Fire and Ice's salon has gone up in flames, and Smallville doesn't seem far behind it. The villains in residence grow restless for bedlam and a better payday than they've had access to since joining Fire's rehabilitation program, and even the locals have got a strange, almost possessed gleam in their eyes these days...
As we prepare for the end, Starer, Bustos, and Bonvillan make sure to plant the seeds for a crazy finale and I'm excited to see how this story ends as they have managed to pull together a rare 'home run' mini series. Read Full Review
Next issue is the last issue of the miniseries, but I hope DC keeps Fire and Ice in Smallville and we get either another miniseries or (dare I hope) an ongoing series with the characters, because this little corner of the DC Universe has been too masterfully constructed to just toss it away. Despite the abrupt tone shift of Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville #5, I still enjoyed the book and I look forward to next issue. Recommended. Read Full Review
Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville #5 continues this series trend of being unlike anything else DC is putting out right now, and that is meant in the most positive way. Read Full Review
The plot this issue seemed a bit muddled, with a lot of infodumping, but Bustos' art continues to be a highlightit's just as expressive and colorful as it needs to be to homage the work of the great Kevin Maguire. Read Full Review
Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville #5 starts to pull things together in time for the next issue's finale and while the overall plot of the issue is a little clunky and jumbled because it has the task of throwing a lot of new information at the reader while also tying that information to previous events, it's still pretty enjoyable largely for the character development on the part of Fire. Read Full Review
Fire & Ice: Welcome To Smallville #5 is an abysmal, painfully terrible comic from cover to cover. The mediocre art can't cover up for the bad humor, nonsensical plot developments, and a complete lack of storytelling skills. Read Full Review
I don't get the haters.
This series is so much fun, and I'm going to miss it ;___;
I can’t hate this series, I just can’t. The loose plot and haphazard pacing should be driving me mad, but Joanne Starer’s writing makes these characters so lovable that I can forgive some of the rushed plot development happening in this penultimate issue to set us up ahead of the finale. Fire & Ice have such a relatable relationship that you can’t help but feel that their friendship is something you go through with your best friend at some point in your life. Natacha Bustos and Tamra Bonvillain bring it all together in some of the most fun visuals you can ask for. I wish this book was an ongoing, but with the plot starting to come apart for this specific arc, its clear that the end is coming just at the right time.
Whoever at DC commissioned this wretched series needs their head examining.
As does the utter clown who, when reviewing this issue, gave it a perfect 10.
It's absolutely pathetic that DC is putting out wretched garbage like this.
Ok so first lets get off the real reasons to dislike this entire series.
1) None of the characters are written in character. Joanne Starer clearly has no idea who any of these characters are. They feel like all OC's just re-skinned as DC characters.
2) This is like season 54 of Days of Our Lives where only wine moms would enjoy this. Like that is what the humor feels like.
3) This has no functional plot besides mindless hi-jinks.
Now for the reason you can all call me names for but something really ticked me off and why I wanted to write this review for this specific issue: How they treated the disabled character.
Rant time: Why the ^$&* did they somehow justify robbing and harassin more
For immediate recycling...I don't know why I gave it a 1...Nice printing!
I believe this series was the worst book sold in 2023 and will somehow be the worst book sold in 2024 as well. THE SAME SERIES!!! No one is even close to being in character, everyone is competing to be the most annoying character in the book, the humor is juvenile and misfires more often than not and the utter haughtiness of the writing just leaves a bad taste in ones mouth. The slice of life YA thing can be done with known superheroes (see She-Hulk) but it seems most of these authors need TONS of help from the editors or just maybe they could read some old issues of comics involving the characters they are asked to write. This is not Fire. This is not Ice. This is just bad comedy from someone who didn't understand the assignment. I more
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