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chantaal 's review for:
New Mutants by Jonathan Hickman Vol. 1
by Jonathan Hickman
X-Men 2021 project continues!
Previously:
House of X/Powers of X ⭐⭐⭐
X-Men, Vol. 1 ⭐⭐
Marauders, Vol. 1 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Excalibur, Vol. 1 ⭐⭐⭐
X-Men/Fantastic Four: 4X ⭐⭐⭐⭐
X-Force, Vol. 1 ⭐⭐
Okay, so we're here! The nostalgia series! I have to be honest, this was one of the volumes I was most looking forward to reading despite the Hickman author credit. I enjoy the New Mutants, and there's a lot of nostalgia and love locked into some of these characters for me; particularly with Rahne, Sam, and Magick.
Did this book hit those buttons? ...eeehhh, partially.
Was it fun? Sure was.
Did it start off with basically 2 pages of Rahne being magically cured of all her past trauma after being resurrected on Krakoa, thus leaving a bad taste in my mouth right from the start? SURE DID!
As the Hickman era continues, my wariness and weariness of the resurrections on Krakoa grow. What's the point of anything if the characters just come back?
New Mutants at least does its level best to buck most of the greater Dawn of X plot and do its own thing. Though it starts off rocky with some truly awkward exposition to catch everyone up to speed, a tongue in cheek fourth wall break sets up the reason the team even goes to space, and then we're off.
It was funny and enjoyable and great for the first one or two issues and then just kinda felt a bit off. At least an attempt to make the characters likeable and charming was made, though only for Roberto and Magick...everyone else got a couple of pages of some nice moments when the book remembered they existed as more than just background.
I just wish this was a little more consistent and that it kept up with the team focus that it first started with. It was GREAT when it was the kids and the Starjammers and Corsair just peaced out and left them behind. That was fun! That was a promising opening! Hickman could have done a whole lot more small scale stuff with the team before jumping onto the Shi'ar. This plot WAS pretty small scale for Hickman, but still felt too large.
In conclusion, this was fun and has potential moving forward, but I'm still mad about that Rahne thing and that fully knocked a star off my rating. No lie.
Previously:
House of X/Powers of X ⭐⭐⭐
X-Men, Vol. 1 ⭐⭐
Marauders, Vol. 1 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Excalibur, Vol. 1 ⭐⭐⭐
X-Men/Fantastic Four: 4X ⭐⭐⭐⭐
X-Force, Vol. 1 ⭐⭐
Okay, so we're here! The nostalgia series! I have to be honest, this was one of the volumes I was most looking forward to reading despite the Hickman author credit. I enjoy the New Mutants, and there's a lot of nostalgia and love locked into some of these characters for me; particularly with Rahne, Sam, and Magick.
Did this book hit those buttons? ...eeehhh, partially.
Was it fun? Sure was.
Did it start off with basically 2 pages of Rahne being magically cured of all her past trauma after being resurrected on Krakoa, thus leaving a bad taste in my mouth right from the start? SURE DID!
As the Hickman era continues, my wariness and weariness of the resurrections on Krakoa grow. What's the point of anything if the characters just come back?
New Mutants at least does its level best to buck most of the greater Dawn of X plot and do its own thing. Though it starts off rocky with some truly awkward exposition to catch everyone up to speed, a tongue in cheek fourth wall break sets up the reason the team even goes to space, and then we're off.
It was funny and enjoyable and great for the first one or two issues and then just kinda felt a bit off. At least an attempt to make the characters likeable and charming was made, though only for Roberto and Magick...everyone else got a couple of pages of some nice moments when the book remembered they existed as more than just background.
I just wish this was a little more consistent and that it kept up with the team focus that it first started with. It was GREAT when it was the kids and the Starjammers and Corsair just peaced out and left them behind. That was fun! That was a promising opening! Hickman could have done a whole lot more small scale stuff with the team before jumping onto the Shi'ar. This plot WAS pretty small scale for Hickman, but still felt too large.
In conclusion, this was fun and has potential moving forward, but I'm still mad about that Rahne thing and that fully knocked a star off my rating. No lie.