As always, Mike Deodato is doing amazing work here, and the weird storyline gives him lots of room to flex his artistic muscles. The issue also features several pages of outstanding additional art by painter Greg Horn. Read Full Review

By the end of this issue, though, I felt the same way I feel about a number of Bendis efforts, that not a whole lot had happened over the course of it. This issue does feel like a product of decompression, and it doesn't even have its cast or ongoing plot threads to fall back on. With a couple months left until Siege rocks the Avengers world, this one feels an awful lot like filler. Read Full Review

Bendis and Deodato have done a solid job on this series since it launched, and this is another fine installment. Nothing extraordinary, nothing particularly shocking -- unless you take the Molecule Man's fantasies for reality -- but well-told. And more dominoes are placed in the Dark Reign lineup, ready for their inevitable fall. Read Full Review

It's cool getting to know Victoria, but outside of some neat work by Horn, the rest of the book is a bit of a wash. Read Full Review

The end of Dark Reign is coming, and my New Year's Resolution for this book is asuper-dramatic meltdown and resolution of some plot threads. Read Full Review