X-MEN FIRST CLASS VOL 2 #16
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What!?! This is the last issue of this series??!!??! Dangit. Just when a good book gets a little steam under its belt. I mean I’m looking forward to the Giant-Size issue, but that should be a jumping-on point, not a jumping-off point for Marvel.
THe issue was fun. It was well executed. Spider-man was barely in it and what he did in the issue was so tangential. It’s kind of obvious that they were going for an alternate “Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends” lineup, but this issue was really just about Bobby and Johhny.
I thought Iceman could have gotten a bit more character development time, seeing as this is his book and not the Torch’s, but this was a straight-up buddy story and it was fun.
The pencils were by Patrick Scherberger, who I’ve never heard of, but boy-o-boy did they look good. The inks were by Craig Yeung, despite what it says in the solicit, but it did preserve the Roger Cruz style, while adding a bit of his own touches, and the layout of the pages was dynamic. Look out for this guy.
Are all my favorite books going to be cancelled now????
Art: 5 - Excellent
This isn’t the end of the series, unless that’s a recent announcement. Jeff Parker said they’re changing some things and it will relaunch in a couple months. He claims fans will be happy with it and that it’s not a cancellation, so I have my fingers crossed.
Well, out of Bobby’s own mouth on the recap page (which isn’t a recap at all):
Johnny: This is your last issue of X-Men First Class, right?
Bobby: Na, we’re gonna be in a Giant-Size book next month. Then we’ll be back in a miniseries in February.
Well, that’s all well and good, but a miniseries is not an ongoing. Maybe this is part of Marvel’s new Model, because more and more titles seem to be coming out in segmented volumes now. We’ll see.
I don’t think there’s any real fundamental difference between a series of minis and an ongoing. Especially with this book.