NEW MUTANTS #5
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Zachary Baldus’s art on this title took a while for me to get used to. He draws the X-Men remarkably different from what I’m used to. This is not, necessarily, a bad thing. But a lot of the panels near the beginning of the issue have solid color backgrounds, and I didn’t think his realistic faces, and smooth lines worked well with solid color panels. Luckily, a few pages in, we get to see how the X-Men are handling the restoration of Legion’s sanity, and the pages that deal with that are just gorgeous. From that point on, I didn’t really mind the solid color panels.
Story-wise, this issue is a vast improvement over the last arc. Wells seems to have a better grip on the pacing. I had planned on dropping the book after this issue, but between the art and the improved storytelling, this was one of my favorite books this week.
Art: 5 - Excellent
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I am curious about the art. I started off not liking it, as you said, but if slowly grew on me. I greatly appreciated the fact that Shan actually looked Vietnamese? (Am I right? I couldn’t remember if it was that or Korean) I’m upset that Dani’s Valkyrie powers were a one time deal? I was hoping she would become a power player. Oh well, I’m still into this book.
I too was thinking about droping it. But I guess I’ll hold on. At lest till that cross over with X-force starts. I want nothing to do with that.
ugggh, no not me. I took a peak in the store and didn’t pick it up. I then met up with a friend of mine who bought it without realizing how bad the art was, and so I bought it off him for a dollar. I still give the art a 1.