One Word or Less Comic Reviews for January 19th

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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.