Well, this is quiet…<\/p>\n
X-MEN: FROM THE ASHES INFINITY COMIC #2.<\/strong> By Alex Paknadel, Di\u00f3genes Neves, Arthur Hesli & Clayton Cowles. Don’t ask me what the schedule is for this book – the first two issues were released, um, twelve days apart. But it’s a nice solid story. It’s simple – something is possessing a bunch of people and making them march off through the snow. Scott is one of them, and he needs to find a way of getting Jean’s attention (because while she could<\/em> easily keep track of him whenever he’s out of sight, she doesn’t<\/em>). It’s basically a ghost story, and it’s got some relatively detailed character work, certainly for an Infinity Comic. Neves has always been a solid artist and he has some good uses of the vertical scrolling format here, with merging panels and the occasional interesting perspective trick. It’s pretty good!<\/p>\n WOLVERINE: BLOOD HUNT #2.<\/strong> By Tom Waltz, Juan Jos\u00e9 Ryp, Guru-eFX & Cory Petit. Um. Well, this is mostly extended fight scenes. There’s a little bit suggesting that Maverick has a more complicated agenda than the first issue implied but… no, mostly it’s just Wolverine and Nightguard fighting a zombie horde. Sorry, vampire horde. But it’s the same thing to all practical purposes. I see why we’re doing Blood Hunt<\/em> tie-ins this month – it’s a very handy buffer between X-seasons. But this is the sort of issue that makes my heart sink at the thought of reading the rest of the crossover. Even the core titles participating in this event are only doing three issues each. The X-books are doing eight! And while Jubilee at least has a hook to do vampire stories with, there’s a real diminishing returns element to tie-ins taking place in the margins of a crossover like this. How many different stories can you really do about vampire hordes roaming wild? Because by my count there are 48 tie-in issues to Blood Hunt\u00a0<\/em>not counting the core series, and I’m willing to bet that the answer to my question isn’t “48”. In isolation, this is a competent action issue but… god, how much of this?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n DEADPOOL VS. WOLVERINE: SLASH ‘EM UP INFINITY COMIC #1.<\/strong> By Christos Gage, Alan Robinson, Carlos Lopez & Joe Sabino. You know there’s already a Wolverine\/Deadpool mini in progress, right, Marvel? Well, this is, if nothing else, accurately billed. There’s a token plot – Wolverine and Deadpool are both independently after a macguffin being developed by a dodgy medical company in Madripoor. It’s really just an excuse for Deadpool to fight a bunch of robot guards for the issue and Wolverine to show up at the end. But leaving aside the “not another one” factor, it’s perfectly decent. This is a Deadpool issue and he has some good lines. Robinson’s robot guards are rather neat, and his storytelling is very clear in this format. It’s hard to object to as a freebie for Marvel Unlimited subscribers, which is basically what Infinity Comics are. 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