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craigmaxwell's review against another edition
3.0
Restarted my faith in Cyclops after Avengers V X-Men. A fun ride into the origins of Cyclops, although it feels completely removed from what I would have expected his origins to be, it felt more like a Guardians of the Galaxy spin off.
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
3.0
Not bad but not great. The whole younger versions of the X-Men coming to the future was always a silly idea. But as a group on Earth they managed to tell some interesting stories. In space with Corsair bonding with a young Scott, not so much. Scott has always been a fairly weakly written character and really this is no better. But it is also not worse.
iffer's review against another edition
4.0
Okay, okay, so maybe I don't hate Scot Summers/Cyclops, even though even this version of him has hints of self-righteousness that are annoying. It's easier to swallow, though, since this is a story about a teenage Cyclops, so some bratiness and angst are in order.
This book basically had me won over after the first two pages, which had interesting layouts and the words SPACE PIRATE. While this is cheesy, it's super a super fun father-son space road trip with just enough father-son bonding and personal regret to glue it together. I also enjoyed the colorful drawings of the different galactic locales.
(In full disclosure, I'm currently reading too many serious things, one of which is Cormac McCarthy's The Road, so my favorable rating is likely influenced by encountering not only some relief from generally dark stories, but also reading a happier father-son story in particular.)
This book basically had me won over after the first two pages, which had interesting layouts and the words SPACE PIRATE. While this is cheesy, it's super a super fun father-son space road trip with just enough father-son bonding and personal regret to glue it together. I also enjoyed the colorful drawings of the different galactic locales.
(In full disclosure, I'm currently reading too many serious things, one of which is Cormac McCarthy's The Road, so my favorable rating is likely influenced by encountering not only some relief from generally dark stories, but also reading a happier father-son story in particular.)
birdmanseven's review
4.0
Now this is a fun book. It reminded me of Kirkman's Invincible series. I'm definitely on board for more.
skylarprimm's review
4.0
My father passed away 20 years ago, when I was 18. He had dark hair and a handlebar mustache, much like Christopher Summers, aka Corsair.
Just like Cyclops, if my dad turned out to be alive and a space pirate, I'd jump at the chance to join him on his adventures. This book is just plain fun.
Just like Cyclops, if my dad turned out to be alive and a space pirate, I'd jump at the chance to join him on his adventures. This book is just plain fun.
literati42's review
5.0
I adore Greg Rucka. His writing is constantly wonderful. He injects a warmth into his stories that make them fun and emotional in wonderful ways. The action was great! You can’t beat space pirate adventures. This is the book I hand people who are skeptical about my love for Cyclops.
enriquedcf's review
4.0
Cyclops is one of my favorite X-Men so I was very excited to read a solo series written by Greg Ruck and with art by Russell Dauterman and Carmen Carnero; such a great creative team didn't dissapoint. Though it was a very short run and the end was kind of abrupt, I loved to see this take on Scott and Corsair's relationship.
I didn't love the whole "Bring the original five to the present" plot, but at least we got some interesting takes on those characters before they went back to the past.
I didn't love the whole "Bring the original five to the present" plot, but at least we got some interesting takes on those characters before they went back to the past.
depreydeprey's review
3.0
I like but don't love this. Greg Rucka is great and the art is interesting but I thought I'd really love this more than I did.
justinlife's review
5.0
This Graphic Novel is superb. Excellent writing, excellent art, and amazing character development. Young cyclops goes into space to be with his dad. Here's a kid who thought his dad died at a very young age, lived in an orphanage, and was transported to the future only to find out that his dad is alive and left him on Earth. There's a lot here to love. It's got great father/son moments. It's got the whole "second chances" theme with it, and you get cyclops finally being his father and figuring himself out as a 16 year old. It's really one of the best series out there.
squidbag's review
4.0
The quote on the cover - about redeeming Cyclops for people who gave up on him after relatively recent events in the Marvel Universe - is echoed in the dialogue within the book itself, as a younger, time-displaced Cyke gets to finally spend time with his dad, someone the standard version had to do without. It is, to say the least, refreshing. One wonders what will happen with the Marvel U. being reset, but I hope they don't screw up what they've built here.
Also: Starjammers!
Also: Starjammers!