DC KO: Red Hood Vs The Joker #1 review

You know the routine by now. Three rounds, combatants die, come back, die again. Along the way we get action scenes that are even more over the top than are the norm in superhero comics, and if we’re very lucky, a few insights into character. Red Hood Vs The Joker #1 follows the pattern to […]

DC KO #2 review

Earth’s superheroes are trying to kill each other in the hope a sole survivor will inherit enough power to stop Darkseid, the evil god who’s lately become even more godly, though his evil levels seem about the same. Last issue, the opening round of a tournament helpfully organised by a talking Apokoliptian firepit sparker – […]

DC KO #1 review

Talk about a new title announcing itself. The cover to DC KO #1 shows heroes fighting inside the book’s excellently designed logo, and on turning the page you see the full, suitably messy image itself from artist Javi Fernández and colourist Alejandro Sánchez. Happily, it lacks is the horrible fonts used by letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, […]

DC All In Special #1 review

Flip books. How I hate them. You’re reading a comic and you get to the middle and have to turn it upside down, usually for no good reason. It’s just a gimmick. DC All In Special does have a decent excuse for the chapters starting from opposite ends of the book, meeting in the middle […]

Nocterra #1 review

The darkest hour is just before the dawn. But dawn hasn’t come for a long time in the world of Nocterra. It was just another day for Denver schoolgirl Val when the sky went dark, and 13 years later, it’s still pitch black. And everyone knows there are monsters lurking in the dark… The new […]

Dark Nights: Death Metal #7 review

Wonder Woman is still fighting The One Who Laughs. Everyone else is still bashing said bad guy’s demon hordes. Heroes die. Heroes come back as part of Black Lantern Batman’s gang. Everyone knows reality is going to be rewritten any minute so few folk seem to be taking things seriously. By the power of Just […]

Dark Nights Death Metal: The Secret Origin #1 review

It’s the end of the world(s) as we know it. The One Who Laughs has created 52 dark parallel Earths and they’re invading Earth 0, where its heroes and villains, along with those of numerous destroyed worlds, are making their last stand. Well, I think that’s what’s going on – I doubt Dark Metal would […]

Dark Nights: Death Metal – The Last Stories of the DC Universe #1 review

What do you do on the day before doomsday? If you’re the heroes of the DC Multiverse, you gather on the remains of a razed Earth, and find comfort in your friends. You declare love. You plan for war. You make your peace. You celebrate family. You find a way to do everything you wish […]

Dark Nights: Death Metal #5 review

If I were awarding a ‘line of the week’ award, it would go to the Penguin. I think ‘I have a very sharp rock’ is funny even without context – I’m a fan of Terra in Teen Titans Go! – but if you need such, Superman has gathered a squadron of supervillains to raze the […]

Dark Nights: Death Metal #1 review

Here’s Sgt Rock talking about turds. That’s cool and funny, apparently. Here’s The Batman Who Laughs. Again. Here’s a world ruled by said Joker/Bruce Wayne mix, full of his dark Bat-Knights and Groblins and an emaciated Swamp Thing and a defiant Wonder Woman and a mysterious prisoner in robes… … hey, those robes aren’t purple! […]