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A review by michaelchurch
Jean Grey: Flames of Fear by Louise Simonson
1.0
I did not enjoy this at all, and I love Jean Grey. Essentially we get 3 “What If?” stories about changing various moments in her life. Unfortunately all of them are varying degrees of feeling completely off base for the character while also being rushed and underdeveloped. In trying to make one choice right, it’s almost like Jean goes to the exact opposite end of the spectrum to actively make things worse in the long run. It’s eventually revealed to be a plot device that this keeps happening, but it doesn’t make for an enjoyable read.
Unfortunately, I was really hoping to get more of a bridge between Jean’s death at the Hellfire Gala and her reappearance in Immortal X-Men, but this doesn’t add any depth to that story. It all basically boils down to telling Jean to trust her instincts, but given how that went after making one change in each scenario, I don’t really trust her instincts at all.
Bernard Chang’s art is fine. It has good and bad moments. Unfortunately, I really dislike most of the character designs created for this. Wolverine as the Phoenix has never looked worse. The new costumes for the X-Men all have this weird stripe motif that doesn’t look good. Even Maddie’s updated look is just bad. Other than those specific issues I had, the art is mostly decent. I will forever be mad that they chose THIS variant as the cover for the trade paperback instead of any of the absolutely stunning covers for the series by Amy Reeder.
If you’re on the fence about this one, go ahead and skip it.
Unfortunately, I was really hoping to get more of a bridge between Jean’s death at the Hellfire Gala and her reappearance in Immortal X-Men, but this doesn’t add any depth to that story. It all basically boils down to telling Jean to trust her instincts, but given how that went after making one change in each scenario, I don’t really trust her instincts at all.
Bernard Chang’s art is fine. It has good and bad moments. Unfortunately, I really dislike most of the character designs created for this. Wolverine as the Phoenix has never looked worse. The new costumes for the X-Men all have this weird stripe motif that doesn’t look good. Even Maddie’s updated look is just bad. Other than those specific issues I had, the art is mostly decent. I will forever be mad that they chose THIS variant as the cover for the trade paperback instead of any of the absolutely stunning covers for the series by Amy Reeder.
If you’re on the fence about this one, go ahead and skip it.