This volume is much less lighthearted than the previous one, however it still focuses on positive relationships between the characters to balance with some of the more stressful themes and plots.

Unfortunately Jennifer is no longer a side character because of the events of Civil War II, but another one of my favorite heroes, Jubilee, has joined Patsy's crew of friends and I cherish every panel she's in.

Oddly enough this volume ends before the story with Black Cat does, which seems a bit nonsensical in my opinion, but since the next volume is already out people reading it in the present won't have to wait for a resolution.

So you're telling me I got on my computer, signed up for a trial of Kindle Unlimited and read this volume for Rick Jones, only to be told that he's not really part of this story and instead has a possibly psychotic impostor? Honestly I'm not even sure if I have the right to be angry here, it's my own fault for ever trusting Marvel within an inch of my life.

However I do appreciate the included excerpts from the actual Rick's memoirs, since I really wish I could read the entire thing to get a better sense of how he feels about the events of his life after he starting hanging out with heroes.

While I liked Jessica and her unsteady balance between wanting to put walls up and be understood at the same time, the rest of the comic was unfortunately subpar and I find it almost laughable that Marvel once created this whole new 'Max' line just so they could use grown-up words when mature concepts had already been in their own titles for decades at that point.

This is a satirical story about the way the Marvel Universe functions, primarily involving the mutant teams.

Most of the recognizable characters are more extreme and assholey versions of themselves for the sake of parody, which gets uncomfortable at some parts. The plot is not incredibly meaningful though it seems like it was meant to be, and ends on a fairly depressing note.

Since this series is short I don't feel like I've wasted my time reading it, but it's forgettable and not really worth paying much attention to.

I used to buy Jughead's comics every month when I was a preteen, so even though for a ridiculously long time I've neglected to read the new comics that re-imagined these classic characters, I've been looking forward to seeing if they were any good.

Personally my favorite part of the gang's main adventures when I was younger was how they were goofy, but usually not too far-fetched. In contrast, the arc for these issues contained events and an ending that seemed improbable to the point of being impossible. I unfortunately didn't really enjoy the dream sequences either, they were creative but formulaic and distracted from the main story.

However the reason I was interested in this series at all was for the characters, and I did enjoy the way they were written. Jughead may be a cynic, but still manages to be charismatic and caring and I was glad to see he had a friendship with Betty since I always enjoyed their dynamic when I read the comics previously. As a whole I liked this volume enough to check out some other comics of the updated Riverdale world, and to read further in hope that this start has been improved upon.

This is another Secret Wars tie-in that isn't really an important part of the larger Marvel Universe, but exists simply because it's fun.

Most of the humor is reliant on a basic understanding of each character, and silly without being unbearably so. The story isn't complex and can be read by all ages and the bright and unique art is enjoyable to peruse over.

I'm honestly not sure whether I really enjoyed reading this comic or not, partially since the plot is disconnected from the typical Marvel universe which leads to it being somewhat confusing since I haven't bothered to read Secret Wars.

The writing throughout each issue really varies in quality during some parts, the omnipresent narrative sounded articulate and artistic, whereas some of the quips characters made during fight scenes were more irritating than cool.

The real depth to the series seemed to be primarily focused on Nico and Singularity's relationship. Their interactions were very sweet and caring and I'm looking forward to hopefully reading more about them, but unfortunately the rest of the volume was underwhelming for me since I had high hopes.

Honestly I have mixed feelings about this comic. I liked how Gwen was morally ambiguous in a special I'd read, but some of her actions have crossed from a grey area to just being negligent and gross.

Due to her running around selling dangerous diseases to Hydra and being an unwilling but opportunistic henchman to a supervillian she's not very sympathetic to me and I don't understand why Doctor Strange would help cement her place into his universe. I guess it's possible he wasn't fully aware of her behavior but the undeserved gentleness she's been treated with by a few different people just feels odd, since responsibility is often times a large theme in other Marvel stories.

However, I do really like her character design and she is entertaining so while I really can't tell if she's been set up to experience any development or growth I do plan on continuing for at least another volume of her series.