Shazam! #20 review

Gleb Melnikov’s cover gives the Captain and Jon Kent room to breathe, and that turns out to be rather fitting by the end of the issue. Regular writer Josie Campbell is away this month, so stepping forward to work with regular artist Dan McDaid is Sina Grace, who takes the opportunity to give us a […]

Absolute Power: Super Son #1 review

Amanda Waller used Jon Kent as a tool against other heroes in her war on metahumans. Infected by the Brainiac Queen, he hunted down his friends, but now he’s free, recovering on Paradise Island. Jon’s belief that all cyber corruption is gone proves to be wrong. He relives things he did while under control of […]

Superman: Kal-El Returns Special #1

Superman has returned from his epic adventure on Warworld and touches base with family and friends. This double-length comic tells some of those stories. We’ve seen Superman’s reunion with wife Lois and son Jon elsewhere, so who’s next? Why, his best hero chum, of course, Batman. Clark drops by Gotham City to have breakfast… but […]

DC Pride #1 review

DC’s latest 100-page giant is dedicated to the company’s non-straight heroes, some well-known, others less so. The company pretty proud of this one, down to commissioning a rainbow version of the DC bullet from Daniel Qasar, the man behind the Progress Pride flag. And rather festive it is too. The issue also has an introduction […]

The Uncanny X-Men: Winter’s End #1 review

Hey, here’s one of those new X-Men books Marvel is launching. Look at that great fight scene on the cover by Javier Garrón and Romulo Fajardo Jr, with numerous mutants fighting future versions of themselves. There’s Bobby, Ororo and… is that a middle-aged Colossus? The comic will no doubt reveal all. Or not. While we […]