It was fine. Better than the first issue.
Best issue for the moment.
Jo and Hal hatch a plan to strike back at Abin Sur and free Evergreen. But istheir understanding of Abin Sur and his plans for Evergreen correct, or willthey just create a bigger disaster in the process?
THE HELLGATE IS OPEN! Spider-Man is fighting for his life - literally - as he tries to keep Hellgate from destroying Manhattan. But what does this strange new foe want? And can Peter figure it out before his day gets a whole lot worse?!
IT'S THE END OF THE LINE! Gwen is DONE entertaining KING LOKI'S machinations! But can one Spider - even one with an incredible power boost from a Cosmic Cube - really hope to stand a chance against a god? Fortunately, unlike Loki, Gwen has allies, and her friends at the TVA have something to say about Loki trying to rebuild the universe. DON'T MISS...
I feel like I’m the only one still reading this title, even the reviewers seem to have given up — but man, it’s so boring… Still, I guess it must be selling well enough since we’ve made it to issue 26. Probably thanks to the artists, who’ve been pretty solid throughout, even the guest artists.
THE END for Hulk and Charlie? As Gamma mutates around the world go missing, the WINTER SOLDIER seeks out Bruce Banner for answers...but finds only Hulk. Eager to help her role model Bucky Barnes, Charlie finds a way into the Hulkscape to speak to Banner...and what she finds will change her relationship with Hulk forever. A MAJOR status quo shift be...
THE INCREDIBLE HULK VERSUS THE MIGHTY THOR!
Bruce Banner and Charlie's search for Doctor Strange now points toward ASGARD...but when the gateway opens, the way is blocked by the Odinson, who recognizes Charlie as the vessel for an ancient and powerful enemy! Don't miss this OVERSIZED and MOST EPIC REMATCH in Marvel history!
RATED T+
WAR RAGES ON IN NEW YORK CITY!
Black Cat enlists Richard Parker's aid in the Sinister Six turf war...and Spider-Man gains a surprising ally!
Rated T
THE RETURN OF THE BLACK PANTHER!
While T'CHALLA was away, THE MASTERS OF EVIL were at play! With the rest of the Avengers tied up with Doctor Doom, the Masters of Evil have been plotting the downfall of the Avengers...from the inside! Can Black Panther's return turn the tide?
Rated T+
Very good, but it could have used one or two more issues to fully develop the universe. You can feel that some plot threads and character arcs were rushed or cut short.
FINALE! THE SINISTER PLOT REVEALED!
Earth's mightiest heroes abandoned their home planet to save humanity from the Xenomorph threat. Now, they've arrived on Mars - current refuge of the X-Men. But the twisted machinations of Mister Sinister might spell doom for them all... Don't miss the EPIC CONCLUSION of Hickman and Ribic's CROSSOVER MASTERPI...
Ultimates isn’t a bad book. It’s actually a solid title, full of ideas. Like the original Ultimate Universe, it tells a Marvel story that feels timely, but in a fresh, inventive way. The only issue, in my opinion, is that compared to something like Absolute Batman or Absolute Superman—which tackle similar themes, like the individual facing the rise of corporate power or the creeping spread omore
THE SECOND YEAR OF THE ULTIMATES STARTS HERE! Time is of the essence! And no one knows that better than Iron Lad... With the Maker set to be released in six months, it's time to kick off new, more daring actions! Enter: Ultimates 3.0!
Rated T+
There will come a day when Krypto stands beside Superman, helpinghim fight off monsters, aliens, and supervillains—a day when this dogwill save his adoptive world thanks to the incredible powers granted himby Earth’s strange yellow sun. But he’s not there yet. Today, Krypto isa normal puppy on Krypton, spending each happy, snoozy, endless day...
Aside from Absolute Green Lantern, the Absolute Universe keeps delivering hit after hit with consistently high quality. Absolute Flash isn’t my favorite title from the line, but it’s still top-tier, especially compared to what other publishers are putting out. And the pacing seems to improve with each new issue.
Wally’s on the run and looking for any safe space to hide out. He findshimself in Central City and meets a kindly man who offers him a place tocrash at the youth mission. But is anyone truly safe when the fastest kidalive comes to their city?
Superman faces a brave new world—radical change sweeps the globe,and the ramifications of the Kryptonite asteroid reach a fever pitch! Theepicenter of this new Kryptonite power reverberates from the EmeraldCity—a nation-state positioned atop a massive stockpile of this incrediblenatural resource and ruled with an iron fist by the Kryptonite Kin...
