Stephanie Hans‘s cover art is okay. Her comic pages though leave a lot to be desired.

I know I criticised Jordie Bellaire's monochromatic coloring in the past, but in this issue it works perfectly, summoning up a fever dream reminiscent of a 1980s post-apocalyptic action movie. It's gritty and glowing in the most fucked-up way possible. Love it!

Tom Reilly is in his element. I think he drew some of his best pages for this issue. A jaw-droppingly perfect action comic!

I have to say, I didn’t hate this issue. There’s some actual team fun, the pseudo science isnt completely idiotic and there’s an intriguing mystery at the end. This issue would probably have worked much better as the first issue of this run, than the actual first issue. But of course there‘s the usual bad stuff too: the bland Humberto Ramos art, the waste of page space on trivial bullshit and the great creative license Ryan North takes with the FF‘s powers.
All in all, FF #6 is not great, but probably as good as it gets under this creative team. more

In this final issue of Amazing X-Men, the great art can’t hide the fact that the plot of Age of Revelation has no substance. There is no original idea. The revelation (sic) of Revelation‘s plan is just some sci fi bullshit that doesn’t contribute anything to, say, Doug Ramsey‘s character development. It feels completely random.
This is telling me that there is no underlying theme to this whole event except that, apparently, Marvel felt the need to create an Age of Apocalypse anniversary story. There is one final special coming out to wrap this mess up, but make no mistake: this event has simply been going through the motions without any stakes at all, and it’s gonna fizzle out like an old man‘s fart - just like the recent Doom event or Imperial did. Marvel, what are you doing? more

This comic has an interesting art style, that I quite like, but that also makes it harder for the reader to connect with the characters - especially protagonist Jeff Griffin, who comes across as an irredeemable asshole anyway. This, unfortunately, makes the comic less engaging. I really like the way the story is told though - both in words and images.

This one looked quite interesting, but for some reason it left me completely cold and disengaged. The artist seems to want to emulate Moebius, but it’s very difficult to convey emotion in a ligne claire style, because it just looks so static and undynamic, even when the poses aren’t. Unfortunately this is the case here. It just looks bland and hollow, which is anathema to the story and personality of the protagonist. I can see the work that went into this comic, but unfortunately it doesn’t work for me. more

Great cinematic read. Frusin‘s art is amazing.

Issue 3 doesn't give us much story. The art looks great as usual, but Finch doesn't seem to be interested in drawing anything we haven't seen in issues 1 and 2 already.

I was intrigued by the cover and the title from previews, though admittedly I was not a fan of the previous PKJ run. Outside of some kind of cool Lovecraftian imagery, there is really nothing to see here. There really isn’t much of a story and it just seems like a jumble of violent gory acts. I finished the issue but I won’t be returning for more.

Infernal Hulk #1 looked like a great opportunity to jump back on the Hulk bandwagon, but the mindless violence was a no-go for me. Don't get me wrong, as a horror fan I do enjoy blood and guts, but I hate it when the gore is portrayed as comedic, which is the case here. I would usually attribute it to an incapable artist, but Nic Klein knows exactly what he‘s doing.
What makes this issue even more of a disappointment, is that it pretty much continues a story from the last volume without any chance for a new reader to understand what's going on. Also, the issue is pretty light on story.

All in all, Infernal Hulk #1 was a lot of things - but good it wasn't. more

Could this story arc be more exciting? Yes. But you just don‘t give one of the best drawn series currently being published a 6 because the story is not exactly what you want.

Some of the dialogue feels a little uninspired, but overall, this issue works better as a Cloak & Dagger story than the first one. Lorenzo Tammetta‘s art is great. Id love to see him on a regular C&D title, preferably with a better writer than Justina Ireland.

I really like this book, but I think this issue wasn’t the most exciting one.

This was a feel-good issue. Just an enjoyable little slice of life intro to Simon's "happy" phase. I enjoyed this one a lot.

Not much is going on, but at the same time a lot going on. A lot of set up. And damn, this is the calm before the storm. Looking forward to the next issue.

Not the most exciting issue of Redcoat, but definitely a twist I didn't expect.

The conclusion to Our Secret Wars is bittersweet for me. Obviously the second Captain, Dave Colton, had to go. But it's disappointing that Zdarsky is seemingly going to turn him into a villain, to return in a future story arc. I enjoyed Colton's ambivalent story and found him much more relatable than the one-dimensional and squeaky-clean Steve Rogers. A part of me wanted to see him as a replacement for Rogers.
I will probably pick up next issue, but with Colton gone for the moment (it seems) I doubt that the next arc will keep my interest. more

The story is easier to follow this time, but I can't help but wonder if anyone is even interested in the whole Miss Henrietta storyline. The art is quite dull (not Werneck, but C.F. Villa), with a lot of empty space, although the design for Asnawushka... Acopetzlka... Anatevka (whatever that giant snake woman is called) is pretty great.

I may not be a fan of the Age of Apocalypse, but in times when most X-titles look like dog shit and read even worse, I favor a well drawn AoA title over the 616 line anytime. And indeed, X-Men of Apocalypse feels like a breath of fresh but familiar air from a better era. Jeph Loeb's story is simple but works, and DiMeo's artwork just pops off the page. XMOA is great 90s fun, and part of it may be just because it doesn't have to carry the baggage of twenty to thirty years of bullshit stories. Please, Marvel, put this team on the main X-book! more

The art by Alvaro Lopez looks amazing, but it's Jed MacKay on writing, which usually means bad dialogue, illogical plot points and pacing issues. Nova: Centurion probably has all three, but the story is so boring and unengaging, I stopped paying attention to whatever cosmic shenanigans are happening and just enjoyed the art. It's really a shame, since Lopez invokes some classic superhero goodness that I haven't seen in a while. Nova probably never looked better, but looks alone don't make a compelling comic. more

What the hell was that? And I praised Straczynski for his sort of revisiting of the Hulk's origin in that one-shot with Doctor Strange. But what was this? And the art is awful, even more so when the Hulk appears, and the rest is so unnecessary.

The writer is good, damn it! Why subject him to writing garbage like this?

Just horrible. What is Marvel trying to achieve with this poorly written and amateurishly drawn crap?