Reviewed this week, in ascending order of awesome:
Thor #619
Superior #4
X-Factor #214
The Boys #50
Avengers Academy #8
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #40
Scarlet #4
Deadpool MAX #4
Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #4
Invincible Iron Man #500
-THE ART OF THE ANNIVERSARY ISSUE
I have grown used to paying five dollars for Marvel’s big renumbering issues and getting little in return. It’s usually a 32-page main story that follows the previous issue’s events, and then a number of subpar backups from different writers, or worse, the reprint of an issue you most likely already own. Invincible Iron Man #500 doesn’t do this; its main story is woven through a directly-related future story shown from three different perspectives. It’s all written by Matt Fraction, drawn by four different art teams. And it’s fantastically done. I think you could jump directly into this story with no prior Iron Man knowledge and enjoy the crap out of it. And perhaps you should.
