You know, when I saw that Ant-Man's story was only 12 pages, I thought the Hulk finally got 2 more pages in his story. No, it's still 10 pages. But anyway, at least there was a Hulk pin-up. And I wish these stories were 6 pages. It's definitely not Stan's best work.

Ant-Man's story is just plain idiotic. It's a combo of dumb writing decisions and it humiliates Pym in a way MCU couldn't mock any of their characters. It's just... I mean, I could write a huge essay, but I don't actually want to spend my bad grammar on this. It just doesn't worth it. You can open the comic yourself and you'll see everything with your own eyes. I think the story is 4/10, at best.

And the Hulk story wasn't that bad. It was cool to see the Chameleon in the Incredible Hulk and overall it has some fine decisions, but the pacing is just not really Hulk-ish. I wish the stories were more action-packed. Also how fast could Rick fly back to the army base? I mean, it would take at least some significant amount of time, wouldn't it? It's a mystery how Hulk could stay Hulk for so long, but anyway, these old Hulk stories just can't really define the character once and for all. I also hate that Hulk thinks and speaks pretty clever, not the Professor Hulk level clever, but still...

I don't know, the story is basically... 6? So it makes the whole issue 5/10. Yeah, pretty bad... more

Somehow Hulk's story even being 4 pages shorter still feels longer, than Giant Man's one... But anyway. Hulk is Hulk. Again, not really bad, but the writing is pretty boring and Ditko is definitely not my favourite Hulk artist. But Giant Man's story could even be okay if it wasn't idiotic. I mean, there's again this typical plot Stan used a lot of times - someone decides to make a film about some superhero and thus lures them to a trap. Meh... And Egghead had a really weird plan. I mean, if you already trapped your foes in a room with limited oxygen, why not just leave them there? Do you really need to make them fight some mannequin? And Pym wasn't more clever, than Egghead. Didn't he think, that Egghead could just black out BEFORE letting them free? Nah, it's just a really poor writing. All in all it's not THAT bad, but pretty boring and dumb overall, not a level of ASM at all. more

Looks like the authors decided to write more fan-fictions about JMS ASM era... It doesn't really look that organic in this magazine, but the story was okay. Not really bad.

Okay, well... For some reason Ant-Man got a complete 14 pages story, but Hulk got only 10 pages, while his story technically took only 9 of them... Hm... That's pretty embarrassing. But anyway. Ant-Man's story is... just boring. Again, evil commies to evil thing, but this time it was pretty badly written overall. They have some mysterious weapon that makes gorillas clever. And that's the best way to make slaves for yourself. Everyone knows, if some creature becomes intelligent - it also becomes very eager to be a slave. But anyway, the gun makes gorillas clever, BUT when used on human beings, it actually works in reverse. Makes sense, yeah. And also the effect is temporary. Why? Was anything of this explained? Nah, it's Stan Lee and he isn't writing Spider-Man here, so buckle up. Didn't really feel the Pym wife drama, by the way... And Stan made a really good drama for Spider-Man lots of times.

And now the Hulk. This story was definitely adapted in the 1966 animated show, I remember this one! Not a bad story overall, but Stan writes a pretty boring Hulk in general. Even these 9 pages had enough time to bore me a bit. And the art of Ditko is too simple here. I actually wouldn't even notice it's him if I didn't saw the credits.

All in all, I hope it gets better in the next issues. This issue feels like a warm-up. Maybe Stan thought it'll sell because it's something new and didn't really put enough effort in the writing here. more

Well... A story about cannibalism in the magazine for some 1st graders... At least it didn't went too far. But anyway, the story isn't bad, just... okay. No, really, it's not like there's anything really memorable at all, but it's readable enough for this mag and at least makes sense.

This is the most terrifying evil plan of Norman Osborn in history of comics... How could they even come to the idea of this story? But anyway, it's not bad overall, I mostly enjoyed it, but the twist is idiotic.

It was... insanely dumb. But in a good way. I wish this magazine had more stories like this. It's really simple and childish, but it's much better, than when the authors are trying to be serious...

