Massive Quick Ratings: @Marvel Part 2

I'm still a little behind so I'm clearing out my backlog, so here's a massive overdose of today's Quick Ratings for Marvel's; Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #25, Uncanny X-Force #8, What If? AVX #2 & 3, X-Factor #259, Captain America #9, Gambit #15, Hawkeye Annual #1, Hunger #1, Journey Into Mystery #654, New Avengers #8, Ultimate Comics X-Men #29, Wolverine and the X-Men #33, Young Avengers #8, Captain Marvel #14, and Daredevil #29. If you have any questions about my rating or want to discuss anything just leave me a comment.

See the Review Rating Overview page for more information on how I rate each comic

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #25 - Spider-Man No More, Part 3; The Spider Returns?

MILES MORALES CELEBRATES HIS 25th ISSUE!!!

Will the surprising appearance of new heroes CLOAK AND DAGGER be enough to bring miles back into the super hero fold?

More young heroes debut! Who will they be?

Preview

Rating

Cover & Solicit 4/5
Art, Colors & Inking 5/5
Layout & Flow 5/5
Story 5/5
Verdict 4.9 - (Buy Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #25) SAVE 10%

Uncanny X-Force #8

The Fantomex Love Pentagram explodes!

With the truth about their sordid past fully revealed, can Fantomex, Psylocke, and Cluster look each other in the eye?

Every psychic ninja needs a vicious animal with no impulse control and a short temper to back her up...right?

Puck! Man, does that guy love jerky. Especially buffalo and bison jerky, dipped in Canadian whiskey.

Plus: a terrifying surprise villain from the X-past is definitely playing chess, not checkers, across Los Angeles.

Preview

Rating

Cover & Solicit 3/5
Art, Colors & Inking 3/5
Layout & Flow 2/5
Story 3/5
Verdict 2.9 - (Buy Uncanny X-Force #8) SAVE 10%

What If? AVX #2 - Part 2 of 4

The biggest event of 2012 is now the biggest miniseries of 2013!

We all know what happened to the Avengers and the X-Men... but what if the story had gone differently?

The one and only Jimmy Palmiotti brings his signature style to a mind-blowing reinterpretation of a key event in the history of the Marvel Universe.

Featuring Magneto, Hope, and every Avenger and X-Man you can imagine!

Preview

Rating

Cover & Solicit 4/5
Art, Colors & Inking 3/5
Layout & Flow 4/5
Story 5/5
Verdict 4.1 - (Buy What if? AVX TPB) SAVE 10%

X-Factor #259 - The End of X-Factor, Part 3 of 6

THE END OF X-FACTOR, part 3 of 6

One of X-Factor's oldest secrets revealed...

The truth about Longshot and Shatterstar!

Preview

Rating

Cover & Solicit 3/5
Art, Colors & Inking 3/5
Layout & Flow 2/5
Story 3/5
Verdict 2.9 - (Pre-Order X-Factor TPB Vol. 21 End Of X-Factor) SAVE 20%

Captain America #9 - Castaway in Dimension Z, Chapter Nine

With the only way back to Earth slowly closing forever, Captain America must make the hardest decision of his life.

A new ally from the past arrives, and makes everything worse.

Zola's plot is hatched, humanity in the crosshairs.

The final days Dimension Z are here, and if Steve Rogers escapes intact, he will never be the same again.

Preview

Rating

Cover & Solicit 3/5
Art, Colors & Inking 3/5
Layout & Flow 5/5
Story 5/5
Verdict 4.1 - (Buy Captain America #9) SAVE 10%

Gambit #15 - Watch the Throne

Gambit is once again the premier thief in the Marvel Universe.

But when you're at the top, there's nowhere to go but down - and a rival thief is hot on his heels!

Preview

Rating

Cover & Solicit 4/5
Art, Colors & Inking 3/5
Layout & Flow 3/5
Story 3/5
Verdict 3.1 - (Buy Gambit #15) SAVE 10%

Hawkeye Annual #1 - West Coast Avenger

Go west, young lady! Kate Bishop heads to Los Angeles -- to get away from New York, life, and Clint Barton-but NOT trouble!

But Madame Masque is hanging out at poolside with the rich and famous as well!

Who is Kate Bishop? Find out alongside Kate Bishop herself as a wild new status quo comes to HAWKEYE.

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Rating

Cover & Solicit 3/5
Art, Colors & Inking 2/5
Layout & Flow 3/5
Story 4/5
Verdict 3.1 - (Buy Hawkeye Annual #1) SAVE 10%

Hunger #1

The fallout from AGE OF ULTRON rips open a dangerous rift in the universe! Prepare for a hunger so strong, that no universe is safe. Is this the beginning of the end?

