"ComicBook.com - Adam Barnhardt Jul 24, 2024 Straczynski's Captain America continues to put concept over character, for better or for worse. Read Full Review" ==well put and the answer is 'worse'. The DP/Logan backup is selfserving MCU hogwash to be in this work.

Just WHAT-IF stuff. Not bad at all but not worth 5 bucks for parallel reinvention

Romita has a good inker and is bringing his A-game again. Nice to see how the chess pieces are moving in the territory battles.

Except the Reyes story it's hard to believe/appreciate these stories are canon with would dtract from the rating given, because the continuity is hardly implied and frustratingly problematic. . Most of the art elevates the rating. The text pages were interesting but not really the reason for getting the comic.

Uninspiring. Too fragmented with exposition to give a hoot.

This might've gotten a higher rating if it was categorically NOT 616 - but it probobaly is and that's irreconcilably a dealbreaker. Also, Black Bolt's matter-of-fact presence with no extrapolary footnotes WEHT him is just lazy reveal.

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much more palatable than #1. Not without its flaws, though, number one being characterization of Trevor.

Good stuff. A tad too decompressed.

#2 & #3 dipped a bit but this one turned back around to all out clever fun! With bae-worthy art efforts.

Last issue got a solid 8.5 and this tale felt identical so for that reason it only gets and 8.

At best.

Dumb cover. Dumb ring upgrade. Otherwise good read.

Unremarkable. Return of don't-call-me Nightshade is - something.

Fun read. Makes big battle win in main story less trope-y.

No chronological bearing with the "6 month untold gap" just detracts from "Event", imo.

Good stuff! The lead up chapters were better but still a strong ending!

Average. Partial pacing problem.

Average all around.

Consistently entertaining Felecia characterization going on.

Better than #1. Got to compliment it before the reveal of this so-far interesting 5 star point mystery is told since that MIGHT taint this rating. Good art.

As an Elseworlds tale.

On the plus, side Marvel manages to give all the discarded loser heroes some facetime but it was all so painfully convoluted. Deathoks essentially replace the TVA is a terrible direction. And if felt like the last Black Knight featured mini just went wastefully out the window. Mostly gets a "7" because of how bad X-Force and Legion of X were worse by comparison

Clever way to take out Selene but the problematic precidence from it knocks the rating down some pegs.

Nice retcon excitement. Doesn't seem problematic too much. Neat touch with Dr. "STRANG" being a mishearing. Any real problems to be discovered would drastically lower my rating.

More unbearable than Carol's toothache.

The script action/prose did not flow for me. Generally not a fan of the Authority characters in the DC Earth-1. Backup was better last issue.

I toally agree with rating and blurbs so far.

Uninspiring, unsurprising, for old reader like me but probably a standard, satisfying survival adventure for anyone new to reading comics.

Would've been lower if not for concept content of the canon-challenged servicble backup story.

Formula save-the-day story with gimmickaptain spotlight for backup story to rationalize price increase - just like the premiere. This was only better for the reveal of Speed Demon and Superior Sin. I personally am not a big fan of the liberal simultaneous codename copying. A couple weak parts were that so-called Superior Sin's killcount is presumably zero for bragging rights and Nichelle resorted to 1960's Andy Griffith TV show.

This was so dull this week. Plus, they gave him, by inference, an unnecessary powerup with midair superbursts by just copying Jon.

this is horrible to bring in hordeculture and krakoa because theyre 'kewl' right now. man-thing had a great canon going aready! belasco is such a weak character and this new dreadscape is problematic.

More exposition of the DCU status of Hippolyta and Diana status would've been appreciated. Pairing JLD with JL in one book does work, imo. Felt like mostly talk for a "2nd issue", lacking grabber scenes.

It was okay. The team-up was a bit simple. Huang was not menacing as blurbed. Villainy of Tiangong has yet to grab my attention. But overall it was okay.

Enjoyed it. Not an punch thrown and yet still exciting to see all these interactions. Not a punch but Hammer did get his head hammered for those who want blood too. Not a punch but there was that marvelous swinging - with DD flying over the street. Nice art and evocative hug of Spidey, too.

More straightforward than the disappointing Iron Man 2020 #4 this week but cant get higher mark because it has much less meaty goodness.

This chapter was probably meant to definitively explain how the 'Real Tony' will be reborn but FRIDAY's explanation just had me confused as to all the various 'Fake Tony' incarnations over the years and their presentations. Tony has been a convoluted mess masquerading as the real thing, probably, as far back as him installing the digital copy of his brain after his coma-death circa Dark Reign. Maybe the last 2 issues will dot some i's and cross some t's more clearly and make this cruel COVID wait to read Shellhead more worthwhile.

Entertaining action and banter for 20 pages. Deathloks, MODOK and Ultimo were baffling but bonus surprises.

If Marvel killed off Stan Lee & Arnold Drake's OG Yondu to try to tap some attempt at movie synergy. It is such a disappointment to have that failed and forced status quo change. The iconic character is wiped out in a poorly hyped mini. The art was quite bad. Who knows when Surfer appears chronologically? It's maddening given Norrin has a storyline in progress. And Young Yondu hardly grew to be likable or heroic by the end - not to mention barely synergetic to movie canon. The pros: The IS a significant status quo change. Skreet is revisited. A sliver of hope Marvel has a care for the long mourned ROM mythos. Curious M'Kraan connections established.

Strong chapter. Contrivances continue but can be overlooked.

As it moves away from the outer space empire storyline it improves but its taking too long.

Seriously? The average rating is mid-8's right now? This was so bad, so formula, so inconsequential when all was said and done. No cast to speak of, screwy timetravel interpretation, insanely lucky battle showing by Marc repeatedly, and horrible details to the Moon Knight legacy - even though it can be argued that the whole "GLC" variety started specifically askew that just gave the story less impact/meaning trying to "sell it". It would've been fun to see an alt-version of "Phantom Rider" or that early avatar from the Cavengers. Whatever. It was such a disappointment. And the connection to Acts of Evil just escapes me.

Solid installment. Evil Stagg is a bit redundant of an evil Java. Subplots with Sapph, Dog, Offspring and Mrs.T are okay.

Even better after the references explained.

The banter was better than the battle. And I had to go in knowing everything about the Invasion of Canada would come across sillier than serious. It was good to get another Ratataskr tale.

I agree with most of the comicbookroundup reviewers pros about the prose. The art styling was appropriate for this tale, too.

High octane - I'll give it that. But it was such a mangled choreography and blatant Punisher can't kill Handbook Guy story. Nice cover too, it's what grabbed me to read it.

Liked it.

Convoluted turn off.

Needless retcons to serve the writer's pitch instead of the characters are maddening. Bucky is amateurish here (even if the gun has blanks). Hammond is dull.

Solid but uninteresting. Some more good Gabby banter. Although, the 'feathered' being cameo is curious.

Solid enough but too decompressively slow. Spidey felt a bit off. Might deserve an 8.

Megan Peters and Adrian Care gives fair props. The art was a bit lacking. Good prep origin for the return of RJ's Bucky WHENEVER that might be.

Good stuff with ride so far to find out mystery of the OBA so far.

Nothing original but still it was a good read, regardless.

Worst issue so far but still important stuff happens.

A strong character piece of RJ's dad but nothing spectacular. Well, except for the apparent finality of the final slip.

A decent start. A clearer protagonist would've been better. Nothing intriguingly new on the Skrull front, mostly recycle. The Iron Man cameo was disappointingly brief.

Average. But after the long absence of FF stories that makes it better than average.

Bored. Not clear who is dead at this point. Does this 'first' Gold/Harley encounter preceed the first issue but follows all the confessionals we've see. This has got me serially screwed up so far.

The Torch bits could've used a bit more oomph but otherwise all the Spidey adventure was such a fun read and show of real heroics.

Mostly because of the IM content helped generate my interest.

Seriously, the average is almost 9 so far? Wow. It was too confusing for me after 1st read thru and the dialogue heavy layout could've flowed better.

It was okay. I'd dropped this book awhile ago and this was a catch up. Duela is beyond creepy. Babs joking TWO 'kill you' comments were uncharacteristically offputting.

Funny, funny stuff with enough comic book adventure to thoroughly enjoy IN SPITE OF the talking head ridiculousness. #rootingforwillie

A good solid issue that the last ponderous page puts over the top.

I agree with: Comics: Jan 23, 2019 The Gathering - Charles Martin's critique and mark.

An unimpressive arc that seemed to wrap up much more neatly for the final chapter. That whispering thing BETTER NOT LINGER as long as Fury whispering to Thor!

Bland. Average. Not teaseworthy.

Liked the interactions to resolve this threat. Thor buffoonery for being caught between issues is expediently resolved. Enjoyable art.

Average. By the numbers. Safe. The ending was kind of special.

Fair wrap up of the series and with Koul. Believable apologies to Johnny. FF teens are a pain but then teens are. Best compliment would be that this should have been published as FF#5.

Average. Drop in quality and interest from it's premiere. Not bad but not as good.

It's okay. Some exposition, action, connections, recruitments, reveals, last page surprises.

Stronger installment than the opening Outer Space instalment with a welcome last page cameo from a tried and true nemesis. Hit and miss with the numerous magic elements presented.

Best installment yet. Shogun Warrior is welcome!

Fun issue. It just hard reconciling that some scenes put this in the jokeyverse and not 616. Still not thrilled with art but it was bearable this ish. Not sure about Octobliterator character intro but it was a novel -if forced- way to give Captain Marvel a high end showing.

Rocky start getting better. Strong issue.

Yeah "5" seems about right. Convoluted temporalities for the sake of convolusion was such a turn off.

