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this book is so typical Jeremy Adams. I'll explain- Jeremy is the king of the hand waves and dispatching villains in 1-4 panels. I love his work most times but he has real issues with making the end villain feel all that meaningful. Guess what? this was not one of those times. The blue is still around,Arthur seems to get stronger every few issues. it's nothing offensive at all in this comic. The y oung, old , sad Arthur stuff was really fun and so was the emperor declaration. It wraps everything up with Lolanna in a nice little bow all the while wondering how much of a threat she was since she's dispatched so easy. I wish the comic wasn't like a movie that I was fast forwarding to the end of the cool battles. We spend more time on the cool pose down than the final battle. But like I said before ...If you read Jeremy Adams- thats Jeremy adams style so you are used to this.

Still a cool issue. and the art is gorgeous. more

Eve L Ewing attempts to reinvent the current situation the X-men are in with this soft reboot attempt. Of all writers on the X team , and believe me I know talent is very scarce ...Why give it to someone who sells no books and wrote the terrible Exceptional X-men that was canceled? This is a soft reboot full of rehashed ideas that haven't worked. Cyclops is still angry Cyclops, Kitty and Emma se em to be all over X-men leadership in recent years. I'm not sure why. Wasn't Kitty a Barista unable to balance coffee and dating women? wasn't she also a pirate? wasn't Emma married to Tony Stark? Yeah... modern X-men comics are terrible and this book does little to change anyones mind and this creative team was never going to do it. X-men are broken and Marvel is intent on doubling down on DUMB IDEAS.

You can take this Graymatter Lane idea and put it in the trash can next to R-LDS. more

Absolute Batman #18 was a fun issue. I really think the last 2 issues have been more of the Batman I want.At least when the focus is on Batman. Absolute Batman #18 has none of the Giant stadium filling villains full of ridiculousness and dumb things . We get a lot in this issue. A great story with Batman vs Ivy that has played out wonderfully.( Spoilers- Gordon admitting he knows who Batman is,Har ley returns, and Martha Wayne with the Court of Owls expanded a little more. Batman proves how resilient he is and undergoes an evolution of his own by stories end. The art is beautiful and works perfect for this type of story. All said and done this issue was a ton of fun and not the usual big Dumb Batman we get. Synder does good character work when it’s on a smaller scale story and this issue highlights it despite having a lot going on at times.If Synder can slow these all down, flesh each one out on its own…the fans are in for treat. more

I'm gay but even I hate this.

I'm a fan of the character Iceman dating back to the original X-men days. Bobby is awesome. His design in age of apocalypse is among my favorite looks. His coming out was an awesome moment for representation in comics. However it really seems that all that can ever be said or done with the character since his coming out... is that he's hyper sexual and gay. Nothing more or less. This is the 2 nd or 3rd time in a series he's making out with random dudes after he saves them ... why is a heroic character who has had awesome battles with Magneto, Apocalypse, hellfire club etc limited to lame campy villains ? This is the real problem with Iceman. all we get told is he's gay and extremely sexually active vs being a goddamn hero and having awesome adventures as an Omega level mutant bad ass.
This book is pathetic, offensive in its stereotypes and poorly executed on every level.
This series used to be only available online as a Marvel voices comic. shame its now made print as I forgot about this.
my actual score is -100/10. more

a Cool character who I like is just dragged through the crapper with this issue. There is so much exposition and set up it's insane. This issue is terrible. Kyrons monologues are unbearable. Cancel this series.

Last issue we went from looking for Doug, to killing Nazi mutants and now this. The X-Men are exploring the rural town of of Merle and get trapped in what appears to be a new "Danger Room" being run with the help of ONE. What happened to the search for Doug ? Just gone. This series has shifted to fragments of ideas vs a fleshed out story. IDK what's even happening anymore. I feel like I'm missi ng issues. The art is a mess. some pages look good, like a mix of Todd then trash 90s art.
This issue is just weird and starts a new storyline when we did that last issue. Just awful stuff from a X office that stinks lately. more

Batman #7 immediately puts us into a call that goes out to arrange a meeting with Batman and Joker. How did that happen with a place so secure you need to step on green tiles barefoot or die? Well don’t look for logic here. This issue centers on that arranged meeting between Batman and Joker. Which serves as an extended therapy session while Dr. Zeller looks on.

