Crossover #4

Crossover #4 features its heroes pulling off a daring heist, as well as several surprising connections to another of its creative team's endeavors, including the use of the Paybacks. Given the ending of this issue, as well as its "post-credits" scene, the series is about to kick into another gear. And I can't wait to see what happens on the journey to the Crossover site, as well as the potential appearance of other comic characters. Read Full Review

Geoff Shaw is a master of breaking the panel styles into textures that feel like overlapped layers of a comic book collage. Dee Cunniffe's colors offer layers of pixelation and filters that create the timeless appeal of characters from different worlds sharing a canvas of soft swirling colors and stark contrasts. John J. Hill's letters create a distinctive voice for every character and the narrator most of all. Read Full Review

Crossover #4 is a great book. It does a lot of world-building but keeps things exciting, and the end just keeps throwing more and more at the reader. Cates, Shaw, and the rest are doing a marvelous job of making this feel like a giant crossover between the comic universes, even though that would be so very illegal (Disney is known for being very litigious). Everything about Crossover is amazing, and this book keeps showing readers why that is. Read Full Review

Whew! A lot to go over. Crossover not only has a stunning plot that is worthy of any comic book reader's attention but also a precise and coordinated composition of many talents in order to best portray the colliding of two different realities. The goal is to immerse the reader into this event and how it would truly affect normal, everyday people. Every new issue will be a new recommendation from me for this series because of the bold proposition delivered with awesome execution. Read Full Review

Shaw continues to deliver some awesome visuals throughout and there are some great character and plot moments that the art teases at but lets the reader imagine. Read Full Review

Both add to the overall story while helping the uninitiated become acquainted with the next crossover element. It comes from Cates previous work, and while he alluded to it last July, I don't want to spoil the surprise. Overall, Crossover's ever-growing narrative keeps readers coming back for more. Read Full Review

Another incredible issue from this superstar creative team! Every installment is a pleasure for comic fans universally! Read Full Review

Crossover #4 probably isn't the best issue of the series, but it also serves its purpose, which makes it kind of hard to give a rating to. Read Full Review

Cates really starts to find a more concrete voice as the narrator in this issue, and it absolutely does wonders for the book. Read Full Review

A good move forward on the needle. Still missing that big action scene or close of any arc. Read Full Review

A wholly entertaining issue with an ending that will leave you dying to get your hands on the next issue. Read Full Review

Crossover is probably my favourite comic coming out of Image right now and although this wasn't the best issue of the series it certainly showcases why people should be reading it. Big scale storytelling with world ending events and original yet familiar characters, all depicted beautifully on the pages. Read Full Review

While the latest issue of Crossover shouldn't convince any diehard Cates fans to jump off, it doesn't seem to do much to convince new fans to stick with it. Maybe if there was promise of more Madman-like reveals it would be worth sticking around, but the book's final reveal seems to solidify that this is a work by Cates about Cates' body of work. Read Full Review

"Crossover" #4 makes some interesting artistic choices but lacks a clear message and leans too hard on tired tropes. Read Full Review

the_comic_book_club

Mar 02, 2021

Crossover Issue: 4 Publisher: Image @imagecomics Writer: Donny Cates @dcates Artist: Geoff Shaw @geshaw Colors: Dee Cunniffe @deezoid Letters: John J. Hill @johnjhill Unbeknownst to those on the outside, within the Dome exists a singularity responsible for the giant “crossover” which has become their lives. Madman has already returned Ava’s parents to their home dimension and promises to return her as well. The only problem is that the longer one exists in the real world, your powers start to fade. Otto hatches a plan for the group to retrieve a power artifact from the Event Memorial Museum in an effort to breach the Dome’s perimeter. Madman makes quick work of the security forces standing between them and an ancient migh ty sword known as Valofax! However, the group must hurry, as the United States Government has taken action against them by activating the Amalgam Program! Crossover has added so many past books to my reading list. The Paybacks, Madman and now God Country, which is something I’ve totally been meaning to read anyways. This was a great issue with an amazing double page shot perfectly drawn of Madman beating the crap out of security guards with a yo-yo! The activation of the Amalgam Program is sure to have some amazing character designs. Throwing Combo-Man into the background there was pure freaking genius. Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5/5) Reviewed by: @meanadam of The Comic Book Club of Instagram Follow: @the_comic_book_club on Instagram for more reviews! more

Psycamorean

Feb 27, 2021

This was a really fun time.

Spacey Medicine

May 24, 2021

This man and his giant swords, god bless.

Kalaoui

Feb 26, 2021

This book is losing me fast. It's OK but the Cates self service is not for me and it is not helping this story. The tropes are just repetitive now. For the people that love Cates and his books, this is great for you but he lost me somewhere in the middle of his Venom run and King in Black is a waste of time so I don't know what happened but Cates went from High on the list to low fast. I'll give it one more try next month and see. Shaw and Cunniffe are pretty good!

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Deadlybeavis - Mar 1, 2021

My same exact thoughts.

Gizmo

Sep 09, 2022

Another crossover from another Cates title manifests. Not in a very organic way though, we have to go to some sort of super hero museum for some reason. It feels contrived, is what I'm saying.