Phillips manages a very tight ensemble of characters.
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X-Men of Apocalypse #1 // Review
Loeb opens the series with a big slugfest.
Alien vs. Captain America #1 // Review
Tieri manages to fuse the basic premise of the.Xenomorph with World War II.
Binary #2 // Review
Phillips taps into one of the more haunting, dramatic themes of the X-Men saga.
Laura Kinney: Sabertooth #2 // Review
Schultz frames the drama pretty well on her own terms.
Planet She-Hulk #1 // Review
Phillips smartly fuses pulp fantasy adventure with traditional contemporary superhero drama.
Black Cat #3 // Review
Wilson’s script fits perfectly with Melnikov’s art.
Emma Frost: The White Queen #5 // Review
Chu closes-up everything at the end in a way that feels cold and final.
All-New Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider #3 // Review
Phillips is a solidly respectable writer. She's been doing a really good job.
Jeff the Land Shark #5 // Review
The whole thing feels more than a little bit strange.
Spider-Girl #5 // Review
Gronbekk has a solid sense of execution.
Iron & Frost #1 // Review
Scott throws a hell of a lot at the page.
Laura Kinney: Sabertooth #1 // Review
Rosenberg delivers a color palette that is somber and moody.
Binary #1 // Review
Belviso is brilliant.
Spider-Girl #4 // Review
The tremendous resilience of Maka is powerfully present in slight shades of phrase in her inner monologue.
Emma Frost: The White Queen # 4 // Review
Chu plays a bit with expectations in interesting directions.
The Uncanny X-Men #21 // Review
Simone rather tightly frames a few father-and-son-style relationships.
Phoenix #15 // Review
Mercado shows a great degree of strength.
Miles Morales: Spider-Man #38 // Review
Ziglar’s work feels pretty tightly-drawn from the traditional Spider-Man mold.
Magik #10 // Review
Allen makes a casual run through a villains layer seem a lot more interesting than it has any right to be.