Joker is bloated, bal d and hairy. All from floating in a tank when his body was burning 8k calories a day. 2000 more calories than an Olympian in top form trying to maintain weight. Wasn’t he just in DC KO looking lean and menacing? Anyway we proceed with Dr Zeller giving threats to Batman acting completely out of character, and Batman has his meeting with Joker. And what happens? Well nothing except at the end Joker says someone is trying to kill you ,Bruce.I really hope the person trying to kill Bruce is related to the Minotaur storyline otherwise this is wasting my time. I expect that kinda crap from Tom King , who just abandons storylines.

Why do we need a reinvention of Joke anyway? yet another writer trying to make lasting changes to Joker.Everyone constantly wants to write the next killing Joke and this just wasn’t needed nor does it accomplish much. Having an issue center on a bacta tank Joker Therapy session where he acknowledges all his issues full of monologues is different but if we were building to this with the previous 6 issues it would have made more sense and feel less abrupt. It’s not bad but it just feels like we are missing an issue or 2 before this. When you need to advertise on the cover “ a stunning foldout sequence “ you have a boring issue. And thats why this is. A boring issue that doesn’t fit in the flow of this series.At least the art Is beautiful. more

We’re here at the grand finale of the DC KO event. We get another fake-out with Lex winning and instantly being replaced by Superman after the intervention of the time-trapper Doomsday. Superman returns, and we witness a time-and-space-spanning battle between Superman and Darkseid. Superman ultimately destroys the heart, unleashing all the DC heroes, and we all emerge victorious. It’s all very coo l stuff—top-tier Superman material. He enjoys games where everyone wins, and it works. I couldn’t help but smile. However, this also reveals Scott’s weakness as the story draws to a close. What truly transpired here? Scott always craves these grand stories, just like he did with Metal and Death metal. He’s just kind of mid at it.

When he tackles smaller-scale stories like “The Court of Owls,” his work is significantly better. But this allows him to indulge in “Universe Architect” stuff, which never quite hits the mark. Part of this can be attributed to his constant use of crisis-level events, or perhaps my own DC comic event fatigue, but it never truly lands.

Don’t mistake this comic for a bad one; it’s actually pretty good. We get an exciting battle with Superman, showcasing his status as the top hero in DC. However, the story then settles back to its original state, not so much a DC-wide reset, but rather a 5-issue mini-series that doesn’t leave a lasting impact.

Superman is absent, claiming to have something to do at the end but promising to return. This sets the stage for the next set of new DC books. I suppose that’s what DC KO accomplished—a few cool fights and paving the way for some new books. It never truly had much else to offer. That doesn’t make it a failure; it just makes it a cool filler. more

Book is atrocious. It's that simple.

I'm making this quick because this book isn't worth my time. I haven't read a good Iron Man comic book since 2004 with Invincible Iron man Extremis. Since then they all struggle with him only being a drunk, a depressed loser, a war monger, involved in X-men crap or stuck on MCU cosplay. This comic is the Latter.
We get full on RDJ imitation by Joshua Williamson ,who is a good writer but Ton y banging Madame Mask? NO. Tony then being involved with Modok who is doing a comedy bit in a hot tub? Huge NO. Total cringe comment. This comic became unreadable at the moment. Joshua seems to not care about making a serious iron Man comic and wants to make a funny, do whatever bro im drunk, Rich Tony Stark RDJ Comic" from Iron man 2.
Lets talk about the art, Its terrible. zero detail. Carmen just seemed to mail certain things in completely. look at the weapons the bad guys are holding. just sticks. it's often embarrassing. such a shame. more

We have an issue purely based on Story telling and building some suspense. It doesnt offer much but look Spider-Man has been really bad lately. So IDK what to even say Nothing happens except people mysteriously dying thats really it. It's not bad but you get very little of anything in this issue. Perhaps thats better than nothing.

