NEW MUTANTS #4

Review by: akamuu

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Pretty much the definition of an average X-book.  It’s almost Claremont in its use of characters, which, given that this is a title created by Claremont, might be an homage.  But it’s more lilkely just mediocre writing.

Action happens.  A deus ex machina is revealed.  A villain comes close to winning.  And, at the end of the story arc, we’re pretty much back where we started. 

I hope that if Marvel decides to scrub an X-book, it’s this one, and not X-Factor.  I feel absolutely nothing for these two-dimensional versions of usually compelling characters.  And the story neither had an impact on the rest of the Marvel Universe, nor was so fun that I didn’t care about its lack of impact.

Story: 2 - Average
Art: 2 - Average
 

Comments

  1. flapjaxx says:
    August 26, 2009 at 8:45 am

    I think it’s an homage to Claremont AND bad writing. A few weeks ago the Uncanny X-Cast spotlighted an old Claremont-penned issue of New Mutants in which the team fought Legion, and their response was "Wow, that story was almost exactly the same as the first four-issue arc of the new New Mutants series, except it was done all in one issue and didn’t feel as derivative."

  2. Avatar photo akamuu says:
    August 27, 2009 at 2:02 am

    @flapjaxx: Ugggggggggggggggggggggggggggh (at the realization, not at you).

  3. Avatar photo Mangaman says:
    September 1, 2009 at 6:43 am

    Huh….

    Akamuu you are the closest to ever convince me to consider dropping it. If the next issue isn’t good or at least entertaining… i’ll drop it.

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