Screaming Enigma's Profile

Glad to say that I'd consider this the best issue thus far. Appreciated the slight nod back to Lanzing & Kelly's Captain America run towards the end, and I felt that this issue had a little bit more of an emotional pull to it. Far from something that made me feel strongly, but it was there nonetheless. Furthermore, I just found it to be written a bit better than the past two issues.

Oh, okay. I thought the team in the first issue was going to be the team...going forward? I'm not mad at this at all, but, perhaps I missed something regarding the roster for the series as a whole. Anyways, this was good. Not as good as the first issue, in my opinion, but definitely still an enjoyable spy story. Really appreciated that this was a bit of a follow-up to that Winter Soldier one-shot Lanzing & Kelly did for Devil's Reign.more

Not a bad start here, but definitely one that felt a bit rushed. There are only four issues in this book, so I understand that things, like the team formation, need to move along. In any case, this was fun for what it was and I'm definitely invested enough to continue out and see how things play out, particularly with how much I enjoyed Lanzing & Kelly's run on Captain America, which this is build ing off of.more

This series continues to be a solid read, though I still didn't like this quite as much as the first two issues. I think I do prefer it over the previous one, but it hasn't gotten back to the previous level of quality just yet. Though, I did think the conversation between Jessica and Luke was well-written, as was the one they had in the first issue. Additionally, I'm still really enjoying the inte riors from Borges. Hoping this one closes out strongly with the next issue.more

Very exposition-heavy, but still enjoyable for what it is. Werneck & Messias do a pretty nice job with the interiors, though I think some of the panels were a little too clean/smooth, if that makes sense. In any case, I'm still invested enough to continue on with this and finish it out, as there are a good amount of things I like about this and, even then, there are only two more issues. However, this is still starting to lose some steam for me.more

Huh. Pretty weird issue here. I liked it, but I felt the execution of it all was rather strange. This felt short and long at the same time. It's a fairly quick read, but I also feel that this could have been condensed a bit. Like, I don't know that we needed all of the visions we got, for instance. The whole thing almost feels like filler, which is odd. I don't know. Nahuelpan's art was nice, thou gh, I will say.more

Really liked this ending. The writing for Bob's character, specifically, is the strongest aspect of this. The crystalline stuff still didn't interest me a whole lot, but I don't really think it was particularly meant to be that intriguing. That said, Jenkins continues to do a great job of making Bob a compelling character, and I really appreciated how he handled Bob moving on at the end, as well a s his attempt to balance out the Void's actions what those of Sentry. It would have been cool to see Jenkins explore this further if this were an ongoing, but I'm still satisfied with this as the ending.more

I've seen the sentiment that this, perhaps, should have been put together with the first issue to make it over-sized, and I kind of agree. I liked this and the previous issue, but I think it could have been all together in that way. In any case, I still think this is good and I'm still invested. I don't think it was as good as that first issue, but it's not far off. Some of the dialogue just wasn' t my favorite here, which is the main thing that held this back. I thought Carey's interiors were solid for the most part, with some rougher spots apparent, for sure.more

Glad to say that this was the best issue so far, in my opinion. Garbett is really killing it with both the covers and the interiors of this book, and I'm enjoying just about every part of the story from Phillips. I appreciate that she isn't afraid to give Matt a more humorous side, as seen in his, respective, interactions with Peter and Ben. Furthermore, I think she's doing a really nice job of te lling a story that's not super crazy, while also keeping it intriguing and engaging.more

A lot of interesting things here. Firstly, I really enjoyed how Camp wrote Rabbit's narration. It threw me off at first, but, then, I realized what he was doing. Rabbit is a small child...so, her narration should read like the thoughts of a small child, right? Furthermore, I felt that he did a really nice job of writing it that way. Especially loved the misunderstandings of words that led to her s aying things differently (ex. "Yemen" instead of "Heaven"). Another thing that was more odd was how Cara's death was handled. Really seems like something that could have been depicted or, at least, heavily implied on the page? Instead, we just get Rabbit mentioning it at the start of the issue. I don't know, I just felt that it, perhaps, should have been a bigger deal? In any case, I really enjoyed what we got here and I'm very much looking forward to the next issue.more

I liked it, but I know this issue might not sit well with long-time fans because of Martin Stein's characterization. All the drama surrounding the creation of the Firestorm project is interesting, but it's cruel to see Ronnie being manipulated. I haven't read much of the character, so this change probably won't affect me as much as others, but I understand it could disappoint a lot of people. I'm giving it 9.5 for the amazing art, the very interesting plot, and because I'm really hyped for future issues.more

Man, I feel so vindicated after talking with people who doubted Lemire on Firestorm, because this just continues to rock. I just really love what Lemire is doing here, man. The backstory with Martin and how he manipulated Ronnie, I thought, was the best part of this. Also, very glad to see Jason get something to do here. Oh yeah, and Firestorm just making light work of multiple Justice League memb ers was just great. Latorre continues to do amazing work throughout this book, as well. This is definitely my favorite Next Level book right now and I'm so giddy about it.more

I was hoping for a little more from this, but I thought it was fun, nonetheless. Not sure if DeConnick is fully writing the next issue or something, as Humphries was the only one of the two that actually got a "Writer" credit, with DeConnick only getting "Co-Creator" credit. In any case, the story was entertaining for what it was, but I do feel that it had potential to be much better. I'm feeling a little underwhelmed by it, but it definitely wasn't bad or anything. However, my favorite part about this issue, for sure, was Bustos's art. It was the first thing I saw from this book, before I knew about either DeConnick or Humphries being involved, and I was quickly intrigued. Bustos's work, I think, fits and compliments this story and the world it's set in really well. In any case, looking forward to more.more

Really solid start. I wasn't really sure what to expect from this one. With Absolute Green Arrow, there were a lot of hooks going in (slasher horror, killing billionaires, the mystery of who Green Arrow is, etc.). Here, there wasn't really much to go off of aside from the solicitation itself (which I did feel was on the more generic side) and the fact that we're focusing on a character introduced in Absolute Batman. All of that said, I thought this was pretty good. I definitely felt that Bengal's art was the strongest aspect of this, but I didn't think Grayson was bad on the writing duties either. I don't mention Snyder because I do have a feeling that he's more of a story consultant on this, rather than a full-on writer, in that he's there to make sure that nothing conflicts with plans for Absolute Batman. I could be 100% wrong about that, though. Anyways, there were spots where I felt that the writing wasn't the most interesting, but I do definitely think enough was done to keep me consistently invested and, now, looking forward to the next issue (Especially with the newest introduction to the Absolute Universe: Cassandra Cain. Very excited to see this universe's version of her).more

Not as strong as a good chunk of this run, but still an enjoyable conclusion to Lanzing & Kelly's time on Steve Rogers. I do feel as though I could have read the two of them writing Steve for a while longer, but I'd also rather get a strong run on the shorter side than an "okay" run that went longer. Not that I think the quality would have diminished had they continued on the book. Rather, I think the opposite. However, I'm just trying to look at this in a more positive light. In any case, a consistently good run gets a good ending, in my eyes.more