Justice League Red #2 review

That’s an exciting cover from illustrator Clayton Henry and colourist Marcelo Maiolo, with Power Girl, Green Lantern Simon Baz and Cyborg fighting a Transformer-style Red Tornado. Inside the comic? No such scene. Let’s be kind and call it symbolic, because while there’s no physical confrontation with Reddy, the other heroes do have words. Last month […]

Krypto #4 review

In our house, there’s a rule. If someone in a thriller or horror has a dog, be ready with the channel changer to zap away at a moment’s notice. The latest issue of the Krypto mini-series, presumably commissioned due to his starring role in the recent Superman film, needs a cover blurb: ‘Warning: Contains Adorable […]

Action Comics #1090 review

It’s the beginning of his superhero career and Superboy is testing his limitations. Today, it’s super-speed when he’s in flight. The round-the-world trip shows our hero to be capable of 60,000mph, but there’s a price to be paid… yet another uniform in tatters. There’s better news the next day when Lana Lang agrees to a […]

Supergirl #5 review

Supergirl takes Lesla Lar to Metropolis for a spot of superheroine training, leaving Lena Luthor to mind the Midvale store. She’s also looking after Super-Pets Krypto, Streaky, Kandy and Tinytano… all of whom abscond the second the girl genius’s back is turned. Bad bunny Kandy begins trying to annoy Krypto, because they first met as […]

JSA #11 review

That’s a pretty great cover illo from Leonardo Romero, it’s a shame we don’t actually have any members of the Justice Society of America on it. Ah, connected covers, what can you do? Does anyone actually sit down with all the issues and stare joyously at the big picture? I tend to like them only […]

Batman #1 review

Summer in Gotham City. Beat cops Gordon and Espinoza are having a coffee in the baking heat when events get a jump on them. It’s longtime Gotham resident Killer Croc, apparently in need of a snack. His doctor calls Batman to Arkham where they chat about his recent moods. Following Croc’s lead by leaping out […]

Justice League Unlimited #10 review

The Time Trapper, nee Doomsday, is attacked in Hypertime by Darkseid’s Legion of Super-Heroes. Mortally wounded, he manages to get back to the Justice League Watchtower, where the heroes on hand try to help him. Some kind of auto-defence system won’t let the Flash, Steel. Black Lightning, Blue Beetle and Star Sapphire get near without […]

Superman #29 review

Now here’s a cover guaranteed to put this comic at the top of my reading pile – a devastated Superman mourning the loss of his old friends in the Legion of Super-Heroes. Artist Dan Mora has come up with the perfect tombstone for what looks like a headless Superman to stare at. Speaking of headless, […]

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #42 review

Superman, Batman and Robin have found themselves on the Bizarro World, where a mystery plague is driving the residents un-mad. Having evaded an attack by the hordes of Htrae, the heroes have come across a familiar – but unfamiliar – pair. The Bizarro heroes explain to Robin that, no, everyone becoming sane by Earth standards […]

Titans #26 review

After their big battle with Deathstroke’s Crime Syndicate, the Titans are cleaning up, with help from fellow members of Justice League Unlimited. Wonder Woman sees an opportunity to clear the air with sister and Titans leader Donna Troy. One Titan who is swerving the hard work is Beast Boy, who plans a day at the […]