I'm standing on the hill here as the one person who liked this issue of Avengers. Maybe I'm coming at this issue with the privilege of not being completely unaware of what I'm reading. This is a dumb, fun book. I've accepted that. And I'm having fun. Do I want to see an all-powerful Doom vs Mephisto? Of course I do. Do I care that Thor's mom is the Phoenix and he has Phoenix powers? No, because I'm not a fucking nerd. I'm a comics enthusiast who's read enough comics to know Thor's had at least 17 different moms. So, I can enjoy myself here. I can have fun with what I'm reading. And not to downplay Aaron's writing so much, as I don't think this is a poorly written arc either. It's going for a feel and it's doing a wonderful job with that feeling. I'm into it. more

From a common reader pov, this might not be a 10/10, maybe not even close, but I couldn't care less, the Super Sons are my favorite duo and Tomasi is one of my favorite writers of all time. Reading this issue put a smile on my face from the beggining to end. I'm so sad they are not getting a new title but my hope will never die...

This could have just been an extended trailer of upcoming attractions like Incoming! or Infinite Frontier #0, but I'm delighted to say that MacKay, who's had a great couple of years in general, has more interesting things to say than that and pushes the trailer content into the background of a genuinely compelling character study of Kang that's worth reading on its own merits. And of course it looks great when Kev Walker draws it. A wonderful surprise. more

I bought this because I get a kick out of the Marvel preview one shots like Incoming. I didn’t realize that it was a Kang-centric story nor did I realize it was written by MacKay (obviously I saw Kang on the cover but didn’t really pay much attention to that, it was a total ComiXology impulse buy). MacKay is one of my current faves, but Kang is a bit fine IMO. Like the design but find Marvel time travel stories to not usually be among my favorites.

However this turned out to be a pretty great one-shot. Although yes it sets up various Mavel future stuff, it works far better as it’s own story than any other of the annual one-shots, partially I think because it’s got a small cast and a tight plot.

The different artists all pulled their weight and despite a few different teams, the art largely gelled, more

Finally, this piece of garbage and character assassination is over! Anyone who really thinks this is some masterpiece either didn't really read it and just rates it with big ratings because it's Tom King or is really just a sadist who enjoys seeing heroes thrashed. So, if this is to become canon, Adam Strange will be replaced by his wife as the hero of two worlds AND replaced as a father by Mr. Terrific. It looks like Tom King really likes to destroy heroes, he did the same to Wally West, almost did the same to Batman and Nightwing, wrote Booster Gold as a maniac, this guy has a terrible record when it comes to beloved DC characters. I'm almost sure no sane DC fan really believes this is actually a good book but I guess if it's King's name on the cover people immediately pretend this is "groundbreaking". That's how much he's dumbed down his audience. I'm sure he'll get an Eisner for this too lol.

The saddest thing about this is that this book only exists because Tom King hates himself, or at least pretends to, for his involvement in the Iraq War. There's a solution for that: therapy. But instead he chooses to "take his revenge" on us by getting his hands on every hero he can and staining them in all the worst possible ways as a kind of "self-torture" through comics, but he's too cowardly to face his issues, so instead he does this. more

I like this a lot. Hope it becomes either an ongoing, or (even better) a series of mini-series - that way they could keep Javier Rodriguez on every story.

Good set-up. I’ll be interested to see where this goes and I think the thrice monthly for six months style of release gives it a good length to tell an epic story that won’t bloat. We’ll see if that is a true prediction or just wishful thinking as things progress.

Not usually a big Scott Snyder fan (though I always enjoy Capullo), but this was fun. Yeah it suffered a bit of the “tell don’t show” monologues that Snyder enjoys but the spooky demon hunting end of times supernatural hero story that’s being told here works better to that type of storytelling than I fell DC Superheroes do. I’m pretty excited for the second issue, not bad for something that comes free from ComiXology Unlimited. more

Super hyped for where PKJ is taking this book; shaking up the status quo in a really fun way. I hope they have some sort of connection between this and Morrison's SATA that can transition well into the Warworld Saga. I haven't been this excited for the Super-Line since Rebirth!

