Essential X-Factor, Vol. 1 by Louise Simonson

Which brings me to why this ended up getting two stars.

Louise Simonson tries to rationalize it a bit better when she comes on the stage, but it still ain't working. In this case you don't fall for it one instant. yezzifassermackish are these character gullible! This is the type of thing where the reader has to fall for it too or it is just gonna come off as more and more painful and stupid as the lie grows. I realize there is a certain fellow who is trying to take advantage of them and it will be fun to see him turn into a slobbering cyborg with a mug full of crazy, but. (melodrama-me) And top it off with all five mutants being really really stupid and setting up an organization that poses as mutant hunters to save mutants in distress. Have Cyclops get torn between his wife and child and his former love who has now returned to life. The premise is, resurrect Jean Grey (aka neuter the Phoenix saga) and put the original five X-Men back together. And it makes you realize that perhaps Claremont wasn't the greatest of writers, but you can do much much worse (this is pre-90s-hiatus Claremont of which I am speaking). This is the first X-Title that Claremont is not responsible for in elevenish years. And then X-Factor starts.Īnd starts terribly. Then, fittingly, it is given to John Byrne in a Fantastic Four comic. And to do this the story runs through an Avengers issue where John Buscema looked like he was really trying to find a new style as it was starting to get very loose and awkward. This book starts out with one of the harder retcons to stomach as it potentially rips the guts out of the Phoenix story if you let it.

Essential X-Factor, Vol. 1 by Louise Simonson