Metamorpho #3 review

The cover says it all – it’s spies and high adventure with Indiana Jones Rex, Mrs Peel Urania and… James Bond Java? Metamorpho’s caveman competitor for Sapphire Stagg’s heart cuts a surprising dash in a dinner jacket. And so far as Rex is concerned, he can have Sapphire after her shenanigans last issue. The row […]

Read More Metamorpho #3 review

Pocket review – Metamorpho #2

Writer: Al Ewing; Artist: Steve Lieber; Colourist: Lee Loughridge; Letterer: Ferran Delgado; Editors: Sabrina Futch, Katie Kubert The second issue of this new series for DC’s most fabulous freak is as entertaining as the first, as Rex Mason’s girlfriend Sapphire Stagg has her thunder stolen by rival pop star Sugar Sweet. And behind it is […]

Read More Pocket review – Metamorpho #2

Metamorpho #1 review

DC’s fabulous freak, the original element man, is back, and he’s not alone. Old friends, new enemies and one of the more obscure heroes from the DC Universe are here too. The action takes place in Jump City, new location for Stagg Industries, where a masked figure prowls the corridors. Seconds later, the intruder meets […]

Read More Metamorpho #1 review

The New Golden Age #1 review

Well, this made me happy. A romp through the DC Universe beginning with the first meeting of the Justice Society of America… … and ending with a 31st-Century version of the team. In between we see vignettes from the Fifties, Seventies, ‘13 years from now’ and ‘18 years from now’. Linking the various time periods […]

Read More The New Golden Age #1 review

One-Star Squadron #6 review

If ever a comic book should come with a helpline number, it’s One-Star Squadron. The first five issues of this six-part mini-series have been relentlessly glum, with the cheeriest moments never managing to rise beyond ‘melancholy’. All along I’ve been hanging on to a hope – the final issue will be one massive dawn to […]

Read More One-Star Squadron #6 review

One-Star Squadron #5 review

On the one hand, this is a well put-together comic book. The pacing is good, the characters make sense, a mystery is solved satisfactorily. But don’t read it if you’re already having a bad day. Because yet again, kids, writer Mark Russell takes some of the DC Universe’s lesser-known heroes and drenches them in despair. […]

Read More One-Star Squadron #5 review

One-Star Squadron #2 review

Minute Man isn’t a big name among superheroes. A legacy hero, he depends upon the Miraclo drug created by Rex Mason for his vigour, but unlike the original Hourman he doesn’t get 60 minutes of strength – the clue’s in the name. A minute of super powers isn’t going to get you into the Justice […]

Read More One-Star Squadron #2 review

One-Star Squadron #1 review

If you’re Superman, you get to save the universe every other week. If you’re Minute Man, you get… ‘Who?’ Red Tornado is running the Metropolis branch of Heroz4U, a hero hotline which puts low-powered metahumans in touch with people who need help. The thing is, Reddy was a longtime Justice League member, what’s he doing […]

Read More One-Star Squadron #1 review