Post by mick on Sept 8, 2009 11:54:06 GMT -5
Astonishing X-Men #3 Review
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I have to admit, I was skeptical of the X-Men line as Tony, Brent, and Erik conceived it. I still am, but so far the stories I have read from Astonishing X-Men have been getting better since Scott took over, and added his own personal touch to the series. I liked him paying a little homage to the scene with Sunfire and Firestar that Dino did previously, and then expanding on it with the attack by Warp Savant; I thought that was a cool touch. The ruthlessness that Cyclops showed in taking down Warp during his mental battle with Jean; however, was unexpected. I expected Cyclops to continue to go in the more light hearted direction, but this seems hint he maybe returning to his hard ass roots. I also liked the fact that Jubilee acted every bit the mall rat that she has always been, but showed a more serious side. Some people always try to stray her by making her too serious, or they don't know what to do with her so they go too far in the other direction. I'm hoping that Scott will find a balance between the two because the Jubester is one of my favorite X-Men.
As for the technical side, Scott made no spelling, or grammar mistakes that I could see, nor did I see any typos. Here's hoping for another good issue!
-Mick
ma.bhyphen.com/astonishingxmen03.html
I have to admit, I was skeptical of the X-Men line as Tony, Brent, and Erik conceived it. I still am, but so far the stories I have read from Astonishing X-Men have been getting better since Scott took over, and added his own personal touch to the series. I liked him paying a little homage to the scene with Sunfire and Firestar that Dino did previously, and then expanding on it with the attack by Warp Savant; I thought that was a cool touch. The ruthlessness that Cyclops showed in taking down Warp during his mental battle with Jean; however, was unexpected. I expected Cyclops to continue to go in the more light hearted direction, but this seems hint he maybe returning to his hard ass roots. I also liked the fact that Jubilee acted every bit the mall rat that she has always been, but showed a more serious side. Some people always try to stray her by making her too serious, or they don't know what to do with her so they go too far in the other direction. I'm hoping that Scott will find a balance between the two because the Jubester is one of my favorite X-Men.
As for the technical side, Scott made no spelling, or grammar mistakes that I could see, nor did I see any typos. Here's hoping for another good issue!
-Mick
