The art is great, the story is engaging (and weird) and the only real negative I have is that apparently, this is the penultimate issue! Read Full Review

Another edition of "Flaviano's CuteGroot sketchbook with random plot threads by Christopher Hastings," hooray! Except not hooray, because this kinda stinks. There's about a ten-year age gap between the reader who will delight in the pretty pictures and the reader who'll be interested in and capable of puzzling out Mr. Hastings' mystery plot. I cannot really imagine #5 as a big answer-everything conclusion that redeems the time we've invested in this series, but I guess anything's possible.

This issue barely hits 6/10 even with a bonus point for my suspicion that the Administrator's "trap a perfect moment forever" agenda is a super-stealthy critique of the tiresome superfans who believe there's a progressive conspiracy to make Marvel comics suck now. Even if that *is* Mr. Hastings' intention (and I may just be projecting), it's executed too subtly (and in a poor venue) to really bite. more