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A review by michaelclorah
X-Factor: Madrox - Multiple Choice by Peter David
4.0
Considering that PAD's original X-Factor is one of the very, very few projects that he's ever done that I truly didn't like, I was fairly surprised to enjoy Madrox as much as I did. My biggest complaint in this was PAD's constant hammering of the theme that by experiencing everything, via his dupes, that Jamie didn't appreciate anything. It seemed to me that his acquired knowledge came in handy several times. Better to have PAD show us why Jamie felt disconnected than have Jamie constantly tell us that he felt disconnected.
That said, PAD did a nice job setting up the players in the murder mystery, moving them around the board, and pulling it all together in a nice, satisfying way. He managed to keep me guessing (an evil Jamie dupe seemed too obvious, but that's what I kept thinking regardless). The B-plot, with Rahne and Guido, was just sort of there. I was just waiting for it to be over, because it didn't really add much to Jamie's story. And it was resolved too easily.
Raimondi's art reminded me of Crisscross' in some ways, particularly the facial expressions - very exaggerated and enjoyable. However, Raimondi is a more consistent storyteller. I enjoyed his work on this book.
That said, PAD did a nice job setting up the players in the murder mystery, moving them around the board, and pulling it all together in a nice, satisfying way. He managed to keep me guessing (an evil Jamie dupe seemed too obvious, but that's what I kept thinking regardless). The B-plot, with Rahne and Guido, was just sort of there. I was just waiting for it to be over, because it didn't really add much to Jamie's story. And it was resolved too easily.
Raimondi's art reminded me of Crisscross' in some ways, particularly the facial expressions - very exaggerated and enjoyable. However, Raimondi is a more consistent storyteller. I enjoyed his work on this book.