Yawn.
I'll give a 1.5 just because one of my absolute LEAST favorite character apparently gets killed.

Another Marvel Mutie Event. I'll give it a try.

Tale #1.
Boring artwork with even less boring text. At no time did I even care to try to figure out who the cloaked man was. I was basically asleep by the time it was revealed to be Chuck talking with Apoky.

Tale #2
The art isn't boring, it's just bleh. The story, well it makes me miss Jim Shooter even more. Shooter had an EIC edict that every issue was somebody's first issue; it's obvious that this simple idea is long gone at Marvel as you have to guess who anyone is. Hulking is kind of obvious but the rest - nuttin'. I eventually figured out gold/silver face is Cypher but I still don't have a clue who female cat lady is or the bum who had his back broken is. am I supposed to care for red cloak man? It's sloppy story-telling and even worse editing (yeah, I'm looking at you Brevoort - what the heck happened to you man? You used to be the best once upon a time).

Tale #3
WTF?

If this book is what one can expect for the 'next great Marvel event' - I say no thanks!

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An issue of Avengers without any Avengers, just a long and boring trip through Kang becoming yet another identity.

This whole issue really could have been done in a few panels.

Comic "events" that promise the world and deliver little is the norm nowadays.

This issue is a major set up for the battles yet to come - but it's written in a way that keeps the reader connected. Superman's reluctance is real and it's heart breaking when he finally takes Batman's vision of considering it a game.

And Batman - nice twist there Snyder, I did not see that coming.

Whether or not they land the conclusion is an issue for another day/month, but for now between the gripping writting and the amazing art, this reader is in for all the upcoming rounds. more

Space Spidey just doesn't work for me. Add in the racoon and this issue was a stinker.

After the events of Superman #30 and JLU #11, I'd expect this one-shot to be as spectacular.

It isn't.

Turns out it's just filler for K.O.

Still, it's got the Legion shining throughout (even if they're not 'my' Legion) and that ain't bad.

As said, there's not much story to this but it is well written with characters acting like themselves but I did grow tired of the Trapper repeatedly giving up every other page.

Art is just okay but I realize Dan Mora is only human and can't draw everything.

The issue is a must for Legion completists, but for $7 (non-Legion covers are $6), you won't miss anything if you skip it. more

I love Darkseid and was shocked with awe during the battle - loving every panel especially how that battle ended - it felt great. And then the to quickly end the vampires the way they did was a thrill.

Not sure how many heroes are still alive but I'm in if Diana's last words mean there'll be a sequel.

So much happens and Waid make it flow smoothly. So looking forward to what happens next in JLU, KO, the upcoming specials.

This book is everything I love about comics. Dan Mora is a god! And Williamson's story has me on edge waiting impatiently for the next issue.

King is giving us a great story and Sampere is probably DC's best artist after Mora. I'm loving this run!

Decent enough story and art.

Just horrible - it's not even good cheesecake material.

While the Battleworld plot has been done too many times, at least this (so far) feels like a proper battle royale in the making - kind of.

The chpoice for the time displaced heroes is interesting if for no other reason that it does not include a Wolverine! AND it includes a proper Hank Pym! Gage used him very well in Avengers Academy and I'm glad that he's taking the character on because so many others would have buried him in his past misgivings.

I was surprised when Maestro showed up and very happy when he left (he's lame).

Looking forward to the next issue.

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This series seems likes it's forcing yet another 'movie-verse' twist into the comic-verse by establishing a female Silver Surfer.

I do hope I'm wrong about this. I'm not one of those idiots who screamed foul when Julie Garner was cast for the movie - but I do have a problem when they force movie stuff into the books.

Science lesson - rocks are minerals. Ben Grimm is not made of minerals. He is carbon based - they only look like rocks - so that bit went nowhere fast.
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The previous issue was pretty good but this one tanked that feeling. IOf Godzilla is so uber powerful as he has shown in this series then there there should more damage that Wolverine getting his clothes wet.

The pacing of this book is sssssllllloooooowwwwwww. It's obviously trying to fill things up for a trade book.

But that's forgiven because Power Girl continues to be the Power Girl she was before that dreadful version Leah Williams where she turned Karen into paige.

The art is really good too.

Well, this was better than the first two issues, which isn’t much of an accomplishment. There were a few fun moments that actually felt like an FF comic. Plus, I found myself enjoying Ramos’s artwork in some of the action scenes. It fails miserably whenever faces are involved though. All in all, I still think Ryan North is not good for this - or any - book. But that’s the problem with all of Marvel - there are no good writers anymore. more

1) I've never been a Deadpool and nothing changed my opinion on him in this story.
2) Diana & Cap - Great story & Great art!
3) No idea who that shark is, so while it was a cute story, it fell flat. Couldn't they have used Lockheed instead?
4) Smith tries to be cute, and fails.
5) WTF?
6) Amalgam is back? Interesting. But if you're going to do an Amalgam, why make a character that's 99% Lobo and 1% Wolverine?

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Continuing from last issue's "The Vat of Acid" plot, Vic continues to use save points to beat the odds. A clever strategy for Vic Sanchez - er, I mean Vic Von Doom.

The time sled is surveyed and depite it being covered in flames, Sue and Alicia are both able to touch it without a singe. Turns out Sue was able to write a book in braille in the fraction of a second she had last issue to explain what Doomsie is up to.

Johnny's mustache continue to dumb him down in both appearance and intellect even more whilst it's not the FF but rather Alicia and two kids that come up with a plan of action.

