Ultimately, I think Southern Cross is worth a look. It's not the perfect first issue, but it is very professionally done and displays a lot of textual and visual talent. I have faith that Cloonan, whose character work in Gotham Academyhas been great, will make the characters in this book more enjoyable as time goes on. This series lays a solid foundation for what appears to be an intimate story set in a vast set of worlds, and I look forward to seeing how it moves forward from here.

Nameless #2 is an excellent installment in this limited series, building up the diegetic world and setting our heroes on a crash course with the apocalypse. Morrison is clearly excited to have the opportunity to play with symbols in such a direct manner, and Burnham and Fairbairn are worthy collaborators.

With Ms. Marvel #11, we've reached the conclusion of G. Willow Wilson's, Adrian Alphona's, and Ian Herring's first arc in the series, and it's a doozy of a finale.

When I first started reading the series, I expected to see a tightly written story about the intergalactic Romeo & Juliet pairing of Marko and Alana. Obviously, Vaughan and Staples have other plans.