The Return of Superman 30th Anniversary Special #1 review

The Cyborg Superman is rampaging through the streets of Metropolis, appearing at STAR Labs and blasting his way into the research facility. Superman is off planet so someone else is going to have to take on the man-monster who killed the seven million inhabitants of Coast City. Thankfully, three other heroes with experience of astronaut […]

Action Comics #1055 review

The Metallo storyline that’s occupied the Superman feature over the last few months morphs into a Cyborg Superman storyline, as Hank Henshaw’s latest incarnation heaps trouble on the Super Family. It turns out he’s the one who instructed Metallo to turn the anti-alien protestors of Metropolis into a rampaging ‘Necrohive’. Having declared himself, the Cyborg […]

Action Comics #1054 review

The battle between Metallo and the Super Family continues in the new Action Comics anthology. The opening page is a picture of intensity as Warworld refugee turned Kent family member Otho looms over a burning car. Beside the car, a burning man, a member of the anti-extraterrestrial Blue Earth movement. Feeling threatened, the immature Otho […]

Action Comics #1053 review

It’s the third month of Action Comics’ new anthology format and the best issue yet. Starting with the Superman story – or really, the Super Family story – writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson and illustrator Rafa Sandoval do a great job of balancing scenes of intense drama with more personal moments. If you’re new to the […]

Action Comics #1052 review

The unveiling of the new Steelworks building in Metropolis has been hit by an explosion, and Metallo has risen from the wreckage. Luckily the entire Super Family is on the scene. While our two Steels – Natasha and John Henry Irons – get in some good blows, it’s Superman who ends the immediate Metallo threat […]

Batman #51 review

She’s not mentioned, but the shadow of the cat is all over this issue. Last time, Catwoman ran out on Batman rather than marry him, having been convinced that a happy Batman would be an ineffective Batman. This issue begins with Bruce Wayne offered what might be a welcome distraction – the trial of Mr […]