Really good issue chock full of mythology and spectacle. Maybe I'm just slow or missed stuff in the past, but this issue clarified the relationship of Khonshu and Bast and the rest of the pantheon of gods and made what's going on in Ultimate Black Panther a bit clearer to me. I knew they were the same kind of gods and everything, but specifying that Khonshu was the god of East Africa and it would be taboo to dabble in West Africa affairs without permission was interesting god-politics. Anyway, great art and great writing. Great cover too, would love that in a virgin.

Solid plot with the heist theme, writing was good enough. But for the love of all that is holy can they stop with the terrible Saturday morning cartoon style art??? The first half of the book was unbearably ugly, the second half was decent. That style of art has already caused me to drop Harley Quinn. I hope the same doesn't happen with Catwoman.

Enjoyable issue. Good writing and very good art. The whole pep talk by Daredevil was a little cheesy, but not in a distracting way. This issue should have been called Bloodline: Blood Hunt though, heh. The tie-ins for this event have been quite good overall and this is no exception.

I love this story and this issue was great as usual. The art was above average but nothing to write home about. What really has hooked me is Vanadia and her story. I REALLY hope the find a way to bring her back and give her a spot on the team. New team members are so rare, this would be a great opportunity to shake things up a bit. There's room for two orange ladies on the team!

Loved this issue. War Machine takes the initiative to recruit some help, is kinda bitter at Tony for getting him locked in jail but not "hold a grudge" bitter. Sock him in the jaw and move past it heh. Bit of advice for Tony, anytime someone says "where do you want it?" you don't say the face, they'll always hit you where you say you don't want it... I love they're continuing the Tony-Emma relationship. I hope it becomes semi permanent. They're such a better match than Emma-Cyclops. Loved the cheeky way to finish the issue too, heh. Good art as well, just a very enjoyable issue from cover to cover.

Good issue, well written and well drawn. Thunderbolts-lite are interesting, if unoriginal. Not a whole lot to say about it really, I'll be sticking with this book. Would be cool if they up the scale a bit for the next issue. I love Spiderwoman (I'm a bigger fan of Jessica than Peter or Miles...), I'd love it if she got the A-list hero treatment she dabbled in back in the Disassembled days.

This book is definitely pushing the 90s Venom mini-series nostalgia hard. And that's a good thing! Slap the symbiote on a random c-list villain, conjure up a reason to clash with Venom, sprinkle in some guest heroes, draw it well and profit. Winning formula. And boy is this drawn well! The art is great, as well as the colors and everything. Great book all around.

It was certainly not lacking in action, that's for sure. The writing was fine, the art was pretty good, the action was really good. Seemed like a montage in a movie where they show how someone traveled a long distance without taking a lot of time to do it. Wasn't the most entertaining issue, but it got from point A to point B.

Yea, I had the same experience most are mentioning. Slight confusion, but it's engrossing regardless. Seems like it might be another one of those books that's better in trade form where you can get through the whole story at once, getting clarification immediately rather than having to wait.

Solid tie-in issue. Fun dynamic among Spidey, Misty and Lizard. The make or break moment in the issue comes early, and I couldn't help but crack a smile at "It's Morbin' time!" Corny? Yes. But also amusing.

Highlight of the run so far. The plot is really cool, but I REALLY hate Ziglar's voice in the dialog. It wasn't as bad this issue, but still not good. Love what they're doing with his daughter, and the final page was expected but still enjoyable. Looking forward to that dynamic, and hoping they stick with this. Make Taskmaster her mentor and teach her his ways since she seems to have at least a similar capability for mimetics. Make her a permanent part of the Deadpool story. Deadpool and Daughters, Mercs for Hire has a ring to it lol.

I'm not a fan of the Fantastic Four, never have been. I picked this issue up because of the Blood Hunt connection, and I don't regret it. Solid issue. A little ham fisted with the "Reed thinks like a scientist, not an artist" bit, but there were enough enjoyable aspects to the issue that it was still enjoyable.

