X-Factor
Comic Summary: Written by PETER DAVID Pencils & Cover by PABLO RAIMONDI 'THE ISOLATIONIST' The stunning conclusion to THE ISOLATIONIST. Josef Huber has been manipulating X-Factor in the hopes of gathering together all mutants. But post M-Day, with their numbers dwindling, amassing the world's remaining mutants could reduce them to a single target. With Layla Miller lost and wandering the streets of New York, Siryn and Monet shepherding the twins Molly and Wally to safety, and the rest of the team still reeling from their confrontation with Quicksilver, can X-Factor Investigations uncover Huber's plans before harm comes to the remnants of mutantkind? Part 4 (of 4) Featuring Endangered Species Chapter 15 - Guided by Doctor Strange, Beast explores the mystical corners of the Marvel Universe and discovers that M-Day has destroyed more lives than he thought possible.
Codes: 75960605729002411 AUG072260
- Price:
$2.99$2.39- Penciller:
- Pablo Raimondi
- Author:
- Peter David
- Cover Artist:
- Pablo Raimondi
- Release Date:
- October 10, 2007
- In Stock?
- Yes!
- Genre:
- Superhero
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Customer Reviews
X-Factor generally combines private investigation with super-heroics, giving us a new slant on the Marvel Universe. That said, the current Isolationist storyline drifts away from that focus, and is consequently one of the weaker arcs of the series. The Isolationist, Josef Huber, is another uber-mutant, able to duplicate the abilities of any mutant, and that detracts from his overall appeal, at least for me. I long for the days of simpler mutants, who just fly or zap or heft heavy things. Huber is another character in the mold of Stryfe or Sinister, and we’ve got too many of those floating around in the X-World.
It also distracts us from the fairly clever concept driving the storyline: Huber is trying to declare mutants an endangered species, and thereby gain federal protected status for all mutants. So why are Madrox and Co. resisting this? Well, I’m not entirely sure. Somehow this is a plot to destroy all mutants. And that’s where I run into problems. Peter David excels at intricate plotting, but this one has gotten so complex, with so many interwoven layers, that I’m reminded of X-Files, and not in the good way. It’s more in the “are you sure you know what you’re doing” way.
Since this issue concludes the Isolationist arc, we’ll hopefully get back to a more “status quo” storyline. X-Factor works best when the team focuses on smaller issues, much like real private investigators. In other words, we need more “Rockford Files” and less “X-Files.”
1 pts.