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Nothing very substantial happens in this issue, which I appreciated, but for the price you pay on a prestigious title such as this, you'd want something to definitely happen here.

I've never been privy to anthology stories; unfortunately, this one doesn't do it for me. It would have been nicer if we got an oversized chapter of PKJ's story, rather than the other smaller stories we did end up getting.

Unfortunately, this is where I part from this series. The art is all over the place and I cannot get behind the story whatsoever. The first arc was great, but then filler issues completely killed the steam this book once had.

Interesting start. Beautiful art that actually tops 'Nice House on the Lake' for me.

Admittedly, there are some good ideas here, but I had to put this down not even halfway in. Unfortunately, this is where I'll be dropping this book.

After waiting quite a while for the Krakoan era of X-Men to run its course, I decided to give this a shot, and I'm glad I did. I liked the more character-driven route that went with this first issue as the scene is being set for this new (and simpler) status quo. I think the slower pace and tone setting was just what this book needed after a 5-year storytelling initiative. Stegman's art is very good, although Beast does look a little odd. I'm looking forward to seeing more from this new era!

Despite this book moving really slowly, I'm enjoying this run. I'm hoping Ahmed's Wolverine doesn't suffer from the same pacing issues.

I think by issue #12 I'll be off of this title. The first six issues were phenomenal; since then, it's been a dip in quality. I love Jorge Corona's art in this, but I do think that DWJ's writing in this second half of his run is nowhere near the heights of his first six issues.

This book isn't clicking for me, unfortunately. What I once thought was a series devoted to going into the forgotten corners of the DC Multiverse now comes off as pretentious.

Not very good. The tonal difference between this and the first issue of Absolute Power is night and day. This wouldn't be terrible if this weren't such a serious and gloomy event and this was a standalone story in the middle of some random DC title. But for what Williams is going for in this, it doesn't work. I'm glad this Task Force VII series is all a set of one-shot stories, so I'm hoping we're onto better things.

Great to see this book back!

Great art, but I got absolutely nothing from the writing end.

A really fun book still! Mike Norton fills on art duties for this arc and he's doing a great job so far. Every issue feels like a Saturday morning cartoon with Josie Campbell on writing and I dig it!

This book is REALLY suffering from the delays. If you're debating on reading this series, pick it up in the trade and I guarantee it's better fully collected.

Retrospectively, this is one of Zdarksy's more solid issues in his run. However, this was a filler issue with practically no implication or setup for future issues, barring the Absolute Power tie-in. Unfortunately, this was more of a miss than a hit for me. This felt like an issue I've read multiple times before.

Really solid start, but I can't get past the mischaracterization of Amanda Waller. Waid and Mora can do no wrong in my eyes.

So far so good, although things weren't too clear toward the end of the book. I'm enjoying this overall!