ALIAS #10 (2002)

Although this is still a well-written, well-drawn piece of art, for me this issue is the first one of this series that really missed the arc. These are comic books, not picture books. Every page has what is essentially the script to the issue accompanied by a single picture.

J. Jonah Jameson tries to hire Jessica to find out Spider-Man’s secret identity. She charges him an hourly rate and then runs up billables doing whatever she wants.

It’s a “stick it to JJJ” story.

ELEKTRA #7-10 (2002)

Greg Rucka is a good writer. Chuck Austen is not a good artist. Together, they create a fairly straightforward story where Elektra is hired to kill four men who, by…

INFINITY ABYSS #1-6 (2002)

It’s been a while since we had a really good, huge Thanos epic—and even longer since Jim Starlin wrote and drew the legend he created—so…Infinity Abyss goes under the “It’s…

THE THANOS QUEST #1-2 (1990)

Thanos Quest was the first time Thanos went after the six soul gems. It was created by the great Starlin/Lim team. It’s good. Really good. It was written by Jim…