Um... That was... weird... I consider myself a fan of Morlun, but this was just weird. It was basically the Last Hunt, but instead of Kraven there was some Vladimir Kravinoff... Not Aleksey? Weird... But anyway, he almost buried Spider-Man in a grave filled with spiders, but Morlun came and literally killed the son of Kraven by sucking his life off... And he literally didn't even care about Spidey, because totemic spider energy of Kraven's son was fresh and better... Nah, it's pretty bad. 2 pages of Morlun in the 7 page story. Isn't it cool? And for some reason they decided to put Smythe's Spider-Slayers in the "origin" comic strip instead of Morlun... I guess that's because Morlun's origin was still a mystery back then... It was what... 2008? But anyway, at least the "funny" comic strip in the end was not that bad. more

Wow, this story was quite... amusing. In a dark way, of course. I believe, if it was published in a normal comic book, it could be quite serious. But anyway, that's a high enough level for this magazine.

It's super boring and I barely can name at least anything I liked here...

That was a good enough story. Could be better, though, a bit more edgy, but it was rather a comedy and a really nice one.

God, this is sooo funny... All the dialogues and little things, it makes such a hilarious atmosphere. The bandits are awesome and the crowd's behaviour makes me remember the humor of SpongeBob cartoon. And man, these homo innuendos are really amusing. The times when LGBT character could just be without the need to tell every second that he's openly LGBT or show that in action... But anyway, his behaviour is so stereotypical, I guess it's just insulting for both gays and old fans of the character... But I'm none of these, so I just enjoy the comedy of it. And I hope the last issue will be action-packed enough to end it on a really strong note. more

Oh, so he really is a homo... I doubt it was the case back in old comics... But anyway, looks like that's the reason it's MAX. Looks like back in 2003 you couldn't even show homo hints without it being rated R. Also the things finally started to get more intense here, but I'm getting tired of the Sheriff being so coward for real. This "we don't kill, we arrest" thing is a bit odd, when you have a pretty great chance of being shot this very instant. more

I still pretty much enjoy it.

I never loved westerns and the western aesthetics, but this comic is good. Really good. The art is great and the story so far is just okay, I don't think it'll be much intriguing or something, but it's always cool to see some old characters of Marvel to get modern limited series. I must admit, it kinda made me wanted to read some old Rawhide Kid and other westerns of that time and there wasn't even anything really groundbreaking yet. It's just good and that's it. Also I expected it to be revolting as always, since it's MAX, but there literally was nothing to justify the rating yet. And it's good. But makes me wonder... more

I rewatched the movies recently before watching the new one and now I've found out there's a comic... Well, it's just a short John Kramer's origin, but it seems to be a bit different. The movies retconned the origin quite a lot of times already, maybe this one is the original one, but anyway, I can't say it was cool or anything... Mostly boring and the art is really dirty. You'd expect to see at least some R-rated content in a Saw comic, but no, that's not the case here. Anyway, not the worst possible movie tie-in comic. more

I don't know, it wasn't really bad, but kinda boring overall. It's also funny that Claremont used his two characters from those two issues of FF and it's understandable why no one used them after this ever again. But they felt really random here. The whole book really lacks something. I definitely wouldn't recommend it to someone who knows nothing about Marvel. And I believe such books with tons of characters should be something like that. more

This issue is pretty much what I expected this whole series to be. It had several cool battles. But still, the character monologues are too long sometimes... The legacy of 60's...

This comic was one of a few comic series that were published in my country before the comics became really popular there and I remember how I saw it and was like "OH WOW! THERE'S LOTS OF HEROES AND THEY WILL FIGHT! COOL!". But even though I was teen back then, I still got kinda disappointed. Most of the battles were random and boring or just took only a single frame, while I expected to see the battles in a more detailed way. Now reading it in English, I think it feels like early nineties, not 1999. I don't know why, I think Claremont had more decent works. The art is okay, though, but that's it. Just okay. The story begins not in the best way possible, the opening scene feels too overstuffed with pointless exposition, while the main story line is lacking details. But still, the opening issue had a great job of setting up the story. I just think that for a "Contest of Champions" book the issue concentrated on Tony Stark too heavily. And it was kinda boring to read overall. more

Not a bad short story and an intro to the volume. The art is... a bit dirty and not that clear sometimes, but I love the looks of Ghost Rider here.

Much better, than I expected. It's a mess, of course, but not a bad one.

The art mostly carries it. It's a pretty weird story, I don't believe you expect something like this.