What more can we ask for from a Conan comic?

I don't mind what they're doing here but wouldn't it work better if it was more all-ages(ish) and marketed more clearly toward younger readers?

Across multiple timelines, the characters mostly tell each other the things that we already inferred in the first eight issues with lots of swearing. The story inches forward, kind of. I don't know how long it's been since the last issue, but I don't remember how eyepatch lady got captured. Mean naked lady is still naked and mean.

There are some improvements here over the first issue, but also some baffling stuff. I wish I could just call it bland and underwhelming, but there are a lot of issues here and are we really trying to play this straight with undercover spy zero-disguise Clint Barton? I know some editors if Marvel needs some.

It's not quite in sync with the show in terms of vibes and voice, but it *is* in sync with the OG cartoon. It's a little insubstantial, but that's fine.

The battle here isn't nearly as interesting as the things leading up to it, but it's still pretty strong stuff.

It's a good story, but it could be told much better than this.

This is a big step up from the first issue. The dialogue is better and it's a little more coherent overall. It's a start.

Pretty solid.

It reads well and I liked the setup with the brunette in the Asylum; now she can reappear later in the story and Pam will have someone else to hook up with and/or battle. Maybe Ivy was due for a soft retcon/origin refresher, but we really should've done it between story arcs, not in the middle of one. Or at least not for 3 issues.

This is tough! The ending is so aggressively dumb and obnoxious, but most of the issue was really channeling Gail Simone in a good way. This book has the voice and the vibe now, but the storytelling still needs to catch up.

It's good once you get past the tedious filler that they put there so it doesn't get ahead of the event.

This title really struggles. The story and questionable action stuff would be easier to forgive if the voice worked, but Jess herself and the dialogue in a broader sense are all off. This is not working.

Near perfect.

I love everything about this book.

Good enough. Time to end.

It's a by-the-numbers manga with great facial expressions; the light horror bits help to give it some personality.

This seemed mostly fine.

I feel as though I can see where it's going, but that doesn't change the fact that this is probably Marvel's most interesting Alien comic so far.

The art is so good that even when the story isn't at its strongest, this is a pleasure to read.

There's a lot to like here.

Another mixed bag. Ziglar's story in the middle is the weak link by a country mile. I feel like Utopia falters a little here. Foxe's story is fine. This is a tough IP to write for; people really struggle to find interesting things to do with it.

I could nitpick, but why? Very enjoyable stuff.

I could nitpick this down to a 9.5 if I really wanted to, but I don't. This book reminds me of "Aliens" (1986) in that it's a very straightforward idea that's elevated by outstanding across-the-board, maximum-effort execution.

"Conan, what is best in life?"

"Fan service!"

Very solidly executed. Swapping cats for people and rabies for zombies is a perfectly good idea. I just wish it was hinting at something more interesting than generic zombie story plot beats (but with cats). I will say that even just the slight environmental storytelling that we see of the human side of the situation is very cool. Not enough to keep me buying personally, but I'm a dog person.