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Post by newsbot on Oct 22, 2010 5:05:48 GMT -5
| | TURNING JAPANESE! Ever since she got a claw of her own, Kitty Pryde’s been feeling …not herself. To put it mildly. And after barely surviving an encounter with the Marauders’ secret weapon, the young X-Man feels a strange, inexplicable pull towards the land of the rising sun. Of course, it can’t be a coincidence that said secret weapon is also stalking the streets of Tokyo, right? It’s gonna take more than just one claw for Kitty to make it through round two!! |
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Post by harley on Nov 7, 2010 3:59:56 GMT -5
I mostly enjoyed this issue. It moved along at a fair pace, and it's always neat to see Kitty using her phasing power in a new and inventive way. However, I do have two criticisms, and a few concerns.
Firstly, I'm not altogether sold on the idea of Mariko joining the Consortium as part of her revenge against Jean. She is consistently depicted in the classic run as the kind of person who does not look to outside help in dealing with her personal affairs. Also, I can't imagine that grief would so cloud her judgement as to lead her down a path not dissimilar to Shingen Yashida's---certainly not after the events of Claremont & Miller's Wolverine. Even so, I hope that Claremont had these changes to Mariko's character in mind all along, because the alternative is that he is responding to the title's looming cancellation by filtering as many existing storylines as possible into the Perfect Storm arc. While such an approach would provide a resolution of sorts to the series by bringing Storm, the Consortium, and Mariko together in one place, my preference is that things should be left open at XMF 2 #16. It would feel more natural, and would allow Claremont to deal properly with the existing storylines at a later date should Marvel allow the title to return.
Secondly, I'm not altogether satisfied with Mike Grell's artwork. There are problems of execution that can certainly be attributed to Grell rather than to inkers Nelson & Hennessy, though their heavy inking does not help matters, and makes me miss the more considered work of Vicente Cifuentes. I will revisit the issue at some point and pick out specific examples.
That most of this post is taken up with negative commentary should not be taken as a sign that there is more wrong with the issue than not. XMF 2 #10 is a solid piece of work. It is simply that the end of the series is very much on my mind as I write this.
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Post by Soundwave on Nov 7, 2010 5:56:27 GMT -5
I actually loved Mike Grell's work here, his art reminds me of Claremont's original run. Their styles work really well together.
Looks like something snapped in Mariko Yashida after Wolverine's murder. And she blames Jean & Logan for betraying her, but she's the one who kept rejecting Logan's proposals after the Mastermind thing because she wanted to prove herself worthy of him. Did she expect him to wait forever? Were they even together at that point?
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