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Welcome to another Four-Color Bullet. I am proud to say that we are the only comic-book review column not responsible for the destruction of an entire universe. So let's talk about comics. From Marvel, it's time for yet another company-wide event as the Avengers and the X-Men team up again, this time to take down the Red Skull, armed with Xavier's brain, in Axis #1; Ms. Marvel teams up with the Amazing Spider-Man, and the Spider-Verse event draws near, in The Amazing Spider-Man #7; and it's Halloween in Brooklyn, and the bad guys are dressing up as good guys and Hawkeye and Deadpool team up to stop the mess, in Hawkeye and Deadpool #1. From DC this week, it's the beginning of the end of Earth 2 in Earth 2: World's End #1; Klarion the Witchboy is bored and Earth is his new playground, in Klarion #1; and a new era of Batgirl begins, in Batgirl #35. And Jack Burton's quest to save Wang Chi may be over, but Lo Pan still has his eyes on Miao Yin, in Big Trouble in Little China #5 by BOOM! Studios. Joshua Williamson: Writer Andrei Bressan: Artist IMAGE COMICS Only one comic this week made it this far, but it's a doozy. Joshua Williamson has another smash hit on his hands with Birthright. After Ghosted, and Nailbiter, how much more can this guy top himself? It seems like everything Image has put out lately is becoming a favorite, but that's just the quality of Image Comics. Birthright #1 starts out as a missing-child story. Williamson brilliantly depicts the emotional turmoil of a family losing their child. Desperate fathers, grieving mothers, and the destruction of a family. We see some time pass, and how this family copes with the loss of a child. And then the crazy comes. Honestly, I think the less you know about this comic, the better. Just when you think you know where the story is taking you, it throws a sack over your head, spins you around 40 times, then pushes you down a hill. Now, twists happen all the time in comics, and they're getting so frequent that comics readers are getting kind of cynical. This month's issue of DC's Batman throws a big twist at you. But Williamson pulls this one off smashingly. And even if the twist doesn't impress you, that last page will have you screaming and looking for the rest of the comic, and you're going to get angry when you realize you have to wait until next month. As if this book couldn't get better, you're hit with the amazing art of Andrei Bressan. Artists have the tough job, especially with a first issue, of establishing the looks of the characters when you first meet them. Bressan does it like a pro. I have nothing negative to say about this book. Nothing. It's a fun first issue that throws you a curve and has you gasping for the next issue. Loved it. Go get it. And in 10 years, you can hold up your first issue proudly. And this wraps a very short Four-Color Bullet. Always feel free to email or comment on anything. Anything at all. It's a great time to be a comics fan. See you next Thursday! -30-

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