X-Men

hrdwrkngXsoldier wrote:Nation X #4 of 4

This was by far the best book in the series. I actually feel like I have to review each story individually to do justice for this great mini full of mass character development.

Story One.

Art by one of my favorites, Mike Aldred, and the inclusion of Doop made this private eye expose with a twist of psychological proportions. The art was everything you expect from Aldred, clean, nostalgic, and simple. Cyclops bringing Doop on board as the Criminal investigations branch of Utopia seemed like pure genius, then it got weird. Doop level weird. Just saying this much should get people's attention. Doop speaks ENGLISH! multiple times this issue, but the twist will leave you wondering what it all really means. Complete psychological thriller on paper.

Story Two

Life on Utopia can be pretty boring. That is a dangerous thing for people with powerful minds on Utopia. We get to see what happens when bored little psychichs watch too many scary movies and have too much time on there hands. We also observe that the Cuckoos Mom has similar problems with her mind wondering and her boredom. Emma tries to find a way to keep them pre-occupied so that they don't cause any trouble.... Idle minds are evidently just as dangerous as idle hands.

Story Three

this was a good look into the behaviors of teenagers in general as applied to ones with super powers and a super appetite. We find out that because of the shortages on Utopia, that in the interest of managing resources the X-men have 24 hour gaurd on the refrigerator. The guard this evening is James Proudstar, the teens with the midnight munchies are tired of being treated like babies and go on a kitchen raid to get some ice-cream. The battle is hillarious as is the ending. Great Story

Story Four

This was a story that told us alot about King Namor and Queen Storm. It was nice to see how they interacted with each other and what they thought of the situation. Storm giving advice to someone as "humble" as Namor is one thing, but watching him take the advice and do something productive with it is something unexpected for Namor.

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I may have got the stories out of order, but they were great.
This series was average at best, but the last book of the arc seemed to have don a great deal for many key characters. This is the second book this week I have to give a perfect score to.

5 out of 5 hookers for Doop

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Foreigner_Man wrote:^Interesting. If Millar is indeed doing an X-book, what artist do you want him teamed with?

Batman25JM wrote:^*sigh* This whole vampire thing just screams 90s (in a bad way). It's just WAY too gimmicky for me. I'm going to pass on it.

* Kieron Gillen will be writing a new X-Men ongoing in November titled "Generation Hope" - it will focus on Hope and the other new mutants to come onto the scene and will spin out of Uncanny X-Men #526. It will also be awesome due to the aforementioned Gillen writing it. Nick Lowe said it really reminded him of the early New Mutants issues from back in the day.

* In case he wasn't busy enough already, Wolverine will spread his wings into the previously announced Jason Aaron penned reboot of "Wolverine" as well as December's "Wolverine: The Best There Is" from Charlie Huston and and Juan Jose Ryp. Not only that, but "Daken: Dark Wolverine" and "X-23" will launch, both of which will tie closely in with the other Wolverine books.

* "Uncanny X-Force" will bring back Apocalypse right off the bat, much to Archangel's chagrin Remender assures us.

* Starting in January, the X-Men will now be teaming up with other superheroes. This is exciting news, as it seems that the X-Men are finally getting some respect, Rodney Dangerfield style.

* There was another "Man Without Fear" presentation at the X-Men panel, this time with Gambit instead of Nova.


* Fan: "Who decided to kill Nightcrawler?" Craig Kyle's snappy response: "Bastion." Priceless. Alonso also added that it was a natural storybeat, and that they couldn't ignore it.

* A woman comes up, starts off with "Matt Fraction, thanks for giving Cyclops his balls back." (Fraction's response: "Wait'll you see the action figure!") Question is "When will Havok return from space?" Response from Lowe: The properly vague "he will return, but I can't tell you when."

* Arune Singh and Nick Lowe both hinted that clues to Sabretooth's status could come in Wolverine #1.

* A fan asks about how the writers/editors decide who to kill/dismember/maim/whatever. Peter David: "We don't target characters and say, what story can we tell to utterly annihilate them. Killing Nightcrawler means we don't get to write him. We like writing him." Evidently they are also sad about Nightcrawler going.

* Another response to the question came from Alonso, in which he let everyone know that when they discussed Cable dying and how it would go down, the whole X-Team fell to pieces and cried. He alleged that he yelled at a crying Jason Aaron to deflect from his own tears.

* Fan asks about Rogue and Gambit getting back together. Lowe's response: "We've seen a lot of Rogue and Gambit together in the past. You might want to look to other suitors." Even better response from David: "I want to see Rogue get together with a vampire, just to confuse the 'True Blood' fans."

* It was confirmed that Kyle and Yost will be taking a break from the X-books post "X-Force: Sex & Violence."

* Peter David stated that he would not be blowing up the status quo anymore on "X-Factor", but then added that Rahne Sinclair's return will lead to one of the characters from the Rictor/Shatterstar couple leaving the book in #214. Much to the chagrin of Ricstar 'shippers.