Camp & Chris Allen make Ultimate Luke Cage into invincible Mumia Abu-Jamal and whereas any number of lesser writers might have been making a glib statement to please their social media following, Camp & Allen take the assignment seriously enough to give it heft and meaning. The best issue so far

Camp continues to kill it on this book. A very well-done analysis of Luke Cage's life in this new universe, as well as social commentary for the real world beyond comics. While I would have liked to see Luke join the team, I think what we got for Luke here was just fantastic and I appreciate the reason for him not joining. Furthermore, Allen did really nice work on the interiors.

A good amount of things to like here, but it does feel very fast-paced for what's going on. The art from Momoko is nice, though. I do also appreciate the references to the other Ultimate titles, with Black Cat and Storm, specifically, being briefly shown around the second half.

The change of the interior art from Hayden Sherman to Mattia de Iulis was a little jarring, but it fits with this story, in my opinion, and Iulis is absolutely fantastic. So, I can't really complain that much. Aside from that, this was a well-written first half and I'm looking forward to more.

Wow, this blew me away. I hadn't read anything by Camp when this was initially announced, so I was unsure how to feel about this. After reading Ultimates, though, I definitely got a lot more interested. That said, this is a different thing entirely, and I mean that in a good way. Camp continues to really establish himself as one of the most exciting rising stars in comics. Furthermore, I have to mention Rodriguez, as well, who continues to also deliver on amazing work with this book. more

Very interesting start. Even managed to have some emotional weight in there even if we don't see Barry all that much. The new interpretation of that old iconic imagery really hits home for the reader as well as Wally. Really excited to see where this goes.

A super intriguing start here. A lot of unanswered question that I'm looking forward to learning more about. While the format of the flashbacks and flash-forwards messed with things just a tad, at least in my opinion, I did think Lemire put this together very well overall. Robles delivers on some super clean interiors, as well.

The best issue of the series so far. Some nice art from Dragotta here, the story from Snyder had a great balance, in terms of its pacing, and some really cool moments coming from both the action-centric sections and the more character-focused sections of the book. I'm really looking forward to whatever comes next.

A very well-written issue depicting what happened at the end of Krypton, which felt particularly relevant in the current landscape in the real world. I have to acknowledge Sandoval, as well, as he's doing a fantastic job on the interiors, plus this cover especially.

Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman are well on their way to producing an all-time great Wonder Woman run. This version of Diana represents everything that's great about the character. She's smart, brave, compassionate, and willing to put others first. Her solution to defeat the Tetracide was brilliant as well as uplifting. I can't wait for the next issue, wish it was coming out next week instead of next month.

Oh and I should mention Sherman's ridiculously great art. The action pages leave you on the edge of your seat and his expert paneling is joy to read. more

Yeah. Great stuff once again in my favorite issue thus far. Sherman continues to put out career-defining work, while Thompson presents a beautifully-crafted story and script. I'm so glad this has delivered, and then some, after being my favorite of the initial three Absolute books that were announced.

Still pretty interesting as we near the end of the first arc. I'm assuming that was Barbara Gordon that briefly encountered Bruce as he was going under the city, so I'm interested to see how Snyder & Dragotta follow up on that. Otherwise, just good stuff. This is still my least favorite of the current trio of Absolute books, but that's really saying something about the other two when I'm scoring this as high as I am. more

This is a time when it feels like practically everyone feels helpless and hopeless beneath the wealthy elites whose boot is forever on our necks, and ever-increasing numbers of desperate people are looking at this as broken world as one that can only be cleansed with blood. The idea of a newly-arrived Superman (who can fairly be assumed to be as non-lethal as any other version) being seen as the savior of oppressed people whose only dream left is "I pray he will kill you all" introduces fascinating moral questions. Aaron & Sandoval are thus far wisely declining to take the traditional easy way out by simply having their protagonist give a big speech clarifying his position and offering easy answers to impossible questions, and I could not be happier. I wasn't sure how I'd feel about this book, but four issues in it's really winning me over. more

Definitely my favorite issue so far. Even though Kal-El wasn't in the issue until the second half, he was so cool when he finally showed up. The focus on Lois was nice and well-written, also. I'm really happy with the way Aaron has handled her character thus far.

I unironically want nothing more from a superhero comic than a creative team with the fearless self-assurance to write something formally and emotionally breathtaking like the Circe flashback and then follow it with over-the-top surreal superhero bullshit like the giant sword, and to make it truly work. This is everything I love about superhero comics

This book just continues to be fantastic. The flashback with Circe was great, with some super cool stuff in the present also. Diana enlarging her sword to slice through the Tetracide was a wild moment that fit right in with the vibe of this series. Just loving this run.

I have read a gratuitous number of Wonder Woman comics and this was easily one of the greatest single issues I've ever read, thrilling and unpredictable and formally ambitious. Thompson & Sherman are both doing just unbelievable work here

A super solid debut here, in my opinion, with a really nice amount of focus on John Stewart, who's my personal favorite Green Lantern. I really liked the Sinestro stuff as well, though, and I'm looking forward to seeing more of him. Simon and Jessica's section was also really nice, also.

Pasarin does a solid job of filling in for Xermánico here and I'm still intrigued by this new arc, even if I didn't enjoy this issue as much as the Fractured Spectrum one-shot that kicked off said arc. I don't really have much to say other than that, unfortunately.

Maybe it's because this was less heavy on the type of dialogue I mentioned in my review of the last issue of the main series (#18) and because this had slower pacing compared to the last few issues of said series, but I liked this a good amount. This wasn't anything groundbreaking, but it was still a nice establishment of the new status quo and the next arc for Green Lantern.

A fun conclusion that felt epic, but also a little unfocused in certain spots. Some of the dialogue wasn't my favorite, as well, as it felt like "witty" action dialogue. I don't know if that description makes sense, but it's something that I'm not a fan of from not just comics, but movies and television as well.

My thoughts and feelings towards this issue are very similar to those I had towards the last issue (#16), so I'd recommend reading my review of that. Aside from that, though, I will say that it was nice to get a stronger focus on Kyle Rayner this time around. Hopefully that continues, maybe even in the upcoming Green Lantern Corps series.

First things first, Xermánico continues to put out incredible artwork here, man. He is absolutely killing it right now. As for the story, I do have similar complaints to what I said about the Civil Corps Special, in terms of its pacing, to an extent, but I enjoyed this issue more overall.

I thought this was a solid start to this storyline, although Larroca's art wasn't the strongest. Furthermore, I do feel as though the story here started to jump around a little too much in the second half. I will also say, though, that at the time I read this, I had only read the first three issues of Johnson's Green Lantern: War Journal series, so there is a chance that I may have liked this more had I finished it first. more

I was a little torn between giving this an 8.0 or an 8.5, but I went with the latter because of how much I enjoyed the section in which John was talking to his mother on the train. Furthermore, Montos continues to put out some really good work with these interiors.

Not as strong as the first issue, unfortunately, but still enjoyable. This had some really nice art from Montos, who's definitely making me a fan here. Although, I'm not sure how I feel about the way Jay, particularly, was drawn here. I thought it was him at first because of the pink hair, but, at least to me, he appeared to be a bit heavier than I remember seeing him portrayed as.