RELEASE THE HOUNDS!
Silver Sable's commission heats up! Nightcrawler's a slippery devil, and he's not about to surrender and let Orchis continue to terrorize NYC. Plus, you know, he's not too keen on the whole "murder all mutants" plan. Has Sable signed up for a gig she can't play? And when Orchis realizes her heart's not in the game...who will they send to finish the job?
Rated T+
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Perhaps I spoke too soon when I said "we are so back" in my review of the first issue. I really enjoyed that one, but we haven't gotten anything meeting that standard since, unfortunately. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the previous issue and this one, but it's continued to drop in quality for me. I'm not super into the romantic story with Silver Sable, but I did enjoy the stuff with Vulture and Nimrod. I am interested by the Vulture/Warlock hybrid of sorts seen at the end of this issue, so hopefully this is just a minor bump in the road.
Art: 4 of 5
Story: 3 of 5
Total: 7 of 10
I feel so icky reading and seeing horny Kurt do the dirty with an equally horny (and one-note) Silver Sable. It’s also quite jarring to see Mystique wallowing around like the beggar woman in Sweeney Todd. It’s a really off-utting packaging for an interesting development in the new techno-virus adjacent weapons used by Orchis. I would hope this could be done in a way that doesn’t continue to degrade female characters at the expense of making Kurt look like an enigmatic himbo, yet alas, here we are. I want to like this book for the story, but the execution is keeping me from enjoying it.
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