Angela: Queen of Hel #1 plays to Bennett's strengths with a character-driven story tinged with horror and hints of sweeping romance. She handles sensitive moments with a delicate hand, and hones in emotional punches other writers might miss such as Sera's "where they called me by another name" as she confronts Angela. This may seem off-hand, but Bennett giving this line to a trans character haunted by nightmares of her past makes it especially poignant and jarring. Angela: Queen of Hel #1 has a strong creative team and an intriguing story that will certainly please fans of Angela's previous books, and will quickly hook curious newcomers. Read Full Review

ANGELA: QUEEN OF HEL #1 is a strong debut in the All New All Different Marvel line up. The Asgardian writers, Aaron, Ewing, and Gillen can embrace Bennett with open arms, as she spins another legend the gods can be proud of! Read Full Review

It makes me happy that this historic issue is going to inspire new readers to pick up this comic–and it makes me really happy that those readers are going to be rewarded by a creative team making such a beautiful book. Read Full Review

All in all, this was a great start to another All-New, All-Different series. Im excited to see more of Angela, but also more of this era for Marvel. In what Ive read so far, theyve made good on expanding representation and using characters who havent had a spotlight in a while. Angela is a great jumping on point for anyone interested in representation, diversity, and women with swords who will quite literally fight the Hevens. Read Full Review

I was intrigued by the concept when this series was launched, and the first issue has me beyond interested now. The combination of writing and art is entertaining and has a very “Marvel” feel about it all. It also gives us something new, which as a reader I appreciate and enjoy. So far, it's one of my favorite debuts of All-New, All-Different, and feels like it's actually worthy of that moniker. Read Full Review

This first issue serves as a fairly easy gateway into the saga of Angela and her partner/friend/lover Sera. It deftly summarizes what's transpired now without losing focus on Angela's new status quo. The relationship between Angela and Sera is very much the heart of the book. Read Full Review

I'm starting to get these characters and I enjoyed the character dynamics that were built up here. The issue is gorgeous through and through and the peek into Hel is exciting stuff. It didn't gel perfectly, but it's a nice start. Read Full Review

Angela and Sera's relationship is brought to the forefront in this issue, and it is firmly, visually established that the two are indeed a couple (despite Marvel Editor-In-Chief Axel Alonso's refusal to speak its name). Previous issues have strongly hinted at their relationship status, but this issue removes all question from the equation. We get two big-time smooches: one of which takes up an entire page. Sera provides the narration, which helps to smooth the transition between a few (sometimes jarring) time jumps. Even though half of the comic's art leaves some to be desired, Bennett has given the series a fast-paced, enjoyable, and incredibly readable first issue. Read Full Review

Much like many of the other new number ones from the re-launch this is not a mind-blowing number one but it does gently place the reader into a comfortable position so they are ready for whatever event laden schedule that they have in the pipeline. Read Full Review

"Angela: Queen of Hel" #1 is a very good debut but some art problems hurt it. It's accessible but continues the established storyline from "Asgard's Assassin" so for fans of this character, it's not something you'll want to skip. Read Full Review

The present as presented by Kim Jacinto and Israel Silva is something mediocre though. Jacinto applies a heavily detailed linework inspired by artists of the 90s in order to create something that feels far less realistic than what she is aspiring towards. There's nothing confusing about the action or drama shown in the present, but it alludes any sense of the organic or natural. If it were not for Hans' work in this issue, it could be tossed away. Yet the rich colors and beautiful love story shown in the past makes the present feel like a narrative worth paying attention to. Read Full Review

The issue's standard cover by Julian Totino Tedesco is a minimally colored but fitting and eye-catching image of Angela on the queen's throne, laid out similar to one of Jacinto's images inside but with a decidedly darker vibe. "Angela: Queen of Hel" #1 isn't the most easily read series introduction, but it's full of highlights like good characterization and attractive art throughout, which makes it worth picking up. Read Full Review

Angela, Queen of Hel #1 is a decent book that provides readers with interesting designs and gorgeous artwork. Unfortunately for brand new readers " which may be most of us " it tends to be a little overwhelming. Read Full Review

The art is fantastic, though, both with the present day stuff and the flashbacks. I definitely think I'll be giving Angela another try with this relaunch. Everybody loves a good Hel conquest love story. Read Full Review

I just wish Bennett could have written this issue in chronological issue instead of bouncing back in forth through time zones. It is really confusing. I thought Angela saving Sera would take all 7 issues but I guess it’ll only take half of one issue. The art was ok but not on par with Angela, Asgard’s Assassin, which came before this comic. Even though I do not support the LGBTQ community and do not think it is right to be Lesbian, gay, or transgender, its kinda of satisfying that Marvel finally delivered on Angela and Sera’s relationship after the lesbian undertones that Kieron Agilent set in Asgard’s Assassin. Honestly the only reason Maurgerite Bennett is writing this series and not Gillen is to write about the Angela and Sera relationship. Again, I don not support lesbians and do not think what they are doing is right but that’s not gonna stop comic companies from writing g about them. It’s not like I don’t acknowledge them or something. Also a good job bun marvel by writing its Lesbian characters as actual lesbians. Bobby Drake is gay apparently, even though he never showed any signs of it for his first 60 years of existence. Gambit was supposed to come out as gay, which would’ve been the complete opposite of his character. Julie Power and Karolina from the Runaways are Lesbians but I don’t know how they were written before. Striker from Avengers Academy came out to Julie and honestly, it was pretty well written. Having gay characters is fine, because in the real world they do exist, but no need to change an entire characters history to please 3% of buyers more