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crookedtreehouse's review
2.0
Early '90s Peter David was all one-liners, all the time. At its peak, focused on characters I like and intriguing plots, it's...endurable. But most of this trade focuses on a crossover with David's [b:The Incredible Hulk Visionaries: Peter David, Vol. 1|558837|The Incredible Hulk Visionaries Peter David, Vol. 1|Peter David|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1416376974s/558837.jpg|546013]. Throgh no fault of David, I mostly don't care about Hulk stories. This particular political story about a dictator who hires X-Factor (via the US government) to battle Hulk And Friends exhausted me. Mainly because it tries to be a serious political action adventure while presenting unrelenting snappy patter.
I tapped out about halfway through.
The last portion of the book gets back to X-Factor and a battle with The Mutant Liberation Front, a movement that popped up in all the X-books in the late 80s early 90s. This particular adventure didn't engage me, either.
Your milage may vary.
I recommend it for fans of Peter David's Hulk run (it is considered one of the best runs ever on the character), people who enjoy Marvel crossovers when they're somewhat contained, readers who wish Stephen Wright and Henny Youngman wrote political thrillers, and comic fans who like their vilains to be monologing evil doers who are evil and tell youthey are evil.
I tapped out about halfway through.
The last portion of the book gets back to X-Factor and a battle with The Mutant Liberation Front, a movement that popped up in all the X-books in the late 80s early 90s. This particular adventure didn't engage me, either.
Your milage may vary.
I recommend it for fans of Peter David's Hulk run (it is considered one of the best runs ever on the character), people who enjoy Marvel crossovers when they're somewhat contained, readers who wish Stephen Wright and Henny Youngman wrote political thrillers, and comic fans who like their vilains to be monologing evil doers who are evil and tell youthey are evil.
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