Crossover #1 is one of the best comic books I've ever read, serving as a love letter to the comic book medium and its nearly unlimited potential. Cates says that this comic is about hope, and that's something we need more of. Read Full Review

Crossover #1 is the real deal. It's gripping and powerful right out of the gate and is just wonderful throughout. Readers are given just enough to get what kind of world they're dealing with, and everything about it is bait to keep them coming back. This comic is pretty much perfect. Read Full Review

Image Comics nails it with Crossover. It's a massive, mega-event book that focuses on what matters at the end of the day: the individual lives of those affected by it. Go pick it up if you can find a copy. Read Full Review

This was a fun read, given the history of the comic book industry; there are Fredric Wertham quotes and the influences of the Seduction of the Innocent are plain to see. Part of this may be the influences of Mark Waid who is helping out with story edits and putting it all together. It is going to be a fun ride. Read Full Review

Purveyors of the pull list should add Crossover to their folder as it has the makings of the next great comic book. Read Full Review

I now completely understand why Image, the creative team and many big-name writers and artists are pushing and raving about this title constantly. What Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, Dee Cunniffe, and John J Hill have created with this comic is phenomenal, genre-changing and arguably nothing short of perfection! Read Full Review

Demanding to be read, Crossover is a passionately penned love letter to comics. This well-crafted first issue is compelling and should not be missed. Read Full Review

From the outset, Crossover really shows off the confidence it has in itself. To focus on something so intimate rather than a spectacle is something I haven't seen sinceThe Leftovers (Go see it, changed my life). Overall, Cates has set a precedence of taking great feats of spectacle and making them resonate through the emotional relationships that tie them together. Read Full Review

This wasn't an issue of a comic book so much as a love letter. A love letter to fans, and the characters they love, equally. Read Full Review

With a creative team that's at the top of their game, "The Crossover" #1 is a dazzling debut issue that exceeds its considerable hype. Get this book on your pull list and be part of the story. Read Full Review

Crossover #1 is an amazing start with a love letter to comics and its community. It also is a larger discussion about community as a whole with a lot of interpretation possible by readers. This is a comic that should be on everyone's pull list and I have no doubt it'll be seeing multiple printings and lots of buzz when it eventually comes to shelves. Do yourself a favor and don't miss out. Crossover is a comic that should be on everyone's pull-list. Read Full Review

Crossover#1 is made with love. Donny Cates and the rest of the creative team successfully make this debut easy to connect to for those who love superheroes. It's sincere, exciting, and just a lot of fun. Anyone who has ever loved a superhero will want to addCrossover to their pull lists. This one is going to be special. Read Full Review

Geoff Shaw delivers some beautiful art in this first issue. The characters look great. The action looks amazing as well. What I really loved is the contrast in how the "real" characters look in relation to the "comic book" characters. It was charming, practical and smart. Read Full Review

This was a great introduction to this universe and if you pick it up, you’re sure to be as zapped into this series as the kid on the cover. There’s a lot to be appreciated in this chapter and I’m definitely in to see where this story will go. Read Full Review

Crossover came out of nowhere for me but after a friend told me to read it I had to instantly thank them for bringing this to my attention. As far as opening issues go this is one of the best I have seen this year. A story which starts with a bang and ends with a bang and has massive potential. Read Full Review

Cates and Shaw are taking a massive chance with Crossover. The story is similar to a reverse Gwenpool, where instead of one person entering the world of comics, all of comics enter the real world. With many hints and nods to the rumor of iconic DC and Marvel characters being used, it'll be a unique story that few creative teams can handle. This would be a concern if not for Mark Waid's involvement in it. He has worked at both companies, creating iconic stories and is considered as one of the best comic historians. Read Full Review

I came into Crossover #1 open-minded of what it was, did all I could to not read any spoilers. Story-wise, Crossover #1 is an entertaining read. The concept is tight and the art hits on so many levels. This issue helps get the world-building explained and set up and with that, I am definitely interested in where this story goes and am excited for issue two. Read Full Review

