X NECROSHA

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I want to start out this string of Necrosha reviews by saying that no Blackest Night comparisons wil be made by me…except for one.

Like the DC Universe, the X-Men have an extensive roster of dead characters, so a story of this nature that revolves around these characters was inevitable. The basis behind these stories isn’t anything new, as the plot of a character confronting a dead commrade with unresolved feelings has been done many times through the years. Hell, it was done in Shakespeare’s Hamlet! (Except Hamlet’s dad wasn’t inflicted with a living virus or was trying to tear out his son’s heart, of course). So now that we have that out of the way…

Here we are with the next X-Men crossover, Necrosha. A few years ago, it seems we scarcely had a crossover in the X-books, while now we seem to be getting one starting just a few months shy of the last one. This one seems to break the mold, however, as all of Necrosha isn’t being told in the standard crossover fashion. Instead, it’s being told similarly to how Age Of Apocalyspe was told, in that there was one intial book that kicked off several storylines in other books, with this one-shot being what X-Men Alpha was to AoA. Here, we get the beginnings to three stories that will be continued in X-Force, New Mutants, and X-Men Legacy. The X-Force story seems to be where all the main action will be occuring, while the other two seem to be almost side-tales.

In the X-Force story, we see the return of semi-regular artist Clayton Crain, and while I was never a big fan of his past work, I think I’m warming up to him just a little bit. I think it’s that his dark, glossy and gothic style really suits the tone of this book, and that he’s not using the same inker that he used during Messiah War which made his art look like extreme turd. The script is ok, as it hangs on that familar gimmick of having the characters with unresolved feelings for their dead friends actually confront them. That’s ok for now, I just hope that Yost and Craig don’t hang onto that gimmick for too long and advance the plot forward from it.

The second story focuses on a revived Cypher, who was with the New Mutants in the pre-Cable days. I’ve had no prior history of reading this character, but the way he’s written here makes him quite interesting. Zeb Wells takes us inside his head and shows us the different way that Cypher understands and comprehends the environment around him, which is done almost like a computer through some binary. It’s an interesting premise and I’m curious to see where this character goes.

The last story, written by Mike Carey, focused on Destiny, another long dead character. This character also writes this character interestingly, as she has an odd and disjointed way of speaking. In this story, she interacts with Blindfold, another precog character with an odd and disjointed way of speaking. As it goes with a script focusing predominently with these types of characters, the plot is not so much given, but mysteriously hinted towards. It was a little fustrating, though since this is only the intro to this particualr story, I’ll let it slide. Plus the art fit the story well, as it was pretty creepy and done almost in a horror comic style.

This crossover seems to be off to a promising start with this one shot. Time will only tell which of the three stories will be more interesting, but with this issue, it’s fair enough to say that this whole concept is quite solid.

Story: 4 - Very Good
Art: 4 - Very Good

X NECROSHA

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