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X-Men: S.W.O.R.D. - No Time To Breathe by Steven Sanders, Kieron Gillen

brandonadaniels's review

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2.0

Reread this after reading some of Gillen’s return to x-men. Didn’t work for me. The art is a little off, and I don’t care for most of the characters.

matt4hire's review

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4.0

A fun romp. Gillen's writing crackles all over the place, keeping the tension and the humor high, while Sanders' art is fantastic. Great stuff.

lberestecki's review

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4.0

3.5 stars.

ladydewinter's review

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4.0

Well, the plot was a bit.. you know, this was like a really fun action flick, the kind you don't watch for the plot but for the silly jokes and the explosions, I guess. I really enjoyed the interaction between Agent Brand and Hank; I love that she clearly is the one wearing the pants in their relationship, and the banter between them was just a lot of fun.

Actually, that's true of the whole book - it's really sad that it was canceled, but then, books that are fun tend to do worse than the GrimmDarkAndAngsty ones, god knows why.

okelay's review

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5.0

I'm a big fan of both Gillen and Brand so I'd been wanting to read this for a while and it did not disappoint. I'd read all of Norman Osborn's dark reign a while back but hadnt been able to get my hands on this. It made for an exciting read.

marvelarry's review

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4.0

Rigolo.
Comédie mettant en scène la défense terrienne contre les invasions extra-terrestres, on aborde aussi les rafles et l'obligation faite aux immigrés de rentrer chez eux. Le grand écart est un peu compliqué et c'est bien évidemment la comédie qui prend le dessus.
Il faut dire qu'elle fonctionne plutôt très bien et qu'on s'amuse plutôt beaucoup de voir Brand et Beast courir dans tous les sens, Lockheed être violent* et les situations "diplomatiques" qui partent en sucette.
L'histoire est ancrée dans la période "Dark Avengers" et c'est par elle que sont introduites les rafles. C'est cohérent, rattache la série à l'univers et ajoute le sérieux nécessaire pour ne pas paraître trop vain. Bon, ça n'aura pas spécialement fonctionné puisqu'il n'y aura que ces 5 numéros de produit.
Le dessin est plus que correct même si je ne m'explique pas pourquoi on a la version Quitely de Beast alors qu'il était repassé en mode "normal" depuis Whedon comme le montre la couverture de Cassaday.

*un peu comme Rocket Racoon sans la logorrhée

enriquedcf's review

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3.0

Probably not Gillen's best work, but still pretty good. The character work and the way they interact are what makes this miniseries; the overall plot is just fine and the art is mediocre, but great dialogue and charactes do a lot for this miniseries.

jamesdavidward's review against another edition

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4.0

A worthy successor to Nextwave. Not as absurd, but a lot of potential here for a longer series, sadly curtailed.

booknooknoggin's review against another edition

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1.0

Cartoonish looking art, and beyond campy. Horse face Beast totally ruined it. How did they let that slide to finished Book.
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