Four (stand-alone) stories of Wolverine & Kitty. I've never been a fan of Kitty (I've found her consistently annoying), so this book was kinda "eh" foFour (stand-alone) stories of Wolverine & Kitty. I've never been a fan of Kitty (I've found her consistently annoying), so this book was kinda "eh" for me overall. I do like Kitty's Jewish representation (yay to her magen david necklace & treyf joke), but her know-it-all attitude makes me wish this was a solo Wolverine book.
The first "story", issue #17 Two Wongs was too short to be told very well. It was fine. There's a politician and Wolverine thinks he's dirty because his father was dirty. Patch shows up to see what's what, but Kitty ("Shadowcat") gets in the way because she's annoying...
I liked seeing Jamie Madrox in Identity Crisis, issue #18. (Peter David's X-Factor run is one of my all time comics fav!) He looks like a doofus in his cap & he's SUPER unsure of anything, which was wild (like meeting baby Madrox). Kitty is annoying, but the ending with Jamie's dupe is (bitter) sweet. And then we got to see Jamie send out his dupes(!!), which will then lead up into X-Factor(!!).
Issues #19 & #20 Discreet Invasion with the Skrulls was a fine/fun story. I don't know the man Captain Marvel, so that was weird when he shows up lol. The ending with Scott and the gang was funny.
The last issue of the volume #21 The Last Word was a fine danger room "action" comic. Kitty vs. Wolverine.
Overall, the majority of these stories were really weak. There was a lot of beautiful art in here, but I think this collection has to be for an alreadOverall, the majority of these stories were really weak. There was a lot of beautiful art in here, but I think this collection has to be for an already established fan of the X-Men...there is no way anyone new would find any of these stories enlightening or enjoyable! They are all too short, with all over the place writing trying to create character development in about twenty five pages or so, with Professor X just rolling in and out of each story with no character-depth or personality other than "I'm a mutant too! Join me and by part of my X-Men! Also, I'm going to mind-wipe your parents so they forget you exist!" Not an inspiring fearless leader to blindly follow into his army upon first meeting, imo.
Here's my rating for each individual story.
Cyclops "Eyes Wide" written by Stuart Moore, art by Jesse Delperdang & Andy Lanning was luke warm lame at best. I didn't like the art (the faces were all weirdly flat) and the dialogue was stiff. Tough story to open the book with, even though Cyclops is my favorite X-Men. Disappointing 2 stars
Iceman "The Icy Beginning!" written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, art and colors by Phil Noto had a real 80's vibe with the art, which I both liked and disliked depending on the frames. The lines were really dark, but the colors looked almost like deep blended watercolors at times. The shadowing to make the ice was very pretty. Solid 3.5 star story. It was fine, but not great. Also, Cyclops & Professor X are just the worst throughout this whole book.
Beast written by Mike Carey, art and colors by J.K. Woodward. The art is super stylized Photorealism, like Alex Ross but with softer lines and lots of blending in the shadows. So, so impressive! 4 stars for the art & colors. The story itself was fine, just like Bobby's story... it was only OK (but a little less enjoyable because Hank is written like an old man from the 40's). 3 stars
Jean Grey written by Sean McKeever, art and colors by Mike Mayhew is just beautifully drawn. Same Photorealism style as Beast, but a little bit sharper, with defined lines and deeper colors. 5 star art! The story is fine, like Beast and Iceman... they are all just too short too be meaningful. Jean's story should be super emotional and heavy (her guilt is so heartbreaking for a child's story & she and her family are in so much pain!), but there's something missing from the storytelling. Maybe it's because Jean's story is so much "shorter" than the others because it skips years over the few short pages of this issue? Maybe it's because Charles Xavier is an annoying secondary character in her story? Not sure, but I can only give this a 3.5 star review.
