DC/Marvel: Superman/Spider-Man #1: The World’s Finest: Review

 

DC/Marvel: Superman/Spider-Man #1: The World’s Finest: Review

Writer: Tom King

Penciller: Jim Lee

Inker: Scott Williams

Colorist: Alex Sinclair

Letterer: Pat Brosseau

Cover Artists: Jorge Jiménez, Arthur Adams, Rafael Albuquerque, J Scott Campbell, Olivier Coipel, Clayton Crain, Gabriele Dell’Otto, Mitch Gerads, Adam Hughes, Mikel Janin, Dave Johnson, Scott Koblish, Stanley “Artgerm” Lau, Jim Lee, Steve Lieber, Josh Middleton, David Nakayama, Daniele Sampere, Rafa Sandoval, Evan “Doc” Shaner, Jeff Spokes, David Talaski & Chrissie Zullo-Uminga

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $7.99/$8.99 Card Stock

Release Date: March 25, 2026

 

As they hang on for dear life, Mary Jane Watson distracts herself by catching up with Lois Lane. Each woman holds their friend in high regard. Despite their career achievements, the men in their lives regularly place them in danger. This time, they may not be the targets of a villain’s ire. Still, they don’t want to be collateral damage. Can Mary Jane and Lois escape from the bus hanging over the river? And how can they help their guys defeat the giant robot attacking the bridge? Let’s leap into DC/Marvel: Superman/Spider-Man #1: The World’s Finest and see!

 

Story

As the women hang from the seat backs, they distract themselves by celebrating each other’s accomplishments. While they try to reach safety, they muse on the dangerous situations they’ve survived. It’s not every day that a giant killer robot attacks them. Still, as they make their escape, Lois and Mary Jane ponder how dangerous their lives are.

 

In DC/Marvel: Superman/Spider-Man #1: The World's Finest, Lois and Mary Jane's boyfriends battle a Sentinel. Yet the women wonder why they have chosen the lives they lead. The perilous situations they have endured have become a metaphor for why they have opted for an extraordinary life. Superman and Spider-Man feel a duty to protect others. Yet they also enjoy what they do. Likewise, Lois and Mary Jane realize that they’ve elevated their own careers by living on the edge.

 

In Tom King's action-packed story, Lois and Mary Jane don't have superpowers. Yet they want to help their men protect the people trapped on the fragile bridge. Superman and Spider-Man are too busy combating the giant Sentinel to step back and strategize. The women may be standing on the sidelines. Still, in DC/Marvel: Superman/Spider-Man #1: The World's Finest, Lois Lane and Mary Jane become participants in the battle by pondering how they can help their men.

 

Art

In Jim Lee and Scott Williams’ detailed art, the ladies cling to the handrails, while the rear window reveals the danger they face. Webbing extends from red gloved hands, affixing to the front windows, suggesting that forging ahead is safer than retreating. Lois and Mary Jane share the spotlight as they climb toward safety, while the webbing bunched around Spider-Man's hands contrasts with the severed suspension cables. Superman distracts the Sentinel as the ladies climb. Then Spider-Man rejoins the fray.

 

Alex Sinclair lavishes a palette of rich, nuanced colors on DC/Marvel: Superman/Spider-Man #1: The World’s Finest. The yellow in Superman’s chest shield contrasts with the Sentinel’s gold face. But while Superman protects everyone, the Sentinel protects communities from diversity. The blue in the heroes’ suits links with the blue seat backs as the ladies climb out of the bus. Yet blue also colors the sky and sea, as the ladies discuss how inured they’ve become to danger. Still, purple signals the immediate threat and how to avert it.

 

Pat Brosseau fills white balloons with black uppercase dialogue that grows bold for intonation, swells for raised voices, and shrinks for lowered voices. Mary Jane’s off-camera dialogue appears in orange narrative boxes, while Lois Lane's appears in pink boxes. As enlarged dialogue fills spiky balloons, and thwips and impacts fill the air, white letters in green boxes pay homage to the characters’ guardians. Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this story with us.

 

Final Thoughts

Life is a journey, and maturity necessitates transformation. Yet before someone can enhance their abilities, they must pass through a gauntlet. While Lois Lane and Mary Jane Watson strive to assist their men, they muse on the dangers they’ve faced while traveling from one stage of their lives to the next in DC/Marvel: Superman/Spider-Man #1: The World’s Finest.

 

Rating 9.8/10

 

To look inside see my preview of DC/Marvel: Superman/Spider-Man #1: The World’s Finest. 

