If you can get past the ridiculously high price for so few story pages, you'll find a lot of interesting ideas and fantastic visuals packed into this comic. But its brevity adds to its feeling of incompleteness, and I don't know what Ellis has planned for the second (and final) issue, but I hope it does more than just provide intriguing windows into alternate superhero realms. Read Full Review
Most glaring of all is the fact that neither story carries much of an X-Men flair. Switch out a few familiar faces and the stories could easily be taking place in another Ellis book like Planetary. Is that all Ellis' Astonishing run is going to amount to - a series that seems culled from unused plot points in other books? His work carries an inherent charm regardless, but I expect a lot more given the pedigree of Astonishing X-Men in the past. Read Full Review
All-in-all, this is a disappointment and I wouldn't really recommend you spend your money on it unless you have the overwhelming desire to keep your Ghost Boxes Collection complete. Read Full Review
I can't really recommend this book to anyone but the most hardcore fans. While it is fun seeing the other alternate universes, there is not enough substance or story to justify the $3.99 price tag. Read Full Review
It's okay, definitely better, than the original story arc. A series of what ifs related to first Astonishing story arc of Ellis. It just lacks depth or something. Could be better. But it was great to see Adi Granov, by the way.
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