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tmwebb3's review against another edition
2.0
Poor art. Not good to do photo realistic everything but cartoon proportioned bodies. This is not for me.
cassie_grace's review against another edition
4.0
It loses a point for the dire 2000s early digital art, but this is the best X-Force book I’ve read. It’s appropriately horrifying but the stakes are high and the threat is real.
X-23, Wolverine, Warpath, Wolfsbane, and Angel are assembled by Cyclops to proactively stop threats against the diminished mutant population. The X-Men’s hit squad is always a morally complex topic, but the monsters they’re pitted against here are actively plotting to commit genocide, so it works for me.
X-23, Wolverine, Warpath, Wolfsbane, and Angel are assembled by Cyclops to proactively stop threats against the diminished mutant population. The X-Men’s hit squad is always a morally complex topic, but the monsters they’re pitted against here are actively plotting to commit genocide, so it works for me.
oodadoo's review
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
crookedtreehouse's review against another edition
1.0
This is an ugly book. The color scheme, the falling down the wrong side of the uncanny valley, the complete lack of background art.
I remember thinking, when it came out, "Oh god, am I going to be one of those old dudes who complains about how the art was better when they were in their teens/twenties, when really they just can't learn to appreciate technological advantages in art?" But history seems to have agreed with me that this style of art was too ugly to go into common use. Like Alex Ross's art, it can be stunning as a cover or a pinup but it's completely lifeless as interior art, as it muddles facial expressions, and its lack of background makes everything look more or less like a Jae Lee book.
The premise of the story, that Cyclops has given dominion over a black ops squad to Wolverine, is interesting, but the execution is clumsy. A bunch of emotionally broken X-Men get together to argue and kill people? The writing needs to be precise to make that work, and this is not Kyle & Yost's best work. And, again, the art makes it dull to look at. They contrast with the word bubbles so much that it looks like they were added using MS Paint.
I don't recommend this book, even a little, unless you're looking for an X-treeeeeeeeeeeeme X-comic that looks like it was made with early 2000s open world style art.
I remember thinking, when it came out, "Oh god, am I going to be one of those old dudes who complains about how the art was better when they were in their teens/twenties, when really they just can't learn to appreciate technological advantages in art?" But history seems to have agreed with me that this style of art was too ugly to go into common use. Like Alex Ross's art, it can be stunning as a cover or a pinup but it's completely lifeless as interior art, as it muddles facial expressions, and its lack of background makes everything look more or less like a Jae Lee book.
The premise of the story, that Cyclops has given dominion over a black ops squad to Wolverine, is interesting, but the execution is clumsy. A bunch of emotionally broken X-Men get together to argue and kill people? The writing needs to be precise to make that work, and this is not Kyle & Yost's best work. And, again, the art makes it dull to look at. They contrast with the word bubbles so much that it looks like they were added using MS Paint.
I don't recommend this book, even a little, unless you're looking for an X-treeeeeeeeeeeeme X-comic that looks like it was made with early 2000s open world style art.
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
3.0
Dark. And I have definitely read this before in some other form. But there's just plain something missing in the story-telling. It reads pretty fast but there is no depth. And there kind of needs something to balance the violence. Logan reads pretty true here. Scott Summers is his irritating typical self. Could have been worse.
pickett22's review against another edition
5.0
Here's a little something new for this review: from a little less than half way through I began to live blog it. So there are a few spoilers, and some bad words, but here are my thoughts on this comic as it unfolded to me:
Warpath: I'll do whatever it takes to get Rahne back... but you and Logan... how can you both be so indifferent to all this BLOOD?
X-23: I do not understand your question.
Warpath: Never mind.
AAAAAAH This is so dark!
THE CHICK JUST TURNED INTO A WEREWOLF AND IS EATING ANGEL! [chick being Rahne]
Also, X-23 is apparently super emo because she is cutting herself saying "I don't understand" over and over.
But I think I love her.
uuuuuh there are feathers everywhereeeeeeeee
AW Logan got to her! X doesn't want to kill Rahne because Logan loves her!
OH NO SHE'S AN INSURGENT! saw that coming. Seriously boys, get it together
And listen to X next time
I'm so disappointed in SHIELD right now. Really, would it kill you to help the mutants out a little instead of picking at your nails and watching them die?!
I don't know who this Elixir kid is, but he can regrow Angel's wings, so I love him.
