It's admirable that Marvel is giving these creators a shot for one of its big events, but it's simply not a very satisfying collection of stories. Read Full Review

The third installment offers a slight bump in quality. In hindsight, they should have cut Starbrand entirely and expanded the Daily Bugle story. Daily Bugle: Ethan Sacks' script is ambitious and accomplishes a great thing by reuniting JJ Jameson with the Daily Bugle, but compressing the story down to eight pages cramps its style. Starbrand: This is a C-plus character study of Starbrand without even a vague excuse for a story. Pass. Namor/Invaders: Jim Hammond Screws Everything Up and Namora makes a shocking choice. The plot developments are rather meh but Brian Level and Jordan Boyd make it all look notably pretty this time around.