Batman #162 Preview

 

 

Sometimes, we feel all alone. It seems like all our friends have turned against us. In Batman’s case, that may be true. What he does now will determine his future.

 

Here's all the info from DC Connect:

 

 

Batman #162

Writer: Jeph Loeb

Penciler: Jim Lee

Inker: Scott Williams

Colorist: Alex Sinclair

Letterers: Richard Starkings & Tyler Smith

Editors: James Reid, Jessica Berbey & Rob Levin

Cover Artists: Jim Lee, Scott Williams & Alex Sinclair; David Finch; Gabrielle Dell’Otto; Derrick Chew; Gerald Parel; Hayden Sherman; Chris Bachalo

Publisher: DC Comics

Issue Length: 40 Pages

Price: $4.99

Release Date: November 12, 2025

 

H2SH WITH JEPH LOEB AND JIM LEE PART 5! 

Batman versus the Bat-Family! Whose side are you on?

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 Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this preview with us.

Batman #3 Review

 

Writer: Matt Fraction

Artist: Jorge Jiménez

Colorist: Tomeu Morey

Letterer: Clayton Cowles & Jorge Jiménez

Cover Artists: Jim Lee, Scott Williams & Alex Sinclair; Julian Totino Tedesco; Brian Stelfreeze; Jorge Jiménez; Joe Quesada & Richard Isanove; David Aja

Editors: Jessica Berbey & Rob Levin

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $4.99/ $5.99 (Card Stock) / $7.99 (Foil)

Release Date: November 5, 2025

 

When Killer Croc breaks out of Arkham Towers, Dr Zeller insists that Waylon Jones is changing. Batman argues that people don’t change. Yet Batman finds Killer Croc beholding his surroundings with childlike wonder. Before voluntarily returning to Arkham, Killer Croc even suggests that Batman needed to change.

 

Whether Batman likes it or not, Gotham is changing around him. Vandal Savage, the new police commissioner, has hired Tactical Urban Combat Officers to tackle criminals. Police shoot fleeing criminals to assert their worthiness to wear a badge. And after Batman rescues Robin from a police van, Commissioner Savage declares Batman and Robin are criminals. How will his declaration influence public perceptions of the dynamic duo? Are Batman and Robin’s days of helping Gotham numbered? Let’s don our armored capes, leap into Batman #3, and see!

 

Story

As Huston Gray interviews a neighbor for his civics class, the boy asks how Gotham has changed. Miss Marjorie draws on her memories to share her concerns about Gotham’s future. His elder believes that people are drawing inward. They feel less responsible for their community and rely on strong authority figures like Vandal Savage to maintain order. She wishes that there were more people like Batman who feel a sense of social responsibility and work hard to protect Gotham.

 

Amid this disconnect between the leadership, the GCPD, and Gotham's inhabitants, Bruce Wayne discovers that Dr Zeller is conducting human trials of an experimental device. She believes that socially detrimental behavior results from correctable neurological imbalances. When he learns that Wayne Enterprises is funding the psychiatrist's research, Bruce decides to learn more about her Crown of Thorns in Batman #3.

 

While Miss Margorie feels Batman is integral to Gotham's future, Bruce Wayne feels increasingly isolated from his city, his businesses, and the people he cares about. As Matt Fraction shows people using force to stamp out problems, he also reminds us what makes life worth living. Bruce Wayne may not be a psychiatrist. Yet he tries to guide others toward a greater sense of completeness and social responsibility in Batman #3.

 

Art

As Miss Marjorie sits on her couch, her comfortable, well-ordered apartment exudes a sense of history. Huston wears a T-shirt bursting with all the energy of youth. On the street below, Vandal Savage crouches beside Officer Vargas' body and withdraws a Batarang from his jacket. At Mercy Hospital, his features contort with rage as he leans over Officer Davis.

 

While Tomeu Morey lavishes a loaded palette on Jorge Jiménez’s art, green links Bruce Wayne with a character he later confronts in Batman #3. As Bruce watches Dr Zeller in a red TV studio, their earlier dialogue in Arkham Towers appears as a yellow memory. After seeing her display her Crown of Thorns, Bruce dwells on her words as he puts on a yellow helmet. But his blue hood and cape link him with Jim Gordon, who best represents his ideal GCPD officer.

