This was a decent crossover. It's exactly what the title says. The Shi’Ar are mad at Jean's actions as the phoenix, you know killing a bunch of their people. They want justice for that, and they come to earth to get it. But this Jean is from the past, since the X-Men were plucked from the past and brought to the present. It's complicated, don't think about it too much. While this is happening the Guardians of the Galaxy get mixed up in all this.

This basically ask the question, can you put someone on trial for action they haven't committed. Kind of what eventually leads into Civil War 2. It's kind of a dumb question, cause the obvious answer is NO. But it also gives you the idea of what if you can prevent something horrible? It is interesting.

Either way it's a short crossover, fun, but nothing special. Kitty and Quill relationship blossoming is kind of cute though and Rocket has some good one liners.

A 3 out of 5.

The Guardians are split up by different fractions grabbing them all due to Starlord's wondeful father.

Oh and Flash Thompsons Venom joins the gang for a bit.

Overall having the guardians separated really doesn't help this series. The best moments are them together, so having their own missions and failures, and trying to survive is just okay. None of it feels scary because we know they'll all make it out.

I will say the moments with Gamora and Angela are wonderful, as are Rocket scared of being experimented on again, and Captain Marvel has some really fun moments too. Overall, it's a decent adventure but probably weakest storyline so far.

This started off real well and kind of went flat by the end.

First 3 issues cover what happened in the Cancerverse that Starlord, Nova, Thanos, and Drax got stuck in prior to this run. They somehow all got out with the exception of Nova. So Gamore pressures Quill to spill what happened, leading to a interesting, and tragic backstory. But then we flip to the venom storyline and it's pretty horrible. Just having venom jump between the guardians to get new forms to sell toys.

Wasn't fan of the second story at all but the first one was solid. 3 out of 5.

Komi continues to be cute but kind of empty at the same time.

The chapters with Komi at home on a bored day or her playing video games for the first time are actually really cute and fun. Minimal dialogue and let's the art display the story in a unique way that made it fun. The rest, going back to school, and trying to make new friends was fine but not nearly as fun. I own 14 of these volumes but if the next few volumes don't blow me away I'm not sure I'll continue buying this series.

This series is starting to impress me on learning the cosplay process even more.

While My Dress Up Darling still has better characters overall (and plotting) This does have fun characters and a real nice look at a convention style event. Seeing how our main lead here, Lilysa, handles her first time there. It's pretty cool to learn the ins and outs of the cosplay process, the time it takes, and what they are there for. I actually done a few convention myself selling comics, so I liked to connect that way.

The first third of this is 100% though pure humor/show titties. There's even a shot of two pairs of boobs on display. How fun. I can't complain too much, I do like boobs.

But yeah I feel the later half is starting to build a much more interesting look into cosplay than I expected. Hope continues that way.

A Legacy of Violence is...well violent.

We have our main lead, Nick, trying to figure out what's happening. Throughout this book we have a murderer basically chopping people up and setting up traps. While he does that, Nick's past is slowly revealed. We're trying to piece together how it's all connected. Is Nick part of the killer? Is it his other personality? What is the truth behind 731?

There's plenty of intrigue here. The art also does a goodjob setting the tone, this is a nasty looking book with how disgusting some of the deaths are. I enjoyed the pacing, fast paced, and lots of questions with a few answers here or there. My biggest drawback is so far I can't or don't feel the attachment to the characters I was hoping to have. So the big twist didn't hit me as much as I hoped. But at a quick paced read, it was enjoyable and I'll check out volume 2.

A time skip as expected from Oshimi.

After the truly terrible words said by his mother in the last volume we get a huge time skip, 20 years later, and Seiichi is trying to live his life the best he thinks he could. Which is not very well. He's going through the motions, not wanting or needing anything. Only staying alive because his father is still around. He sees him every once in awhile but when tragedy strikes, Seiichi gets closer and closer to the line of suicide.

A great look into depression, suicide, and loss. I really love the more somber look into 20 years later verses some more movie-like ending where something scary or major happens. This feels realistic, and in the best way possible. Shuzo keeps on maturing as he continues to write, and I hope that continues.

Civil War Peter Parker is basically just one shots of Peter dealing with the aftermath of coming out as Peter Parker to the public.

It's some fun stories, especially the one when they focus on one of Peter Parker's students. It's kind of sad, but inspirational, with a great ending. I also enjoyed Black Cat's issue of her getting revenge in a new way for her after what happens to Pete.

Overall, nothing amazing but all solid one shots that give us a little bit more of the Spider-fun we get before the horrible ONE MORE DAY.

Call of the Night stays good but never great.

Basically it's more of the same as the first one. Ko still visiting Nazuna, wanting to become a vampire, while working on "falling in love with her" to do so. Which is probably bullshit made up from Nazuna but it makes for a fun relationship. We have Akira come into the picture, Ko's childhood friend, and she also loves the night life. Then a pool party and a older lady who visits Nazuna at night who wants to get a massage. Yeah, it's weird.

I don't dislike the series, but it feels isolated and strange, I guess like a empty street at night, and for that it probably works for some people. It's fun, but also not sure how I feel about a 1000 year old vampire getting a bit sexually charged from a 14 year old boy. Weird.

A 3 out of 5.

Guardians of the Galaxy by Brian Bendis is big blockbuster fun, both the good and bad side of that.

Basically we start with an Avengers assemble storyline that half way through becomes a team up with the Guardians. I have to be honest, this bored me to death. It's the hollow version of every other team up comic, just with way too many characters, and besides some decent dialogue here or there and snappy banter, this is made strictly for non-comic fans to read a comic every once in awhile.

Then we get into the actual Guardians run. The opening shows Quill's origin and man is it not pretty. Unlike the movie, that is sad and tragic, this is sad and tragic but also brutal as shit. The idea is similar, what happens to Quill's mom, but in a darker nature. Once we get past that we're thrown into modern day with Quill bringing back the Guardians as a team to go stop Thanos. This works on most levels as a fun romp. The second arc in particular, introducing Angela, is really fun and some great banter between the group. The first two arcs are done with a lot of flare, which you expect from the guardians, and I think it's a very very easy jumping on point for people who've never read the Guardians comics.

Then we start having our ups and downs. With the two strong arcs starting we're thrown into the team getting split up in the third arc. Not nearly as fun, though some great moments for Rocket and Quill. Saying that, it just doesn't feel very interesting the long run. Then we have the missing blanks on how Starlord and Drax returned from the cancerverse, and that is the strongest part of the Omnibus next to second arc. Sadly that we start getting a little wild with the crossovers and also cameos from different characters.

Overall, the ending of this Omnibus is pretty weak. The start is boringish. But the middle is some good stuff. Just don't expect greatness. This isn't Bendis during Ultimate Spider-man or Daredevil, but I also don't think this is Legions or checkmate bad. It's just fluffy, blocbuster action plot, with a whole bunch of crazy characters and cameos. If you can get it half off or less, and you're a fan of the comics or movies, this might be worth grabbing. A 2.5 out of 5.