I was intirigued by the direction till Patsy got offended by the word Man. I laughed and stopped reading.

A shame since Cantwell seems to have a good voice for Tony but if characters care more about being pc than focusing on the story then ill pass.

I read this because I usually enjoy Max Bemis' writing. And overall, I liked this. It is drenched in tangents and references, however, and while I kind of like the chaotic nature of the prose, I know that would be a major turn off for some. The concept is cool, and the pacing was adequate. I will say, some of the art is a little rough. But yeah, this reads like a crazy person wrote it, but not in the way that people full of themselves like to ascribe to writers like Grant Morrison. It's kind of in the "This needed to be tightened up a little" sort of way. And I know that sounds bad and may actually be bad to some, but to me, it gives the comic a lot of character and a consistent, yet unpredictable tone. more

This was really interesting and I'm glad X of Swords finally has a story attached to it. I'm really unsure about it being 24 (or so) issues long across multiple titles, but if this works, it'll be be huge.

I want to drop this so badly, but I can't because it's Superman.

This was a good issue. I didn't expect that from a guy best known for a podcast, but it was a welcome surprise!

I enjoyed this a lot. Donny Cates is good at the big, bombastic action stuff, but he's also great at character work, and that shines here. This is a whole lot of fun.

This is such a breath of fresh air after Iron Man 2020. You have no idea. I like when Tony tries to go back to basics (which is what he does with every relaunch, oddly enough), but I think that this time the writer wasn't lying, and that's very exciting. Cantwell has a good voice for all the characters, as far as I could tell. I'm so in for Korvac, and if we could get more of Iron Man's ridiculous rogues gallery, that's great. The art is great as well. This is just a really solid start to what is hopefully a good run. Iron Man is incredibly hard to get right, apparently. I don't think Kieron Gillen got it right, I don't think Bendis got it right, and Slott had it at some point but then lost it. Maybe we can end up with a run to rival Superior Iron Man? Maybe? Hopefully? more

One of the best issues of the entire run. Everything is coming together and man, way to make The Leader cool again, Ewing.

This was a really well done zero issue. I think both issues collected are some of the most important issues of Hulk ever, and they paint a very crazy picture that I'm sure, given Immortal Hulk's popularity, some segment of the readerbase was unaware of. There's a bit of age in these issues, but overall, they still hold up very well. If you've never read these, this is the perfect way to get them.

Yeah, this was a title I wasn't sure about when it was announced, but I think it may be one of my favorite X-titles, if not my favorite, at this point.

This was a lot of fun, and managed to tie all the one-shots together aside from the Magneto one. This series set out to be an artistic showcase and to seed plot points for Hickman's grand x-plan, and it did both to varying degrees of success. It was never bad, but it wasn't always amazing. I don't regret reading this one.

I think this issue was a bit tough to get into. It's throwing a lot at you to convey a story that's honestly not that complicated. And some of the character motivations seem to be all over the place. I didn't mind this issue, but it was kind of a mess.

Well, this ended as to be expected. This miniseries didn't really need to exist. We get plenty of Conan interacting with the Marvel Universe in Savage Avengers. I had more fun reading Serpent War, not gonna lie.

Alright, I don't mind Sharon Carter getting some space. I found this mostly enjoyable, but there was some... Interesting choices made with some of her inner dialogue. There's a page in particular that really doesn't work for me, but maybe it does for other people. Otherwise, I liked this.

This is just Amazing Spider-Man #48.5. Nick Spencer needed another issue or so to tell his story, but that would've ruined the anniversary issue timing. But hey, more Spider-Man? I'm down for that. We finally see why The Order of the Web is working to stop Spider-Man and we get a lot of revelations regarding Norman, and a major development regarding Kindred (in my opinion). I loved this issue. I read it quicker than I read some normal sized issues. It just went so fast. I cannot wait for 850, or really, all of Last Remains or whatever comes next! I'm just very excited about all of this. more

This is just a bland, bland comic. It just feels lifeless. It's not even particularly bad, it just exists.

This was a really tense first issue. It made me feel some dread even! If I had one complaint, the choice to have each page bleed into one side is a bit awkward, at least digitally.

