Strikeforce is shaping up to be an interesting mix of heroes going up against evil forces. The issue doesn't stand alone, so be ready to commit if you want to see this team in action, but the team members do work really well together. Read Full Review

Strikeforce #1 is clever, complicated, and challenging. It's also a rip-roaring "heroes taking care of business" yarn. But it quickly establishes some deadly tension between its straightforward heroics and its new villains with their more "existential horror" focus. This introduction promises things are gonna get Weird in the best possible way. Read Full Review

These aren't the first heroes you would choose to face the darkness, but they sure do know how to raise hell! Strikeforce #1 served as an excellent introduction to this team, the villain that they will have to deal with, and the obstacles that are sure to make this mission easier said than done. Especially with one slip-up by the end that should make you anxious to see what comes next. Read Full Review

Tini Howard and crew are the taste engineers, and they've brought together an exceptional mix that packs a tangy zing. It's familiar, but with a pleasing difference. Read Full Review

Artist Germn Peralta does a good job of pulling off the supernatural horror aspects of Strikeforce, with appropriately creepy imagery that never feels too gross or off-putting but just enough that it wont alienate readers. In a comic filled with decapitations, dismemberment, and impalement, thats pretty high praise. Colorist Jordie Bellaire, a veteran of (supernatural) horror herself, comes through with reliably good colors that run the gamut of tones from page-to-page, but especially reds that arent always just blood and gore! (But usually, they are.) Read Full Review

Strikeforce (2019-) #1 Has a great beginning, slows down a little in the middle, but picks back up by the end. Great art and a compelling story make it worth picking up. Read Full Review

High initiative and extremely intriguing, STRIKEFORCE #1 is on a bloody good start! Read Full Review

STRIKEFORCE #1 is a perfect blend of action and horror, with a paranoia-inducing premise. While the book's doesn't land perfectly in every department, it lays out an intriguing opening chapter that will keep readers coming back. Read Full Review

While not exactly groundbreaking, Strikeforce #1 feels like the start of a new cult hit. Read Full Review

level Marvel team together by end of the debut. Read Full Review

If Strikeforce can keep building on this foundation, readers are in for a very entertaining ride. Read Full Review

While the premise of the team and the story are intriguing, the execution of this debut issue of this series is extremely lacking. Read Full Review

From the story to the visuals, I was honestly just kind of bored throughout the issue. I actually stopped reading at one point to check and see how many more pages I had to get through, which is never a good sign. I like the concept and idea of the story; it just didn't feel like this first issue was executed well. Read Full Review

Overall: Strikeforce #1 is very underwhelming. The quality of writing was not at the level that I expect from a mainstream superhero comic book. This title fails to state a compelling reason why readers should add it to their pull lists. I would only recommend Strikeforce #1 to readers who are massive fans of Tini Howard or to readers who just love all things Blade. For everyone else? Pass on Strikeforce #1. There are simply way too many mainstream superhero comics currently on the market that offer a far better value for your money. Read Full Review

Strikeforce #1 is a particularly uninspired attempt at a particularly overdone and uninteresting type of book. A lack of chemistry between unlikable characters mixed with an uniteresting villain and a poorly defined threat makes for a title that just doesn't have a lot of appeal. Read Full Review

Strikeforce 1 was by far one of the better comics I read this week. First off, Tini Howard handles both the Avengers and the newly formed Strikeforce perfectly. In just one issue, she managed to assemble the team, introduce the threat, and begin the first mission. The pacing is excellent and the art is eye candy by Peralta. Howard treats these intriguing characters so well and my only complaint is the many similarities between the Vydrai (?) and the Skrulls.

Hmm!

I liked this book more for its potential than enjoying its actual execution. It just seemed a bit clunky and to rely on too much unexplained backstory, which never makes for the best jumping on point for a first issue. I liked the ideas, a lot, but felt that nothing really stood out overall beyond vignettes.

Having said that I think if things pick up it could become a solid fave. The core cast is interesting, although some of the voices seem off with worst offenders being Bucky and Spider-Woman. Bucky seemed little more than an emo Hawkeye. Spider-Woman had odd linguistic quirks like “dude”, a term that only really arch hipster Brits use which undercuts the nascent cool of the character, and goes on to say ��taken here” not “brought here”, “taken here” suggesting something a bit sexual when filtered through transatlantic ears. Plus Jess stating her kid needs bathing and she just wants to get home and then forgetting all about him to head off to Indonesia just compounds why I loathe the decision to make her character a mother. So far, I have not seen one writer manage to make it work as anything other than a gimmick, a footnote, or a cliche, and unfortunately here we have yet another example. Retcon. Someone. Please.

Angela shone, and Blade was solid, even if I wanted someone (Jess) to mutter the word “prick” under their breath after he told everyone not to split up having been the one to do that in the first instance.

It was little moments like these that took me out of the story, and made me want more from the dysfunctional team book.

The art and colouring were similarly compromised, sometimes wonderful and awesome, sometimes muted and pedestrian.

But for all the negatives there is still an air of an uncut diamond that has the capability of shining very bright indeed, and more than enough charm to suggest that it will. more

Decent writing, mediocre art.
Redeemed only by the presence of some of Marvel’s most underrated characters, like Spectrum and Hellstrom

This was okay. I think it may be better in the future, but it's not off to the best start.

" To the end of the world."
-Strikeforce Team

This felt rushed and really didn’t do a great introductory job I’ll be real with you.