Because there was a delay, a sneak peek at 5.28.2014 is also included. Enjoy
| Title | Art | Story | Characterization | Originality | Format | Grade |
| Archer Coe 12 & 13 | + | + | + | + | + | A |
| Like a good song on repeat each time though we discover more than before | ||||||
| Artifacts 37 | + | + | / | / | / | B- |
| Modern numerology is used in a spell binding lovecraftian tinged manhunt | ||||||
| Avengers World 06 | + | / | + | / | / | B- |
| Thought provoking existential crisis for hyperion | ||||||
| BPRD HonE | + | + | + | / | / | B |
| Chapter ends with a dark and murky stale mate between humans and demons | ||||||
| Bad Dreams 02 | + | / | – | + | / | C |
| Spectaculary colored bad dream is fouled up by state the obvious word balloons | ||||||
| Title | Art | Story | Characterization | Originality | Format | Grade |
| Superman & Wonder Woman / | / | / | – | / | D | |
| Wonder Woman tracks down her no good cheating bf Superman by contacting all his ex’s. Yeah, that happened. | ||||||
| Batman/Superman | + | / | / | / | / | C |
| trapped in the phantom zone, everyone decide to think like Clark although that lead them to this situation in the first place. | ||||||
| Batman & Frankenstein 31 | + | + | / | / | / | B- |
| Bruce & Frank reconcile the whole torture rip frank apart to find his souls essence transgressions made from grief | ||||||
| Batman Eternal 07 | + | + | + | / | / | B |
| Blood + Chaos begins to floods the streets while the Falcone chokes Gotham back into submission. | ||||||
| Batwoman 31 | / | / | + | + | / | B- |
| Too many sides stories with no payoff. | ||||||
| Title | Art | Story | Characterization | Originality | Format | Grade |
| Birds of Prey 31 | / | – | – | – | / | F |
| Nightcrawler dude tries to kill commissioner. Simple but the writers repeat this over and over and… Gordon lives of course. | ||||||
| Brain Boy & GESALT | / | – | – | – | / | F |
| too much time spent on lovers realizing they dont know each other. Not even the psychic nor his girlfriend. | ||||||
| Cyclops 01 | + | / | + | / | + | B |
| Relatable story about a son reconnecting with is father by going on a space pirate adventure. | ||||||
| Danger Girl Mayday 02 | + | / | + | / | / | B- |
| Part exploitation part 80’s action hero about a hero remembering her past life by kicking ass. | ||||||
| Daredevil 03 | + | + | + | / | / | B |
| A smart balance of daredevil + murdock infiltrating the owls hideout. | ||||||
| Title | Art | Story | Characterization | Originality | Format | Grade |
| Deadpool Annual 02 | + | + | + | / | / | B |
| When Spidey’s paranoia isn’t enough, he gets help from his favorite paranoid schizophrenic | ||||||
| East of West 12 | + | + | + | + | / | A- |
| If only the UN peace talks where this exciting | ||||||
| Elektra 02 | + | + | + | / | / | B |
| A literary antihero tale as elektra confronts lady bullseye | ||||||
| Flash Gordon 02 | / | / | + | / | / | C |
| Not even Flash’s logical comrades can stop him from leaping into be the best man. | ||||||
| Ghosted 10 | + | + | + | / | / | B |
| The end of each arc is a new nightmare for our poor SOB protagonist Jackson | ||||||
| Title | Art | Story | Characterization | Originality | Format | Grade |
| Green Hornet 12 | + | + | + | / | / | B |
| Everything great about the new wave of pulp/noir can be summed up in Mark Waid’s Green Hornet | ||||||
| Green Lantern New Guardians | / | / | / | / | / | C- |
| a morally ambiguous save the planet story that failed to pull any heart strings or urgency | ||||||
| Harley Quinn 06 | / | – | – | – | – | F- |
| Panel one starts off with a 69 between Syborg & Harley. The rest is a really bad slapstick refractory period. | ||||||
| Henchmen 01 | / | + | + | + | / | B |
| A fun kickstarter indie take on an average Joe becoming a henchman | ||||||
| Hulk 03 | + | + | + | + | / | A- |
| Banner’s Jigsaw mind is slowing piecing itself together after Zombified Abomination Smashes Hulk into sleepytime | ||||||
| Title | Art | Story | Characterization | Originality | Format | Grade |
| Invincible 111 | + | / | / | / | / | C |
| No one is invincible as Image favorite writer Robert Kirkman steps in for some gory surprises | ||||||
| Justice League 30 | + | + | + | / | / | B- |
| Can Lex rebuild the ignorant Justice League before it is too late. | ||||||
| Justice League America 14 | + | / | / | / | / | C |
| A catch up and debrief acts as a prelude to Justice League United | ||||||
| Knowledge 04 | + | / | – | – | / | D |
| The Pious and Angst tone of Cradle as been done a million times & bludgeons the plot down to a crawl | ||||||
| LOLA XoXo 02 | + | / | – | / | / | C- |
| Well that merry go round of a plot was fast but pretty. | ||||||
| Title | Art | Story | Characterization | Originality | Format | Grade |
| Magneto 04 | + | + | + | + | / | A- |
| Although we’re given a reason for his rampage, Erik’s cold lack of remorse and empathy never asks for our sympathy | ||||||
| Magnus Robot Fighter 03 | + | + | + | + | + | A |
| Magnus moves from being a myth to a hero in this smart and well paced action satire | ||||||