This was a fun one-shot. The writing and art complimented each other really well and it gives a threat to take care of, some great martial arts action and a decent intro to Shang-Chi. These sorts of stories are often fully disposable but this was actually a great little one shot.

If you like hard hitting action, neon lit gritty futurescapes, inner monologs with clear motivations, and gorgeous artwork to give life to it all, then there's very little not to like about this first issue.

Batman is dead. Missing for years. The uniforms tasked with keeping the peace have become a hunting party out for vigilantes. Gotham remains as crime ridden as ever. So Jace Fox uses his tech, his skills and his motorcycle to take the fight to the streets.

Like I said the art is flawless. Olivier Coipel is one of the best working right now and personally one of my favorites and hes in top form here. His understanding of what details to include and what to forgo and leave to the imagination is unmatched. Hos figures and faces are expressive and not as polished as others. The colors done by Sinclair compliment his art beautifully, giving the lineart and the city it depicts life. If you ever grew up in an urban setting, where the buildings are lit orange by the streetlights at night, you can really appreciate how good it is.

He also handles the action exceptionally well, with a mix of great motion and strong money shots. The story it compliments is also rock solid, very simple and to the point but a great depiction of a vigilante getting his start and having one of his first nights out. The stinger at the end is interesting but not as good as the story that precedes it.

Overall, there's little not to like about the book from a standpoint of actual storytelling. If you have an issue with this particular character taking over the mantle, I suggest you check out his origins before this, and if have the issue because you think "only Bruce Wayne can be Batman", well, Dick Grayson, Jean-Paul Valley, Terry McGinnis, and Jim Gordon would like a word. Give it a chance. Hes not the first and won't be the last.

One flaw I'll give is that there's a lot of characterization for the protagonist that was done in other books so it may make it a bit harder to get with in this issue. This issue does a good job of filling in those blanks but its still to be noted.

As an issue though? This is a great first. I really hope Coipel can get on board for more issues. His art is worth price of admission alone. more

I’m reading these late because I digital sale wait, but damn did I love this ending. The art on the arc was the most inconsistent of Tynion’s run but the story was fantastic and it was emotionally resonant in a way Batman rarely is for me. I’m really sad he doesn’t have much time left on his Batman run as I think Tynion could have pulled off his five year plan and left us with one of my favorite Batman long-form stories. Ah well, I’m happy that he’s found personal fulfilment with his creator own work and substack - I’m just bummed that as a mainstream superhero a fan, that his fingerprint will be missing from this sphere. more

Man I didn’t expect that to happen but I absolutely love it! I can’t wait until the next issue! Tynion has done an absolutely fantastic job with the Batman book creating new interesting and important characters some of which will be major characters in Gotham from this point forward. He writes Batman almost perfectly and takes the time to develop and give depth and substance to both the stories and characters which really brings the characters to life. Batman is one of the best books available ever since Tynion took over and I eagerly await the next issue more

This reminds me of Ewing’s excellent and under-appreciated work on Ultimates, the scope is simply enormous and the action breathless. What gives this even extra spice is Rodriguez’s amazing, complex yet simple artwork. Been a big fan of his since Spider-Woman with Hopeless (another under-appreciated title) and I truly hope this series breaks him out as the A-list talent that he deserves to be seen as. more

At its core, this issue is retconning away the worst of Sins Past and all the related storylines. That's great. I'm very glad about that. I really don't know what to expect from the final issue of this run. The two week wait will be hard, assuming the spoilers don't come out ahead of time. I'm kind of dreading explaining this issue to my friends when they read it and only get like half of it. So... Kindred's body is the result of an evolution of cloning tech, a campaign led by an AI Harry Osborn, to fuck with Peter and Norman, spinning out of his original Pursuit plan with Chameleon. Kindred is the original Harry Osborn's soul, that has escaped Hell, which he was sent to due to Norman's deal with Mephisto, who has possessed the body of Sarah Stacy, and has used Chameleon serum to keep up his appearance as Harry Osborn. The question is, what does that make Brand New Day Harry Osborn if Harry was never revived? I guess we'll find out next issue. We have to. I kind of love comic books being comic books, so I don't mind how convoluted it is. I just worry about the accessibility of this issue to people who aren't clued into the last few decades of Spider-Man. more

