Harley Quinn #200 Preview

 

 

As the Deconspirator seeks to free people from the confining power of relationships, Harley is discovering how relationships can enrich her life. Her friends helped Harley escape Gunbunny's dad, who prizes the tools of his trade over his daughter. Now, like Mötley Crüe, Harley is returning to Home Sweet Home. How will she meet the Gnu challenges awaiting her? And will the US Mint finally put Harley Quinn's face on a quarter? 

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Harley Quinn #200

Writer: Elliott Kalan

Artist: Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson & Carlos Olivares

Cover Artists: Yanick Paquette, David Nakayama, Inhyuk Lee, Jessica Luna, and Terry Dodson with Rachel Dodson

Publisher: DC Comics

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Price: $5.99/$6.99 Card Stock

Release Date: December 24, 2025

 

200 Fast 200 Furious!

 

Two hundred issues, baby! We did it—I’m a certified bicentennial woman! I’m making my triumphant return to Gotham in style—in an oversize clownstravaganza! And I’m bringing friends! No, I’m not talking about the Gunbuddies or Convoy (though they are here too)—my very first artists, Terry and Rachel Dodson, are making their triumphant return to help tell a story about what makes me me. Plus, the epic final battle between wrong and wrong as I face down the Deconspirator in a fight for the future of Throatcutter Hill!

 

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Black Cat #1 Review

 

Writer: G Willow Wilson

Artist: Gleb Melnikov

Colorist: Brian Reber

Letterer: Joe Caramagna

Cover Artists: Adam Hughes; Peach Momoko; Simone Di Meo; J Scott Campbell; Terry Dodson & Rachel Dodson; Derrick Chew; Jeehyung

Designer: Stacie Zucker

Editors: Tom Groneman, Nick Lowe & CB Cebulski

Publisher: Marvel Comics

Price: $4.99

Release Date: August 20, 2025

 

A master thief’s life is filled with peril. Usually, they prove more injurious emotionally than physically. So why is Black Cat sitting in the night nurse’s waiting room? And how might her battle with Hellgate change her? Let’s put on our catsuits, leap into Black Cat #1, and see!

 

Story

Curt Connors gained superpowers by becoming the Lizard. Since then, the two have gone their separate ways. The Lizard identifies with those society discards, such as Miles Morales’ clone brother Shift, the Vermin, and the unhoused who inhabit New York’s underground. But when the Lizard meets Black Cat in G Willow Wilson’s story, he’s on a mission to understand himself better. Unfortunately, neither he nor Black Cat enjoys others getting in their way.

 

But that’s the problem in Black Cat #1. Suddenly, Felicia Hardy isn’t having things her own way. She pushed away Peter Parker to pursue a relationship with Amelia Morrow. Felicia enjoyed a sometime partnership with Mary Jane. Now, Mary Jane has become a member of another family. Recently, Felicia began to wonder what she had left behind when she broke off things with Peter. But as his life begins to settle down following his battles with Cyttorak’s scions, Hellgate takes Peter away from her again.

 

 

In G Willow Wilson’s story, a fraught chase and fight leave Felicia exhausted. As she looks back on her life, she wonders if being the Black Cat is worth it. Has all her hard work yielded the lasting satisfaction we all seek? While her tangle with the lizard prompts a visit to the nurse’s room, it helps her put things in perspective. With Tombstone making a bid to rule the streets, and Spider-Man keeping his distance and taking a tougher stance on crime, New York is becoming a more dangerous place.

 

Felicia Hardy misses Peter Parker. Their different views on life prevented them from bonding as a couple. But she’s not happy being on her own. So, in Black Cat #1, Felicia wonders: what if I tried to be like him? Or at least, the way Peter used to be?

 

 

 

Art

Gleb Melnikov populates the night nurse’s waiting room with costumed characters in need of her services. Some you may recognize. Others, perhaps not. Whether battling Felicia or sitting in the waiting room, the Lizard exudes power in Black Cat #1. Amid his primal fury, he clutches two cages with due care and concern. After their fight, all the barriers fall. As she sinks into a tub of foamy water, Felicia trades glamor in Gleb Melnikov’s 90s Image superhero art for supermodel vulnerability. 

