This looked and read like everyone involved in the creation couldn't wait to get this homework done. I try to find SOMETHING nice to say about it, and it's that Meggan is featured in this book. Not the character from Excalibur but some alternative version of her, completely free of personality and/or inner conflict, but still: the name and costume were correct!

oh man, this reads like a really poor boom or oni series. i love ryan kelly but, sorry, weakest vertigo i read in a while. avoid!

is this some kind of adaptation or branded stuff? utterly forgettable and joyless. was expecting more from rahal.

Coloring's pretty good.

Maximum blandness: achieved. Boring and anti-climatic storytelling: done. Humour, which isn't funny: yup. Not super-bad, just super-skippable.

Cardboard characters playing out info dumps. This is what happens when you get your news from sensationalistic websites and news shows: superficial and undifferentiated hyperbole and phantasies about hyperviolence and civil war. Though it's a clever business move by Ales Kot to drop this at a time of peak-alarmism and Trump-Tweet-journalism. I can feel the hate, alright. (Not to say this can't turn into something more interesting, but the first issue isn't very promising)

all trolling aside, this really was pretty poor.

Played by the numbers. Meh.

Ehm... what did I just read? Krakoa's a super-interesting concept. Reviving Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandoes could have been exciting. But neither is showing in this comic. Missed opportunity.

disappointing. i really liked spencer's bodies, but with this one you can see the story construction from a mile. dialogue and narrator's voice felt stiff. pass.

So many pages on hand, yet so little story told. Hate to diss a debut, but this one's the perfect example, why Image books are lacking for a long time: they don't utilize no (story) editors.

Great art. Not so great "non-story".

What a let-down. The 5,99$ doesn't sweeten the "deal" either. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_rGe_JT2C8&t=2s

a bit too pretentious for its own good. great artwork though.

A dysfunctional, though loving family goes through some bad stuff (and grows closer). By Jeff Lemire, but it's a new series.

cliche "sassy" lead character, boring "case", soon to be canceled book.

Really good art but they got two writers and 30+ pages to tell what... half a chapter of a story? Also: this super-generic "funny" in almost every dialogue just doesn't click with me. I read it and it was fine and I wished all the time Peter David would be allowed to write an X-Book again...

Sub-par art, overloaded plot, weird story rhythm (could be coming from the art), the Punisher as a guest star in his ow book and in general not a good entry point for newcomers, so: meh.

very much set-up... and nothing else. nice artwork but this one might work better in paperback format.

Meh.

This is "Marvel Saga" all over again. Art ist fun, so is the format. But it's a plain boring read. Meh.

Art by Garry Brown was cool. Plotidea was neat, but the dialogue a bit forced/stiff. They're doing the "Let's call each other Cat and Spider"-thing that drove me nuts in Batman #50? Is this a virus?!?!

It's warming up the Superior Foes thing (which was very cool back in the day), but not it's just lukewarm. Like the retelling of an old joke: not as funny anymore. Art was really bad, too. One issue in I'm already out again. Waiting for the next writer (or Zdarsky's comeback).

The feeling, when you find out in No 3 that it's not the series you were hoping for, but a Pulp Fiction version of it. Sad.

A bit pointless, though pretty (but a little stiff for my taste).

Liked the previous issue more, but Liam Sharps art alone makes every penny spent worth it. The build-up was a bit too long, but the ending of the issue was nice, so I'll stay on board for whatever weirdstuff is coming next.

The art sells it.

It's tragic that the AMAZING art by McCrea (and the colors by Spicer) got wasted on this. While the writing itself is not bad, the story idea seems just so bland and predictable. And I also don't get, why the writers used such a slow pacing and so much exposition for the kick-off of a mini-series. But they did write the characters well and I guess it will be a decent collection when done.

finally a VERTIGO book and not a second-rate image or boom or lame-pitch-for-tv-show-wannabe. it is demented and playful and charming and experimental and entertaining and unique. great start, guys!!!!!

Slick & soapy & funny interlude. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltSbwGkt_6s

The art is INSANELY good. The writing though... psychology for dummies and just boring.

Surprisingly enjoyable and clever!

Fine issue. But why the relaunch?

Good writing, terrible art and colors/digital „effects“. Too many subplots and backstory/exposition makes it feel pretty slow, which is not good for a (expensive) first Issue. Not sure if I’ll be back for more...

Talked about it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOc01zUL_FI We need some patience, this will surely take off in a few issues time...

It's exactly what you'd expect. Pretty solid.

A bit bland but pretty. Talked about it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOc01zUL_FI

Solid. Well told. But not really hooky. Maybe also a little bit offputting that it's such an obvious tv pitch...

Slow issue, though still enjoyable.

More than solid work by Higgins & Reis, visually and tonally quite a unique book in the current Marvel rooster. Really sorry this is only a mini. It could have become an interesting book in the vein of Nomad in the 90s.

Bendis run gets better with every issue!

Constantly entertaining & FANTASTIC art by Ricardo Federici!

The first misstep for this otherwise great series.

10 for the art, 6 for the story.

Love the unique pacing and the fantastic art on this. It's the right kind of confusing, where you want to find out more. And it does feel a lot like old school Vertigo, which gave a series the time to get going, instead of creating a sales pitch with the first issue.

