Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville #4

Writer: Joanne Starer Artist: Natacha Bustos Publisher: DC Comics Release Date: December 6, 2023 Cover Price: $3.99 Critic Reviews: 6 User Reviews: 5
7.7Critic Rating
4.7User Rating

Ice's worst fears about Fire's antics are confirmed when a horrifying revelation comes to light, and whatever trust they'd tentatively rebuilt crumbles to dust. And despite Martha Kent's best attempts to mediate over Smallville's finest drag brunch, there might be no coming back for what was once the Justice League's most dynamic duo. (Booster and Beetle who?) Oh, and Lobo shows up hot and bothered to throw down in Fire's defunct fight club. What could possibly go wrong?

  • 10
    The Comicbook Dispatch - kcscribbles Dec 5, 2023

    Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville #4 is another fantastic issue of the series. Its full of fun and fascinating characters, has a lot of hilarious moments and feels like those DeMatteis/Giffen Justice League comics that were so enjoyable in the 80s and 90s. It bucks the current trend of every comic having to be grim and dark, and hopefully DC will do more series like this in the future. Highly recommended. Read Full Review

  • 10
    AIPT - Piper Whitaker Dec 5, 2023

    Once again. Starer, Bustos, and Bonvillan knock it out of the park with this installment of Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville and continue to develop what might be one of the most entertaining comics out on shelves right now. I can't wait for the next issue. Read Full Review

  • 9.0
    Comic Watch - Anthony Bergamini Dec 5, 2023

    Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville #4 is a great example of how to mix melodrama with superheroics, while also telling a more mature story. Read Full Review

  • 7.0
    Geek Dad - Ray Goldfield Dec 5, 2023

    There's a lot going on in this issue, much of it falling back on some pretty hilarious visual gags, but it mostly just serves to deepen the rift between our two favorite BFFS. Read Full Review

  • 6.0
    ComicBook.com - Nicole Drum Dec 6, 2023

    Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville #4 is cute and while I'm still not fully clear on what the plot that is carrying through this series actually is, it does seem to be starting to take some subtle shape and this issue has Lobo showing up even as the rift between Fire and Ice grows deeper. Read Full Review

  • 4.0
    Weird Science - Gabe Hernandez Dec 5, 2023

    Fire & Ice: Welcome To Smallville #4 loosely tries to combine wacky superhero antics in a YA slice-of-drama, and it doesn't quite work. Starer's grasp on the juvenile drama between Fire and Ice feels somewhat authentic if they were anyone else, but the random developments and wildly misplaced character work amount to nothing but noise. Read Full Review

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