Not that interesting since the weak team/plan should be doomed. Verna is annoying but also only 2 dimensional so far.

I don't expect to like this but it's still fun. Once this team gets the thumbs up from the real Avengers then things will be better.

A solid conclusion to a solid arc with solid art.

Morbid as all get out. Lord Death Man had Evil Deadpool written all over him. Other than that -and it was a lot, plenty of whacky fun. And good art effort.

Really enjoyed much of this. Makes all those mini series ALMOST worth while now.

As far as long overdue relaunches go this was absolutely... a... uhm... long overdue relaunch. Nothing bad but nothing really notable and that Doom backp was very disagreeable.

I give it a 7.8 so I'll be generous and round up. More so for the eclectic DCUmystics appearances than having a clear understanding of this magical threat that WW feels compelled to spearhead the solution for. And there were a couple nice images with an otherwise decent art effort.

Nothing wow-worthy but a solid read.

I am still super worried that the payoff/reveal of the canonical impact of this will be a disconsolately creative choice. But it's impossible to disagree with the high ratings this issue deserves in itself at face value. Skirting around Scott's dumb suicide decision still bothers me. But at least it was finally noted as a storypoint here.

Comics: The Gathering - Charles Martin's comments nail the problems with this.

It was a solid and positive conclusion. Peter's sacrifices show Spidey at his best.

I don't like the art that much. Or the contrived way for Son of Odin to call in the Valkyrior.

This was content packed - with GOOD content and dangler followups.

Big 'death' scene. Big last page cameo. Big ship on self-destruct. Big props for this ish.

That good. Shocked by the lower average rating.

That good. Just need to clear up The Terrifics connection contradiction. And the art was mostly good but some of the panels were too rushed compared to the good.

An odd way to end the run. Danglers left to the next creative team. The disconnect from the canon and Big #800 was a bit disappointing. Still, in itself it was a real fun and heartwarming one-shot micro-story. And as far as retcons go this was NOT typically offputting for it.

Run of the mill conclusion to a 2-parter but much better than part 1 was. There was good art and a feel good ending. The Reaper was more entertaining than the superparanoia the plotpitch was trying to dump on Harley. Good-bye Frank and June, have a good life but don't come back.

Frustrated now. This had so many GOOD elements to it and WOULD'VE gotten top marks if it was an early on issue BUT it ain't and we really don't know what we're really reading yet. I'm starting to dread the fact if this all proves to be "not really real" Also, here's hoping the final issue #12 isn't a force infodump to explain it all (belatedly) after 1 year publishing.

Generally boring. Dumb numbering.

Not very entertaining riddles or tie-in motivation.

It was fun. Art was strong. Couple new characters, an origin twist and a conclusion to be must see resolved that has me interested. No connection to The Terrifics is a real turn off though.

This was good drama building with using 2 A-List DCU characters in Slade and Talia. NIT: The censoring of the curse words is a bit jarring failingly trying to figure out what word could possibly fit with that number of letters.

8 for art. 7.5 What-Iffery story at best.

Not to bad. A bit overwhelming because it feels so rushed for a grand endeavor. Gar and Vril had good moments.

Agree with blurb of ComicBook.com - Christian Hoffer. But his rating is too low 'cuz this average Spider-tale was not bad and better than other books, out this week, if the equally average art was not better.

Premise wasn't executed well enough.

Boring. Art hurts it more. Tying in Cube makes it worse.

I find myself not wanting to argue with Weird Science - Jim Werner's sentiments. But this insta..ment is still better than other books this week so going to give it a better rating.

This continues to be a fun run. Jase bests Pengy. Arti makes headway helping Biz. Only the 2 simple stories but the outcomes were worth it. And somebody had sex with Ma Gunn?!

Pretty standard conclusion. Nothing bad per se. The ONLY reason Bullseye lost was cuz it was OML's book so that felt a bit trope-y.

The daughter in danger angle is interesting but the setup/battle to get there felt too lopsided and/or contrived to get there. June, Croc, and Deady will probably end up fine sooner than later. And poor Harley didn't have any worthwhile lines.

I echo Bleeding Cool - Joshua Davison's blurb review but it wasn't as satisfyingly presented for me. So let's say -1 to his rating.

This title is keeping the decent team members decently relevant finally all this time - for the most part since Secret Wars.

Decent ending to a debatable presentation of Frank's techspertise this arc. Frank's uncannily living thru the 20pages of mishaps borders on detracting.

Not a great arc but this ish had a bit of decent stuff going on. Nice art too.

Well, last issue had an atrocious exposition of presenting our hero in the past and not an alt-past; but now that their temporal presence was set up this was a good read in itself. And clearly establishes that this is, in fact, an alt-past because of the dramatic changes that happen unlike the real 616 past. It is a little self-serving if it turns out that this arc was only to direct Teresa to evidence that she really is Peter's sister afterall and it's a bit decompressive that none of the 3 or Nick Fury could scare up any appearance of the Tinkerer yet.

Sillyness. And not even a funny or intriguing silliness as the undramatic hamster threat continues. Not sure what to make of that 'puppy among wolves' after 20 pages. Any publicity is good publicity - but in this case there wasn't much good from this one-shot portrayal of Ka-Zar and Zabu either.

Having no discernible continuity placement is very frustrating and detracting. And this fact makes me hope that it is not part of canon so that lowers the appeal. It was good art and a footnote in the recap page would have greatly improved the rating.

This was not an issue to jump into the end of a storyline. Although, the epilogue with the double dose of unrequited love still worked. And the art was alright.

Wow. This took a dip in quality to the super corny - more than before. The art is the saving grace.

The creative team weren't selling this time travel telling for me. This issue was too ethically frustrating to fully appreciate the few nostalgic details sprinkled in. Too much casual disregard for temporal traditions in the MU. And the trio from the present shamelessly prance around with disregard of the future of this alt-reality's future.

This title still has me hooked with it's blend of mundane and fantastic as David Harth @ You Don't Read Comics describes it. Yet, I can't stop strongly hoping that the final big reveal of 'this reality' is not a big fail like TV's Lost. Jacob is an interesting new intro into the DCU.

Art: Wonderful. Fun: Most all of the humor comments. Interesting: Rachna is 'obviously' going off to try'n help 'Dee'. Adventure: Sure, it's just eXiles Reimagined and should've been a one-shot but it was still pretty good twists on the Classic FF48-50. Nitpick: How the heck did Torch survive that snikt?

It deserves a high average rating.

You really should know Lockjaw before going in. You have to accept (at least) 3-4 BIG status quo changes that apparently already happened at face value. You are immediately spoiled in unheralded fashion by the recap page that he is in fact a canine which has been a classic MU debate for decades. Other than that it was engaging and refreshing. And you have to like dogs - which I do.

Boring debate issue. Went on too long and Havok is not that interesting. Most interesting part was 1 panel of Blue Jay alive and not remembering Batman. Plus this stretched on into extra anniversary pages of the same stuff. And the next issue is restarting another arc with more of the same. Bringing in "Lady" Aztek is kind of neat even if it is in unheralded fashion.

A satisfying way to end the series. T's crossed, I's dotted, boxes wrapped in a bow. The crazy surreal slant was leaned on and most of the cast stories got an amount of closure. Perfect cover. Funny scenes and clean art. That scene with Gwen seeing that little girl dressed at Halloween was adorable. The one with her dealing with her alt-parents was heartfelt. MODOK got what was coming to him. Saving her bro was a kickass team up. The open ending was hopeful. Maybe only 8.5 but a bump/nod to the title since its the last ish.

Yeah, to most of that said so far. Lucky to get a 6.

Very underwhelming conclusion to a cross company jumped character such as this.

Fun roll call but at little too much on the cameos over content. Harley's beating the Gorilla Gan could've been more convincing. Inconsistency to Croc in Suicide Squad is frustrating. Good colours.

Lyles Movie Files - Jeffrey Lyles gives an agreeable review.

Just a darn good adventure presented.

Great cover. Unfortunately, the inside art continues to be very disagreeable but the storyline is interesting enough to keep me anxious for the big #600. The return of Muse is good to see; the return of the black costume is bad to see. villain Mayor Fisk is an dramatic concept but it would work more convincing if it were already apparent in more of the big mainstream books. And it's odd to see a book come out later than the developments gone by for reforming Black Cat and cut down Diamondback.

Very enjoyable read. Of course, the flipfloppy Black Cat characterization is maddening as hell. The matter of fact return/cameo of Echo doesn't help either.

To be kind, the mini series started out with bright potential and ended up completely average-at-best, with more focus on The Covenant than all the star characters, save maybe, Daimon and Necrodamus who got a little more personality spotlight.

Loved it all. Going back and forth from 9 to 9.5.

No, it was NOT as bad as the current average. Granted, this rich intro of Scarlet Samurai just coasted a bit with installment (for one acceptable ish of dramatic build). And who can bear the monotony of fantastic art (besides me ;)). We learn Mariko is really, really alive. Gorgon is really, really badass. Ancient Japan has really, really many untold stories. And OML still really, really doesn't fit in to the 616.

Solid premiere. Room for improvement.

Solid story. Halfway decent art.

A strong installment with agreeable art. The character development is slow but still interesting so far.

I have not adjusted to the shift in art and thought HQ should have mastered her batform psychosis. The cast should have been trimmed some with the changeover - as it appeared advertised as - because there were too many standing around. Not that bad overall though.

Despicable Waller. Disturbing Croc. Dishonorable Katana. Disturbing ending.

Don't usually get Hal's title for awhile now. Got it for Zod on cover and it was worth it! Definitely want to see how this turns out!

I just gave Teen Titans this week a 7 and this underwhelming and vague premiere was not as good or interesting than that.

