Action Comics #1093 review

Superboy vs money problems, that’s what this issue’s cover promises, and that’s what we get. We saw last issue that foreclosure notices are being issued against Smallville’s farmers. The recent harvest wasn’t great, but surely things aren’t that bad? This issue opens with Jonathan Kent reading a letter as he chats to Martha, who’s at […]

Action Comics #1091 review

Sent to deal with supervillains at Doc Magnus’s robotics lab by the telepathic Captain Comet, Superboy found bad guy Raze, but not the Atomic Age superhero. He was greeted by the US Army, demanding his arrest. Fleeing home to Smallville, a chat with Ma and Pa Kent has Clark suspecting he’s been played. Having decided […]

Action Comics #1090 review

It’s the beginning of his superhero career and Superboy is testing his limitations. Today, it’s super-speed when he’s in flight. The round-the-world trip shows our hero to be capable of 60,000mph, but there’s a price to be paid… yet another uniform in tatters. There’s better news the next day when Lana Lang agrees to a […]

Action Comics #1089 review

A knock on the farmhouse door brings a surprise for Jonathan, Martha and Clark Kent. Clark’s history teacher Mr Blake declares he knows he’s been facing Superboy in class, but has no intention of revealing his secret to the world ‘tonight’. Because he’s a hero too. Taking the family out to look at the stars, […]

Action Comics #1088 review

Years ago, an attack on the Metropolis Expo of Tomorrow forced Clark Kent to bring forward his planned debut as a super-powered saviour. It’s the day after and the Press is excited, wondering what to call the flying kid with amazing strength. One idea catches the imagination of the Daily Planet’s young editor, Perry White. […]

Action Comics #1087 review

It’s a big day for the teenage Clark Kent. It’s his fifteenth birthday and parents Jonathan and Martha are taking him from Smallville to the big city. Metropolis is hosting the Expo of Tomorrow On the coach, Ma is perturbed when she spots Clark is wearing something he’s meant to keep for a very special […]

Blue & Gold #8 review

Ryan Sook’s movie poster cover is the perfect opening to the final issue of a spectacularly good-natured mini-series. Two shining heroes getting great reviews for their endless good deeds. And that’s pretty much how things stand as ‘Unmasked at Last’ opens. Michael and Ted’s Blue & Gold Restoration venture has been doing good all over […]

Blue & Gold #4 review

Booster and Beetle’s new venture, Blue & Gold Restoration, is open for business. In a promotional exercise, the boys meet a TV reporter. Getting on to the subject of how the boys became friends, the accounts differ. They do, though, agree on who they were facing. And that’s the set-up for a thoroughly enjoyable issue […]

Legion of Super-Heroes #12 review

FIGHT! That sums up this conclusion to the first year’s worth of the new Legion of Super-Heroes – most of the extra-entertaining issue is a big fight as the United Planets’ teen team defends New Krypton from Mordru and Rogol Zaar. After a gorgeous cover executed in colour by Ryan Sook, the issue opens with […]

Legion of Super-Heroes #11 review

It’s beginning to feel a lot like Legion… Earlier this week I was chatting on Twitter to other longtime Legion fans, saying that while I’m enjoying the latest Legion of Super-Heroes series, the team has rebooted so many times that I no longer think of any Legion beyond the original and Zero Hour versions as […]