Author: Neil Vagg

Story by Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg Teleplay by Andrew Kreisberg & Ali Adler Directed by Glen Winter Catch ‘Supergirl’ on CBS Mondays @ 8/7 central and airing in the UK on Sky One Thursdays @ 8 and available on catchup. It’s week two, otherwise known as the big test, for a new show and with ‘Stronger Together’ Supergirl continues to surpass expectations. The real test comes from the ratings for a second episode but there’s no doubt in my mind that Supergirl won’t stabilise very early on and earn it’s back-nine episode order. ‘Stronger Together’ acts as a secondary pilot re-contextualising…

Story by Greg Berlanti, Ali Adler & Andrew Kreisberg Teleplay by Ali Adler Directed by Glen Winter Catch ‘Supergirl’ on CBS Mondays @ 8/7 central and airing in the UK on Sky One Thursdays @ 8 and available on catchup. After the success they had with ‘Arrow’ and being able to double down on that with ‘The Flash’ it was a bit unexpected to find out that Gerg Berlantia and Andrew Kreisberg were doubling down again to create ‘Supergirl’ and the upcoming ‘DC’s Legends of Tomorrow’. Having witnessed their creative successes on the previous shows audience interest was at its peak in trying to decipher…

Word on the street this week has it that the upcoming ‘Wonder Woman’ film which was slated to begin production sometime this year in London has secretly started filming. Tweets from DC Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns have alluded to production starting and also his presence in London where producer Charles Roven has confirmed that the film is doing much of it’s shooting: https://twitter.com/geoffjohns/status/663979226626990081 https://twitter.com/geoffjohns/status/664252575332638728 Later in the week there was a shot of Gal Gadot on instagram in training for shooting which added credence to the fact that things were underway although there were no obvious signs the shot…

Written by Scott Snyder Pencils by Greg Capullo Inks by Danny Miki Colours by Francisco Perez Cover by Capullo, Miki & Perez When Batman almost gets taken out by a new threat, Jim Gordon might have to reevaluate what it means to wear the cowl before it’s too late for Gotham City! Pickup your copy of ‘Batman’ #45 at Comixology now! Coming off the back of the hugely successful ‘Court of the Owls’, ‘Zero Year’ and ‘Endgame’ arcs Capullo and Snyder have taken the ‘Batman’ title to entirely new levels with their current arc. For those who have been living under a…

Producer Charles Roven is well known amongst Bat-fans for his producing work on the Chris Nolan trilogy but his name is also attached to the new Snyderverse version of the The Dark Knight which is building towards the inevitable two part ‘Justice League’ film announced several months ago (read more on that here!). Recently he has been doing the rounds of promo for his current works and in an interview with Collider he gave away some juicy bits of information on both the upcoming JL film but also ‘Wonder Woman’ which may or may not have just entered production here in…

Written by Tom King Pencils & Inks by Mikel Janin Colored by Jeremy Cox Cover by Mikel Janin For the first time since he faked his own death, Dick Grayson returns home to Gotham City. But will Spyral ever really let him go for good? When Dick comes home to find that the Batman he knew is gone, he seeks out his mentor, Superman. But both friends have changed since they last met. Can they find common ground and team up to stop Blockbuster’s plans for Spyral? Pickup your copy of ‘Grayson’ #12 at Comixology now! No review of this absolutely seminal issue in the…

Written by Tom King & Tim Seeley Pencils & Inks by Mikel Janin Colored by Jeremy Cox Cover by Mikel Janin It’s Grayson versus…Grayson? To save Agent 1, Dick must face his most dangerous enemy yet: himself. Pickup your copy of ‘Grayson’ #11 at Comixology now! Things have been a little confusing in the world of Dick Grayson for the past few months but thankfully all will become clear when you read ‘Grayson’ #11. For the past few issues poor Dick has been facing a barrage of questioning from his colleagues at Spyral as a number of other agents have been taken down seemingly by Dick…

Written by Lee Bermejo Pencils by Jorge Corona, Rob Haynes (issue #1) & Khary Randolph Inks by Jorge Corona, Rob Haynes (issue #1) & Khary Randolph Colored by Emilio Lopez, Trish Mulvihill & David Self Cover by Lee Bermejo Pickup your copies at Comixology now! Issue #1, issue #2 and issue #3! ‘We Are Robin’ was an immediate addition to my subscription list before issue #1 was even released, anything this closely related to the man himself has to go directly on there. That being said the premise of a group of Gotham kids banding together to all become the next Robin piqued my interest. For those not in the know…

Written by Kevin Eastman & Tom Waltz Art by Mateus Santolouco A final battle looms as Karai decrees a “Gauntlet” battle between ancient foes Splinter and Shredder but first the Turtles must defeat the Foot mutants– Koya, Bludgeon, Bebop & Rocksteady! With Leo making an unimaginable battle gamble, a second Turtle’s life may be on the line! Pickup your copy of ‘TMNT’ #49 from comixology.com here! It’s been around 6 months since I last reviewed a copy of ‘TMNT’ and it’s safe to say that A LOT has happened in that time! ‘TMNT’ #43 (reviewed here) saw the build-up to one of the biggest…

Written by Brendan Fletcher & Cameron Stewart Pencils & Inks by Bengal Colored by Serge Lapointe Cover by Babs Tarr Velvet Tiger’s got her claws around Luke Fox’s throat—and only Batgirl can save him! Pickup your copy of ‘Batgirl’ #43 from comixology.com here! This has been a week of getting ourselves up-to-date with comics and after the fun I had reading issue #43 from last month (reviewed here) it didn’t not take me long to pick-up this one up to carry on the story. ‘Batgirl’ #44 picks up right where we left off with Barbara facing off against the newly minted Velvet Tiger (yes…