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This is more like it. Hickman really dropped the ball with Ultimate Invasion. Whether that was an editorial mandate to keep it to 8 issues and not go anywhere with it being an ultimate universe set up is a mystery, but here Hickman has a new playground to go off in and it's very enjoyable. While Ultimate Invasion felt like an emotionless funeral with events just happening, Wyn and the other cha racters in GODS feel like they have good motivation and setup and it sets up a lot more enjoyable stuff in this one issue than the entirety of ultimate invasion. The art here is a lot more kinetic as well since it's more than just a massive toy box fighting every issue. I'm on board, and I can only hope it gets better from here.more

Def agree with everyone on this. Should have been a 6 or 12 issues. With the effect this is supposed to have, everything feels super rushed. All the character stuff was cool, but introducing these versions of characters needs a lot more baking in order for the story to hit. For me, Howard Stark dying really was just like ok that's something that happened rather than feeling an emotional impact for it. And Tony immediately assuming the Iron Lad mantle just feels like cool let's just start it here without any buildup. The world set up is cool, but we literally see no dynamics about it. All of the factions are just names on paper without any real follow up. In HoX/PoX and his follow up X-Men run, Hickman set up the status quo of the mutants vs the rest of the world very clearly. Here it just seems way too contained for what the story is trying to be. On top of this, each issue was $10, and knowing that this was essentially just a tease to Ultimate Universe #1. The collected trade for this will be cheaper by far than each issue and will probably read better too.more

Pretty entertaining, but feels like a filler issue. Nothing happens really that pushes the plot forward. It just sets up a character that MAY be important in the upcoming issues; however, it also sets up that character for doom. Art is great tho

Thought I'd read this as part of the X-Men come back for me and immediately I'm like alright I'm out again. It's crazy how bad marvel fumbled the bag with this era that Hickman set up. I understand that they wanted to stay in the krakoa era longer than intended, but everything Hickman set up feels like it's completely buried or wasn't followed up in a satisfying way since he left. It feels like he gave them notes and the writers just took them way too literally or just used them as a guide instead of the natural story. Moira is out of character; this fall of X doesn't feel deserved even though the krakoa era was extended longer than intended. It just feels SO rushed. It's such a shame because if you re read all the Hickman stuff and some of the Gillen stuff, you can see grand ideas, but it feels like those are being shelved for essentially the extinction storyline again. Before people say ya but they can bring them back and itll be different, EVERYONE knows that. It's just why waste time with the extinction storyline yet AGAIN when we already know the outcome. Remember when Hickman's tagline when he came on was evolution. This book just shows how everything with the X-Men will always come back to them being put down to near extinction. Seeing Krakoa be an actual nation and powerful was the premise that should have been the status quo for at least 10 years; but here we are where the mutants are at their worst yet again. And they'll save themselves yet again, and they'll be brought down yet again. It's just exhausting to memore

Pretty good start, lots of ppl r gonna be mad at the ending, but it's an ongoing. Give it a chance. And also, the most shocking thing: JRJR's art in this wasn't bad. Recent JRJR art has been so bad (I'm a fan of JRJR especially his old art in Spidey and Daredevil, so don't assume I'm a hater), if you don't believe me, look at his action comics. But here, it's actually good. Hopefully he can k eep it upmore

I'm seeing a lot of reviews bash Taylor for not having an over arching story and just adding filler. It's like people have never read comics before the 2000s. If you read anything from the Silver Age, Bronze Age, or even the early Modern Age, almost every series had filler issues and one off issues. A lot of the time, these issues were among the best since they were easy to read and allowed the reader some room to breathe, as well as allowing new readers to enter a series. Even in the series by popular modern writers (Bendis, Morrison, Hickman) all have one offs and filler. Hickman's Avengers was notorious for this, and people ate it up. People seem to really not like it when Taylor does it because they are mad at him for something else. Rant done; this series is just really fun. Every issue is amazingly drawn, and the interactions between Dick and every character is just fun. Remember when comics could be fun instead of just dark and miserable? Highly recommend this entire run so far by Taylormore

the story's fun, but the art is such an issue here. Sara Pichelli is amazingly talented, her work on Miles Spider-Man is some of the best art in modern comics. She also gets the excuse of losing her main colorist Justin Ponsor, which is a tragedy. However, her art in this issue just looks insanely lazy. The art also feels so rushed, and this is where most people would say that's because of the weekly release schedule. But each issue has had different pencillers mostly. I don't know what else to say. Other than that, the story is pretty good, but I would hesitate to recommend this issue solely because the art is not good at all.more

Reed's one liner made this entire issue worth it, despite it already being good. Probably one of the better Iron Man series we've gotten since Fraction's run

One of the best series out right now

If Wells can keep this kind of story telling when Peter comes back, his run with JRJR should be great. This entire Beyond era has done a lot for me in wanting to read Spider-Man again after Spencer's elongated run. I think I read somewhere that Ben Reilly will have his own series in Hollywood, I'd be fascinated to read that. This is the best treatment he's gotten in his entire character history I'd saymore

It's like Civil War, but much better.

