Welcome back to another edition of Fantastic Five, where we give special props to the very best comics of the week! This week had a number of strong entries, including a debut issue that scored a perfect 10. Let’s take a look at the books!
#5: Fantastic Four #6
Fantastic Four is in great hands; every panel and page of Ryan North’s series is proof of that. In this science-focused penultimate issue to Fantastic Four #700, we’re reminded of this super team’s teamwork, camaraderie, and familial love as they stop the world from being destroyed by the least threatening thing imaginable. And it’s great!
Read David Brooke’s full review!
#4: Nocterra #13
Nocterra rages on as a stellar new adventure is underway for the Sundog Convoy. Scott Snyder and Tony S. Daniel continue to create an invigorating story that takes the expression “No Brakes” and puts it to good use. Time is of the essence in Nocterra, and every second seems to count as the issue continues to raise the stakes. This is another can’t-miss story by all accounts.
Read Michael Guerrero’s full review!
#3: Danger Street #5
Once you put this book down, you’ll be surprised at how much content is here. I kept turning the page, expecting it to end, only to find more scenes packed with captions from the Dr. Fate helmet or plot progressing moments. Characters are converging, conflicts are had, and Danger Street remains a can’t-miss comics series for anyone interested in seeing comics as a higher art form.
Read David Brooke’s full review!
#2: Star Trek: Defiant #2
It’s not often the second issue in a story arc beats the first, but Star Trek: Defiant #2 does so with ease. Now that the crew is established, Cantwell and Unzueta are showing us how fun this crew can be together in a fast-paced thrill ride of a series.
Read David Brooke’s full review!
#1: The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country – The Glass House #1
This first issue of Nightmare Country: The Glass House is dense with possibility, rife with implication. Writer James Tynion IV and artist Lisandro Estherren continue the incredible work of shedding light into the unseen corners of the Sandman mythology, creating nuanced wrinkles to the greatest fantasy in comics history. What should be an impossible job of enriching a masterpiece, under their hand, seems merely a foregone conclusion. It is a natural portion of a magic whole, and they are natural in creating it.
Read Colin Moon’s full review!
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