One of my favourite titles from Secret Wars is re-forming in the All New All Different Marvel Universe in A-Force #1; but can what made this title great carry over into ‘our’ universe?  That remains to be seen.

Singularity has appeared in our world, and quickly realizes it is not her world and remembers the friends she left behind and sets out to find them and bring them all together. She quickly finds  Captain Marvel in space and goes to her, only to find the Carol has no idea who Singularity is.  At that moment, an energy being Carol is calling Antimatter is attacking the space station she is on and Carol goes to confront it…but Singularity can ‘feel’ the being in her head and Antimatter can feel her as pain.  Singularity decides she needs to head to Earth to look for more of her friends to help.  On her way, she clips New Attilan and crash lands in New York, with Antimatter quickly following her.  She manages to locate She-Hulk, who also has no memory of Singularity, but also leads the big bad to her, and gets Jennifer into the fight.  The two come to the conclusion they cannot handle the threat alone, when Medusa arrives on the scene with a battalion of Inhuman soldiers.  She chides Singularity for damaging New Attilan, who in turn is very excited to see her friend Medusa…but Medusa promptly shackles Singularity and suggests they give her to Antimatter if she is who he wants.

G. Willow Wilson brings us a very fun story, with enough action and fast pace to keep things moving.  I really enjoyed the child like innocence of Singularity, just wanting to find her friends and help them…get back what she knew from her previous life.  And I really felt her upset when she found them and they all didn’t remember her…but she didn’t give up.  And I really loved Jorge Molina’s art; sure all the characters may have the same nose, but he definitely gives them each their own style and characteristics to make them distinct.

So, is this the same A-Force from Secret Wars?  Definitely not.  We are no longer on Arcadia and we are not on a world created by Doom where we have disco Dazzler and every woman from the Marvel universe defending an island from flying whales or rogue Thors or traitorous team members.  We are seeing the beginnings of a new team being formed, and if any readers coming back were like me, found themselves going “awww come on already!” just wanting to see the band back together.  Sadly, this was just like your typical number one issue, laying down the framework and yes, having to wait for all the players to hit the scene.  Yes, I enjoyed it; it was fun, and I will definitely come back for the next issue.

Story: G. Willow Wilson Art: Jorge Molina
Story: 7 Art: 8.5 Overall: 7.75 Recommendation: Buy