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The story that's been building for years is finally here! Wilson Fisk has risen from Kingpin of Crime to mayor of the biggest city in America. Now he's going to bring his full criminal and political power to bear on the super heroes who call NYC home! The man who once destroyed Daredevil has targeted the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Captain America, Spider-Man, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and more. Fisk has an army of super villains at his command - including Crossbones, Taskmaster, Typhoid Mary, Shocker, Whiplash, Rhino and Kraven - and that's just his opening salvo. Wait until you meet his Thunderbolts! But Mayor Fisk isn't the only one with ambitions - and you know what they say about honor among thieves. From the blockbuster creative team of Daredevil comes the final act in Wilson Fisk's master plan!.… (more)
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There are enough of the required cool moments to keep superhero fans happy -- "The law's an ass," and " . . . be born again," stood out for me -- but a lot of this feels recycled from events and comics we've seen before. It's done well but also feels very been-there-done-that. And the consequences of the event feel pretty low-key, with no big death or change for the Marvel Universe, though the fallout leaves some heroes in intriguing new set-ups for the coming year.
My biggest whine is that several of the heroes and villains don't even get named in the story. For instance, I wasn't aware of Miles Morales' new costume and didn't even know he was one of the Spider-Men in the book until after I finished and was looking up information about the book. Of course, that's also a problem caused by Marvel stupidly having so many characters share the same code name.
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Contains material originally published in magazine form as Devil's Reign (2021) #1-6 and Devil's Reign: Omega (2022) #1.
Contents:
• Devil's Reign, Chapters 1-6 / Chip Zdarsky, writer; Marco Checchetto, artist
• Devil's Reign: Omega - "Fall and Rise" / Chip Zdarsky, writer; Rafael de Latorre, artist
• Devil's Reign: Omega - "Cleaning House" / Jim Zub, writer; Luciano Vecchio, artist
• Devil's Reign: Omega - "Mayor for Hire" / Rodney Barnes, writer; Guillermo Sanna, artist
• Cover Gallery and Sketchbook / Mark Bagley, Peach Momoko, John Romita Jr., Skottie Young, Klaus Janson, Jim Cheung, Jorge Fornes, Joshua Swaby, Leinil Francis Yu, Ron Lim, Dan Panosian, Paulo Siqueira, Logan Lubera, Alex Maleev, Rod Reis, Marco Checchetto, and Luciano Vecchio, illustrators