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dave_ex_machina's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Storm asends to the thrown of Mars! Psyloke makes a deal with sinister and some other stuff happens
crookedtreehouse's review
2.0
Somehow, Hellions #5 is going to lead us into one of the major X-stories involving Mr Sinister. How this wet fart of a storyline was given the weight to lead into a major event baffles me. This book continues to be awful. Filled with Z-level characters tritely quipping their way through a forgettable storyline that you'll forget the minute you move on to something else.
One star.
X-Force #21 & #22: Man-Slaughter may be the dumbest name in modern comics. And the storyline about this budget Man-Thing ripoff is barely interesting.
Two stars.
Sword #8: I don't imagine myself ever caring about the Arrako/Mars mutants. Ever. Solid writers have done conceptually interesting things with them. And Storm's battle with Tarn The Uncaring was okay, but I hope they end up nuking the planet with all the Arrakans on it so I don't have to keep track of any of these dull characters anymore. The concept of upgrading Mars using mutant powers was pretty cool. But instead of the Arrakan nonsense, they should have just moved all the Krakoan mutants there.
Two stars.
Way Of X #4 & #5 are the highlights of this book but it's a low bar. The over philiosophizing of Nightcrawler with Lost begin to pay off here, as they attempt to make Fabien Cortez a sympathetic character within the context of an incoming Onslaught resurgence.
Three stars.
One star.
X-Force #21 & #22: Man-Slaughter may be the dumbest name in modern comics. And the storyline about this budget Man-Thing ripoff is barely interesting.
Two stars.
Sword #8: I don't imagine myself ever caring about the Arrako/Mars mutants. Ever. Solid writers have done conceptually interesting things with them. And Storm's battle with Tarn The Uncaring was okay, but I hope they end up nuking the planet with all the Arrakans on it so I don't have to keep track of any of these dull characters anymore. The concept of upgrading Mars using mutant powers was pretty cool. But instead of the Arrakan nonsense, they should have just moved all the Krakoan mutants there.
Two stars.
Way Of X #4 & #5 are the highlights of this book but it's a low bar. The over philiosophizing of Nightcrawler with Lost begin to pay off here, as they attempt to make Fabien Cortez a sympathetic character within the context of an incoming Onslaught resurgence.
Three stars.
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