Deidre Freitas Comic Reviews

If #7 was a reset, #8 was a full-tilt reminder of the cost of willful ignorance and complacency. With more questions raised and few answers given, Absolute Martian Manhunter continues to be the most compelling and complex book of the Absolute line.

Fantastic Four #8 is an action-packed reintroduction to one of the darker facets of the Fantastic Four, all but ensuring an exciting match-up between the Invisible Woman and the Invincible Woman.

In some ways a slower paced comic than the other Absolute titles, there's more than enough pay-off in the ways that each story beat in this week's issue will have far-reaching consequences for our friends back on Earth. However, this issue does feel in some ways like a standalone to the rest of the series.

As a mini that serves as both a standalone story and tie-in for a larger event, Cloak or Dagger #3 concludes in a satisfactory way while leaving the audience curious and craving more for our characters.

New stories told in the framework of older, familiar settings and characters push forward the Eternals legacy while honoring the past. The question of "Where are the rest of the Eternals?" did pester me enough to consider it a good, not great comic.

An otherwise good arc that was a little too drawn out. I'm excited to see what lies ahead for Cass Cain in Gotham.