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A review by dosymedia
X-Factor, Vol. 1: The Longest Night by Neil Edwards, Marco Santucci, Vincenzo Cucca, Valentine De Landro, Dennis Calero, Roy Martinez, Bing Cansino, Ariel Olivetti, Pablo Raimondi, Renato Arlem, David Yardin, Ryan Sook, Leonard Kirk, Larry Stroman, Carmen Carnero, Peter David, Khoi Pham, Sebastian Fiumara, Paul Davidson, Emanuela Lupacchino
2.0
Art good, story — ugh. That’s my basic review of like 80% of the superhero comics I read and The Longest Night sticks with the majority by being of its time insofar as culturally insensitive material and a mediocre noirish plot. The Longest Night introduces us to a mutant detective agency led by the wise-cracking Multiple Man who faces a personal identity crisis while also swiftly putting out a dozen metaphorical fires after the Decimation, a Marvel event in which most mutants lose their powers, making them particularly vulnerable to their aggressors who — no way — still hate them, even though they’re now plain ol’ humans.
Identity and othering are the thematic pillars of any X-Men story and this one is much the same, weaving mutant struggles through the agency’s various cases. The art telling this story was amazing and communicated the tone that the team was striving for. The mutants chosen to fill out the X-Factor’s team were also very interesting, but they ultimately fit a cookie-cutter line-up of a brute, caretaker, suave leader, a beautiful socialite and her less fussy, but still very beautiful counterpart. So, overall I felt I could get this same story more artfully told elsewhere.
Identity and othering are the thematic pillars of any X-Men story and this one is much the same, weaving mutant struggles through the agency’s various cases. The art telling this story was amazing and communicated the tone that the team was striving for. The mutants chosen to fill out the X-Factor’s team were also very interesting, but they ultimately fit a cookie-cutter line-up of a brute, caretaker, suave leader, a beautiful socialite and her less fussy, but still very beautiful counterpart. So, overall I felt I could get this same story more artfully told elsewhere.