Xforce 19 series#

In all honesty, the only thing keeping me from being a regular Age of Apocalypse reader is the amount of books already on my pull list.

This is as well-written as anything else heвЂ™s done.

If youвЂ™ve read my reviews before, you already know how I feel about RemenderвЂ™s writing. This plan kind of works, but of course it goes wrong big time or you wouldnвЂ™t have any reason to follow the series. Their plan is to have Jean Grey use this cloneвЂ™s powers to have her do the same in their universe to wipe all mutants of their powers. Earth-616, the mainstream Marvel continuity). In Uncanny X-Men #19.1, itвЂ™s revealed that The Exterminated (a human resistance group led by William Stryker and the daughter of Bolivar Trask) have cloned the Scarlet Witch after discovering that she was able to вЂњcureвЂќ the X-Gene in an alternate universe (i.e. All I know based on what IвЂ™ve read in Uncanny X-Force is that Apocalypse fell at some point and Wolverine took his place as the new Apocalypse, continuing to hunt down and exterminate humanity. ItвЂ™s something IвЂ™ve been meaning to go back and do, but I havenвЂ™t done it yet. IвЂ™ll admit right now that IвЂ™ve never read the original вЂњAge of ApocalypseвЂќ stories. This very basic plot description all played out in a 1995-1996 crossover event in the X-Men books that were being published at the time. As a result, Apocalypse ended up taking over the world (hence the name) and Magneto led a group of X-Men against him. HereвЂ™s the synopsis: ThereвЂ™s an alternate reality in the Marvel Universe referred to as the вЂњAge of Apocalypse.вЂќ In this reality, Charles Xavier died, and his dream along with him. Essentially, this is the second prologue written for the series, as the first appeared in the Marvel: Point One one-shot. Spinning out of Rick RemenderвЂ™s recent вЂњDark Angel SagaвЂќ in Uncanny X-Force is the new ongoing Age of Apocalypse series, and Uncanny X-Force #19.1 is essentially a prologue designed to draw in readers for that series.

Xforce 19 series#

The cover from Joshua Cassara is an absolute work of art and probably my favorite of the current series to date.Art: Billy Tan and Jose Villarrubia There is also some excellent use of various paneling styles from Brown too, which helps make the flow of the comic more dynamic. Also 10/10 for drawing Cyclops with a ruby quartz sleeping mask which IвЂ™ve never thought about but which makes perfect sense. Where the art falls a bit short for me is some of the faces are not as consistent as I would like but overall Brown does a good job that suits the look and feel of the story Percy is trying to tell. Garry Brown draws pretty amazing horror elements and combined with Guru eFX colors, thereвЂ™s a fantastically eerie feel to the psychic plane scenes and battles. This is really at its heart a story about a character facing their self-doubt and the worst parts of themselves and finding a way through with some help and thatвЂ™s a positive message wrapped up in a wonderfully disturbing story. ItвЂ™s also nice to see Percy use Sage, Domino, and Phoebe to help Quentin solve his nightmarish problem without throwing Wolverine into the mix. He is still a pain in the behind but heвЂ™s a pain in the behind thatвЂ™s accepting help and trying to face his fears and self-doubts and turn over a new leaf. ThereвЂ™s a growth there and Jean Grey sees it too, Percy really has given the arrogant young man some real depth and character development. The best thing about the issue is to see the change in Quire. From there itвЂ™s some deft investigation, some psychic coaching from Mama Omega, and Quentin and Phoebe go to face the psychic manifestation of his worst fears while Domino and Jean go look for the physical body itвЂ™s coming from. Well, when the going gets tough on the psychic plane you get yourself a Jean Grey who comes to QuentinвЂ™s aid after Phoebe calls her for help. Self-doubt is a terrible thingвЂ¦but self doubt on the psychic plane can get a person killedвЂ¦ writer Benjamin Percy picks up the action with Quentin Quire facing a monstrous version of himself who we now know is a XENO-grown nightmare thatвЂ™s terrorizing Krakoa, racking up a body count including Beast.