The vast majority of this series went right over my head, I got the main idea but the details escaped me. That's true for this issue too. I get that he was told by the love of his life that if she could do it again she'd go with him instead of her organization. Then he does some time tripping and ends up back on their wedding day and (as I'm translating the final page) decides to take the happy road. I suppose that's all that's important, and I did enjoy this series for sure. Especially the art, it was magnificent. Especially the depictions of Wyn's master and especially especially the big red robes and multiple white glowing arms. Those panels were jaw dropping. Hickman is a writer that even when I don't really understand everything that's going on, I still enjoy it. I probably won't remember much about this series other than the fact that I mostly enjoyed it heh.

I had no idea this was based on a video game before glancing at the critic review on the first tab here. I thought the art was solid, and when I flipped through at the comic shop I thought the talking gun idea had potential, but I didn't enjoy the comic at all. Won't be picking up any more. Wasn't the worst thing I've ever read, but not good enough to keep me spending time and money on it.

Great issue. Interesting art, well told story, my only grip being that the setting and Sumungaru aren't that interesting to me, but they got through this pit stop quick enough. On to Vegas!

Exciting issue, a lotta action. This continues to be a very well written, very well drawn book. It's probably just the timing since The Boys just started back up, but the Power Girl looking supe (I forget her name) is giving me some Homelander vibes heh. Can't wait to see where this goes. Good stuff.

Very fun little one-off story. I know nothing about Jonah Hex and even less about Ginny Hex (I'm no narc) but this issue filled me in plenty and was a good detour for Batwoman to set up where the Outsiders go next. Very interested in how the gun affects Batwoman. This has been one of, if not the best book in DC for the past eight months.

That's one way to restart a series. Two pretty shocking moments (though the second one obviously won't stick) and keeping Quicksilver involved are sure fire ways to maintain my interest. I really like where they are with Scarlet Witch right now, and Darcy mostly makes an enjoyable presence in the sidekick role. My only real quibble is a detail about the art. Why does she have a mole by her eye all of a sudden in this series? Ew. It's just a personal taste thing though, no big deal. Great book, lotta fun. Definitely staying on my pull list.

I thought this issue stalled a bit, wasn't as engrossing as issue 1 or the previous series The White Tree. Wasn't bad by any means, but I barely remember what happened. Won't hit the score too much because I'm sure it'll lead somewhere.

Weird. I'm not that knowledgeable about Vampirella, I've never read the book regularly but as a 90s kid I was always aware of her. I decided to give the book a shot since I've picked up a few here and there because of the covers, I started reading at #666 and also read Dead Flowers. Maybe this all makes perfect sense to someone who's been following along for a while, and the captions do an ok job of filling in the blanks, but I'm not sure I'm going to stick with this. We'll see.

My eyes were glazing over trying to read this. It bored me. The art was really good, but I couldn't get into it at all. Won't be picking up any more of theses.

While this still isn't an X-Men book beyond one character's name and another's similarity to an X-Man, it still IS an exceptional book. The X-Men purist in me wants to be annoyed that it has the word in the title, but I just can't. It's so beautiful to look at and interesting to read. A bit more action in this issue was nice too. The scene where Sto...I mean Mei fries the phones was great. Can't wait for the next issue.

I love Jubilee as a character but this was just kinda meh overall. Art was very meh, the story was cool but the dialog was meh. Blood Hunt has been very good so far and even most of the tie-ins have been at least good, I'd have to say this is the weakest one so far but still not bad. Just meh.

Apocalypse is one of my favorite comics villains so a book like this is going to automatically pique my interest. Most of the candidates are characters I like as well, only a couple I wasn't familiar with (Armageddon Girl? I don't recall ever seeing her before). Cable would be my personal choice, but I can see it being either Exodus or Rictor as well. GREAT art. Was very happy to see good ol' fashioned solid art in this book. OVerall I don't think it'll be quite as earth-shattering of a series or outcome as someone of Apocalypse's stature might imply, but I do think it will be a fun read.

I still can barely tell wtf is going on in this book, it's so messy looking visually that I think it interferes with my understanding of the story. That, or the writing is equally messy. After hating issue one I decided to give it one more issue to grab me. This issue was better than #1 but it definitely didn't grab me. The last page said "to be concluded" so I might as well ride this to the end since there's only one more issue.

