Beyond

[fin5]

What do you think of Beyond so far
Me Im loving it

[Jman27]

its not too bad but not amazing either beyond isnt impressing me with Ben besides that first issue

[MisterC]

Been a big disappointment for me.

Loved: The three Zeb Wells issues, and the 3 Jed McKay issues.

Liked: The Saladin Ahmed issue, some of Ziglar's stuff.

Everything else has been kinda bleh. And in general, Ben has come out looking like an incompetent rube with no skills.

[Lukmendes]

Mostly forgettable, it's been picking up in the last 3 issues or so though, time will tell if the rest will be worth a damn.

While there are comics that read better on trade, I don't think that'll be the case for Beyond, at least for the first issues, it'll make Ben's change of opinions more noticeable, same for the repetitive plot points, might not feel it's dragging as much though, but eh, I get the feeling this might be remembered as Ben's New Day, though, one that m̶a̶y̶b̶e̶ gets rid of his villanous past, so maybe not BND level of damaging, even if it's still pretty boring for the most part.

[HypnoHustler]

Been a big disappointment for me.

Loved: The three Zeb Wells issues, and the 3 Jed McKay issues.

Liked: The Saladin Ahmed issue, some of Ziglar's stuff.

Everything else has been kinda bleh. And in general, Ben has come out looking like an incompetent rube with no skills.

This is pretty much how I feel. The Thompson issues were…. not good. They weren’t like the worst thing ever, but it was a bad misstep having that immediately follow Wells’ strong opening.

[Frontier]

Kaine is really never showing up, huh?

[JustLuke]

Kaine is really never showing up, huh?

Unfortunately seems that way. Sad as it is to say I don't think we're gonna be seeing him again for a bit. Maybe he'll show up sometime in that potential Ben in LA book though

[the illustrious mr. kenway]

What do you think of Beyond so far
Me Im loving it

I liked the corporate superhero angle but Ben is poorly used outside of the Death of Doctor Strange tie in.

I would've preferred it more as an Iron Fist arc. Danny's biggest weakness is Rand Corporation. So this would give that aspect a kick in the pants and give Danny more interesting material. In recent years he's been rather bland.

But this story works more as a Spider-family story so I doubt Danny would be used better.

I was more into Kaine than Ben so I'm surprised he doesn't pop up here.

[exile001]

The idea is solid - a big, evil corporation gets "Diet Spider-man*" and uses him to their own ends, but the execution is weak and the issues themselves have mostly been the same thing recycled over and over.

After the first two issues, which felt rushed and lacking character or depth, actual progression has been glacially slow. Some issue have been downright painful to read due to appalling dialogue *cough*Otto&May*cough*.

Mostly the art has been pretty poor.

This is a quickly hashed together filler story and it really shows. As a big fan of Ben Reilly I really wanted to like this but I don't let my fandom excuse a poor/mediocre product.

On the plus side, it is probably the reason we got Ben Reilly: Spider-Man and issue #1 was fantastic.

*Sorry, but that is a hilarious line.

[boots]

i liked the first couple of issues enough

but even with my nostalgia in full swing, comic books have to compete with a lot of life stuff and other distractions in an adult's life and i haven't picked up an issue since... which might be an indication of the story's ability to grab me

think i'll wait for the tpb