Cable #14

7.5

I am really excited to see this series paying off. A few issues back, when it was dragging ass, time traveling over and over, dying of thirst and moving inches at a time, I was getting as weary as Cable himself. This new X-Force team is what's holding it down for me. This is the most savage team ever seen in the Marvel Universe. 

There is one thing I am not excited to see. Why do they draw Hope with a thirty year old head and a four year old body? Did all the radiation from the future turn her into a creepy mutated midget? Is that her mutant power, to look ridiculous? If and when she finally makes it back to San Francisco, the other students are going to have a field day smacking around her huge deformed noggin. Especially the Young X-men. Those guys are kind of dicks.

New Mutants Vol.4 #1

7.5

 Today was kind of exciting for me. I have been looking forward to this book because the New Mutants hold a special place in my heart. I began reading comics right around the time the original New Mutants series came out. The X-men were all a little old for me to relate to and the Power Pack was a little too young. Chris Claremont was in his writing prime, making marvel mutant history, and the New Mutants were just right for me at the time I found them.

This new series kicks off with Chan and a de-powered Danielle Moonstar going missing while investigating a mutant in a small Colorado town. Sam gathers the original members, minus Rahne Sinclair (who is having her own issues in the new X-Force series), to go find them. There's a nice torch passing scene where Cyclops, now in the position of Xavier, gives his permission for Sam to assemble his team. The issue ends with the surprise return of a long dead character. 

It's nice to see Illyana back in action, even if we owe it all to the boring "Ex-Infernus" mini series. I've read worse mutant spin offs, and I feel lately, if I can make it all the way to the end of an issue, it's a win. None of that horrible graffiti/anime art, and no embarrassingly awkward pop culture referencing dialogue. I am impressed. Thank you marvel for not breaking my heart.