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I'm still baffled by how a series that started so strong ends up here. It reads like a checklist of parody things; multiple (like, 3 at least??) deus ex machinas, clunky, situation-inappropriate dialogue, generic, disingenuous death scene--I get that it's comics, but I can't believe that an editor even glanced at this. Is it happening? Are we doing ChatGPT scripts for real?

Nothing too gripping, but harmless.

Harmless, but nothing interesting going on and it certainly didn't have any bite.

This was good overall. I think the pacing was arguably stacked a little slow early on and then rushed in the final act of the series, and this took away from the emotional stakes/payoff and maybe also a little from the coherence of certain story beats--but it still worked pretty well, and I think the upbeat vibes are in keeping with the Captain America character as he should be. A part of me wonde rs if maybe this was envisioned as an 8 or even 12-part series and the script ended up being condensed. I enjoyed it. My theory is that they limited it to 6 issues because the art quality is so high and maybe the script got cut down to fit. more

This seemed solid all around. It has a lot of potential, especially if they can do a good job characterizing the villains.

This issue more or less worked. The character isn't going anywhere new or interesting and the jokes don't have much bite, but it was breezy and easy to read as one wants HQ to be and avoided the tonal problems that some recent issues have had. The backup story was fine.

This has the bones of a good story, but the sheer number of little problems and annoyances in all areas keep it from coming together.

A mostly satisfying end to a flawed but interesting run.

This was okay. I'm glad it's over. Not Krakoa; Krakoa was interesting--but Fall of X has been an unholy mess.

Something about the tone isn't quite clicking and we really did just do evil peter a few months ago, but this is very readable and I like how the storytelling feels.

I'm surprised by how many threads are being pulled on for this arc. Some obvious, some not so much. The art is great and the writing is a step above what Wells usually puts out. I really hope they use this arc to redeem some of the less good elements of the run, like they seem to be doing with Ben and Kamala.

The story's probably okay. It's the dialogue and voice that I can't deal with. Saying that this script takes itself way too seriously just doesn't even begin to describe what's going on here.

The dialogue could be better, but this book has succeeded in doing what virtually no other Alien comic that I've read ever has: telling a story about characters that we actually care about.

This is a good story with good art, but its release schedule holds it back; 2 months is too long to keep track of a story like this that has a lot going on and doesn't hold your hand. If it was coming out monthly or I was reading it in a trade, it would probably be a 9.

Strong start.