Agreed: "This was a fun character spotlight for Starfire" but alas it felt like of filler tale importance which it didn't have too. At least Gar got a hug with Kor.

If you want forced quips and inorganic character development then this was an average Spider-team vs a Giant Symbiote adventure.

Good art. Good Brainzarro twist. Good new recruit. Good villainess to bring back. Good Jason development.

I will miss this take on Dad-roc too, Gwen Poole! Neat surprise Chance reimagined too.

It was pretty good. Cover undersold it. Not sure about "Dolante".

Good, easy, nostalgic read. Nothing earthmoving.

Good not great. Clever story experiment - but after 10 pages of the shtick it got a tad monotonous.

Peter had a funny scene. Andi had a spotlight scene. Everything else was not bad - but average.

Great cover. Too much politicking not enough buttkicking. The team-up with McGee beginning search for Muse was too low key. Art needs some snazzing up.

Bad art. ODD shared psi-plane experience. Weak villains presentation.

The displeasing art did not put a damper on the touching story. Even the fight was sub-par. Titania was great - better than Black Bolt this time.

Nothing has gotten me invested in this Event yet.

Noto ain't bad but I really liked the last issue art style. "Xavier" is suspect now. Weird return of Proteus. Color me interested regardless.

Not great. Not bad. Just average.

IGN - Blair Marnell Dec 21, 2017 blurbs it well. The whole issue devoted to mourning was less than convincing and the art effort was less than pleasing.

Awesome art. Engaging fight. Shocker ending.

If any of this arc or direction interested me then this dragging chapter's perfectly strong art and decent storytelling basics would have gotten a higher rating - but it did not...

Jane may have valid points and certainly undeserving of her malady but she does not come across as likable at this point. Maybe she needs to be all bravado against Odin but she treats Odinson and Herc poorly. Excellent art this ish.

Graphic Policy - Brett's paragraph summary of that whole agreeable review pretty much summed up my feelings after the last page. And for that reason, my grade would have been a tad lower than he gives this ish. Scott is one lucky guy to have a such a fine robusty woman like that for a soulmate. This only makes the ending more shocking - even if it is another mystery 'glitch'!

I am torn between a 9 and a 9.5 for this one. Some of the DNA logic and OoX resourcefulness could have been presented more convincingly. Gabby IS AWESOME!

What a waste of 12 issues anticipation. Very disappointing. All for nothing but a Maximus vision of what will be a What If divergence. Plus Gorgon might still be dead too. It says it was art=driven and the art could have been much better.

Leader cons Doc Robyn into becoming a "Hulk" with She-Hulk's blood and faces her off against Jen in fight to the death. Some jarring dialogue and some boring panels drawn. Very underwhelming ish.

A couple very contrived developments happen quickly but in some ways a quicker pace and getting right into things is a good thing even if it's an overpriced compared to DC books. Plus, the inclusion of minor players Mania, the D-Listers, Dr.Steve, and Lee Price(?) was welcome.

It continues to have metatextual charm and the threat of cancellation IRL makes for unique storytelling opps. IMO, this sort of did a disservice to the complex situation of Infamous Doom's current 'good guy' status quo - although it did play well paralleling Gwen's decision about going full out bad girl.

They finally seemed to phase out Pet Avengers from the prime Marvel reality and not DC bring back their own to the Rebirth Timeline. Pass. An average Nuff Said petfighting at best. Couple pages of Chimp exposition helped. The Sons pages were bearable by comparison.

The fight itself was pretty lame but everything around it was a good read. Shreik got her comeuppance! Maybe those wishy-washy cops should be fired too even though they did what reading fans probably hoped for. Nice cover and inside art.

Liked it. A shaky run so far but this was a solid chapter with engaging developments for each team member.

Agreed with AiPT! - David Brooke. Exciting read.

Foom continuity. Decisive victory. Kei's power somewhat better explained. Some moralistic undertones. But nothing really that special.

Overall, it was average at best. Sam is in way over his head. Voodoo guest starring helped.

A very good read. Entertaining and enlightened dialogue with the femmes fatale.

Nothing special. How many times has Spidey had to deal with a perceived inconveniencing handicap before? He seemed a bit out of sorts. Granted JJJ seems to be getting a new -in unconvincing- sidekick direction.

Things have been convoluted and disagreeable to get to this point in the arc. But (having to be) accepting the status quo this was a entertaining dialogue issue in itself. Bat & Cat. Boy & Supes. The dynamic action panels layout made up for the trope factor of the underdog victory. And the Catwoman vs Talia clash teased for next issue feels to be MUST SEE.

I really want to like this more than I do. It's too contingent on the payoff of the big 'what's going on reveal' to be judged.

This run has not captured my attention or achieved it true potential with the Progenitors concept/storyline. Pretty much for reasons "Bleeding Cool - Joshua Davison - Nov 10, 2017" stated, I cannot give it a glowing mark. That Future Prologue theme has been one long bore so far.

I am more than a bit surprised at the low average so far. This was fun to read. (Especially after the disappointing return of Moon Knight). If only the art was a bit better and the campiness was dialed down just a a bit, it could have been a very good read.

Regardless of how innovative, clever, or funny the stories were - and only a couple hit the mark - this was not the place to include a full 20-page non-canon anthology collection. A serially bad decision. It would've been better to put (only 2-3 of them) as humor backup to some special giant sized issue with a canon lead.

Pretty much agree with "Comics: The Gathering - Batmanaruto Nov 1, 2017 In conclusion, it was a solid first issue, which only really suffers from a confusing beginning. Neal Adams also does the art, and although slightly dated it is still well done. I’m really intrigued to see how this story will continue." but would only give it a 7 for the same reasons.

Unimpressive villain. Unconvincing connection. Still better than other Iron Fist restarts of late.!

This was so bad. Weak story and art.

More weak episodes like this will get this book cancelled.

I bought the original Ragman off the spinner rack when it came out and it was a good read. This reimagining is such a disappointment. Revamping the cursed origin to tie it to war ops and redesigning the costume to be so much less colorful are not to my liking. It's good that it's still set in Gotham even though it felt like Any City USA in the premiere. And it's good he has a dramatic origin with the fate of his father even though it was a bit run of the mill. The colouring scheme was horrible and that childhood flashback placement could have been presented better. I had high hopes for his Rebirth. Hope they can turn it around by #6 but not sure if'll stick with it.

Average stuff. Revolving door villains is offputting. There was characters' developments but a lot of it was the unspoken love which did not come across as interesting to me. And the Kade concept has irked me for awhile.

This was all soap opera which isn't necessarily a bad thing but nothing that dramatic happened. The Scarecrow vs The Mayor would have been an awesome scene but it was ruined by The Mayor's extra long overly cartoony nightmare. And the cliffhanger would have been more attention grabbing if the story actually shared what kind of threat/mindgame could get a bad ass like Harley Quinn so hot and bothered. And for every character growth/development moment the feeling of disconnect from the rest of DCU just reinforces the sense that this title is not important to DC canon-makers' time. On the plus side, the art was very good despite being covered by a very talkative amount of word balloons.

It probably is a big deal that I am not familiar enough with the New Gods mythos/canon but this just did not fully connect with me which is also a responsibility of the storytelling. An annotated version would no doubt definitely improve the appreciation of the developments but probably should not factor into the first read rating. There are probably a lot of clues there. The art was okay. If this does end up to be some grand illusion/delusion then here's hoping the payoff reveal is great enough to make up for all the drama of these deaths that did not happen after all. I'll still check out next ish...

Such low rating so far? I kinda thought this had a good amount of fun. Sure, the between panels resolution with the snake master was annoying, the charcter reversion of Trapster was self serving, the chronology placement of Iron Doom was frustrating as usual, and the exploration of Gwen's new reality warping power is way too casual. But otherwise, 2 fun adventures and 2 interesting subplots.

This may've earned a 9 if the art lines were less rushed/scratchy looking. DD's splash page reaction/supposition in the middle was an inspiring moment.

Average. It seemed just an extended Sam personality recap with a sidekick and street gangs violence thrown in. Much depends on the motivation/backstory of choosing BH as the premiere foe.

The art was more appropriate given the many f/x involved but generally I still don't like this style for a BB book. Quite nice cover though. Otherwise this was a great ending to a hit and miss opening arc. Shed a tear for Crusher after all the dramatic twists in the final clash with The Jailer. Feeling happy for the convicted inmates feels wrong and yet right too. And of course, it's FANTASTIC that Lockjaw survived for a timely and heartwarming reunion. There's that curious status quo change for BB that's implied too.

Promising storyline. Nice artists collaboration. The masterplan of Scarecrow is simple and straightforward. The Ivy/Harley vibe was neatly played upon. Geekery Magazine's Chelsea Stanford typed agreeable blurb. The pacing was slow in the middle. The fact that a month of campaigning has passed was undersold. Plus, the pigeon toeing of that evocative -if misplaced- backup into continuity is annoying.

Gorgon/Medusa rationalization/fornication is wrong but otherwise the story was okay for a change with more advancement than previously.

So tempted to lower the rating by .5 but the positive observations in the reviewers so far has me wondering if I wasn't in a reading mood. Still the fact is the story crossover exposition was confusing and Dark Ivy and Dark Robin were not that believable or entertaining.

In the context of the GRATING flashback storyline with already established -albeit debatable- parameters this was a decent chapter with nice art.

In spite of foibles, if not flaws, I still liked a good deal of it.

What should have been a special 25th issue, it ended up being an absolutely average filler story. No mention of S.E. and Darkforce Bubble being done was annoying as hell and having an ax he will/should not use continues to be silly characterization. If The Haunted Girl is NOT throwaway and is revisited, ASAP, then my rating would go to 7.5.

