Showing posts with label Jed MacKay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jed MacKay. Show all posts

Friday, December 26, 2025

Amazing X-Men #3 Review

 


Writer: Jed MacKay

Artist: Mahmud Asrar

Colorist: Matthew Wilson

Letterer: Clayton Cowles

Cover Artists: Mahmud Asrar & Matthew Wilson; Miguel Mercado; Logan Lubera & Israel Silva

Design: Jay Bowen

Editors: Lindsey Cohick, Annalise Bissa, Tom Brevoort & CB Cebulski

Publisher: Marvel Comics

Price: $4.99

Release Date: December 3, 2025

 

Cyclops and Beast awakened to a world gone wild. The United States was shrinking, and the Revelation Territories were taking over. Magneto explained that Revelation stripped troublemakers like Scott Summers and Hank McCoy of their ability to communicate. So, the X-Men transported their consciousnesses forward a decade, filling their older bodies with younger minds in these days of future past. Yet as they traveled to Salem Center, Glob Herman refused to take Scott’s orders, and Animalia inferred that older Hank had prepared for his younger self’s arrival.

 

Scott realized that Magneto lied. Revelation didn't Babel his older self. Instead, older Scott and Hank had traveled back to stop Revelation before he could unleash the X-Virus. What can Scott and Hank do to help these Mutants defeat Revelation? And why does Psylocke believe Revelation wants to destroy the world? Let’s grab our visors, leap into Amazing X-Men #3, and see!

 

Story

Shortly after Cyclops and Beast arrived, Wolverine killed Magneto, Forge, Xorn, and Archangel. Glob Herman blamed Scott for their deaths. But after a teleporter glitch diverted them to Darkchild’s domain, Scott got them out. Now, as they travel toward Philadelphia, Scott asks Psylocke to explain. But the Mutant community is divided between supporters of Revelation and those who defy his dictatorship. And Psylocke and Glob don't want to get along.

 

When Bei the Blood Moon betrayed her husband, she blew up Psylocke's life. With her dying breath, Revelation’s wife told Psylocke about his ultimate plan. But before that, Revelation forced Psylocke to wear an X-Men badge. He claimed it was a mark of shame for failing to protect Topaz. But in Amazing X-Men #3, others view it as a declaration of independence.

 

Jed MacKay's story deals with how we interact with others. Scott may spit out orders, but he wants everyone to work together. Psylocke may be a divisive figure, but the X-Men refuse to get along. They've been hunted and pushed back for so long that each takes pride in their individual accomplishments, but doesn't believe they can win as a team. While Scott tries to quell their squabbling, Revelation seeks to unite the world.

 

When the travelers finally find a place to regroup, Beast learns more about this future world. Beast is content to let Scott lead the group in Amazing X-Men #3. But he wants to be sure of where he stands before Scott and the group make any plans to take down Revelation.

 

 


 

 

Art

As the X-Men travel to Philadelphia, Psylocke reluctantly turns back to tell Scott her secret. Glob crosses his arms, interposing himself between Psylocke and his two remaining freedom fighters, as he listens. When trouble arises, Scott and Hank are the first to charge into action. Yet amid the chaos, Mahmud Asrar shows Schwarzschild, a man Scott never chose to be an X-Men, keep a cool head under pressure.

 

As Matthew Wilson adorns Amazing X-Men #3 with a vibrant palette, yellow-gold burnishes Psylocke's memories. The X-Men encounter people adorned in white and gold, including a man who summons yellow light with his hand. After Psylocke's X-Men gold badge sparks conflict, yellow light adorns a quiet interlude between Beast and Animalia. While yellow seems linked with enlightenment, pink becomes the color of conflict. Pink beams of energy strike opponents. Psylocke's sword glows pink. And a pink brute barrels through the foliage toward translucent, pink-skinned Glob Herman, who thrives by killing his enemies.

 

Clayton Cowles fills panels with black uppercase letters in white dialogue balloons and narrative balloons. Letters grow bold for intonation and never shrink. Black obscures Glob Herman’s less placatory wordage. Sound effects heighten a conflict, yet also bring closure, and relax a tense relationship between heroes. Thanks to Marvel Comics for providing a review copy.

 

 


 

 

Final Thoughts

The X-Men have failed to overturn Revelation's rule for so long that they no longer believe they can win. When Psylocke tells them that Revelation is planning the end of life on Earth as they know it, Scott Summers knows they need to act fast. Once again, he senses that things aren't quite the way they seem. But life has another surprise in store for Scott Summers in Amazing X-Men #3. 

