This is a fun read where I get to see a couple of my favorite characters team up, but there were some problems with the art that dragged it down a bit. Read Full Review

I tried. I tried to be impartial and I just couldn't, but I can honestly walk away from this by saying something nice. Read Full Review

Ember wrecks a college campus while searching for power enhancements. Kamala and Doreen organically work out each other's identities, and they also bolster the cast by getting America Chavez and Inferno into the action. But as America points out, they're not doing so hot yet at stopping Ember.

Excellent art and scripting on this double-sized romp. The long creative roster is starting to creak, though. The organic, sketchy art style used in the second half of this issue is generally good, but it clashes with the more polished style of previous artists. Squirrel Girl is nearly absent in the rear half, as though the writer was leery about using her. And this issue's scripting styles are clearer than the heavily-layered narration used in the Alpha. That's good for readability but bad for consistency.

I have a lot of nitpicks, but there's a lot of material to examine. And it is WAY more passionate material than you might expect from a cartoon tie-in story. This might not be great, but it is really, really good. I think this may wind up as a perfect intro for tween/teen readers starting into Marvel comics - great characters and a fun story, but also plenty of the creative and editorial warts they can expect to find all over the Marvel universe. more

This was infinitely better than the last issue, but I'm still really not invested in the plot.