Checkmate #6 review

Talia has betrayed Checkmate, she’s been revealed as working with Leviathan leader Mark Shaw. Manhunter Kate Shaw isn’t pleased. The Hall of Justice is in darkness, giving undercover Leviathan agent Whitney a chance to take control of the Heroes’ Network. Meanwhile, Mark Shaw is attacking Checkmate member Lois Lane and recently uncovered spy brother Leo. […]

Blue & Gold #4 review

Booster and Beetle’s new venture, Blue & Gold Restoration, is open for business. In a promotional exercise, the boys meet a TV reporter. Getting on to the subject of how the boys became friends, the accounts differ. They do, though, agree on who they were facing. And that’s the set-up for a thoroughly enjoyable issue […]

Superman: Son of Kal-El #5 review

This is the big one! Well, at least it’s the one that’s going to have the biggest sale of any issue of Superman: Son of Kal-El yet. Because this is the issue with The Kiss. As artists go, John Timms isn’t as famous as Rodin and Klimt, but he does get to draw the most […]

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #5 review

‘The theme of this book is Supergirl is awesome and she saves the day.’ That’s Tom King talking on a recent episode of iFanboy’s Talksplode podcast. So when, exactly, will Supergirl be certified 100% awesome? This is the fifth of eight chapters and while I’ve praised the highs, there are far more lows for Supergirl. […]

The DC Book review

You have to credit Dorling Kindersley. It seems like every other month the publisher has a new DC or Marvel guidebook out, recycling material from earlier books. Encyclopaedias beget character guides that fill the likes of HMV and discount bookshops. I unabashedly love them. I’m almost disappointed that they’ve finally come up with something original, […]

Dark Knights of Steel #1 review

Doomed planet. Desperate scientists. Last hope. Medieval castle? And Jor-El and Lara alongside baby Kal? I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore in this limited series from writer Tom Taylor and illustrator Yasmine Putri. It looks like Olde England but we’re in The Kingdom of Storms, and as the last family of Krypton […]

The Human Target #1 review

Christopher Chance puts a target on his own back for a living, taking the place of men others would send to the grave. His latest client is businessman Lex Luthor, a man not short of enemies. So it’s an armour-padded suit and bald cap for Chance. While he survives the assassination attempt from a disgruntled […]

Podcast Plugtime – A World on Fire: An All-Star Squadron Podcast

One of the best series of the Eighties was All-Star Squadron. Roy and Dann Thomas’s love letter to DC’s Golden Age, it followed the heroes of the Forties from Pearl Harbor onwards as they fought Hitler and co on the Home Front – well, mainly. As well as the Justice Society of America, 7 Soldiers […]

DC Vs Vampires #1 review

And now, in the tradition of Injustice and DCeased, a new alternate continuity series putting heroes and villains in an apocalyptic scenario. Is there room for another so soon after the two earlier hits? On the basic of this terrific first issue, the answer is a big, ‘Too bloody right, there is!’ Otto Schmidt’s intense […]

Checkmate #5 review

Mark Shaw, leader of the rogue country Leviathan, has teleported the church being used by the new Checkmate group as a base from the US to Thailand. The spymasters, though, manage to escape via a portal to the basement of the Hall of Justice. Upstairs, the Wonder Twins show a new batch of Justice League […]