Marvel 1985 #5

Despite what the cover wants you to believe, this isn't the issue where Toby leads the heroes of the Marvel Universe charging into his parallel world to fight the villains that have taken over. In fact, the only one that makes an appearance is Spider-Man (but he IS in the symbiotic costume- bonus points there). Even the super villains who are destroying Toby's Earth are given limited panel time.

While a completely enjoyable idea, Marvel 1985 has spent the bulk of it's first 5 issues concentrating more on the "real world" characters like Toby and his dad. Maybe that's the point. However, I was expecting something a little more epic when I picked up the first issue and it only has one issue left to deliver on my initial expectations. Hopefully Issue 6 will be the money shot, with a big knock down drag out fight between the heroes and villains. As it stands right now, Kick Ass is still the best bet out of the current Millar trilogy of "superheroes in the real world" storylines.

- TFM