 

Rating 9.4/10

 

To look inside see my review at Comic Book Dispatch


Sunday, November 23, 2025

Amazing X-Men #2 Review


 


Writer: Jed MacKay

Artist: Mahmud Asrar

Colorist: Matthew Wilson

Letterer: Clayton Cowles

Cover Artists: Mahmud Asrar & Matthew Wilson; Ejikure; InHyuk Lee; Stephanie Hans

Design: Sarah Spadaccini & Jay Bowen

Editors: Lindsey Cohick, Annalise Bissa, Tom Brevoort & CB Cebulski

Publisher: Marvel Comics

Price: $4.99

Release Date: November 5, 2025

 

Like Rip Van Winkle, Scott Summers and Hank McCoy awaken in their future. Thanks to Forge, their consciousnesses reside in their older bodies. The future X-Men want their help to defeat fellow mutant Doug Ramsey. But Doug has become the mind-controlling dictator, Revelation. And before they can embark on a plan, Revelation sends Wolverine, his Angel of Death, to kill Magneto, Forge, Archangel, and Xorn.

 

Glob Herman led them to a teleporter, hoping to rendezvous with an agent in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Instead, the machine glitched, sending them elsewhere. Can Scott, Hank, and their future friends gain help in Providence, Rhode Island? And can Scott gain his team’s trust so he can lead them to victory against Revelation? Let’s grab our visors, leap into Amazing X-Men #2, and see!

 

Story

At first, Scott Summers doesn't recognize his surroundings. Perhaps that explains why, when he sees the woman with Juggernaut and Psylocke, he mistakes her for Illyana. But Beast recognizes the change immediately. The woman who stands before them is Darkchild. And she rules Providence like she would Limbo. As in Beverly, Massachusetts, Darkchild protects the inhabitants from the virus that could cure them (of their nonMutantness) or kill them.

 

Unlike Carol Danvers, Darkchild is not a benevolent protector. In Amazing X-Men #2, she enjoys ruling her subjects and does nothing for free. So, when Darkchild demands a price for her assistance, Scott agrees. He may not like the way the X-Men brought him here. But they need him, and he wishes to help his future world. But the pound of flesh Darkchild demands makes their encounter different from what Scott anticipates.

 


 

 

In any age, pleasant falsehoods help make the world endurable. During tough times, we get through each new day by denying pain or hiding from it. In Jed MacKay’s story, the truth becomes a weapon sharper than Darkchild’s sword. The inhabitants of Providence fear it, allowing Darkchild to rule them so they don’t have to face it. She increases her population by revealing the devastating truths they prefer not to see.

 

Amazing X-Men #2 features action, drama, and revelations. But Scott Summers doesn’t have to incinerate anyone to shine in Jed MacKay's story. Scott stands resolute, demanding the center stage and refusing to accept anything less than the absolute respect of those around him. 

 

 


 

 

Art

Scott Summers may he disoriented. Yet when he sees Darkchild atop Juggernaut’s shoulders, he adopts a fighting stance. Likewise, the X-Men follow suit, provoking Juggernaut and Psylocke to action. Darkchild’s composure contrasts with her lieutenants' response and her hardworking subjects. While the others fight, and Hank McCoy attempts dialogue, Scott observes and waits for the time to intervene.

 

As Mahmud Asrar shows a contentious clash of two worlds in Amazing X-Men #2, Matthew Wilson lavishes a loaded palette on this contest for Scott’s future. Red and pink link Juggernaut, Darkchild, and Glob Herman, three people who believe force fixes problems. Gray Animalia and Hank share a love of learning. Or, at least they used to. Yet gray also represents the city where learning takes place, and the inhabitants who need education to do their jobs. As Scott confronts Darkchild, the surrounding greenery reminds us of how Revelation has transformed America, granting Darkchild her power and the X-Men's reason for abducting Scott and Hank.

 

Clayton Cowles fills panels with black uppercase letters in white dialogue balloons and narrative balloons. Letters grow bold for intonation and shrink for lowered voices. Sound effects arise when Animalia embraces rock and roll, while balloons deform when things don’t go Glob Herman’s way. Thanks to Marvel Comics for providing a review copy.

