Batman/Superman: World’s Finest 2024 Annual review

I’ve been looking forward to this one since it was announced – a bunch of World’s Finest-adjacent characters in their own stories. First we have Mr Mxyzptlk, Bat-Mite and their Just-Us League of Imps meeting at the Fifth Dimensional Hall of Just-Us. Mxy has an agenda to discuss but no one is listening. I just […]

Shazam! #7 review

This issue the newly christened Captain fights not one, but two powerhouses. There is, of course, Black Adam, right there on Dan Mora’s dramatic covers, while in the opening sequence there’s a surprise new character. While Cap uses his newly boosted wisdom of Solomon to deal with Bizarro Marvel, over Kahndaq Black Adam encounters the […]

Shazam #5 review

The Captain has been on the moon battling Queen Bee, Garguax and a gang of reprobates from Gorilla City. Transformed back into Billy Batson, he’s been thrown into airless space. Luckily, a rescuer arrives. Having made a breathable area for Billy, the red streak slows down and urges Billy to say his one magic word. […]

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #20 review

Several years ago, the Flash of Earth 0, Barry Allen, is exploring the Multiverse. He’s looking for someone in particular. And he spots him, very, very briefly. David Sikela, Boy Thunder, Superman’s shortlived sidekick from a parallel Earth who faded back into Hypertime. That was years ago, but Barry pimps a Cosmic Treadmill so Superman […]

Shazam! #4 review

The Captain has gone into space, having been told by Ted from Gorilla City that the Emperor of the Moon has plans to attack Earth. Which seems reasonable. After all, it’s Tuesday in the DC Universe. As it turns out, longtime Doom Patrol annoyance Garguax is being misrepresented in terms of his intentions. What he’s […]

Knight Terrors: Shazam! #2 review

Mary Marvel is having a very bad dream. Sent into a supernatural sleep by new villain Insomnia, she’s confronted by a horrific version of brother Billy, a Shazam who’s more Black Adam than the Captain. But having been freaked out in the first half of this micro-series tying into the Knight Terrors event, Mary has […]

Lightning round reviews – Avengers #1, Cyborg #1 and Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #15

Some weeks it’s tough to find something to look at here. Very occasionally, though, the shelves are packed. I’ve done three reviews already this week, but have a few stray thoughts on other new issues, so here we go. AVENGERS #1 We’ve not had an Avengers #1 for a few years, and after the latest […]

Shazam! #1 review

‘With one magic word… Shazam!‘ With the return of the 1970s tagline, and a cover unapologetically acknowledging Captain Marvel’s long comic book history, writer Mark Waid and artist Dan Mora declare that they’re going back to basics. The World’s Mightiest Mortal isn’t throwing magic lightning bolts around. He’s not turning every second person into a […]

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #13 review

Where’s Metamorpho? That’s the question on Dan Mora’s unusual cover, with its animation vibe – I can just hear the Hanna-Barbera running sound effects as Superman and Batman, complete with wildly flapping utility belt, run across the world, searching for the Element Man. Below, Metamorpho grins as he lives his best life. Someone who isn’t […]

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #12 review

Supergirl and Robin go on a date. There a monkey on the loose. That’s all it takes to spark one of the best DC comics we’ll get this year. Writer Mark Waid is a master when it come to depicting superheroes with personality, building off classic characterisations and adding insights that, while logical, haven’t been […]