OH SNAP NO HE CANT
Because Rhane did something to them. I might cry
EW
EWEWEW! Turn the page and BLOOD EVERYWHERE
Holy fuck, what are those wings even made of?
No wonder Angel wants them back
Oh no
no no no no no no
NO
Gabriel does not deserve Angel's wings!!
AAAAAA WARREN BABY!
SHOW ME WHAT'S HAPPENING TO WARREN!
hoooooly shit. So this is where Archangel came from?
Elixir: I can make him sleep, I just have to get close...
X-23: He can make you die from far away.
If this asshole makes one more comment about how killing mutants is the Lord's will I'm gonna bust a cap. This is awful.
Man, these people do not understand the kind of power they are dealing with, or the names they are invoking.
Oh man, poor Rahne.
I don't know who she is, but poor little thing
YOU ASSHOLE SHE CAN PRAY IF SHE WANTS!!! GOD LOVES HER TOO!!
HOW DO YOU KNOW THERE IS NO FORGIVENESS FOR DEMONS?! ARE YOU GOD?! NO! YOU'RE A MAN! A STUPID, STUPID MAN!
Why am I reading this?!
(Following Archangel) Warpath: I know we're in a @#$%ing jet, but if he goes any faster we're gonna lose him!
noooooooooooooo
Oh Rahne, baby... this is just not your day.
EAT HIM! EAT HIM BABY!
HOLY SHIT BLOOD EVERYWHERE
There is a two page spread of multiple decapitations!
There was no warning! I just turned the page and there were heads flying all over the place!
You put that cross down, young man! You do not know what it stands for.
Don't make me come down there!
Oh no, baby! Warren!
Just give him his wings back! UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUG THIS IS AWFUL!
X-23: 48 targets including airborn.
Warpath: Great, so what's the plan?
Wolverine: 16 apiece. Kill 'em all.
And it's official! Rahne is the only one in this book who understands the Bible.
Well that was ironic now wasn't it. Didn't see that coming.
Wolverine's voice over during a bloodbath: Now this is where things get weird.
REALLY LOGAN!? BECAUSE SO FAR IT'S MADE PERFECT SENSE!
Oh nope. He was right. It just got weird.
huh
Wow
Ew.
Wow, he just told the Apache mutant "I've killed more of your kind than smallpox"
What a douche.
oh baby.
Oh I just want to hug them all
YOU BETTER RUN, BITCHES! YOU STOLE HIS WINGS, THIS IS WHAT YOU GET
Wow, Logan is the best narrator ever.
Oh baby. Oh poor Warren. Don't wake up. Someone please move him first. Don't let him see that
Oh Rahne.
Oh baby. No. No, you're right baby. The blood of Christ is on you so that bastard's doesn't have to be.
I am taking this way to seriously. Oh these poor characters. Why do these writers do this to them?!
Holy shit, Scott.
Well.
That was really special.
Glad I read that one.
I'm just gonna sit in the shower and cry for a while...
(right after I see if the library has the next one...)
(they don't. sigh)
[edit upon re-reading a few years later:
This is where I first met X-23 and fell in love with her. I absolutely adore this character, but her characterization has been absolutely butchered lately. Very, very few people have been able to write her consistently. It makes sense that Kyle writes her so well, he was one of her creators. Liu also writes her very, very well. And whoever that guy was who wrote her single-issue Death of Wolverine did well. So far, though, that's the list. Bendis is among the worst at writing her I've ever seen, and I've yet to read an issue of Wolverines that has a clue what they're doing. It's so frustrating.
This was also my first introduction to Wolfsbane, and I just love her.
All around, I still really love this book, but damn is it ever dark.]
Warpath: I'll do whatever it takes to get Rahne back... but you and Logan... how can you both be so indifferent to all this BLOOD?
X-23: I do not understand your question.
Warpath: Never mind.
AAAAAAH This is so dark!
THE CHICK JUST TURNED INTO A WEREWOLF AND IS EATING ANGEL! [chick being Rahne]
Also, X-23 is apparently super emo because she is cutting herself saying "I don't understand" over and over.
But I think I love her.
uuuuuh there are feathers everywhereeeeeeeee
AW Logan got to her! X doesn't want to kill Rahne because Logan loves her!
OH NO SHE'S AN INSURGENT! saw that coming. Seriously boys, get it together
And listen to X next time
I'm so disappointed in SHIELD right now. Really, would it kill you to help the mutants out a little instead of picking at your nails and watching them die?!
