The action was really good. The story was interesting and an interesting continuation of the current arc. It will be interesting to see what twists are coming next. Read Full Review

While Captain Marvel grapples with a mark-1 Evil Mirror Universe, her antagonists are on an Indiana Jones trip designed to drag the Reality Stone into the story in preparation for the next Infinity Whatever. Margaret Stohl accidentally demonstrates how shabby Captain Marvel's post-CW2 status quo is by transreversing her supporting cast's personality traits; it turns out Evil Wendy, Puck, and Sasquatch are just as bland and uninteresting as their normal versions. Add in some remarkably terrible names for EM characters and some art that feels like Michele Bandini is losing his enthusiasm for the title and we've got a regrettable reading experience. "Evil Mirror Universe" is an evergreen premise for just about any hero, but this lackluster execution wastes it utterly.

On the devil's advocate side, looking at the solicit reveals that this story must have taken a pretty large swerve away from Ms. Stohl's original intentions, and it must have done so late in the production process. Though that doesn't excuse the hard-to-follow nature of the plot, it does explain it. And another silver lining: Natasha Romanoff as a criminal superspy named "the Widower" is a pretty cool idea.

I normally go with a 4/10 rating for "bless 'em they're trying their best" efforts, but there were a *lot* of extra negatives dragging this issue down. It has many dreadful moments with the potential to come back to you weeks or months later and remind you of what a bad read it was: "Lord Starkill" is a strong contender, "extra-orbital remote Quinjets" is another, and so is Ms. Stohl's belief that the moral inverse of "Captain" is "Corporal."
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