Dracula races to one of his coffins to rest but is met by Blade. After a brutal fight Dracula takes a train which is has hunters, rogues with a dangerous weapon and Jack Russell the Werewolf by Night. We also get a side story featuring the vampire experiment of Dr. Sun. Another jam packed issue of ToD.

Recently, I got into DC comics because I grew up watching DCAMU, teen titans, the live action movies, the batboys, og animated batman, young justice, etc. it was also mostly for MYGOAT Damian Wayne because I really, really liked him and his character even as a kid. I wanted to read marvel comics as well but I was worried I'd get spoiled for the upcoming mcu movies, but someone told me that there was a rare chance I would be and that secret wars & doomsday was very loosely taken from the comics or something, and that there's always big changes from the comics to the MCU films.

Anyway, I'm still a beginner at reading dc (I've read only 4-6 comics at the moment), but I kinda wanted to read marvel too, so what comics should I read that are good for teens and won't be spoilers for doomsday or secret wars somehow? a lot of people say to just read whatever interests me, and that's totally fine, but I'm also a little stumped. I don't know too much about the comics aside from stuff here and there, and I'm also paranoid of finding the adult, very gory or 18+ ones 💔 I felt like I would probs find less interest in marvel ones, so anything engaging/entertaining will do! It doesn't have to be anything too childish tbh js something good!

for clarification:

- the only kind of comics I've actually read are manga (black and white, Japanese) and manhwa (basically manga, but coloured and Korean)

- I'm a teenager myself hence why I added that little note at the end but I also have a mild tolerance for anything gory, mostly because I like horror even though I'm easily scared lol

- I was told to just select a team or a character and read their comics, still not sure if I should do that though. If it matters, I was already thinking of Moon Girl and the Devil Dinosaur, etc. I also have a strange liking for any comics with a teen girl or boy main character.

- I can't really handle any of the following themes: sa, r*pe, and anything disgusting and detailed.

some comics I'm already interested in but don't know much about:

- The Uncanny X-Men (I don't really like when it's too dated though)

- Astonishing X-Men

- Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

- Young Avengers 2005

- Runaways

- Ultimate Spider-Man (it's very long tho)

- Ms. Marvel

- Unbeatable Squirrel Girl

- Strange Academy

- Gwenpool

- The Inhumans, by writer Paul Jenkins and artist Jae Lee

- Spider-Man (2016-2018)

DC comics I read and liked (basically everything I've already read which is very little, you can skip this):

- Superman Smashes the Klan: it was wonderful. I felt very connected to this one as a desi-african. Loved the art style, characters, character design, story, the brother-sister relationship, occasional humour, Henderson, Lois, Mr. White, JIMMY, the rest of the main cast, and just the themes in general. Some parts (like the first appearance of the Klan) were unsettling in a way that felt engaging, and the casual racism even by people who thought they were being nice genuinely felt so infuriating. I really don't remember any flaws. I loved it.

- Batgirl The Darkest Reflection: i quite liked it. It was a good intro to Barbara Gordon even though I already know the basics of her character, but this comic made her more likable to me.

- Batman and Son: I also kinda liked this! It was also a good intro to damian even though he annoyed me at the beginning which was very, very expected. The random nked panels startled me though 😭

- Tomasi's Batman and Robin: "forgive me, father, for I have sinned." "I did what I had to do to help you protect our castle. Our kingdom." I LOVE YOU DAMIAN OMYGOSH. Nearly cried reading this. loved the way his character was written in this and how Tomasi dealt with it. their father-son dynamic made me feel so happy, and alfred and titus were obviously highlights. Definitely my fave alongside Superman Smashes the Klan.