This 10 isn't to say it's a perfect comic. The art is only meh and the subject matter and content will definitely not be for everyone. BUT IT IS FOR ME! This comic 10 out of 10 achieves its goal. It was absolutely hilarious while being a good sword and sorcery yarn at the same time. Conan meets Cerebus meets Ash from the Evil Dead. I laughed out loud numerous times reading this. If you like 70s/80s trashy exploitation movies, especially of the sword and sorcery variety, this book is 100% for you.

Same thing I said for #1 applies to #2. This book perfectly captures the essence of what it's going for. It's hilarious, and if you're into trashy 80s/90s movies you'll enjoy it. I hope this series never ends.

I Hate Fairyland (or in the case of the versions I always pick up, F@$% Fairyland) is always a delight. High in sugar, low in protein fun. The art is always on point and the writing is always at least mildly humorous. Very few tropes tickle my fancy as much as the irascible crude protagonist and the suffering side-kick barely tolerating each other's company, and this book goes all in on that trope. Gert's transformation wasn't surprising but very well executed and the only gripe I could think of is that it might have been fun to devote more pages to her destruction of the Gertlings, possibly stretching this issue into two issues. A lot of fun though, and I could see this being turned into an old MTV cartoon style show. HBO has the best comic cartoon ever in Harley Quinn, if this got the same treatment it would be spectacular.

I missed out on Little Bird, seeing the mention in this issue was the first I'd heard of it. I'll definitely be going back and looking for it now though. This style of art usually isn't my cup of tea but I couldn't tear my eyes away from most of the pages. Reminded me a little of Akira, tonally. Maybe just because of all the "wtf" imagery. Story seems interesting too, I dunno if I need to read Little Bird to better understand what's going on or just wait for following issues to clarify but I'm on board either way. This combines many of my favorite themes and genres. Can't wait to see where it goes from here.

I'm no Vampirella buff, I've read a bit here and there. This seems like standard quality fare with a new coat of paint. The "TVA"-like setting is about as good as one could expect. Writing isn't exceptional, but it's par for the course. The art is fine (I ran out of ways to say the same thing heh). I'll keep reading and see where it goes if for no other reason than they tend to commission some really beautiful covers for these Vampi books these days.

Very cool first issue. As others have said, mixing so many genres is difficult to pull off (first thing that comes to mind is Wild Wild West with Will Smith bleh) but so far so good. The art is really meh in my opinion, but it gets the job done. The writing is superb so far and really hooks you and leaves you wanting more. Slightly reminds me of an anime I watched last year, Hell's Paradise. Definitely going on my pull list.

Cool book, I appreciate the vibe. Kind of a Dark Angel meets the Crow with some Charmed mixed in but darker. The art was ok, would have obviously preferred if Lee did the artwork alone, but it was fine. The story was a little clunky but I'll keep reading to see where it goes from here. If I have one big gripe, it's the lettering and speech balloons or whatever you wanna call those. It was really distracting and I didn't like it at all. But as an introductory series, it was solid and got me interested in what's to come. If nothing comes after, I'll appreciate this series a lot less though.

Very fun issue, love Kaya as a pirate/revolutionary. Great art as always by Wes Craig, writing is top notch. Clean narrative and action. Backup story was really good too. I'm kinda more interested in the Pirate Kaya story than I am the main story of the series heh.

Great issue. The first story was great and I can't wait to see where that story goes. The art was great, very reminiscent of the Eastman and Laird days. The "trapped in a fight club and has to help fellow fighters escape" trope isn't new territory, but I love it in this setting. The second story was also really good, with the horror movie vibes. Anthology-like issues like this rarely hit for me, but this one definitely did.

I thought it was good, but the first part with Iron Lad and Doom was a little on the boring side. Loved the scenes with Hank and Jan. The socially reflective themes demonstrated with the Moloid hatred and with the media twisting the truth was well done. Looking forward to seeing this story progress.

Yea I'm not sure what the hell is going on here, but I'm still moderately interested. The art is nothing special, but the characters are interesting (as far as I can tell...) The plot is intentionally unclear but knowing that it's intentional doesn't make it more enjoyable. With a satisfying conclusion in the next issue it can redeem the three issues and this might be better in a trade where you can read the whole story at once. We'll see.

Great issue, very well written and solid art. As to be expected, the Reisers are perfectly capturing Burke's sliminess and I love it. I kinda really wish this would be made into an actual movie...

