I felt like most of these six one-and-done stories could have benefited from a bit more room. I had a hard time following some of the turns of the plot in some of them, despite often spending multiple pages on big action sequences. But that said, Ellis does a great job doing sci-fi black ops thrillers, and several of these stories are quite memorable -- perhaps in particular "Encircle", in which Black Widow unexpectedly has to time travel her way out of a tricky situation. ( )