 

 


 

 

Final Thoughts

Magneto claimed the X-Men brought Scott Summers and Hank McCoy to the future to save it. Yet Glob Herman refuses to follow Scott’s leadership. Hank also recognizes that things don’t quite add up. But Scott realizes the truth behind their charade and the X-Men’s desperation in Amazing X-Men #1

 

Rating 9.8/10

 

To look inside see my review at Comic Book Dispatch

 

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Amazing X-Men #1 Review

 



Writer: Jed MacKay

Artist: Mahmud Asrar

Colorist: Matthew Wilson

Letterer: Clayton Cowles

Cover Artists: Mahmud Asrar & Matthew Wilson; Germán Peralta; Mike Hawthorne & Dan Brown; Mike McKone & Rachelle Rosenberg; Sanford Greene

Design: Jay Bowen

Editors: Lindsey Cohick, Annalise Bissa, Tom Brevoort & CB Cebulski

Publisher: Marvel Comics

Price: $4.99

Release Date: October 8, 2025

 

When Scott Summers awakens in a cave, some of the first people he meets are Magneto, Forge, and Archangel. Magneto tells him about the mutative virus that activates mutant genes and has spurred nature into overdrive. Then Scott meets Beast. Magneto and the other X-Men have also ripped Hank McCoy’s consciousness out of time and placed it in his future self.

 

Scott discovers how badly this ragtag group of survivors needs their help when Wolverine appears and kills Magneto, Forge, and Archangel. Can Cyclops and Beast prevent Revelation’s forces from killing them and their abductors? Will Wolverine regenerate after Xorn's sacrifice and hunt them down? Let’s grab our visors, leap into Amazing X-Men #1, and see!

 

Story

Scott Summers is frustrated. Seven X-Men brought him to the future. Now, only three remain. Glob Herman may not say it. Still, he blames Scott for his comrades’ deaths. Had Scott allowed him to shoot the Omega Kid, who reported their position to Quentin Quire, all of them might be alive. Scott likely contemplates this as they trek toward Philadelphia. Perhaps there, Glob Herman, Schwarzschild, and Animalia’s colleagues can help Scott understand what he and Hank can contribute to combat Revelation.

 

While Scott still resists seeing Schwarzschild as an X-Men, Beast seems more understanding. But then, he also has much in his past that others could condemn him for. As Beast gets a glimpse of how Animalia has suffered, he also uncovers a mystery. It’s not something he wants to make too much of. After all, if he hopes to return to his own time, Hank will need these people’s help.

 

Once again, Jed MacKay shows us Revolution’s ruthless determination to dominate everyone in his expanding territory. Yet Amazing X-Men #1 also reveals what sent Doug Ramsey upon this path. As Cyclops and Beast struggle to come to terms with their future colleagues and each other, they will face more danger and loss. Scott will gain more insight into how Glob Herman and all the mutants have suffered. But perhaps Doug Ramsey, the great communicator, has suffered the most. That is, until he closed himself off to his feelings, when his pain exceeded what he could bear.

 


 

 

Art

As Glob Herman protects their group, Scott frowns and crosses his arms over his chest. Standing in judgment, he thrusts a finger at Glob. Like Schwarzschild, Beast looks away from the others. Only Animalia dares look at Beast, and then, not for long. As Beast and Wolverine lope through the forest, their long hair and beards forge a link between them. Mahmud Asrar brings a cinematic quality to Amazing X-Men #1. A fallen statue in the forest evokes The Lord of the Rings, and hands rise from the ground as in countless horror movies. Then there is a marker left behind, like a warning against entering a forbidden zone. 

 


 

 

Matthew Wilson applies a lush palette to life in the Revelation Territories, as Cyclops, Beast, and their future colleagues trek through this land reclaimed by nature. Gray links Beast and Animalia. With their dark clothing, gray also links Beast and Schwarzschild. Yellow and gold link Revelation with his assistants, as opposed to the mutant aberrations in need of debugging. Orange fills the background, and his eyes glow red like his late wife's costume when Revelation exerts his power. Yet the hands and arms arising from the ground glow green, showing far more affinity for this reclaimed land than Glob Herman’s vibrant pink skin in Amazing X-Men #1.

