Titans #3 review

The Titans aren’t known for stealth. With an Amazonian powerhouse, an energy-blasting space princess and a half-man, half-robot whose biggest weapon is a white noise generator on the team, that’s not surprising. But they also have one of the world’s greatest detectives and a shapechanger to hand. So it is that Beast Boy takes the […]

Nightwing #106 review

Yo ho ho, me Heartless! I can’t remember when the ‘mystery package in a bank run by pirates’ storyline first appeared in Nightwing but it’s long enough ago that I can’t be bothered to look it up. I do know it’s nowhere near as far back in the Tom Taylor/Bruno Redondo run as the debut […]

Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #6 review

It’s the final issue of Jon Kent’s mini-series and it goes out not with a bang, but a ‘choom‘. That’s the sound made by Cyborg’s teleportation device, returning Jon to his own Earth before he achieves his avowed aim of liberating the Injustice world from its dictatorial Superman. And it was all going so well. […]

Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #5 review

It’s the penultimate issue of Jon Kent’s mini-series and he has a big decision to make. Does he leave the alternate universe version of his father to his mission to keep his Earth safe by keeping everyone under his thumb? Or does he join Batman’s rebel group, formed after something snapped in Superman following the […]

Nightwing #105 review

Eighteen months ago we had a remarkable issue of Nightwing in which writer-artist partnership Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo told the story via one panel that stretched across 20 or so pages. That went down a storm and now Dick Grayson’s daddies are trying another high concept in a story entitled ‘You are Nightwing’. Redondo’s […]

Titans #1 review

It’s the big reveal of the new Titans Tower. The latest incarnation of the much-destroyed heroes’ headquarters is in Blüdhaven, home of team leader Nightwing. And Batman fans might notice some nostalgic detail. Those internal trees just scream ‘Wayne Foundation’ and I’m good with that, I love that iconic Gotham building. How the Titans are […]

Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #2 review

Earth 2 survivors Val-Zod and Red Tornado have journeyed to Earth 0 to warn that the evil Superman of Earth 3, Ultraman, is travelling across the Multiverse, murdering ‘himself’. Which puts Jon Kent’s father in danger. The senior Superman is off world but young Superman has another personal connection to the threat. As a child […]

Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #1

Ultraman, the evil Kal-El, is rampaging across the Multiverse with one thing on his mind. The murder of Superman. Again and again. Equipped with a device to weaken his targets at a cellular level, Ultraman has the advantage. On Earth One, meanwhile, young Superman Jon Kent is spending time with his boyfriend, Jay Nakamura. Jon […]

Nightwing #100 review

It’s party time, as Dick Grayson celebrates the 100th issue of his solo series which started in the glory days of the New 52. Crashing the party is Heartless, who’s been a thorn in the side – or rather, the chest – of the people of Blüdhaven for a while. He’s murdered city kingpin Blockbuster […]

Action Comics #1050 review

There are two ways to do a special number issue – an anthology of stories by creators not identitied with the series, or a big event. Here we have the latter, as Lex Luthor puts a rather powerful genie back in the bottle – public knowledge of Superman’s secret identity. How does Lex manage the […]