A+X #1
Well, this book sure seemed like a money grab. A+X doesn't seem to follow any plot line or have any true story to tell. It is simply a mash-up of one Avenger and one X-Man in a random situation. This must have been the time travel edition. In the first half Cable jumps back to World War II to help Cap and Bucky beat up some old time Sentinels. The second half stars Wolverine and the Hulk fighting , who else, Wolverine and the Hulk from the future. I've seen more captivating storytelling in Nintendo games.
The only good thing I can really say about this is that Ron Garney's art in the first chapter is top notch. It makes me wonder what crime he must have committed to be exiled to this train wreck.
Wolverine and the X-Men #19
Every month I question weather or not to get this book and every month I'm rewarded with quality. I think it might be Nick Bradshaw's cover layouts. They are overly busy and not representative of his stellar interior art.
The X-Men go about the business of hiring new teachers in anticipation of the influx of mutant students after the events of AVX. Jason Aaron writes some pretty humorous stuff and the aforementioned Bradshaw bangs out some great panels. His style has a cartoonish energy to it, a perfect fit for the unique mutants and aliens that star in this book. My only problem was a small one but it has been an epidemic in my Marvel books this month. I'll say it once and move on. Deadpool is not funny. Otherwise another solid outing for Wolverine and his students.
Masters of the Universe: The Origin of Skeletor #1
DC has done an uneven job with their new He-Man franchise in my opinion. While the last issue of He-Man was exception the overall retelling of the mythos is shaky at best. The Origin of Skeletor was no different.
The story is broken up from flashbacks and the present day where Keldor is living out his last moments as his face melts to nothingness. The flashbacks highlight a young Randor and his older half brother Keldor. There is some great character building done here in a short amount of pages. A very clear picture is painted as to why these brothers end up on separate paths. There is an introduction of Hodrak and while I like having the character included in this story I'm not thrilled with how he was handled. His design was much different then his original incarnation and it took away from the story as a whole.
Fraiser Irving's work jumps from breathtaking to crappy on the same page. While working in the present day we are treated to beautiful oil painted renderings. From the moment you open the book to the striking image of a melting face you know you are in for a treat. That is until the flashback scenes. Black and white stick figures. Ugly and kind of lazy.
In the end I enjoyed this book a great deal. A fittingly tragic story for a villain near and dear to my heart. -Soss
Panel of the Week: The beginning of the end for Keldor.
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