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A review by jeffo
Cable and the New Mutants by Rob Liefeld, Louise Simonson
2.0
This was... disappointing mostly. Simonson's writing feels nowhere near up to her usual caliber. The Asgardian saga before this wasn't my favorite, but she must have been getting some heavy editorial mandates for it to feel as disjointed and out of character as it did in these issues. Also, Boom-Boom and Rictor's budding romance (which was just starting to get interesting) was abruptly and rather arbitrarily nixed in favor of Rictor and Wolfsbane and Boom-Boom and Cannonball match-ups. Which just feel wrong!
As for the art, Liefeld draws these 14 to 17 year olds to look way older than they are. And worse, he makes Warlock look boring! On the redeeming side, his Cable looks pretty good and I really like his Sunfire.
Overall, I had some trouble getting through this bunch, and the main highlight was Caliban.
As for the art, Liefeld draws these 14 to 17 year olds to look way older than they are. And worse, he makes Warlock look boring! On the redeeming side, his Cable looks pretty good and I really like his Sunfire.
Overall, I had some trouble getting through this bunch, and the main highlight was Caliban.