New Champions #6 review

The latest teen superheroes of the Marvel Universe are in trouble. They’ve gathered as the New Champions and been getting to know one another, but the nearest thing they have to a leader, Liberty, has vanished, spirited away by supposed ally Monte, and the young heroes haven’t been able to find her. Luckily one of […]

New Champions #1 review

A lovely day in San Francisco for veteran supervillains the Brothers Grimm is rudely interrupted by unfamiliar figures. Soon they’re very familiar with the quartet of teenage heroes calling themselves The New Champions. With the bad guys in the paddy wagon, the kids go home for the evening, three to their birth parents… … one […]

The Ultimates #1 review

The Ultimates was one of the biggest hits of Marvel’s turn of the century Ultimate line of comics, changing the superhero landscape and laying down the ground for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. For whatever reason, the comics line was retired in 2015, the Ultimates universe vanished and that was that. Until recently, when a new […]

G.O.D.S. #1 review

G.O.D.S. it’s long Oh, you want more? Well, the first issue of Jonathan Hickman and Valerio Schiti’s new Marvel series is pretty entertaining, certainly more to my taste than most Hickman-led books. For one thing, the comic story isn’t constantly interrrupted by dull infographics. For two, we meet an engaging new lead character. Sure, he […]

Power Pack #1 review

Power Pack are back! Katie, Jack, Julie and Alex are together for the first time in years in a five-issue mini-series tying in to the Outlawed event. As best as I can tell, that’s Civil War for Marvel’s younger set, and while I couldn’t resist grabbing a new Power Pack book, my lack of enthusiasm […]

The Union #1 review

Britain is a bit of a mess right now, with Brexit dividing the nation. So what better time for a new superhero team with members from all corners of our islands? That’s the pitch for The Union, which kicks off with an animated adventure starring the Spirit of Britain, Britannia. In the real world, we […]

Metal Men #11 review

It’s the Metal Men vs Pink Venom! Well, that’s what it looks like in the penultimate issue of the latest maxi-series starring the world’s most human robots. Series creators Dan DiDio and Shane Davis are nearing the end of their story, with the Metal Men trapped in the Dark Multiverse. The world of Plutonium Man […]

Metal Men #9 review

Now that’s a fantastic cover, as illustrator Shane Davis and colourist Jason Wright homage a poster for 1933’s King Kong. Platinum as Fay Wray and the rest of the Metal Men as biplanes is as goofy as heck, and it works. As the latest chapter in this 12-issue maxi-series begins, the tone is anything but […]

Ghosts #1 review

The nights are drawing in – hey, it’s nearly July! – so the latest DC Digital First offering is just the ticket, reviving a long-running mystery book with a tale tailored to today’s tastes. For rather than an anthology of shorts, Ghosts gives us a single story of the Spectre, the super-spook created by Jerry […]

Wonder Woman: Agent of Peace #7 review

… or more properly, Etta Candy: Agent of ARGUS #1, because while Diana gets a good showing in this DC Digital First comic, this isn’t her story. Etta Candy, a supporting player in Diana’s adventures since the Golden Age, steps up to show us just what she can do. Andrea Shea’s tale begins with Wonder […]