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blog readers, it's me, it's me, ya boy JT! And I'm here with my third and final review (which doesn't seem like a lot since X wants to Marathon Man his reviews...) but it's quality over quantity, and luckily neither of us have much of that! But, enough about that, here's my final review of the week.
Summary: This is the first issue with Kitty Pryde, former Headmistress, as the appointed Guardian of the Original Five X-Men. We start things off with Jean having a nightmare, and she's comforted by Kitty. Jean's psychic powers overwhelm her once again but Kitty is able to help her get them under control, by using a technique she learned from the other Jean, kismet eh? After having a moment with Kitty, Jean is confronted by Storm who tells her she needs to get ready to lead her team. Jean says Scott is the leader, but Storm tells her since she made the decision for them to stay, she's the leader now. Girl power and whatnot! Speaking of Scott, he's tired of being judged by everyone for something he hasn't done, so he decides to leave the campus, via stealing Wolverine's motorcycle. Wolverine hears his baby being driven away and jumps in a truck, following Scott and talks him into coming back to the school, at least it seemed that way until Scott blasted him and took off with his bike again. Also, Angel finally gets to stop pretending he's on a show with Poochie the Dog, as he finally got the answer to the question "Where's Angel?", which popped up more times in this issue than a Buffy the Vampire Slayer forum. Angel runs into his present self, who calmly asks "What are you, like me from the past?" and the two decide to fly around, because present-Angel is pretty much a stoner or a gnarly dude, either way, Old School Angel seems to be confused by his present self.
(If you want to know why Angel's so different, click here, although it includes past spoilers.) The issue comes to a close as we see Mystique watching viral footage of the scuffle Wolverine and Cyclops had earlier, which was recorded and uploaded to the net. Mystique realizes that Cyclops is noticeably younger than usual and then she then proclaims she wants to see this for herself.
Thoughts: I know I say it every issue, but BENDIS continues to kill this series. I'm happy Scott stopped taking shit from everybody for something he hasn't even done, so seeing him leave out on his own, while knowing absolutely nothing about this world, which is kinda dumb, still made me happy. I also really enjoyed the scene where he commented on how expensive Magazines are today, and asked why the water was bottled, it's almost like listening to my Grandma, but in the form of a young, energy-blast eye-beam shooting mutant. I also liked seeing Angel meet up with Angel, if only for the pure... awkwardness of it all. Just seeing straight laced old-school Angel meeting up with "Chillax bro" Angel was entertaining. It was like watching Ben Stein meet up with Snoop Dogg/Lion or something. If anything slowed this comic down, it would be the beginning. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the little exchanges with Jean, Kitty and Storm, but other than Storm making Jean the leader, without confronting the rest of the team with her choice, nothing happened here. You could argue Jean was able to relax and control her powers a bit, but that seemed like the slowest part of the issue, which isn't bad. All in all, this was a decent issue of a great series, and adding Mystique can only make things better.
Score: 7/10
Scott Summers: Why is the water bottled now? Did something happen to the water?
Being honest, I didn't read this review because I want to avoid spoilers, but I've heard kick ass things about the all new x-men.
ReplyDeleteDo you think it lives up to all the hype?
That's cool Tom, i dont read X's reviews, even when I've read the comic :-P As for All New X-Men, I'll put it like this, of all the great series coming out of Marvel Now like Uncanny Avengers, Captain America, Superior Spider-Man, Indestructible Hulk, and Iron Man, All new X men is probably my favorite series so far.
ReplyDeleteThat's 'cause you're a jerk, JT. :P And I am SHOCKED that this is your favorite series, mi amigo! More than Uncanny, Superior and Hulk?! Wow, color me surprised.
DeleteWhoa, whoa, whoa. A new Hulk series is really good? I will research it now.
DeleteYup, both JT and myself really enjoyed the first two issues of Hulk, Tom. I've never been a Hulk fan, and as far as I know, those were the first Hulk books JT's ever read(although I may be wrong, at which point I'm ssure JT will tell me off!), but this Hulk series has been surprisingly good. Definitely among my favorite series.
DeleteHave yet to read this issue or the last issue for that matter but after reading your review of this issue JT, I'm a little confused on everyone's age. I mean what time period are the past O5 are from? Because teenaged Scott's acting like he's from the 50s or 60s asking about bottled water. I can understand the cell phone thing because cell phones are honestly kind of a new thing, but bottled water? Weird.....
ReplyDeleteAnd LOL at "chillax bro" Angel I love that, I'm stealing that one haha.
JT and I actually talked about the weird water/magazine thing, Astrovik... I think the O5 said they were from like 10 years ago, but they're acting like they're from the 60's. But yeah, that was a slight gaff by Bendis, I think. Still, this was a really good comic, gaff or not.
DeleteWell they keep saying they are 12 so I am guessing more like 20 years ago. I found some site that said present Scott is 22 but I find it hard to believe he is younger than his early 30s.
DeleteNo way is present Scott that young(22)! I remember reading an X-Men comic from the 90's(I want to say somewhere in X-Men #13-20) where Beast was talking about turning 30. If Beast was the oldest of the original X-Men(let's say he was 18 for the sake of argument), and Bobby was the youngest at 14 or 15, Scott would have had to be 15-18. That would mean he's between 0-3 years younger than Beast, which would put him in his late 20's to very early 30's. There's no way the original X-Men are 12 years old! I'd have to do some digging, but Bobby was the youngest, and he was in his early teens when he joined the X-Men, not 12. As you can see, I've spent entirely too much time trying to figure out the ages of comic characters when I was younger... I was a strange kid...
DeleteThey keep saying 12 in All New so that keeps throwing me off. Scott should be 15-18 and maybe 35 in present time so I can accept that. I am giving around a twenty years difference which would put them in the early 90s, which had bottled water but whatever. I can accept they are written like they are from the 60s because if they are from the 90s then they have to start radically changing their characters from the original X-Men comics.
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