Green Arrow #17 review

Who wants an epilogue to Green Arrow’s Absolute Power adventure, tying things up in a bow? It begins with Green Arrow hunting down Waller’s henchpeople, Peacemaker and Peacewrecker. Then he visits the newly imprisoned Amanda Waller. Popping up to the new JLA Satellite. Ollie tells the core members that in pretending to betray them to […]

Action Comics #1069 review

It’s the conclusion of Superman’s intergalactic boxing bout… well, boxing is understating it as punches are thrown, but so is an axe. The point is that the Man of Steel is being forced to fight other extraterrestrials, but ones with a more brutal attitude to puglisim. Luckily he has two official seconds… and an unofficial, […]

Avengers Assemble #1 review

There’s a new group of Avengers in town. Captain America is gathering heroes for a secondary squad of Earth’s mightiest heroes and first up are the Wasp, Photon and Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu. Or is it Master of the Ten Rings? He uses the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s magical hoops at least as much as […]

Green Arrow #15 review

‘Action-packed’ is a fair way to describe this issue. ‘Green Arrow-packed’, less so. As with last issue, Ollie Queen is barely in his own book. Sure, his son Connor Hawke is around and dressed in a Green Arrow outfit, but no one buys this book for Connor Hawke. It’s a shame we don’t spend much […]

Green Arrow #14 review

What is Oliver Queen up to? He’s publicly allied himself with Suicide Squad chief turned dictator Amanda Waller, helping her oppress his fellow superheroes. He’s not out hunting heroes – the souped up Amazo androids are doing that – but he is passing on their secrets and cataloguing the weapons ‘The Wall’ has stolen from […]

Green Lantern #12 review

Ooh, soppy cover alert! Still, Hal Jordan and Carol Ferris are one of my favourite comic book couples. I’ve followed their deeply weird relationship since I was a little kid reading Silver Age Green Lantern comics. Hal loved Carol but Carol loved Green Lantern and he couldn’t possibly just let her know how convenient that […]

Green Lantern #11 review

Things start with a bang as United Planets head Lord Premier Thaaros reacts to the government of Planet Zamaron turning down his offer of membership. There goes the world’s central power battery, putting paid to the Star Sapphires… presumably. On Earth, Carol Ferris seems to be settling. The woman can’t stop inwardly mooning over Hal […]

Green Arrow #11 review

Oh dear, this isn’t a very successful issue. Well, unless unconvincing threats and dizzyingly dull exposition is your thing. If you’ve come in late, the past ten issues have seen, first, Oliver Queen bouncing around time as mysterious forces tried to keep him from his loved ones. It turned out that Suicide Squad showrunner turned […]

Green Arrow #10 review

Green Arrow has agreed to help Amanda Waller retrieve the secrets of Sanctuary, the disastrous superhero therapy centre which aimed to help Heroes in Crisis. Waller being a homicidal megalomaniac these days, Ollie’s not exactly in her corner, he aims to rescue the last hero she recruited/coerced into going into sanctuary – Ollie’s ward Roy, […]

Green Arrow #9 review

It’s moving day at the Hall of Justice. Or rather, the Bureau of Sovereignty, renamed after Amanda Waller took it over on behalf of the US government. She’s cleaning it out of all Justice League gadgets, weapons and souvenirs; where they’re going and why, nobody knows, certainly not chief lackey Peacemaker. Now, who’s that crazy? […]