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crookedtreehouse's review
3.0
From a writing standpoint, I think this volume is a step up from the previous to volumes. There are moments when David drops the levity, and allows the story to be 1990s Comic Book Serious. The main story in this volme, involving Cyber and the Helle's Belles (really?), is a four star story, and the material at the beginning involving Val Cooper's valiant (David, look what your writing hs done to me) battle against paperwork, and a story about Strong Guy's relationship with Calvin from Calvin & Hobbes, is five star wonderful. The collection ends with an arc about the original Brotherhood Of Evil Mutants, and the Genoshan fallout from other X-books. It didn't hold my attention, but I would probably give it two or three stars.
What keeps me from giving this collection, overall, four stars is the inconsistent art. I'm not a fan of Larry Stroman's art, but I do enjoy when a book has a certain style, and oonce Stroman was off the title, the visual component of the book hopscotched from trying to be realistic, to cartoony, to Very 90s Extreme Art Thank You. While the characters are aways recognizable, I was taken out of the story each time a new artist was brought on board.
I recommend this for people who enjoy 90s superhero comics.
What keeps me from giving this collection, overall, four stars is the inconsistent art. I'm not a fan of Larry Stroman's art, but I do enjoy when a book has a certain style, and oonce Stroman was off the title, the visual component of the book hopscotched from trying to be realistic, to cartoony, to Very 90s Extreme Art Thank You. While the characters are aways recognizable, I was taken out of the story each time a new artist was brought on board.
I recommend this for people who enjoy 90s superhero comics.
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