Hellions #12, Party Foul, Recap and Review, Spoilers

[BroHomo]

I had zero *interest* in most of them, so the writer gets credit for getting me to enjoy Nanny, in particular, but the story he's telling with Empath has reset him back to a characterization as bad or worse than he was at his worst *and* provided an 'excuse' (his powers preventing him from developing normal human emotional reactions as he grew, which is a straight up retcon, since he became a mutant at puberty, like most mutants, long after those skills would have developed) for said jerkitude. He went from one of the rare ex-villains who had *put in the work* and would maybe even have earned a shot at the redemption / amnesty Krakoa was offering, to one of the un-redeemed (and quite possibly irredeemable) jerks like Sinister or Sabertooth or Mystique, who straight-up didn't deserve it.

He's a nothing of a character, that's true, but dragging him backwards after his own journey forward would be like deciding I want to use Emma, and the first thing I do is have her run around killing people's pets and possessing their bodies, as she did with Firestar and Storm back in the day, while simultaneously giving her an out and saying, 'Oh, she can't help it. Her powers made her this way! She just needs some help.' Which, like I said, is *two* mistakes in one, erasing growth, and then giving an excuse for bad behavior.

At least he hasn't sexually assaulted anyone...

[loke13]

I had zero *interest* in most of them, so the writer gets credit for getting me to enjoy Nanny, in particular, but the story he's telling with Empath has reset him back to a characterization as bad or worse than he was at his worst *and* provided an 'excuse' (his powers preventing him from developing normal human emotional reactions as he grew, which is a straight up retcon, since he became a mutant at puberty, like most mutants, long after those skills would have developed) for said jerkitude. He went from one of the rare ex-villains who had *put in the work* and would maybe even have earned a shot at the redemption / amnesty Krakoa was offering, to one of the un-redeemed (and quite possibly irredeemable) jerks like Sinister or Sabertooth or Mystique, who straight-up didn't deserve it.

He's a nothing of a character, that's true, but dragging him backwards after his own journey forward would be like deciding I want to use Emma, and the first thing I do is have her run around killing people's pets and possessing their bodies, as she did with Firestar and Storm back in the day, while simultaneously giving her an out and saying, 'Oh, she can't help it. Her powers made her this way! She just needs some help.' Which, like I said, is *two* mistakes in one, erasing growth, and then giving an excuse for bad behavior.

Growth no one remembers or cares about though.

[BroHomo]

Growth no one remembers or cares about though.

Nah I mean his arc with Magma was nice and made sense. If course it ended badly and I think it's fvcked up funny how he(diff writers) keep changing it up to being authentic or phony. Sooo I wouldn't mind seeing that referenced or played with...but I definitely think he should be an even bigger creepazoid than Cortez

[Calintz]

Can I say I'm LIVING for Sinister and Nanny! MY gawd the writer had me dying every time they interact. She pops up out of nowhere scaring the crap out of sinister is gold and everyone else just feeding in to it just make it even more funnier like Exodus.

[Solitaryhawk]

I was wondering why the name Zeb Wells was so familiar. He was one of the main writers of Robot Chicken (Seasons 4-7) and directed two seasons of the show too! I'm definitely a convert to the Hellions title now. The man is a master of comedic timing!

[Calintz]

As always this book is goldenly epic. I like Wells writing but I never expected it to become the book that I got the most enjoyment out of reading, every. single. month.

I loved it all. But the Nanny-Sinister-Exodus scenes were the top level best for me.

Yeeesssss!

[nx01a]

Another top notch issue!

My favourite panels...
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[Scavenger]

Empath was never latino. He was always a spaniard, and the kind of spaniard who would take offense at being called latino (it is a thing).

Well, "Latino" refers to Latin American origin, while "Hispanic" refers to Spanish speaking origin...so he'd be right to at least correct someone. (Actually, I don't know if "Hispanic" would refer to people from Spain itself, or just the Central/South American countires where Spanish is the language....I think I knew once, but it was long ago).