X-Men: The (fan fic) Series

This series is already starting to cycle through characters which is kinda lame since it’s only issue seven and there are literally hundreds of characters they can pull from.

Regardless, these were pretty fun stories.

Tony gets his butt beat by Hulk but not in the traditional sense. Basically both Tony and Beast get outsmarted by Bruce which is hilarious in its own special way.

As for Thor and Iceman, can you say ‘odd couple’? Bobby is always not taking things seriously and Thor is perpetually missing the joke. Nice to see Iceman kick a lot of butt though, it would be easy to just let the super-powered Thor take the win so it’s great to see Iceman getting to show why ice can be one tough element.

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Who wins in a fight? Cavemen or Astronauts?

That is quite possibly the most epic response to someone attacking Avengers Tower… ever.

And while Wolverine and Captain Marvel are playing their card game…

Gambit and The Thing are busy hustling a card game of their own.

It’s all real beautiful actually… gotta admire it.

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Iron Fist and a Lima Bean…

Yeah, that’s all I got out of that one. I have absolutely no clue what was going on in the Iron Fist and Doop team up.

I mean, I know what happened, they were after a monster ball and they got it by means of some completely random moves… but for the most part I’m with Iron Fist: let’s not talk about his tights or what happened that night again… ever…

But in a very nice twist, instead of two ‘heroes’ working together in the second part of this A+X, two villains are instead having to reluctantly throw in together, they being Mr Sinister and Loki. Now, I love Sinister as a villain, he’s almost perfect actually. So it was nice to see him messing about and being able to put the smack down on Loki.

However, Loki is the God of Chaos and a trickster himself… he can definitely hold his own against Sinister. I kinda want to see a comic dedicated to these two now… working together (sorta, kinda because it’s these two we’re talking about). I’m hoping that this A+X story is actually setting up for something in the future and not just a complete one-off.

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A+X #4

Review: A+X #4

Ever listen to a conversation that goes over your head but because of the way it’s told you either find it fascinating or hilarious? That’s pretty much what happens in the Beast and Spider-Man story of A+X #3.  Beast is in true form with his scientific laden speech and ‘Mr. Spider’ holds his own with his particular style of snark.

The story itself isn’t that clearly explained, but that’s okay, the point behind it is very well received in one of the best ‘odd couple’ scenes to be put to print in a long time (Spider-Man’s wrecked costume pretty much makes the scene). We’re also left to ponder just how strong Beast is, as a scientist, because of what he did and is capable of doing. I wonder if this means Beast will be having a larger role soon in the Marvel universe… or perhaps it’s best he stays low-key, otherwise he could end up pwning the whole galaxy, on accident.

As for Captain America and Kid Omega… nothing really new here. It’s your typical ‘stand up guy tries to teach troubled kid’ kind of story we’ve seen a thousand times. The only thing that saves it from being a very ‘meh’ story is the visuals that we’re given, such as Quentin’s shoulder angel and demon. I would have loved to seen them really try to go for something here but I guess that was too much to ask in just half a comic. It’s the kind of relationship that would need to be explored over a much larger arc.

The next issue sees none other than Iron Fist and Doop… they get this right and they will own the internets.

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