FCBD Civil War II review

An Inhuman predicts that the mad god Thanos is coming to Earth in search of a Cosmic Cube. The Avengers are waiting for him when he shows up at Project Pegasus. They take him down, but one Avenger is seriously hurt. And one dies. Have you read any Marvel event since Avengers Disassembled in 2004? […]

Ms Marvel #1 review

Kamala Khan is 16 and your average Jersey girl. Your average Jersey girl trying to juggle her dual heritages as a Pakistani Muslim and an American teenager. Her best friend is embracing her Muslim identity, her brother is abusing his, her mother wants her to be a good Muslim girl and her father, while more relaxed, […]

Avengers #3 review

In which the expanded Avengers team reaches Mars, fights world transformers Ex Nihilo, Abyss and Aleph, and a Damascene conversion occurs. Said change of heart comes courtesy of new Avenger Captain Universe. I have no idea who she is – writer Jonathan Hickman doesn’t deign to tell us here – but she has a thing […]

Avengers: The Children’s Crusade #8 review

Dr Doom has the power of a god and he intends to rule all … benignly. ‘I shall make ours a planet free of poverty, disease and war.’ Former mutants will have their abilities returned, dead heroes will be restored. He doesn’t ask that the world’s peoples bow before him, just that they accept his rule once […]

Avengers: The Children’s Crusade #6 review

Her memory and sanity restored, the Scarlet Witch resolves to undo the madness of M-Day, when she depowered most of the world’s mutants with three little words – ‘No more mutants’. Before that, she learns that Speed and Wiccan may be her lost boys. The meeting between the three, which is as poignant as one […]

Avengers: The Children’s Crusade #5 review

Back from the future, Iron Lad helps the Young Avengers in their quest to restore the Scarlet Witch’s powers and memories. This involves a trip back to the day the Avengers Disassembled, the day Cassie Lang’s father, Ant-Man, died, I’m not complaining that previous issues have been character and action-packed, but it is refreshing to […]