So remember yesterday when I said Angel should have been my
favorite? I still believe it.
The guy is so confident that he strolls around
his X-Factor headquarters in an open robe. IN HIS UNDERWEAR. Seriously, there
are like 3 pages where you just have cut-Angel walking around chatting and
drinking coffee in his tighty whiteys. If Jean Grey did that we’d say it was
exploitative!
And poor Jean. So Angel and Cyclops are already in love with
her, and therefore awkward around her, but now the new recruit Rusty is smitten
too. He’s stuttering and stammering as she tries to get him to master his pyro
kinetic power. Note that she does this by saying, repeatedly, “I KNOW you can
do this crazy new thing with your power.” There was no actual training that I
could find.
You have to love 80’s plots. This issue has Beast and Iceman
hook up with an old girlfriend, introduces size-changing villain Tower, and has
Beast abducted from a supporting character from his Amazing Adventures days.
PLUS a re-match with X-Factor taking on Tower at the end of the book.
This issue introduces Artie, now famously appearing in the
FF title. He seems to be exhibiting more mental-reading powers in addition to
his illusions; I don’t remember that aspect of his powers in current books. And
why has poor Artie not aged like Black Bolt’s kid or Crystal’s daughter?
Again, Jackson (Butch) Guice handles the art, and again I
love it. The 80’s hair, the tight pencils on the x-uniforms, this is good
stuff. What impresses me most is the choreography of the fights. Guice puts
some great shots in the battles, reverse elbows, full-on optic blasts, and ice
clubs.
The 80’s made GOOD comics.
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