Happy New Year!
The Younghunt. Oof. Fabian Nicieza has written some
fantastic comics over the years, but there are some mighty iffy concepts out
there too. It doesn’t help that the villains teaming up to partake in the hunt
are a pretty weak mix. Sienna Blaze, Shinobi Shaw, Trevor Fitzroy, and Graydon
Creed are not grade-A villains. Mostly (now) forgotten second-generation
villains that didn’t end up having much staying power, it is hard to take them
seriously. The only other hunters in the issue are rocking absolutely awful 90’s
looks. Fenris, the neat brother/sister villain team, are clearly the coolest
villains in the issue. But they look bad.
For the first part of a crossover with the New Warriors,
there isn’t a whole lot of Warrior goodness happening. Justice is hanging out
with Shinobi Shaw and making overtures towards joining the Hellfire Club, but
it is all a cover. Dwayne Taylor shows up too, but I don’t think any character
ever refers to him as his Night Thrasher identity. It took me a moment to
remember who he was!
Its too bad, the idea of hunting down former members of the
New Mutants and Hellions is a strong one. I had almost forgotten that Firestar
was a former Hellion. I’m tempted to read more of the crossover to see if she
has any nice moments with Warpath or any of the other mutant-focused
characters.
Again, as the first part of a crossover, why oh why would we
have to spend so much time on the boring Guthrie farm? There has never been a
good reason to spend a lot of time with Cannonball’s generic family. Even
seeing early-days Husk doesn’t help if she’s acting this silly and doe-eyed. I
was amused to see Cannonball and Boom Boom frolicking around at the ol’ swimmin’
hole, though. Their relationship is something else that I had totally forgotten
about.
I’m also curious to see what is happening in the next X-Force
issue I read. With most of the team really starting to mature, I am not sure
Cable is really a necessary part of the team. His obscure future talk and
fatherly advice are unnecessary at this point. I want more Rictor. I want more
Shatterstar. I want more Siryn. I don’t need to hear Cable talking about
responsibility and his lost son from the future!
How lucky was this book artist-wise? From Rob Liefeld to Greg
Capullo to Tony Daniel? Daniel’s art isn’t my cup of tea, but there is no doubt
he’s got dynamic pencils. Every gal looks super hot and every guy has the same
face and long hair, but the directing in the action sequences is fun. I do wish
I had read one of his issues that didn’t spend so much time talking on a farm.
This one is only FAIR. I can’t give a comic that spends most
of its time whining on a farm a top rating.
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