Aquaman #12: Aquaman vs Hawkman review

Well I never, it’s two comics for the price of one. Actually, no, it’s two titles for the one comic, which is a bit confusing. After all, last week’s Superman Vs Captain Atom was its own thing, not an issue of Superman. Well, its own thing apart from the fact it’s a spin-off from the […]

Aquaman #3 review

The past. Young Arthur Curry and his father are looking out on a storm. The raging tempest blows the beacon, putting sailors’ lives in danger – but perhaps father and son can work together to bodge a solution… …. in the present day, the adult Arthur could do with a beacon to help him find […]

Aquaman #2 review

Transported to a strange realm, Aquaman finds himself facing, as is his wont, a massive monster. Arthur’s new hydrokinesis power, though, allows him to make short work of the beast and its wranglers, and off he goes to find the mistress of the gruesome Grindylows. Her control over vegetation allows Jenny Greenteeth to drag Aquaman […]

Aquaman #1 review

‘Aquaman #1 review’ Gosh, I feel like I’ve typed that line a fair few times over the years – the King of the Seas just can’t keep a series. On the other hand, he’s had a couple of blockbuster big screen outings that have ensured he’s never been far from the centre of the DC […]

Action Comics #1063 review

On the Bizarro World, imperfect duplicates of Superman, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and all their friends do the opposite of people of Earth. On the Bizarro World, people sit on the floor to dine while their pets perch at the table. On the Bizarro World people vacation at the beach in wintertime and stay at […]

Action Comics #1062 review

Bizarro No 1 has learnt sorcery and cast a spell on Metropolis, turning everyone into twisted versions of themselves. Even Superman is displaying the blurred thinking, backwards speech and cracked, white flesh. So what does this mean for the greatest marriage in comics? And with that, Superman snaps out of his Bizarro period. Love conquers… […]

Action Comics #1061 review

Bizarro is back. But he’s not the simple reverse Superman he’s always been. He has a new tool in his kit. Magic. One of the few weapons Superman has no defence against. The artificial being tells Superman how, six weeks previously, he found himself on Zerox, the Sorcerers’ World. Reacting to Bizarro’s attack on guards […]

Superman: Son of Kal-El #6 review

A rare medical condition afflicts some people with ‘face blindness’, an inability to recognise folk from one meeting to the next. This might explain why Lois Lane couldn’t connect the dots between Clark Kent and Superman when he took his glasses off and changed clothes. It turns out things are worse than that for Lois… […]

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 […]

Superman: Son of Kal-El #4 review

This month, as the cover shows, someone drops in unannounced on Jonathan and Martha Kent. Then, visiting grandson Jon gets through to new pal Jay. The Justice League prove pretty pitiable as guardians of the cornfield. The Kents define ‘sanguine’. And Wally West lends a super-speed shoulder. Or to put it another way, Jon has […]