Going in alphabetical order, I am going to start with "Avengers: X-Santion" issue 3 of 4.
This one is written by Jeph Loeb and illustrated by Ed McGuinness; I read the first in the series and even wrote a post about it, but I have not read the second. Probably don't really need to have read it--the recap pages are usually adequate.
The cover makes me giggle because it looks like Cable is Rulk's teddy bear/lovey--it doesn't look like fighting so much as cuddling. It could also look dirty, if it weren't for the ferocious look on Red Hulk's face.
No offense to the character, but I think red hulk has lost all novelty for me. I am just tired of seeing him, and I am certainly tired of writing his name.
Recap page raises mixed emotions: I would have liked to have seen the fight between Iron Man and Cable, but on the same token, I assume that it was handled about as delicately as anything Loeb does. He probably creamed Iron Man with little to no fight, which I would have hurt to see.
Why does Cable call Red Hulk "Talbot"? Everyone knows that Rulk is General Ross; which brings to mind that Cable did a half-assed job of tracking down the Avengers. If Talbot is transformed into Rulk at some point and he is the reason that Hope cannot save the world (-sigh-) then maybe Cable needn't have come back. Talbot's dead; good show, old boy.
Should I have been impressed by Blaquesmith showing up? Because as far as neat guest appearances, not that titillating. Also, since when is gunning someone down "the old-fashioned way"? I guess Cable is from the future so maybe psyonic attacks are more common in that era, but he also uses very high tech machinery...ehhhh, anyways.
Who is Tyler?
Hope has an ugly drawn heiny. It is weird to conceive of Scott being Cable's father when it feels like Nathan is considerably older....
Wolverine is acting weird. I can guess that because of the way his lettering is done.
I gotta be honest: the whole series has felt like a cluster fuck. I mean, they wanted to get from point A (X-Men and Avengers are on amicable terms) to point B (X-Men and Avengers fighting), so they are just going to confuse and anger key players and toss them in a room together? Feels weak, doesn't it? Four issues is not enough to completely demolish alliances and start a huge battle between friends. You need some sort of powder keg that is building for a while, then explode in a huge event--Stamford, Connecticut for example.
It feels like this whole story line could have been completely done without. It is possible I am allowing my apathy with everything Loeb does taint what is a decent story arc, but like everything else I have read written by him in the last few years, it feels like we are not accomplishing anything--that from the start of the issue to the end, we established little to nothing of consequence, it is just a distraction to keep you interested until they do something else.
I dunno. Not my favorite.
--Andie--
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