The NeXt Big Thing
What’s the next big thing in store for Marvel? It’s the Messiah Complex, another X-Crossover which promises to streamline the X-Universe. I hope it will get rid of the multiple universes, multiple creative teams, and hopefully, the Multiple Man, Jaime Madrox. The crossover stretches throughout all of the X-Men titles, and centers on a plot with Mr. Sinister and his crew to kidnap the only mutant born since the M crisis. So it’s basically a fight to the death between Sinister, every X-team, and the Purifiers to find/keep the child and determine the fate of the child. I was actually anticipating this crossover after seeing previews of the artwork. So without further ado here’s the review. This title was marvelous. If the entire crossover is like this, then Marvel will finally get back on track in the universe of the X-Men. The merry mutants will hopefully be streamlined back into core titles. The one-shot of the Messiah Complex had a great back story, the characters were the classic defenders of the universe I remember from days when I read X-Men regularly, and the threat is definitely real. The significance of the event is evident by the tension between the characters as they realize the potential peril they face. Ed Brubaker’s dialog is the finest I’ve seen from him in quite some time. The artwork speaks for itself. I’ve posted a sample of one of the pages at the end of this blog. Silvestri’s pencils are revitalizing on these characters and it’s great to see him doing this caliber of work again. He captures the characters’ intensity and fear nicely. If all issues of this crossover are created with this kind of care, it will be a masterpiece like Crisis on Infinite Earths, which will shape comic books for years to come. Marvel is back on track. I’d have to give this book a solid nine out of ten. To see what else Marvel is doing right check out my previous blog on Halo at http://www.comicbookjournal.net/watch-for-the-uprising/.
November 28th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
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March 31st, 2008 at 4:51 pm
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March 31st, 2008 at 5:21 pm
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March 31st, 2008 at 5:42 pm
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