Lee Garbett

Yes. Just yes. This was pretty much everything I wanted in a Loki comic. I know a tiny bit about the back story (though it reminds me that I need to go back and finish reading the Young Avengers), and I LOVE the little throw backs to his former kid!self and how awful it is. I love it. I can't even tell you how much I love it. And now I have to read Original Sin so that I can read the rest of the series without being even more lost!

First of all, truth in advertising demands that all comic book stories that begin with the words "The Death of . . . " should be edited to more accurately read "A Death of . . . " or "One in a Series of Deaths of . . . " Stephen Strange is dead only until he ain't.

This particular death unfolds in two inter-connected arcs. The first is a murder mystery asking who stabbed Stephen Strange through the heart and stole his hands. The second is a giant cosmic showdown with magic-eating variant on show more Galactus called the Peregrine Child, who even has his own Silver Surfer-type heralds who seek out and soften up his next target.

For the mystery, a "surprise investigator" slowly follows the clues and calls all the suspects together to finger the perpetrator as investigators have been doing for centuries now. Call it homage or call it trope, either way it's dull as all get out. I had absolutely no interest in who actually did it before or after the reveal. For the cosmic battle, dozens of superheroes smack and/or team up with a dozen villains to against all odds defeat the big bad. Ain't a spoiler if it's the same recipe used in every superhero confection.

Stephen Strange has always been a C-level hero for me, and I've only ever read his comic books out of completist urges rather than any actual desire to enjoy his adventures. This is more of the meh that has cloaked him since his first appearance.

I did enjoy the first Benedict Cumberbatch movie though, and look forward to seeing the sequel coming out soon. I'm hoping this book isn't under consideration for the storyline of the third film. show less

I got burned really badly with how terrible the rebooted Constantine (Hellblazer) series was, but I’m happy to announce that while this series might not be quite the same as the original Lucifer, it at least does a decent job of entering into the story and not ruining it. Holly Black may not have quite the gravitas of Mike Carey, but her mind is in the same weird space, so I can definitely see her growing into the nuances that define a series like this. She starts out on a relatively dark show more pathway from the outset, and is clearly channeling the tone of her darker faerietale series, which I find pairs well with the outlying combo of God having been murdered by Gabriel, Mazikeen reigning in Hell, and Lucifer galavanting about with humans and still being unwittingly involved with the conflict between Heaven and Hell. There’s a decent balance of plotlines here (which may or may not converge), so my hopes are high that this reboot will live up to the original! show less

Seriously, how does anyone read Marvel comics? All I wanted was a fun volume with Loki's trickery and genderfluidity, but then everyone and their mother appeared and everything was full of footnotes, with entire chapters left out.

In any case, this was a fun volume - I think I finally sorted out this whole Loki/Kid Loki/Old Loki thing, and the little nods to Loki being genderfluid were awesome. Still, I don't think I'll continue the series because it's just way too messy.