This book felt more like a Hulk issue at times than this entire run. Which I really liked. We are finally shown where Hulk has been this entire time and it's pretty fun to see this mind prison that holds everyone consumed or possessed by the Eldest. Hulk dukes it out versions of himself, monsters etc. it's all just fun and a excuse to showcase the big Green Guy we all love and wanted to see again. Hulk is in quite the bind here as the world seems very much controlled by the Mother of all Monsters who is there also.
Overall the story felt like a welcome change. I buy Hulk for Hulk. I got Hulk smashing and I really missed that. I also was delighted to get some bad ass Nic Klein art!!! In a literal sea of garbage Marvel titles we finally got a Hulk comic. more

This book had some really interesting moments with the green Martian asking for help and John being blocked and filled with despair. But it doesn’t save it at all. Forgive me for the obvious joke- when you see through all the smoke...This issue reads like it's supposed to be this deep dive into sadness and despair filled with symbolism but it's really just like having a long drawn out convo with a stoner. meandering, hollow and pointless. I don't need or want to contemplate the deep dive of word play here because it'll never pay off or make sense. I know a tacked on story to fill issues when I see one.MM started off interesting to me with issue 1-3. Now it’s just written by a stoner who is all over the place. It’s garbage and don't waste your time. Read the book from issue 1 till now and you'll see the moment when Camp rant out of story completely and now is just trying to bring something, anything together for a few more issues.

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Punisher
Yet another #1 cash grab. This didn’t need to happen but Marvel is going to Marvel right? This is run of the mill Punisher again as if all the insane stuff that Aaron did , Joe garrison etc never happened and only the mini series existed. It’s hard to forget…but ok here we are.Spoiler I just cannot forget what Marvel did to the character. so you need to really go above and beyond t o undo all that garage. This issue doesnt even try to.

We start off with Frank still feeling the effects of having the Kingpins control chip removed from his head while still making his way through the criminal underworld. We see a captured microchip in Frank’s custody also. And then Tombstone in jail who is bribed to sign over his criminal empire unless his family will be killed.
Isn’t this the same Tombstone who was in a 2-3 issue battle with Spider-man so he could kill his daughter? Anyway Jigsaw returns again after having a katana through his neck from what I recall last… but he’s alive and well here and ripping off disguise skin while visiting in prison. That makes sense when he has to leave. I’m sick of Jigsaw. The reveal was so obvious. Then Frank asks Micro to help him with the head trauma stuff. the end.

The comics is just ok and thats always the issue with Marvel. We check all the boxes of modern Marvel #1- Bring back a loved character,I like the character of the Punisher. #2- Buy a new #1. I gotta buy a damn new number one each story arc. #3- I gotta forget bad creative that this comic just doesn’t do enough to wash away or doesn’t even attempt to address. Its just “ for that happened”
Sorry I just cannot forget it and a mid issue and a decent prior mini aren’t enough Marvel. The best recent Punisher work was Kill Fury. I’d must rather keep that memory than this stuff.
The only thing that really bring this up for me is the art which is really fantastic stuff. more

Absolute Wonder Woman
Number 17 comes hot off the heels up one of the best issues in the series, Annual 2026. That issue has the best art and a very human heroic Diana. Can this issue match up? In short, No. But not a bad issue by any means. There are just a few things I wish were resolved better ... its kinda lazy and full of missed opportunity.

Issue 17 puts us right into backwa rds word magic, which I cannot stand but I get its Zatanas gimmick) and then poof a resolution right away and Zatana is out? I know she’ll be back but not this issue. We then get a quickly dispatched groups of villains right out of the Golden age of Marstons Villainy inc.Then a brawl with Giganta. The issue really focuses on this and thats really the problem for me. Diana tries to think of ways to beat her but it always just amounts to Grow bigger and uppercut her? I think Kelly is way more clever to come up with something better. This is reminiscent of when her best idea for an attack vs the Tetracide was a really huge sword. Get big, punch her , headlock- battle over- Ehhh. Really feels like Kelly wanted to move on from these Dorks and needed some filler vs the all out Giganta battle we could have gotten.