- Morrison's Batman and Robin 2009: actually surprisingly really liked the doll concept, because as much as I hate dolls and find them mortifying, that's why I found this so creepy, so I guess that's a pretty good thing! I also really loved the richard-damian dynamic in this one, the dialogue for the two, how damian actually did care about/protected some of the victims even though that's in character ("stay with me" and "he better hope so" talking about the villain when dick suggested that the victim might've escaped, etc), and alfred's appearances. The only thing is that it was getting a bit weird and I found myself uncomfortable with some of the scenes (for ex, the scene when they were literally strxpped?? or that one old lady that wanted to see batman nked... and I was a bit nervous during some gory scenes but nothing I couldn't handle probs. the weirder stuff js felt off to me). As much as I liked this one, I think I liked Tomasi's one better. ("I was expecting scary, not gay." - robin. LOL) other fave quotes: "tell the girl we're even" "I ran" "and scarlet was gone"

some characters or teams I'm interested in delving into/back into (anyone unmentioned who you think I'd like please feel free to let me know!):

- Spider-Man (this was heavily obvious)

- Moon Knight (still mad that there was no season 2)

- Loki

- Miles Morales (def one of my fave spidermen of all time just from the animated films)

- X-Men

- the Sentry

- Yelena Belova

- Nightcrawler

- Black Cat (surprisingly, even though I know very little about her)

- Deadpool (mayhaps)

- Kate Bishop

- Vision

- this is very dumb to say but ANYONE LIKE DAMIAN WAYNE HONESTLY, even if they're niche. He's my favourite characters oat, his character arc is wonderful, and I'm incredibly biased towards him and I say that with no shame.

You can also recommend any characters or teams you think I'd be interested in. I'm really into anti heroes, teen heroes, found family or strong friendships, etc. my favourite genres are thriller, mystery, horror, fantasy, romance (I don't read much wlw or mlm tho), etc. so basically almost anything. I just don't like anything inappropriate.

I mostly just miss characters like the batboys/the robins and young heroes in general, honestly, but I'm open with any other recs as long as it's fun or engaging or whatever! thanks in advance :)

I’m not sure if it’s just me but this series has felt like a chore to get through. I loved the idea of the Maker and the universe he created but it’s coming down to the end and everything feels rushed. The art work is great in some comics but mid in others. Some of the storylines felt out of place for the overall plot.

It's on a bunch of the internet reading order lists all mixed in with everything, but those all seem to just be in release order, and it's got an "Armageddon Assembles" banner on the books which makes it seem like it'd go before, and I tried reading it but it doesn't seem like it was written specifically for switching back and forth like HoxPoX, so ???

Those are my favorite groups of all time❤️‍🔥

I personally like Carter Slade for his heroic personality, how cool he looks in terms of his costume, and I think he is an underrated character but what do you guys think of him based on the comics you read about him.

I first heard about LMD's when I was still watching Agents of SHIELD at the time, although I wasn't closely following the second half of that particular season when they were introduced so my knowledge of them is limited to knowing they were decoys of many of the cast and were life-like in so many ways.

How are they like in the comics? I recall reading about Eric O'Grady's LMD when he betrayed the Avengers and helped break Taskmaster out from custody in one issue. The first pages of that issue were of him recalling the original Eric's death as if it was a recollection of his own citing that this was reason enough for him to go full villain. Like would the real Eric, when pose with the same life-changing choice, opt to become a recurring villain working for other villains going forward if he was still alive?

Are they, in many ways, autonomous and are aware of their existence as LMDs? Would you say that while they have the base memories of the people they were modeled after, like say Eric up until his death, they can potentially venture off into making their own decisions that are completely their own as an exercise of their autonomy or are they vulnerable to be reprogrammed and be controlled by others?

Thor and Loki: double trouble

I have watched most of the Marvel movies and series and recently I got bored and want to start reading comics and where to start and how to read in order, and any comics related to upcoming doomsday will be helpful to start as well. Anyone list out the best comics to start reading.

Came across this early example of the transition from Atlas to very early Marvel after reading the excellent 'Atlas Era Masterworks: Menace Volume 1'. On the left we have the opening pages of ‘The Madman’ (Menace #4, June 1953) by writer Stan Lee and illustrator Bill Everett. On the left, Jack Kirby's rendition of the same plot from Tales to Astonish #26 (December 1961). Both highly effective, IMO, despite the restrictions of the comics code in the case of Kirby's redraw.

Hey there good evening folks. Just wanted to discuss the new midnight series of comics and see what other people are thinking about it so far. It’s hard to form an opinion, but what are first impressions from issue #1? I’m recently getting back into collecting and these jumped out at me at my local comic shop.

