Young Allies #6

Overall: This issue kicks off with Emma Frost stopping by Firestar to speak with her. Firestar is less than interested in speaking to her old Headmistress, so Emma tells Firestar where to meet her and leaves. From there, Spider-Girl and Nomad discuss what to do about Toro, who is in the US illegally, and as such doesn't have a civilian identity. On top of that, Nomad speaks very little Spanish, while Toro speaks very little English, making things difficult for the both of them. Later on, Firestar meets up with Gravity to go out on patrol, and they run into a man and woman who were having some kind of dispute. They jump in and figure the man was the problem, but it turns out the woman had stolen some sort of power gauntlet and she attacks the two heroes. Gravity takes care of her with ease, while Emma Frost begins to chat with Firestar mentally. This really annoys Firestar, who ditches Gravity and heads to Emma's apartment. Before she gets there however, she bumps into Nomad, who asks Firestar if she wants to team-up with her, Spider-Girl and Toro. Firestar tears into Nomad, telling her that she doesn't want to be on any team, period. As Firestar leaves, she realizes that she was probably unnecessarily rough on Nomad, but instead of apologizing, she continues towards Emma's apartment. Emma tells Firestar that she's wasting her life, and that she should join the rest of the mutant population on Crazy Mutie Island, otherwise known as Utopia. Firestar explains to Emma that she doesn't want to lock herself away on an island, and that she wants to cut her own path in life. Emma seems to accept that answer, and Firestar leaves. This issue(and series!)ends with the five heroes heading to a memorial service for the people who died during the Bastards of Evil attack back in issue #1.

Wait, this was the last issue? For real? Well that sucks... I was enjoying this series, as I am a pretty big fan of Gravity and Firestar. I guess not a lot of other people were though... Before I talk about this issue, first a few words about Marvel seem appropriate here. Why did Marvel bother making this series an ongoing if they were going to have such a quick hook with it? Why not make it a 6 issue mini-series, see how many people would be willing to pick up this title, and then take it from there? I'm just dumbfounded that this series was canned after only 6 issues. Dumbfounded and a little angry... Anyway, this particular issue was good. Hell, I'd go so far as to say that it was really good. I'm a sucker for the old New Warriors characters, so the fact that this issue focused on Firestar was fine by me. Her conversation with Emma Frost was well done, and I was enjoying the little relationship that was beginning to form between her and Gravity. But I guess that's all moot now...

Score: 8 out of 10.So long, Gravity. It was nice seeing you again...

Young Allies #5

Overall: This was the last part of the initial storyline for this series. We learn that the leader of the Bastards of Evil was actually the Leader's 10 year old son who was calling himself the Superior. Besides having the mental capacity to rival his old man, the Superior also seems to have vast telekinetic abilities. We learn that the Superior took a bunch of normal teenagers and perverted them, changing their personalities and turning them into his own family of Bastards. The Superior basically trounces the Young Allies and a few of his own Bastards who turn on him until he lets it slip that he transformed the Bastards with radiation, which Young Allies member Firestar manipulates. Firestar uses her abilities to neutralize Superior and his remaining Bastards and the Bastards all get locked away thanks to the late arrival of the New Avengers... I love the way the Avengers show up AFTER all of the work was done! What a bunch of glory hounds! From there the Allies seem undecided as to whether they should stick together or if they should go their own ways.

Eh, this comic was okay I guess. The main problem I had with it, and I will admit that it's not really a fair complaint is that the whole evil 10 year old kid storyline has already been done a million times better in the old LEGION comic, as well as the current REBELS series. The Superior wanted to break down society and build it anew but better, which was really similar to Brainiac 3 over in LEGION. I couldn't help but compare the two, and as such, this storyline/issue came up short for me. It wasn't horrible or anything, but it just didn't really wow me.

Score: 6 out of 10.When all else fails, always remember to throw your cell phone at the villain.

Young Allies #1... In three sentences or less!

Young Allies #1: I loved the New Warriors-esque feel here. This team even got together in a similar manner the original Warriors did. With that said though, the ending did rub me the wrong way. Score: 7 1/2 out of 10.I've got to say, I really loved the early New Warriors feel of this comic... Plus the fact that Gravity is here makes this series even better!