 

Clayton Cowles and Jorge Jiménez fill dialogue balloons and narrative boxes with black and colored uppercase letters. The letters grow bold for intonation and shrink for lowered voices. Miss Margarie's responses appear in beige cellphone-shaped panels, while Dr Zeller's responses appear above flat-screen TV images. Large and small white letters in gray fields accompany icons identifying Batman’s tools of the trade. Sound effects help us hear combat, gunfire, and a police van that looks borrowed from the battlefield. Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this story with us.

 

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Final Thoughts

When Huston Gray glimpses Batman and Robin leaving the scene of a shooting, he records the authorities draping a blanket over a police officer and carrying his partner to an ambulance. What the boy does with his found footage and how others interpret it will influence how people in Gotham view their premier unlicensed vigilantes in Batman #3.

 

Rating 9.6/10

Amazing Spider-Man #70 Review

 

Writer: Joe Kelly

Penciler: Ed McGuinness

Inkers: Mark Farmer & Cliff Rathburn

Artist: Cafu

Colorists: Alex Sinclair, Marcio Menyz & Frank D’Armata

Letterer: Joe Caramagna

Cover Artists: Ed McGuinness, Cliff Rathburn & Marcio Menyz; Skottie Young; Peach Momoko; Frank Miller & Alex Sinclair; Iban Coello & Jesus Aburtov; Björn Barends; Brent Schoonover & Rachelle Rosenberg; Netease (Marvel Rivals)

Editors: Kaitlyn Lindtvedt, Tom Groneman, Nick Lowe & C B Cebulski

Publisher: Marvel

Price: $5.99

Release Date: March 26, 2025

 

Callix slew his siblings and Spider-Man. After threatening to murder his surviving sister unless she joined him, Callix left Cyra with the corpses to attack their father. Cyra never craved power like Callix. Instead, Cyttorak’s games made her feel like nothing mattered. Spider-Man's reverence for life taught Cyra to care about others.

 

So Cyra makes a pact with the Avatar Of Death. The scion offers Phil Coulson her immortality and magical power to revive Peter. Will Cyra’s sacrifice be worth it? And how will Peter Parker’s life change when he becomes the Unstoppable Spidernaut? Let's slip on our hazmat suits, leap into Amazing Spider-Man #70, and find out!

 

 

 

Story

The Blight is a force of nature. While Cyttorak sensed its hunger to devour life, he also felt the vitality of the universe. Cyttorak’s sensitivity to life and how the Blight yearned to destroy it tore at his heart. The god walled away this unendurable pain and fear by distancing himself from life, playing games with his family, and telling himself he didn’t care about anything or anyone.

 

When Dr Strange wanted the power of the Crimson Casket, he discovered the danger of the Blight. He made an offer Cyttorak could not refuse. Why not make a game of protecting life? All this worked fine until Dr Doom became Sorcerer Supreme. The Ruler of Latervia (and perhaps the world) didn't want to protect Earth's Borders and pretend the cosmic danger didn't exist. Strange's approach managed the menace and saved lives. But it also kicked the can down the road for future generations to take care of. In Joe Kelly's story, Doom appoints someone who reveres life and would never make a game out of protecting it. So what if a few million people die because Spider-Man won't play by Dr Strange's rules? Doom is building a better future.

 

In Amazing Spider-Man #70, the Blight festers in anyone who wonders if life is worth fighting for. It feeds off negative energy, empowering people to kill those who hurt them. And who can hurt you more than the people you love? Peter has tried Cyra and Cyttorak’s way of dealing with the Blight. Now, as the Spidernaut, Peter discovers a more direct way of combatting it. When his approach works against the symptoms of infection, Peter channels all his power to tackle the source of the disease.

 

 

 

Art

Spidernaut travels through realms of reality to strike stratospheric Callix. Peter’s punch hurtles Callix back to Earth as a crimson streak. The displaced air and explosion shocks Dr Doom more than the former Sorcerer Supreme. Humming with power, Peter Parker returns to Earth. His first act is to clasp Juggernaut’s shoulder. Callix, beaten but defiant, rises from the impact crater to radiate the Blight like a star in Amazing Spider-Man #70.

 

While the Blight’s infection spreads across him as red eyes and black appendages, Callix thwips barbed webs reminiscent of how Spider-Girl emulates Spider-Boy's powers. As the Blight distorts Callix’s appearance, its massive brown body hangs over New York like a MUTO, turning the sky yellow, orange, and brown. Infused by Cyra’s crimson magic, Spidernaut no longer wears Doom’s arcane armor. Instead, Peter wears a Juggy-shaped version of his familiar red-and-blue. 

