Powers of X #1 review

Ten years ago, as his dream of a peaceful coexistence for mutants and humans is forming, Charles Xavier meets a young woman. Today, on the new mutant refuge of Genosha, Mystique bargains with Charles Xavier and Magneto over a memory stick. A hundred years from now, mutants and humans are at war. And after a […]

History of the Marvel Universe #1 review

If ever a Marvel comic has had more concepts in a single issue, I’d be surprised. Eternals. Inhumans. Abstracts. Mutants. The list goes on. But story? Not so much. There’s nothing, really, to review in terms of fresh narrative. This isn’t an organic tale, more incidents tagged together to make a timeline. As the title […]

House of X #1 review

It’s the dawn of a new age for mutants. A new relationship with humankind is on the horizon. And at the centre of it, three new drugs Charles Xavier is offering the world. A drug that extends human life by five years, a super-antibiotic and a protection against dementia. And all that world leaders have […]

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man#6 review

It’s just another day in New York. Spider-Man is fighting Dr Octopus and in a spot of bother. But he has help. Yes, it’s kid hero Spider Bite. And he’s not finished aiding the senior hero. Sure, Spidey has beaten the Sinister Six many times, but today the challenge is greater. Eventually, the day comes […]

Avengers: No Road Home #2 review

The Gods of Olympus are dead. The reborn Mother of Night, Nyx, came for for revenge on Zeus, who imprisoned her aeons ago. The newest Avenger, Voyager, has gathered together a team of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes – Vision, Scarlet Witch, Spectrum, Hulk, Hercules and Hawkeye. Guardian of the Galaxy member Rocket Racoon, who happened to […]

Extermination #1 review

The original X-Men are going home. Or being killed. Maybe they’re going to be absorbed into their elder selves (as the older Cyclops is currently dead, that could be interesting!). I don’t know. All I know is that this mini-series aims to clean house, get rid of the X-Men brought from the past to the […]

Astonishing X-Men #14 review

I’m a sucker for new X-Men line-ups. And the one that’s assembling in the latest Astonishing X-Men series has real promise. The set-up, established last issue, is that after a period of being evil – not his fault, honest – Alex Summers aka Havok – wants to lead a new team of mutants, doing good […]

The Life of Captain Marvel #1 review

Captain Marvel is off her game. She’s a valued member of the Mighty Avengers but something’s off. Bad as baddies Moonstone and Tanalth are, a hero doesn’t launch a brutal assault on a foe when lesser force can stop them. Longtime friend Tony Stark, though, is there for her. Realising he has a point, Carol […]

The Amazing Spider-Man #1 review

It’s a brand new day for Spider-Man. Another. And it begins with a dream. Peter and Mary Jane atop a high spire in New York City. A rude awakening is provided by his and Robbie Robertson’s new roommate, Fred Myers, playing video games insanely loudly at 5am. Myers, like Peter, does some of his best […]

Introducing, Captain Britain!

I’m old, you know. So old that I was there when Marvel UK debuted its first original character, Captain Britain, back in the Seventies. And a couple of years later I was there when he made his US comics debut, courtesy of two memorable issues of Marvel Team-Up by Chris Claremont and John Byrne. Siskoid, […]