For me the art is just average. Maybe 1 or 2 painted images were notable. Otherwise it was a fun read. Looking forward to #2.

I'm not a fan of the one dimensional haircuts and beards. At least the characters all have more dimension to them. And things do change plus Luke letting Noah "get away" was notable moment. However for a 5 part opening arc the resolution was underwhelming.

Going to agree with Shoot The Breeze Comics - Robert Struble here.

Great art. More gratuitous bloodshed gets a free pass by the censors. Secret Wars III has never been properly or clearly resolved yet so all these neverending connections to a past future -or future past?- of OML continues to rankle me to no end. It just takes away from this halfway decent adventure where solo superhero sets out to save the world that is reaching it's climax.

Granted the cliffhanger reveal was effectively SUPERSHOCKING (and suspect) but I think the true impact of this scene has clouded the rating of the overall issue which really seemed average. Also that cover is so average and should have been replaced by the variant as the 1st image choice for this decent opening chapter.

A (metatextual) joy to read and satisfying way to end the story arc in this ongoing medium that (intrinsically) can never end. The art was wonderful. To be honest, at this point, I am lost as to what origin Gwen believes she has and what readers are expected to acknowledge as MU canon.

This is a guilty pleasure at this point. So much good stuff to enjoy besides the FANTASTIC art but equal amount of serious nitpicks with storytelling elements. For example, the MARVELOUS cover is totally wasted on this story (that Luke doesn't even get shot at)! Plus, the whole coincidence of Frank being transported with Diamondback ended up being baffling since Frank didn't plan the interrogation and then their "escape" lacked necessary exposition. The cameo of Hellstorm and Paladin were fun and so were the significant developments with Night Nurse and Black Cat. Finding out the mystery of Diamondback feels like it's almost in The Defenders grasp and better not be dragged out even more. DD/IF banter was just as entertaining as LC/JJ banter this issue.

Fun issue. Art could have been a bit more finessed. Nice cover.

It seems readers must alrady have at least a passing familiarity for pre-existing New Gods origins to better appreciate this story. My rating more closely matches that of Razorfine - Alan Rapp Aug 10, 2017. I'm not giving it a perfect 10 like so many others but am optimistically hopeful that this grows into a memorable take on a character that I've generally been indifferent to.

That was just a super sad ending for Wade. At first I thought it was a disappointingly misleading cover but in hindsight it was diabolically misdirecting joke as DP would want it. Unfortunately when a standard regenerating superhuman can survive a Ground Zero bombing it's a real turn off, hence a drop in rating. Plus, it was unclear what Kobik reset (ie. who was resurrected) and I am torn on deciding if DP jobbed against Maria Hill.

IGN - Blair Marnell Aug 24, 2017 states it plainly enough with that blurb. And the ending had a lot of contrivance and messy visuals.

Some nitpicks but still a solid chapter. Teresa and Torch are good to see.

While Gay-wannabe Iceman and Patch-wannabe Daken had several and certain characterization scenes the presentation and direction is disagreeable as done so far. Having said that, this ish was so much more entertaining than Weapon X or X-men Gold also out this week hence the solid grade. The ice statue ruse was brilliant. The snowflake gut wedge was cool. The fight was pretty good. The Daken school is lame. Zach Attack is not close to as great as he thinks he is as a Leech-wannabe with temporary volume control.

Gonna give it a 6 and it's lucky to get it.

Nice art, interesting mediation premise, but too many story/logic flaws to overlook. Joker and Riddler seemed to deviate far from their norm which was somewhat challenging to appreciate.

Nice emotional moments but a detracting drop in art quality from great to just okay. It's refreshing to see Normie presented more layered evil than expected. Still annoying to consider his underage in spite of the 'fun' birthday here.

This ish was so much better than the previous 2 installments comibined! This book would have easily gotten higher rate but I HATED it that much just for it's lackadaisy connection to Laura's Present Day stich all for the sake of a pointless gimmick themed mini series.

It blew my mind - in a way. Tryin' to process her overlapping timeline... My brain is in some pain. It feels so good. Someone's going to have to fix her Wikipedia entry after this one. She looks bitchin' in an evil cape.

The logic of the Widowhood wanting Mera as Queen escapes me but exposition may lend more weight to that last page reveal. Similarly, the numbers supporting Rath as King are not convincing. I lost touch with this title as the politico angle had gotten ..err.. dry but Dolphin on the cover drew me back to retry it. She was underwhelming unfortunately.

What bumps up the rating more is how markedly improved it read finally after a very wanting run of issues. Plus, it's interesting to see the Rebirt status of Parallax and neat to see Sinestro be involved in this sitch and title.

Oh wow, this book'll be cancelled with this quality of tale. Sure, the comraderie of the team was the crux of the story and they got their happy ending -- but the pace and presentation of story details, and lack thereof, was so frustratingly lacking. The whole Infinity Stone Quest was interrupted again and the exposition of Groot's subplot was unclear.

Better than this week's Guardians of the Galaxy storytelling not as engaging as that actual story. So, I gotta score them the same.

Not bad. Standard stuff but nothing special but it does deliver some feelgood moments.

The art could've used a bit of finesse but otherwise a strong installment with reason to get the next issue. JLA vs SS was generally evenly matched but here Batman handles them himself?! To be fair it made some sense since Bats had prep time which is his bread and butter. Big Katana character moment. Also, Harley is moving more to intense rather than in stiches. The rest of the Squad was not much more than cardboard cutouts here.

This raccoon is a Guardian of the Galaxy? Didn't care for it and DP in space detracted from it.

This run is SO boring. This dark new status of Jen could be done WAY more interesting and fun. The return of Brad and Hellcat bumped up the score a smidge.

Such a bloody mess -literally and figuratively- to get here but as for this chapter is was alright.

Pretty much agree with IGN - Jesse Schedeen Aug 9, 2017. The stability serum offers interesting possibilities and hopefully Liz stays on as recurring supporting cast along with the serum maker, whatshisname.

Liked this conclusion. Not just a Reset Button but organic regression to more traditional/enjoyable version. Nice art. And Otto now has his HYDRA Avengers and his mad revenge for Parker. Aunt May knows!

Great art but too many of the storyteller choices did not sit right with me. It actually would hav been better if it was set in the present.

I had dropped this after the premiere arc but gave it another try because the cover had the promise of Madame Masque in it. Sadly, she was not but as for the story I was pleasantly surprised by it. Kate gave some charming narration. The flashback colouring is a neat detail, too. And NEXT ISSUE really looks like MM is in it!

This story was freaking awesome. Mr.Whitley nailed it. The art was less than perfect (but not bad per se, in fact the 7&8 were looked so much better than issues before) and the reason for the lowered rating. There was so much old school Wasp respect and fun. There was so much new Nadia fun and awe.

Sure they tried to tie it interestingly into the Infinity Stone plotline but this read merely an average filler story. :( And only 7 issues in. :( Three members absent. :( Drax's destroyer M.O. is simplified to rationalize his current pacifism after a forced and questionable motivating adventure. :(

Agree with freemanlouis7 Aug 2, 2017 but just rating it a scooch lower.

I agree with review by Black Nerd Problems - Jordan Calhoun Aug 3, 2017. Don't care for art and the gimmick art of the flashback Hill story was refreshing - as a 'once only'. These meaningless surreal headshot covers has long since gotten tired.

Azrael origins are getting convoluted. Batfamily ability showing are getting uneven. Art is really nice but I can't bump up rating for it alone.

The content was there. The freeze frame images too. But the some of the storytelling and general art style read messy and staccato.

The timeline scene placements came across with some unwanted uncertainty.The future trope stuff is a bit offputting but the neat twist 4th Wall stuff developments is, well, developing neatly. The unique Teddy POV issues was refreshing. The art is very neat too. More comic book fun than a lot of other stuff this week.

IGN - Blair Marnell Jul 27, 2017 FULL review encapsulates this chapter perfectly. Especially the "And yet Ben Reilly Scarlet Spider is such an aggressively average comic that it feels inconsequential" part. However, I clearly liked this effort more and rated it accordingly. The whole scene with the gun and the last page sibling reveal were the praiseworthy parts.

Bad mood. This story didn't help. The art was below average too.

Standard fight scenario. Average art. Drab players. Unless it's revealed that Tilda and Red died ala Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid this was an unmemorable finale to an equally unmemorable series.

I am torn on rating this, from excellent to average. It probably depend on your reading mood at the time. For good or bad it definitely is a thorough spotlight on a D-List Batman Rogues' D-List supervillain origin. So, I will just average between 5.0 and 10. "Good Grief", Kite-Man, totally, should have been on the cover in some capacity.

This ish was fun. This ish was wordy. This ish was unfortunate... for the bad boys to be dumped outside the shower stall while naked Power Girl is in it! ;) On the down side: The hilarious and beautiful cover is just wasteful and annoying for being unrelated. The backup is quickly becoming tiresome. The inclusion of PG, who should be on EARTH 2 AFAIK, just screams Elseworlds series which once OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED will be a deal breaker and probably dropped as things stand now.

Stuff happens, so there's that, but seriously: WHY?! Won't tying Fisk and Urich to mysticism just end up tainting their A-List commonfolk characters cast status in DD's book? Not only does that book need more cast focus, why do these big changes in this title. Maybe it'll be just a one-shot thing like when MJ became Red Sonja in MTU - that'd be alright. Plus we get big name guest stars, with multiple titles of their own, that do nothing but get pawned just to try to attract their individual fan bases. Maybe it would've been better to spotlight some of the umpteen other superheroes (and supervillains) trapped in the darkbubble for evenness. And the unclear S.E. timeline while the darkbubble is up is infuriating. On the plus side the Baron Mordo grandstanding is proceeding reasonably enough and that cover is as provactive, if not more, as the scattering of other good guy/bad guy bondings/pacts on other back issue covers.

