Catch up on the highlights of the past month’s issues, including Superman gladiator battles and razor-sharp rain.
EW’s monthly comic column is back with our first look at books published in the year 2022.
There’s a lot to discuss, so let’s get into it!
‘Inferno’ #4, by Jonathan Hickman and Valerio Schiti.Marvel Comics
The main one is securing the resurrection of the precognitive mutant Destiny.
But with Destiny still dead, some fans were understandably unsatisfied with that direct bit of representation.
Mystique and Destiny have solved that problem and decentralized the Krakoan government.
‘Monstress’ #36, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda.Image Comics
Long forced to the margins, Destiny and Mystique are now at the center of the X-franchise.
It’s very exciting!
Hickman clearly had a different reading.
The cover of ‘Saga’ #55, the first new issue in more than 3 years, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples.Fiona Staples for Image Comics
Hickman may be gone for now, but he’s set a great X-ample for his collaborators to follow.
Monstress#36, the first issue of this year’s new arc, keeps that momentum going.
What really stands out about this issue is how Takeda depicts Maika adrift in her own mind.
‘Action Comics’ #1039, by Philip Kennedy Johnson and Riccardo Federici.DC Comics
The same amount of years have passed forSaga’s characters, and the resulting changes are refreshing.
Four years older, Hazel is now ready to fully assume protagonist duties from her parents.
It’s a nice touch that Staples gets primary billing in the credits of this issue.
‘Joe Hill’s Rain’ #1.Image Comics
This saga has been building for months, and has more story to tell.
you might’t help but feel hooked by the end.
