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quirkycatsfatstacks's review
5.0
Time for some honesty: I haven’t read much of X-23’s comics. To be even more honest, before now I had only read one issue with her in it, and it was a crossover one. However, I absolutely adore Mariko Tamaki, so when I found out she was the new author for the series…well I knew I’d be looking into it and presumably falling in love with it as well.
There was a lot of backstory I didn’t know going into this, but honestly it was okay. I got more than ninety percent of it through context alone, so there’s really no barrier to entry for this series. I do think I’ll go back and read through all of the X-23 older series, but for now I’m content.
This was a fascinating introduction. I love that they didn’t hide from the fact that Laura is a clone. In fact, they opted to make it the main focus of the plot and potentially the antagonists of the series. It’s brilliantly done.
I love the multiple cameos and interactions that are happening so far. I imagine they’ll continue too. I’m also intrigued by the villains they’re setting up for the series. One is clearly meant to be more…villainous? Than the rest, but I like that. It shows the variety that would naturally occur, even in this particular circumstance.
This was a solid beginning, all things considered. There’s fun action scenes, clever banter, antagonists and allies being set up, the works. I can’t wait to see what happens next.
There was a lot of backstory I didn’t know going into this, but honestly it was okay. I got more than ninety percent of it through context alone, so there’s really no barrier to entry for this series. I do think I’ll go back and read through all of the X-23 older series, but for now I’m content.
This was a fascinating introduction. I love that they didn’t hide from the fact that Laura is a clone. In fact, they opted to make it the main focus of the plot and potentially the antagonists of the series. It’s brilliantly done.
I love the multiple cameos and interactions that are happening so far. I imagine they’ll continue too. I’m also intrigued by the villains they’re setting up for the series. One is clearly meant to be more…villainous? Than the rest, but I like that. It shows the variety that would naturally occur, even in this particular circumstance.
This was a solid beginning, all things considered. There’s fun action scenes, clever banter, antagonists and allies being set up, the works. I can’t wait to see what happens next.
doctorwoofwoof's review
3.0
As mentioned in my reviews Kyle & Yost's X-FORCE TPBs, I am quite a fan of the character of Laura Kinney. There is nothing of 'shipping or anything of the sort. To me, she is a character with a scarred background, one in which she struggles to move forward from it, leaving her past as a trained killer behind her. I find her to be multi-layered, with a lot of potential for future character development.
When it was announced several months ago that Tom Taylor's ALL-NEW WOLVERINE would be coming to a close, I was saddened. While I didn't always like the light-hearted approach, esp. when it involved Laura's clone "sister" Gabby, I felt that he had done so much to move Laura forward, allowing to become so much more than a) a female version of Wolverine and b) another cold-hearted mutant killer.
Laura's book would be relaunched as 'X-23', with her Wolverine title being traded in for her old Weapon X classification. Canada's Mariko Tamaki (SUPERGIRL: BEING SUPER mini for DC as well as non-superhero prose novels) would be helming it, with ANW's Juann Cabal would be joining her on the art end. I felt good about the art side of it, but I was not all that familiar with Tamaki, as I had never read anything she written previously.
My biggest fear in regard to the new series? How was Laura going to go back to her former title/classification? It made no sense, and considering how they handled her transition into Wolverine (um, yeah, nope. Marvel dropped the editorial ball when ANW was launched!), my worries did not seem entirely unfounded.
Last night, I had those fears shushed away, as I dove into reading the digital version of Tamiki's X-23 (thank you, Comixology, for allowing the first three issues to be included as part of this weekend's BOGO sale). From Cabal's A-MAZ-ING art, to Tamiki's superb handling of Laura (both her inner thoughts and dialogue, as well as her interactions with Gabby), this was such an UNEXPECTED WiN!
And a minor spoiler-of-sorts, Issue 3 has Laura saying why she has chosen to go back to being X-23. Not going to say anything more, other than it makes sense. Oh, and that it was this reveal that made me decide to start reading the new series.
As I said, I was not sure about the new series, but after devouring the first issue, i feel safe now having withnessed Tamaki's approach to Laura. There is no scale in mind that can showr Ms. Tamaki with the amount of praise she has earned for this brilliant undertaking! Color me impressed!
RECOMMENDED!!
When it was announced several months ago that Tom Taylor's ALL-NEW WOLVERINE would be coming to a close, I was saddened. While I didn't always like the light-hearted approach, esp. when it involved Laura's clone "sister" Gabby, I felt that he had done so much to move Laura forward, allowing to become so much more than a) a female version of Wolverine and b) another cold-hearted mutant killer.
Laura's book would be relaunched as 'X-23', with her Wolverine title being traded in for her old Weapon X classification. Canada's Mariko Tamaki (SUPERGIRL: BEING SUPER mini for DC as well as non-superhero prose novels) would be helming it, with ANW's Juann Cabal would be joining her on the art end. I felt good about the art side of it, but I was not all that familiar with Tamaki, as I had never read anything she written previously.
My biggest fear in regard to the new series? How was Laura going to go back to her former title/classification? It made no sense, and considering how they handled her transition into Wolverine (um, yeah, nope. Marvel dropped the editorial ball when ANW was launched!), my worries did not seem entirely unfounded.
Last night, I had those fears shushed away, as I dove into reading the digital version of Tamiki's X-23 (thank you, Comixology, for allowing the first three issues to be included as part of this weekend's BOGO sale). From Cabal's A-MAZ-ING art, to Tamiki's superb handling of Laura (both her inner thoughts and dialogue, as well as her interactions with Gabby), this was such an UNEXPECTED WiN!
And a minor spoiler-of-sorts, Issue 3 has Laura saying why she has chosen to go back to being X-23. Not going to say anything more, other than it makes sense. Oh, and that it was this reveal that made me decide to start reading the new series.
As I said, I was not sure about the new series, but after devouring the first issue, i feel safe now having withnessed Tamaki's approach to Laura. There is no scale in mind that can showr Ms. Tamaki with the amount of praise she has earned for this brilliant undertaking! Color me impressed!
RECOMMENDED!!
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