The Avengers, X-Men, and Eternals simply fought a god, and the god received

AXE: Judgment Day is one of the best Marvel Comics crossover I’ve learn in ages. Every concern to date and the overwhelming majority of the tie-ins have been full of pressure, motion, and character.

But what I like most is how the core title — which kinds the narrative backbone, from which the tie-ins cut up off like ribs — has delivered such expertly divided beats of story, utterly and neatly reframing the route the arc with the rhythm of launch.

Issue 1 opened with “The Avengers and X-Men and Eternals are going to war,” and ended with “The good Eternals are going to try to make their own god, to tell the bad Eternals to stop the war.” In concern 2, the Eternals made their god, and it stopped the battle however created a brand new downside. In concern 3, our heroes tried to destroy the god to keep away from being judged, solely to comprehend that judgment was inevitable. And now, in concern 4, our heroes’ Hail Mary plan to reshape the ethical fiber of humanity as a species… Well, you’ll by no means guess what occurred subsequent.

But right here’s a touch: It’s a six-issue miniseries, not a four-issue one.

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AXE: Judgment Day #4

“You have all lived enough,” intones the huge Celestial, through narration boxes that all people on Earth can hear, “If you had a million years, you’d never do enough. You’ll always be better tomorrow.” The Eternals and Avengers look on in horror as it turns its massive thumb down in AXE: Judgment Day #4 (2022).

If you guessed “It doesn’t work, and the Celestial appears to have vaporized all life on Earth,” congratulations! I don’t know what’s gonna occur subsequent, and I can’t wait.

Batman vs. Robin #1

“Whoever you are, this is in unforgivably poor taste,” says Bruce Wayne, as he thinks of all the possible supervillains who could have created the illusion of Alfred Pennyworth standing in his doorway. “Alfred Pennyworth is dead.” In Batman vs. Robin #1 (2022).

Speaking of life after dying, DC’s Batman vs. Robin #1 seems to be teasing the resurrection of Alfred Pennyworth, who died three years in the past within the last throes of Tom King’s Batman run. With the character of comedian e book twists and turns, it’s far too quickly to say if Alfred’s again to remain — but when any e book on DC’s cabinets was going to do it, this title is extra probably than most.

In his latest Damian Wayne-starring books like Robin and Shadow War, author Joshua Williamson has explored the youngest Robin’s guilt over not directly inflicting Alfred’s dying, and the way the stalwart butler was certainly one of his steadiest function fashions, making it a shoe-in for closure on this also-Damian-starring miniseries.

Predator #2

I’m nonetheless totally fascinated by Marvel’s latest Predator comedian, which is about in a far future the place humanity shares the galaxy with so many various and equally technologically superior alien species that seeing some dude whose species you don’t even know is totally unremarkable. It’s Prey meets Star Wars and I’m actually right here for it.

Venom #10

A tall, handsome, horned symbiote figure, explains to a pathetic, symbiote-dripping Eddie Brock that he is trapped in an endless temporal cycle where he eventually becomes the tall figure himself in Venom #10 (2022).

I’ve discovered it annoyingly tough to maintain up with the timey-wimey shenanigans of the brand new Venom collection, to not point out the 5 weird-ass symbiote dudes the e book has launched. This latest concern lastly explains the entire deal: They’re all future variations of Eddie Brock, locked in an limitless cycle of watching one another emotionally evolve into one another over the course of all time. Eddie Brock is now a brand new, self-destructive Kang the Conqueror and I really feel like I perceive what’s going on on this e book for the primary time. I simply want it hadn’t taken 10 points.