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Book Review: Ultimate X-Men, Mark Millar, Adam and Andy Kubert.
My Review in a Tweet:
I like how corny Marvel comics are. Being so cuddled by the MCU, it felt refreshing to see many characters just existing there and moving the plot by acting rather than being, like they didn't need to justify their existence for a greater plot and could just inhabit the universe.
Full Review:
Being primarily an MCU enjoyer (I wouldn´t call myself a fan now), seeing the plot of the Sentinels as the first thing in this comic book was jarring, as I was expecting a more introductory story before anything like that. It is an early story anyway, as the X-Men as a group are barely getting started in Men of Tomorrow. Scott Summers/Cyclops serves as the founding leader of the team under the tutelage of Charles Xavier as a group of mutants who seek to discourage the U.S. Government from implementing the Sentinels program, protect other mutants and impede Magento from recruiting them to his side.
The hard-cover book includes a second story arc, Return to X-Weapon, where Wolverine takes center stage and fights to rescue his newfound team after nearly betraying them in the previous story.
I rescued that panel in particular because it was hilarious to me for some reason (Quicksilver complains to Scarlet Witch that Magneto said that his superspeed mutation was effeminate).
Both story arcs were neatly written, with not much time to spare on developing the mutants, but maybe it's commonplace on issues dedicated to a team rather than to an specific character. Magneto and Xavier, as well as Wraith, have their time to shine and expose their views. I was delighted to see Nightcrawler on this, so half an extra point for that.
Overall, an amicable reading, not too deep, fun for moments. The artstyle is a bit underwhelming and there aren't many interesting compositions, but besides that, enjoyable.
6.5/10.
My Other 2023 Readings.
Book Review: Batman. Dark Nights: Metal. Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Jim Lee, Andy Kubert, John Romita Jr.
My Review in a Tweet:
It's so disorienting to read comics sometimes. I could follow the story but I had no idea where it came frome, because I don't even know what other comics I should have read before. Despite that, it was a good story with amazing artwork and really interesting character designs.
My Full Review:
I should clarify from the get-go that a friend lent me this book so I read it mostly out of curiosity. Having to fill in the gaps of the previous issues of this comic can be a difficult task if you have no idea what to read (I went in blindly, fearing spoiling myself) and have no access to the comics.
Despite all those (clearly personal) obstacles, I found the reading quite interesting, at least beacuse of the intrincancies of the plot and the flashy new designs some of the characters were sporting. I knew secondhandly the Batman who Laughs, but I wasn't sure why he was here. I enjoyed his presence nonetheless.
Seeing Baby Darkseid was great, I saw that design before but I didn't know it was from this specific comic:
The other highlight for me was Dream from the Eternals:
A fun comic that I didn't quite understand but that didn't stop me from enjoying it. The artstyle was a delight to me, with more interesting compositions and framings.
7/10.
My Other 2023 Readings.