 

 

 

Brian Reber lavishes a loaded palette on Felicia’s flight from the authorities. The setting sun fills the air with gentle pink and orange. As she runs, the brick buildings glow, while the windows of a corner shop burn like a cluster of tiny suns. Hints of streetlights appear in the dark windows of an office where two associates await her call. By the time Black Cat glimpses Spider-Man, the vibrant colors have fled. So, she watches him thwip out of her life beneath a blue and purple sky. 

 

 

 

As Joe Caramagna fills white dialogue balloons with black uppercase text, he shares Felicia’s thoughts with white uppercase letters in black narrative boxes. White letters in green boxes translate the Lizard’s hisses, while red letters flit through a panel, reminding Felicia of those pursuing her. Joe Caramagna stokes the engine powering Black Cat #1 with an ample supply of crash, bang, and big bada boom. Yet whether adorning a symbol of her profession, accompanying an homage, or enhancing the night nurse’s invitation, Joe Caramagna fills Felicia’s moment of truth with all the sounds of reality. Thanks to Marvel for providing a review copy. 

 

 

 

Final Thoughts

Luck can be an elusive target. Some people work all their lives to achieve it. Others seem blessed with an abundance. Felicia Hardy has always radiated luck. But look beneath the surface, and you’ll see all the hard work she does to make her luck in Black Cat #1.

 

Rating 9.8/10

 

To look inside see my review at Comic Book Dispatch. 

Fire & Ice: When Hell Freezes Over #6

 

 

How far would you go for someone you love? And would you doom one loved one to rescue another? While Fire and Ice's choices may trap them in Hell, things are getting more confusing by the minute in Smallville. Will Superman return and help sort out this Freakier Friday? And how will L-Ron do as the latest hair stylist at The Mane Event? 

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Fire & Ice: When Hell Freezes Over #6

Writer: Joanne Starer

Artist: Stephen Byrne

Cover Artists: Terry Dodson & Rachel Dodson; Todd Nauck

Publisher: DC Comics

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Series Length: 6 Issues

Price: $3.99/$4.99 (Cardstock)

Release Date: September 10, 2025

 

Breaking into Hell is one thing—clawing you way back out is another thing entirely. But Ice already escaped Hell’s clutches once before, and it might not be so eager to let her go again…

 

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The Manchurian #1 Review

 

Writer: Pornsak Pichetshote

Penciler & Colorist: Terry Dodson

Inker: Rachel Dodson

Letterer & Designer: Jeff Powell

Color Flats: John Ercek

Editor: Will Dennis

Cover Artist: Terry Dodson

Publisher: Image Comics

Price: $3.99

Release Date: September 25, 2024

 

China has risen from poverty to become a global superpower in a generation. What form does their espionage take in the USA? And what toll does it take on their agents? Let’s leap into The Manchurian #1 and find out!

 

Story

Chinese spycraft is corporate espionage. Chinese agents don't pay their informants. Instead, they look for stable but indiscreet employees. In World War II, the US government warned its citizens that Loose Lips Might Sink Ships. In the 21^st Century, instead of warships bringing troops to the frontlines or cargo vessels transporting food to bombed cities, the idiom applies to ships of commerce that provide essential goods and services to people across the globe.

 

In The Manchurian #1, Jillian Ames-Xu is one of the good people. When she learned her husband was passing corporate secrets to his homeland, she wanted to help. She continues after his death. But without his guiding hand, Jillian grows careless. Calvin Low, her guardian angel, pleads with her to stop. Calvin worries that Security will notice her accessing restricted files. But Jillian's love for her husband knows no bounds. Even after his death, she goes above and beyond to further his causes.

 

Like Calvin Low, Virginia is a Guardian Angel. She protects the American agents who pass along corporate secrets to China. But their superiors worry about Calvin. They send Virginia to warn him against growing too close to Jillian. Virginia reminds him that he should eliminate dangers to their operation, not protect them.

 

Luna Garcia and Calvin Low have a good life together. But despite her love for him, Luna knows Calvin lies to her. She doesn’t understand why. Luna’s concern grows when she finds an empty container of prescription drugs in the bathroom trash. Luna wants to help Calvin with whatever he is going through. Calvin would like to be honest with her, but he can't. Calvin vows to break up with her and let her find someone better, but not yet.