Nightcrawler "Nativity" written by Adam Freeman & Marc Bernardin, art by Cary Nord & James Harren was a good origins story. Too short, by far, but emotional with a self-contained plot, and I thought the rich colors by Chris Sotomayor were beautiful. 4 stars
Wolverine "Birth of A Weapon" written by Christopher Yost, art by Mark Texeira is a good Wolverine origin story. Super basic/classic (remember X2 the movie from 2003?) with a better written understanding of how Wolverine lost his memories, which I never got from the movies. (view spoiler)[Wolverine's healing processing kept him awake and in pain during the Weapon-X process of pouring Adamantium over his bones. It was soooo excruciating, the pain broke him...his mind shattered and he lost himself. I buy it. (hide spoiler)] 4 stars
Colossus written by Christopher Yost, art by Trevor Hairsine was only OK. The story is split between Piotr and Alexander, a friends of Piotr's dead brother Mikhail, who feels compelled to protect him. Xavier is in there too, and honestly, they just take up too much of Colossus's story for me to like this anymore than a 3.5.
Gambit "Random Acts of Redemption" written by Mike Carey, art by David Yardin & Ibraim Roberson was a sad re-read for me. I had actually read it before in X-Men Origins: Gambit, and only found it OK (then and now). The art is fine (a lot of fugly butterfaces), it does the job. It's a lukewarm story (it paints him in a "do-gooder-ish" light, but is a bit shallow) about a character I don't know anything about & this is not the right intro. (Also, how come Gambit is the only one who comes into his mutant powers as an adult?) 2.5 stars
Sabertooth written by Kieron Gillen, art by Dan Panosian wasa my favorite story of the collection! It is dark and twisted and done so so well! The way he tries to goad Logan into fighting on his birthday... wow! So twisted. So well done. Sabertooth embraces the animal; Logan chases the man. 5 star story!
Emma Frost "Will & Love" written by Valerie D'Orazio, art by Karl Moline is THE WORST STORY, period. It is the worst story compared against the rest of this volume, and standing on its own it's the worst story. It's just so so bad. Emma's father makes absolutely no sense as a character. He wants her to be successful, yet degrades her and smacks her around (and calls her lazy) for reading and excelling at school, and for generally being smart and studious. How else would a parent measure the success of a child if not by those things?? Anyway, the story sucked & if I could give it negative stars, I would. 1 star, if I must.
Deadpool "The Major Motion Picture" written by Duane Swierczynski, art by Leandro Fernandez was also one of my favorites of the volume. It was funny, within character & also kinda heartbreaking (with a killer punchline). 5 star story!...more
2.5 More of the same, just like Iceman, Vol. 1: Thawing Out. I really don't know the Champions at all (or what happened to Black Widow here), but ignor2.5 More of the same, just like Iceman, Vol. 1: Thawing Out. I really don't know the Champions at all (or what happened to Black Widow here), but ignoring them, Absolute Zero follows the same writing pattern of Vol. 1: quick introductions, distraction by Zach (and Daken), and Bobby feeling a little bit like a secondary character in his own title. The story very much happens around him and he has no control or agency over any of it. The movie prop Sentinels was a pretty good plot device. It should have been fleshed out more. Bobby's parents wanting to start over again with young time displaced Bobby was a pretty good plot device, and should have been fleshed out more. Daken was a total tool, who came and went, but Michaela was a cute baby X-Men and I love Oya! But their involvement and the whole thing with Daken should have been fleshed out more. And speaking of coming and going. Judah was a one volume intro (introduced at the beginning, gone at the end). Sigh, I hate those.