Summer starts with a bang with GIANT-SIZE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1! Kevin Smith makes his triumphant return to Marvel with a Spider-Man story that will have your heart beating in overdrive and your sides hurting from how much you're laughing. As if that wasn't enough, Al Ewing and Mark Buckingham spin a decade-spanning adventure with Spider-Man and so...
I’m usually not much of a Sophie Campbell fan! But this comic really gets Supergirl: it’s light, fun, with clever little nods to continuity, and exactly the kind of book I’d give my young nephews to spark their interest in comics. It’s not groundbreaking, but that’s not always what you’re looking for. It’s enjoyable, accessible, and, most importantly, it truly understands and respectmore
Discover Lesla’s transformation from an awkward nerd in Kandor to a bombshellsuperbabe. Who knew Supergirl’s quest for good could inspire such evil?!Back in Midvale, our hero faces a gigantic problem with kryptonite-like powers.Titano the super-ape is here to take over the idyllic town! To defeat him, Supergirlwill have to rely on an unexpected...
I don’t understand the rave reviews. This is a truly mid-level comic, with artwork that doesn’t really do justice to the Silver Surfer, new characters that aren’t very compelling, and a storyline that’s all over the place, lacking any real grounding. Silver Surfer is one of the most interesting but also one of the hardest characters to write. If you’re making a comic called “The Death more
SILVER SURFER'S FINAL VOYAGE?! The SILVER SURFER returns to defend a war-ravaged Earth, but Norrin has a galaxy-sized target on his back. A new enemy will stop at nothing to steal away everything the Surfer is or ever will be. A single human life may be all that decides the Surfer's salvation...or damnation. If the Surfer falls, who then wields the...
Just goes to show how comics really are a visual medium. It’s not that this comic is bad, it’s that the tone of the story, a horror atmosphere set in the Green Lantern universe, absolutely does not match Jahnoy Lindsay’s art. The tone and the visuals clash so much it actually pulls me out of the story.
I know Ewing was traumatized by Joe Bennet, but he needs to learn to trust artists ag more
Hal Jordan has been overcome by his curse and has turned his sights on Jo!Can the new Lantern figure out how to hold her ground, or will her light be extinguished for good?
Ah, finally finished. I’m usually a big fan of Joe Kelly, but this arc felt way too long, especially for an opening storyline. It could’ve easily been trimmed down to two or three issues.
It seems like Joe Kelly chose to focus on Spider-Man’s mental wellbeing, which can be interesting, just needs to be careful not to overdo it. There has to be a balance between his internal struggles, t more
NO HOPE AGAINST THE HOBGOBLIN!
As HOBGOBLIN's assault tears SPIDER-MAN's mind (and limbs) apart, Kingsley unleashes his wrath on those nearest and dearest to Peter Parker. And this is a deadly race against time Spider-Man can't afford to lose - even as he risks losing his sanity to win!
Rated T
I was a huge fan of Robin & Batman by Jeff Lemire, for me it’s an underrated classic that never got the recognition it deserved. So I’m really glad to see that Lemire hasn’t lost his touch. This new volume focused on Jason Todd starts off just as strong, and it’s especially striking to see how much Batman has grown since his early days with Dick Grayson.
With the constant flood of Bat more
Batman has a new Robin: a rash, impulsive, reckless kid with a troubledpast, who Batman was certain he could mold into Gotham’s nextcrime-fighter. But can the Dark Knight save Jason Todd from the darknesswithin himself? And when a mysterious new villain sets his sights onJason, Batman finds himself doubtful that even he has what it takes totrain ...
THE FUTURE OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE IS HERE!
The future of the Marvel Universe is here as two of the most visionary creators in comic history show you THE WORLD TO COME! The King of Wakanda is DEAD, leaving unguarded the world's most advanced technology, most precious metal, and a cryptic vault of dark secrets while triggering global confli...
Hey, it’s great to finally live in a time where Superman and Batman, the two most important superheroes of all time along with Spider-Man, both have the best comics out right now. Absolute Superman keeps delivering, it’s sharp, thrilling, dynamic, and has a real point of view that resonates with the times.
The next big arc of this red-hot series begins here, as Superman findshimself caught between the opposing forces of the nefarious Lazarus Corpand the mysterious Omega Men. But Kal-El just wants to be left alone in theonly place on this planet where he’s ever felt safe. A place called Smallville.
JONATHAN HICKMAN, FEDERICO VICENTINI AND IBAN COELLO TAKE ON THE UNIVERSE!
A sweeping Marvel cosmic event! Imperial is a story of intrigue, mysteries and war, which takes place against the backdrop of the formation of new galactic order in the Marvel Universe. Featuring HULKS, BLACK PANTHERS, NOVAS, GUARDIANS and COSMIC KINGS and QUEENS. ...