 

While Calvin struggles to protect Jillian, forces close in on him. In addition to his superiors, the multinational corporations are losing billions to Chinese espionage. Their pockets are deep. For some of their agents, Calvin’s actions cross the line. It’s not just business anymore. It’s personal.

 

The Manchurian #1 scoops secondary players into its net and intersperses Calvin’s scenes with reports on Chinese espionage. As the tension mounts, Calvin struggles to carry a load his superiors wish he would abandon. Pornsak Pichetshote weaves all the plot strands into a compelling tapestry that should satisfy readers while leaving them wanting to know more about Jillian, Luna, Virginia, and Calvin.

 

Art

As Calvin rises from the ocean in his swim trunks, a blonde regards him from a chaise lounge. Calvin helps her out of her bikini as they trade the patio for her bedroom while her brother smokes a cigarette outside. People chat about their research in restaurants, bars, and at home. Jillian wears protective goggles as she sits before a workstation with three monitors and a microscope. She glances behind her and frowns.

 

Terry Dodson adorns his pencils and Rachel Dodson’s inks with scene-specific limited palettes. Interiors and evenings often feature grayed pinks and purples, such as when Calvin meets Jillian at a modern art exhibit, hovers above a target like James Bond in Goldfinger, or meets her in a dark alley. Dodson favors green, brown, and blue for daytime scenes, such as when Calvin meets the blonde and Virginia. But the pinks and purples dominate The Manchurian #1, as Calvin spends more time in the shadows and darkness than in the light of day.

 

Jeff Powell shares Calvin’s thoughts as white uppercase letters in red narrative boxes and a security analyst’s reports as white lowercase words in black narrative boxes. Font size ranges from generous to small amid black and gray words in white dialogue balloons. Giant white letters introduce the locations and players in Calvin’s struggle to protect Jillian and claim the ultimate prize of 21^st-century espionage. Sound effects suggest a caring side to Virginia's nature and punctuate an event that could shatter Jillian's fragmenting perspective in The Manchurian #1. Thanks to Image Comics and The Horizon Experiment for providing a copy for review.

 

Final Thoughts

A conscientious Chinese spy struggles to knit together his fraying personal life while protecting a grieving widow from her corporate masters and his superiors in The Manchurian #1.

 

Rating 9/10 

 

For another cover see my review at Comic Book Dispatch. 

Preview interior art at the Image Comics website.

Amazing Spider-Man #50 Review

 

Writers: Zeb Wells, Marv Wolfman, Nikesh Shukla

Pencilers: Ed McGuinness, Terry Dodson

Inker: Mark Farmer

Artists: Crisscross, Juan Ferreyra, and Todd Nauck

Colorists: Marcio Menyz & Erick Arciniega; Terry Dodson; Andrew Dalhouse; Juan Ferreyra; Rachelle Rosenberg

Letterer: Joe Caramagna

Cover Artists: Ed McGuinness & Marcio Menyz; Nick Bradshaw & Rachelle Rosenberg; Greg Capullo & FCO Plascencia; Iban Coello & Jesus Aburtov; John Romita Sr & Edgar Delgado; John Romita Jr, Scott Hanna & Dean White; John Tyler Christopher

Publisher: Marvel

Price: $9.99

Release Date: May 22, 2024

 

Spider-Man battled gangs to protect people like Peter Parker's friend, Randy Robertson. Spider-Man also helped Peter's friend, Betty Brant, recapture the Winkler Device from Hobgoblin and Queen Goblin. Spidey even saved the Living Brain from the Sinister Six and stored it in Peter Parker's workplace. But is Peter Parker Spider-Man? Let’s grab some brain food to confront this brainteaser, thwip into Amazing Spider-Man #50, and find out!

 

Main Story

Peter Parker’s life has not gone smoothly. He confessed to Shay that he doesn’t do well in personal relationships. Yet he’s tried to make more time for friends like Miles Morales, Randy Robertson, and Betty Brant. But then, there was that evening that Michele claimed he stood her up for a date.

 

In Amazing Spider-Man #50, another strange incident occurs. Instead of saving people from dangerous situations or capturing criminals, Spider-Man is hassling a Real Estate agent named Keyan when Norman Osborn calls. It seems like a strange use of Peter Parker’s precious time. But Peter has bigger fish to fry. The Living Brain is in a chatty mood.

