It’s fun without totally pursuing its full potential.
All in spy
It’s fun without totally pursuing its full potential.
Johnson is remarkably sharp with the basic nuts-and-bolts of the espionage thriller.
Johnson works fluidly with the standard trappings of a Bond story.
Bunn has deftly fused a clear sense of tension into the final issue.
The series has been fun to this point.
The artist balances the title character's grotesqueness against his reluctant heroism.
Largely fails to embrace the possibilities of spy-based drama on the comics page.
This issue shows some promise as the series begins to reach its end.
Waid puts together a solid story here, it just doesn’t necessarily feel like a Marvel story.
Mark Waid gets quite a bit of unique mileage out of the superhero as a super-spy concept.
New Turtle on the block, and it ain’t easy being Green
Sharply-rendered visuals slide through a clever story out of the corners of the Fantastic Four.
Brian Michael Bendis is at his most verbose in the compelling Event Leviathan #1.
The final issue of Meet the Skrulls is a satisfying conclusion, as the remaining members of the Warner family reclaim their identities.
Looks like Damian could be done with Batman’s code, and Slade may be in trouble
Meet the Skrulls #4 opens with a battle scene and ends with a shooting. Every moment in between is a goldmine of compelling action and deepening character. As the second-to-last issue of this spectacular spy miniseries, this issue is packed with reveals, returns, and reversals.
Meet the Skrulls #3 is one of the most visceral, pulse-pounding issues to come out of Marvel in quite a while, and makes a good break from big crossovers and their incessant tie-ins. Do not sleep on this sleeper hit.
The Soskas have a very sophisticated grasp of what makes Black Widow such an interesting character.
Meet the Skrulls #2 is an excellent mashup of sci-fi, espionage, and family drama. Highly recommended.
The Soska sisters bring on the brutality in a second issue.