 


 

 

Clayton Cowles fills panels with black uppercase letters in white dialogue balloons and narrative balloons. When he bends others to his will, Revelation speaks white letters into black boxes. Another character who opposes Revelation also speaks in white dialogue. Yet his words don't swell to emphasize his will. Sound effects and giant colored dialogue arise when Xorn's sacrifice proves insufficient to deter Revelation's Angel of Death. Yet a black line, instead of symbols, reveals Glob Herman's feelings about one of history's most revered X-Men. Thanks to Marvel Comics for providing a review copy.

 


 

 

Final Thoughts

As a mystery surrounds their abduction, Scott Summers and Hank McCoy must accept their situation and do their captors’ bidding if they wish to return to where they belong. Yet Scott and Hank's abduction is nothing compared with Wolverine, who represents the ultimate captive. Sadly, while Revelation once cherished life, now he treats people like lifeless machines in Amazing X-Men #1.

 

Rating 9.8/10

 

To look inside see my review at Comic Book Dispatch


Sunday, November 9, 2025

X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture #1 Review

 


Writer: Jed MacKay

Penciler: Ryan Stegman

Inker: JP Mayer

Colorist: Edgar Delgado

Letterer: Clayton Cowles

Cover Artists: Ryan Stegman, JP Mayer & Marte Gracia; Aaron Kuder & Marte Gracia; Stanley “Artgerm” Lau; Cory Smith & Carlos Lopez; Rickie Yagawa & Tamra Bonvillain; Mark Bagley & Alex Sinclair

Design: Jay Bowen

Editors: Lindsey Cohick, Annalise Bissa, Tom Brevoort & CB Cebulski

Publisher: Marvel Comics

Price: $5.99

Release Date: October 1, 2025

 

When voices awaken him, Scott Summers peers through his visor. Although he recognizes the people around him, they look different. Older. As he rises from the hospital bed and yanks the contact pads off his forehead, Scott asks what's going on. His “friends” tell him they’ve transported his consciousness from his era and supplanted him in his older body. Worse than the abduction, they destroyed his present consciousness to bring him here. Why did his older colleagues summon him to the future? And can he trust them? Let’s grab our visors, leap into X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture #1, and see!

 

Story

Magneto, so often Scott's adversary, wears an X on his belt. He leads Scott out of the cave and shows him a foreign land. It used to be the United States. Below him, nature has encroached upon cities. Foliage-crowned, crumbling towers poke above the forest. Magneto tells him that a mutative virus is sweeping across the United States. Like the Terrigen Bomb that activated Kamala Khan's Inhuman genes, this virus turns Humans into Mutants. This virus has also changed the landscape, destroying the roads and cities that helped Humanity thrive.

 

 

As Scott realizes that civilization lies in ruins, he learns that Doug Ramsey rules the isolated pockets of survivors in this vast, expanding landscape. His choristers assist those villages loyal to him. Seraphim kill the dissenters. Millions may have died. But the Revelation Territories have taken on the vitality of the Mutant nation of Krakoa that Doug helped create. As Cipher, Doug helped people communicate and grow in harmony with nature. Now, as Revelation, Doug takes inspiration from the Biblical story of Humanity's first attempt to build a skyscraper. He turns dissenters into Babels stripped of any ability to communicate in X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture #1.

 


 

 

After providing a glimpse of village life, Jed MacKay's story follows Scott, Revelation, and his seraphim, Psylocke. But the spotlight shines brightest on Scott Summers as he navigates unfamiliar surroundings. He doesn't know this world or who he can trust. And in their desperate struggle to survive, the X-Men employ harsher methods than Scott approves of. While they value his abilities, some aren't ready to follow him. He may not like what his X-Men have done. Still, Scott Summers fights to meet the demands facing him without relinquishing his principles in X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture #1. 

 


 

 

Art

Ryan Stegman and JP Mayer fill traditional page layouts with natural beauty, drama, and action. Scott's muscular body, long hair, beard, and clothing show how time has forced his older self to adapt. His new allies mutter to each other about him. Most regard him with frowns. After cloaking his features in shadow, Magneto's face appears within his mask as he explains the world they inhabit. Then a hairy Mutant leaps from above the cave mouth to confront them. 

 


 

 

Edgar Delgado applies a loaded palette of nuanced colors to X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture #1. Like the fire that accompanies his choristers' appearances, Revelation adorns himself in yellow and orange. As he plucks blue fruit from a tree, the purple foliage forms a link with our first glimpse of his wife. But Bei's predominant red outfit links her with Magneto's costume and Scott's cape. Still, no color reinforces the harshness of this Brave New World like pink. It colors Glob Herman's translucent body, Psylocke's sword, and the energy whirling around Quentin Quire's goggles.

