Marvel Comics’ summer crossover goes full anime: teaming up to fight god

polygon.com:

If there are any true novelties in the world of superhero comics these days, it’s a big summer crossover event that’s actually feels like an adventure of coordinated parts, rather than a sensory overload. And with AXE: Judgment Day, I’m officially itching to get a new issue.

We knew going in that the A, X, and E in the title stood for a battle between the Avengers, the X-Men, and the Eternals, and AXE: Judgment Day #1 kicked off the triple whammy of kaiju-sized Eternals attacking Krakoa, the full power of the Uni-Mind psychically flattening mutant leadership, and Thanos’ granddad (presumably) decimating the mutant population on Mars single-handedly.

But if AXE: Judgment Day #2 has anything to say about it, the superheroes might have something bigger to worry about: teaming up to fight god. Based on my own research, god is usually pretty vulnerable to a team of very good teenage friends, so the X-Men should be fine, at least.

What else is happening in the pages of our favorite comics? We’ll tell you. Welcome to Monday Funnies, Polygon’s weekly list of the books that our comics editor enjoyed this past week. (In this case, our comics editor has been out for a while, so these are from the last several weeks!) It’s part society pages of superhero lives, part reading recommendations, part “look at this cool art.” There may be some spoilers. There may not be enough context. But there will be great comics. (And if you missed the last edition, read this.)

AXE: Judgment Day #2 concludes when the Avengers and the Eternals successfully create a new Celestial, the only thing that can tell the rest of the Eternals to stop trying to kill all mutants. Unfortunately, the new Celestial has a monkey’s paw, and the paw has a thumb.

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