After last month’s prototype, Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction deliver the finished article. With a more focussed plot and a unified art style, the writers’ injection of some CSI-style gloss into the X-Men’s world clicks into place, although it’s still too early to be sure whether they are willing to grasp the full potential of [...]

After an enjoyable introduction last month, Ellis takes a more focussed route for this second issue, throwing the characters straight into the plot. It’s a masterful example of how to make a chapter of a multi-part comic read like a full story.
The over-arching plot does feel a bit like stock Ellis-Sci Fi with the X-Men dropped in [...]

The brief seemed simple. A one-off tale featuring Project Spitfire director Philip Voight, which would show how his determination to kill all those touched by the White Event was a consequence of a traumatic early life. A slightly flat character becomes more rounded, and we get to read a touching story of loss into the [...]

Warren Ellis begins his much-hyped run on what has now clearly become the X-Men flagship title. There was little doubt that Ellis would turn in a pleasing first issue, but to suggest that it would actually rival Whedon’s was a bit of a stretch for me. Even so, that’s what he’s done.
Ellis’ version of the [...]

Ellis’ run on Thunderbolts has had a relatively slow, menacing burn throughout its pages, even when all hell was breaking loose in Thunderbolts Mountain. With his final issue, he really blows the lid off of all of his building subplots, making the 12-issue run a nicely complete piece of writing, with every character tension finally [...]

Every Wednesday we take turns to delve into our trusty longboxes, pluck out a dusty back issue, and give you our thoughts. We’ll also try and place it in the context of the time it was originally published.
Dusting Off’s been fairly X-heavy of late, but with Ed Brubaker hastily moving pieces into place for Astonishing [...]