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Rating

Cover & Solicit 4/5
Art, Colors & Inking 4/5
Layout & Flow 4/5
Story 5/5
Verdict 4.4 - (Buy Hunger #1) SAVE 10%

Journey into Mystery #654 - Seeds of Destruction, Part III

Bad enough that Sif and Beta Ray Bill had to battle inappropriate thoughts but now their smashed up space station is attacking them!

It's all swords and hammers on deck as allies start to mutate, dead exes arise and the mysterious Ark ship gives up its sinister secrets!

All systems are $%^#!

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Rating

Cover & Solicit 3/5
Art, Colors & Inking 4/5
Layout & Flow 4/5
Story 4/5
Verdict 3.9 - (Buy Journey Into Mystery #654) SAVE 10%

New Avengers #8 - What Maximus Made; Prelude to Infinity

"LORDS OF CHAOS"

As casualties pile up in the ongoing war between Wakanda and Atlantis, an Illuminati member is forced to make a hard choice.

An Inhuman learns of the Illuminati's plans.

Prelude to INFINITY: Everything falls apart.

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Rating

Cover & Solicit 5/5
Art, Colors & Inking 5/5
Layout & Flow 5/5
Story 5/5
Verdict 5 - (Pre-Order New Avengers Prem HC Vol. 2 Infinity) SAVE 20%

Ultimate Comics X-Men #29 - World War X Part One

"World War X" beings! Jean Grey vs. Kitty Pryde! Tian vs. Utopia! Will the planet be torn apart when the two mutant nations go to war? Alliances broken! Sides chosen! Betrayals abound! The story that will take the fate of the mutants in a dangerous new direction starts here!

Preview

Rating

Cover & Solicit 3/5
Art, Colors & Inking 4/5
Layout & Flow 4/5
Story 3/5
Verdict 3.4 - (Buy Ultimate Comics X-Men #29) SAVE 10%

What If? AVX #3 - Part 3 of 4

The biggest event of 2012 is now the biggest miniseries of 2013!

We all know what happened to the Avengers and the X-Men... but what if the story had gone differently?

The one and only Jimmy Palmiotti brings his signature style to a mind-blowing reinterpretation of a key event in the history of the Marvel Universe.

Featuring Magneto, Hope, and every Avenger and X-Man you can imagine!

Preview

Rating

Cover & Solicit 4/5
Art, Colors & Inking 3/5
Layout & Flow 5/5
Story 4/5
Verdict 3.9  - (Buy What if? AVX TPB) SAVE 10%

Wolverine & the X-Men #33 - The Hellfire Saga Part Three

THE HELLFIRE SAGA CONTINUES!

Searching for answers of how the JGS students left the school, the X-Men look to the very ground they walk on.

The X-Men discover that Krakoa, the island that walks like a man, can fight like one, too.

Meanwhile, Quentin remains the most sought-after student at the Hellfire Academy.

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Rating

Cover & Solicit 4/5
Art, Colors & Inking 4/5
Layout & Flow 5/5
Story 5/5
Verdict 4.6 - (Buy Wolverine and the X-Men #33) SAVE 10%

Young Avengers #8 - The University of Multiple Lives

The Young Avengers desperately race across the multiverse. Nothing can stop their pursuit of their missing friend. Except the urge to stop and take photos, obv.

Lots of cleverly hidden exposition.

Kieron decides it's time to make all the JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY readers scream.

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Rating

Cover & Solicit 4/5
Art, Colors & Inking 3/5
Layout & Flow 3/5
Story 4/5
Verdict 3.6 - (Buy Young Avengers #8) SAVE 10%

Captain Marvel #14 - The Enemy Within Part Five of Five

Part 5 of 5 of The Enemy Within.

The Conclusion to the harrowing five-part Captain Marvel/Avengers Assemble event is here!

Captain Marvel will end Magnitron's reign.

No matter what it takes

No. Matter. What.

It's a deadly flight to the finish!

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Rating

Cover & Solicit 3/5
Art, Colors & Inking 3/5
Layout & Flow 5/5
Story 5/5
Verdict 4.1 - (Pre-Order Avengers Enemy Within TPB) SAVE 20%

Daredevil #29

The minor demons of Matt Murdock's past lead to some Daredevil sized present problems.

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Rating

Cover & Solicit 3/5
Art, Colors & Inking 3/5
Layout & Flow 4/5
Story 4/5
Verdict 3.6 - (Buy Daredevil #29) SAVE 10%

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