Andrea Milana is doing a good job mimicking Tom Reilly‘s style, but his close-ups are often quite rough and sketchy. There’s some Manga influence especially with the women’s faces, which I’m not particularly fond of. Anyway, all in all, it’s a good issue. I enjoyed the Paris scene very much. It’s the calmer scenes and character work that distinguishes this G.I. Joe title from Larry Hama‘s version, which is all action and no character development. more

Although I’m not a fan of Romita Jr.’s style, I admit that he’s a good storyteller. Solid issue, but will this title hold my attention without Pepe Larraz’s magic? I doubt it.

Most of the issue would be a solid 6 for me, nothing special. However, Killerwatt's dilemma at the end is so interesting, I had to give the book an extra point. For some reason he's a new favourite character of mine, and I love the fact that he seems to become the heart of this team.

This wasn't a bad issue. The art is not great, but anything's better than Stegman and Diaz's crude figures. I hate that they wasted so many large panels on trivial discussions, but the intrigue itself is quite good. Actually, this is the first time I find this book remotely interesting.

The desecration continues. Who at Marvel thought this was a great idea?

The experiment of Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzig writing comic books needs to come to an end. There is no rhyme or reason to this nor is there any demand for it. This isn't fun and it doesn't help to endear Kamala Khan to a fan base that already hates the idea of her being a mutant. This celebrates nothing. Save your money and time.

Adam Kubert and Sara Pichelli make Giant-Size X-Men 1 look good, but make no mistake: this issue continues the ongoing desecration of the corpse that once was one of the most beloved, inspiring and exciting comic franchises of our times.

In part 1 we learn why Kamala Khan - a character nobody asked to be turned into a mutant in the first place - is the best, most intelligent and most important mutant of them all. In part 2 we learn that Prof. Xavier, a white cis male, has always been scum - by adding a new character and origin to the story of the original Giant-Size X-Men.

I doubt that any of this is what X-Men fans wanted.

The fact that Marvel is going for that crap is interesting though. I can't help but wonder what they are trying to achieve with all these retcons and subversions. Do they want to change X-Men continuity for good by inserting Ms.Marvel into everything? Or is this just a self-contained story and everything will be as it always was after it's wrapped up? In which case I'd ask myself why I should care about these one-shots at all?

Whether it's one or the other, Giant-Size X-Men 1 (2025) is disrespectful to the original and tries to further shove a character down our throat that has failed to stand on her own and that for some reason has now become the vehicle for Marvel's political agenda. And this, perhaps, is the answer to the mystery why we get comics like "Giant-Turd X-Men". more

Resurrecting Madelyne Pryor was one of Marvel's worst decisions of the last few decades. It completely eradicated the impact of Inferno and gave us a Goblin Queen without sense or purpose. For this reason alone, the story doesn't work. And then there's the art, which is not the worst I've ever seen, but also not great.

Being a gay man, this should speak to me. It doesn’t, because it looks like crap and reeks of indoctrination. Really, I’m expected to buy this poorly assembled bullshit just because I’m homosexual? It may come as a surprise to you, Marvel, but your actual gay and lesbian readers, like any other reader, just want to read a great comic, but you’re not giving us great comics anymore.

Ashley Arden’s change of mind was a bit too sudden, considering she had worked on her batshit crazy plan for such a long time. Anyway, Tariq returning to the children he rescued made up for it. Art is perfect as usual.

The action works much better here than in last issue and Carmen Carnero’s art really shines. However, the mindscape scenes are not so great. Emma’s self-gratuitous monologues are so tiresome at this point and Federica Mancin’s art is, well… let’s just say, most of these new artists, unlike Carnero, have never learned proper anatomy.

The result is an uneven book that I half enjoyed, half hated. more

The showdown with Liminal felt anticlimactic and rushed.

Nothing’s wrong with this book, but I’m not excited about it either.

Everyone’s raving about this series. I don’t see it. There’s nothing wrong with the writing, but the art is very rough and shoddy. I think characters like the Transformers need to be drawn with more technical finesse.

Waaaayyyy to mid to be charging this much, I was fully expecting a mind blowing first issue and I’m pretty disappointed, hulk does something cool and there a cool assassin, but that’s about it…
Art is mid, and the writing is mid, they repeated the same thing in at least five pages I seriously stopped reading and started skimming

I'm not a huge fan of Marvel's cosmic books. They usually consist of brightly colored weirdos floating in space, talking. So why am I reading this? I guessI I wanted to know what happens to Professor X, but he's not even in this issue.

Hickman, as usual, is doing a good job. The art is technically good too, but not my cup of tea. I would have preferred a more realistic, less funny style for this book. It would have served the darker moments in the story much better.

As a result, Imperial 1 is a mixed bag for me - well written, mildly entertaining, but drawn in an art style that I don't really like. more

The story turned out to be more trivial than I had hoped, but the art, man... Pepe Larraz is just fantastic! Unfortunately, next issue JRJR is taking over, which probably means I'm done with this book.

Larraz is amazing and the MVP here. Otherwise, this was really fine. Nothing groundbreaking, but enjoyable read.

Finally an issue of Storm that I enjoyed. The heavy use of over-sized panels is still a problem, but much less so than in previous issues. Somehow Ayodele and Werneck manage to give us much more story content this time - and the story itself is intriguing, interesting, spiritual, even funny at times (She-Hulk is awesome!). I love all the mythology and cosmic shenanigans in this book. And Storm's personality really shines through.

The art still looks a bit formulaic here and there, especially when Werneck uses digital tools as in Storms hair. There's no excuse for this, it just looks cheap. His figures and faces are often excellent though.

All in all, it's so unusual for a Marvel book to give us something that fresh and out there, and I'm glad it's finally working for me. more

A fight between the X-Men and any group that Cassandra Nova is part of should feel grand and important, not like an episode of the Muppet Show.