This one was picked up on a whim. Peter David is back but this time there's a new twist on the team. They are now working for a mega corporation.
The team so far includes Polaris, Gambit and Quicksilver. Polaris is the team leader but so far the ragin' Cajun is the focus of the series since he narrates most of it.
The first issue the team is assembled and takes their first mission for their corporate backers.
Nothing earth shattering happens in this issue but it's a solid start with lots of potential. It's still some fun as the team members don't all exactly trust each other. They all have questionable pasts but the untrustworthiness isn't a main focus nor does it distract from the story.
My main complaint is the art. It has sort of a scratchy feel to me and feels somewhat out of place. The coloring is also muted, I prefer my comics to be bright. However, it's not a deal breaker.
Given the team line up and a look into the corporate world I will probably check this one out again next month.
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I read this one this morning. I thought it was alright. Peter David's writing is as top-notch as ever, but it's just the theme of the book that seems a bit uninteresting to me. It seems like we've seen this a few times before, even though I can't place my finger on any of them.
"All-New" for X-Factor, maybe. But I didn't like this one nearly as much as I wanted to.
It's not helping that two of the three main characters are extremely unlikeable. I'm expecting to see Ariel show up in the next issue.
While there was nothing particularly exciting I still enjoyed it enough to pick it up again. Peter David knows what he's doing, I think there's something big planned down the road. Also, I like Gambit and thought he was pretty good here. I didn't read his last series so I was excited to pick up a book with him in it. Quicksilver, was well, Quicksilver...
Did anyone read the previous X-Factor run? How does this stack up? I have to admit that, if they had put out an omnibus or series of omnibus (omnibi?), I would have been tempted to read them. The new starting point is what led me to this book.
I did. Very different vibe. Apparently it's not going to be the same combination of characters, which could be a good thing. IMO, it got a little too tied up in the supernatural towards the end--or rather, that particular story took longer to tell than I think it should.
I know the purpose of this issue was to establish the new status quo, but it really didn't work quite so well for me. Besides unlikeable mutants, you also have the other characters in the story who are being telegraphed a mile away that they've got some evil ulterior motive. I'm not dropping anything yet, but I am hoping to see some level of marked improvement for issue #2,
Wandering Sensei: Moderator Man said:
Hmmm. I wish I would have read this book throughout its existence, because I've heard good things about it throughout. Especially since the "new" book that started in 2005. But it's one of those that I've been reluctant to try because I was afraind it relied too much on what came before.
That series had quite the following, I'm sure they weren't all following a bad series!
Randy Jackson said:
I may have read some of the previous series but don't remember. My brother read a few of the trades and enjoyed it.
David's treatment of Quicksilver in his initial X-Factor run might be my favorite handling of the character ever. His explanation for Pietro's… prickliness made SO much sense
The previous series was very, very good. PAD is the writer from start to finish, with a whole host of artists working on it. With one or two exceptions, the art style was pretty consistent. PAD makes great use of Madrox, Monet, and of all characters, Layla Miller. There was a Madrox limited series that came out about a year before this series started and it was excellent, I recommend it as well.
...What was PAD's explanation ?
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