Meanwhile, Reed uses his Ryan North made up power to stretch his eyeballs and mouth into comical contortions - anyway, it's off to Antartica where the FF are Sue exclaims that there is nobody around - until a research station magically appears a couple hundred yards away.

They find the device they're after and it can't be destroyed because of reasons. But then Johnny rememebrs Ryan North watching the 2024 movie "Fly Me To the Moon" where straw brooms burst into flames [BTW, North writes that they "spontaneously" burst into flame. That does not happen as there is the hydrogen is already aflame and the straw burns through simple combustion - not "spontaneously"].

Anyway, Johnny can now write a message in invisible flames (that only the FF can see because Sue does something to everyone but Vic's eyes) and walla - the one punch disloges Dooms mask (with no helmet backing plate which is weird how it could have stayed on in the first place) and Rick's - er, I mean Vic's reset machine is done and Doom is laid low.

Emperor Doom, the man who MUST be stopped at all costs, is on his knees. Now the FF can take him down for good and end this Doom World buisness - but instead the five chat for a bit and Doom just goes away.

Sigh.

Another BTW - Doom had stated the FF have never defeated him him. Guess North never read FF #5, 6, 10, 16, 17, Ann #2, 23, 40, 43, Ann #3, 60, 157, 200, 236, Ann #20, Ann #22, 352, 381, etc. etc. etc.

Some more BTW's...
I'll put it down to Vic's ego, but if he had never shown up, his machine would still be working.
Reed states that Vic made time travel impossible - forgetting he and the rest did it last issue.
I had to laugh when Reed (convienently and off panel) altered space/time so that this kind of machine can never be built again.
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I want Chip to do well with Cap, but I'm not feeling it... yet. There's potential here, but playing with 'untold stories' and multiple Caps isn't doing him any favors.

And on the matter of 'retcons', I remember how in Avengers #20, Cap didn't even remember who the ruler of Latveria was.

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Nova fights a mental Starro and then spends the entire issue figuring out that, because of ZERO evidence, it MUST be the Inhumans that are behind everything.

Pretty smart of him and the Worldmind to come up with that...

or they could have just waited a couple minutes for the Inhumans to announce themselves at the end of the issue.

So basically, nothing really happens in this issue that matters to the story.



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So good. All Dogs Go to Heaven meets Lord of the Flies, this issue. Don Bluth would be proud.

The best Ghost Machine title is again a fantastic read.
Never thought I'd want to google Dolly Madison to learn more about her LOL

Best book being published today!

Fun.

That's a word that's been missing from comics for a long time. Mark Waid is one of the few (but growing number at DC) who knows what that word means - and it has shown in his work since his return to DC.

He's not Superman - he's still just Clark in a costume and it's... fun!

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The Ward story was good, the rest are easily forgotten. I should have passed on this.

This story is never ending. I never thought I'd want the Avengers to lose. They just so boring.

Really didn't the pages of them voting and annoucing thier skills. Might be good for new readers, but this story is 30 issues long so far, new readers probably aren't jumping on at this point.

The Avengers trust the X-Men that much? This is like giving a toaster to a full bath tub. Beast, sure, but Cyclops, Juggernaut and the other unknoiwn muties - no frickin' way.

The time for Cartol to ask the other if they volunteer for the mission, probably should have happened at home and not next to a black hole.

The whole fight with the zombies was utterly meaningless. And the SHOCK reveal? Ho hum. Yet another version of Kang. How many is this?

The art was not up to snuff either.
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The main story is ho-hum. None of the characters are very likeable and the art is kind of generic.

The second story, the art gets WAY better but the story is likewise ho-hum. I've seen Space-Spider-Man before and it rarely ever worked.

I really liked the art. Silva did a good job.
The colors too are good (minus the lens flares).
The story however, Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

Valeria Richards takes 3 pages to say that “Uncle Doom” has given up on wanting glory and instead just wants power. 3 pages to say what Mom, Sue Richards, said the same thing earlier in the book in a two small panels. Did we readers not read it the first time?

And despite all the horrors that Vic has done, including incinerating soldiers, for her to still call him Uncle (or to have ever called him Uncle) is absurd. But then the character is absurd as she was stillborn (FF #267).

Hill tells the heroes they have "one chance" to defeat him. She must have forgot all the other times there was a chance and the heroes (stupidly) flubbed it.

The heroes then all gang up on Doom for quadrillionth time and have their asses handed to them. Odd though that none of them will have a scratch on them despite those poor soldiers from a couple pages ago. Gives us some consequences!

Then comes the BIG WOW of the book. No, it’s not that Reed has learned magic- it’s that North has apparently never read FF #500 where Reed learned some magic and kicked Vic’s butt.

Reed then announces he’s the “Scientist Supreme” as if it were something we’ve never heard of. Guess North apparently never read Mighty Avengers #30 where Eternity gave the title to Hank Pym. [and yes, I’m aware that Loki said it was him tricking Pym (Might Avengers #34) but he’s not called the God of Lies for nothing].

In FF #500, Mark Waid had Reed dabble with magic; North has him mastering it. This is a significant change in Reed’s power set. Is he to become a full time sorcerer now? While it's "scientific" magic, the power still needs to come from somewhere. What nether godling does Reed owe alligance too? Was this change necessary? I say no.

And in the "short term memory" department, in FF #728, from just A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, Vic told Reed his weakness was babbling too much which gives Vic the opening he needs – so of course in this issue, Reed is babbling too much which gives Vic the opening he needs.

This series reminds me of Gilligan’s Island. Each issue the ‘heroes’ have a new plan, they engage the plan, it fails (often comedically).

Wash. Rinse. Repeat.


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