The Hellfire is back in town and their targets are the X-men. New members take out the Beast, Cyclops, Colossus and Wolverine quickly, leaving weaker members and students to feed for themselves. Can the X-Men recover their losses and fend off the Hellfire’s attack?
Right off the bat I have to ask, how many telepaths are they in the Marvel universe and how come they are still mutants left to fight the X-Men when all their powers were wiped out? Although the story was interesting and a novel way to disable the X-Men, it was a classically padded story that will read better and fill more complete, only when Marvel releases the trade paperback. In hindsight, there are a few speech bubbles here and there and a lot of nothing happens. The introduction of Sebastian Shaw and his fight with Colossus didn’t flow well. It seems like
Really, the highlight of this series is Cassaday’s work. He draws Wolverine like Hugh Jackman. Of course I like that. His villains look stylish and cool. He can capture some emotions. However, although he uses slow panel to panel storytelling to pad the book, his storytelling skills are bad. The switch from one scene to another looked juxtaposed and didn’t work.
Even within scenes, there were trouble keeping tabs on what was happening. For example, I though that the hunched back guy in the lab was the Beast transformed into a human and for some reasons needing glasses. Of course, that had me scratch my head in wonder.
Trouble is as nice and cool Marvel wants to make this comic book, it fails when a first time reader picks it up. If a second reading is needed to understand all that happens, from someone who has read weird comics all his life, imagine a new reader picking this up after seeing the X-Men film. Can the creators get back to comic book basics instead of the stylish and padded hype?
Thunderbolts #137
New creative team brings worry about this series' future quality.
Spider-Woman #2
The series still works, even without voice-overs!
Doctor Voodoo: Avenger of the Supernatural #1
The new Sorcerer Supreme, chosen to defend our reality is attacked by Doctor Doom in order to save our reality from...the new Sorcerer Supreme?!
Thor #603
Donald Blake and Thor help Sif establish a secret identity while Loki and Dr. Doom exchange “gifts”…
Spider-Woman #1
One of Marvel’s most sultry, sassy, and super powered heroines gets a new monthly series.
Old Man Logan: How the Best Went Bad
Last year Mark Millar began the best Wolverine story in a decade...and this year he completed a story that was just as bad as a thousand others.
The Amazing Spider-man #605
This issue is about love, or Peter Parker’s lack of. Just as the cover implies, it’s about all the people in Parker’s life and their “it’s complicated” love lives
Dark Wolverine #78
Daken, the Dark Wolverine has been witnessed killing innocent bystanders and Norman Osborn is trying to fix the mess
Captain America Reborn #3 of 5
While Captain America relives his days on ice and his fight against the Skrulls during the Kree / Skrull war, the Falcon rescues the current Captain America
The Amazing Spider-man #604
The Chameleon is on the loose about to explode a nuclear device in the middle of New York City
Thor Annual #1
The Egyptian gods have been waiting for Thor to suffer from somekind of weakness before returning a favour and taking him out once and for all
