Welcome to another edition of Fantastic Five, the best comic celebration of the week! This week, DC continues to dominate with top three spots, with Marvel and Image closing in on the top five. Let’s go to the book!
The Week’s Best Comics: May 28, 2025
#5: Power Fantasy #9
“Power Fantasy” #9 is a story-wise ambitious success
Power Fantasy #9 has earned an AIZN-nominated reputation and a closely-crafted, emotionally resonant installment that juggles multiple characters and timelines without losing sight of the bigger philosophical questions at its core. It sets the stage for what it promises to be visually surprising, narratively ambitious chapters and climactic calculations.
Read the full review of David Brooke!
#4:Magik #5
“Magik” #5 review
Magik #5 sees Ilyana Lastina reconciliation with the Dark Child in a healing and cathartic test of confronting her trauma and taking and overcoming the painful parts of her past.
Read the full review of Joe Jones!
#3: Green Arrow #24
“Green Arrow” #24 is heartfelt, intense, almost perfect
Now, let’s cut to track while we’re putting things together. This is the perfect question. Condon delivers intense scenes that may make readers laugh, and what makes you shatter. All of these moments are portrayed in intense linework and vibrant colours, all of which together provide a meaningful story. And most importantly, the story is coming to an end in a genuine way. There are thousands of stories like this, but they don’t get a happy ending because life doesn’t always give a painful community a happy ending. Sometimes, a small number of acts become a lot of images. And while the story acknowledges its reality, the issue recognizes that it has succeeded in providing satisfactory conclusions to the story.
Read the full review of Michael Guerrero!
#2: Mr. Triffy: Year 1 #1
‘Mr. Amazing: Year 1’ #1 Review: Who is Michael Holt?
Mr. Triffy: Year 1 fuses the rise of sadness, genius and tension in a story that respects the character’s legacy, providing a powerful, grounded look to Michael Holt’s early days, setting something fresh for his origins. The script by Al Letson is beautifully paired with Valentine’s Day de Landro’s intense art, highlighting the emotional weight of Holt’s journey, and the inspiration for future technology and new threats makes this a compelling first chapter for longtime fans and new readers to witness the rise of DCU’s great characters.
Read the full review of Christopher Frenny!
#1: Absolute Mars Manhunter #3
“Absolute Martian Manhunter” #3 is another barn burner
Absolute Martian Manhunter is currently a book on the barn burner of all cartoons. No other characters have been reinvented so beautifully, narratively and visually. Other readers are not offered an insightful view of the humanity of the world they live in. Every week this book is published, that’s the first thing I read.
Read the full review of Ryan Perry!