Not as good as the first issue. The Hulk story was good and my favorite of the three, but I thought the flashback stuff was ham fisted. The Hulk part was interesting though, and fit well with the overall event. The Hawkeye story again is the weak point of the trio. Seriously, she's stuck on this "gotta kill him because he's a vampire" even though he was helping her and explained how he doesn't kill people and does good? Pretty dumb, as if there haven't been numerous examples of good vampires in the Marvel universe. The third story had enjoyable bits, Dagger is always a delight and seeing her try to appeal to Yelena was nice, but Elsa was boorish and boring. The writer was trying too hard with the Britishisms. Great looking art though.

This series has somewhat surprised me. I don't really care at all about any of the Robins and simplistic, goofy art doesn't usually appeal to me but these past two issues have been so well written and the art is much better than it appears at first glance. I really like the "fairy tale" style the writer is using to tell the story. The Bat Family fits that structure well. Very sympathetic issue too, real emotions being shown and not just leaning on the edgy nature of the two characters to draw drama from. Great stuff.

I can't remember the last finale/send-off that I liked as much as this one. I give this a 10 not to mean it was flawless in every way, but to say that after reading it I'm left with nothing but good feels and no critiques. I loved every part of it, especially the Apocalypse fight and the Darkholme-Adler family picnic. Some of my favorite individual moments were Nightcrawler tele-plucking Apocalypse's eyeballs out, Magneto yeeting Wolverine away to prevent him from ending the Xavier problem once and for all, Irene getting concerned when Nightcrawler was dueling Mystique only to realize she had been had, all the "to me, my X-Men" team teasers (Kate had the best one), and Xavier checking in on everyone before...self-inducing coma? I thought he had committed suicide at first until the last page he was on. Great stuff. I'm very much looking forward to all the coming books, they all look like top notch creative teams and rosters.

The story is mildly interesting, but the art just makes me want to vomit. This faux dot printer look is just revolting. Even without that effect it would still be subpar, if not nauseating. I've hated the art this whole series minus the one issue that didn't look like it was printed on a bubblegum wrapper, but the story for the most part has kept me reading. The first arc was especially good, but I'm still along for the ride for now. Dunno how much more of this art I can tolerate though.

Really interesting story, interesting twist on the whole apocalypse and anti-Christ thing. The three children are probably the least interesting thing about this series to me, and focusing on the emo girl didn't help that in this issue, but everything else is pretty enthralling. The art is hit or miss with me, some panels I really like and almost reminds me of Linsner interior art, and some of them just looked crude and ugly. None of it was bad enough to impact my enjoyment of the book though. Good stuff.

I want to give it a 10 for the art alone, this has been some of the best I've seen in a long time. Marvel should just throw all the moneys at Juan Ferreyra to draw anything he wants. I'd love to see him on Ghost Rider. The story was good, a little boring at times. The Lee Price stuff was meh but the Dylan stuff was solid. Sometimes I was too distracted by how pretty the art was to pay attention to the word balloons...

Classic Wolverine setup, great art, good action, interesting callback. I really liked this issue, even though it appears to be setting up a pretty cookie-cutter Wolverine adventure. That's ok, I like cookies.

The first story was pointless, the second story was dumb, only the third story was worthwhile (even though it was poorly written). The art was really good overall, so that's something. 1/3 stories was worth reading, so I give it a 3.33, rounding up to 4.

My only gripe is that the final showdown felt a little rushed. I probably would have preferred that it happen over two issues, but it's not a huge gripe. Even though it was rushed, it was brutal and satisfying. The final double spread before the reveal of the outcome was simple and great. The art was also quite good. As a bonus, the backup stories were also pretty good. I almost never read backup stories, I'll skim them to see if they're worth my time and 90% of them aren't. These were.

One of the more interesting subplots of this event is Black Panther's struggle as a vampire. Good writing and good art, I'm absolutely invested in this mini series. The conflict of begging for Bast's help, with the weakness it displays, is a great angle. Looking forward to seeing how this plays out.

Meh writing, bad art, they're just not really trying right now. I've hated this art style they've had on Harley for a long time now and it will never work for me. I love the character and I've liked some aspects of the plotting and stories but it hasn't been nearly strong enough to make up for the eye-bleed-inducing cartoon network style art. Having Harley get duped by Mr. Freeze is an embarrassment for the character. I think it's time I finally give up on Harley until they start making it for grownups again.