 


 

 

Clayton Cowles fills panels with black uppercase letters in white dialogue balloons and narrative balloons. When he bends others to his will, Revelation speaks white letters into black boxes. White block letters introduce settings and characters. Telepathic communication occurs in cloudy balloons. Sound effects enhance weapon fire and clashing blades, while giant letters overtake the background when Revelation sends his Angel of Death to dispatch his enemies. Thanks to Marvel Comics for providing a review copy.

 


 

 

Final Thoughts

As Cipher, Doug Ramsey helped the Mutants thrive. Now, as Revelation, he isolates people into small pockets of civilization that he can control. While ruling with an iron fist, the truth becomes whatever Revelation wishes it to be. And anyone who disagrees with him never does so again. Jed MacKay, Ryan Stegman, JP Mayer, Edgar Delgado, and Clayton Cowles deliver a far-reaching meditation on what happens when the abilities that help us achieve greatness outweigh our respect for others in X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture #1.

 

Rating 9.8/10

 

To look inside see my review at Comic Book Dispatch


Monday, March 13, 2023

Mary Jane & Black Cat #4 Review

 

Mary Jane & Black Cat #4 Review

Writer: Jed MacKay

Artist: Vincenzo Carratù

Colorist: Brian Reber

Letterer: VC’s Ariana Maher

Cover Artists: Paulo Sequeira & Rachelle Rosenberg; Alex Ross; Russell Dauterman

Publisher: Marvel

Price: 3.99

Release Date: March 8, 2023

 

Mourning Marvel’s Dark Web crossover? Then you’re in luck! While the Amazing Spider-Man series strides boldly into the future, time-travel back to see how Peter's two favorite gals escaped Limbo. Black Cat’s secrets interfered with Mary Jane’s powers, allowing a monster to capture them. What happened next to Peter Parker’s two favorite gals? Let’s descend into Mary Jane & Black Cat #4 and find out!

 

Story

Tasked by Belasco with retrieving the Soulsword, the gals hired S’ym as a guide. They know the demon will betray them if he gets the chance, but if they don't give Limbo's former ruler his beloved sword, Belasco won't regain the power to send them home. Mary Jane also gets mad at Black Cat for keeping her relationship with Peter a secret. Friends don't keep secrets from each other, right?

 

After the Dungeons & Dragons-style investigations and battles in the previous issue, Mary Jane & Black Cat #4 takes place in one geographical location, involves a fight with one monster, and covers one conversation. Still, Jed MacKay shares some profound insights on how relationships work, how we often hamper them, and the empowering nature of honesty. I liked how Black Cat's thoughts reveal her anxiety and doubts and how those complement her conversation with MJ. I also enjoyed how the relationship between the gals and their demonic tour guide evolves. An intriguing quandary near the cliffhanger ending left me wondering how MacKay will wrap up this hellacious miniseries. 

 

 


 

 

Art

Due to MacKay's story structure, Vincenzo Carratù and Brian Reber provide less-varied art in Mary Jane & Black Cat #4. Instead, we get panels and pages of our heroines fighting the monster guarding the Soulsword and dangling upside-down as they negotiate this impasse in their relationship. Like the Watcher in the Water guarding the entrance to the Mines of Moria, it grasps Mary Jane, Black Cat, and S’ym in its tentacles. "Tell your friend you’re sorry, Black Cat!” we cry. “And say it in Elvish!”

 

When Mary Jane ascended to the fullness of her powers, she reminded me of Marvel heroines like Medusa and Phoenix. It also made an interesting comparison with Sara Pichelli, Elisabetta D'Amico, and Matthew Wilson's Scarlet Witch. I appreciate how Carratù and Brian Reber capture our heroines in loving detail: expressive features combine with sleek proportions and fluid movements, and their hair sweeps through the air like in a shampoo commercial. S’ym brightens up the gloomy caverns, and not just with his glowing pink skin. Even the monster's eyes show hints of curiosity and fear. I almost wonder if it intends to harm or merely wants to play. Inside the Dark Tower, power sparks off a very hellish-looking Soulsword.

