Pax Americana is great.  Maybe a bit too concerned about being technically proficient and formalist than telling a truly classic story, but despite that, definitely worth reading a few times to absorb everything.  It will probably be the part of Multiversity that most commenters will focus on, but for pure enjoyment, I have to give it to Thunderworld, an absolute blast of a Captain Marvel comic.  And unlike the others, which end on a down note, Thunderworld is optimistic, which is what I want out of a Captain Marvel comic.  If you're like me, at the end of Thunderworld, you'll think this overarching omniversal threat that fuels the series doesn't stand a chance.  Best Captain Marvel since Jeff Smith's, and maybe even better than that.

After 5 issues or however many it is now, I find I'm starting to warm a bit to the series - perhaps in part as a reaction against some of the negative comments I've seen around the web, but mostly I think because there's been enough instalments now for a cumulative effect to begin to make itself felt.

This may seem a bit paradoxical, since each issue is at one level an individual story devoted to a separate world, but I believe this is one series that, to an even greater degree than is usually the case for any multi-part story - will have to be judged as a whole rather than as individual issues.

Because each issue is just a sketch of a different world - as a single issue it can't be much more than that, no matter how densely packed or deftly written. Some of them, in my view, haven't even given us a complete story, just the beginnings of one - The Just, for example. I think this is one reason the Thunderworld instalment has been one of the most popular so far - it felt a little more complete in itself than the others.

I'm still digesting the Pax Americana issue. There's a lot there. I'm still discovering new things in it, and don't feel I yet have a grasp on everything that's going on in there. I've avoided reading any commentaries or explanations of it for now because I want give myself a chance to come to grips with it myself first. So I don't want to comment too much on that one yet.

I think that's a very astute criticism of the series so far-- they are all snapshots of various worlds so far, and while the overall plot of Multiversity is present in all of them, it's in background of more immediate threats that may not be immediately identifiable with the overall problem.  It's an interesting approach that makes me want more from each world, but only Thunderworld felt like it had any sense of resolution for its story.  (Well, I guess Pax America does, too, in the sense that everything came full circle.)

Tangent: Anyone else reading Morrison and Frazier Irving's Annihilator? I was somewhat underhelmed by the first issue thinking it was the same old Morrison reality shell game, but it has really developed into an interesting series about the creative process. Issue 4, in particular, is a standout, and despite the cosmic elements, may actually be Morrison at his most personal critiquing his own work and persona. It goes to some dark places. Unlike most of Grant's recent creator-owned work, which really felt like they were rejected movie pitches, this is something we can place next to The Filth and Flex Mentallo as a look into Grant's mind and how he sometimes struggles with his work. Of course, Irving's work is top-notch, as always.

I highly recommend checking it out if you're not already reading it.  It's really getting overshadowed by Multiversity, but I think it's the more vital work if you're a Morrison fan.

I read Pax Americana on my iPad. Not the best format for Frank Quitely's wonderfully detailed art to really shine.

Probably a good call as it's a six issue series, and Legendary is very good about getting their collections out in a timely manner.  I think it will read even better collected.