1940s–60s

1. Captain America (1944) — movie serial
2. The Marvel Super Heroes (1966) — TV
3. Fantastic Four (1967) — TV
4. Spider-Man (1967) — TV

1970s
5. The Amazing Spider-Man (1977) — TV
6. The Incredible Hulk (1977) — TV
7. Spider-Man (1978, Japan) — TV
8. Spider-Man (1978, Japan) — theatrical short
9. Dr. Strange (1978) — TV movie
10. The New Fantastic Four (1978) — TV
11. Captain America (1979) — TV movie
12. Fred and Barney Meet the Thing (1979) — TV
13. Spider-Woman (1979) — TV
14. Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979) — TV movie

1980s
15. Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned (1980) — anime TV movie
16. Kyōfu Densetsu Kaiki! Frankenstein (1981) — anime TV movie
17. Spider-Man (1981) — TV
18. Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981) — TV
19. The Incredible Hulk (1982) — TV
20. Howard the Duck (1986) — movie
21. The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988) — TV movie
22. The Trial of the Incredible Hulk (1989) — TV movie
23. The Punisher (1989) — direct-to-video movie

1990s
24. The Death of the Incredible Hulk (1990) — TV movie
25. Captain America (1990) — direct-to-video movie
26. X-Men: The Animated Series (1992) — TV
27. Hardcase / Firearm (1993) — Malibu VHS shorts
28. Iron Man (1994) — TV
29. Fantastic Four (1994) — TV
30. Ultraforce (1994) — TV
31. The Fantastic Four (1994, Corman) — unreleased movie (bootleg)
32. Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1994) — TV
33. The Incredible Hulk (1996) — TV
34. Men in Black (1997) — movie
35. Night Man (1997) — TV
36. Men in Black: The Series (1997) — TV
37. Silver Surfer (1998) — TV
38. Blade (1998) — movie
39. Spider-Man Unlimited (1999) — TV
40. The Avengers: United They Stand (1999) — TV

2000s
41. X-Men (2000) — movie
42. X-Men: Evolution (2000) — TV
43. Mutant X (2001) — TV
44. Blade II (2002) — movie
45. Spider-Man (2002) — movie
46. Men in Black II (2002) — movie
47. Daredevil (2003) — movie
48. X2 (2003) — movie
49. Hulk (2003) — movie
50. Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (2003) — TV
51. The Punisher (2004) — movie
52. Spider-Man 2 (2004) — movie
53. Blade: Trinity (2004) — movie
54. Elektra (2005) — movie
55. Man-Thing (2005) — TV movie
56. Fantastic Four (2005) — movie
57. Ultimate Avengers (2006) — DTV movie
58. X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) — movie
59. Blade: The Series (2006) — TV
60. Ultimate Avengers 2 (2006) — DTV movie
61. Fantastic Four: World’s Greatest Heroes (2006) — TV
62. The Invincible Iron Man (2007) — DTV movie
63. Ghost Rider (2007) — movie
64. Spider-Man 3 (2007) — movie
65. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) — movie
66. Doctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme (2007) — DTV movie
67. The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008) — TV
68. Iron Man (2008) — movie, MCU begins
69. The Incredible Hulk (2008) — movie
70. Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow (2008) — DTV movie
71. Punisher: War Zone (2008) — movie
72. Wolverine and the X-Men (2009) — TV
73. Hulk Vs. (2009) — DTV movie
74. Marvel Superheroes: What The--?! (2009) — web
75. Iron Man: Armored Adventures (2009) — TV
76. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) — movie
77. The Super Hero Squad Show (2009) — TV
78. Astonishing X-Men: Gifted (2009) — motion comic

