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crookedtreehouse's review
3.0
Nate Grey is a garbage X-Man character. Created as a sort of Cable during the Age Of Apocalypse series, he was brought into the Marvel proper universe, where he did absolutely nothing interesting for over sixty issues. One Cable in the universe was more than enough. And making him be a younger Cableish figure with massive power and no direction made him super superfluous.
Ellis's decision to turn him into the Marvel Universe's Hellblazer was inspired. And if it had been done much earlier in the series, maybe it could have saved it. Alas, the four devoted X-Man fans were probably taken aback by a new art style, and a coherent plot.
Despite the new direction, and despite Olivetti's highly stylized art, it was far too late to make most Marvel fans care about Nate Grey. I gave it a shot, but after the second issue, I found myself just skimming the pages rather than devouring the story.
Ellis's decision to turn him into the Marvel Universe's Hellblazer was inspired. And if it had been done much earlier in the series, maybe it could have saved it. Alas, the four devoted X-Man fans were probably taken aback by a new art style, and a coherent plot.
Despite the new direction, and despite Olivetti's highly stylized art, it was far too late to make most Marvel fans care about Nate Grey. I gave it a shot, but after the second issue, I found myself just skimming the pages rather than devouring the story.
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