him by […]

Strange Adventures #1 review

Adam Strange has written a book about his heroic exploits on the planet Rann. But not everyone’s a fan. The Mr Miracle creative team of Tom King and Mitch Gerads are back for another 12-issue series looking at one of DC’s fan favourite properties. And if you liked that series, you’ll probably like this first […]