Status: currently depressed that Hickman X-Men is almost over.
This is by far the best treatment the X-Men have gotten in years. The Hickman era from HoX/PoX to X of Swords to this has been just amazing story telling on his part. It's such a shame it is coming to an end soon

Shaping up to be one of my favorite King miniseries. The dialogue reads like a noir movie, which is clearly the vibe from the visuals as well from Smallwood. It all really comes together perfectly as a nice set up to the characters of the story as well as setting up its mystery as well. King continues to nail his miniseries.

Wow. This might be Jimenez's best art in my opinion. Every page of this book looks like art that should be hung up in a museum. You can spend hours just pouring over the detail of the art on each page. The story is very good and cool as well, an origin for the Amazons. Honestly, they should just delay the book even more if the art needs time to look like this. One of the best comics of the y ear, and definitely worth picking up.more

Really liked this issue. After the Cates run, I was worried that whoever was gonna take the reigns wouldn't be able to live up to the hype. Ewing and Ram V really start the series off on a high note. Love the focus on Dylan and how he is different than Eddie. I love the two stories of Eddie and Dylan about them being apart and how it affects each other. It's just a great starting point. My m inor complaint about this issue is the art. Yes, yes give me all the hate since I said something bad about Bryan Hitch. I actually like Hitch quite a bit, even though he isn't anywhere close to his peak during Ultimates. His more recent work feels rushed and I find some of the details to be lacking a lot. I also don't think Alex Sinclair is the right colorist for Hitch's pencils. Sinclair is one of the best colorists out there, but his colors really work for pencils that show lots of detail and very clear action. He's trying his best to make up for some of that lost detail here, but it didn't really click for me personally. Like I said, this is a minor complaint, I didn't completely hate the art. There's one splash page that is amazing in this that probably took longer to draw than the rest of the issue. Highly recommend, and will be adding this to my pull list.more

I feel like this series is underrated and not talked about enough. Gillen deserves a lot of credit and praise for what he's doing with this series. He's quietly writing one of the best ongoings at Marvel currently in my opinion. Ribic is as good as ever as well. Consistently great writing, story, art. It's really everything you want in an ongoing.

I think I'm at a point where DC limited series and black label stuff seems to work a lot more for me than their ongoings. The only ongoings I have right now are Superman Son of Kal El and Nightwing, both written by Taylor (hint hint to my likability towards the man's writing). For me, Tom Taylor feels like the best DC writer in ages. He understands nearly every character that he writes, so each of them feels like they say the right things and have their tone right. The story is also a fun elseworlds tale that is taking its time with the worldbuilding. Barely anything happens with plot, but that's ok since this is a #1 and it's setting up its world. The art is also great as well, Yasmine Putri captures the medieval look well. Highly recommend for both experienced readers and new ones as well. Seems like Taylor can do no wrong right nowmore

It's a fine issue. I don't like change in artists in a series, but this was serviceable. What I do have a problem with is I feel like Duggan is trying his damnedest to get that Hickman vibe, and it was semi successful in the first couple issues of the series. But then inferno came out, and we were all reminded how powerful Hickman as not just a writer, but world builder, really is. Once you re ad that and the this series, it just pales, and that's really unfortunate. I also don't know the hook yet for the series, there's no big over arching plot to hook me in, so far it's just one off fillers, which is fine, but it does get quite tiresome and boring once you get used to it. I'm hoping Duggan can pick up the pace with the following issuesmore

this is a fine issue, which means compared to the previous 74 (plus side issues and annuals) from Nick Spencer, it's pretty damn good. It's a great introduction into this era of Spider-Man, bringing back the fun quippy dialogue, the simplicity of villains, and re-introducing Ben Reilly. It brings you up to speed on what Ben has been up to and how Peter is feeling after the Spencer drag that he's just been put through, feels kind of meta to be honest. The story is interesting, and I'm very excited to see what happens after that cliff hanger. The standout here is the art. Patrick Gleason just has that fun vibe that was missing from the majority of Spencer's run. Some of the best issues from Spencer's run were carried by Gleason art, so it's great to see it again here. I don't think he will be able to keep up with the thrice monthly release of this book, but it was a good way to start off this era with a nice art bang. Overall, it's not the greatest Spider-Man book, but after Spencer's run, I'll take what I can get.more

There's definitely character development alongside the political landscape, even if the police acting by the seat of their pants feels a little ham-fisted. But seeing Jon with family and friends on a journey in trying to make the world a better place feels okay, especially with how Lois feels like the most important part instead of Clark. Not to mention the inclusion of Bendix's insane absurd plan s is entertaining. Forcibly mutating a girl into a heavyweight will certainly do that to make him villainous.

It wasn't until actually researching his past from Wildstorm and Midnighter that I find why he's an antagonist in this run; he's an ideological foil to Jon in trying to make the world a better place. But Bendix has long given up on just doing his part for the world and wants to be in charge of it. Hence why he built his own country and wants his refugees back, he believes that only he can provide the best life possible after Jon prevented them from being made into an example. Unlike most supervillains, Bendix can handle and manipulate the political landscape, it's superheroes like Jon he can't handle. Also I can't help that there's a joke in Bendix's name somewhere.

As for my chief complaint, it's that none of the DC creatives are working together for some continuity. Apparently this is where Superman vanishes unlike in Action Comics where he leaves to solve a Warworld problem.more