This gets an automatic pass for retconning past sins. I enjoy the heavy attention to continuity. Not enough writers write as though they've not even read a Wikipedia article on the character (I'm referring to you Loeb and Bendis). I like Spencer is trying to weave everything together. The problem, and why I just can't rate it any higher, was that even for someone like myself, who has read all of the stories referred to, had to reread this jumble of a story to try to make sense of it. From a story telling perspective, this issue and entire arc has been poor. My enjoyment of explaining away past sins may be clouding some judgment here but that fact that I come out of this comic with enjoyment of any sort means it's a good comic. I read this stuff to enjoy it so the bottom line is fulfilled here. I just would have preferred this information to be spread over the past few issues, not an issue of information dumping that still leaves many questions unanswered. more

I didn't think this day would ever come... SINS PAST IS OVER. GONE. ADIOS. Nick Spencer destroyed one of the most disgusting things ever written with ONE SINGLE ISSUE. Not only that, his retcon makes even more sense than that garbage original one (ok, not everything works but... yeah). The twins are now interesting characters without that shadow of Gwen's infidelity (Spencer even takes a shot at JMS) and we'll see what happens in the final issue, considering Mephisto will play a big role. IF (and I'm saying IF) Spencer manages to address OMD after retconning Sins Past, he'll be my idol for eternity.
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This is confusing because so much to grasp. It was good that I made a chart for Spencer run because during last remain I understood that it is going to be confusing which it did. So making a chart helped me to enjoy the issue much better and not been confused while first time reading.

Sins Past gone. It's victory.
If he retcons OMD too, then he is going to hailed for writing Spidey even though I would hail him even today but if he does that too then it's just fricking awesome.
This makes Sarah and Gabriel interesting than before.
And Spencer really tried to make sense in everything while making a retcon. This thing I liked. I thought most of writer don't even care for previous work before them much but he clearly does which is clearly be seen in his entirety of run. Looking at you, Cates who retconned Galactus origin and killed Galactus. Looking at you, Jason Aaron who retconned Thor mother as Phoenix without considering the fact that he himself wrote Phoenix dated Thor.
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Wow. What an absolute thing of beauty! Talk about getting the gig to do the good doctor and running wild with it. Love what Al Ewing does with Strange's dialogue and Javier Rodriguez is climbing up the charts for me as of the best cartoonists to tackle Dr. Strange among the other gods like Kevin Nowlan, Michael Golden, Marshall Rogers, etc....He totally got the trippy Ditko visuals down and his added touch of psychedelic colors kick it to the Nth degree. I am totally on board with this! OK, enough gushing. more

HO IS DAEMON is some pretty terrible from cover typography, like not at a professional level at all.

If Gerry Dugan wanted to write Logan, why didn't he just USE Logan?

I'm getting sick of writers turning Laura into just Logan with boobs. She hasn't had her own personality on a team book in YEARS. The only thing missing here was a few "Bubs" for good measure.

I miss stoic, laconic, deliberate, reserved, and introverted Laura. I don't know who this growly and snarling person is, but it's NOT her. more

Wow. Just... Wow. That was amazing in a giant-size way.

I didn't have any expectations for this. But boy did this deliver.

Wow, there’s a lot of payoff here, numerous plot threads come satisfyingly to a close while another big one is set up. Gotta say that I thoroughly enjoyed this one more than I have any other new comic for a while. Well worth the time and money spent though it really isn’t a jumping on point so much as a ride for regular readers.

Decent story with pretty art, but overall the series is a little slow-moving for my tastes. I'll probably switch to trades after this first arc is over unless something blows me away in the next few issues.

A solid Boba Fett tale set during a very familiar period in Star Wars history. This first issue was easy to follow with a fun, simple premise with enough twists and turns to keep the reader engaged. McNiven's art is outstanding.

Great fun, gives a nice resolution to some storyline’s while setting up for next weeks king-size conclusion to the overall arc. I’m really happy that this didn’t just feel like part 3 of 4, but felt like an exciting and satisfying story in and of itself, that’s something you don’t see quite often enough these days.