The Batman & Scooby-Doo! Mysteries #1 review

Who says we can’t have nice things? Batman, Robin, Daphne, Fred, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo are back for a second series of team-ups. Every month for the next year we can expect expertly crafted mysteries centred on two of the greatest franchises in popular fiction. And the first riddle to be tackled begins – where […]

The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #12 review

I knew this day was coming – the day of the 12th and final issue of the superb limited series teaming the fine folk of Mystery Inc with the Caped (well, mostly) Crusaders of Gotham City. Alleviating the pain, though, is the fact that this is a surprise celebration. It turns out that 2022 is […]

The Batman and Scooby-Doo Mysteries #10 review

On the one hairy hand, this issue’s cover gives away the identity of the furry fellow attacking attractions in Florida. On the other, that ‘Shaggy, man’ gag is just so good, and Dario Brizuela’s illustration, coloured by Franco Riesco, will surely shift some copies. And anyway, the reveal of the old Justice League threat isn’t […]

The Batman & Scooby-Doo! Mysteries #8 review

The Mystery Inc gang are in Gotham and perturbed to find that while the franks joint they’d been recommended is closed, it’s nevertheless occupied. The shadow of the Bat! Batman arrives just as the ghost – actually a Silver Age villain – vanishes into the waterfront development. The Caped Crusader is primed to follow, but […]

Batman/Superman #22 review

It’s the last issue of this series, and talk about going out with a bang! After the massively enjoyable serial that recently ended, writer Gene Luen Yang scripts a one-issue wonder to further remind us just what a great writer he is. This is a high concept issue, one which begins with bad guy Calendar […]

The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries Chapters #1 and #2 review

In Gotham City, Batman has a riddle for his old pals in Mystery Inc. Remember those cute purple gloves the Caped Crusader wore in his earliest adventures? They’ve disappeared, swapped out of a museum exhibit for a pair of modern knock-offs. Suspecting they must have been taken at the time, Batman sends Velma, Shaggy and […]

Batman/Superman #16 review

Ever read a regular issue of a comic and wish it were in prestige format? That’s how this comic has me feeling, as new writer Gene Luen Yang, artists Ivan Reis and Danny Miki and colleagues produce something very special. The story nods to the 1940s big screen versions of Superman, Batman and Robin, with […]

DCeased: Dead Planet #7 review

There’s a famous feature in Mad! Magazine titled Scenes We’d Like To See, and that’s just what the conclusion of this mini-series delivers. And I don’t mean simply in terms of the story, the conclusion to Tom Taylor’s cycle of adventures set in an alternate DC Universe. Not at all – if this issue’s climactic […]

DCeased: Dead Planet #5 review

With the Justice League’s more cosmic members visiting the New Gods in a bid to find the cure for anti-life, John Constantine is free to tackle another problem facing Earth. Trigon the Terrible is coming to destroy all humanity – demons are unhappy that while millions have fallen, their undead state means their souls aren’t […]

DCeased: Dead Planet #4 review

If you’re going to New Genesis, be sure to have a haircut and shave beforehand. In the latest issue of DC’s zombie saga, Scott Free arrives on the scene like this… And sets off for the world of his birth like this… The change goes unremarked. To be fair, companions Wonder Woman, Superboy, Mary Marvel, […]