X-Force #30 is a satisfying chapter to a new story arc that fully utilizes Deadpool and the comedy he brings. Juxtaposed with Deadpool are a deadly serious Kraven and Omega Red, making for a great dynamic worth exploring further in future issues. X-Force continues to show how to maximize entertainment. Read Full Review

X-Force #30 keeps doing what this book does best. It has some great character moments, an intriguing story, and stunning art. Setting up Kraven as an enemy of mutantkind that X-Force has to deal with is inspired and comes right out of left field. All in all, Percy, Gill, GURU-eFX, and Caramagna do a great job with this one. Read Full Review

Without a sense of humor or any clear thesis, X-Force appears to be twiddling its thumbs and reaching for C-list villains until its most interesting characters return. That's unfortunate because there's plenty of unmined and undefined value to be found in these pages. Read Full Review

I love how this issue is pretty much the X-force team just going around and asking themselves "does this still have a point?"

As Beast says in the book, it's a transitional issue, and new dynamics in the team are being formed. Deadpool does most of the talking in this issue, which is probably the book's greatest weakness since he seems to talk to the detriment of other characters getting a say in things. The issue also slowly builds Kraven up as this arc's main villian and I believe it does this well. The art is fantastic, really crisp and clean. Looking forward to see how the new team settles in together.

"Judgment Day tie-in" my ass: there's no link to the event.
Anyway, good issue with Deadpool "mentoring" Omega Red and... Kraven?

Deadpool's hijinks are infecting the whole team/title. The art's pretty great and the humor's good -- extremely absurd, but good. I'm not sure that this arc will be able to go full-on comedy, though, or to strike a good balance between wacky and serious.

LOL IDK, this book is a lot for me.
The pacing for this one is really off though, I get what's happening but it would be more satisfying if the events were set up better and clearer.
Love, love the artwork but Percy needs to organize his stories better.

Nothing really happens in this issue, which is a shame considering you read a story for stuff to happen... I wonder if they'll take on Stilt-Man or Shocker next.

the mutant cia book added deadpool and is doing a kraven arc. what an absolute failure to deliver lmfao

The Kraven part has potential, but Deadpool, especially in his most silly form, is not for me. Why do they dress Sage like 90s Jubilee?

This book will make some happy, but unfortunately, it was a large miss for me.
(Also, why is AXE on the cover, but there doesn’t seem to be a connection?)

If you weren't already reading this boring, unpleasant little book but were going to pick it up for the crossover, I can confirm for you this issue isn't even a "red skies" part of the crossover, it's just a regular issue of X-Force

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JBL Reviews - Aug 20, 2022

What is Red Skies? I assume you are referring to AXE but where did Red Skies come in? Truly wondering.

KittyNone - Aug 20, 2022 (edited)

I might be dating myself with that reference, but a "red skies crossover" is an ordinary issue of a comic with a token excuse to put crossover branding on the cover. It comes from Crisis on Infinite Earths, where many titles listed as crossovers were really just regular issues where the characters stop for a moment and go "whoa the sky is red, that's weird" before getting back to their non-Crisis-related story

JBL Reviews - Aug 20, 2022

Gotcha. Thanks.

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