| Mind the Gap 17 | + | / | / | / | + | B- |
| Act 2 is off to a slow start but we’re already given plot twists to wet our appetite. | ||||||
| Monsters & Madmen | + | – | + | – | + | C |
| Niles beautifully stitched together a plot about Frank’s Bride but the ending tragically fell apart. | ||||||
| MPH | + | + | + | / | + | A- |
| Slick dialogue & relatable characters help us slide into this rise of the Anti-Hero story arc | ||||||
| Title | Art | Story | Characterization | Originality | Format | Grade |
| Nim 01 | / | + | + | / | / | B- |
| This reads like a fun smashup between an afterschool special and lil’ Red Sonja | ||||||
| Nova 17 | + | + | + | + | + | A |
| A somber break about a a cosmic boy learning his powers can’t help the reality and problems of a single parent household | ||||||
| Original Sin 02 | + | / | / | + | / | B- |
| A bunch of fun, banter, chases, and other busy work which leads up to an anti climatic reveal | ||||||
| Powers the Bureau 10 | + | + | + | + | + | A |
| Well played, Bendis. Christian’s interrogation was slick, smart and one of the best in the comic medium. | ||||||
| Prophet 44 | + | + | + | + | + | A |
| A mesmerizing odyssey which respects and fears the loneliness of exploring the new and unknown. | ||||||
| Title | Art | Story | Characterization | Originality | Format | Grade |
| Red Hood & The Outlaws | / | / | + | / | / | C |
| The not Lobo Pulls a bond villian moment and loses to the Outlaws while putting himself in real Lobo’s crosshairs | ||||||
| Rocket Girl 05 | + | + | + | + | + | A |
| Rocket Girl blasts through the finish line of the first arc and leaves us charged for more. | ||||||
| RogueTrooper 04 | + | / | + | / | / | B- |
| War is Hell and Rogue feels why | ||||||
| Saga 19 | + | / | + | / | / | C |
| Something different this one reads. We’ve stepped away from smart fantasy and into boring melodrama sitcom. | ||||||
| Sinestro 02 | + | + | / | / | / | B |
| Sinestro kills off his darlings in order to promote growth and unity in his corps. | ||||||
| Title | Art | Story | Characterization | Originality | Format | Grade |
| Solar Man of the Atom | + | + | + | + | / | |
| Erika learns how to kill giant goo spitting robots with E= MC motherfucking Square. | ||||||
| Supergirl 31 | / | / | / | / | / | C- |
| Not exactly a raging Red Lantern issue, more of supergirl being a naïve kryptonian. | ||||||
| Superman Doomed 01 | + | + | + | / | + | A- |
| Holy Doomsday, Batman. Did Supes just rip Doomsday in half and inhale his bloody remains? | ||||||
| Future’s End 0 | + | / | + | / | + | B |
| The Eye has decimated everything so let’s defeat time, death, Batman, Superman, Frankenstein… Yep, that’s the plan | ||||||
| Future’s End 02 | / | / | + | + | / | B- |
| The story starts to pull itself together as our hero’s fall apart at Oliver Queen’s funeral | ||||||
| Title | Art | Story | Characterization | Originality | Format | Grade |
| Future’s End 03 | + | + | / | / | / | B- |
| Just when we though the DCU couldn’t get more cynical. So far Grifter is the strongest element of this series. | ||||||
| Uncanny X Men 21 | + | / | + | / | / | B- |
| We circles around a bunch of paranoid subplot without getting anywhere. | ||||||
| Ultimate FF 02 | – | – | – | – | / | F- |
| Ew, the art is an eyesore and the copy and paste dialogue lacks any natural voice or conversational tone. | ||||||
| All New Invaders 03 | / | / | / | – | / | D |
| Everything came together like a campy Hasbro cartoon. | ||||||
| All Star Western 31 | + | / | / | + | / | B- |
| Hex and Tuhullah have an interesting style of foreplay | ||||||
| Title | Art | Story | Characterization | Originality | Format | Grade |
| Aquaman 31 | + | – | + | / | / | C |
| Aquaman spends most of his time punching Swampthings treetrunks | ||||||
| Archer Coe 14 | + | + | + | + | + | A |
| A consistantly smart and well paced conclusion to this years best non hero story | ||||||
| Avengers 30 | + | + | + | / | / | B |
| We are flung 50 years into the future to learn Tony is still a selfish bastard | ||||||
| Batman 31 | + | / | + | / | / | B- |
| Some good action but Riddles & Wit were disappointingly defeated by Batman’s brawn. | ||||||
| Batman Eternal 08 | + | + | + | / | / | B |
| With no allies or law enforcement left, Batman must find Falcone’s linchpin before it’s too late for Gotham | ||||||
| Title | Art | Story | Characterization | Originality | Format | Grade |
| C.O.W.L. 01 | + | + | + | / | + | A- |
| A new Watchman-esque series with brutal dialogue and action. | ||||||
| Captain Midnight 11 | / | / | + | / | / | C |
| Time and Loss are catching up to Captain Midnight while the plot takes too many easy way outs | ||||||
| Catwoman 31 | / | + | + | / | / | B- |
| A smart heist involving some easter eggs dropped in previous issues and arcs. | ||||||
| Chew/ Revival | + | – | / | + | / | C |
| Great Character interaction but the plot was very underwhelming and lacked the pull to keep turning the page. | ||||||
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