Welcome back to another edition of Fantastic Five, our Friday tradition celebrating the very best comics of the week! This week saw another three issues from three different publishers earn a perfect 10 score from our staff. Let’s take a look:
#5: From the World of Minor Threats: The Alternates #2
The thing about Crab Louie is that he’s a good man (at least so far). He’s desperately trying to do the right thing (be a husband, father, and hero) even as every instinct inside of him says to run back to his fant-a-sea. There’s never any judgment or the like — the book/creative team allows Louie, and the others, to be themselves in relationship to their shortcomings. That feels like a really novel way to treat one’s heroes, and just another reason as to why this book’s so compelling already. I can’t wait to see what happens when the story unfolds further, and the dimensional rift of humanity and storytelling wonders that await us and our lovable squadron of losers.
Read Chris Coplan’s full review!
#4: Superior Spider-Man Returns #1
As a fan raring to get more Superior, this issue is like a nice lost story with the promise of setting some new things up for Dan Slott and Mark Bagley to knock down. I’m okay with that because more Superior Spider-Man is always a good thing.
Read David Brooke’s full review!
#3: Batman: City of Madness #1
Batman: City of Madness is riveting, eye-catching, and authentically nightmarish. There’s an inventive take on Gotham and all that comes with it while spinning an impressively rich and entertaining narrative.
Read David Brooke’s full review!
#2: X-Men Red #16
X-Men Red #16 is the darkest hour of the Genesis War. In the midst of action and bombast, the drama remains intimately focused on Storm, and the choices she makes here will impact Arakko forevermore. The Fall of X has many battlefronts, but this may just be the most important one.
Read Jonathan Jones’ full review!
#1: NIGHTS #1
There’s so much more I want to say about this book, and what it’s come to mean to me in recent weeks. (I haven’t even mentioned the ending, and it’ll likely rip your face off with its depth and impact.) But since I won’t spend 2,000 words on a single review, I will say what I’ve said is only the tip of the iceberg, and you should read it to fully embrace what this story is capable of both for horror and comics at-large. Seriously, take my word for it if only this one dang time.
Read Chris Coplan’s full review!
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