So still, we're just stuck with a bunch of exposition and world building. Unfortunately, the world isn't very interesting. This is a very slow comic and I just really hope that next issue finally has something big happen in it. I could feel Tom Taylor desperately grasping for the reader's remaining attention with that last line, but it didn't work for me. This is a very mediocre comic.

This wasn't as bad as I expected, but it was mostly just set up. My biggest question coming out of this issue is, "Why did Nightwing and Hawkgirl get all Metal'd out?" They presumably came straight from New Apokolips, where they all looked like their usual selves.

I thought there were some funny moments, but that's about it.

I really don't like anthologies, so I'm not expecting much from this. But hopefully it's not too bad.

Blowback was okay. It doesn't really do much besides reiterate Batman's rogues gallery, which is... Fine. I liked the art at least.

The Master Class was *fine*. I don't like Bendis' dialogue, but he writes the Batfamily with a certain brand of competence compared to his other work.

Many Happy Returns was actually really excellent. Fraction nails the writing, and Zdarsky's art is very fun.

Rookie was fine. It started out good, but it feels dragged out by the end. I wish it was a bit more brief.

Ghost Story was pretty bad, in my opinion. I just didn't find it entertaining.

Fore was pretty good. I actually think, overall, that John Romita Jr's art worked here. I liked the story. I just wish the dialogue was a bit better, is all.

Odyssey was terrible. It's just cheesy, it doesn't make a lot of sense, and I was bored with it pretty damn quickly.

Detective #26 was great. It's one of my favorites of the anthology. I found it really funny and it looked very good.

Legacy was fine. I get what they were going for, but cancer stories rub me the wrong way right now.

As Always was also fine. I liked the concept of the story, but I'm not sure I liked the execution.

Generations: Shattered was okay. I really do enjoy Golden Age Batman, so I liked seeing him, however fleeting it was. I'm not *excited* about Generations, but as a small little story, this is not the worst.

A Gift was, again, okay. I like the idea behind the story, I just don't think it's particularly well executed. I hope it leads somewhere cool, because Detective needs some sort of direction.

Overall, this was better than a lot of anthologies. There were only two stories that I'd consider bad, but a lot of stories that I wouldn't give much deference to either. The stories worth reading are Many Happy Returns by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky, and Detective #26 by Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham. more

I used this issue as a test to see if I was going to hop back on this title or not, since I had to read most of it for Joker War anyway.

Duende was okay. I wasn't bored by it, but I wasn't amazed either. It did seem pretty integral to Joker War though but maybe that'll all be assumed up in a few panels in Batman #100.

Return to Alleytown was less fine. The dialogue for the kids was atrocious, and overall, the story felt out of place.

Cat vs Woman was better than the last story, but not as good as the first. It was kinda cute.

Overall, this issue is rather mediocre. I'm really uncertain about whether I'll continue reading the title. It is an improvement over the last issue I read, but just not good enough to make me want to give issue 26 a shot. more

This was a pretty good issue. I won't lie, I've lost a bit of the plot here in regards to the investigation, but I generally have picked it back up with a quick glance at some of the previous issues. Blame the pandemic. Blame Trump. Blame... Bill Gates? The standout moment here is Alfred. Warren Ellis writes a very sassy, fun Alfred and there is a moment in this issue that genuinely cracked me up. I'm sure it's obvious to anyone who has read it.

The action scenes could still benefit from a better artist, though. Bryan Hitch just doesn't have that grit and brutality necessary to make these fight scenes pop, the way they so often need to in Warren Ellis comics. I always bring up his Moon Knight run because, if you couldn't tell, I am a big Moon Knight fanboy. But that's getting stale, so let's talk about Karnak. Karnak had an amazing artist. In fact, it was so great (and delayed) that it had *two* amazing artists. Gerardo Zaffino did the first two issues, and he nailed the fight scenes. He had very stylized art, and he really let loose with motion blurring effects. It made Karnak's fighting style unique and highlighted how exacting he could be. Then the rest of the series was drawn by Roland Boschi. Boschi had a much less fluid style, but when it came time for Karnak to fight, the action was similar to Zaffino's work, but still a bit more realistic, for lack of a better word. I bring this all up to say that Bryan Hitch doesn't really try to change his style or go crazy with the art in order to give these action scenes their proper oomph. Everyone always looks like mannequins posing rather than characters in action, and that is death for a comic that relishes in that action. more