{"id":10503,"date":"2024-11-03T15:46:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=10503"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:46:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:46:20","slug":"the-x-axis-w-c-28-october-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=10503","title":{"rendered":"The X-Axis – w\/c 28 October 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, at least I chose a quiet week to be away.<\/p>\n

X-MEN: FROM THE ASHES INFINITY COMIC #21.<\/strong> By Alex Paknadel, Di\u00f3genes Neves, Arthur Hesli & Clayton Cowles. Okay, I see what we’re going for here, but I’m not completely sold. The big idea here is that Lifeguard’s powers have started treating all of humanity as a threat and responding accordingly, leaving her unable to live among humans at all; the upshot is that her powers turn her into a literal island. It was fairly clear that that was where we were heading, though, so it doesn’t really work as a final issue reveal. And it feels a bit of a stretch from Lifeguard’s powers, which I don’t think ever turned on how she<\/em> perceived things. The island thing feels a bit too literal, as well. Still, I like the way Steve is used as a more ordinary mutant who’s doing a little better at fitting back into normalcy.<\/p>\n

NYX #4.<\/strong> (Annotations here.)<\/a> This is David’s spotlight issue, and the basic idea is fine: he recognises that mutant history has been stuck in a lot of binary choices that he wants to escape from, but he has no terribly clear idea of how to do that. And of course, he ultimately does come out of retirement to save Kamala. Enid Bal\u00e1m makes him look good as a street artist, even if some of what he’s doing here stretches the boundaries of how his powers work. And I do appreciate the fact that Kamala sees straight through Sophie’s attempt to set her up. Kamala ought to be naive as regards some things – aspects of life as a visible mutant, say – but she’s not stupid, and it makes sense for the mutant-centric Cuckoos to underestimate her. (Or maybe Sophie is actually trying<\/em> to be obvious.)<\/p>\n

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Other things don’t work as well. It’s never at all clear what the Krakoan and his allies were actually intending to achieve here – if it really was just “have a public fight with some mutants to damage their image” then I just don’t think that trope works in a world where large chunks of the public are meant to be histrionically paranoid about them already. I don’t think it was<\/em> meant to be just that, but at the same time, I get the feeling that it was meant to be a lot clearer than it actually is. And if you want me to buy that David, who is a physically normal man with a very extensive skill set, can beat Hellion in a fight, then that’s going to take a bit more work than this gets. I can easily believe David outwitting him or outplanning him, or maybe even Hellion getting overconfident and letting his guard down, but this feels like David is meant to be simply beating him in a straight fight when he shouldn’t be able to lay a hand on the guy, and that doesn’t click.<\/p>\n

WOLVERINE: REVENGE #3.<\/strong> By Jonathan Hickman, Greg Capullo, Tim Townsend, FCO Plascencia & Cory Petit. In which Wolverine hunts down Omega Red, Deadpool and Colossus and takes revenge on them. Which is surprisingly early, since there are still two issues to go. It’s an art showcase, really, but I’m enjoying it more than I would have expected. A mundane post-apocalyptic world is a pleasant change from the usual cliches, and the Wolverine\/Deadpool scene is quite strong. I’m not at all convinced by the use of Colossus, though. The idea is meant to be that when the world goes to hell he sides with the Russian faction because that’s what’s in the interests of his family, which makes sense in theory, but just feels too far out of line with the character in practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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