 

 

 

When Spidernaut conjures a circle of blue and leaves a blue streak behind, Dr Strange questions his colleague in Amazing Spider-Man #70. Rather than answer, Doom turns away from the blue Dr Strange. Doom’s gray mask lightens, along with the yellow and brown sky.

 

While Alex Sinclair and Marcio Menyz lavish a loaded palette on Ed McGuinness, Mark Farmer, and Cliff Rathburn’s art, Joe Caramagna thwips uppercase black and blue lettering into dialogue balloons and narrative boxes. The dialogue grows bold for inflection, swells and changes color for volume, and shrinks for lowered voices. A giant shout emphasizes the power coursing through Spider-Man, while letters in pink balloons convey agony. Stylized lowercase letters in yellow boxes infuse a historical perspective on these apocalyptic events. Thanks to Marvel for providing a copy for review.

 

 

 

Cash Grab: Story

As Spider-Man pursues thieves, one opens a bag and hurls money from the hoverdisk. When the windfall causes pedestrians' attention to wander, Spider-Man abandons his pursuit to protect them. Joe Kelly's optimistic five-page story in Amazing Spider-Man #70 ponders how institutions weather tragedies that crush individuals.

 

Cash Grab: Art

Laser beams streak past Spidey as he thwips through a flock of greenbacks. Soldiers in black wearing Mandalorian helmets stand atop a hovering metal disk. Spider-Man asks a police officer to grab fluttering currency as he makes an impression on the patrol car roof. Cafu's art and Frank D’Armata’s coloring lend a dreamlike quality to Peter's struggle to live a double life as a superhero with a secret identity and foster friendships, a family, and a successful upfront career. 

 

 

Final Thoughts

Adopting a different suit helps Peter Parker identify with one of his greatest enemies in Amazing Spider-Man #70. Drawing on Dr Strange’s tutelage, Cyra’s endurance test, and Cyttorak’s crimson magic, Peter's courage and selflessness inspire others.

 

Rating 9.6/10

 

To look inside see my review at Comic Book Dispatch.

The Lucky Devils #1 Review

 

Writer: Charles Soule

Artist & Designer: Ryan Browne

Colorist: Ryan Browne & Kevin Knipstein

Letterer: Christopher Crank

Cover Artists: Frank Miller & Alex Sinclair; Ryan Browne

Logo: Thomas Quinn

Production Design: Erika Schnatz

Publisher: Image Comics

Price: $3.99

Release Date: January 8, 2025

 

Are good and evil only philosophical or religious concepts? Can anyone be completely good or evil? Or are they spectrums within which we all live? Enough with pondering the imponderable! Let's grab our iron crosses and bloodstones, leap into The Lucky Devils #1, and find out!

 

Story

Cam teaches a college philosophy class. He urges his students to ponder the societal ethics that drive historical movements. His students complain the classroom is hotter than hell. Cam yearns to inspire the next generation of Mahatma Gandhi's and Mother Teresa's in Charles Soule’s story. His students use ChatGPT to write their essays. And all the while, Cam’s low-paying job leaves him feeling like a failure in his professional and private life.

 

While Cam toils at Mies Van Der Rohe Community College, Starr changes soiled sheets in Mastrantonio Memorial Hospital. Her coworker gets a new Mercedes. Like Janis Joplin, Starr wishes she were more successful in The Lucky Devils #1. While listening to her husband preach from the pulpit about the joys of serving others, her mother insists that the nurse stop going the extra mile to give her patients joy and dignity. Instead, Starr must concentrate on securing a better-paying job.

 

In The Lucky Devils #1, there is a reason Cam and Starr struggle to get ahead. Okay, two reasons. Their names are Collar and Rake. Like Cam and Starr, the devils are trapped in a system that disrespects their contributions. Collar and Rake have a plan to change that, and it involves the Humans under their care. The devils vow to make Cam and Starr happy and successful even if they must make their lives a living hell to secure their agreement.

 

Art

Purple and orange burn hottest thanks to Ryan Browne and Kevin Knipstein. Starr's uniform looks purple when not greened by fluorescent light. Orange warms Cam when things inevitably go wrong. So, when their tempters appear, Collar burns with an Orange Crush while Rake sizzles with a Purple Haze. Rich coloring infuses this hyperreal fantasy where, like Buzz and Woody, the devils break the rules to teach Humans a lesson.