A gripping introduction to a new world, full of breath-taking art. Read Full Review

'Crossover' is the new ongoing series that Cates pours his soul into. He's barely scratched the surface of the story. It feels personal and that should excite every comic book fan. With Shaw and Cunniffee on art, this is a must-buy. Read Full Review

Cates unleashes a lot of big ideas in the first issue of Crossover, so many that it feels like there may be a too much going on. Read Full Review

But while I like the story's style, it's substance leaves a little to be desired from an execution standpoint. I can see the appeal, but there are just a series of decisions that make it an unsteady foundation. Read Full Review

Crossover #1 is a comic book about comic books. This high concept story from Donny Cates & Geoff Shaw is bold in surprising ways. Read Full Review

The curse of reviewing single issues is that it is sometimes impossible to gauge a story's intent from its first part. Visually, this book is a triumph. Narratively, it is an intriguing start with questionable elements. When Cates concentrates on the superhero's impact on humanity, Crossover #1 works. When he makes an equivalence between comic book fans and marginalized people through all-too-familiar modes of protest, not so much. What exactly is Donny Cates trying to say here? From Crossover #1, it is impossible to tell. Read Full Review

In spite of an ambitious and intriguing concept depicted through top-tier art, Crossover #1 is a bit awkward and disjointed, filled with ideas and metaphors that dont hold up well when you stop to really think about them. That said, it still has quite a bit of potential. Read Full Review

A muddy message and confusing themes drags down an interesting concept with great art. Read Full Review

Donny Cates presents a very dangerous & intriguing look into comicbooks literal invasion into reality & it's a promising start.

I was hooked after that first page. I can't wait to see where this goes.

This is why I love comic books. Such an amazing idea by Cates, very original, and very very well done. It’s a classic in the making. Don’t miss it

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Deadlybeavis - Nov 8, 2020

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Damn near a perfect debut, I hope the rest of this run is just as good. 🤘

I enjoyed this a lot. Really excited to see where it goes. More Cates comics is always good.

One of the most interesting first issues I have read in a long time.
Holding high hopes for this series and so far it's delivering. Donny Cates is definitely becoming the biggest name out there right now.

Cates always has a unique way of writing that makes his characters feel very alive - that continues with crossover crossover.

This is a really cool idea!

We have seen before about fantasy becoming reality but for the first time we are going to witness what if our beloved comic-book world becomes reality. A unique concept from Donny Cates.

A solid start with a lot of promise. We'll see where it goes.

There are a lot of attempts out there to introduce a what-if scenario for comic book characters entering the real world, but Donny Cates seems like he has something he wants to say with this series, so it may be worth checking out after all.

Interesting start. I liked this but it wasn't great (though I think it has the potential to be). Not quite what I thought it'd be. Which is a plus and a minus. What with copyright nightmares, I'm surprised this book didn't use more Image Comics characters in the background panels instead of referencing DC and Marvel characters. That could've both been a fun nod to other established characters and help flesh out the world of Crossover to feel even more like our real world. All in all the set-up is enough for me to keep checking out Crossover for another few issues.

A very solid start with a lot of promise from this premise. I learned a long time ago to never trust the hype.

It's a terrific opening stanza. I've never read anything by Cates before and can see why he is popular if this plot/script is any indication of his skill.

I expected much more.

Well...don’t hate me but I’m in the minority here. This issue was a quick read and nothing spectacular, in my opinion. I know this is just a set-up for the story, and I will be buying the next issue to see if it goes anywhere...but this one issue didn’t grab me. Hopefully, the next issue will be better.

Expected allot more, probably from all the hype this series received at the start.

The concept of a comic about comics is not novel. It was played with by Grant Morrison in The Multiversity.

Crossover is ambitious but super slow and building up to what feels like a chliché.

IMHO Geoff's art is carrying this series forward, that said will pick up the next issue and see where it goes.

ooo religious zealots. fascinating