Power Girl is an incredible character and I've loved her since All-Star Comics #63. I loved her in Showcase. I loved her in Infinity Inc. I loved her in Crisis, Warlord, Justice League Europe, Justice Society, Infinite Crisis, JSA Classified, and of course Power Girl v1 & v2. And then there's v3 by Leah Williams and... it was truly horrible. The covers were great, but "Paige" was a complete mistake (and that it was cancelled is testament to that).

North does it again - he continues to ignore proper characterization and history. History first: North says that the cosmic rays that powered the 4 ONLY happened once. I'm guessing he never read FF #13, #197, #310, Hulk #254, etc. Ben absorbs the majority of cosmic rays? Reread any of the issues I just mentioned - there are LOTS of cosmic rays, it's just not possible. And at the ending of this issue - again, North must never have read What If v1 #36 where the powerless foursome still became heroes. Characterization: Johnny - is not that much of a goofball (and really needs to lose the asinine moustache). Despite being one of the fastest and most agile fliers in the MU, he needs Sue to save him (because she is somehow faster?). Reed - Yes he's super smart but after a decade+ (MU time) of dealing with (as North writes them) dim Ben and idiot Johnny, you'd think Reed wouldn't be such a sesquipedalianistic grandiloquentish vocabularian who incessantly speaks logophilisticstically. (see, I can write like North too). Yet, despite being so smart he can't figure out a way to restore Ben's powers (via actual power or exo-suit (see FF #170)). Sue - She may as well be a Green Lantern now. A flyswatter? Are boxing glove arrows next? Ben - like last issue, Ben is a weak-willed fool here. He's gone from wanting to give himself the equivalent of a lobotamy to insisting he become the Thing again. He's all over the place (and in therapy?). Hey North, go read FF #25, 26 and Marvcek Two-in-One Annual #7 and see how Ben has THE sgtrongest will power in the MU. Devos the Devaster - Nice impression of King Kong climbing the Empire State Building despite being able to fly (LOL). Artwise, it's barely okay. The pencils might be decent, but the inking is atrocious. One last thing for whomever edits this mess, if you're going to cite a back issue to explain how the FF lose thier powers when traveling the multiverse (whish I am SO tired of), it helps to state more than "Marvel Two-in-One" (which has over 100 issues). For those that would like to know it was M2i1 v2 #3.

North completely missed who the Thing/Ben Grimm is. The Marvel character with the greatest will power of them all (even Cap) is reduced to a babbling cry baby. He loses his power and instead of dealing with it or using multiple ways of becoming the Thing again, either by rocket, exo-skeleton, etc., he'd rather alter his mind into being a simp (that somehow only Alicia detects). That is NOT Ben Grimm. And speaking of Alicia, even she could have seen the trope mugging scene coming. The one saving grace this issue has is that North doesn't bore us with another multi-page science lesson.

Doc Doom doesn't need to be smart when North writes... OWUD #1 - let's make the Avengers dumb as a rock OWUD #2 - let's make the FF dumb as a rock OWUD #3 - let's make the Avengers dumb as a rock (again) Also dumb, is Dino Doom. I hated it when it was introduced and it makes even less sense now (knowing any iteration of Doom will eventually claim to be the ultimate Doom). "You big nerd."? Since when does Wanda talk like that? Junk like that just pulls one out of the story. I get the point that the Avengers recruited villians that are schemers - but they didn't scheme. Every move was an Avengers call. And what's the point of this Arcade - all he did was shoot a gun that anyone could have done. Thor (utterly out of character) threatens to decapitate Arcade's head and a couple pages later Iron Man says the Avengers don't kill. Did North and the editor read this stuff before printing? They want to figure out why world leaders agreed to let Doom rule (as if we didn't already know) - did anyone think to just ask the leaders instead of this waste of an issue? And if you want telepathy, why use magic users instead of calling in Moondragon or one of the hundreds of muties that have that ability? At least the art is decent most of the time. Lastly, how stupid has Stephen Strange been for all these decades to not do 1/100th of what Doom is doing now?

I love these characters so much but this is not a comic for fans of them to buy (unless you collect Terry Dodson covers (which is his typical beautiful)). Inside, there's alcohol, sex, breasts, Black Lives Matter and other mature ideas, but the art is so Young Adult that it just doesn't work. Backgrounds hardly exist and when they do they look like colorform stickers - no depth. The story is pedestrian. Establish that the two switched powers, fill in with boring hair salon pages, a night out with some guest stars, and a Freaky Friday ending. As far as story goes for Bea and Tora, it's only a few pages. Then there's the jokes, or what were supposed to be jokes, they all fall flat. But worse of all, is this Honey charater, who 'persuades' people against their will and the 'heroes' just let her.

I've been loving this mini. King hits all the right notes with this mother/daughter relationship (which has rarely been explored in the past). We still don't know exactly "why" Dinah is even in this fight and that last page clue doesn't help matters. I haven't watched a 'fight' since the Ali days so I give a pass to the announcers dialogue which sounds stilted to me but could be how they talk today. Ryan Sook is fantastic and beautiful and gruesome all at the same time. With this mini, the stink (by association) from the Bendis Legion-thing is forgiven.