Detective Comics #1101 review

Mikel Janín’s cover is beautiful. And chilling. It hooked me into buying my first issue of Detective Comics in quite a while. The positioning of Batman promises mystery. The floating figures inspire dread. The combination of colours attracts the eye beyond events hinted at in the image. I couldn’t open this comic quickly enough. Inside, […]

Nightwing #118 review

Finally, the Heartless story ends. And it does so in the best issue of Nightwing in ages, as writer Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo, Taylor’s artist partner for the best part of it, say goodbye to Dick Grayson. For now, at least – given their obvious affection for our hero and his world, I can’t […]

Nightwing #117 review

In the mystic Himalayan land of Nanda Parbat, Nightwing is working with his first mentor, Boston Brand – Deadman – to conquer his recent fear of heights. Dick Grayson isn’t as self-possessed as usual, so Boston, an acrobat in life, adds his circus talents to those he gained in death, possessing Dick and trying to […]

Nightwing #113 review/Nightwing #300 review

Yes, it’s the 300th issue of a comic book called Nightwing…I’m taking DC’s word for it, as comic book maths rarely makes sense. There’s immediately something to celebrate with Bruno Redondo’s tremendous cover image, which I believe is a nod to a well-known artist who did flick-strip style work. I read something on Twitter, looked […]

Nightwing #111 review

Now that’s a great cover. Bruno Redondo understands composition, colour and how a great logo can play well against the visuals. And I always like a good dot matrix. I think we need a tee shirt. The interiors aren’t by Redondo but they still look terrific. Sami Basri brings this Gotham-set issue to visual life, […]

Titans #8 review

Everybody hates the Titans. They’ve just saved the world from the Beast Boy plague, which came about because Gar Logan saved the universe, but Sarge Steel of Amanda Waller’s Unamerican-sounding Bureau of Sovereignty is piling on the good guys. Maybe a new toy will cheer the Titans up. Also, it’s windy down south. And when […]

Titans: Beast World #5 review

A million beast men are raging across the world. The Titans want to save them. Amanda Waller, who finally steps out the shadows and onto global TV screens, has other ideas. Among the viewers are the Titans, minus Beast Boy, seemingly killed by human black hole Chunk – tossed at him by Waller, who claims […]

Titans #7 review

Well, I’ve given up trying to keep track of the Beast World storyline running through Titans, Titans: Beast World and various specials. There are editorial notes aplenty telling us such and such happens before or after such and such, but the comics come out so frequently that I simply shrug and give thanks I’m not […]

Titans: Beast World #4 review

The world is being overrun by crazed animal people, transformed by little Starros made from a super-sized Beast Boy. The heroes are doing what they can, and so are the villains. Well, some of them, anyway. It’s Giganta, longtime enemy of Wonder Woman and occasional girlfriend of all-new Atom Ryan Choi. Ryan’s not in this […]

Titans: Beast World #1 review

Cult leader Brother Eternity is offering mankind a new future on the Moon of Titan. He’s sent ‘forevernauts’ to the surface and is live streaming their ‘giant leap into tomorrow’. Their adventure comes to an end when something they find in an ancient temple blasts them into, well, eternity, prompted by words spoken in Tamaranean […]