The only notably good thing was the inevitable surprise ending (and what it could mean). That, and the beautiful unrelated cover totally wasted on this chapter. It wasn't bad just more dull compared to the promise after the premiere.

It was fun. Laughed at Jon meeting Gar. Still very confused with the Rebirth Starfire age and her backstory tweaking. Also, any idea who was the clay master in the prologue? The Time Commander input is just going to give the crazy adventure a nice nostalgic 70's B&B vibe.

Not really a superhero comic per se. No reason to ever footnote it. So... pleasant history lesson but not fulfilling. Now if likable Ryan Duffy becomes a significant recurring character then my rating would go up.

Pedantic chapter.

Foggy and Matt reuniting might've garnered a better rating but the art just brought this issue down.

A lot fun. A couple serious nitpicks that spoiled it - including putting this before S.E. actually bugs me. Looking forward to next ish.

The sloppy setup to get here still lingers and the big fight was less than satisfying but everything else was pretty much the stuff of a good superhero comic book adventure with dreadful cliffhangers and an madman supervillain super-eme.

This was a good Spidey/Ock set up for a clash. A good S.E. crossover exposition of details neglected in the main series. The respected big cast get fair amount of soap opera facetime. Strong art effort.

This issue was SO heartwrenching in a feelgood way (and feelsad for Bizarro). It totally made up for the plot simplicity and exposition lite. The appearance of Lex offers the promise of a happy ending (ala resurrection) for Bizarro. The art suits the story nicely and the cover is PERFECT..

Yeah, just average. Nice on reunion. Not so much the Gnosis Sphere retcon. Low on excitement. Batwing and Batwoman tactical retreat isn't really exciting.

Continues being more depressing and decompressing. Art not near as pleasing as issue #1.

It was so good!

Totally underrated. Sure, it doesn't have a lot of wow-factor impact but the characterization was so strong and welcome with a kickass cliffhanger.

I liked it. Grabber cover and appropriate given the guest star. Good to see Slapstick isn't dead even if his digital comic is. Good 'surprise' cliffhanger. AiPT! - David Brooke's critique echoes my thoughts.

So much praise is so surprising. I found this so BORING. Pointless cover gag and not that very pleased with the inside art either. And the science descript challengable. Plus the interruption in the main mission and the dire subplots near dealbreaker. Quill's movie copycat charm saved it a passing grade.

I agree with Bad Manta - Josh West's blurb. I'm almost tempted to give it a 7.5 too.

I agree with Black Nerd Problems - Jordan Calhoun's snippet. This one was so boring. And Spidey catches Hobgoblin off panel?! What book is going to acknowledge this?

Just an enjoyable 20 page read.

It was good to see Zee re-incorporated into Bruce canon and Clayface fall for October. Some of the artwork was very good too. But overall the character and imagery kind of felt disjointed and nothing really grabbed my curiousity - except for the last page appearance.

Real character development. Pretty good post-Flag followup. Harley gets a DC-smartmove promotion. If only the art was a bit more refined.

This could've gotten 6.5 but at least the story was clear and coherent if contrived compared to other poser issues that earned a 7 so there's that.

So, the main story can be summed up in the old adage: "It's always in the last place you look."? Finding her lasso was such a weak, and somewhat vague, conclusion. To be honest, I didn't even remember her losing her rope and her demeanor towards Bruce and Kal was uncalled for. Hopefully Artemis or Hera is there next time Diana Prince misplaces her glasses to tell her to look atop her head. j/k. Etta and Cale's new subplots had no good tease. However, the art was nice and the 2 minor stories were satisfying. One, WW single-handedly knocks down Shaggy Man and later she foreplayingly beds down shagging her man.

While the addition of guests was welcome, the absence of any supporting cast made this feel less like the expected serial title it should be. I enjoyed the last artist, so while not bad, this art will take getting used to. And would it kill Marvel to make the story reveal the old witch's name like it would make a diff - or the name of the Dark Magic artifact wielded to give us a better forboding to guess at?

A good read. Interesting twist development on the forgotten character of Warhawk.

Marvel's endless disregard for a classic MU horror character since, at least as far back as, him joining the Thunderbolts continues and is glaring in this allowed canon interpretation and highly disagreeable ending on World of the Man-Things. Blecch.

Fun cover. Likable inside art. Hilarious opening dream sequence. Sexy Jean Raymond intro. Spot on Spoonsdale. Meet the parents - with details. Goatboy facetime. Reunite with Sinn and Macabres. Harely fights in a towel. Cliffhanger teaser. Dini backup for nostalgia buffs. All makes for a solid installment.

Psychedelic Noir. The story was bo-OH-ring. The art was fair tribute to Steranko stylings of Classic Fury. Rating is generous.

I agree with Weird Science - Reggie Hemingway's blurb. Boomerang got particularly fun lines.

Last issue was overwhelmingly dull and dry. Probably intentionally so but it still made consider dropping an otherwise consistently fun title. This issue was a 180 degree turn. This metatextual journey, with fine clean artwork, literally through a comic book was - brilliant! Worthy of comparison to Animal Man #25 finale which was just as brilliant if memory serves.

I thought this was a very enjoyable way to wrap things up. Okay, Aunt May's presence felt too contrived but other than that it deserves a good rating.

Lots of fun scenes and making up to offset the painfully slow series pace.

Too many problematic elements disrupting the logic of the rest of the MU titles in general. Otherwise a strong installment storywise while equally(and ongoing) and uninspiring(and bothersome) Capverse-wise.

It was the enjoyable art continued to keep me on board. The nothing changed "safe" conclusion, of merely memories mashed misadventures, felt like a cop out after 14 issues of build and bucks.

I'm being generous. It was a good Spoiler comic and interesting trope villain for the sake of trope. But there was no Batman and so it was no Detective Comic to be rated comparatively to other issues.

Going to agree with AiPT! - Eric Cline comment blurb. On the plus side, maybe this could be develop into a believable turning point for more satisfying criminal career for Joystick.

I basically liked it.

A really good issue and renewed direction. A vast improvement from 1-6. The art was alright. The ending was a shock (and somewhat senseless). Hardly a 'Spectacular' issue, though. The 2 backups were wasteful save for the updating of Mania a bit.

I agree with Graphic Policy - Brett saying: "doesn't break ground instead delivering a (too) familiar story with a character I'm already worn out by. It's cute though and definitely a comic geared towards Groot fans or the younger set getting into comics. It's one that might work as a digest or graphic novel"

Crazy and convoluted elements galore. Disagreeable handling of the players.

More or less two 10page stories of talking heads - engaging in part but given this run is feels so slow already this issue was trying in that vein. And Tony turning to magic makes me groan without convincing explanation.

The funeral, the Morgan estate, and the car ride were slow parts but the rest of it was quite interesting and it's good to see a Cage title that I find entertaining again that earns it a strong rating mark.

I agree with GWW - Deron Generally's feel for it. Frankenstien Jr. thankfully stepped up too.

Nice art, balanced spotlights on large cast, intriguing setup for Rebirth changes to come. I'm a little lost having not read a TT ish since the premiere so some of the story presumptions is some failing on me.

A one-and-done tale is refreshing! The art was wonderful. It was a thought provoking effort to interpret this Worldview of The Green through Alec. Shades of an A.I. Worldview through Marvel's The Vision but that was 12 issues of mindframe growth and this was noticably squeezed -a bit... inadequately(?)- into 1. In the end how is Swampy's showing any different from a supervillain Batman would forever pledge to hunt down? He killed a man against the Law for his terra-ist beliefs!

Triseult makes some good negative points.

Bats and Orph can't beat Shiva. The bad guy Ra's kills her and gets his way. Batwoman fails and Clayface 'runs away'. Wing and Az are BOTH assigned to bomb detail they can't and don't handle afterall. Not very inspiring for a finale which outweighs the positives that may or may not have been there - like the exciting panel layouts.

I'm surprised by the low average score. Sure, the economic crisis was not interesting so the villain's connection to it was underwhelming but otherwise it was a run, exciting an visually decent mission conclusion. The Atom/Lobo dynamic is impressing me and the Frost cliffhanger is a curious enough too.

The only concerns are: 1. that he is barely rebuilding at this point but other titles present him as an equal rival to Black Cat if not more powerful already. And 2: he is clearly being remade to match his Netflix counterpart which -in principal- is sad that film continues to dictate what has to be in the books instead of the other way around.

This title is slipping. It's a shame this ish was just plain - and this ish had 2 potentially interesting guest stars that didn't really deliver. Kate rationalizing herself into killing dwarves is so wrong. And the cliffhanger was the same as last time only with new fam member. The only thing that made this issue notable was the significant and interesting change to Cecil (that the title character helped her friend with).

Not bad but not special. More exciting to read INTO it, what COULD happen. Clean art is a plus adding Dom to the mix make it more than an average buddy cops-esque TV ep. Nice cover.

Fun challenge-best-avoided issue. Art better than usual. Effectively cliffhanger teaser.

They crossed T's and dotted I's in regards to Cable, Wondy, and the team status all in prep fo Secret Empire - and did it with fine artistic efforts. And left the door open for readers to respond to hints of a Rogue/Deadpool thang as a possibility.

A solid chapter. Things look dire for Rider.

Basically agree with Weird Science - Reggie Hemingway's review blurb.

8.5 in honour of the year, 1985, of CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS. Plus, this was a good ish and it deserves a high mark for the respectful beginnings to return to the better canon of that era.

