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X-Men: Legion Quest by Scott Lobdell
3.0

A confusing at times, silly as shit too, but ballsy move by Marvel back in the day.

See Legion is kind of a mess of a character. Charles son but having a split personality disorder, he never is able to control himself despite his immense powers. However, eventually, he is able to focus and become one of the strongest beings. He decides to go back and erase Erik, just take him out, and then no more Magneto which in David's (Legions mind" will have his father love him more.

The dialogue is actually solid enough, but that's mostly thanks to the issues written by Mark Waid. He has a knack for fun, superhero, dialogue. I will say the plot is interesting and the payoff brings us to the age of apocalypse, one of X-Men's biggest stories ever. But the events in this book, some really weird ones, like what happens to David's mom feels off and maybe a bit...rapey? Despite that being her son...yeah it's a really weird scene. And of course it is the 90's, so mass amount of text on every page and everyone, even Charles, looks like a goddamn body builder and every female is a toothpick.

But yeah, it's kind of cool to see a screw up effect everyone which in sense changes the future forever. A ballsy move that paid off big for Marvel in the end. But as a story and art, it's solid but not great.