 

Ariana Maher devilishly differentiates the dialogue in Mary Jane & Black Cat #4. She shares Black Cat's thoughts in white uppercase letters in black narrative boxes. Dialogue balloons get red outlines to show strong emotion. Yet more intense dialogue makes the bubbles straighten and grow sharp edges. The monster's cries are bold, uneven immense letters. Sound effects help us hear its cries and feel the monster's concussive force. When she comes into the fullness of her power, I like how Ariana shows Mary Jane's dialogue as puffy clouds outlined in red. The new dialogue balloons contrast nicely with her luminous, spiky appearance. 

 

 


 

 

Final Thoughts

Mary Jane & Black Cat #4 may be all too short, but it glows with profound insights that could unlock the potential inside each of us. Who knows what we could all become—and how we might transform our world--if only we could trust each other?

 

Rating: 8.6/10

 

To view the preview at see my review at Comic Book Dispatch

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Mary Jane & Black Cat #3 Review


 

Mary Jane & Black Cat #3 Review

Writer: Jed MacKay

Artist: Vincenzo Carratù

Colorist: Brian Reber

Letterer: VC’s Ariana Maher

Publisher: Marvel

Price: 3.99

Release Date: 2/15/2023

 

Cast into Limbo, Mary Jane & Black Cat agree to brave the Screaming Tower and bring Belasco back his soulsword. In return, the former ruler of Limbo will send the gals back to Earth. So can two of Peter Parker's favorite ladies pull off this hellish heist? Let's leap into Mary Jane & Black Cat #3 and find out.

 

Story

Meet S’ym. The demon has an axe to grind. Why do Earth people always run Limbo? Shouldn't one of its native inhabitants—such as, um, himself?—have a shot a ruling the underworld? The gals agree to team up with him, figuring he’s their best shot at making it to the Screaming Tower. But once they’ve got the sword, all bets are off! So the girls must watch their backs while fighting everything Limbo throws against them. But it's also an uneasy partnership for another reason: Black Cat still hasn't told Mary Jane about her growing relationship with Peter Parker.

 

Writer Jed MacKay keeps the tone fun and light with witty banter between the would-be sword thieves. As they face dangers that would make Indiana Jones hesitate, they learn about each other. Meanwhile, Mary Jane experiments with her superpowers. She's new to them and hasn't learned to control them yet. Black Cat's proximity also seems to affect how they manifest. All this makes for a lighthearted underworld romp, as neither thief fully trusts the others. But wait: S’ym mentioned a Guardian, the only Limbo spawn more powerful than him. What'll happen when they run into him?

 

 


 

 

Art

Artist Vincenzo Carratù consistently delivers recognizable and endearing portrayals of our two Earth gals. S'ym convinces the gals he'll betray them, but I wonder. Could the demon just be playing a role? Vincenzo builds lots of character into his visions of Limbo: from head-sized eyeballs in dark, ribbed tunnels to Hydra soldiers, punk rockers, and monsters guarding a Jenga-like Soultower. Although Mary Jane, Black Cat, and Sym face different dangers than Frodo’s fellowship, their underworld battle with hellish forces brings to mind the Mines of Moria.

 

“Everyone: watch out for the cave troll!”

 

Colorist Brian Reber also keeps you turning the pages. Our thieves pop with Mary Jane’s red hair, S’ym glowing skin, and Black Cat’s white hair. Yes, white is a color, and he makes it pop in the surrounding darkness. All the light sources and shadows create depth and atmosphere and convey reality to the characters. There's nothing muddy or unclear in Mary Jane & Black Cat #3. Each panel shines with graduated colors and hell-loads of contrast.

 

Letterer Ariana Maher makes this issue easy to read with upper-case lettering. Bold lettering reveals voice inflection, while sound level shrinks or grows the letters. The latter seems restrained, with slight decreases or increases in size, which make their point known without straining the eyes or detracting from beautifully drawn and colored scenes. Ariana also includes colored narrative boxes with white lettering to share our Earth gals' thoughts. Mary Jane's narrative boxes receive a red background. As for Black Cat: do I need to tell you what background color Ariana chose?

 

 


 

 

Final Thoughts

This latest chapter in the Dark Web series is a real winner. Characters learn about themselves and each other as they navigate labyrinths and brave nightmarish monsters. If you’re not smiling as you read every page of Mary Jane & Black Cat #3, call 9-1-1 immediately. There's something wrong with you!

 

Rating 9/10

 

To view the preview pages see my review at Comic Book Dispatch