 

Recently, the giant cerebrum penetrated the digital clean room to travel the worldwide web. Now, it endangers its existence to communicate. The message it sends Peter, which he relays to Norman, could change both men’s lives forever.

 

After conferring with Dr Curt Connors, Peter heads to Norman's office. Peter is Norman's employee and friend. In Kamala Khan's absence, Peter is Norman's moral compass. Like any multimillionaire, power and influence insulate Norman from the consequences of his actions. Norman can injure or destroy people's lives more effectively than Tombstone's flunkies Kareem or White Rabbit, let alone Tombstone's lawyer Michele or an underhand Real Estate agent named Keyan. The question is, does Norman want to?  

 

Amazing Spider-Man #50 spins a web of story strands over more than half the oversized issue. Zeb Wells unearths Easter Eggs hidden beneath more eye-catching events. Yet Wells also asks if we can be happy when denying our most powerful urges. Can someone who derives pleasure from hurting others ever reform and be satisfied with helping people? Or, like the Living Brain, are we damaging ourselves by ignoring our primary drives and trying to reshape our identities?

 

 

 

Art

A light show surrounds the giant brain. Sparks erupt from monitors in the control room. As lab-coated technicians scramble to understand what's happening, a ticker tape issues from a workstation.

 

Keyan tries to pull webbing off his dark suit while Spider-Man squats atop a mailbox. More webbing stretches from a window washer's platform to nearby objects. A trio of circular panels nestles beside successive rectangular panels of Spider-Man and Keyan. Norman resides in these circular panels, clad in his dark suit. As he converses with Spidey, he clutches a chess piece. Is it a bishop or a pawn?

 

Marcio Menyz & Erick Arciniega lavish a loaded palette on Ed McGuinness and Mark Farmer’s stylish art. Old School panels give way to more modern layouts, interposed with splash pages and double-page spreads. Brown, gray, and orange control room scenes give way to vivid colors as a door opens, and a frown becomes a wicked smile. Brightly colored opening scenes transition to electrifying green, purple, and orange. The sunlight illuminating Spider-Man and Kayan shout that this issue takes place after events in Amazing Spider-Man Blood Hunt. But by the end of this story, another darkness has overcome our world.

 

Welcome to the jungle, baby.

 

 

 

 

Cat-Nipped!

Story

Spider-Man pursues Black Cat after her latest robbery, but she eludes him. Later, he stops by her Litter Box. Black Cat left him a message in her apartment. Like Freddie Mercury, she says, Don't stop me now. But Spider-Man wants to halt her fun and games. So, he seeks a pattern behind her intriguing crime spree.

 

In Amazing Spider-Man #50, Marv Wolfman touches on the intriguing link between competition, forgery, and homage. Like Randy Robertson's former relationship with Tombstone's daughter, the story also reveals how closeness to those who don’t share our moral standards can blind us to the harm they cause.

 

Art

Black Cat swings above the street and somersaults onto a semi-truck trailer. As she races toward the cab, Spider-Man swings past and snatches the poster tube from her shoulder. Sorry, Black Cat! You won’t be bringing that art to your next convention!

 

Terry and Rachel Dodson populate pages with one or two panels and build around those with thin strips or tiny boxes. Terry Dodson employs a limited palette dominated by blues, making skin tones and the red on Spidey’s costume stand out. The final pages bloom with more colors as Spider-Man thwips into the sunrise.

 

 

 

Time To Make The Donuts

Story

Spider-Man loves Lionel King's donuts. Missing out on them makes Spidey unhappy. Spider-Man has dedicated his life to thwipping and fighting crime. Yet he's amazed by Lionel's dedication to such a mundane task.

 

Nikesh Shukla’s story in Amazing Spider-Man #50 reminds us to respect how food influences us and unites us with others. It also highlights how a stray comment can transform a person's life.

 

Art

Introductory scenes focus on the cooking donuts, then pull back to show Spider-Man standing beside Lionel’s food truck. Crisscross devotes a page to Spidey thwipping above the city before he meets with Mrs. King. Andrew Dalhouse employs subdued colors while sparing bright green and pink to highlight Lionel and his mother. A memory bathes in yellow, orange, and copper. After the engaging dialogue and intense kitchen action, the final panel darkens. Will the brightness return when Spidey reunites with Lionel and his mother? 

