Batman: The Detective #1 review

In the skies above England, terrorists in Batman masks plan to bring down a plane, leaping to safety themselves. One passenger won’t go without a fight. Outside Gotham City, Bruce Wayne, in contemplative mood, is saying goodbye. At the scene of the air crash, the Batman finds he’s not the only hero investigating. But there’s […]

Superman #30 review

It’s just a perfect day. Lois, Clark and Jon Kent play crazy golf in the park. It’s such fun, but the peace is interrupted by a summons from space. The voice of an old friend of Superman is calling for help. Superman and Superboy take off, leaving Lois for a solo swinging session. On the […]

The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries Chapters #1 and #2 review

In Gotham City, Batman has a riddle for his old pals in Mystery Inc. Remember those cute purple gloves the Caped Crusader wore in his earliest adventures? They’ve disappeared, swapped out of a museum exhibit for a pair of modern knock-offs. Suspecting they must have been taken at the time, Batman sends Velma, Shaggy and […]

Crime Syndicate #2 review

Starro has come to Earth 3 and they’re on a recruitment drive. First to sign up, if not willingly, is the world’s super-dictator, Ultraman. And the mission he’s been given by the neurological nobbling alien starfish is, bring Superwoman into the fold. She’s not having it. Elsewhere, Owlman is being rather melodramatic. Still, he’s getting […]

Green Lantern #1 review

I bought this issue on the basis of the cover, which promises fun. So many Green Lantern series of the last 20 years have been so darned grim that I craved some light to go with the shade. And there’s light aplenty in this debut issue, as the Guardians host a galactic conclave. And the […]

The Flash #768 review

Wally West has had enough. After a very rough few years, he’s decided to quit superheroing and concentrate on his family. The Justice League members he tells are, at best, nonplussed. Uncle Flash Barry is especially upset. Oliver Queen aka Green Arrow, though, is good with Wally’s decision, his super-speed having killed Ollie’s ward, Roy […]

Batman/Superman #16 review

Ever read a regular issue of a comic and wish it were in prestige format? That’s how this comic has me feeling, as new writer Gene Luen Yang, artists Ivan Reis and Danny Miki and colleagues produce something very special. The story nods to the 1940s big screen versions of Superman, Batman and Robin, with […]

Teen Titans Academy #1 review

Term begins at the Roy Harper Titans Academy, the DC Universe’s brand new school for ‘gifted youngsters’. I’m not being snarky, the phrase is right there in the splash page legend for this Future State spin-out, which tells us that Nightwing, Donna Troy, Cyborg, Starfire, Raven and Beast Boy are ready to mentor the next […]

Go-Go listen to a Silver Age Lois Lane podcast

… or perhaps that should say ‘podCATS’ as this issue of Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane, #66 from, coincidentally, 1966, proudly proclaims: ‘They call me the CAT!’. Nobody does, truth be told, which gives the latest episode of the always delightful Checkered Past podcast its title, ‘But… no one ever actually calls her the cat’. […]

Nightwing #78 review

Dick gets a dog – and she’s adorable! Oh, you want more? Well, you don’t have to be a boy acrobat to find this first Infinite Frontier issue of Nightwing a wonderful jumping-on point. The story opens with a flashback to our hero’s first meeting with future Batgirl and Oracle Barbara Gordon, after they’ve both […]