Issue #112: Comic Books For The Week Of Wednesday, March 2, 2011:

John Byrne's Next Men #4 (IDW)
Powers #7 (Icon/Marvel)

John Byrne's Next Men #4 (IDW) *  *  *  *  *

In this issue, we finally learn a little bit about what happened to Bethany. The story starts with a flashback, which happens shortly after the conclusion of the original Next Men series. The story mostly revolves around Bethany, and we seem to learn the identity of the mysterious person clad in the black spacesuit. We begin to get some answers to some of the mysteries that were presented in the first three issues. They seem to raise more questions, which makes for a good comic book, as far as I'm concerned, and is keeping me looking forward to next issue. John Byrne is moving the story along nicely, even if we don't have a lot of answers to this time-spanning story. I'm enjoying this title very much.

Powers #7 (Icon/Marvel) *  *  *  *


first of all, we learn a little bit about Deena Pilgrim's new career path. The rest of the issue involves Christian and his partner Enki interviewing other dieties who knew the murder victim, Damocles. To be honest, it was a little hard reading these fellow gods talk about the nature of man and gods. But it ddin't get in the way of my enjoyment of the story. Through the interviews with Damocles' former teammates, we learn a little more about the character. We also get a hint to a future sotryline, and the ending is guaranteed to wake you up if you're about to fall asleep after reading characters talk about the nature of diety.

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