 

 

 

Don’t Thing Thrice, It’s All Right

Story

Lee Gatlin brings a dose of cartoony fun to Amazing Spider-Man #50. Spidey spots the Rhino’s silhouette in a darkened apartment. So he swoops in, only to realize that he’s crashing a surprise birthday party. While packing his story about Spider-Man and the Thing with hijinks and humor, Lee muses on how bringing someone to mind may provoke a seemingly random meetup.

 

Art

Gangly Spider-Man thwips around a brownstone before swinging through a window and webbing everyone inside. Like the other guests, the ever-loving Thing is wearing a party hat. The next day, a practical joke makes the Thing resemble Rhino. Lee Gatlin complements his fun cartoony art with textured color that imbues this short tale about friends and enemies with depth and atmosphere. 

 

 

 

Secrets

Story

While Zeb Wells scattered the seeds for his story in Amazing Spider-Man #50 in preceding issues, Joe Kelly shares another previously unrevealed event. Peter can’t shake some pesky Niffleheim Imps, so he heads to the Sanctum Sanctorum. As Doctor Strange struggles with his health and focus, Peter seems oblivious to the sorcerer’s pain and his need to concentrate. Steven's final words and the stick he clamps in his jaws hint at upcoming developments that may rock Spider-Man's world. That is, assuming he survives the current storyline involving the Living Brain, Norman Osborn, and the Green Goblin.

 

Kelly’s story reminds us how pestering others to resolve our urgent business can derail others from fulfilling necessary tasks.

 

Art

In contrast to Lee Gatlin’s black and red Spider-Man, Juan Ferreyra shows tiny green goblins chomping on Spidey’s bright red and blue suit. Spidey trails a cloud of lavender as he tumbles inside the Sanctum Sanctorum. Light shines from the bat's mouths as Spider-Man sits on a hammock. Spindly, articulated limbs pluck the Cornish Pixies away. Yet Spider-Man ignores a nightmarish apparition and regards Doctor Strange on his upholstered, armored throne. Ferreyra’s atmospheric art suggests the power an upcoming Spine-Tingling Doctor Strange series could wield.

 

 

Epilogue And Lettering

Like a post-credit scene in an MCU movie, Zeb Wells, Todd Nauck, and Rachelle Rosenberg provide an epilogue in the jungle where Dr Connors plays to close out the main story in Amazing Spider-Man #50.

 

Aside from Lee Gatlin's hand lettering, Joe Caramagna thwips uppercase black lettering into dialogue balloons and narrative boxes in Amazing Spider-Man #50. The font grows bold for inflection, swells for increased volume, and rarely shrinks. Immense letters help us hear a semi-truck crash, a giant brain scream, and overwhelmingly evil laughter.

 

Thanks to Marvel for providing a copy for review.

 

 

 

Final Thoughts

When the Living Brain starts talking, its words upend Peter Parker and Norman Osborn’s lives in Amazing Spider-Man #50. Perhaps it's just as well that Peter's heightened strength, agility, and spider-sense prevent him from ever relaxing. He'll need all his wits to confront the enemies that surround him and the demons that lurk within.

 

Rating 9.4/10

 

To preview interior art for the main story see my review at Comic Book Dispatch.

Amazing Spider-Man #42 Review

 

Writer: Zeb Wells

Penciler: John Romita Jr.

Inker: Scott Hanna

Colorist: Marcio Menyz

Letterer: Joe Caramagna

Cover Artists: John Romita Jr, Scott Hanna & Marcio Menyz; Terry & Rachel Dodson; Greg & Tim Hilderbrandt; Marcos Martin; Alex Saviuk & Rachelle Rosenberg

Publisher: Marvel

Price: $4.99

Release Date: January 17, 2024

 

Spider-Man, She-Hulk, and Tombstone confront Kingpin and Typhoid Mary. A few Hellfire Club troopers remain standing, but most lie sprawled across the floor of Tombstone’s apartment. Kingpin declared their battle was over. His son's battle with the Beetle has also ended. Is Janice Lincoln dead? Will Tombstone sink his teeth into Wilson Fisk’s neck and tear his throat out? Let’s thwip into Amazing Spider-Man #42 and find out!

