Also this week:

LOKI #4 - This fully painted miniseries seemed to slip beneath the radar, but it was actually very good.  The series starts with Loki having just succeeded in overthrowing Odin and taking the throne of Asgard.  Then he wonders what he's going to do next.  Then he wonders why he doesn't seem to be enjoying it very much.  And having fulfilled the only goal he'd really thought through, Loki starts to gradually unravel.  It's really very well done, and Essad Ribic's artwork is beautiful.  For once, a spin-off miniseries that really did have something to say about the character, and something worth reading, at that.  A

THOR #85 - Meanwhile, the parent title also comes to a close, although we all know it'll be back sooner or later.  Which, come to think of it, makes the ending a little odd - Thor finally puts an end to the endless cycle of reincarnation, and allows Ragnarok to properly wipe out Asgard, once and for all.  Except, uh, won't they be needing it back later on?  Still, it clears the way for a radically different take on the Norse Gods - and this title has always had the problem that it viewed myths from a millennium ago through the perspective of 40 years ago.  Hardcore fans may not be delighted if the eventual relaunch takes advantage of those possibilities, but it's the right way to go.  Anyhow, this storyline has been a little overburdened with plot, but it still just about manages to pull off a very ambitious finale.  B+

There's a new Article 10 on Monday at Ninth Art.

Next week, District X wraps up its first storyline; Emma Frost continues "Bloom"; Ultimate Nightmare inches glacially onwards; Ultimate X-Men has more of Gambit and Fenris; X-Force #3 provides more unique entertainment; and X-Men: The End continues its first arc.

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