Collects: Emperor Aquaman (2011) #1-3, The Outsider (2011) #1-3, Lois Lane and the Resistance (2011) #1-3, Wonder Woman and the Furies (2011) #1-3

Everything you know, will change in a flash. This is the final review looking at the companion books to last years Flashpoint event, featuring a number of tie-in mini-series and one-shots. In each review, I will go through each tie-in separately, and then gauge the collection overall at the end to tell you if it’s worth checking out or not.

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Collects: World of Flashpoint (2011) #1-3, Booster Gold (2007) #44-47, Canterbury Cricket (2011) #1, Project Superman (2011) #1-3

Everything you know, will change in a flash. This is the penultimate review looking at the companion books to last years Flashpoint event, featuring a number of tie-in mini-series and one-shots. In each review, I will go through each tie-in separately, and then gauge the collection overall at the end to tell you if it’s worth checking out or not.

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Collects: Hal Jordan (2011) #1-3, Abin Sur (2011) #1-3, Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown (2011) #1-3, Green Arrow Industries (2011) #1

Everything you know, will change in a flash. This is the third of five reviews looking at the companion books to last years Flashpoint event, featuring a number of tie-in mini-series and one-shots. In each review, I will go through each tie-in separately, and then gauge the collection overall at the end to tell you if it’s worth checking out or not.

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Collects: Kid Flash Lost (2011) #1-3, Legion of Doom (2011) #1-3, Citizen Cold (2011) #1-3, Grodd of War (2011) #1, Reverse Flash (2011) #1

Everything you know, will change in a flash. This is the second of five reviews looking at the companion books to last years Flashpoint event, featuring a number of tie-in mini-series and one-shots. In each review, I will go through each tie-in separately, and then gauge the collection overall at the end to tell you if it’s worth checking out or not.

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Collects: Batman: Knight of Vengeance (2011) #1-3, Deadman and the Flying Graysons (2011) #1-3, Deathstroke and the Curse of the Ravager (2011) #1-3, Secret Seven (2011) #1-3

Everything you know, will change in a flash. Here is the first of five reviews looking at the companion books to last years Flashpoint event, featuring a number of tie-in mini-series and one-shots. In each review, I will go through each tie-in separately, and then gauge the collection overall at the end to tell you if it’s worth checking out or not.

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There aren’t really any notable releases this week, at least not any that I picked up myself. As a result, I’m going to review an entire mini-series that finished this week instead, and I’ll try and use this tactic whenever there’s a week in which I can’t find anything to review. Therefore welcome to my first Mini-Series Review, which is for the just completed Legion of Monsters series.

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Collects: Detective Comics (1937) #871-881

Scott Snyder’s Detective Comics run is collected here in its entirety, including the titular Black Mirror story, his three part Hungry City arc, and a multitude of others that form an eleven issue epic that drags Dick Grayson and Jim Gordon through the gutters of Gotham City and back again before it is over. Is it as good as people say?

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Collects: Amazing Spider-Man #658-662

In the wake of the death of Johnny Storm, Spider-Man has stepped up to bat for the Fantastic Four, now the Future Foundation. With them come their own set of problems, and Spidey already has his work cut out dealing with his own! Then, guess who’s going to sub for Avengers Academy!

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Collects: Gotham City Sirens #14-19

Catwoman, Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy are about as close as three supervillainesses can get in a world full of danger and police, with the constant threat of being arrested. Finally, they’ve managed to find friends in this crazy world. And then, the ghosts of the men they love rear their ugly heads, and the Sirens come crashing down…

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Collects: FF #1-5

Johnny Storm is dead. The Fantastic Four are no more. Now is the age of the Future Foundation! But even by adding Spider-Man to their ranks, will Marvel’s First Family be able to withstand the problems that Valeria has unloaded on their laps? And when they are forced to call for help, why are there so many villains turning up at the Baxter Building?

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Collects:

• Volume 1 - Action Comics #890-895
• Volume 2 - Action Comics #896-900 and Annual #13, plus Secret Six #29

While the cat is away, the mice will play. And mice don’t come bigger than Lex Luthor. With Superman off on his walk across the United States, Lex is free to pursue his current quest - to regain the power of the Lantern Ring he held in Blackest Night. Along the way, he will face untold dangers and meet astonishing characters, before facing the biggest choice of his life. Will Luthor uncover the secret behind The Black Ring?

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The first time my mother asked me if I wanted to see Batman Live I refused, and for the life of me, I can’t work out why I said yes the following time. As a result, as a very late birthday present (since my birthday is in January), we went to see Batman Live on Saturday at the O2.

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Collects: Fantastic Four #583-588

It has all come down to this. Everything so far has been a prelude to this main event. With each of the Fantastic Four in their own life threatening situation, one of them will not survive, and Marvel’s First Family will never be the same again. But who bites the dust, and how will the survivors cope?

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Collects: Thunderbolts #152-157

In the wake of Shadowland, the Thunderbolts are down a member after the villainous Crossbones was forcibly removed from the team. But will new team-mate Hyperion be any more use, or is he more of a danger to the team than a help? Plus, after a run in with some magical foes, the Thunderbolts recruit their own mystic ally to battle the legions of a haunted castle. And, who are the Underbolts?

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