Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville #4

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

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

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

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

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

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

derbycomics

Dec 08, 2023

I'll never not love the series' absolute campiness, the further this goes on the more obvious it is that the plot is being held together like a busted drag queen's wig. The interactions between Bea & Tora seemed to ping-pong all over the place in the issue with a handful of "are they or aren't they"friends again" moments. I worry the back and forth cheapens their eventual reunion, but there are still plently of laughs and human elements throughout Joanne Starer script to make this an enjoyable read. Not to mention Natacha Bustos continues to provide one of the most visually appealing books on the market.

ItsJess

Dec 11, 2023

lmao