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Sunday, March 3, 2013

Last Planet Standing, Tom DeFalco

"For centuries beyond reckoning, Galactus has consumed entire worlds to satiate his never-ending quest for sustenance, but now he has a new plan - one that may threaten the very existence of the entire Universe! Featuring Thor, the Warriors Three, the Avengers, Spider-Girl, the Fantastic Five and the Shi'ar Imperial Guard! Collects Last Planet Standing #1-5"















I picked this up on the strength of the title alone, assuming that this would be a comic about different worlds fighting for their survival (the cover, showing what I assumed were alternate versions of Marvel Characters helped). Alas, it isn't. Instead it's a fairly run of the mill 'Future of the Marvel Universe' book, specifically set on whichever world has Spider-Girl in it.

I know some of the background here (mainly that it's the children of initial Avengers and the Fantastic 4) but lots left me totally in the dark - where were the X-Men, why hadn't any of the F4 retired if all the Avengers had, how much can the Invisible Woman's power levels fluctuate over the course of a single comic.

There's some nice bits in here, the art by Pat Olliffe is lovely, and it serves as a short story arc, but there's nothing in here that would make me want to come back to this universe and find out more about the characters contained within.