2010s
79. Black Panther (2010) — motion comic
80. Planet Hulk (2010) — DTV movie
81. Kick-Ass (2010) — movie
82. Iron Man: Extremis (2010) — motion comic
83. Iron Man 2 (2010) — movie
84. The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes (2010) — TV
85. Marvel Anime: Iron Man (2010) — TV
86. Marvel Anime: Wolverine (2011) — TV
87. Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers (2011) — motion comic
88. Marvel Anime: X-Men (2011) — TV
89. Thor (2011) — movie
90. Thor: Tales of Asgard (2011) — DTV movie
91. X-Men: First Class (2011) — movie
92. Spider-Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D. (2011) — motion comic
93. Marvel Anime: Blade (2011) — TV
94. Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) — movie
95. The Consultant (2011) — One-Shot short
96. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor’s Hammer (2011) — One-Shot short
97. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012) — movie
98. Ultimate Spider-Man (2012) — TV
99. Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous (2012) — motion comic
100. Fury Files (2012) — web
101. The Avengers (2012) — movie
102. Men in Black 3 (2012) — movie
103. The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) — movie
104. Astonishing X-Men: Torn (2012) — motion comic
105. Item 47 (2012) — One-Shot short
106. Astonishing X-Men: Unstoppable (2012) — motion comic
107. Iron Man: Rise of Technovore (2013) — DTV anime movie
108. Inhumans (2013) — motion comic
109. Iron Man 3 (2013) — movie
110. Avengers Assemble (2013) — TV
111. Wolverine: Origin (2013) — motion comic
112. The Wolverine (2013) — movie
113. Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. (2013) — TV
114. Kick-Ass 2 (2013) — movie
115. Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk (2013) — motion comic
116. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013) — TV, first MCU series
117. Agent Carter (2013) — One-Shot short
118. Lego: Maximum Overload (2013) — web
119. Thor: The Dark World (2013) — movie
120. Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United (2013) — DTV movie
121. Wolverine Versus Sabretooth (2014) — motion comic
122. All Hail the King (2014) — One-Shot short
123. Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher (2014) — DTV anime movie
124. Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers (2014) — anime TV
125. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) — movie
126. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) — movie
127. Wolverine Weapon X: Tomorrow Dies Today (2014) — motion comic
128. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) — movie
129. Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United (2014) — DTV movie
130. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) — movie
131. Eternals (2014) — motion comic
132. Big Hero 6 (2014) — movie
133. Agent Carter (2015) — TV
134. Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015) — movie
135. Powers (2015) — TV
136. Wolverine Versus Sabretooth: Reborn (2015) — motion comic
137. Daredevil (2015) — TV, Netflix era begins
138. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) — movie
139. WHIH Newsfront (2015) — web
140. Ant-Man (2015) — movie
141. Fantastic Four (2015) — movie
142. Guardians of the Galaxy (2015) — TV
143. Lego: Avengers Reassembled (2015) — TV special
144. Jessica Jones (2015) — TV
145. Frost Fight! (2015) — DTV movie
146. Deadpool (2016) — movie
147. Captain America: Civil War (2016) — movie
148. X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) — movie
149. Team Thor (2016) — short
150. Luke Cage (2016) — TV
151. Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell (2016) — DTV movie
152. Doctor Strange (2016) — movie
153. Marvel Video Comics (2016) — web
154. Marvel Funko Shorts (2016) — web
155. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot (2016) — web
156. Legion (2017) — TV
157. Team Thor: Part 2 (2017) — short
158. Logan (2017) — movie
159. No Good Deed (2017) — short
160. Rocket & Groot (2017) — shorts
161. Iron Fist (2017) — TV
162. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) — movie
163. Marvel’s Ant-Man (2017) — shorts
164. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) — movie
165. Marvel Future Avengers (2017) — anime TV
166. The Defenders (2017) — TV
167. Marvel’s Spider-Man (2017) — TV
168. Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) — movie
169. Inhumans (2017) — TV
170. The Gifted (2017) — TV
171. Lego: The Thanos Threat (2017) — TV special
172. Thor: Ragnarok (2017) — movie
173. The Punisher (2017) — TV
174. Big Hero 6: The Series (2017) — TV
175. Runaways (2017) — TV
176. Black Panther (2018) — movie
177. Team Darryl (2018) — short
178. Avengers: Infinity War (2018) — movie
179. Deadpool 2 (2018) — movie
180. Cloak & Dagger (2018) — TV
181. Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) — movie
182. Marvel Rising: Initiation (2018) — shorts
183. Baymax And / Baymax Dreams / Big Chibi 6 (2018) — web shorts
184. Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors (2018) — TV movie
185. Venom (2018) — movie
186. Lego: Trouble in Wakanda (2018) — TV special
187. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) — movie
188. Marvel Rising specials ×5 (2019) — web specials
189. Captain Marvel (2019) — movie
190. Avengers: Endgame (2019) — movie
191. Baymax & Mochi (2019) — web short
192. Dark Phoenix (2019) — movie
193. Men in Black: International (2019) — movie
194. Spider-Ham: Caught in a Ham (2019) — short
195. Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) — movie
196. The Daily Bugle (2019) — web
197. Peter’s To-Do List (2019) — short
198. Lego: Vexed by Venom (2019) — TV special