Marvel wants to destroy itself, they don't want the old fans for these books, they just want the 3%, this is clearly a way for Marvel to try to get at Joe Bennett by showing that they used his concept to make people see that what Phillip Kennedy Johnson is doing is the right way, while for them, Bennett was doing it wrong, because he didn't agree with the entire editorial.
They still re more
MUSCLE VS. MAGIC!
The newly returned Bruce Banner leads Charlie to New York City to seek an audience with DOCTOR STRANGE...but are met instead by someone they don't expect! When a magic rite goes horribly wrong, can Banner put aside his terror of Hulk...and will Hulk put aside his hatred of Banner in order to save them? Leads straight into...
LAST ONE STANDING!
• "If you found yourself stranded somewhere in the universe with no knowledge of where you were, how quickly could you determine an answer to that question?" It's a thought experiment Mr. Fantastic had often challenged his children with - but now it's happening for real - to Valeria Richards!
• Valeria finds her...
• Sensing vulnerability, Dormammu has attacked Earth - and only Doom stands in his way! Dormammu has banished all other heroes to a pocket dimension, leaving Doom to stand alone against the Dark Lord of Chaos.
• But on the other hand...Doom has never needed allies in order to ensure that his will is done.
• It's the ultimate sh...
Kara Zor-El has been a key member of the Super-Family in Metropolis, butwhat happens when she strikes out on her own? Follow Kara as she returnsto her roots in Midvale…home of Supergirl! But how could this be?! Our herohas not been back in years, and the protector of that town has been savingthe day for weeks. Can Supergirl stop the impostor befo...
His stolen alien technology is at the heart of Lazarus Corp’s global success. Buthe operates out of a seedy lair, packed with bottled cities…cities he torturesrelentlessly, just to hear the faint chorus of screams. Who is the mysteriousBrainiac? And why is he so interested in the Last Son of Krypton?
I'm a big fan of Al Ewing, but I still can't stand the artwork, and the story starts way too slowly... There are plenty of intriguing elements, but when you add a protagonist you feel no attachment to, compared to other Absolute titles, Absolute Green Lantern is off to a pretty rough start.
Abin Sur has arrived, and he is here to judge all of the people of Evergreen,including Jo Mullein and Hal Jordan. But is this alien being friend or foe,and just what will his judgement bring?
Good event, even though there are a couple of things that don’t seem very credible. Specifically, the heroes’ plan so far seems completely stupid. It falls into the common trap we see in this kind of trope, where heroes face an extremely intelligent villain: instead of making the villain smarter and more capable, the heroes are just made dumber and more emotional, falling into every trap. Thatmore
Doctor Doom has taken over the world, and Earth's mightiest heroes have failed twice: first to stop him, and now to overthrow him. But the Fantastic Four know Doom better than anyone, which makes them ideally suited to take on Earth's new Emperor...except for the fact that he knows THEM just as well. As Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, and Sue and Johnny ...
And here it is. The comic I’ve been looking forward to the most since they launched absolute. I like it. Do I like it as much as flash 1 by Mike Baron from 1987? No. Because that book was a 10 and still is one of the greatest comics ever.
This was never going to live up to my expectations.
I will stick with this as I prefer pre dad energy Wally West. Broadly speaking, more
JEFF LEMIRE AND NICK ROBLES SPEED INTO THE ABSOLUTE UNIVERSE! Without the mentor...without the family...without the Speed Force, what's left is the Absolute Scarlet Speedster!
As a much older fan off The Flash , I was seriously disappointed in this opening chapter. I understand the need at times to reinvent the wheel all over again but this was painful to read. The script was great but all the back and forward was to me so unnecessary and made the reading experience a whole lot disjointed. Hopefully as the story unfolds it will make it more enjoyable but to me there is more
JEFF LEMIRE AND NICK ROBLES SPEED INTO THE ABSOLUTE UNIVERSE! Without the mentor...without the family...without the Speed Force, what's left is the Absolute Scarlet Speedster!
Barry was my first Flash. Issue 306 to be exact (great issue). I read Barry backwards from there. Before the death of Iris, Barry met the stereotype of the silver age hero that had no hero’s journey. A hero right out of the box. Wally had a hero’s journey, which is why for me he is the better character. We are late stage in that journey in the main continuity (the whole main dcu feels late stage frankly), so I am looking forward to seeing where this goes.
I respect your opinion, but for me, Wally has always been my Flash (and for a lot of people too). I’ve always found Barry pretty boring (in fact, even in the CW show, they just gave Wally’s personality to Barry Allen). Plus, since this is a reinvention, it makes sense to go with the younger, more reactive Flash who still has to find his way. (I agree with you regarding the back and forward.)