Superman: Son of Kal-El #10 review

While new Superman Jon Kent saves lives in Ireland… …Lex Luthor holds a press conference… …and Lois Lane throws down a golden gauntlet. Later, Jon has news for his Mom… … and a family friend drops by the suburban Kent home. From the fantastic cover by illustrator Travis Moore and colour artist Tamra Bonvillain to […]

Superman & Robin Special #1 review

Well, here’s a surprise – a new one-shot starring Jon Kent and Damian Wayne. I don’t know why the the Super Sons title has been set aside, Damian and Jon have established their brand, and no matter that Superboy is now Superman, they’ll always be the Super Sons. Heck, when I saw the name of […]

Wonder Woman 80th Anniversary 100pp Super-Spectacular #1 review

Marking eight decades of DC’s Amazing Amazon, here’s another giant anthology. Is it a thing of wonder? Michael W Conrad and Becky Cloonan begin with a character piece, as Steve Trevor shows Etta Candy a film he’s put together in tribute to the recently departed Diana. It includes tribute comments from fellow heroes, daring rescues, […]

Checkmate #3 review

DC’s super-spy mini-series begins in the aftermath of assassin queen Talia’s aborted escape from Leviathan. She’s murdered associates of the country’s leader, Mark Shaw, and Superman has come to take her to the US and prison. Afterwards, Shaw addresses his surviving partners. A few weeks later, members of the ad hoc Checkmate group discuss new […]

Checkmate #1 review

Before we were so rudely interrupted, Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev had been detailing a conspiracy throughout the DC Universe. Now, with the real-life threat of Covid receding, they’ve been able to get back to the story of Leviathan. As detailed in the Event Leviathan mini-series, former adventurer Mark Shaw has put his Manhunter […]

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’. […]

Action Comics 1022

What a difference an inker makes. Danny Miki steps in to embellish John Romita Jr’s pencils and all is right with the world. I’ve been a fan of inker Klaus Janson for decades, but for some reason the teaming with regular partner JR Jr on Action Comics hasn’t worked; the characters have looked too blocky, […]

Superman: Man of Tomorrow #4 review

Swamp Thing, Solomon Grundy… Superman’s met a fair few muck monsters in his time, so you wouldn’t expect a new one to give him nightmares. And yet… Clark has learned that all four attacks took place on land owned by one Albemarle Bryce, a tycoon with wealth to rival Lex Luthor. So it’s off to […]

Wonder Woman: Agent of Peace #2 review

When I was growing up DC books carried a feature, Cap’s Hobby Hints, by the great cartoonist Henry Boltinoff. Cap was a lovely old fella who ran a hobby store and passed on readers’ tips on making toy planes, maintaining an aquarium and lots, lots more. It was charming, and it’s been a long time […]

Event Leviathan #6 review

In September, as the finger of suspicion turned towards Kate Spencer, I wondered if Leviathan was Mark Shaw, one of the heroes to carry the name ‘Manhunter’ before her. Last month, it really seemed as if he was Leviathan, but I suspected we’d get a final twist This finale reveals that Leviathan is, in fact… […]