Agree witht positive in IGN - Blair Marnell's blurb. But it wasn't THAT interesting this time, what with just an inane Murder Level challenge to a generic DD team up of the past to weakly contribute to her character development. Nice enough art.

I felt opposite to Comicosity - Matt Santori Apr 19, 2017 - and DID get to the end of Batman #21 frustrated or feeling incomplete. First of all, besides, the logic of the foot stab, the Batman stalemate with Reverse Flash was very unconvincing as presented. Also, this was all tease for Rebirth revamping with no proper footnoting or prepping readers for a cosmic level story which is extremely atypical/undemanded of happening in this book or 'Tec - except for that grabber cover..

This was just plain average. The timeframe flipping was annoying. Bats and Wondy are so inconsequential in this one.

It was okay. Clearly better as a long term endgame reading. And not knowing the previous incarnations would leave newer readers appreciate it less unto itself. Not really a fan of Spica yet but the rescue adventure aspect and action art was the sell.

More than decent issue. Was thinking of dropping after last one.

I enjoyed the ending. The strong Doc/Wong bond was heartfelt (even if Doc doesn't know what Wong has for breakfast). The colouring was questionable again. The goto puke jokes are getting kinda tired too. And the final fate of Mr.Misery was too confusing - did Doc absorb him for keeps or vomit him down the loo into the rate infested sewer?

Really good on many levels. Needs some refining. Lots more promise if Midnight Angels don't get caught up in the timeline and have some kind of makeover. Maybe the three would work well togetheras part of a team with Manifold - instead of The Crew that can't possibly really have any impact on Ro or Cage or probably even Misty.

Pretty average set up. I'm interested in a return to status quo with Brock so that added points. Spider-man was drawn awfully but the rest was okay. And the tease for next month anniversary looks awesome.

This arc was so much better than the previous basketball one. This was a heartfelt conclusion. There was a STRONG Hulk showing and thought provoking presentation of the gray area around the fair sentence that Phalkan got and justice he deserved. But there were some science and AFSS quibbles.

This was real good. All the (many) flaws intrinsic to the Secret Empire Event get assumed by the story and are the only thing that affect the rating.

It felt like pretty standard resolution. Decent enough hand to hand dialogues but nothing really wow-worthy. Dreamslayer offers possibilities.

First of all, it would be great to see The Creeper join the team. And this issue had generous and even character presentation on the trio. However, the 3 part set up was just good - mostly for the surprise appearances of "Robin" and "Akila" - but overall it just felt average.

It's a holiday today and I 'll be generous but there were a lot of organic logic flaws that had to be No-Prized while reading and really better be explained properly in-story ASAP. That being said, this had some fun moments, exciting pacing, and character advancements.

Boring. I was there for the original tales so this detached retrospective in the form of a time travel travelogue of Logan's canon was nothing special.

I would probably give this as high as 8.5 but this back and forth rotating issue storylines continues to be disgusting and insulting practice and it must be protested some way.

I'll agree with Superior fan & Elion here. Dracula in heart shaped underpants - hardly worth getting into it on a blasé day like today.

i am disapointed with how they are writting her in this run, too. The archived 4chan review thread hits all my problems with this installment.

8 pages with flashback reprinted panels and 2 pages of hallucination sequence leaves only 1/2 book to rate. Lame Get beaten 'til an inch of your life gameplan and a dreary color scheme, too, and still it scores 7.25 rounded up which is a compliment.

7.25 rounded down. Nice family stress resolution but not much meat to the book save the last page.

Too many nitpicks to list. You'd think human-trafficking and alien-contagion crises and a bunch of guest star heroes would have been more compelling.

Her biological "starstuff" origins exposition came across as "janky". Plus any clarity why this shapeshifter mystery mission should be compelling still eludes me. On the plus side, pleasant art, TAI cameo, Puck and "Squatch" get facetime.

Really enjoyed the read. Hilarious Spider-Gerry reveal and hijinks. Sorry the book ends.

Didn't like: 1. BC getting away (but maybe that was the point with her luck power showing); 2. 2. Logan getting called in for stabbing threw guys; 3. Melter melting THAT crowbar; Silver Bandit and Javelyn were still at the top of their game despite age and retirement. Otherwise, I really liked the entertainment value and look forward to see how it ends.

For such praise from the Critic Reviewers their ratings didn't reflect that and rightfully so. Ironman-Doom's story path of redemption has been... unconvincing and the inconsistent pacing has been unpalatable. Still, this chapter was better than earlier ones and better than some of Marvel's big releases this week.

Slooow start. Low key. Depressing protagonist. Contrived chronology! >:( If not for the good art and the fact that I am very familiar with the character already it definitely would have got a much lower rating.

The art and cover choice dropped just SOMEWHAT compared to last ish and Boomer's involvement with Hack's murder got a bit muddled. HOWEVER, the compelling story and twists more than made up for it to keep the same rating! Now, I CANNOT wait 'til next issue!!!!!

Interesting to see how the batbrood will fly again. Impressive takeover by Shiva. Multiple ynamic "duo" spotlights. Welcome last page surprise.

Pretty good for an all-talk issue. Definite cerebral drama. Much more organic aftermath issue compared to EXM this week. Hopefully next ish footnotes if Storm is before or after IvX here.

Painfully slow. Pleasantly simple. Problematically Hulk-free for 4 issues. Positively frustrated with potential-free take on Jen. Possibly things will get better with next ish and the inevitable gammamorphisis, fingers crossed.

Terrible drop in art. Uninspired choreography of events. But there is so much solid content to this still. This book is still foremost title in shaping the new MU.

It was not that compelling for a premiere.

Lots of content BUT just couldn't get into it. Liked the art.

This banked a lot on readers having a familiarity with Wildstorm before for throwing so much amalgamom of what once was in a universe before DC to what is here in a new universe with DC. Fortunately, I was a reader back then and probably appreciated this more than I would have if this was all newly introduced characters.

Loved the cover. Liked the inking collaboration - makes JRJR look good again. Great surprise traitor reveal. Interesting to see where SS goes from here. Is The Wall really dead? Is Boomer really Boomer? Props to Croc for dark comedy. The backup story genuinely felt like a bonus full story after the satisfaction from the lead. Hack, Rustam, and Harcourt add a freshness to the 'mandated' movie character line-up. Would've given it 8.75.

Overlooking the inevitable cliché of a key cast member (the only 1 of 2 really) is revealed as a superhuman and yet another fully functioning disembodied head that can jibber jabber away - this was a good read. This has been a fun series so far. Quill probably needs more spotlight rationalizing how a Guardian of the Galaxy hero for good can bend/break Earth law without guilty conscience.

Nothing worth typing about beyond AiPT! - Eric Cline's review: "It's not a bad issue, but it's far from a great one." Although hints of Doorman's role in the cosmic scheme may someday go somewhere.

Lots of flash - in a good way. The Challenge of the Gods is still bewildering bothersome bamboozlement. Not sure what to expect of Loki's endgame now that he's not the spotlight protagonist with organic development that was previously so appreciated. Overall a good installment and hopefully this Shi'ar/Asgardian War plays out well, with wise payoff around the mystery of Mjolnir.

Embarrasing. Insulting. Disturbing. And hardly a "Gwenpool" and/or "Special". [If anyone pushes this as a 616 book feel free to push down the rating too.]

Torn between ratings of GearWERKZ - Agasicles Stamas and AiPT! - David Brooke. I'd prefer an 8.75 mark but I feel generous as it was one of the better books compared to others this week.

Average all around. Some politics vs metas potential. A second issue should have more pop.

There's some merits to the negatives reviewed here so far but for some reason this installment tickled my fancy more than the lead up. Still not gaga about the art like everyone seems to be but it was not bad this ish. Although, the depths to which Carol has sunk is as sad as these stylized poser covers are boring.

Monsters Unleashed is terrible. This is mediocre by the inevitable comparison. Too bad more of Wade's jokes were passable and Spidey never got in a memorable zinger.

This inevitable 1st meeting between Gwenpool was well worth the year long wait. It was lots of fun. "I don't read Deadpool" and "They think you're Gwen Stacy" were both hilarious lines.

Immediate emotional digust rating.

Swampy sacrilege. No indication that this might not be 616 so no leeway given. Might've gotten a bit higher if marketed as an alt-reality vanity project. No cover pic yet? img20.imagevenue.com/loc471/th_051210405_manthing_122_471lo.jpg

Nothing bad to say other than a plain average adventure against Warhead that probably only deserved to be a one and not 2 issues.

This parallel lives story pitch has been done before and will be done again; this version was fine but the fact that a character is retconned to suit a story instead of the mythos is a negative. Also, Batman's love for his mother has always been fair and true but this presentation level of his dead mama's boy obsession felt awkwardly inappropriate and unlikely. Otherwise a riveting tale with great art.

The cover is stupid. The prologue of the Future makes no sense and generates no interest. The Vampire interlude is just dragging that subplot along and Harley Sinn makes a cameo in a contest to steal Joker's Daughter's low Q-rating. But other than that - the bulk of this talkabout Zorcrom has with Harley was a lot of fun. The art was vibrant and the pages of dialogue Harley has to distract Zorcrom was hilarious and inspired. Atlee and Power Girl small parts were added bonus.

The implication and anticipation of where Elektra could go was better than this average superheroine premiere. This would have been better as a TV series episode -but then again, maybe not the premiere.

A break in the battle gives many pages of prep and planning but also a lull to allow all the players to go through the motions of getting in their own momentary dialogue balloon. Mightor and Gleep got good facetime and it was good to see SG recovered.

Big stuff with Waller. Stronger art effort like old days of JRJr. Decent clash of teams.

Fury and his LMD Commandos ended up not much more than a flash in the pan. Tilda put the con in convincing readers of her reform. Red Wolf was a dud this time. Nighthawk stole the spotlight from Hawkeye - and walks away?