Weak ending with Mr. Poklema who was able to be reasoned with so quickly for a hermit/hoarder/recluse (but I love Rictor; I haven't seen him since X-Factor!), a non-sequitur page from Uncanny X-Men #600 which I'm not going to look into, and then the ending with Bobby and the phone-call with his dad, which was really sweet, but made the book just end where it started. So, yeah. This book took Bobby nowhere. ...more
Obviously, this is the best of the Hunt for Wolverine series. I write obviously, because Tom Taylor is a bomb writer. The dialogue is sharp. The back Obviously, this is the best of the Hunt for Wolverine series. I write obviously, because Tom Taylor is a bomb writer. The dialogue is sharp. The back and forth banter between the Avengers is witty and funny and I loved every page with Wolverine on it, or Spider-Man, or X-23 (yay Taylor!). I literally LOLed at Spider-Man's promise to pick up all of Wolverine's parts and put them back together, no matter how icky. And that dirty joke at the end when Luke Cage was talking about how he plugged the hole in the submarine, omg!
I also loved the real moment where Wolverine told Tony that he sometimes sees the potential before he sees a person... (I feel like the best comics can show the best of our favorite characters & the worst in the same book.) When Wolverine's request came back to Tony (via Spider-Man) with Sinister's genetic world mapping... that was fantastic writing for such a short book.
Unfortunately, it looks like the follow-up to this book Return of Wolverine is not worth reading. Though I would like to follow up on the possible X-Man mole storyline if that exists?...
Wanted to like this, cuz: kick-ass ladies! But was underwhelmed by the story getting sidetracked by other (villainous) kick-ass ladies. Where's WolverWanted to like this, cuz: kick-ass ladies! But was underwhelmed by the story getting sidetracked by other (villainous) kick-ass ladies. Where's Wolverine, y'all? I didn't love the art (it was very all bright and colorful Anime/Street Fighter) but did love the X-Ladies team-up.
My least favorite of the Hunt for Wolverine volumes so far. Daken, Sabretooth, and Lady Deathstrike go hunting for Wolverine and end up finding ZombieMy least favorite of the Hunt for Wolverine volumes so far. Daken, Sabretooth, and Lady Deathstrike go hunting for Wolverine and end up finding Zombies. It's all part of this weird corporation thing somehow involved with Wolverine's disappearance/reappearance. And two of the soldiers were also somehow Sabertooth's dead son and LD's dead dad? Anyway... They now have dead Daken & no one knows what's going one, especially us.
This was fine. I guess around a 2.5. (I read this first out of the four Hunt for Wolverine volumes -I have no idea which order I was supposed to read This was fine. I guess around a 2.5. (I read this first out of the four Hunt for Wolverine volumes -I have no idea which order I was supposed to read them in, so I just chose at random.)
Mostly I didn't care for the focus on Misty Knight & Frank McGee...They felt kinda off course from the actual hunt for Wolverine. Did they even "detect"/add anything? I liked Cypher's addition, and even Daredevil, though he didn't feature all that much in this.
Anyway, the volume ends & Misty and Frank are both off the hunt, so... *shrug*. On to the next volume!
Iloved Bendis's Cyclops (Uncanny X-Men circa 2013). Sure, the world hated him, but he believed in what he was doing, and he did it (changing your ideaIloved Bendis's Cyclops (Uncanny X-Men circa 2013). Sure, the world hated him, but he believed in what he was doing, and he did it (changing your ideals after 50 years can be hard, ok?). He was flawed and unsure, but he was a damn good flawed and unsure leader to read about. And then there was something about Cyclops killing Xavier? And then the Terrigen Mist & the Inhumans...and then he died... But now he's back! (though I don't know how). He is alive (and so is Wolverine!) and they are back to rally the X-Men. And after everything he has learned, Cyclops is now repentant and cowed and going to let others lead for a change! But it's a kind of quick transition on paper, which doesn't work for me. It feels like I'm missing a lot. (How is he alive, again?) Apparently these volumes have no effect on the upcoming Hickman run, so I dunno how to really feel about this Cyclops or this book.
