A twist too many imo, crossing the line from “oh!” to “oh brother.” There’s a certain vibe in this series that didn’t do it for me—it seemed like Ewing wanted this to be Emma Peel’s adventures rather than Janet Van Dyne’s.

I was worried that this team wouldn’t have much to do and would be quite tangential to the main action of the Fall of X. I’m very pleasantly surprised that this is not the case!

Crossjack is the Tom Jones of superhero comics. (The Henry Fielding character, not the singer.)

While the action of this issue was supposed to leave the heroes feeling deflated, that was my feeling, too. It’s also bugging me that Steve looks like George H. W. Bush after years of steroids.

Just brilliant, what the comic book medium is made for, what it does best.

Inevitably it can't be as exciting and intriguing as the first issue, but the introduction of the Columbia student is really promising, and the rollout of the mythos is being perfectly portioned out.