Nothing really new from CC #5 other than 20 pages of Miles and Ben and Ock getting away after sharing a few punches.

I am not getting this new team at all. Not a truly good issue yet. Script and images, here, didn't wow me from Nova having to uber the team from the East Coast to the Freelancers intro/origin basically cut short by the story suddenly ending.

Nothing other than a banter filled cat and mouse chase - where Kraven and Rocket take turns being the cat. The art style was too messy to tell this kind of story - it should be more goofy than gritty pencils given the over the top Lonney Tunes violence. Rocket got in got in a few decent lines and Kraven accurately critiqued the "Murdered You!" catch phrase. It was good to see the Kra-Van reused. The cover was perfect and Rocket's ongoing dismay at Kraven's relentlessness was comical. A little better art and a little more reprecussions of anvils on people's head would have resulted in a little higher rating.

Loved this issue. Jess' superheroics made it cheerworthy. Porcupine and Hobgoblin and Captain Marvel made it entertaining.

Bane captured his 4 prisoners too easy. Psycho Pirate procedure to cure Gotham Girl is to inelegant. Superman would never hold people against their wills. Story pitch still has potential and the art is still marvelous.

Pepper and/or Riri should have been killed a dozen times over. They're not THAT good. This glaring unlikelihood really tainted the otherwise decent chapter. And are all Stark's spare armors loaded with one/off A.I. consciousness now - this seems unlikely too given their matter of fact presence in he current state of affairs w/A.I. in the MU. Very nice art, though.

Fun. Solid. Dynamic.

The cover tells the story. It ends up the feelgood story no one should be able to fault. Nice predictable scene with Alfred but appropriately fitting anyways. It was a real inspiring detail to include in the story that Bizarro knew the truth about Croc too.

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The gist of Nat owning the rugrats was clear but not so much the visual choreography of the issue long battle was not so clear. The duo-colour is understandable but got drab with the unclear movement between panels. This ish would probably translate better to screen. The cover is akin to cheap namedropping as none of those icons appear.

Last issue got a 7.5 so this one gets an 8.0 'cuz it was that much better - even though this issue's poser cover was that equally that much worse than last issue's cover, which was technically the formation of this new team of Protectors..

Good stuff except for the fact it's set in the past - again.

It was that good!

All the players finally come together with excitement and not so friendly fire cliffhanger. Blip and Bandit sharing a scene brought a smile. SG giving Race his gauntlet did too.

=cute one-shot story --Agreed! With fun and funny. =but at the end you can tell the art got better --Still a consistently clean and pleasant visuals overall. =Cute story --Excellent story. Unexpected guest star bonus. You can feel the awesome Buffy series throughout. =hope the next arc --Arcade is on the cover so it should be! It will be a shame if this ish is an open ending.

Totally agree with AiPT! - David Brooke that this was a well done "table setting issue".

Graphic Policy - Joe Ryan says, "I know that lot of this story hinges on the ending delivering." But TOO much hinges on it for a year of issues. Even the best ending and bow wrapping might not be enough if one can't appreciate the seeming tweaking of MK's canon each month with this surreal reality zig zagging. Torn between a 7 and 7.5 and the current high average of 9.5 swayed my rating.

Some of the POV narration was palatable -more of that please- but overall the story so far has been too pedestrian. The bullseye vision F/X has lots of potential.

Retro, fun, and action-packed read. Cosmo here and Gamora next makes it better. Art details could use a bit of work.

A strong ending to a weak arc.

Should've been a better big battle but the book ends on a high note with several story seeds worth sewing. They could've played up Victoria Montesi's spellcasting more than Jubulile Who's easy pawning of an Elder God. It probably will read best as a Horror Comic TPB.

Nice cover. This conclusion was just "good enough" and the art was better than that. Doc beat Dormammu, not once, but twice with a little too much deus ex magica. And poor Wong is really getting raked over the coals in this run. Zelma's "Captain Cornea" line and Plan B were hilarious.

I had dropped this title at beginning of this run and lost track of everything Flash. Gave it another try with the cover tease. Unfair cover tease. But as Derek McNeil critiqued: "The return of the Rogues does a lot to make the book feel like the classic comics." So, even though it was just an... average story told it was fun enough to put Flash back on my radar.

That cover? That kicking ass? That kiss? That cliffhanger? All great comic book storytelling.

The blurb by :We Got This Covered - Christian Bone: covers the reason for this rating as good as anything. Some continuity/canon concerns - but: whatever. Didn't like Shang Chi being matter of factly comfortable with karaoke. If AFSS don't make an appearance next ish then the alien threat will be lose some marks considering the prologue here.

Satisfying art. Solid conclusion. Deluge was a good arc. Odd that Arthur doesn't know Black Manta's ID - must be a pointless post-Convergence retcon.

I am leary how much permanent status quo change they can do with The Joker but thinks still looked grim for him at the end. Ironically, Harley was The Bad and Joker The Good, in contradiction to the title page. The vampire subplot was pretty much ugly - distraction from the main interaction that everyone probably wanted 20 pages of. The 3 pages of Joker's 'dream life' felt a bit of a gratuitours spacewaste as it could have been done in 1 page. On the plus side, Red Tool continues to grow on me and that Joker/Bathydrant variant cover is hilarious.

Unsatisfying. Hard to rate. Things are happening that make a for a significant issue but the art was not pleasing. It's great to finally get something to gnosh on about The Unseen but almost everything about this designed scenario for a house call to the moon was wanting. The cover was fun and it's important to have Buck/Nat interaction every so often but no mention of Thunderbolts or Man on the Wall was just added frustration.

I never got into Multiversity for various reasons. For that reason, this arc is interesting to see the Earths that, that established into canon and confirmation that our world's current Superman is now aware of this expanded reality. Plus, the combined art efforts worked well. Unfortunately, the introduction to interaction of all the Superman was at too rushed a pace to be that engaging or entertaining. Plus, we don't get any update on poor Captain Carrot (as promised by the cover). :(

Changing the symboites to a race of benevolent Klyntar was a terrible revamp and unnecessary retcon and has tainted all stories Venom since then, IMO. Flash should consider himself lucky to be free of all connection to the mess. Better if Venom had stayed born a wild entity that had developed a moral compass from human hosts and then this story would have worked much better. Plus at this point Black Cat should BE the Kingpin of Crime to dethrone and NOT still on a quest to gain the title.

So much comicbook fight winning goodness with Flash, Harley, Cyborg, and Batman. All awesome art too. And then there's the Eclipso tease!

Nothing bad but not much worth talking about. A quarter of the book is an alt-DND game that lasts a bit too long. Then Kamala discovers she has an online stalker. Then she runs around making a false accusation and punching a car until she learns her stalker knows she knows she has a stalker. Seems like an underwhelming decompressed set up to make it last for 4 parts.

Wow. That dropped from a great premiere to straight up mediocre. I'm not a big fan of Miles since SW but I gots to feel sorry he got guest star treatment of losing to the title protagonist like that. Even if he wasn't in battle mood, Rocket owned him. The rest of the lost in a big cithy routine was fine/fun in #1 but gets tired fast for 20 pages here.

What a waste of a perfectly good cover image. The story was an exciting read anyways. Merlyn got away a bit too easy for that sequence of escape but obviously possible I suppose. Kiniry was a fun role that played out.

Nice art. Acceptable developments after the questionable start. If this is pairing off an SS and a JL member against each Max Squadder it could/should be interesting. "Crazy" last sentence.

It was taking down 15 Batman Rogues with namedropping ease, in ONE NIGHT, that really ruined the issue. Batman failng moral fortitude, while understandable and plausible, this was not an impulsive decision by Batman - it went on all night. Plus, he strongly had to believe that she was lying, intentionally deceitful, about her reported 237 kills which cannot be that endearing to him. Good art and character atmosphere, though.

Too contrived to enjoy. No rhyme or reason or good quips to enjoy. Agent Mary was the most interesting character of the bunch.

Wow! What turn around! only gave it 6.5 last time and it easily deserved at least an 8.5. Moreso for the Rider developments and character moments but Sam was noticeably less dorkish than in the terrible premiere. Liked his scenes with Rich and Eva. And there was the fun of Cosmo!

I want to give it a higher rating 'cuz Nadia is so darn likable here. Ms. and Mock had some fun panels too. However, the art was only average and the adventure itself, which was a big chunk of the story, had many disagreeable flaws associated with it's telling. Her origin recap was reader friendly but much of her immigration process was arguably suspect.

A little too preachy. A little chincy on Sam content. A little team-up, decent and different enough, that fits organically in the current storyline.

The homage was great and so was Harley and Superman's characterization but the fact that it's canon is bothersome for too many incongruent reasons/elements in the story.

Going to agree with senitments of Kaboooooms - Matt Morrison and Henchman-4-Hires - Sean Ian Mills.

Cons: Depressing and decompressing. Pros: Doom POV and SW reveal.

Clever script bits. Strong art efforts. Flarking friendly furry (when you're not hating the guy) It even almost makes the weak "GROUNDED" concept bearable.

Lots of fun. Two great guest stars in Drew and Damien. Perfect villain choice written well with a Sweet Christmas surpise appearance from you know who!

Nice one shot for Misty Knight! But since it's a Sam Wilson book and he's leaving the shield around like it's purpose is propping up a wall it gets a lower rating.

Mediocre. Okay art but I hope they don't retcon out her styling her green leotards 'til the time she crossed path with Quill. They should have gotten someone more interesting than Klax Who as the first foil.