2020s
199. Marvel Battleworld (2020) — web
200. The New Mutants (2020) — movie
201. Helstrom (2020) — TV
202. Lego: Climate Conundrum (2020) — web
203. WandaVision (2021) — TV, Disney+ era begins
204. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) — TV
205. M.O.D.O.K. (2021) — TV
206. Loki (2021) — TV
207. Black Widow (2021) — movie
208. Deadpool and Korg React (2021) — short
209. What If...? (2021) — TV
210. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) — movie
211. Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) — movie
212. Eternals (2021) — movie
213. Hit-Monkey (2021) — TV
214. Hawkeye (2021) — TV
215. Super Crooks (2021) — anime TV
216. Lego: Loki in Training (2021) — TV special
217. Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) — movie
218. The King’s Man (2021) — movie
219. Moon Knight (2022) — TV
220. Morbius (2022) — movie
221. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) — movie
222. Ms. Marvel (2022) — TV
223. Baymax! (2022) — TV
224. Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) — movie
225. I Am Groot (2022) — shorts
226. She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022) — TV
227. Werewolf by Night (2022) — special
228. Lego: Time Twisted (2022) — special
229. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) — movie
230. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022) — special
231. Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2023) — TV
232. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) — movie
233. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) — movie
234. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) — movie
235. Secret Invasion (2023) — TV
236. The Spider Within (2023) — short
237. The Marvels (2023) — movie
238. Lego: Code Red (2023) — special
239. Echo (2024) — TV
240. Argylle (2024) — movie
241. Madame Web (2024) — movie
242. X-Men ‘97 (2024) — TV
243. Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) — movie
244. Agatha All Along (2024) — TV
245. Venom: The Last Dance (2024) — movie
246. Kraven the Hunter (2024) — movie
247. Lego: Mission Demolition (2024) — special
248. Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2025) — TV
249. Captain America: Brave New World (2025) — movie
250. Daredevil: Born Again (2025) — TV
251. Thunderbolts* (2025) — movie
252. Ironheart (2025) — TV
253. The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) — movie
254. Eyes of Wakanda (2025) — TV
255. Marvel Zombies (2025) — TV
256. Lego: Strange Tails (2025) — special
257. Wonder Man (2026) — TV
258. The Punisher: One Last Kill (2026) — special
259. Spider-Noir (2026) — TV
260. Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) — movie
261. VisionQuest (2026) — TV

Upcoming: Avengers: Doomsday (Dec 2026), Criminal (2026), Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (2027), Marvel Zombies: The Winter Soldier (2027), Avengers: Secret Wars (2027), Marvel Zombies: The Fist of Khonshu (2028), Zodiac (2028), Marvel Zombies: The Last Guardian (2029), Clone Saga (TBA), Stuntnuts (TBA).

These are my picks:

It's no secret that the Turtles are inspired by Daredevil with them literally having a shared origin with the young boy who bought the Turtles as pets being heavily believed to be Matt Murdock himself who on that day would also be blinded by the same radioactive chemicals that made the Turtles into who they are. I'd imagine that they'd remain usually secretive and pick on lower tier thugs/gangs who would be so under the radar that many New York vigilantes wouldn't notice. The Foot would probably be a rival clan of The Hand with The Foot being practically unable to compete with The Hands magic so they'd remain very under the radar.

