Action Comics #1097 review

The ‘Reign of the Superboys’ stamp is on the cover, but as with last issue I don’t see how the phrase is reflected inside the book. What I do see is a thoroughly engaging comic as Mary Marvel, Booster Gold and Martian Manhunter J’onn J’onzz spend a day with Clark, Jonathan and Martha Kent. Before […]

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #50 review

How’s this for an anniversary cover? Dan Mora gathers a fantastic array of characters who have appeared in this series and its equally engaging spin-offs over the past few years to invite us inside. And behind the cover are two stories that aren’t trying to do anything other than entertain, and in that they succeed […]

JSA #18 review

The final chapter of the new origin story that’s occupied this series for the last half a year is, for the most part, a bit of a damp squib. The final few pages are great, but this should be a lot better. At the close of last issue an explosion blew up the top of […]

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #49 review

Last issue ended with Superman and Batman revealed as prisoners on Earth 3, at the mercy of alternate world counterparts Ultraman and Owlman, and Superwoman Lois Lane. This issue reveals how our World’s Finest heroes, in this story set years ago, found themselves on the wrong side of a space portal. It began with Brainiac. […]

Action Comics #1096 review

The Reign of the Superboys mini-event begins with young Clark Kent stunned when a pleasantly rainy day takes a surprising turn. A mature oak tree explodes, prompting Superboy to save neighbour Lewis Lang from death by branch. After setting Lana’s dad to one side, Superboy takes the opportunity to ask him something he’s wondered for […]

JSA #17 review

Now this is a great JSA issue, from Dave Johnson’s Hexaptych cover segment right through to a back-of-book bonus. We’re nearly at the end of the six-part reimagining of the Justice Society of America’s origin and, foundations laid, it’s fun all the way. Not that Alan Scott is having a great time as we rejoin […]

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest Comics #48 review

Forget Earth 0, it’s a different World showcasing its Finest this issue as the Batman and Superman of Earth 3, Owlman and Ultraman, take centre stage. Not that we’d call them finest, this being the parallel world where Evil reigns supreme. Like all World’s Finest stories, it’s set several years ago, so the protagonists aren’t […]

Action Comics #1095 review

Ryan Sook has been providing cracking covers since Action Comics began telling the adventures of Superman when he was a boy, and here’s another. An evidence board, as seen in many a TV crime drama, with young Clark Kent at the centre, the red tape making a familiar symbol. And that title, ‘The Kent Conspiracy’, […]

JSA #16 review

The new secret origin of the Justice Society of America continues and guess what? It gets really rather good. So far I’ve been a little underwhelmed by the constant short scenes of paired characters all getting little bits of the storyline. This time, things come together and we get some super team magic. Before that, […]

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #47 review

The oddball Luthor/Joker team-up concludes, with the merged villains facing an equally merged Superman/Batman, backed up by a coterie of Justice Leaguers. Last issue ended with the Thanagarian Absorbascon having beamed the knowledge of our heroes’ secret identities into the minds of everyone on Earth. The blended Batman and Superman, nicknamed Fusion, manages to save […]