 

Collar and Rake climb into panel borders as the devils explain how they guide their charges. The devils never learned it is impolite to point, as they extend bony fingers and long nails at Cam and Starr. Ryan Browne sets each infernal invasion in the ultimate safe zone of the bedroom, with only one bedside lamp to banish the demonic darkness. Then, like Sulley and Mike Wazowski, the devils travel through portals. Collar and Rake enter locker rooms, pass a satanic Sucker in a 3 Piece, and squeeze onto upholstered seating like Beetlejuice.

 

Red banners announce locations in this update to the most demonic novel C S Lewis ever wrote. Screwtape uppercase letters inhabit white and colored dialogue balloons and narrative boxes. The letters grow bold for inflection, enlarge for volume, and never shrink. Lowercase red letters reveal Cam's classwork and responses in The Lucky Devils #1. Sound effects enhance hellish manifestations, a Biblical smash hit, and devils fighting over the remaining drops in broken beer bottles. Thanks to Image Comics for providing a copy for review.

 

Final Thoughts

Ever have a day when nothing goes right? Don't blame God or cosmic chance. The Lucky Devils #1 reveals the infernal physics that balances our efforts to be good with temptations to be evil.

 

Rating 9.8/10

 

For more about this series, quotes from the creators, and a look inside, see my preview of The Lucky Devils #1.

The Spectacular Spider-Men #2 Review

 

Writer: Greg Weisman

Penciler: Humberto Ramos

Inker: Victor Olazaba

Colorist: Edgar Delgado

Letterer: Joe Caramagna

Cover Artists: Humberto Ramos & Edgar Delgado; Carmen Carnero & Nolan Woodard; Mike McKone & Alex Sinclair; Will Sliney & Rachelle Rosenberg [Homage]

Publisher: Marvel

Price: $3.99

Release Date: April 17, 2024

 

When Dr. Seymour Krepps switched the power on in Miles Warren’s laboratory at Empire State University, he awakened the Jackal Hulk. The ferocious clone broke out of its containment chamber and rampaged across E.S.U. After capturing the creature, Peter and Miles Morales joined Dr. Krepps and Professor Raymond Aaron Warren in Jackal's laboratory, where they found a smoking Human corpse. How might Jackal's experiments and a new computer game interrupt Peter and Miles’ caffeinated chats at The Coffee Bean? Let’s grab our lattes, thwip into The Spectacular Spider-Men #2, and find out!

 

Story

NYPD Detective Shari Sebbins studies the burned skeleton in the morgue after Dr. Jane Foster's forensic examination. Jane Foster concludes that the man didn’t burn to death. Instead, each cell of the man’s body exploded. Did the Jackal Hulk do this? Or has Losira found a more spectacular way of killing people like Captain Kirk and U.S.S. Enterprise geologist D’Amato? “I am for you [Insert Name Here].”

 

Whatever the case, this prompts Jackal's brother, Professor Raymond Warren, to spend more time with Dr. Krepps instead of teaching at Midtown High. As the colleagues investigate Jackal's laboratory, Professor Warren grows intrigued when his friend’s taste in beverage changes.

 

 

 

Miles’ friend Cedrick has long adored Shelly. He’s plighted his troth to no avail. In The Spectacular Spider-Men #2, Shelly meets Cedric one night, tells him her feelings have changed, and promises to leave her beau Kenny. But when he meets her later at The Coffee Bean, Shelly affirms her love for Kenny and pretends their night together didn’t happen.

 

Miles grew up with Cedrick. He worries about his friend in The Spectacular Spider-Men #2. Peter accompanies Miles as they tail the distraught lover. But they lose Cedric, and when their trail leads into the sewers, they discover that Number Five is alive. Unfortunately, Number Five isn't a robot and has no plans to move to Montana. 

 

 

 

Art

Humberto Ramos and Victor Olazaba celebrate Miles's late arrival at The Coffee Bean with a double-page scene broken into panels. The staggered shots portray Miles' interactions with Shelly, Kenny, Professor Warren, and Sha Shan as he walks through the crowded coffee shop to Peter's table. Professor Warren glances up from his copy of The Daily Bugle bearing the headline Too Many Spider-Men and smiles at Miles. A woman seated with her back to Miles reads a He-Hulk comic. Peter and Miles clink together cups with their names written on them.

 

Edgar Delgado lavishes a loaded palette on The Spectacular Spider-Men #2. Scenes during the day, such as Miles' coffee shop entrance, shine brilliantly. Yet Delgado makes night scenes involving another Marvel hero and two lovers in Italy equally eye-catching. When the Spider-Men descent into the greenish sewers, light reflects off the costumes and illuminates their angry adversaries. Delgado's lighting and color choices help us understand how much Peter values their Wednesday meetups (when he should be visiting his local comic shop) and feel the danger he and Miles face as they battle more of Jackal’s creations.  