On the whole, the book was fine. I just didn't like how the characters felt old/new. Meaning, I knew them, but they were all changed and different and I somehow missed the hows and the whys....more
Started off reading very large and in charge (awesome and epic), with a huge cast of characters and a classic political tipping point for the Mutants Started off reading very large and in charge (awesome and epic), with a huge cast of characters and a classic political tipping point for the Mutants of the world (a government vaccine for Mutants). But then it gets a little long-winded at the end and maybe even a little cliched having the two super-powered sons with mental stability issues (X-Man and Legion) clash.
The ending felt like a ping pong match of what a liked and didn't like about this story -going back and forth, focusing on X-Man and Legion (the weakest characters, and yet most powerful Mutants of the story), until the end. (What I did like: I actually really liked the Age of Apocolypse storyline with Hisako and Glob, etc. I love the X-Men teens and I have been trying to follow their stories since Wolverine and the X-Men. I also really liked how Jamie Madrox was used in this story.)
I didn't like the back and forth between Jean and Nate at the end, with her ineffectually trying to sway him. It didn't feel strong enough, or maybe I just still don't like Jean, no matter what/how much I read. *shrug*
Anyway, this is obviously a set-up for the next arc, and I'm hesitantly excited for it. I did like this book, just not as much as some, but seemingly more than most. 3.5 stars...more
I'm not rating this because I put it down shortly after I picked it up & I'm trying to be a little giving/kinder by not choosing two stars. I thought I'm not rating this because I put it down shortly after I picked it up & I'm trying to be a little giving/kinder by not choosing two stars. I thought the writing was bleh, and I didn't really care for the team up....more
What a perfect series. I'm so so sad to see this go. Tom Taylor really gave us a great Laura and a perfect Gabby (my new favorite character), and wrotWhat a perfect series. I'm so so sad to see this go. Tom Taylor really gave us a great Laura and a perfect Gabby (my new favorite character), and wrote every issue with action and humor. [image]
There isn't much I can add that other reviewers haven't already written. This was a bitter-sweet ending. It was fun and done well. Issue 31 had the perfect Gabby/Deadpool team-up we all wanted. Issue 32 was a one off issue follow-up to the Orphans of X storyline, and I enjoyed the art & Laura coming back to bring some whopass justice onto those that used and abused her as X-23. Issues 33-35 are the Old Woman Laura storyline fighting Doom. I loved the kick-ass lady team assembled, the fastball special lol, and Laura trying to pickup Thor's hammer. Tom Taylor is such a good writer, I never ever ever thought I'd shed a tear for Maria Hill, but here we have it.
I really loved Tom Taylor's All-New Wolverine series. He writes characters with so much real depth and his jokes make me lol. Bummer that I really disI really loved Tom Taylor's All-New Wolverine series. He writes characters with so much real depth and his jokes make me lol. Bummer that I really dislike Jean Grey... I find her to be the X-Men's Mary Sue. Even when she was "evil". Maybe it was her love triangle with Cyclopes and Wolverine. Maybe I just don't like 'goody two shoes' all powerful characters. Maybe I'm just biased. I dunno. Either way, I didn't love this volume because Jean Grey is at the center of the story. Nothing against the writing. Nothing against the team. (+ I <3 Laura & Gabby.) (I'm going to try and read more and see if I change my mind about Jean...)
I straight up didn't like the Annual #1. I found the writing to be kinda stiff and I hated the art. The art in Issues #1-5 by Mahmud Asrar was much better....more
I have nothing nice to say about this series I skimmed Vol. 2 & Mojo world... but I was just so bored with how pointlessly aimless this series is. New I have nothing nice to say about this series I skimmed Vol. 2 & Mojo world... but I was just so bored with how pointlessly aimless this series is. New love interests join the team, but oh no, Scott and Jean now share a mind-meld thing! So awk. Haha (lame). More time travel. More muckups. The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants or whatever are back. Again.
What makes the X-Men a great series for me is their interactions with the real world. Their character development, and their cultural diversity. Here we have a boring team + a wolverine and a vampire (seriously wtf?!), getting into unrelatable and poorly explained hijinks.
