Welcome back to Fantastic Five, our Friday roundup of the best comics of the week! This week, Marvel and DC both had perfect continuations and stellar first issues, while Dark Horse came out swinging with a devilishly good debut.
Best comics of the week: February 19, 2025
#5: Let This One Be a Devil #1
High strangeness, historical fiction, and compelling family drama collide in one of the most exciting debut issues of the year thus far. Cryptid enthusiasts will no doubt be pleased with the ways in which this story combines decades of research and the storytelling talents of this creative team into a gothic tale of rural terror.
Read Nathan Simmons’ full review!
#4: Thunderbolts: Doomstrike #1
Thunderbolts: Doomstrike #1 isn’t just your regular event tie-in; it’s also a reminder of how the Thunderbolts have changed over the years. Lanzing, Kelly, Bianchi and Nitro threw the gauntlet down in their opening issue, and I hope that the rest of Doomstrike matches this energy – especially since more Thunderbolts are slated to appear down the line.
Read Collier Jennings’ full review!
#3: Zatanna #1
When the book feels like a carnival ride on the page and it still manages to deliver a final image that has me on the edge of my seat for next month, I’m not going to be terribly nit-picky. This is a miracle of a book for Zatanna fans, and I cannot wait to see where Campbell takes us next. Txen eussi, esaelp!
Read Nathan Simmons’ full review!
#2: The New Gods #3
With this level of ownership that the creators are establishing comes a palpable feeling that nothing is safe. While these are beloved characters and a beloved world, V appears to have been let loose without guardrails in a way that no creator has been with New Gods since Morrison. This possibility of discovering something new every issue will drive me back to this series over and over again as long as this creative team is on it.
Read Ryan Perry’s full review!
#1: NYX #8
NYX #8 is a stellar character piece on the hell-raising Hellion. This comic is about communication, the violence we can do to our loved ones with words, how anger can be a mask over a cry for help. Hellion claims that he is a nail that refuses to break under the might of the world’s hammer, but maybe he’s learning that being broken doesn’t mean losing yourself or what makes you a hero.