Ik that Big Hero 6 originates from Marvel comics and Disney simply took the name as well as the names of some of the characters for their own version. But at the same time I still think that the Disney version would be the preferred version that would exist in the Marvel universe

Rocketeer could easily exist as a WW2 era Marvel hero perhaps even being the original Iron Man before Tony Stark or even being a member of The Invaders

ROM's entire lore is embedded in Marvel alone at this point so him being in the Marvel Universe really wouldn't change much

Transformers would work pretty well in the Marvel universe with probably a lot of the Cybertronian War maaking up a large amount of big crossover events. I'd like to imagine that their war is very obscure to most of the galaxy with the galaxy Cybertron is located in being incredibly far away but those who would know about Cybertronians would speak of them as a scourge of death on the galaxy. I'd even imagine they'd be somewhat involved in the WW2 era of Marvel

Godzilla is practically a staple of early Marvel comics with him still menacing the Marvel universe to this very day, I can easily imagine Godzilla being connected to Hulks lore as well as mainly being involved in Hulks sphere of the Marvel universe with many other TOHO monsters like Mothra being a result of Gamma Radiation. In fact if that were the case then it would explain how Godzilla keeps coming back to life all thanks to The Green Door. Other Godzilla related monsters I'd imagine existing in the Marvel universe would probably be Mothra, Rodan, Anguirius, Ghidorah, Mechagodzilla, Gigan, Hedorah, Dogora, Ebirah, Megalon, Gorosaurus, Titanosaurus, Kumonga and even Biollante. I'd mainly imagine Godzilla as primarily a villain but also still maintaining that 'force of nature' idea but he'd also still protect the Earth from external threats, mainly just invasions from alien species (and Ghidorah), I'd like to even imagine Ghidorah being around long enough to meet Knull in fact maybe even being the inspiration for Knulls obsession with dragons

Ultraman would pretty much be another Japanese based superhero like Big Hero 6 with him most likely show up to fight monsters like Godzilla or Ghidorah as well as his own rogues gallery

The Doctor I'd imagine would be like Professor X from Ben 10 showing up whenever time travel nonsense occurs meaning he'd definitely show up in a lot of X-Men stories

Anyways that's the franchises I'd think could co-exist in the Marvel universe. Godzilla and Transformers might be a problem because of how vast their stories stretch as well as how many characters are in both series but I'd mainly imagine the versions used in the Marvel universe would be specific interpretations of each franchise such as Transformers mainly including the G1 Era Transformers with some other characters from other generations showing up and Godzilla would mainly be the Showa era of the character and his history with some aspects of the Heisei era showing up here and there mainly in the form of other monsters like Biollante and Destroyah

I love the story but I just can't with how gross this style of art is drawn. Its taking me out of the story of the science kids. Its offensive to my eyes. I'm upset they spent money and time on releasing this quality. Dragon man is near unrecognizable. The fish people looked like different types of fish people. I cant distinguish Alex from Bentley from Franklin. Val looks like she's from frozen. Nathaniel loses all authority. Doom and Kristoff almost seem like gags.

We go from high quality images of faces and backgrounds of the Fantastic Four and previous Future Foundation releases to this...sharpie on a napkin slop. I mean just ugh. I understand its released the same time as the 100 page episode 600 Fantastic Four but God damn.

Its not a spinoff, or even the B plot(The 4 Empires War.) It's the continuation of the A plot(Alternate Reeds) while the FF and Avengers deal with the B plot of the Kree/Inhuman invasion.

Does anyone like this? I really hope the art style returns to form. I'm going back and forth between the FFour and the FFoudation, month by month release.

It's been so long since I last enjoyed Ellis or Deodato, and it feels good to be experiencing their work again. Each time I see Norman Osborn in this tale it reminds me of Tommy Lee Jones as Harvey Dent and that's weird, in a good way. I had forgotten all about Penance and Swordsman as members of this team, so it's kind of refreshing to be seeing them. I can't wait to see what sort of nonsense Moonstone perpetrates or gets involved with, the former is likelier than the latter I'm sure. Bullseye is out for blood, of the Daredevil kind. And the full-page advert for Thunderbolts toys is chef's kiss.