Also Magneto and Charles are talking to each other through the past? Meh. ...more
Uh, am I going crazy? Didn't All-New X-Men: Inevitable, Volume 4: IvX end with the OG 5 in Central Park? How did they end up in Madripoor at Magneto'Uh, am I going crazy? Didn't All-New X-Men: Inevitable, Volume 4: IvX end with the OG 5 in Central Park? How did they end up in Madripoor at Magneto's pad? Bunn shows us Magneto "convincing" Jean that he has good intentions, but there is no explanation given for how they got there in the first place!
What happened to the Terrigen mist? No longer a problem? Why is Beast still mucking about with Magic? Didn't he learn his lesson in Inevitble?
I disliked all of the art, sadly, since there were so many artists that worked on this book, I should have at least liked one of them!
The volume's biggest problem for me was that I just didn't care. There was a lot of action, but there was no cohesive storytelling. It read: this happened then this happened then this happened. Inevitble was totally ignored, and no one addressed the fact that they left teammates behind (Evan and Idie). The OG5 are characterless and bland. And now Jean and Jimmy are going to be a thing? *Yawn* ...more
"...There's not really a point to any of it Bailey. Just to do a bit of good while we can."
Surprisingly, kinda liked this a lot. Maybe a 3.5? I liked t"...There's not really a point to any of it Bailey. Just to do a bit of good while we can."
Surprisingly, kinda liked this a lot. Maybe a 3.5? I liked the *wink wink nudge nudge* jokes at the X-Men's expense. I like the fact that our protagonist is a bit of fanboy, that he yearns to be a mutant, to be special and different (is he really just us, the readers?), but discovers he has the worst powers ever. He becomes a non-combatant X-Men, and is completely useless, and hated, and gets sued. It's an amazing X-Men story, really. Both on the nose in your face, and somehow nuanced and subtle.
I especially loved it when Bailey tried to find a place in almost every offshoot X-Men team. It was hilarious! Also, everyone was so kind to the kid. He essentially has no working powers, but they were trying to be over-inclusive anyway!
The only reason I didn't love this all the way was the ending. Not because it ended with a KABOOM (obviously). I didn't think the ending was sad, which I was honestly nervous about going in. The KABOOM was empowering. It's just the why (re: Riches and Miranda) of it was a little murky.
(view spoiler)[ Riches double-crossing both Magneto and Professor X to rule the world was lame. If he had sided with Magneto and Mutants subjugated humans and everything was a dystopian mess, the ending might have felt more powerful, instead of it being a dystopian mess because Riches wanted to rule as King of everything. I also totally don't get the all-powerful/God-like/Marvel Editor that is Miranda. Sure, it played into the whole *wink wink nudge nudge* Marvel jokes in the volume, but it felt so lame when she was just like "I can't save this world, though I've done it bajillion times before. Sorry!" And then she does... Because Bailey acts first? I don't get that plot point. (hide spoiler)]
I went back and forth on the art, but in the end like it a lot for this story. + the colors were great....more
What a disappointing end to a wonderful (but too short) series.
I literally don't understand the main plot point of this book, which is the X-Men attacWhat a disappointing end to a wonderful (but too short) series.
I literally don't understand the main plot point of this book, which is the X-Men attacking the Inhumans. Apparently, the Terrigen mist will soon cover the entire planet making it impossible (deadly) for Mutants to live on Earth. So, while the X-Men are trying unsuccessfully to figure out how to solve the Terrigen mist problem, they decide to attack the Inhumans. But, why??? How is that going to solve anything? It literally makes no sense. To show the Inhumans how serious they are? Great! They're serious. Now get your butts back into the lab and keep working. Why are you wasting time with this nonsense? To cause more MARVEL Drama? Just so you can Reboot it all over again? Ugggg. *rant over*
Another joy this volume brought, was Jean. Blech. I liked this title so much because she wasn't in it... Scott and Jean were "horribly awkward" (their own words), and now Angel is in on it too? Ugggg.
