I have not read this issue in yet. I just stuck a rating in there to post a comment. I just finished the second collection. I am enjoying the execution very much. My comment, which perhaps will start a discussion, is that this setup is flawed. In this ultimate universe that they have created, I don’t see a scenario wherein Peter Parker’s and Harry’s family and friends are not all already dead. more

Reading it in trade. Very ominous issue. My favorite to date. Good moments for a bunch of characters. Hard to tell who bites the bullet here. But someone is going to.

"Action-packed issue?" Not unless you count lots of talking "action." A few pages wasted at the start: MJ has to school Jonah and Ben that break-out views and circulation is actually a good thing? Best part was seeing the seeds of GG eventually becoming an arch-foe. Otherwise, fairly pedestrian.

Awesome Is Comic Annual

Al should have a mainline Batman run one day. This proves he has a lot of potential. Loved this. The best non Absolute Batman story of 2025.

A 7 is probably generous. Definitely did not live up to the Bad Idea hype machine.

It's entirely setup, minimal dialogue, no character work at all. Pretty standard alien invasion story.

The art is good but not amazing. I appreciated the 1.99 price point.

They sold a teaser for 2 bucks.

I'm going to be honest, I was biased due to a good review... so my hopes were high for this one. Sadly it didn't convert my high hopes. I was hoping for something jaw dropping but this is just a fun silly one shot without any layer of story. That is all it is, just fun brawling emptiness. And you know what, sometimes that is just all you need.

Just finished the trade collection. I liked this a lot! Aaron and Mahnke are good team.

No excuse for the long wait but this issue stuck the landing to an instant classic. One of the most fun action packed Batman stories there is with its own unique flavor.

i take it back Jason Aaron. You didn't fell off, you just needed to be in a different company so you can write stories that you actually want to write instead of just scrambling ideas. I would love to see Jason Aaron tackle a long-running series in Main DC Comics, because this is proof that Jason Aaron hasn't lost it.

North does it again - he continues to ignore proper characterization and history.

History first:
North says that the cosmic rays that powered the 4 ONLY happened once. I'm guessing he never read FF #13, #197, #310, Hulk #254, etc.

Ben absorbs the majority of cosmic rays? Reread any of the issues I just mentioned - there are LOTS of cosmic rays, it's just not possible. And at the ending of this issue - again, North must never have read What If v1 #36 where the powerless foursome still became heroes.

Characterization:
Johnny - is not that much of a goofball (and really needs to lose the asinine moustache). Despite being one of the fastest and most agile fliers in the MU, he needs Sue to save him (because she is somehow faster?).

Reed - Yes he's super smart but after a decade+ (MU time) of dealing with (as North writes them) dim Ben and idiot Johnny, you'd think Reed wouldn't be such a sesquipedalianistic grandiloquentish vocabularian who incessantly speaks logophilisticstically. (see, I can write like North too). Yet, despite being so smart he can't figure out a way to restore Ben's powers (via actual power or exo-suit (see FF #170)).

Sue - She may as well be a Green Lantern now. A flyswatter? Are boxing glove arrows next?

Ben - like last issue, Ben is a weak-willed fool here. He's gone from wanting to give himself the equivalent of a lobotamy to insisting he become the Thing again. He's all over the place (and in therapy?). Hey North, go read FF #25, 26 and Marvcek Two-in-One Annual #7 and see how Ben has THE sgtrongest will power in the MU.

Devos the Devaster - Nice impression of King Kong climbing the Empire State Building despite being able to fly (LOL).

Artwise, it's barely okay. The pencils might be decent, but the inking is atrocious.

One last thing for whomever edits this mess, if you're going to cite a back issue to explain how the FF lose thier powers when traveling the multiverse (whish I am SO tired of), it helps to state more than "Marvel Two-in-One" (which has over 100 issues). For those that would like to know it was M2i1 v2 #3. more

Good book.

I swear to buddha, Absolute Wonder Woman is the best series coming out of the Absolute Universe. I will even sy it's top 3 best modern comic book series coming out right now. I really like the art, and Mattia De Lulis art impressed me so much.

Not a good issue by North. And I generally like his FF.
This one world under doom event feels very phoned in.
And I don’t think each member of the FF becomes dumb, even if they are losing their powers.

The idea of finding the exact moment in alternate universes when the FF were bombarded by cosmic rays is ludicrous, especially since they are able to do it over and over so easily. Plus, why would it affect Ben exactly the same way? And what's to prevent Doom from simply doing it all over again? Would've been much more interesting to have him without his powers for a few months.

Pretty good.

Not great but fun.

Not great but fun.

My expectations of this were too high. But I still enjoyed it.
MJ, black cat, spidey triangle at peak. Godzilla versus venom. Amazing art. Good script. Ok story.

Releasing this at the same time as the waid samnee book was a mistake. This issue felt like it belonged in that story.

This book is best when it focuses on Batman and robin, like in this issue. The rest of the book isn’t very good.

I liked it. I haven’t been reading the title on a regular basis so perhaps that helped.

Wonder Woman with Batman is Awesome

So far this Memento arc has been pretty good. While I'm not thrilled at the sudden crisis of character of Damian Wayne questioning his entire existence because of one event, this cold case mystery from Bruce's past definitely has me engaged.

Phillip Kennedy Johnson did something pretty dire in this issue, from what we'd seen in past issues by Joshua Williamson. Williamson had Damian writing his own fan comic/personal diary in the form of a character he'd made of himself called "Damian Vane". Yeah, it was pretty corny, but also kind of believable from what Williamson had done with the character.
Phillip Kennedy Johnson unfortunately has Damian write an "ADVENTURES OF ROBIN & BATMAN" journal, and leave it right out in the open. Not only that, but it's extremely descriptive of many details and events that had happened during prior issues. There is no way Damian would be this careless with not protecting his of his father's secret identities. I mean, no innuendos or aliases. Just pretty much blatant - "I'M ROBIN, AND MY FATHER IS BATMAN. AND MY GRANDFATHER THOMAS WAYNE WAS A DOCTOR." ....not only is this issue painfully obvious (on-the-nose) exposition, but it also paints Damian as an idiot without the common sense to protect his and his father's secret identities.

It just sucks because (any minor grievances aside) I'd been mildly enjoying this new direction of the series up till this point. I'm going to stick with it, but I'm just very disappointed with this portrayal of extreme carelessness made by Damian. Definitely doesn't jive with any iteration we'd seen of Damian Wayne by Grant Morrison, Peter J. Tomasi, or even Joshua Williamson for that matter. This just feels really off. more

This is a tough book to rate. Would be a 10 if Damian was written more in character.