Jeff Allard

This series continues to be outstanding. It boasts the ingenious plotting you'd expect from Ryan North, but it's also hilarious thanks to North having a field day with Doom's ego. Having Doom inhabiting Sue Storm's body in this issue leads to some priceless interactions with the rest of the FF.

Gail Simone has gotten into such a great groove on this book. It's the most soap opera-y book out there, full of drama and emotional turmoil in a way that X-Men books used to be, but haven't been in decades. Juan Frigeri crushes it in his debut as the new addition to the art team. Gorgeous issue.

Really digging this mini. While it'd be hard to fuck up a Punisher in the middle of a zombie apocalypse scenario, I credit this for going the extra mile to be an actually well developed story. Writer Tom Waltz's really killing on Punisher books this week with both this and the Showdown one shot out.

Writer Tom Waltz serves up some classic Punisher action here, with Greg Land's art being a good fit for this particular tale. I'll definitely check out all these Showdown one shots. Can't go wrong with one and done Punisher tales, with Frank just coming in and getting business done.

If you want to watch a movie about a cosmetically challenged protagonist getting revenge on the mob goons who ruined his good looks, go with DARKMAN. This, sadly, is weak sauce. You've got a nasty bit of gore here and there, but it isn't enough to make this any less of a middle of the road effort.

One of the strengths of this run has been Jed MacKay's willingness to allow Marc to do whatever it takes to win, even when his actions are decidedly unheroic. He's a dirty fighter, and as we see here, that costs him, even when he wins. And on art, the team of Pramanik and Rosenberg remains supreme.

I was already convinced that Zdarsky was going to be giving us peak Avengers with his upcoming run, but after reading this, I'm even more certain. This was damn good, setting up a ton of cool, intriguing shit. We're definitely heading back to the days when the Avengers ran the 616. Love to see it.

I ended up flying through Crystal Lake. What a blast. In my mind, it's more of a straight up reboot than prequel, but I'm good either way. I roll my eyes at the idea of anyone being bent out of shape about any changes made to the lore, when F13's lore is nonsensical. No need to be precious about it.

Floored by this movie. I only feel less certain about Elizabeth Holmes after watching it. Not because Holmes herself is deceptive, but because Nathan Fielder is less interested in exposing truths than he is in performing cinematic sleight of hand, and subverting the pursuit of clarity.

Just as a DIE HARD flavored focus on John Greycrow, as he has to defend the Alaskan base from inflitrators, this DNX tie-in would've been a satisfyingly kick ass issue, but there's a turn it takes in its last pages that add a very cool "Oh shit!" twist that I didn't see coming.

I always appreciate it when events keep their foot on the gas, and that's what Jed MacKay's been doing with this. Full throttle action, taking place within a tight narrative timeline, but still finding room for meaningful character beats. Loving Federico Vicentini's art.

As I've been loving Benjamin Percy's Punisher run, but mostly soft on his Deadpool, it's not surprising that this crossover has been a mixed bag for me. On the upside, this penultimate chapter was the strongest installment yet, introducing some potentially wild stakes going into the conclusion.

I was pretty pumped for this mini, and this first issue got things off to a confident start. I've been digging Dan Panosian's run of Wolverine covers, and this mini with him as writer/artist looks set to be a fun take on the character. The fact that Dazzler features into it is icing on the cake.

Decent start to the latest volume of Venom. Unlike many Venom fans, apparently, I actually liked Ewing's run, and found MJ bonding with Venom to be a refreshing change of pace, so I'm not automatically hyped for the return of Eddie. That said, this was ok, and I esp liked Tommaso Bianchi's art.

Fun issue! I appreciate that the main goal of this book is to provide a breezy good time, dealing in problems with modest stakes. I imagine we won't be seeing artist Gleb Melnikov on interiors for awhile as they're moving over to Iron Man for a stretch. If so, this was a solid issue to go out on.

Shocked that this turned out to be the case, but STREET FIGHTER (1994) > STREET FIGHTER (2026).

Cool trailer. I really enjoyed Jed MacKay's Avengers run but it's been a long time since the Avengers were that central, must read title that drove the Marvel Universe, so I'm happy to see Zdarsky and Checcheto bringing that aspect back. youtu.be/S5F1F52fDFc?...

Jason Aaron keeps crushing it on this book. Early on, I wasn't sure what kind of legs this reimagining would have, but by now it's clear Aaron's just getting warmed up. He's probably got about a hundred issues in him on this. Steel gets an excellent spotlight here, with stellar art by Juan Ferreyra.

This tie-in issue to an event I haven't been following didn't make me regret passing over Bad Seeds, but yet I enjoyed it well enough on its own terms. Looking forward to Fraction getting back on track to the regular flow of this run, though. Not a big fan of crossovers when it comes to DC.

As strong as the Midnight debuts of X-Men and FF were, this was the one that hit the hardest, with PKJ and Scietronc pulling zero punches on the body horror. Aside from how graphic it is, there's also a real and tragic humanity to its characters, and immediate hints of a fleshed out larger world.

Nice recap of Wacker's speech. Excited to see what changes his EIC era will yield. aiptcomics.com/2026/10/07/s...

New arrival! I love that Marvel's been steadily pumping out volumes of Two In One. Why they haven't done a single Epic collection yet for the other great '70s Team Up book, Marvel Team Up, I don't know. Maybe someday!

I dug the hell out of all three of these. I would put Spidey at the top, personally, but they all had their own distinct vibes going on.

This was a blast. Great stuff, with some clever, diabolical twists. If you thought the Xenomorphs were already terrifying, imagine them being able to phase through walls!

Simone's wonderfully weird Uncanny run continues to absolutely cook, thanks in large part to the indispensable art of Luciano Vecchio. There's a ton of incredible artists working in comics rn, but with every issue Vecchio works on, he keeps making the case that he's among the very best.

Outstanding, Magento focused issue, with MacKay delving deep into Magneto's psyche, featuring a possible visit from Xavier (who may only be a memory ghost). I appreciated how the look back at Magneto's impact was focused on events within MacKay's run, which has contained several substantial events.

Really digging this event. Love seeing Scott and his X-Men firmly mopping the floor with 3K here, now that they've taken the full measure of these chumps. Also love how this event is basically just Scott vs OG Beast, who makes a major, unexpected move in the last pages of this issue.

Honestly, I'm glad they pulled the plug on it. It had its merits, had some high points, but it felt too mildly imagined from the jump, too few risks taken. It lasted long enough.

Charles Soule tees up his Venom run here. Solid issue, and I'll definitely be checking out what he's got planned for Eddie's new symboite era. It's inevitable that we'd get back to that classic pairing, here's hoping that Soule has some fresh ideas in store.

Al Ewing brings the curtain down on his Venom run in satisfying fashion. Personally I wish it didn't have to end so soon, as I dug the Venom and MJ pairing. Call me crazy, but I think it's fun to throw readers a curveball. But it's over and Ewing brings it all to a close as well as one could expect.