The one-off with Idie was good (which is why this gets 2 stars at all, and not 1), and even the issue with Magik and Dani (Mirage?) was OK, though out of place without the kids. Worse is the last issue, where it's just a tack on to the volume with terrible art. Kitty apparently is no longer engaged to Starlord, but it's OK because there's another Peter around who now lives in her old room... The Mansion is also now in Limbo because they needed a "place on Earth" where Mutants would be safe, but somehow Earth is safe enough for the OG 5 X-Men to move into the middle of Central Park. Huh?
Yeah, this volume did NOT feel like an All-New X-Men: Inevitable volume at all, and I'm going to say the ending of this series suffered greatly because of it. Damn it, Marvel. What a waste....more
Another wonderfully well-written volume of All-New Wolverine. I don't know what the MARVEL Legacy relaunch will do to this series (it's super hard forAnother wonderfully well-written volume of All-New Wolverine. I don't know what the MARVEL Legacy relaunch will do to this series (it's super hard for me to keep any info straight, or to find any straightforward info online. help.).
Tom Taylor is so smart. I didn't know Daken before, but lucky for me, Taylor introduced us to him in the last volume All-New Wolverine, Volume 4: Immune, so when Daken becomes the focal point of this volume Orphans of X I didn't have to Google him for the first time.
The plot itself was pretty good. A nice terrorist type support group looking to kill all the Wolverines out there: (view spoiler)[Obviously lead by the one guy Laura spared as a kid (coming back to bite her in the ass). And obviously, it was his father that programmed her and used her as X-23 to murder people for the highest bidder. And obviously, the leader who knew all this, withheld that key information from his little group. (hide spoiler)]. The soul armor/sword stuff was a little out there for me (I'm not super into magic in my comics) but the feel-good ending was also pretty good, albeit cheesy. Lady Deathstrike: "But... they killed us all." Laura: "Yes. And you got better. Let's not dwell on it."
Gabby is still my favorite (alongside Laura, of course). Why she's adorable: 1. Gabby freaking out when Laura threw the shield, like Captain America. 2. Gabby getting booped on the nose by Daken. 3. Gabby becoming the Honey Badger. [image]...more
So fun! Another volume of fun character-based adventure!
I especially like that Cyclops is in a leg cast for the whole volume. When do we ever see injSo fun! Another volume of fun character-based adventure!
I especially like that Cyclops is in a leg cast for the whole volume. When do we ever see injured superheroes? The good guys usually get clobbered in fights: thrown into walls, hit with lasers and super strength, but just pop back up onto their feet... This is the first time I've ever seen a superhero have to drag his broken leg across the floor to deal with a serious threat. The novelty of that was pretty astounding.
Having the OG 5 out of time in has given me the chance to actually get to know them a lot better than I ever have in any other comic. I love young Scott & I like that he's actually an anally organized planner who made a list of solo missions for Wolverine to take care of. This series has given me more of an insight into these characters than 7 volumes of All-New X-Men by Brian Michael Bendis and 8 volumes of Wolverine and the X-Men by Jason Aaron have combined.
I like seeing Laura embrace being Wolverine and not X-23 (for a gal with her own wonderful solo title, she does a lot of growing in this series). [image]
On the solo missions, I love that she kept missing the action by minutes. The frame of Laura and Pickles sharing a Twinky was adorable. <3 ...Which leads us to find out what happened to the Black Vortex residual crazy that Warren was/is dealing with, which I was wondering about in Vol. 1... And now we're back to shipping Wolverine + Angel <3.
...Speaking of romance... poor Bobby trying to pick up guys for the first time! There were a lot of laugh out loud moments +Idie and Evan are the best, imo. Bobby: "Where I come from, Inhumans are sharply dressed weirdos who live on the moon." Bobby: "Can we talk about how his name is Romeo? ...But whatever. I don't even care. I'll be that guy's Juliet any d-" LOL Bobby: "The internet is surprisingly unhelpful. The only time I've ever peeped a wiki page this convoluted was when I tried to look up Scott's old-man future son." Double LOL.
