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I loved this issue.
It had great art (QUITELY!) a fun, soapy story and a tighter sense of plot than we've been used to recently.
Would have dissapointed by the fact that the Omega Gang are so obviously villanous were it not for the fact that Quentin and co seem to me to be pretty much the best villains I've read in a superhero comic in quite some time. I still love Quentin, and I'm very interested by the fact that (for once) the drugged up revolutionary kids are the "bad guys" in a Grant Morrison comic.
They fit into the context of the book so naturally though- If you've got a school which is supposed to be so radical and revolutionary, then there would be a chance of it all going very, very wrong.
Sure- I expected things to be more level in terms of who was "right" and who was "wrong", but I still think that we've got a very interesting set up here. Raises questions about how they'll be dealt with, how this will affect the open day and school structure and so on.
Plus they look amazing- both silly and menacing. Quitely is the man. Denace the Menace gone all shiny and American and Ultraviolent.
The Omega Gang are quite interestingly set off by the "Special Class", don't you think? These kids are awkward and unhappy and stuff, but don't seem to have the OTT anger about them that Quentin and co have. I really can't wait to see how this develops, and I think that this subplot is going to be very important.
And hey- more Xorn!
YAY!
He's so goofy and lovely and I really just can't get enough of him.
As to who is stalking them, I dunno myself, but for some reason I feel like the U-Men could be comming back soon. Dunno why... probably just the fact that I wanna see that idea developed a bit further.
The drug plot is a bit odd- but it's also potentially very interesting in terms of where it could lead the story, I think. I wanna see if it catches on/what it's long term effects are/how this ties in to secondary mutations (if it does at all).
As I said, it was still a bit unexpected. Grant Morrison=yer school master now. Wierd.
The conference room was amazing... Wolverine actually felt like *gasp* a character for a brief moment there. Really small scene, but it set up the next three issues so much in terms of making me really curious as to how the X-Guys and Gals are gonna handle this whole thing.
It's not the story some of us were wanting it to be--it's more old-school than that-- but I think it's gonna be a good old-school romp, updated for the modern world... what can I say: I liked it. |
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