Retro review – House of Mystery #224

When I was a kid in the Seventies and Eighties, DC’s Mystery books were a regular part of my comic reading diet. With at least three shorts an issue, one of which was usually pretty splendid, plus the odd feature page and a lettercol – I loved lettercols! – they were good value, and often […]

Fantastic 4: Antithesis #1 review

‘A new story from a classic era’ is how Marvel describes this four-issue mini-series and based on the first instalment, this could prove a classic itself. So far as meeting the criteria of the quote goes, ‘new’ it most certainly is, and as for ‘classic era’, that’s fair – the costumes and presence of toddler […]

Dare you listen?

Happy Hallowe’en. Fancy a spooky story? DC gave us a corker in 1970 when Batman entered the House of Mystery. Well, sort of. Find out why he was raising Cain in the latest episode of Siskoid’s FW Team-Up podcast, guest starring me. Click here to get to the show page, then turn the lights off […]