Beast does something reckless and thoughtless again, which ends up destroying half of Miami and the X-Men camper trailer. When is he ever going to grow up and stop being an "I don't care about the consequences of messing with this" scientist? He always has a lot to say about other people messing with things, but when he does it, it's OK/forgivable because he did it in the name of science. Erg.
Next volume is the last of this series. Very sad to see it go. :'(...more
Ok, so reviews on this are pretty crappy, but I have to say this was really enjoyable! Sure, the side trip to ancient Egypt wasn't essential to the plOk, so reviews on this are pretty crappy, but I have to say this was really enjoyable! Sure, the side trip to ancient Egypt wasn't essential to the plot... but it is essential to Evan's character growth. And I think even essential to Beast's character growth too.
Issue #7 picks up where we left off in All-New X-Men: Inevitable, Volume 1: Ghosts Of Cyclops; Cyclops is in a surprisingly serious situation with Toad. And I mean, surprisingly serious. Beast is pretty shooken up about it & in issue #8 he gets the brillant idea to hit up Doctor Strange for some magical assistance in sending them all home. Makes sense. I'm surprised no one had thought of it before then, honestly. Doctor Strange says no, but doesn't really give a good reason why not... He and Beast fight spirit demon-y things, and Beast gets to take home a souvenir: The Third Eye of Horus. (This is the one part of the volume I didn't love, so I'm giving Vol. 2 a 4/4.5 stars total.)
So starts issue #9, which is the storyline everyone here is hating on. It opens with a Birthday Party for Evan, narrated by him. And all our old favorites are back from Wolverine and the X-Men Series by Jason Aaron ( Wolverine and the X-Men, Volume 1)! Broo! Kid Gladiator! Even eyeball kid is on the dancefloor! But all Evan wants to do is have a loving nostalgic Birthday with his family and friends back home in his tiny Kansas town. The only problem is, he's never had that life. All his loving childhood memories are fakes, planted in his test-tube baby clone brain. The writing is really well done here & full of depth. Why does Evan need to smile all the time? Because people would start to worry if the clone of Apocalypse looked sad or angry or depressed...
Evan's discovery that En Sabah is actaully is a good, compasionate, brave, kind, and loyal kid was heartbreaking. That Apocolypse was forced, and made, and created was a brutal lesson. That Evan couldn't save him was even more painful.
I really enjoyed this volume & am so far digging this series! ...more
All-New X-Men has a new team! (Well, for the next 4 volumes at least until they reboot this again *sigh*.) Wolverine/Laura, OG 5/post Black Vortex AngeAll-New X-Men has a new team! (Well, for the next 4 volumes at least until they reboot this again *sigh*.) Wolverine/Laura, OG 5/post Black Vortex Angel, Hank/OG Beast, baby OG Cyclops, baby OG/newly gay Iceman, and Evan/Kid Apocalypse & Idie Okonkwo from Wolverine and the X-Men, yay!
I still don't understand how Angel got to keep his fire wings from the Black Vortex, but isn't crazy in the brain like he was in The Black Vortex. Anyone have an answer for me?
I really enjoyed each character's struggles here. (Reading this) It really feels like Hopeless was able to focus on each individual X-Men in this story (which is hard for a team comic). Scott is struggling with being Cyclops (RIP adult Cyclops), Bobby is struggling with being gay, and Angel is struggling with Laura running into fights head/life first all while feeling pain (that scene with The Blob was heartbreaking).
Idie and Evan are wonderful additions to the team & I'm a big Warren & Laura shipper. Also, the addition of Pickles the Bamf adds just the right amount of silliness to make this a good young X-Men comic.
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