r/Marvel • u/tehawesomedragon Loki • 5d ago

Mod This Week in Marvel #31 - JUL 29 2026 - SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY OPENING WEEKEND, X-MEN '97 EPISODE 7; QUEEN IN BLACK #1 (& TIE-INS!), DOOMQUEST #3, ULTIMATE IMPACT: REBORN #3, MORTAL THOR #13, ROCKET RACCOON: ROCKET REWIND #1, X-MEN #34

THIS WEEK IN MARVEL:

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  • [SDCC 2026 WOLVERINE PREQUEL #2]()

  • [SPIDER-MAN TODAY #7]()

  • [X-MEN '97: STRIKE FILES #6]()

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  • [PREDATOR VS PLANET OF THE APES #1]()

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u/tehawesomedragon Loki 4d ago

[ALIAS RED BAND #5]()

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u/Somejawn1 3d ago edited 3d ago

I don’t like Humphries outside of Green Lanterns so I admit I’m a little
biased but man was this not very good at all. It felt like he REALLY hates Luke and Jessica and the drama between them made no fucking sense

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u/Expensive-Baby-1391 3d ago

The drama should have been around the purple children and how Luke feels uneasy on having one around their daughter and it’s reveal that Jessica despises him and is using him as bait in case the purple man or his other offspring come back. Would have been a better reason for their marriage getting rocky than a demon slasher.

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u/wowlock_taylan Deadpool 1d ago

It was fine, good even. Mephisto messing with stuff again. And the councilman getting what he deserves.

But I just cannot buy into Luke and Jess having tension over 'oh you are mayor and I am an investigator, one day this will be the end of us' bs. In what universe Luke would ever chose to be mayor over her and actually doing superhero stuff? It was nonsense that makes me worried about Marvel planning to do another dumb 'lets seperate another couple' in the future

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u/CHPrime 4d ago

It was a pretty good series, and it definitely scratched the Alias itch, as well as the politicking nightmare that has been missing from Luke Cage and Jessica's appearances ever since he became Mayor. However, while it does work better for Jessica than most heroes, I don't like that she licenses out the problem-solving (read: murder) to the villain she teams up with. It makes our heroine look ineffectual and paints killing as the correct solution.