Astonishing X-Men (2004) #53-56
Astonishing X-Men (2004) #53-56 (Liu, Perkins): Some clumsy moments and a lot of team fights don’t mess up the solid story of this arc. An arc about connection, understanding what family really means and shared trauma, and it excels to end on a high note, while at the same time bringing us to absolute tears.
DetailsSuicide Risk #1
Suicide Risk #1 (Carey, Casagrande, Elder, Dukeshire) A fresh look on if every day humans had access to superpowers like a common street drug.
DetailsX-Men #1
Dawn of X starts here! Join us for a look back following the events of House of X/Powers of X, where Hickman slowly establishes the new mutant paradigm in’ X-Men #1′ (Hickman, Yu, Alanguilan, Gho, Cowles).
DetailsEmpty Zone #3
Not many issues can pull off ten plus dialogue-free pages, but Empty Zone #3 (Alexander, NCT, Jackson) does so with absolute ease. It’s a blindly fast read, but its powerful, taking readers through a whirlwind of pain, brutality and ecstasy.
DetailsPlanetary #4
Planetary #4 (Ellis, Cassaday, Depuy, Alifuchs) delivers brilliant visuals while defining a more proactive role for the team in the future, helping to bring some much welcomed direction for the series with the help of a few stunning revelations.
DetailsFor Molly #1
For Molly #1 (Cheng, Sawyer) A cinematographic and dark story about companionship, guilt and pain that promises to carry us to mysterious places, while being close to our hearts.
DetailsStar Trek Captains Log – Sulu
Fans of Sulu and the classic Star Trek films will mostly enjoy the Captains Log – Sulu (Tipton, Manfredi, Priorini, Cinabro, Uyetake) one-shot. Despite some occasionally clunky visuals, there is a sense of heart in the characterizations that helps this issue to truly be worthwhile.
DetailsNinjak #1
Ninjak #1 (Kindt, Mann, Arreola) Kindt’s Ninjak rivals the great martial arts comics from Fraction/Brubaker Immortal Iron Fist all the way back to Miller Daredevil and Deadly Hands of Kung Fu.
DetailsFriday #1
Friday (Brubaker, Martin, Vicente) is a twist on the young adult mystery genre you won’t want to miss.
DetailsBroken World #2
Broken World #2 (Barbiere, Peterson, Louise, Dukeshire) is an awesome continuation on a series that captures a fundamental sense of heart not often found in stories of this nature. From the drama to the shocking twists and turns, this is just good entertainment plain and simple.
DetailsAstonishing X-Men (2004) #52
Astonishing X-Men (2004) (Liu, Perkins, Walta): A deep exploration of the trauma and survivorhood of Karma, that deeply respects and develops the character, and uses the main story arc to dig into different experiences of oppression and pain.
DetailsPlanetary #3
It’s a ghost story on its surface, but there is so much more to uncover in Planetary #3 (Ellis, Cassaday, Depuy, Fuchs), a visually spectacular issue that ends with a stark look at the reality of exactly what lies before each one of us.
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