In short, I didn't enjoy the Yeti story but did enjoy the Puca story. Neither the art nor the Desperate Housewives vibe of the Yeti story appealed to me at all but it wasn't poorly done or anything. Just not for me. The Puca story was much more interesting and had an interesting twist. It was also a cryptid I was unfamiliar with, so that's a bonus. I kinda want a full on Hellboy style series about the people in the story.

I won't say this event as a whole has been great, but I've enjoyed it. It wasn't going to be easy to reset the X-Men to the underdog status in the first place, so I won't complain about some messiness in the execution of Fall/Rise. This issue was fun and satisfactorily wrapped everything up, even if it was a little rushed feeling. The art was great and the contrast between the two wars going on, Phoenix vs Enigma and Xavier's plea with Moira, was good story telling. I enjoyed this event for the most part, but I'm glad it's over and we can move forward. I'm incredibly excited about the new batch of books starting up.

Loved this issue and I've loved this series. Quicksilver is a criminally underutilized hero and it's always fun to see the twins together. This series dives into the actual dynamics and personality of their relationship and I enjoyed it a lot. Wanda showed again just how powerful she is, which wasn't really necessary but still fun. The final scene with Magneto was good, but since Magneto is my favorite villain of all time I'm sure I'm a little biased heh. It was definitely in character for him to say he regrets the effect his words had without regretting the words themselves because he meant what he said. Hopefully we can get more Pietro time in the new Scarlet Witch series because I'll definitely be reading it.

This series really feels like the best parts of anime/manga combined with western comics, and not just because of the presence of mecha and kaiju. The concepts and tropes have a Japanese feel as well. In fact, the first anime that came to mind when thinking about how to illustrate the similarity is Ghost in the Shell. The moments of conversation between Anita and Ichiro have a similar aura of calm and introspection like when Major Kusanagi is ruminating on what makes a person a person, or when she is talking to the Puppet Master. Really interesting and enjoyable stuff. The art is incredible, loving every panel of every page. Just beautiful stuff. The action and politics are good too, well written and interesting. Loving this book

I am thoroughly enjoying this story. I'm much less a DC guy than a Marvel guy, but all the mites are really fun. The art is fantastic and Waid's writing is excellent as always. When Batman said "I must have been daydreaming" a legit smile cracked my face. Loving it.

This hasn't been the best event in X-history, but it's been ok. This issue was a highlight of the run though, being simpler and more clear in what's happening and why. There were some gorgeous pages, especially when Storm enters the picture, as well as some cool ideas like Magneto and Polaris working together. Enjoyable conclusion. Not deep, but enjoyable.

Very interesting so far. I don't like this style of art at all, but the writing and story is more than enough to keep my attention. Looking forward to seeing where it goes.

Whether you like this book or not will probably boil down to whether you were reading and enjoying comics in the 90s. I was, and I did like this book. Joe Casey is a very good writer and the art was solid. The concept of "government sponsored super team" isn't new, and neither is the aspect of it that is revealed on the last page (I won't spoil it), but it's executed well here and it should be a fun read.

It's taking its sweet time getting there, but I'm confident that as long as they give this book enough room to grow then it'll be amazing. If the plan was for just 12 issues or something like that, then this is too slow. The art was beautiful of course, the flashback for Mei (Storm) is sad but believable and well executed. I can't say I'm thrilled that the next mutant revealed is Nico, she's not one I have any interest in, but maybe this version will be more interesting. Overall it's a very interesting book that's over all too quickly.

Solid story, nothing too fancy. Really good art and the plot was just interesting enough to keep me turning the page without thinking about how much I had left to go. Will definitely pick up the rest of the series.

Exceptional book, giving us a glimpse into Hope's origins. I loved almost everything about this issue, especially the small part about Destiny and the adult Hope + Legion team-up.

