Biff Bam Pow Comics

Firstly - what a brilliant cover. It instantly reminds you of the pre-Crisis (1) DC books - dripping with action and excitement. And happily, just like issue one, this book doesn’t disappoint.

***SPOILER ALERT***

At the tail end of issue one, we saw Captain Comet in the midst of an explosion, leaving readers dangling on a ‘how does he get out of this one’ cliff edge. Well, as you might expect, he most certainly does get out - but probably not quite in the way you were thinking…

Moving through the book we see Adam Strange, Animal Man, Hawkman and Starfire execute an all out offensive against Thanagar troops on Rann, only to be met with a Monarchasaurus (a Rannian dinosaur) upon capturing their prisoners. It has to be said - a truly supreme moment.

On Throneworld Prince Gavyn encounters some trouble with Bizarro (who is eating the planet into a famine), and has to rely on Earth Cartoons to save the day…

Happily, just like the first issue, Rann-Thanagar: Holy War is a truly worthwhile purchase. Jim Starlin does a fantastic job on the script, creating real energy between some of the ‘B-team’ characters within the DCU, and when combined with Ron Lim’s beautiful pencils - you can’t help but say it again…

Please DC - give this team an ongoing book of its own!

Pete’s Score: 4 out of 5
(another excellent issue - could this be the best thing currently on the shelf from DC?)