Batman #7 review

One night in Gotham and Harvey Bullock activates his Bat Signal. It’s defiantly lo-fi, but effective. One-time GCPD detective Bullock and Police Commissioner turned beat cop Jim Gordon have been given a message to pass on – ‘It’s him. He wants to talk…’ Of course, they mean the Joker, who, it turns out, is in […]

Podcast Plugtime: Crisis in Eternity – The Radio Play

If you’re a fan of comics podcasts you may be familiar with The Earth 2 Podcast, a weekly delight in which hosts Peter and David explore the origins and development of the DC Multiverse and the legacy of characters from the Golden Age of Comics. The two of them spin gold as they read through […]

JSA #17 review

Now this is a great JSA issue, from Dave Johnson’s Hexaptych cover segment right through to a back-of-book bonus. We’re nearly at the end of the six-part reimagining of the Justice Society of America’s origin and, foundations laid, it’s fun all the way. Not that Alan Scott is having a great time as we rejoin […]

DC KO #5 review

It’s the finale to DC’s latest event, and Superman is in trouble. Well, he’s dead, killed by Lex Luthor. But that’s only one Superman. It turns out that the ‘games night’ flashbacks we’ve been seeing as asides while heroes bashed each other in a cosmic clash to become the King Omega weren’t the flashbacks they […]

The Flash #30 review

Classic Flash writer Mark Waid has been writing the last few DC KO tie-in issues with Christopher Cantwell and I’ve really been enjoying them. Here’s the final chapter of a serial which has seen Flash Wally West and his cousin Impulse, Bart Allen, being chased through time by a Darkseid-tainted Legion of Super-Heroes. As we […]

Green Lantern #32 review

Gorgeous, that’s what Xermanico’s cover illustration is, and it’s the perfect image for the month of St Valentine. It looks like our star, Green Lantern Hal Jordan, is going to propose to his longtime on-off lady love, Carol Ferris. Formerly a fierce businesswoman, these days Carol is spending her time as a member of Justice […]

Superman #35 review

‘Hope’ has been the watchword for Superman for a long time now, and while the Man of Steel doesn’t appear as an active participant in this issue, hope is everywhere. While Superman is away at the DC KO festivities, Superwoman Lois, Superboy Prime and a very human Superman robot are fighting their way past Darkseid’s […]

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest Comics #48 review

Forget Earth 0, it’s a different World showcasing its Finest this issue as the Batman and Superman of Earth 3, Owlman and Ultraman, take centre stage. Not that we’d call them finest, this being the parallel world where Evil reigns supreme. Like all World’s Finest stories, it’s set several years ago, so the protagonists aren’t […]

Superman Unlimited #10 review

What a wonderful cover by Dave Johnson – maybe one day we’ll see a story that goes with it. The nearest we get inside is a trapped Superman, and a bucket of acid aimed at the Prankster. Read the comic and you’ll find out which Prankster because, as seen last month, Metropolis is now home […]

Supergirl #10 review

Oh, this is a super-soppy cover, with artist Sophie Campbell really leaning into nostalgia for the Seventies Supergirl series, which was treated as a romance series and was cancelled after >ulp< ten issues. Inside, Linda (Supergirl) Danvers really is a lovesick fool, but there’s a reason. We join her on a date with the chap […]