Action Comics #1097 review

The ‘Reign of the Superboys’ stamp is on the cover, but as with last issue I don’t see how the phrase is reflected inside the book. What I do see is a thoroughly engaging comic as Mary Marvel, Booster Gold and Martian Manhunter J’onn J’onzz spend a day with Clark, Jonathan and Martha Kent. Before […]

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #50 review

How’s this for an anniversary cover? Dan Mora gathers a fantastic array of characters who have appeared in this series and its equally engaging spin-offs over the past few years to invite us inside. And behind the cover are two stories that aren’t trying to do anything other than entertain, and in that they succeed […]

Justice League Unlimited #17 review

Dan Mora produces an especially fabulous cover this issue, it’s just a shame the very traditional JLA stars circling the characters have been cut off. As for the particular group, it’s a mix of heroes and villains, but for once they’re not fighting, they’re mingling. And the title, Villain Amnesty, implies bad guys are joining […]

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #49 review

Last issue ended with Superman and Batman revealed as prisoners on Earth 3, at the mercy of alternate world counterparts Ultraman and Owlman, and Superwoman Lois Lane. This issue reveals how our World’s Finest heroes, in this story set years ago, found themselves on the wrong side of a space portal. It began with Brainiac. […]

Action Comics #1096 review

The Reign of the Superboys mini-event begins with young Clark Kent stunned when a pleasantly rainy day takes a surprising turn. A mature oak tree explodes, prompting Superboy to save neighbour Lewis Lang from death by branch. After setting Lana’s dad to one side, Superboy takes the opportunity to ask him something he’s wondered for […]

The Flash #30 review

Classic Flash writer Mark Waid has been writing the last few DC KO tie-in issues with Christopher Cantwell and I’ve really been enjoying them. Here’s the final chapter of a serial which has seen Flash Wally West and his cousin Impulse, Bart Allen, being chased through time by a Darkseid-tainted Legion of Super-Heroes. As we […]

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest Comics #48 review

Forget Earth 0, it’s a different World showcasing its Finest this issue as the Batman and Superman of Earth 3, Owlman and Ultraman, take centre stage. Not that we’d call them finest, this being the parallel world where Evil reigns supreme. Like all World’s Finest stories, it’s set several years ago, so the protagonists aren’t […]

Action Comics #1095 review

Ryan Sook has been providing cracking covers since Action Comics began telling the adventures of Superman when he was a boy, and here’s another. An evidence board, as seen in many a TV crime drama, with young Clark Kent at the centre, the red tape making a familiar symbol. And that title, ‘The Kent Conspiracy’, […]

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #47 review

The oddball Luthor/Joker team-up concludes, with the merged villains facing an equally merged Superman/Batman, backed up by a coterie of Justice Leaguers. Last issue ended with the Thanagarian Absorbascon having beamed the knowledge of our heroes’ secret identities into the minds of everyone on Earth. The blended Batman and Superman, nicknamed Fusion, manages to save […]

The Flash #28 review: Flash vs Green Lantern

DC KO’s All Fight Month brings us Green Lantern Guy Gardner vs Golden Age Flash Jay Garrick, seasoned hero vs the ultimate veteran. Mind, this being an issue of The Flash rather than a standalone tie-in, it’s not actually fighty fight throughout. Nope, we begin with the consequences of the past two issues. Surmising that […]