This is decent without being great. What we really need is some good character work to make us care about the people involved.

This was a decent one-shot introduction to Kendra. I'm not a big fan of the art; since the excellent first arc the art on this book has become less impressive.

I've been a little lukewarm on this series the last couple of issues, mostly because I was struggling a bit to keep up. But this issue really nails it. Fantastic finish to the first arc. Now I want to reread the whole thing. I'll be here for the second act!

I don't get it. I love Jason Aaron's writing. I love the Avengers. But this arc is... really boring. I literally had to force myself to keep reading.

Eh. Pretty boring revenge story with amoral characters. The art was good though.

This book has really grown on me. I love that there's some body-positivity towards Blob after all these years. And Psylocke's discussion of her own body issues was great. There's not much action here for action junkies but I didn't care because it does what X-books do best, dug into the characters.

I feel like I would have been more shocked by the developments if I hadn't completely lost track of who was who and what was going on. I feel like this will read better in trade. Needs some decent recaps.

Some Monica POV was good, but the cliffhanger seems to rely on Conan history and so was totally lost on me...

Maybe it's because it was yet another high priced issue, maybe it was because I have no interest in Conan, but I found this... boring? I'm dropping this book.

I've been a big defender of King's run up until now but.... I really feel this issue was a waste of money.

The violence for comic effect left a bad taste in my mouth; these characters don't feel like heroes. Didn't like the art either.

Tried hard to like this event but.... it just didn't work for me on any level.

Best issue of Coates' run yet.

This was the surprise hit of the year for me. Great writing, great characters, and a slow building menace. I'm on board for act 2!

I gave this issue a try on a whim, and it surprised me pleasantly. I'm not sure exactly what grabbed me, but a combination of the characters and the overall mood really worked for me. I'm adding it to my pull list.

I kinda expected to love this book slightly more than I did. There's a really strong character-based story in here about. mental illness, but in this issue it's mostly overshadowed by spy hijinx and over-the-top violence. I must admit, I didn't care at all about the spy story. The mental illness aspect was really interesting though, and I'll probably pick up the next arc based on that.

I'm in two minds on this book. It's pretty funny and the characters are very well written. But on the down side, there's a lot of gratuitous violence that there never seems to be any consequences for. That kind of ruins it a bit for me. But I'm keen to see what else the writer writes.

It's perhaps surprising that the combination of Kelly Thompson (usually very funny) and Deadpool (comic relief) was so meh. Deadpool just isn't funny here, and the jokes about him killing people is really just bad taste. Thankfully now Deadpool is gone again so maybe next issue will pick up. So far this series has disappointed.

This might be my favourite X-Book at the moment. I wish it was an ongoing. This issue was brilliant.

This is very well done, but I'm not sure I like this horrible, cruel minded hulk. I'll see where Ewing takes it though, I guess. I'm not interested in reading another Punisher book but maybe he'll make it interesting.

Really good issue, I really enjoyed getting Glory's backstory.

My favourite book this year. I miss it already.

Pak's run has had its strengths and weaknesses, but he cares about Amadeus and we've seen some good character development and it ends with emotion. I didn't feel it worked quite as well as intended, but nevertheless, props for actually giving a character some growth.

Characters like Aphra have an inbuilt time-limit. Either they eventually learn and grow into better people, or they just keep repeating the same mistakes and get annoying. Aphra needs to change soon or this book will become boring.

I don't get Deadpool's character anymore. He seems to have lost any kind of humanity. And worse, the book just isn't that funny.

When I realised they were sidelining the main team I was disappointed, but to his credit Cullen Bunn has built a good story and made me care about a lot of the fill-in players. Some good character work and nice pacing make this book worth reading.