Great first issue to re-introduce us to one of the weirdest Marvel characters. Of course long time fans may be bored by the necessary catching-up, but for a #1 issue it does a very good job staying informative, quirky and at the same time giving some depth to the character. For now the threat is quite generic, but of course the benefit of doubt should be granted.

Decent new starting point after a long break I took from comics. Arno is not a great protagonist, but the entire idea of Tony feeling more machine than human now is interesting. The cosmic threat of the "Extinction Entity" is boring.

I love the idea of having the Punisher root for Devil now that he apparently killed a bad guy, it's a very clever twist that nods to the TV show as well.

Very interesting way of making us doubt Matt's convictions, even though he's probably being framed after all.

Pretty crazy and clever idea by Snyder, as we've come to expect.

Stunning art and a story that unfolds without giving away everything at once.

Another chilling episode, with more links to the mysterious "One Below" mentioned in #3... great implementation of a lesser known character as well.

Beautiful art, but I'm not digging the narrative style Azzarello adopts here. There are some interesting aspects to it, like the astonishingly blasphemous and beautiful last few pages, but the overly vague voice-over from Constantine really didn't help throughout.

I'll never get tired to say that writing the core superhero team for Marvel or DC might be the hardest feat in mainstream comics, and if anyone was going to be able to do it, that was Scott Snyder. He has by now proved himself over and over, both in more intimate stories (most of his Batman run) and in hyper bombastic ones (for one, Metal), so I believe he's going to make the Justice League great again. With this first issue he has brought back what fans love of the League: classic characters, fun interactions between them, cool villains. But he has also found a way of not making it the usual scramble of older ideas, with a threat that is mysterious and could herald something very interesting like Metal did.

The art by Cheung was OK, with some great splash pages but also not fully polished at times.

On the flip side, I'd argue that my main concern is Snyder's quest for constant gigantic, world-shattering threats, which might get fatiguing if not handled with care; also, on the same note, the ending felt a bit rushed and cliché, with Luthor being the most classic supervillain possible, line included.

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Ed Brisson is tasked with streamlining the complex situation that started six years ago with Bendis's run on "All-New X-Men", and it looks like he's doing a good job at it. Sure, the story is nothing special at all and feels like the nth iteration of characters from the future/past messing up with the X-Men, but it is laid out in a very human, family-like way that I really appreciate in an X-Comic. The art is good and precise, although it doesn't particularly stand out. The final cliffhanger (which I happened to guess at the very first page) is kind of infuriating, since it's nothing new and is given no explanation at all, for now.

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All these reviews giving low scores because the FF aren't together yet don't see the point. This was a very good introduction to possible new readers but also featured a massively important event for the reunion of the team. It also has the light-hearted feeling that an FF comic should carry, so all seems to point to Slott being the right choice for the greatest super-team of all time.

Complete trash dialogues, story and art up until the last couple of pages. Probably still an idiotic turn of events, but I'll give Spencer the benefit of doubt, AGAIN.

A pretty bad start for a series I already didn't have too much faith in. Let's face it: Dan Slott cannot write complex characters, and he really shows it here, with the most cliché issue #1 in the whole Fresh Start relaunch. The art was nothing special either.