 

 

 

Joe Caramagna thwips uppercase letters into white balloons and colored narrative boxes. The appealing font rarely shrinks. Dialogue often grows bold, changes color, or enlarges. Amid the bodies hurled against the brick-lined tunnels and those splashing in the festering fluids, a spine-tingling hissing fills the darkness in The Spectacular Spider-Men #2.

 

Thanks to Marvel for providing a copy for review.

 

 

 

Final Thoughts

In The Spectacular Spider-Men #2, Jackal's cloning experiments continue to threaten society. Some students prove more adept than others at discerning fantasy from reality. Greg Weisman's Spider-ode to Cheers spins a healthy web of Thwippage and Quippage while reminding us that nurturing relationships is as important as accomplishing personal and career goals.

 

Rating 9.4/10

 

To preview interior art see my review at Comic Book Dispatch.

X-Men #25 Review

 

Writer: Gerry Duggan

Artist: Stefano Caselli

Colorist: Marte Gracia

Letterer: Clayton Cowles

Cover Artists: Joshua Cassara & Marte Gracia; C. F. Villa & Federico Blee; Mark Brooks; Alex Ross; Bryan Hitch & Alex Sinclair; Peach Momoko; Russell Dauterman & Matt Wilson; Sergio Davila, Sean Parsons & Romulo Fajardo Jr.

Publisher: Marvel

Price: $5.99

Release Date: August 2, 2023 

 

 

 

Kamala Khan died earlier this year in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man. But her latent mutant gene prompted her rebirth in X-Men: Hellfire Gala #1, proving that you can't keep a good Inhuman down. Perhaps this gets Kitty Pryde down, as she believes she can't be reborn if she dies. But if I understand Kitty's history rightly, she died and was reborn. Will X-Men #25 perplex or delight you? Let's leap into this special forty-plus-page issue and find out!

 

 

 

Story

The powerful Orchis organization has transformed Tony Stark's Iron Man suits into machines that do its bidding. They've blamed the mutants for a massacre and portrayed them as terrorists. Additionally, they've tampered with medicine mutants intended to benefit Humanity. 

 

 

 

With mutant hatred skyrocketing, governments allow Orchis to arrest mutants. Surgeons experiment on them. Authorities hunt down, imprison, and deport mutants to Mars. Sadly, the Martians don't exactly welcome them with open arms.

 

 

 

I rarely read an X-Men book, but I was captivated by X-Men #25. This issue mirrors contemporary problems, making it compelling reading. I can empathize with Kamala Khan's struggles. As for Kitty Pryde, she complains that she can't travel through Krakoa’s gates, yet she travels through the gate system several times. Years ago, I enjoyed following her romance with Peter Quill in Guardians of the Galaxy and Legendary Star-Lord. Now she's known as Shadowkat: a highly trained ninja. 

 

 

 

Old School fans who insist superheroes don't kill won't like X-Men #25. If you enjoy martial arts movies, you'll love her scenes. Still, I wouldn't have minded seeing Lockheed. But then, I share Rubeus Hagrid’s love of dragons. Perhaps some of you do as well?

 

 

 

Art

Characters are appealing, expressive, and lifelike. Most people can't phase through walls, but Stefano Caselli makes me believe Kitty could. Energy and movement come across, and you’ll notice plenty of fine detail, such as the woven appearance of Kitty’s sword hilts. The Stark Sentinels inspire awe, as do the space sequences. I also like the Orchis soldiers’ red suits. Marte Gracia’s rich colors provide contrast and enhance atmosphere and drama. Panels scream with life from within black pages.

 

 

 

If I could change one thing, it would be to make the lettering larger. Clayton Cowles’ tiny, lowercase black words require a mutant gene to read. Still, Gerry Duggan delivers plenty of narrative and dialogue, and the good folks at Marvel give you a free digital copy. You can scale that up to whatever size you want and immerse yourself in this fascinating issue. If you’re interested in following the cataclysmic chaos unfolding amid the Fall Of X series, buy the cover of X-Men #25 that most appeals, and prepare for an epic ride!

 

 

 

Final Thoughts

False flag attacks, illegal imprisonment, and racial hatred turn Humanity's gifted benefactors into America's Most Wanted in X-Men #25.

 

Rating 9/10

 

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