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Proof that miserable conservatives are not the demographic for this comic.

Certainly an interesting issue. Let's start this off strong. The main story from Johnson, Klein, and Earls was one of my favorites in quite a while in this series. Klein, in particular, killed it. That double-page spread was especially awesome. I can understand why others may not have been as into it as me, but I loved it. Really looking forward to seeing what comes of it all (9.0/10). Now, the re st of the book. The first backup from Pak & Medina was pretty solid. Nice to see Brawn getting some material, in particular. However, while I did find this largely enjoyable, I did think it took a little bit of a weird turn towards the end, with Bruce shooting (but not killing) Amadeus (7.5/10). The next story from Grønbekk & Yoshii was my least favorite, unfortunately. I was really enjoying it at first, but it just ended up really losing me in the second half. So much so that I don't even really understand what the point of it all was, honestly (6.5/10). Finally, the last story from Percy & Shaw was another solid one. Definitely more of a setup story than a one-off, but that's not bad. I just wish we got a little more to chew on than what we got here. Shaw's interiors were pretty good, but Percy's story just left a little to be desired (7.0/10).more

Not as good as the previous issue, in my opinion, but still a pretty good read. With both Klein and Earls doing interiors here, I'm glad that one focused on Hulk and the other focused on Charlie. That said, though, I do think Earls wasn't putting out his best work here. Not that his interiors were particularly bad at all, but I feel that he's capable of better. However, I also found certain spots of the story to just not be as intriguing or as interesting as #17. In any case, I'm still hoping that the next issue delivers, with it being a big milestone issue.more

Glad to have Klein back on the interiors for this arc, as he continues to kill it whenever he's on the book. The story continues to be super solid, as well. Nice horror stuff here, along with the drama between Hulk, Eldest, Bruce, etc. I feel that this story has the potential to make this series the best it's been in a while, so we'll see how it turns out.

Another very cool read. I basically feel the same as how I did with the previous issue...so, yeah, Johnson and Earls are both doing good work here. For Johnson, this still isn't his best work on the title, but it's definitely cool and entertaining nonetheless. This was fun, but I'm glad to be getting back to the present-day stuff with #17. It feels like Hulk has been "traveling to Las Vegas" forev er now.more

Arguably a bit of a filler issue, but I don't even really care that much. This was entertaining and enjoyable. Earls did a really nice job filling in. Possibly his best outing on this book yet. The story wasn't as good as many others in this run, but this book has still never failed in being interesting, with this being another example of that. Definitely looking forward to seeing the rest of this flashback story.more

Really good stuff here. Klein continues to be such a strong aspect of this book, though Johnson is doing pretty good work, as well. Though, about Klein specifically, I think a lot of people don't understand how much work he really does. I particularly bring this up because I always hear/see people saying that he should be drawing every issue of this book, with some getting genuinely upset that he isn't. Now, would I absolutely love it if Klein was the artist for every single issue of this run? Yes, completely. He's killing it right now. However, I also recognize that it takes quite a bit of work to achieve what Klein has been achieving in these issues, particularly with his style. So, it's going to take a while for him to finish issues, which isn't always the most ideal thing for a monthly book like this. Hence, fill-in artists, while Klein only works on particular issues. He'd have to get, like, a crazy level of ahead on pages to be drawing every single issue of this book. Anyways, back to the actual issue. It was very good. Still seated for more.more

The weakest issue so far, but still enjoyable nonetheless. I think Pina is doing a nice job filling in here for Julius Ohta, though I think Ackerman might be beginning to lose me just a little bit with the story. I'm still liking it and this was far from completely losing me, but the trajectory thus far has not been the strongest. Hopefully things pick back up a bit with this becoming part of One World Under Doom.more

A solid read once again here. This one seems to slow things down a bit as Tony tries to fix the issues regarding his armor that were caused by Justine Hammer. A little funny that Scarlet Witch was really only in here for a few pages after being advertised on the cover, but I still enjoyed this one. I think Ackerman, especially, did a nice job with Tony and Riri's dynamic. Always happy to see her s how up in something, since she hasn't gotten a solo series in quite a while now.more

A little bit crammed, for sure, but still very enjoyable. First off, I don't care what anyone says, Iron Man with a sword is cool. Does he really need one? No, probably not...but, it's still cool nonetheless and I think it fits with his suit design. Additionally, I found the story to be pretty enjoyable. Maybe it's because I...don't particularly like capitalism and humongous corporations, especial ly considering the current state of the United States, so this resonates with me a bit. In any case, this continues to good stuff. Not the best Iron Man run, but pretty enjoyable.more

I didn't find this to be as strong as the first issue, but it's still good and there's a lot about it that I do like. Ohta continues to be pretty solid on the interiors, and I think Ackerman is still fairly impressive for where he's at as a comic book writer. However, I do hope this improves a bit as it continues. I think there's a lot of potential for this book to be great, and it isn't quite the re yet.more

Super solid first issue for this run. From what I understand, this is Ackerman's, like, second comic series he's ever written...ever? If true, this is pretty impressive. It's far from perfect, though, and I do recognize that him being a journalist means he has quite a bit of writing experience under his belt. However, I do feel that being a journalist and being a comic book writer, while both requ ire writing skills, require different things/skills/etc. Anyways, yeah, this is good and I'm interested in more of it.more

Yes, it was great, but I'm pretty bummed that we, likely, won't get much of a follow-up to this series. I think we could definitely see, at least some of, these characters pop up again somewhere in the Marvel Universe at some point, but I can't help but doubt that we'll get another full-fledged series for them, at least not for a long time. It's really a shame, as this was pretty consistently an a wesome book, with this issue being no different.more

A bit more self-contained, but still great. Really cool to see Dimitri get a lot of focus here, even if it's happening right before the end of the book. Speaking of which, it would have been really nice if this were an ongoing. If it being eight issues only was the plan, that's great, but I also feel like there's so much to cover in #8.

Another great read for this series. I definitely think it could have been better, but I can't complain too much with how much I enjoyed what we ended up getting. Schiti continues to be a great fit for this book, and Hickman is just doing his thing here. That's probably the best way I can describe this, honestly.

Great finale, in my opinion. Not every final issue/episode/etc. needs to be some huge climactic event, and I think this is a strong example of that. A bit of a fallout issue here that deals with the aftermath of said bigger event-type of thing, with Stephen losing the title of Sorcerer Supreme in Blood Hunt, and I really liked how this handled it. I could have definitely read MacKay writing these characters for longer, but I think he ended up with a pretty good tenure on Stephen and Clea.more

Great issue. It feels like we're really starting to build upon what's already been established and, truly, go somewhere with all of it. Not that the past fourteen issues weren't, but this felt like it had a stronger sense of direction. Lemire is someone who has been known to do slower builds and, as someone who can appreciate a slow build, I'm really hoping it pays off. This was a really good star t of that, potentially.more

A fun read. Was not expecting to have to turn the issue upside down for a few pages, but I thought it was neat. It's funny that I hadn't heard anything about that before reading, as I feel that I typically hear about whenever a book does something like this around the time it releases, particularly with Absolute Martian Manhunter doing interactive stuff multiple times.