X-men 17 Spoiler/Review Thread - "Put us to work"

[nx01a]

Just that his fans want Cyclops in a position where he's driving the plot forward again but that doesn't imply bad writing.

THIS fan wants him (and Jean and Storm and the other characters I like) to be part of good plots. Who's driving said plots forward doesn't matter.

[butterflykyss]

Eh lets be honest he could being used/written much worse. He could be used as a totalitarian dictator, as a crazy obsessed Cosmic God, an incompetent leader and strategist, mutant Hitler, or dead.

Just because he's not single-handedly moving the plot forward doesn't necessarily mean he's Captain Cameo. Just that his fans want Cyclops in a position where he's driving the plot forward again but that doesn't imply bad writing.

I'm going to say this is an excellent point and the funny thing here is when he was written as some of those things his fans were loving it. #cyclopswasright, right?

[charliehustle415]

All I gotta say is Jean was looking mighty thicc

[butterflykyss]

All I gotta say is Jean was looking mighty thicc

I thought the same thing actually lolol

[Rang10]

Claremont hasn't been a series driver of the xmen stories since he left after uncanny. any major xmen story post then that was a flagship grossly underutilized her. I also hope the same because for so long her star has been diminished to prop up the two characters she shared this title with. the only difference though is that im most certain when Jean and Scott were propped at Ororos expense their fans were praising the books. All in all, all the characters got nice showings but this time Storm was able to save the day to setup what is next for her. I dont see anything wrong her considering Jean and Cyclops are about to be coleading their own merry men of xmen.

before x-men Red Jean was dead for a really long time. I don't think She was proped on Ororo's bck, as Storm wasn't napping while on Red

[butterflykyss]

before x-men Red Jean was dead for a really long time. I don't think She was proped on Ororo's bck, as Storm wasn't napping while on Red

I respectfully disagree. I dont want to derail this thread with that discussion but while she wasn't napping she certainly wasn't utilized to her best abilities. much as nx01a was mentioning in context to jean in this issue.

[charliehustle415]

I thought the same thing actually lolol

great minds, my friend

[Vordan]

Boring issue, I know that Xandra stuff will pay off down the line, but this book feels like it should be bimonthly at the pace Hickman is going. Hope the Vault issue next will finally pick up the pace again.

[Frobisher]

All I gotta say is Jean was looking mighty thicc

There’s that one amazing panel where Jean points at the traitors (I guess Oracle couldn’t be bothered or something) and she, Oracle and Deathbird all go into power thigh poses like they’re rehearsing for a Jane Fonda workout video (hey! Wrong decade girls).

[charliehustle415]

There’s that one amazing panel where Jean points at the traitors (I guess Oracle couldn’t be bothered or something) and she, Oracle and Deathbird all go into power thigh poses like they’re rehearsing for a Jane Fonda workout video (hey! Wrong decade girls).

LOL, love it

[Wolverine12]

I thought this was a fun one off adventure issue, art was decent but I’m happy Asrar is taking over. I will say that Booth’s depiction of Storm is amazing, she looked like such a boss in every scene. Definitely filing this issue away as required reading when the X-Men go cosmic. Reading Bobby and Sam really made me feel like I was reading Hickman’s Avengers again, that’s not a bad thing either. Fun read today.

[plasmaintights]

I liked this issue, but Cyke getting hit in the head with that hammer and not having his skull smashed made me think it must have been a nerf hammer.

[Saturius]

Boring issue, I know that Xandra stuff will pay off down the line, but this book feels like it should be bimonthly at the pace Hickman is going. Hope the Vault issue next will finally pick up the pace again.

Yes, this definitely feels like the old X-men Unlimited ongoing. Just a bunch of different stories with very little connective tissue. It just makes for a very disengaged experience cause there is just no driving narrative or theme with this book.The art? I am still deciding how I feel about it. It indeed felt very 90s. I enjoy blatant nostalgia every now and then but some panels just felt so very edgy and extreme that I just felt a bit embarrassed.

[butterflykyss]

great minds, my friend

indeed lol the first I saw on that panel.

[lurkerforyears]

the hammer of the bad dude was a dissapointment
It got Cyclops unconscious like the regular batton of a cop, I thought it would kill Scott