What follows is perhaps a very cool ending if this is indeed Giovanni Zatara as the burning man. Would be cool to see him in the Absolute Universe with this new look.
All in all the issue is good, but its full of quick wrap ups and battles that pose no real threat to Diana as well as no real effort to push the story ahead by Kelly besides what is necessary. I hope this builds to something more and I’m still a fan but this was a mid issue for me.

The art is up and down on this issue. Some parts look great , others like frank miller and not the good stuff. The city shots lack any detail, the battle layouts are just mid, this just wasn’t the type of issue that showcases Haydens art style. more

Why is it so hard for Joe Kelly to tell a coherent story lately ? This story reads like this- he took Peter’s arrival back home, a clone battle with Ben, Norman depressed, a sick alien who needs medical help , and Peter returning to Aunt May… and tried to make it work. It doesn’t. A scattered mess moving at a frenetic pace. No time for moments to settle in. Art that shifts due to 3 artists pencil ing it. This book needed to slow down and have way less going on. Terrible pacing just killed this book.
Man Joe better redeem himself on the next storyline.but just reading the solicitations… I don’t want another damn symbiote.
Do better Joe. more

This issue might as well be titled “Jumping to conclusion because the plot needs us to”. Jed MacKay’s Unlikeable X-Men has become a little less frustrating in recent months, because as unrecognizable as Toy Daniel’s art has become, at least it’s not Ryan Stegman or his clone Netho Diaz. The way MacKay makes the characters arrive at convenient conclusions is completely mind-boggling though. Because Doug wants to go underground, he must be with the Morlocks. Because the stupid new mutant sickness didn’t exist in the future it must come from there. And 3K is clearly code for Make More Mutants, which gives away the identity of Dark Beast. WTF. How stupid does McKay think the reader is?
The rest of the book is going through the motions by bashing a few Nazis (everyone’s called a Nazi now, but the Strucker twins are the real deal) and encountering an old acquaintance. Meh.more

Gaile Simone continues her streak of awfulness in this issue. We get Temu versions of Universal monsters from the 70s controlled by Elsa Blood stone. vs the Rogue team of Rogue, Wolverine, Nightcrawler and Gambit. Jubilee is in the clutches of Morbius and then they all agree to fight elsewhere. Then we are treated to reprehensible Dialogue, and action that sucks. Rogue vs N'kantu( the mummy) a nd wolverine vs Werewolf etc . Just all dumb. then the dumbest of all- WereWolverine....
Gail has been stuck in just rotten storytelling. None of this is fun and frankly this is the best issues shes done in awhile yet its still lame. more

X-Men #25 is in fact the better of the 2 books after the awful Uncanny X-men featuring knock off Universal Monsters. But thats not high praise at all. I'll say it now and later in this review- Current X-men Suck. Let's dive in - We get the team deployed to find the Morlocks in hopes of finding Doug Ramsey. Along the way a random story of Nazi mutant twins, nazis killing( hero’s kill right? The X- men are not heroes in this book) and a cool battle. Cyclops's team go back to being the Krakoa killers we got at that series end. Some will say it’s a political message and killing Nazi mutants is allowed blah . Idc about all that.Be heroes or don’t be heroes. Then we get the return of Crimson Commando who was last killed by Wolverine working with a group called O.N.E. Just what we need. Another group to be unfocused on. More cuts to the X-men talking about the actual plot while eating. Then more 3k nonsense in the back up story. Does this sound like this story makes sense or that this story crafted in a way that flows? NO. Do we get crowbarred into plot lines and crazy exposition just because and go nowhere with it? YES.
As mentioned before ,the X-men everything is really BAD right now. 98% of this stuff just sucks.So if you want Claremont type writing it’s not here. It’s never going to be here and this story isn’t it. But is it better than the usual xmen story we got in earlier issues ? Sure it is. more