With basically every mystery still being very mysterious and only one issue left... and with sales numbers, which don't necessarily warrant a second "season"... is this once-promising series up for a serious nosedive?

talk, talk, talk

Fuck, YES. This, after the rather lackluster No 6, was surprisingly intense with a hand full of "Whoa!"-moments and the craziest ending I have ever witnessed in a Hulk book. A++

Loved it.

I wish it was as good as it pretends to be. But I am pretty sure I will enjoy it more in a second reading.

The tonality was right, the artwork was great, just that the story didn't really grab me.

more like an excuse for tradd moore's hyper-psychedlic extravaganza, but: hell yeah.

Wow, the release couldn't have been timed better. A bit eerie.

great art, nice start plotwise, but not much is happening in this first issue

Pretty good!

Great art by Philip Tan.

LOVED IT.

The weakest issue in a long run of great issues: It just didn't have a story.

Perfect. Best first issue since Vision #1.

Cabtwell's the next big thing.

This was messy.

Really good stuff. Joshua Dysart should definitely produce more series/stories besides Imperium!!!

Great first issue!

cool and modern take on the character. not your grandpa's batgirl and since a lot of grandpas are reading dc right now, it might not fare that well in this market. pity, you can feel the energy of the new here.

nice start!

Great stuff. I would love to have this on a monthly basis featuring different DC heroes.

Unique concept! Intrigued to read more.

fantastic art and a nice story. totally up for this mini-run by percy&leon.

Talked about it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltSbwGkt_6s

Art and colors were PHENOMENAL here, Hotz brings a nice Wrightson horror flavor and a perfect sense of composition, perspective and love for details.

Pure joy. Sooks art ist incredible.

The decision to wipe Nightwing's memory doesn't please everyone, which is understandable. But from a storytelling perspective the new psychological handicaps have a lot of great potential. I'm on board.

Just added to my pull. I like the new direction!

strong first issue!

The art! THE ART...!!!

Surprisingly good!

Super fun.

very entertaining and surprising. vaughan at his best.

It just keeps up the fun factor. Love it.

This is how you do an excellent first issue. Really dig the new art style by Jonathan Luna and the b&w, too.

Best X-Comics I've read in a milllion years. Thomson and Nadler are X-Legends in the making.

Very cool. I seem to always enjoy writers the most who originally come from prose BUT also understand the comics medium. Happy that I gave it a chance in spite of the horrible junk cover.

Talked about it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOc01zUL_FI

Super fun, I loved it!!!

very strong debut!!

great debut!!!! i'm hooked. the art alone is worth buying this.

Fantastic first issue!

Fantastic series, very strong 3rd issue. Reviewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbIpvdSvy0A

Perfect. So much Heart in a marvel book... enjoyed every page and just kept thinking: man, why are there not more comics like this from the big two. I’m shocked how low the resonance was for this issue. For me a 10/10

perfect first issue. for someone who's not into fantasy and/or manga like myself, it was a very pleasant surprise. might be the sleeper hit from image in 2015

fantastic series, maybe the best new image book of 2015

fantastic script and even more fantastic art by burnham. what a debut!

ace!

The best book on the stands. If you like or used to like the weirder side of Vertigo, namely the comics written by Morrison and Milligan, this is for you. The artwork by Marley Zarcone is a treat, too. Beautiful, exciting series. I hoe this will last for a long time...

weakest issue of the best series out there is still pretty interesting.

best book out there.

Whenever I think I'm done with Lemire, he pulls one out of his seemingly superdeep hat... Fantastic debut with INCREDIBLE artwork and coloring.

Excellent!

Excelent. Felt old school Marvel in the best possible way. And that art....❤️❤️❤️

Fucking perfection!!!!

Perfection.

Wow. What a masterpiece.

A classic in the making. Reviewed it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbIpvdSvy0A

Talked about this wholly unique comic here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltSbwGkt_6s

Can’t believe how incredibly good this is.

jeff lemire at his best!

Wow! What a pitch-perfect first issue. I'm not only deeply impressed by the level of storytelling and the fantastic page layouts, but also eagerly awaiting no. 2!

Fucking A++!!

Wow, what a furious showdown! Can't wait for the finale next month.

great throw-back to the 90s, probably better written than the old stuff. really good start.

I am astounded about Prince’s capabilities. The mix of complexity, psychology and straightforward genre storytelling reminds me of the best moments of Vertigo in its heyday. And Whenever I think I got Prince worked out, he surprises me anew. Must be the most exciting author working in comics today. Just wish he would expand beyond then anthology format and would start a long form series.

loved it. so funny. and when was the last time a world-destroyer was discouraged from going through with his evil plan through... hot-dogs?

Loved it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Fm4Hr6vVQ&t=6s

Mighty strong debut!! Can't wait for more. Talked about it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOc01zUL_FI

truly delightful!!

Well, THIS is how you do a political comic. Bravo!

Imagine 5-6 more writers of Hickmans caliber working in the medium, on mainstream books. We’d have the glorious rebirth of comic culture in no time...

probably the best harbinger issue yet. grande.

Yup, as good as everyone says it is. This and Amazing 801 were the best Spidey issues in a long time.

best warren ellis i've read in years. and tula lotay's art on top of it? absolutely riveting.