Welcome back to another edition of Fantastic Five! This week’s best comics include a perfect 10 from DC, the second installment in an excellent BOOM! Studios series, and three entries from Marvel. Let’s take a look at the books:
#5: Ms. Marvel The New Mutant #4
Ms. Marvel fights a sentinel alone and does it with impressive visuals and a great sense of internal monologuing. I couldn’t be happier with Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant and I’m excited to see Iman Vellani continue to write this character. Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant is gripping with powerful moments of Ms. Marvel finding her identity as a mutant but so much more.
Read David Brooke’s full review!
#4: Marvel Zombies: Black, White & Blood #2
Marvel Zombies: Black, White & Blood #2 is an excellent chapter in a long line of great tales in the Black, White & Blood legacy. Above all else, the duration of the three tales maximizes the entertainment, never getting too action-heavy or character-focused. For a zombie series, Marvel Zombies: Black, White & Blood is thrillingly alive.
Read David Brooke’s full review!
#3: Slow Burn #2
Everything has clicked and it’s all exploding forward in unison. This fire certainly doesn’t look like I thought it would, but that’s a move that’s only proven just how masterful this experience has been already and the prowess of the creative team. Whenever this blaze is headed next, it’s going to likely consume us all in the best way possible.
Read Chris Coplan’s full review!
#2: X-Men Blue: Origins #1
X-Men Blue: Origins #1 is a triumph. It adds further development to Marvel’s most iconic queer couple as well as harmoniously reframing decades of messy continuity disputes. Spurrier’s previous work in the X-Men’s Krakoan era has drawn fair criticism of late, in particular his treatment of women of color. This issue contrasts as a stark high note, one that Uncanny Spider-Man #5 hopefully sticks the landing on.
Read Jonathan Jones’ full review!
#1: Alan Scott: The Green Lantern #2
A standard at AIPT is that the only thing wrong with a 10/10 issue is that there isn’t more of it. Somehow, Alan Scott: The Green Lantern #2 doesn’t quite fit that notion. After all, it addresses its themes quickly and succinctly and ends at the perfect point. There is no point in running past that. Unfortunately, we don’t necessarily have an 11/10, but a perfect score is close enough, and this book has undeniably earned it.
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