Origin details, fine layouts, the story enhancing evil of original Jackal, Ben is more interesting than all those other wannabe copies (Lady Thor, Cpt Samerica, NINO, Chulk, Tyke, Spider-miles, etc). More new content would have got it higher rate.

AiPT! - David Brooke's blurb nails the positives of this ish. Except it doesn't pay props to this wicked interpretation/development with The Orb after Original Sin. Doc is a little too punchy though.

Just a Avengers Solo type filler type adventure. Not bad. What is bad is the series title! Make it a 4 issue mini and relaunch with better name than OCCUPY!

We get more exposition on the guest characters than we to the premiere's star. Fortunately, all their guests were interesting and entertaining MU characters to include. Still, the "GROUNDED" premise borders on ludicrous. But, the Quill charm is still there and goes a long way. In this instance it's going all the way to jail?! Count me in for the next installment.

Wow. I just skimmed it and that impressed me. After dropping it early in last run cuz it was too tumblr-esque, I just had to see how Rebirth affected it and why Huntress was there. The art was so good and the flip read and shock ending has me planning on giving next ish the full try. Weird Science - Eric Shea's rating seems fair after just a skim try so it should go up next time!

Henchman-4-Hire's Sean Ian Mills called it. I'd have to re-read this at least 2-3 more times to make sense of some of the messiness. But not so motivated ATM.

Nothing bad but nothing worth talking about. Oh sure, there was L'Call's so so origin.

All flash and no substance AGAIN. Nothing substansive on the vampire nation after all said and done. If not for Orrgo they's ALL be dead - and all he gets is 1 page! Argh. Sketcy artstyle looks really lazy in too many panels for that price. Cerebra can 'port to the sun? Ridiculous.

Loved the art, action and the chaos-for-chaos-sake showing for Goblin Queen. Young Hank is now officially as dumb and Marvel mishandled as Old Beast for being forced by Pickles-less plot-device down this "hair raising" path.

The problem with this story is that Doreen and Mew are like unto tailed gods compared to all the other iconic heroes turned fumblebutts that fail miserably at defeating Taskmaster this issue. The "unique" art is near unbearable if not for the otherwise fun Mew spotlight story. And did they get lazy without including our addictive dose of comical margin blurbs?! The page space devoted to Mew's dreams was a bit of overdose. Plus, the intended ridiculousness of the big battle just shouts this can NOT be 616 reality even though Marvel seems to insist that it is.

This issue was much better than last issue. It was enjoyable for all the positive elements AiPT! - David Brooke lists in his review. Black Canary is a plus too. But not as thrilled with it as him or the last run as of yet.

GOOD STUFF! This had almost everything but the kitchen sink. The same quality protagonist introspective of last issue but this time with action, characters, colours, movie homage, that new derby rule, SS Easter Egg, decent cleavage, pizza with Gino, only 1 killing, and of course Joker. I considered a 9.0 but the announcement that next issue is an interlude ish instead of the cliffhanger clown conclusion was a real disgusting TURN OFF!

My patience with the patience for this book was wearing thin with the INSANITY of the this arc. The opening arc originally showed a lot of promise with how Marvel chose to relaunch MOON KNIGHT. I found this to be a horrible transition from the opening arc, more of an EPIC ILLUSTRATED filler. But, with a MUCH better art effort, this integration of self-awareness had a semblance of coherency and good setup to finally set out to give KHONSHU some payback.

Very disappointing. Sam is backpedalling to be just a dork again? Rich is - who can tell with this showing? Ego is a pogonophile?! Bah humbug! Who'da thunk imminent drowning would be an underwhelming cliffhanger?

Typical Deadpool fun if you don't think about the canon illogic, the Looney Tunes gunplay and most improtantly the deeply disturbing furnace scene. Bonus, if you're good with the umpteenth time shattering return of Stryfe.

Don't judge a book by this cover which was a terrible choice. Inside this was a fantastic character piece introspective with fantastic literally moving art with the simple story pitch of Batman punching his way across the way to face Bane. A big plus is that Batman will likely debunk the 237 murders that suddenly became apart of Catwoman's killcount.

This was a so much better a start than the premiere. The art is wonderful. The storyline quest to claim this 'alien Mjolnir' sounds promising but then so did the God Butcher run which ended up a mess. And Odinson's long undeserved absence has definitely left a taint to overcome. This was a solid chapter, Bill was a great guest star, and the last page surprise appearance a must see teaser.

And that rating is just for a few really good zingers in that babblefest. That an Itsy Bitsy is a colorful villainess with potential even after her inane way of asking for a team-up here. Otherwise Deadpool was only fun for a few panels and Spidey associating with him on buds level is purely painful pandering. Plus the art was better than DK III.

I either wasn't in a reading mood or it was all a turn off all around. Either way that's the 5.

All flash and no substance. 6.5 instead of 6.0 because it involves the return of Jubirella and MU vampire nation ANAD status quo.

Try as I might, I can't get past the "deaging" of Raven, Gar, and Kori. Robin at 13 years old is much more palatable than 10 years old he began his career at. The necessity to read the one-shot special first just detracts from getting into this - and I know 'cuz I didn't see how Damian captured them all. Not a big fan of Goliath as a permanent sidekick in Gotham City. However, in terms of the premiere/formation of a super team this was fine. Damian added all the personality and Ra's is an A-List arch-enemy to start things off. I was tempted to mark it 7.5 but I'm not that tempted to go out of my way to get #2.

The story idea has been done before - some better, most worse - this premiere falls in the middle. Altering the timeline and the Butterfly effect has been a sore spot more often than not so it will be interesting to see how things play out this "time".

I generally agree with all the positivity of the Critic reviews so far, Konrad, Sean, Eammon, Jesse, Patrick, Reggie, and Elena. And if I were more in the mood for 20 pages of only downtime dialoguing at my sitdown read, the rating would probably be higher. A proper cheesecake bikini shot would have been fitting too. Resolving the on again off again Ivy/Harley lovefest was very respectful character development given them. The Joker flashback was alright too.

Almost anything would better than the Guardians of the Galaxy direction and this certainly was. However, this is not going to last long as a series, it's more suited to a running plotline in a Spider-title. Besides we already got somewhat similar with the Carnage book. It was a solid premiere and Lee might eventually prove to be an interesting host but there are too many reasons, given canon and Q-ratings, that this symbiosis should last more than a mini/maxi series.

237?! THAT many?! Really?! Characterization this issue -debatable- to be sure but that killcount sounds plain wrong and makes Bat's deep forlorned love for her insulting. And when did Bane start sounding like a favor granting Brando in The Godfather? Loved the art and otherwise the story was pretty good - assuming Bats will reveal he really hasn't been such a putz all along.

... a bit exposition-y ... fantastic, character-centric ... T'Challa is an effective and cerebral yet conflicted hero ... they require introspective meditation work just to understand what you just read ... heavy narrative themes ... Shuri is back ...

Standard adventure - but underwhelming wrap up development, sonic scream logic, rushed art shortcuts.

Jonathan Crean and Chris Hassan review bytes seem to have the positives generally right though the ratings overly generous. The backup story just reinforces my objection to having Sunspot rejoin the true Avengers after that disturbing assassination plot authorized by his A.I.M.

Pleasant chapter. But are you still among the 8 smartest people on Earth if you make out with a Synthezoid?

It's a strong title and the developments here don't take away from that. It could have used a WOW moment for this chapter.

McGee brings interest and Reader brings intrigue. They manage to deliver a servicable installment by themselves. Including a higher profile Royal Family member might have landed a proportionately higher rating. Quiet Room as the Mos Eisley of the MU is still unconvincing. Cover would make a great wall poster.

Lots of this was excellent. I was tempted to give it a 9. Why is Satana blonde?

This conclusion of THE LAST RONIN arc was much better than the path/chapters getting here. Unclarified details with the kid's power and the non/existence of the OML original timeline remain offputting.

Better at a glance but after you digest it there are too many WHY WHAT WHERE & HOW's that would not get a pass for any second issue into any lower profile title.

Some standard Bendis dialogue and overdue characterizing facetime for the supporting cast but other wise a very empty issue with a darned mandatory crossover in the cloying current Event. Plus, the disgusting pointless and misleading cover did not help any.

Hello class. I'm professor Nenet, here to teach you what happens when you mix magic with a time machine tweaked by Reed Richards. Now read 20 pages carefully and no yawning.

I didn't care for the art or colors, the unclear way she defeated those thugs, the absence of origin of the title's name, the presentation of the sudden renewal with her mom, and the confounding significance of that backup story. The fact that Bats was thrown into the mix and the overall mystery still has me curious enough to try the second issue.

I tend to agree with AiPT! - Tyler Sewell at the moment for this ish but gets .5 more since Mother Panic doesn't get a better rating.

Detective Comics should be about Batman the world's greatest detective more than about a superteam. DC should switch this with the Batman titles ASAP. But as for a blossoming superteam adventure, this was pretty good all round.

REDACTED.

On principle, I can't give this a higher grade ONLY but SINCERELY because it is a completely unnecessary retcon. Not only of the Kooky Quartet but of Wasp and Frightful Four to boot.

Spectacular art. Not a fan, at all, of Spider-Gwen having easy access to this reality but since she does exist that was a decent twist to add in. I am not fond of the CEO direction all along and there's fear that the resolution of this will be "Clone Saga" bad - but as of now the set up and story was good stuff.

Another Muse chapter that earns double the rating mark of all previous wanting arcs of this volume. ~Formerly Tony Stark Dupe

Cute cover. Clean art. Keen aliens. Cool ending. ~previously Tony Stark Dupe

Comic book fun in itself as the intro of WW to America. It would have gotten a higher rating if not for the ridiculous and insulting necessity of forcing another reimagined/retweaked retcon origin on lifelong readers like me.