I say this as someone who isn't a big fanboy of Doom. I think he's a great villain but not "the greatest" like many think. I'm sure this is influenced by the fact I don't like FF and I grew up much more of an X-Men fan. With that said, this is an AMAZING one-shot. Well told, if simplistic, story. The art was incredible. I've never heard of this Sanford Greene person, but they need more work pronto. The whole book was just beautiful. I enjoyed the personality displayed by Valeria and the last thing she said was touching. I only took half a point off because as a one-shot it really didn't go anywhere and Doom's entire role was basically just rehabbing while Valeria gave a narrated flashback to catch him up to speed. But regardless, it was a great book, a lot of fun, and one of the best looking single issues I've seen in a while.

Really good small scope zoomed in perspective on the big catastrophic event going on right now. Great writing, and somehow great art. I've never been a fan of JRJR at all but I'm actually really enjoying his run on ASM right now. Quality stuff.

Mostly predictable in the general way it ended, but it was fantastically executed. The art style isn't my typical preference but it was just so clean and well done (and contrasting with the subject material) so I really enjoyed it. The series reminded me a little of Berenstain Bears meets Dexter, a mix so odd but pulled off so well here. Very cool series with a perfect ending.

Very good overall writing, my only complaint is that I wasn't 100% clear what was going on at the end but I'm confident that will be clarified in subsequent issues. The art was nice and the characters were very well defined. Looking forward to seeing where this goes.

Really interesting book, loved the Nightcrawler-Mystique-Destiny drama. A little confusing but not overly so if you're paying attention. Overall Rise/Fall hasn't been quite as good as HOX/POX but it's still been good, and this book has been one of the highlights.

Westerns aren't my genre, but this looks really interesting. The reveal in the last couple pages wasn't what I was expecting. Looking forward to seeing how this plays out.

I'm enjoying the story for the most part, I like all the characters, but jfc this book is so ugly. The art is SO bad it really detracts from the experience. I've read that some others like the art, I've read other reviews that specifically say the art is the main strong point of the book right now. I don't get it. To each their own, but it's just messy and looks like a bad attempt at old 3-D. That's been my take on this whole series so far, I've enjoyed the writing and the characters but aside from that one really nice looking issue from someone else (I forget), the art has been distractingly atrocious.

I liked two of the three stories, so rounding up that's a 7. The Hawkeye story was lame and boring to me, the JJJ and son story was the best and very enjoyable (the scene where JJJ blames Spidey for his son getting turned, and then shifts the blame on Spidey to another reason when John is ok was classic), and the Dagger story was very good too. Cloak and Dagger are characters I've always liked and thought never got enough use or quality talent on books they were in.

While I enjoy the general idea of the story, the writing is AWFUL. The dialog and vibe in the writing makes me want to drop the book even though I usually enjoy Deadpool stories, even the bad ones. The art is ok, but nowhere near good enough to make up for the putrid writing.

Noir-ish crime stories like this aren't exactly my bag, but something about this made me want to give it a shot. Even the art isn't the type I usually appreciate, but it worked for this book and I enjoyed the story. Has a slight "Sin City" meets Guy Ritchie vibe, and those are two things I can definitely appreciate.

Gorgeous art, gripping story. Well defined characterization of Pigeon as someone who was never afforded an identity because they were temporary. The rage of the villagers was expected and executed well. Pigeon's initial giving up, then deciding "no, f this and f you guys" was a thoroughly enjoyable development. Can't wait for the next issue.

I enjoyed the Sabretooth parts, the concept of therapy by reliving some of his deeds through the perspective of his victims was interesting. The rest was ok. I don't care for the art at all, but it doesn't detract from the story to me. Honestly, the whole event has been a slight let down. I expected it to be a bit more. Not that it's been bad, just not quite as grand or epic as I was hoping based on the first couple issues, especially that shocking scene with the message made of Daken's body parts.

I thought the story was good, but the art kinda killed it for me. I only picked up this issue because of the Blood Hunt tie in, so it was cool to see the immediate followup to BH1 and it was an interesting story in its own right, but the art was just out of place and out of tone. It wasn't ugly or anything, it was competent. I just think it belongs in a book like Strange Academy or Power Pack or something.

Enjoyed the story and the art was incredible. I don't remember anything about Lee Price or the character revealed at the end, but I don't really care. The meat of the story was Venom's relationship with Dylan and everything happening around that. And the art was some of the best Venom art I've seen in a long time. Reminded me of Erik Larsen mixed with Ed McGuinness. Just fantastic.