Shazam #19 review

There’s a lot going on as the Mr Mind storyline continues, with Mary Marvel confronting Georgia Sivana. Billy is having a heart to heart with the girl he’s been crushing on. And Freddy Freeman, also the victim of possession by the Venusian worm and cast down into the darkness, finds he’s not alone. And with […]

Shazam #12 review

Last issue ended with the Shazam kids’ adoption assessment being rudely interrupted by Billy’s birth mother. Despite giving him a chaotic early upbringing, she objected to the adoption. Shazam #12 opens with a confused Billy, hours later, thrust into the Rock of Eternity where he finally figures out who he’s found himself talking to lately. […]

Shazam #11 review

It’s a big day for the Shazam gang as a social worker calls to assess the suitability of the foster kids and the Vasquezes to be a legal family. Well, all the kids except Mary who, having recently turned 18, is no longer in the care system. Not that this stops her from throwing herself […]

Shazam! #10 review

Dan Mora’s wonderful cover promises good things – just look at that cutaway shot of the Shazam Family’s new house, with all sorts of fun things happening. Inside things are actually crazier as the new property Rosa and Victor Vasquez have managed to finance for them and their foster kids proves even busier than that […]

Legion of Super-Heroes 2023 animation review

At a time when the Legion of Super-Heroes are once again without a comic series, a new feature-length cartoon starring them gets my attention. The fact it features Supergirl, another favourite without a comics spotlight, as our PoV character makes it an immediate watch. The feature opens with a pre-credits origin of Supergirl, showing her […]

Lazarus Planet: We Once Were Gods #1 review

It’s raining magic, hallelujah! And that means changes not just for the heroes and villains of the DC Universe, but for gods and monsters too. Remember the Trench from Aquaman, the big-fanged fish fellas who eat everything in their path? The Lazarus rain gives them a makeover in a nice-looking short written and drawn by […]

The New Champion of Shazam #4 review

In which Mary Bromfield tracks down her missing parents and confront the mastermind who’s been sending super-powered strangers to attack her. I’ve been enjoying this four-part mini-series as an overdue focus on the current DC Universe version of Mary Marvel. We’ve seen her go to college, become the sole beneficiary of the wizard Shazam’s powers […]

The New Champion of Shazam #3 review

Mary Bromfield, now the sole bearer of the powers of the wizard Shazam, is investigating the disappearance of her parents. It turns out they’re not the only folk to have vanished off the face of Philadelphia… dozens of Missing posters tell a scary tale. After a night wrestling with the riddle, she wakes to find […]

The New Champion of Shazam #2 review

Last time, Mary Bromfield left Philadelphia for a new beginning as a student at posh university Vassar. Things got complicated when she received the powers of the wizard Shazam, a teleporting talking bunny appeared and she met new supervillain Disaster Master. Then, to cap off a weird day, the terrible news came that foster parents […]

The New Champion of Shazam #1 review

It’s more than 70 years since Mary Marvel had her own comic book, and she’s looking fresh thanks to illustrator Evan ‘Doc’ Shaner. She also sounds fresh in Josie Campbell’s script, narrating her heroic journey to date. Current DC continuity has Mary Bromfield as one of seven foster kids, but here she goes out on […]