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Aaron, Jason

TMNT is back! I didn’t hate Sophie Campbell’s run, but it didn’t live up to Tom Waltz. But when Jason Aaron was announced to pick up the soft reboot, I was intrigued. His run on Thor was the second best ever written. I waited until the deluxe edition dropped to experience the entire first arc, and it lived up! It was really focused on the spiritual aspect, which was a great decision for the first story. April’s arc was small but so fun. And most notably, the art. My jaw dropped at some point during every issue. Some of the most creative uses of full page spreads I’ve ever seen. I’m ready for volume two to fully get the band back together. Every IP should be treated with the love & respect that IDW treats the Turtles. (I’m looking at you, Paramount. Stop destroying Star Trek.)

Ryan Cahill

I have learned that this is not the series to take a break to read some comic books. I had such a hard time remember side characters. But despite that, this book was. Massive improvement from the first entry, which I already enjoyed quite a bit. For a longer book, it never dragged. I was invested in our main storyline with Calen. But even more than that, I loved Ella’s POV, and Dayne’s, and Rist’s, & Dann’s. I really should be taking notes to keep everyone straight though. The last 100 pages made my jaw drop multiple times, but that very last line absolutely rocked me. I never expected that! I’ve heard from nearly every reader of this series that book 3 is the best one, so I left a half star here. I’m going to be back in this world very soon!

Ron Marz, Beau Smith

It’s been a while since I’ve given a comic volume five stars, but Kyle Rayner vol. 1 was worth breaking that streak. I just love this character so much. He was reminiscent of Marv Wolfman’s initial run on Richard Rider, but with a little Spider-Man mixed in for good measure. The mythos of GL was sprinkled throughout this volume as he begins to learn about the Corps. All these years, I’ve known about Alex DeWitt’s murder, but it was far more gut wrenching reading it than it ever was as a fun fact. I’m going to beg DC to finally complete the collected edition release of this series. I want to experience the entirety of Kyle’s story before Rebirth, but they never follow through. This was easily my favorite GL story outside of the Geoff Johns run.

Joss Whedon

This ending is going to sit with me for a while. I really preferred this lineup to New X-Men. The characterization simply stole the show. I expect that in Whedon’s work. I also adored Cassidy’s art. Not much more to say. My favorite X-Men I’ve read thus far. I just need to find a way to buy the Claremont run to know that for sure.

Joss Whedon