Al Ewing and Javier Rodríguez throw enough wrinkles in the “getting the team together” portion of Defenders: Beyond #1 that it reads fresh.
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Neither especially good nor bad, Shang-Chi And The Ten Rings #1 reads like someone said, “produce a generic comic book”.
Daredevil #1 is a fake number one. There’s no good, but it’s livable. Marvel advertised the issue as a jumping-on point, and it fails on that front.
Grim #3 is reliably good and consistently surprising...Grim is quickly becoming one of Boom's best series.
With a cursory knowledge of recent X-Men activity, a reader can buy X-Men: Hellfire Gala #1 and see the through lines of the story unfold.
Promethee 13:13 #3 finally comes to something like an explanation. The promise of the first two issues, contact between aliens and humans finally occurs
Cyberpunk 2077: Blackout #2 continues the story of Arturo, the brain dance repairman with an unplayable debt due much too soon.
Mind MGMT: Bootleg #1 reminds me: It’s good to read a Mind MGMT comic again. The series is about a shadowy organization that runs the world through psychic espionage.
In Pearl III #2, a reader can see (or intuit) what writer Brian Bendis (and artist Michael Gaydos) do well: show character.
In The Lonesome Hunters #1 (apparently a miniseries?), Tyler Crook (artist and co-creator of Harrow County) takes full control of a new series
The story about this one shot is the same as the other self-contained stories: The artists are top notch, and the stories are always right for them.
Stray is absolutely a comic in the style of young people at bars hurting each other emotionally and trying to heal
In Grim #2, Jessica Harrow is lost. Stuck between the living, the dead, and the need for information from her friends.
If you liked Young Avengers, then you’re here for page after page of shirtless Billy & Teddy whispering sweet nothings to one another
In Punisher War Journal: Blitz #1 you can see writer Torunn Grønbekk and artist Lan Medina struggle against the constraints.
In plain language, Entropy #1 is a good cosmic comic which doesn’t require knowledge of a gigantic universe to read or enjoy.
Promethee 13:13 #2’s cliffhanger is the what the series has suggested since the outset. The space shuttle might be moving laboriously, but the story's moving at warp speed.
Bottom line: Promethee 13:13 #1 is the rare instance in which calling a comic thrilling and fast paced is actually true.
Demon Days: Mariko #1 might be best described as a fairly traditional Japanese supernatural story with Marvel characters added for flavor.
Alice In Leatherland #1 is a straight forward romantic comedy that features the titular Alice starting a new life in San Francisco.
Maybe the best everyone can hope for is that the Fortnite player who bought Fortnite X Marvel: Zero War (2022) #1 for the in-game cosmetic will read this issue between games?
Boys Run The Riot Volume 4 might stumble during the landing, but that shouldn't distract your judgment from the routine it just completed.
The team makes a compelling first issue of Poison Ivy and breathes life into a tough character to imagine. Where it goes from here, only the team knows.
In Cyberpunk 2077: Blackout #1, the latest Cyberpunk 2077 tie-in from Dark Horse, a braindance repairman (Arturo) has a bad week.
Boys Run The Riot presents high school through a different, fascinating lens. Could it become the next Ms. Marvel? Keep reading, true believer!
With Pearl III #1, the creators of Jessica Jones (Brian Bendis, Michael Gaydos) reunite for the next installment of their crime saga.
Doomed, against gods, and new to the party, Hellboy puts himself in harm's way and tries to do the right thing. Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: Night of the Cyclops is a pleasure to read.
There's no other way to put it: Legion Of X #1 arrives at the wrong time because of issues out of its control.
In Eat The Rich, the horrific or satirical elements about the ultra-rich and their secret lives are the easiest to believe.
Gaku & Co. make the best use of their limited space, and Boys Run The Riot rewards readers swiftly.