Happy Friday, and welcome to another edition of Fantastic Five, wherew e shout out the very best comics of the week! This week, we say goodbye to a beloved X-Men series, Scott Snyder does it again, and Titans: Beast World achieves near-perfection. Let’s take a look at the books:
#5: Titans: Beast World #2
As a whole, Titans: Beast World is a whirlwind of an issue. Its debut issue set up the Titans with their first global catastrophe, and in this issue, we see how they rally in the face of adversity. Additionally, this story offers insight into what dangers lurk in the shadows, and those dangers seem to be closing in on the Titans. Furthermore, Titans: Beast World #2 is another spectacular issue in an interesting event.
Read Michael Guerrero’s full review!
#4: Dark Spaces: Dungeon #2
Dark Spaces: Dungeon #2 is an excellent second issue building on what we know and racing towards a thrilling final few pages. The building tension is palpable in a book that’s breathtaking, thrilling, and truly haunting.
Read David Brooke’s full review!
#3: Batman: City of Madness #2
Batman: City of Madness #2 continues to be an exciting adventure with great writing and eye-popping art. This is an engaging read with a lot of “wow” factors and characters to empathize with every step of the way.
Read David Brooke’s full review!
#2: X-Men: Red #18
X-Men: Red #18 is a fond farewell to one of our favorite X-Men books in the last couple of years. It’s packed with action and heart, capping off this Arakki epic while still leaving so much room to explore on the red planet. Hopefully, their rest is restorative but also quick because Storm and her fellow Arakki are some of the biggest assets to the fight for mutantkind as the Fall of X shifts to Fall of the House of X/Rise of the Powers of X. The people of Arakko do not fear a life that ends, and there is no fear in how this book ends either: only hope.
Read Jonathan Jones’ full review!
#1: From the World of Minor Threats: The Alternates #4
No matter what this story did to the superhero canon, one thing proves immutable: there’s always room for a second chapter/story. And that’s true of The Alternates, as enough fresh road was teased that we could see even more from this “improved” iteration of the squad. While I’d readily and greedily consume a new series down the road, a big part of me is hoping this is the end for The Alternates. I don’t know how they’ll respond to this “new” world, and if they can keep marching along with each other’s support. And not knowing seems sort of like the point — you just have to keep moving to figure anything out at all. It’s just one lesson and gem that this book’s offered, and I feel irrevocably changed for having experienced this proper rush to the head and heart.
Final Thought: A poignant, trippy ending for this compelling dissection of superhero comics.
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