Batman & Robin: Year One #2 ★★★★★
Waid & Samnee deliver whimsical cartooniness and pitch black insight into Dick’s immediately post-adoption life. I’m not sure I know where it’s going but with art and characterisation this good I don’t care. Continue reading Batman & Robin: Year One #2 ★★★★★
Rocketfellers #1 ★★★★
A highly entertaining Ghost Machine opener by a creative team that infuses it with urgency, heart and devastatingly good art. Continue reading Rocketfellers #1 ★★★★
Rorschach #1 ★★★★
The politics of truth are in Tom King’s sights in this slow but steady Watchmen sequel opener. Drawn by the sensational Jorge Fornés it has the potential to be a classic once the pace picks up. Continue reading Rorschach #1 ★★★★
John Constantine: Hellblazer #10 ★★★★★
Refocusing the book on Constantine himself pays countless dividends, and shows just how versatile a writer Si Spurrier is. Never knowing where or how this story is playing out is just insane, and plays to all Matias Bergara’s artistic strengths. Continue reading John Constantine: Hellblazer #10 ★★★★★
Firepower #1 ★★★★½
Kirkman, Samnee and Wilson make one beautiful comic, with mystery, drama and stunningly drawn world building. There’s a joy and energy here which most other books lack. Continue reading Firepower #1 ★★★★½
Hellblazer: Rise and Fall #1 ★★★½
Superb craftsmanship by the creative team, but the boundary-pushing underpinning much of John Constantine’s history is missing here, which stops the story hitting the heights it could reach. Continue reading Hellblazer: Rise and Fall #1 ★★★½
Immortal She-Hulk #1 ★★★★½
Ewing’s sureness of touch doesn’t desert him here, as he brings Jen Walters’ history alive and adds serious depth to Marvel’s current death and resurrection themes, before the horror really kicks in. Continue reading Immortal She-Hulk #1 ★★★★½
Pulp OGN ★★★★★
Brubaker looks back at the stories America tells itself to deliver a 1930s Western that itself says something to current day America. Devastatingly beautiful colours and art, this is the comics medium at its absolute best. Continue reading Pulp OGN ★★★★★
Batman: Three Jokers #1 ★★★★
As a Batman Family detective story it’s superb, but no reference to the story’s origins is odd. It looks superb though, has disturbing undertones and hopefully there are genuine surprises to come. Continue reading Batman: Three Jokers #1 ★★★★
Lois Lane #12 ★★★½
Dovetailing heroes’ stories broken by multiversal crises with refugees’ stories broken by Trump’s policies may have sounded good on paper but the execution ended up overblown and confusing. With Perkins’ art it looks great though. Continue reading Lois Lane #12 ★★★½
4 Color Dreamer 