Superman: Lex Luthor Special #1 review

Lex Luthor is dead. Well, the man he was is gone, anyway. The criminal scientist recently had an encounter with Brainiac, and his criminal inclinations look to have vanished along with many of his memories. Daughter Lena wants to help her Dad get back to where he was, a genius with the potential for good […]

Green Lantern: Fractured Spectrum #1 review

Peace has broken out in the DC Universe. Well, the outer space bit that concerns the Green Lantern Corps, anyway. The war with the forces of rogue United Planets President Thaaros had been won, the world of Oa is being rebuilt and there’s time for Hal Jordan to enjoy a sandwich. Now there’s a thought […]

Action Comics #1082 review

It’s a lovely day in Metropolis… until huge boulders begin shooting through the streets and the ground cracks open. Police Chief Kekoa and colleague are saved by Superman, who then catches up with the metahuman behind the devastation – but not before finding a civilian has died under a building. There’s no resistance as Superman […]

Aquaman #1 review

‘Aquaman #1 review’ Gosh, I feel like I’ve typed that line a fair few times over the years – the King of the Seas just can’t keep a series. On the other hand, he’s had a couple of blockbuster big screen outings that have ensured he’s never been far from the centre of the DC […]

Action Comics #1081 review

The Phantom King, Xa-Du, has returned from exile in time to rally the Phantom Zone escapees who have been causing havoc across the galaxy. The Super Family are primed to hunt them down, even Mon-El, despite the temporary solution around his fatal vulnerability to lead being less effective with every minute that passes. The Daxamite […]

Action Comics #1080 review

The Phantom Zone criminals who attacked Earth have been defeated, but others have spread out into the universe. And they’re the worst of the worst. The likes of Jax-Ur, whose illegal experiments with rocket ships saw space travel outlawed, leading to one escape route from exploding Krypton being fenced off. Sadistic man-hater Faora Hu-Ul. And […]

Action Comics #1079 review

How often do you read a superhero comic and find the hero facing the biggest of threats but failing to call in help. Not so here, as not only do the resident members of the Super Family step up when the Phantom Zone prisoners escape into our solar system, but the Justice League are on […]

Superwoman Special #1 review

We’ve waited a couple of months, but here we learn just how Lois Lane gained super-powers and, as everyone thought, it’s all connected to the Absolute Power storyline. Lois, wanting to help her husband, son and the rest of the hero community, donned a Luthor super-suit and headed for Gamorra, where Amanda Waller was running […]

Action Comics #1078 review

Jon Kent is facing one of his father’s old foes, Grax. The alien conqueror is crowing, knowing that the Sun is being drained to fuel the creation of mass in the Phantom Zone. That plot was the work of Aethyr, a crazed godlike being who, nevertheless, has just been defeated by Superman. The Man of […]

Action Comics #1077 review

Superman has escaped from doomed Krypton and is back in the Phantom Zone in the present day. The mad god Aethyr has been altering the reality of the ghostly realm, creating mass and giving its ethereal inhabitants physical form. Superman comes across old friend Mon-El seemingly saying a prayer. Bringing the Man of Steel up […]