I don't know who this Elixir kid is, but he can regrow Angel's wings, so I love him.
OH SNAP NO HE CANT
Because Rhane did something to them. I might cry
EW
EWEWEW! Turn the page and BLOOD EVERYWHERE
Holy fuck, what are those wings even made of?
No wonder Angel wants them back
Oh no
no no no no no no
NO
Gabriel does not deserve Angel's wings!!
AAAAAA WARREN BABY!
SHOW ME WHAT'S HAPPENING TO WARREN!
hoooooly shit. So this is where Archangel came from?
Elixir: I can make him sleep, I just have to get close...
X-23: He can make you die from far away.
If this asshole makes one more comment about how killing mutants is the Lord's will I'm gonna bust a cap. This is awful.
Man, these people do not understand the kind of power they are dealing with, or the names they are invoking.
Oh man, poor Rahne.
I don't know who she is, but poor little thing
YOU ASSHOLE SHE CAN PRAY IF SHE WANTS!!! GOD LOVES HER TOO!!
HOW DO YOU KNOW THERE IS NO FORGIVENESS FOR DEMONS?! ARE YOU GOD?! NO! YOU'RE A MAN! A STUPID, STUPID MAN!
Why am I reading this?!
(Following Archangel) Warpath: I know we're in a @#$%ing jet, but if he goes any faster we're gonna lose him!
noooooooooooooo
Oh Rahne, baby... this is just not your day.
EAT HIM! EAT HIM BABY!
HOLY SHIT BLOOD EVERYWHERE
There is a two page spread of multiple decapitations!
There was no warning! I just turned the page and there were heads flying all over the place!
You put that cross down, young man! You do not know what it stands for.
Don't make me come down there!
Oh no, baby! Warren!
Just give him his wings back! UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUG THIS IS AWFUL!
X-23: 48 targets including airborn.
Warpath: Great, so what's the plan?
Wolverine: 16 apiece. Kill 'em all.
And it's official! Rahne is the only one in this book who understands the Bible.
Well that was ironic now wasn't it. Didn't see that coming.
Wolverine's voice over during a bloodbath: Now this is where things get weird.
REALLY LOGAN!? BECAUSE SO FAR IT'S MADE PERFECT SENSE!
Oh nope. He was right. It just got weird.
huh
Wow
Ew.
Wow, he just told the Apache mutant "I've killed more of your kind than smallpox"
What a douche.
oh baby.
Oh I just want to hug them all
YOU BETTER RUN, BITCHES! YOU STOLE HIS WINGS, THIS IS WHAT YOU GET
Wow, Logan is the best narrator ever.
Oh baby. Oh poor Warren. Don't wake up. Someone please move him first. Don't let him see that
Oh Rahne.
Oh baby. No. No, you're right baby. The blood of Christ is on you so that bastard's doesn't have to be.
I am taking this way to seriously. Oh these poor characters. Why do these writers do this to them?!
Holy shit, Scott.
Well.
That was really special.
Glad I read that one.
I'm just gonna sit in the shower and cry for a while...
(right after I see if the library has the next one...)
(they don't. sigh)
[edit upon re-reading a few years later:
This is where I first met X-23 and fell in love with her. I absolutely adore this character, but her characterization has been absolutely butchered lately. Very, very few people have been able to write her consistently. It makes sense that Kyle writes her so well, he was one of her creators. Liu also writes her very, very well. And whoever that guy was who wrote her single-issue Death of Wolverine did well. So far, though, that's the list. Bendis is among the worst at writing her I've ever seen, and I've yet to read an issue of Wolverines that has a clue what they're doing. It's so frustrating.
This was also my first introduction to Wolfsbane, and I just love her.
All around, I still really love this book, but damn is it ever dark.]
katereads2much's review against another edition
3.0
At first I wasn't sure I was going to like, but between my love for Logan/Wolverine and my desire to complete "X" in my Alphabet Challenge, I continued.
Apparently there's a ridiculous amount of back story that I don't have for this story, so it was rather difficult reading in the beginning.
Then, it got very dark - and not just the content, but also the drawings shading which made it difficult to really see what was happening in the panels. The 3D computer animation looking animation style takes some getting used to.
Somewhere around two thirds in though, I got really interested and immediately after finishing it, I started the second volume which I read in a single sitting. I'm not clairvoyant, but I see the third volume in my near future.