Detective Comics #1101 review

Mikel Janín’s cover is beautiful. And chilling. It hooked me into buying my first issue of Detective Comics in quite a while. The positioning of Batman promises mystery. The floating figures inspire dread. The combination of colours attracts the eye beyond events hinted at in the image. I couldn’t open this comic quickly enough. Inside, […]

Justice Society of America #11 review

Next issue is the finale of this 12-issue maxi-series and I’m expecting that to be a big package of loose ends. Why? Because this penultimate chapter is a crash bang wallop climatic action issue full of marvellously crowded splash pages and spreads. In the blue corner we have the JSA, battling to protect newest member […]

Justice Society of America #10 review

Of all the classic covers DC artists turns to again and again to homage, Adventure Comics #300 is one of my favourites. Sharing the Silver Age 80pp Giant one panel per character format, it’s a delight. So while artist Mikel Janín gets points for good intentions, the execution of JSA #10’s cover is disappointing. The […]

Absolute Power 2024 FCBD Special Edition #1 review

D-list supervillain Clock King – so rubbish he was in Justice League Antarctica – are inducting an even more obscure player into a government programme, watched by bad Batman android Failsafe. Haywire is informed that he’s now working for Amanda Waller – who has managed to buy up all the supervillain prisons – and helping […]

Justice Society of America #9 review

This book is a lot more interesting than Mikel Janín’s cover hints at. It’s a nice shot of Mr Terrific, but it’s pretty difficult to work out who’s in those little balls. And once again, the colour palette is weirdly bathroom based. The image does deserve points for being a fair representation of what’s inside, […]

Justice Society of America #8 review

The Justice Society indulge the new Huntress’ desire to make the team a place where villains can improve their reputation, by checking her list to see if naughty can become nice. Green Lantern Alan Scott isn’t convinced teen hothead Red Lantern of Russia has what it takes, what with the multiple murders and all. Still, […]

Justice Society of America #6 review

Degaton defeated, the Justice Society members can take a breather. Well, at least from fighting mad metahumans – they’ve still got a lot on their plate. Namely, more than a dozen teenage heroes who were lost in time and forgotten by history. They’ve been rescued by Red Arrow and Stargirl and, unable to return home […]

Justice Society of America #5 review

How’s that for a cover? I’ve moaned – sorry, noted – that previous cover images have been a tad washed out but the bright reds and blues, with sunshine peeping in, lend this one a different, happier feel. And the composition by Mikel Janín is a treat, a soaring shot worthy of many a classic […]

Justice Society of America #4 review

Per Degaton is trying to destroy the Justice Society, as per usual. He’s travelling down the timeline destroying the jSA of each generation. ‘Why’ is the question that’s haunted Huntress Helena Wayne since a mysterious snowglobe began plonking her in the Golden Age villain’s footsteps. While Helena, who’s from 2049, tries to warn the JSA […]

Justice Society of America #3 review

The Huntress of decades from now has been bouncing around the timestream, watching various iterations of Dr Fate die. Now Helena Wayne is in 2023, facing contemporary Dr Fate and future JSA teammate Khalid Nassour and his Justice League Dark colleagues Deadman and Bobo the Detective Chimp. He’s understandably perturbed to learn Huntress has seen […]