 

Story

Wilson Fisk has faced many battles in his life. But now he wants to concentrate on his family. So Wilson had a little fun with his long-time rival Lonnie for old-time's sake, but he's sitting this Gang War out.

 

The Beetle can’t believe Fisk’s troops took away the Rose. Now, Janice controls more territory than her father ever did. But to retain it, Janice must fight Madame Masque.

 

In Amazing Spider-Man #42, Zeb Wells douses Peter Parker and Luke Cage in a pool of murky water. Spider-Man joined forces with Tombstone to protect his daughter. Mayor Cage also wants Team Spidey to protect Janice. Cage views Madame Masque as more of a threat to his city than Janice. Plus, Cage and Janice both have strong connections within Harlem. But Janice has become a general. An army marches to her orders. The Beetle plans on becoming a major player in organized crime. Are Luke and Peter being sentimental in backing Randy Robertson's former fiancée? 

 

 

 

Gang War has forced Spider-Man to trade thwipping for clubbing and pummeling opponents. Now, Peter favors the perceived lesser of two evils as masked ladies of crime battle for control of the criminal underworld. Wells’ story shows why good people champion bad actors and end up fighting for causes they don’t believe in.

 

Amazing Spider-Man #42 also speaks to the battle between career and family. Peter Parker has sacrificed everything to fight crime. He’s spent too little time with Miles Morales and Randy Robertson, and his relationships with both friends have suffered. But by far, the most painful consequence of his life choice is losing Mary Jane. By contrast, Wilson Fisk ends up the victor in Wells’ story. Kingpin knows the cost of putting his career first. This time, he's choosing to cherish his family rather than pursue career goals.

 

 

 

Art

After the fury of battle burns out, smoke rises from the ashes in Amazing Spider-Man #42. Tombstone’s drapes may be no more, but plumes fill the air, surrounding Fisk’s forces and Team Spidey. Smoke surrounds Luke Cage as he phones Spidey amid the remains of Alistair Smythe’s robots. Armored soldiers drag Richard Fisk from the battle, leaving Digger and the Beetle's forces encircled in smoke. Smoke wafts off Madame Masque’s face, even after she shields her features behind her mask.

 

Kingpin remains coy, but his declaration brings a smile to Typhoid Mary's face. Even Tombstone's frown eases until Lonnie realizes his actions have only bought Janice breathing space. John Romita Jr. and Scott Hanna make Madame Masque and Janice look like uneasy colleagues as they discuss the future. Both women glance down while making painful admissions. After declaring hostile intent, Madame Mask pauses to touch Janice’s arm before departing.

 

 

 

While a bright red mask covers Spider-Man’s face, Marcio Menyz coats Wilson Fisk and Lonnie Lincoln in crimson. The latter matches Kingpin’s armored forces as they drag the purple-and-black Rose from the battle. While Scorpia, Electro, and Digger are green, Rabbit's dark suit, pink ears, and pink bubblegum mimic the coloring of Beetle's costume. A tattoo on Shotgun's shoulder glows gold when Madame Masque touches it, reminding us of her gold mask. The overhead light in Janice's Harlem headquarters reveals yellow and orange walls. These merge well with MM's mask but contrast with Janice's purple. While She-Hulk's glowing green always draws our eyes, the pink on one character's armor signals an unexpected alliance in Amazing Spider-Man #42.

 

Joe Caramagna thwips uppercase black letters into white balloons. Words grow bold for inflection. Enlarged and colored letters express Spidey’s exasperation. Tiny lettering suggests confusion or surprise, relates coughing, reminds us of Tombstone’s recent hospital stay, and accompanies magical acts. A sound effect enhances a blast to Madame Masque's face, while large undulating letters emphasize Digger’s rage in Amazing Spider-Man #42.

 

Thanks to Marvel for providing this essential chapter of the Gang War saga for review.

 

 

 

Final Thoughts

Gang War pauses, letting heroes and villains regroup before a final battle for Harlem. As revelations provide insights into the conflict's origins, Amazing Spider-Man #42 asks what matters most: what you do or who you're with. 

 

Rating 9.2/10

 

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